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The folly of long-term incinerator contracts northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
The folly of long-term incinerator contracts
In Grangetown, where healthy life expectancy is 51.5, a 30-year waste deal risks locking in pollution and blocking progress. Will Teesside councils act?
northeastbylines.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The folly of long-term incinerator contracts northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Community R4C say their analysis reveals that Gloucestershire’s Javelin Park incinerator gate fees are among the highest in the UK
M5 incinerator contract blasted as 'taxpayers' have paid £42m first 5 years'
Community R4C say their analysis reveals that Gloucestershire’s Javelin Park incinerator gate fees are among the highest in the UK
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Community R4C say their analysis reveals that Gloucestershire’s Javelin Park incinerator gate fees are among the highest in the UK
Petition to cut plastic in the UK.
Supermarkets are part of the problem. But they can also be part of the solution.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Supermarkets are part of the problem. But they can also be part of the solution.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Sainsbury's & Tesco: publicly support real action to cut plastic production
🤔 Ever wondered what happens to the soft plastic that you return to the supermarket for recycling? Well, we've managed to find out.
🕵️ We placed tracking devices into 40 bundles of soft plastic packa...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Petition to cut plastic in the UK.
Supermarkets are part of the problem. But they can also be part of the solution.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Supermarkets are part of the problem. But they can also be part of the solution.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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In which I get to profile Christo (gift link). The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
Opinion | The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In which I get to profile Christo (gift link). The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/o...
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Happy 99th birthday David Attenborough! The day itself is actually Thursday - May 8th - but today the Observer has published a lovely list of memories and the things he did that have provided inspiration from 99 people (including me). Well worth a read :)
www.theguardian.com/...
www.theguardian.com/...
Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more
This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh eyes
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Happy 99th birthday David Attenborough! The day itself is actually Thursday - May 8th - but today the Observer has published a lovely list of memories and the things he did that have provided inspiration from 99 people (including me). Well worth a read :)
www.theguardian.com/...
www.theguardian.com/...
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Macer Gifford was a volunteer fighter in Ukraine. He discusses what the war against Russia is like on the front lines.
How fighting Russia in Ukraine actually works, according to a Ukrainian army volunteer
Macer Gifford was a volunteer fighter in Ukraine. He discusses what the war against Russia is like on the front lines.
www.businessinsider.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Macer Gifford was a volunteer fighter in Ukraine. He discusses what the war against Russia is like on the front lines.
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2. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
How do we know this? Because it always is. It's the authoritarian playbook. Lawsuits are first. Prosecutions are next. America needs to learn these moves fast. It's already later than you think.
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How do we know this? Because it always is. It's the authoritarian playbook. Lawsuits are first. Prosecutions are next. America needs to learn these moves fast. It's already later than you think.
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November 17, 2024 at 10:22 AM
2. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
How do we know this? Because it always is. It's the authoritarian playbook. Lawsuits are first. Prosecutions are next. America needs to learn these moves fast. It's already later than you think.
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How do we know this? Because it always is. It's the authoritarian playbook. Lawsuits are first. Prosecutions are next. America needs to learn these moves fast. It's already later than you think.
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jimmy Wales, Brian Eno, Cory Doctorow & Shoshana Zuboff are behind freeourfeeds.com. Awareness of techno-oligarchs as a threat to society aren't enough to build a good product millions addicted to Facebook, Instagram & X will embrace. It needs to be rooted in the concept of commons—like a library.
Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
freeourfeeds.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Jimmy Wales, Brian Eno, Cory Doctorow & Shoshana Zuboff are behind freeourfeeds.com. Awareness of techno-oligarchs as a threat to society aren't enough to build a good product millions addicted to Facebook, Instagram & X will embrace. It needs to be rooted in the concept of commons—like a library.
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Electrification is efficiency.
With clean electricity, we cut major inefficiencies, lowering overall energy demand in a decarbonized world.
🔗 sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/electrification-energy-efficiency
With clean electricity, we cut major inefficiencies, lowering overall energy demand in a decarbonized world.
🔗 sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/electrification-energy-efficiency
March 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Electrification is efficiency.
With clean electricity, we cut major inefficiencies, lowering overall energy demand in a decarbonized world.
🔗 sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/electrification-energy-efficiency
With clean electricity, we cut major inefficiencies, lowering overall energy demand in a decarbonized world.
🔗 sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/electrification-energy-efficiency
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First up, we’re in Pudsey, Falmouth, Ashton and Bristol city centre. If you spot us, give us a wave, come for a chat, take a pic!
You can also get involved by signing this @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social petition you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
You can also get involved by signing this @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social petition you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services
Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
First up, we’re in Pudsey, Falmouth, Ashton and Bristol city centre. If you spot us, give us a wave, come for a chat, take a pic!
You can also get involved by signing this @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social petition you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
You can also get involved by signing this @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social petition you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Fascism places emotion over reason. Words become just tools to achieve the vision of the Leader. In our post-truth world, this takes the special form of the inversion of meaning: fascists call other people "fascists" and antisemites call other people "antisemites"
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snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
"Antisemitism" and Antisemitism
The abuse of the word and the spread of the phenomenon
snyder.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fascism places emotion over reason. Words become just tools to achieve the vision of the Leader. In our post-truth world, this takes the special form of the inversion of meaning: fascists call other people "fascists" and antisemites call other people "antisemites"
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
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I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!
New ride coming soon.
New ride coming soon.
March 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!
New ride coming soon.
New ride coming soon.
Disinformation costs lives youtube.com/shorts/7nKdk...
Journalist Julia Ioffe explains how Russia's disinformation attack on Ukraine works on Truth Social
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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March 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Disinformation costs lives youtube.com/shorts/7nKdk...
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Really important article in @foreignaffairs.com by former Ukrainian Defense Secretary Andriy Zagorodnyuk. Its about how Ukraine can fight on effectively without any US aid. It’s key to understand that Trump is full of BS when he says Ukraine has "no cards". www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukra...
Ukraine Without America
How Kyiv can persist in the face of a hostile Washington.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Really important article in @foreignaffairs.com by former Ukrainian Defense Secretary Andriy Zagorodnyuk. Its about how Ukraine can fight on effectively without any US aid. It’s key to understand that Trump is full of BS when he says Ukraine has "no cards". www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukra...