Sarah Postlethwaite
@sarahpostlethwaite.bsky.social
Ecologist | Hiker | Raver | Bat botherer | Zoopharmacognosy dabbler | Autistic
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Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.
Commenting on the cataclysms of the 20th century, philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
January 25, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Commenting on the cataclysms of the 20th century, philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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The UK Government just released its national security assessment on #biodiversity loss: an actual intelligence assessment using the same frameworks as military threat analysis. The conclusion? #Nature is a foundation of national security and every critical #ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse. 🧵
January 20, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The UK Government just released its national security assessment on #biodiversity loss: an actual intelligence assessment using the same frameworks as military threat analysis. The conclusion? #Nature is a foundation of national security and every critical #ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse. 🧵
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It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yvette Cooper, foreign secretary, last week (on the protests in Iran): “These are fundamental rights - free speech, peaceful assembly. The exercise of these rights should never come with the threat of violence or reprisals.”
Unless you are in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...
Unless you are in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...
Labour MPs plan to oppose move to restrict protest at animal testing sites
Campaigners warn proposals being voted on in Commons are threat to ‘long and legitimate history’ of peaceful action
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Yvette Cooper, foreign secretary, last week (on the protests in Iran): “These are fundamental rights - free speech, peaceful assembly. The exercise of these rights should never come with the threat of violence or reprisals.”
Unless you are in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...
Unless you are in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...
Looking south-west from Bardon Hill, the highest point in Leicestershire (also a SSSI partly for a very rare spider Mastigusa macropthalma)
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Looking south-west from Bardon Hill, the highest point in Leicestershire (also a SSSI partly for a very rare spider Mastigusa macropthalma)
Halting the decline in farmland bird species is going to require a lot more effort than just some nature-friendly farming schemes. It will require a wholesale reconsideration of where and how we build, which is the opposite of what’s currently happening.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’
Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Halting the decline in farmland bird species is going to require a lot more effort than just some nature-friendly farming schemes. It will require a wholesale reconsideration of where and how we build, which is the opposite of what’s currently happening.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Deregulation is massive self harm for negligible gain. Have the government learnt nothing from recent expensive examples of regulatory failure, such as the collapse of Carillion, the Grenfell tower fire & cladding scandal, or our water pollution situation? 🤦♀️
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rachel Reeves tells private equity bosses she plans to shut down more regulators
Chancellor stopped short of saying which regulators were in government’s crosshairs
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Deregulation is massive self harm for negligible gain. Have the government learnt nothing from recent expensive examples of regulatory failure, such as the collapse of Carillion, the Grenfell tower fire & cladding scandal, or our water pollution situation? 🤦♀️
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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From Great Yarmouth to the world: Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty broke new ground in 1877 and inspired change in animal welfare. 150 years on, the fight against cruelty continues, with rescue centres still needed across the region | Kate Moore
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @oscarwoofs.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @oscarwoofs.bsky.social
Beauty, broken and rescued: 150 years of equine welfare
The legacy of Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty reminds us: cruelty to any creature is everyone’s concern
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
From Great Yarmouth to the world: Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty broke new ground in 1877 and inspired change in animal welfare. 150 years on, the fight against cruelty continues, with rescue centres still needed across the region | Kate Moore
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @oscarwoofs.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @oscarwoofs.bsky.social
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Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making an album in Greenland
Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
‘Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making an album in Greenland
Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Seeing climate change like this, it changes you’: dance duo Bicep on making an album in Greenland
Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Collaborating with Indigenous artists and sampling melting glaciers, the Northern Irish artists are championing Arctic culture – and documenting a collapsing world www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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"The Govt has no plans to ban driven grouse shooting..."
A disappointing (but not unexpected) conclusion to the @wildjustice.bsky.social petition debate just now from Labour Minister Daniel Zeichner.
No hint of licensing either: @rspb.bsky.social policy must shift
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVP_...
A disappointing (but not unexpected) conclusion to the @wildjustice.bsky.social petition debate just now from Labour Minister Daniel Zeichner.
No hint of licensing either: @rspb.bsky.social policy must shift
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVP_...
June 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The Govt has no plans to ban driven grouse shooting..."
A disappointing (but not unexpected) conclusion to the @wildjustice.bsky.social petition debate just now from Labour Minister Daniel Zeichner.
No hint of licensing either: @rspb.bsky.social policy must shift
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVP_...
A disappointing (but not unexpected) conclusion to the @wildjustice.bsky.social petition debate just now from Labour Minister Daniel Zeichner.
No hint of licensing either: @rspb.bsky.social policy must shift
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVP_...
Two orchids from two local parks today. Pyramidal (a new record for the park) and (I think as still out and not checked) common spotted x southern marsh hybrid (one of many).
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
June 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Two orchids from two local parks today. Pyramidal (a new record for the park) and (I think as still out and not checked) common spotted x southern marsh hybrid (one of many).
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
Not speeded up, just a very hungry bat! (Common pipistrelle)
Found trapped in a house this week, and released after a couple of nights captivity in order to put some weight back on.
#bats #batcare #pipistrelle
Found trapped in a house this week, and released after a couple of nights captivity in order to put some weight back on.
#bats #batcare #pipistrelle
June 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Not speeded up, just a very hungry bat! (Common pipistrelle)
Found trapped in a house this week, and released after a couple of nights captivity in order to put some weight back on.
#bats #batcare #pipistrelle
Found trapped in a house this week, and released after a couple of nights captivity in order to put some weight back on.
#bats #batcare #pipistrelle
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The flammability of historic buildings that are the subject of longstanding contentious planning disputes is really worryingly high. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Manchester fire: Residents evacuated from tower as blaze spreads
Residents are evacuated from a tower block after embers from a major fire at Hotspur House spread.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The flammability of historic buildings that are the subject of longstanding contentious planning disputes is really worryingly high. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Biting stonecrop, Peak District
June 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Biting stonecrop, Peak District
Saw many small tortoiseshells along the Derbyshire lanes today
June 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Saw many small tortoiseshells along the Derbyshire lanes today
A couple of the great plants I’ve seen this week :)
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
June 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A couple of the great plants I’ve seen this week :)
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
My favourites from this week - large skipper, marbled white, six-spot burnet & ringlet.
June 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My favourites from this week - large skipper, marbled white, six-spot burnet & ringlet.
Two of Leicestershires hard rock quarries - Cliffe Hill and Croft. Surprised to see lots of southern marsh orchids in very dry places at Cliffe Hill.
June 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Two of Leicestershires hard rock quarries - Cliffe Hill and Croft. Surprised to see lots of southern marsh orchids in very dry places at Cliffe Hill.
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Marbled white, South Notts.
June 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Marbled white, South Notts.