Alasdair Cameron
@alasdaircameron.bsky.social
Executive Director of charity @SomersetWildlands.Bsky.social - rewilding land in the Somerset Levels for all. Rewilding own land too. Zoologist. Investigator. Campaigner. Bristol, UK.
www.somersetwildlands.org
www.somersetwildlands.org
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Hello BlueSkiers! I’ve made a starter back of people working on rewilding and similar things in UK and Ireland. Many more to add but it’s a start.
go.bsky.app/A7v5ZUQ
go.bsky.app/A7v5ZUQ
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*Gasp* I can't believe Russia has been flooding the internet with far-right propaganda bots pretending to be Americans.
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
*Gasp* I can't believe Russia has been flooding the internet with far-right propaganda bots pretending to be Americans.
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More pictures from a chilly Athelney yesterday. The wagtails and egrets were loving the digging. It looks brutal but actually it’s really only small part of the site…. The rest is just changing slowly as it will www.somersetwildlands.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
More pictures from a chilly Athelney yesterday. The wagtails and egrets were loving the digging. It looks brutal but actually it’s really only small part of the site…. The rest is just changing slowly as it will www.somersetwildlands.org
As a long term environmental activist it may not a seem natural part of the territory to be talking about defence and demanding greater strategic independence from the USA, but actually it all fits - climate change, justice, democracy, COP, Ukraine, Putin-Trump-Gaza-Saudi Arabia etc.
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As a long term environmental activist it may not a seem natural part of the territory to be talking about defence and demanding greater strategic independence from the USA, but actually it all fits - climate change, justice, democracy, COP, Ukraine, Putin-Trump-Gaza-Saudi Arabia etc.
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Excellent thread. Ukraine gets little out of these 28 points except the possibility of EU membership (still subject to Hungarian veto?); Putin gets plenty, inc a favourable starting point for next assault on Ukraine & return of all but $100 billion of immobilised Russian assets, plus US investment.
Here is Trump's full 28 point plan for Ukraine. It would destroy Ukraine as a sovereign state and leave it helpless to face a Russian attack in the future. It would also give Putin full vindication and immunity from prosecution.
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/20/t...
Trump's full 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan
The full plan was obtained by Axios and verified by Ukrainian and U.S. officials.
www.axios.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Excellent thread. Ukraine gets little out of these 28 points except the possibility of EU membership (still subject to Hungarian veto?); Putin gets plenty, inc a favourable starting point for next assault on Ukraine & return of all but $100 billion of immobilised Russian assets, plus US investment.
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Zelensky admitting that the pressure Trump is putting on Ukraine to take this grotesque deal is immense.
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Zelensky admitting that the pressure Trump is putting on Ukraine to take this grotesque deal is immense.
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Might be time to revisit this www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemoc...
We need to talk about where Brexit funder Arron Banks gets his money
openDemocracy investigations raise fresh questions about Arron Banks's wealth and the real source of the Brexit campaign's largest donations.
www.opendemocracy.net
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Might be time to revisit this www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemoc...
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BREAKING: Prosecution in Old Bailey confirms the payments to Nathan Gill came from ‘Putin’s man in Ukraine’,
"It is clear that directions were coming from Viktor Medvedchuk.. .and indeed the source of the money was Viktor Medvedchuk"
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...
"It is clear that directions were coming from Viktor Medvedchuk.. .and indeed the source of the money was Viktor Medvedchuk"
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
BREAKING: Prosecution in Old Bailey confirms the payments to Nathan Gill came from ‘Putin’s man in Ukraine’,
"It is clear that directions were coming from Viktor Medvedchuk.. .and indeed the source of the money was Viktor Medvedchuk"
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...
"It is clear that directions were coming from Viktor Medvedchuk.. .and indeed the source of the money was Viktor Medvedchuk"
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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Trump is pressuring Zelenskyy to sign the so-called peace treaty negotiated by the US and Russia by Nov 27. It basically gives Russia everything it wants and Ukraine nothing, and bases it on Russian non-aggression guarantees which are worthless.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump is pressuring Zelenskyy to sign the so-called peace treaty negotiated by the US and Russia by Nov 27. It basically gives Russia everything it wants and Ukraine nothing, and bases it on Russian non-aggression guarantees which are worthless.
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POV: you’ve been hiding under the Palace of Westminster for hundreds of years.
See what we uncovered during recent surveys of the Palace as we prepare for its restoration.
See what we uncovered during recent surveys of the Palace as we prepare for its restoration.
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
POV: you’ve been hiding under the Palace of Westminster for hundreds of years.
See what we uncovered during recent surveys of the Palace as we prepare for its restoration.
See what we uncovered during recent surveys of the Palace as we prepare for its restoration.
There are so many things the government could be hammering Reform with, but they are not, and I genuinely think most of their supporters have no idea what most of their policies are, or their connections with Trump and Putin.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
There are so many things the government could be hammering Reform with, but they are not, and I genuinely think most of their supporters have no idea what most of their policies are, or their connections with Trump and Putin.
When I look at Mr. Cummings I can only assume they mean this headline very very literally…. With poison.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
When I look at Mr. Cummings I can only assume they mean this headline very very literally…. With poison.
While people are talking about press impartiality…
Latest update from Thames Valley Police on this story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social:
“Officers are carrying out a thorough investigation into this incident [alleged assault with injury] & ask anyone with information or footage to contact the force, quoting investigation reference number 43250481758"
“Officers are carrying out a thorough investigation into this incident [alleged assault with injury] & ask anyone with information or footage to contact the force, quoting investigation reference number 43250481758"
TalkTV Presenter Accused of Assault After Dragging Climate Protester From UK Trump Dinner
EXCLUSIVE: André Walker incident facing police probe over allegations he attempted to punch and kick a protester at a Republicans Overseas event during Trump's UK visit
bylinetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
While people are talking about press impartiality…
Essential reading on Trump’s capitulation to Putin, and his disdain for freedom and democracy. Europe needs to rally behind Ukraine and stand free of the US.
Just sent out this free piece. There was a weird and widely spread attempt in the media yesterday to create a fiction, that Trump's peace plan for Ukraine and Russia was a rogue operation by Steve Witkoff. That finally fell apart--and it’s important that it did. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
This Deal Is Trump's--It Has Always Been Trump's
Hi All,
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Essential reading on Trump’s capitulation to Putin, and his disdain for freedom and democracy. Europe needs to rally behind Ukraine and stand free of the US.
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Just sent out this free piece. There was a weird and widely spread attempt in the media yesterday to create a fiction, that Trump's peace plan for Ukraine and Russia was a rogue operation by Steve Witkoff. That finally fell apart--and it’s important that it did. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
This Deal Is Trump's--It Has Always Been Trump's
Hi All,
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just sent out this free piece. There was a weird and widely spread attempt in the media yesterday to create a fiction, that Trump's peace plan for Ukraine and Russia was a rogue operation by Steve Witkoff. That finally fell apart--and it’s important that it did. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
I do wonder if the advent of personally curated news makes it almost impossible for governments to be popular - at best they’ll be tolerated - because as people tune in to what they care about it only takes one issue to turn them into disliking a gov - even if they may still grudgingly vote for them
Keir Starmer's net favourability rating falls to its lowest level to date (-54, 16-17 November), within the margin of error of Jeremy Corbyn (-55) and Boris Johnson's (-53) lowest ratings
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I do wonder if the advent of personally curated news makes it almost impossible for governments to be popular - at best they’ll be tolerated - because as people tune in to what they care about it only takes one issue to turn them into disliking a gov - even if they may still grudgingly vote for them
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Early morning start to dig some
modest scrapes in two fields at Athelney. It might seem from our recent posts that we do loads of digging and planting, but actually this is pretty much the first thing we’ve done like this here. After this it’s back to its own thing!
modest scrapes in two fields at Athelney. It might seem from our recent posts that we do loads of digging and planting, but actually this is pretty much the first thing we’ve done like this here. After this it’s back to its own thing!
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Early morning start to dig some
modest scrapes in two fields at Athelney. It might seem from our recent posts that we do loads of digging and planting, but actually this is pretty much the first thing we’ve done like this here. After this it’s back to its own thing!
modest scrapes in two fields at Athelney. It might seem from our recent posts that we do loads of digging and planting, but actually this is pretty much the first thing we’ve done like this here. After this it’s back to its own thing!
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Elon Musk's yearly pay package could end extreme poverty worldwide.
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Elon Musk's yearly pay package could end extreme poverty worldwide.
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
You might also listen to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social discuss this in a great conversation from today: bsky.app/profile/bold...
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Study of all-electric properties in Birmingham, with heat pumps and solar, shows they use less energy at peak times than expected, reducing stress on the grid
“We’re finding all those reasons not to go ahead with a heat pump are slowly but surely falling away”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We’re finding all those reasons not to go ahead with a heat pump are slowly but surely falling away”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows
Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Study of all-electric properties in Birmingham, with heat pumps and solar, shows they use less energy at peak times than expected, reducing stress on the grid
“We’re finding all those reasons not to go ahead with a heat pump are slowly but surely falling away”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We’re finding all those reasons not to go ahead with a heat pump are slowly but surely falling away”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is terrible, not just for Ukraine but for Europe. If ever there was a signal that the UK and Europe need to guarantee their own security this is it.
The details of the plan that are being linked show that the Trump administration is planning to devastate Ukraine. Ukraine will be asked to cede land Russia has not conquered. The USA and other countries will be asked to recognize Crimea and other lands as Russian…
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is terrible, not just for Ukraine but for Europe. If ever there was a signal that the UK and Europe need to guarantee their own security this is it.
The US is not currently our friend. Like Russia it wants a weakened and divided Europe, filled with client states, or those it can flatter and bully.
US and Russian officials draft new peace plan based on capitulation from Ukraine
US and Russian officials draft new peace plan based on capitulation from Ukraine
Unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of military
US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday as Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least 25 people in the city of Ternopil.
. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The US is not currently our friend. Like Russia it wants a weakened and divided Europe, filled with client states, or those it can flatter and bully.
I feel like my childhood massively over prepared me for quick sand but not enough for fascists.
Alarmante recrudescence des violences d’extrême droite en Bretagne.
Des groupuscules fascistes totalement désinhibés s’en prennent maintenant physiquement à leurs adversaires politiques.
Tout mon soutien aux victimes, la justice ne peut laisser passer des actes aussi graves.
Des groupuscules fascistes totalement désinhibés s’en prennent maintenant physiquement à leurs adversaires politiques.
Tout mon soutien aux victimes, la justice ne peut laisser passer des actes aussi graves.
A Lorient, l’extrême droite attaque des militants de gauche et fait neuf blessés
Des militants armés du groupuscule lorientais la Digue ont tendu une embuscade à des militants de gauche venus recouvrir des tags fascisants, dans la nuit du lundi 18 au mardi 19 novembre.
www.liberation.fr
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I feel like my childhood massively over prepared me for quick sand but not enough for fascists.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
Stop the (large) boats?
Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots
Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots
Defence secretary reveals details of recent incursions as he warns UK is facing ‘new era of threat’ from hostile countries
A Russian spy ship has entered British waters and shone lasers at military pilots, the defence secretary has said, as he warned the UK was facing a “new era of threat” from hostile countries around the world.
John Healey said on Wednesday the Yantar surveillance ship had crossed in and out of the UK’s exclusive economic zone multiple times in recent weeks, not for the first time this year. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Stop the (large) boats?