@elainefox.bsky.social
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Blair says net zero is "doomed to fail" – but to abandon a rapid green transition away from fossil fuels is to sentence millions to certain death . And he knows it .
12 days left to sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads – please sign govpetition.uk/700024
12 days left to sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads – please sign govpetition.uk/700024
April 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Blair says net zero is "doomed to fail" – but to abandon a rapid green transition away from fossil fuels is to sentence millions to certain death . And he knows it .
12 days left to sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads – please sign govpetition.uk/700024
12 days left to sign my petition to ban fossil fuel ads – please sign govpetition.uk/700024
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.@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @georgiaes.bsky.social and I are today going public on our latest legal case - this is a dirty secret that businesses and regulators are in on.
All our legal work with @fightingdirty.bsky.social is crowdfunded. Please do donate. stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com
All our legal work with @fightingdirty.bsky.social is crowdfunded. Please do donate. stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
.@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @georgiaes.bsky.social and I are today going public on our latest legal case - this is a dirty secret that businesses and regulators are in on.
All our legal work with @fightingdirty.bsky.social is crowdfunded. Please do donate. stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com
All our legal work with @fightingdirty.bsky.social is crowdfunded. Please do donate. stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com
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The Trump administration is canceling 83% of programs at USAID and intends to fold the remaining programs under the State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said
www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/p...
Rubio says Trump administration canceling 83% of programs at USAID and intends to move remaining ones to State Department | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is canceling 83% of programs at the US Agency for International Development and intends to fold the remaining programs under the State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rub...
www.cnn.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Trump administration is canceling 83% of programs at USAID and intends to fold the remaining programs under the State Department, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said
www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/p...
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1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
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Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it.
The more we build community, the less it can take root.
🧵
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This year's Big Issue Kids Cover Competition judge is legendary naturalist, TV presenter & author Chris Packham! 📺
Open to children aged 13 and under, the theme is GO WILD! The winning cover will be on sale across Britain from Monday 14 April. 📰
Watch Chris' message below. ⬇️
https://bit.ly/412aoM4
Open to children aged 13 and under, the theme is GO WILD! The winning cover will be on sale across Britain from Monday 14 April. 📰
Watch Chris' message below. ⬇️
https://bit.ly/412aoM4
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This year's Big Issue Kids Cover Competition judge is legendary naturalist, TV presenter & author Chris Packham! 📺
Open to children aged 13 and under, the theme is GO WILD! The winning cover will be on sale across Britain from Monday 14 April. 📰
Watch Chris' message below. ⬇️
https://bit.ly/412aoM4
Open to children aged 13 and under, the theme is GO WILD! The winning cover will be on sale across Britain from Monday 14 April. 📰
Watch Chris' message below. ⬇️
https://bit.ly/412aoM4
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Sweet!
"Octopus says that customers will move into homes with guaranteed zero energy bills for five to ten years."
Apparently they aim to complete 100,000 ‘Zero Bills’ homes by 2030 and have already rolled out the initiative in Germany & New Zealand.
"Octopus says that customers will move into homes with guaranteed zero energy bills for five to ten years."
Apparently they aim to complete 100,000 ‘Zero Bills’ homes by 2030 and have already rolled out the initiative in Germany & New Zealand.
New housing in Essex: free energy for five years
Residents who move into a new 113-home site in Epping will have zero energy bills for at least five years
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Sweet!
"Octopus says that customers will move into homes with guaranteed zero energy bills for five to ten years."
Apparently they aim to complete 100,000 ‘Zero Bills’ homes by 2030 and have already rolled out the initiative in Germany & New Zealand.
"Octopus says that customers will move into homes with guaranteed zero energy bills for five to ten years."
Apparently they aim to complete 100,000 ‘Zero Bills’ homes by 2030 and have already rolled out the initiative in Germany & New Zealand.
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NFU President Tom Bradshaw boasts that last year the NFU "fended off the Right to Roam".
Labour must decide whether to side with an unrepresentative lobby group, or the grassroots @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign whose ask is backed by 69% of the public.
www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...
Labour must decide whether to side with an unrepresentative lobby group, or the grassroots @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign whose ask is backed by 69% of the public.
www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...
February 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
NFU President Tom Bradshaw boasts that last year the NFU "fended off the Right to Roam".
Labour must decide whether to side with an unrepresentative lobby group, or the grassroots @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign whose ask is backed by 69% of the public.
www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...
Labour must decide whether to side with an unrepresentative lobby group, or the grassroots @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign whose ask is backed by 69% of the public.
www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...
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KEEP PUSHING! SIGN THE PETITION: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
February 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
KEEP PUSHING! SIGN THE PETITION: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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"Last week yet another young Hen Harrier disappeared 'in suspicious circumstances' (the phrase used in official announcements which essentially means 'we know what happened, but we can't prove it')."
protectthewild.substack.com/p/tarras-val...
protectthewild.substack.com/p/tarras-val...
Tarras Valley, Hen Harriers, and the lies of the shooting industry
The industry simply can't be trusted
protectthewild.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Last week yet another young Hen Harrier disappeared 'in suspicious circumstances' (the phrase used in official announcements which essentially means 'we know what happened, but we can't prove it')."
protectthewild.substack.com/p/tarras-val...
protectthewild.substack.com/p/tarras-val...
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Nearly two dozen federal employees who had been working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency resigned, stating that they wouldn’t aid in undermining essential services
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
21 Civil Servants Working for DOGE Resign
The unnamed employees, who had worked at the U.S. Digital Service, said DOGE presents security risks.
www.wsj.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Nearly two dozen federal employees who had been working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency resigned, stating that they wouldn’t aid in undermining essential services
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to learn that DOGE has deleted the top five highest savings claims on its “wall of receipts” leaderboard after various news outlets pointed out multiple errors in its calculations
newrepublic.com/post/191973/...
newrepublic.com/post/191973/...
DOGE Secretly Changes Its Website After Being Caught in Huge Lies
DOGE’s supposed savings have been riddled with errors.
newrepublic.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to learn that DOGE has deleted the top five highest savings claims on its “wall of receipts” leaderboard after various news outlets pointed out multiple errors in its calculations
newrepublic.com/post/191973/...
newrepublic.com/post/191973/...
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The quote from Ian Wood on @itvnews.bsky.social says it all. The best prize if you love wildlife would be the end of the badger cull. Do it now UK Govt! www.itv.com/watch/news/6...
www.itv.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The quote from Ian Wood on @itvnews.bsky.social says it all. The best prize if you love wildlife would be the end of the badger cull. Do it now UK Govt! www.itv.com/watch/news/6...
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The English badger cull is such a huge wildlife tragedy it is now being covered in @newyorker.com. The killing needs to stop.. www.newyorker.com/culture/drin...
Britain’s Badger Wars
The animals are being killed in droves. Are they pests or political pawns?
www.newyorker.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The English badger cull is such a huge wildlife tragedy it is now being covered in @newyorker.com. The killing needs to stop.. www.newyorker.com/culture/drin...
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So blocking beaver reintroduction is stopping Tory legacy, but continuing the Tory legacy badger cull is OK? Picking anti-nature choices in each case. People want wildlife to thrive - beavers and badgers alike, come on Defra and Ministers - do the right thing! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No 10 blocks beaver release plan as officials view it as ’Tory legacy’
Exclusive: Natural England furious that years of work has been undone, with minister urged to push policy through
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
So blocking beaver reintroduction is stopping Tory legacy, but continuing the Tory legacy badger cull is OK? Picking anti-nature choices in each case. People want wildlife to thrive - beavers and badgers alike, come on Defra and Ministers - do the right thing! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fox hunting is a barbaric practice that belongs in the past. It’s not a sport; it’s cruelty disguised as tradition.
How is this still happening in 2025? It’s time to end this disgraceful bloodshed for good!
How is this still happening in 2025? It’s time to end this disgraceful bloodshed for good!
January 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Fox hunting is a barbaric practice that belongs in the past. It’s not a sport; it’s cruelty disguised as tradition.
How is this still happening in 2025? It’s time to end this disgraceful bloodshed for good!
How is this still happening in 2025? It’s time to end this disgraceful bloodshed for good!
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Ooof.
Elon Musk has become even more unpopular in the UK following his interventions on child grooming gangs
Unfavourable - 71% to favourable 20%.
That’s a -51 favourability rating. Genghis Khan level.
Elon Musk has become even more unpopular in the UK following his interventions on child grooming gangs
Unfavourable - 71% to favourable 20%.
That’s a -51 favourability rating. Genghis Khan level.
January 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Ooof.
Elon Musk has become even more unpopular in the UK following his interventions on child grooming gangs
Unfavourable - 71% to favourable 20%.
That’s a -51 favourability rating. Genghis Khan level.
Elon Musk has become even more unpopular in the UK following his interventions on child grooming gangs
Unfavourable - 71% to favourable 20%.
That’s a -51 favourability rating. Genghis Khan level.
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NEWS
"Molly Russell's dad warns UK 'going backwards' on online safety and urges PM to act"
Ian Russell has been campaigning for greater safety online for years.
With Musk himself writing provocative posts, is it too late for any form of online safety now?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Molly Russell's dad warns UK 'going backwards' on online safety and urges PM to act"
Ian Russell has been campaigning for greater safety online for years.
With Musk himself writing provocative posts, is it too late for any form of online safety now?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Molly Russell's dad urges Keir Starmer to act on online safety in letter
Ian Russell calls the way Ofcom is policing new rules a "disaster" and says the PM must tackle "the reckless behaviours of social media leadership".
www.bbc.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEWS
"Molly Russell's dad warns UK 'going backwards' on online safety and urges PM to act"
Ian Russell has been campaigning for greater safety online for years.
With Musk himself writing provocative posts, is it too late for any form of online safety now?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Molly Russell's dad warns UK 'going backwards' on online safety and urges PM to act"
Ian Russell has been campaigning for greater safety online for years.
With Musk himself writing provocative posts, is it too late for any form of online safety now?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"Culture war politics provides a kind of Trojan horse for billionaires like Musk, ensuring the election of rightwing governments that can sneak in inequality-enhancing economic policies through the back door."
Me for @goodlawproject.bsky.social goodlawproject.org/when-billion...
Me for @goodlawproject.bsky.social goodlawproject.org/when-billion...
When billionaires go rogue, it's time to organise | Good Law Project
Elon Musk has declared war on Labour. Collective action is the only response, says Grace Blakeley.
goodlawproject.org
January 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Culture war politics provides a kind of Trojan horse for billionaires like Musk, ensuring the election of rightwing governments that can sneak in inequality-enhancing economic policies through the back door."
Me for @goodlawproject.bsky.social goodlawproject.org/when-billion...
Me for @goodlawproject.bsky.social goodlawproject.org/when-billion...
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Donald Trumps hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone | Jonathan Freedland
The president-elect’s hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Donald Trumps hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Europe
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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United we stand, divided we fall.
Join a union.
Join a union.
Without trade unions we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union👇
www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union👇
www.tuc.org.uk/joinunion
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
Let’s make Jacob’s day and join a union today
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
United we stand, divided we fall.
Join a union.
Join a union.
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Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hollywood is on fire , yet still deniers clutch at straws to blame this on anything other than the real problem– climate breakdown . I’m petitioning for a ban on fossil fuel ads to take the fight to the companies who continue to exploit our fragile planet petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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The Badger cull must end. Repost if you agree!
✍️ the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
✍️ the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
January 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Badger cull must end. Repost if you agree!
✍️ the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
✍️ the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
January 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...