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A great win, with national implications. At last, councils will have to take into account the cumulative effects of livestock factories on river catchments.
It's all about increments of excrement.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's all about increments of excrement.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns
Planning permission quashed by high court after officials failed to consider impact of spreading manure on land
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A great win, with national implications. At last, councils will have to take into account the cumulative effects of livestock factories on river catchments.
It's all about increments of excrement.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's all about increments of excrement.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Join us in-person and online for Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson's Long Now Talk, A Logic For The Future: International Relations in the Age of Turbulence, on March 19, 02025 at 7 PM PT at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco.
longnow.org/ideas/a-logi...
longnow.org/ideas/a-logi...
March 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Join us in-person and online for Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson's Long Now Talk, A Logic For The Future: International Relations in the Age of Turbulence, on March 19, 02025 at 7 PM PT at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco.
longnow.org/ideas/a-logi...
longnow.org/ideas/a-logi...
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Elon Musk has discovered that the US government does not spend taxpayers' money - because there is no such thing. Instead it creates all the money it spends out of thin air, on a computer keyboard. He's just found modern monetary theory. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
Musk has discovered modern monetary theory
This is so funny:
As Stephanie Kelton has also noted on Substack, Musk has discovered that the US government does, when it spends, create money out of thin air.
The money it spends does not come f...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
March 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Elon Musk has discovered that the US government does not spend taxpayers' money - because there is no such thing. Instead it creates all the money it spends out of thin air, on a computer keyboard. He's just found modern monetary theory. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...
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What a great idea. As World Book Day becomes more about selling clothes than books, how great it is that the library does *both*. Well done Orkney.
It's #WorldBookDay tomorrow (Thursday 6th March) so don't forget that if you need any last minute dressing up clothes we've loads on the rails at Orkney Library and they're all FREE. Just take what you need and returning whenever you want. 📚
#LoveLibraries
#LoveLibraries
March 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What a great idea. As World Book Day becomes more about selling clothes than books, how great it is that the library does *both*. Well done Orkney.
Interesting event!
Take part in facilitated discussions & workshops throughout the day
Have your voice heard on AI and climate action
Travel & accommodation provided (if needed)
A £150 contribution fee (or alternative options)
www.scottishai.com/news/peoples...
Take part in facilitated discussions & workshops throughout the day
Have your voice heard on AI and climate action
Travel & accommodation provided (if needed)
A £150 contribution fee (or alternative options)
www.scottishai.com/news/peoples...
Join our People's Panel on AI & Climate — Scottish AI Alliance
Join us on Wednesday 26 March in Edinburgh to explore how Artificial Intelligence could shape the fight against the climate crisis, and share your thoughts!
www.scottishai.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Interesting event!
Take part in facilitated discussions & workshops throughout the day
Have your voice heard on AI and climate action
Travel & accommodation provided (if needed)
A £150 contribution fee (or alternative options)
www.scottishai.com/news/peoples...
Take part in facilitated discussions & workshops throughout the day
Have your voice heard on AI and climate action
Travel & accommodation provided (if needed)
A £150 contribution fee (or alternative options)
www.scottishai.com/news/peoples...
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This is the right move. For so many reasons:
A tiny tax on people who will barely notice - £24bn a year to help fund Ukraine and keep up foreign aid - and so much more that’s crying out to be done right here in Britain.
All without putting any more on the shoulders of working people
A tiny tax on people who will barely notice - £24bn a year to help fund Ukraine and keep up foreign aid - and so much more that’s crying out to be done right here in Britain.
All without putting any more on the shoulders of working people
March 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is the right move. For so many reasons:
A tiny tax on people who will barely notice - £24bn a year to help fund Ukraine and keep up foreign aid - and so much more that’s crying out to be done right here in Britain.
All without putting any more on the shoulders of working people
A tiny tax on people who will barely notice - £24bn a year to help fund Ukraine and keep up foreign aid - and so much more that’s crying out to be done right here in Britain.
All without putting any more on the shoulders of working people
A Spiral Economy
youtu.be/2TpD6ozTrjU?...
youtu.be/2TpD6ozTrjU?...
Why we will never have a plastic-free world - with Mike Shaver
YouTube video by The Royal Institution
youtu.be
March 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A Spiral Economy
youtu.be/2TpD6ozTrjU?...
youtu.be/2TpD6ozTrjU?...
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Good to see this from Citizen's Advice, we’ve been banging this drum for some time now... There are three vital energy market Reforms that we need to make - this is one...
February 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Good to see this from Citizen's Advice, we’ve been banging this drum for some time now... There are three vital energy market Reforms that we need to make - this is one...
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The energy price cap goes up again next week - but there’s nothing OFGEM can do about that. It’s the government that needs to take urgent action - we need reform of the energy market. (1/3)
https://buff.ly/42UWVse
https://buff.ly/42UWVse
February 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The energy price cap goes up again next week - but there’s nothing OFGEM can do about that. It’s the government that needs to take urgent action - we need reform of the energy market. (1/3)
https://buff.ly/42UWVse
https://buff.ly/42UWVse
February 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Let's do this!
Make this GLOBAL, people, not just the US...
February 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Let's do this!
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Anyone can become an MP. No training is required, and then they set the rules for everyone else. That’s absurd. All prospective parliamentarians and councillors should have to take an exam to prove their competence. youtu.be/JhUcUt15eB8?...
People standing for parliament should have to prove they’re competent
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Anyone can become an MP. No training is required, and then they set the rules for everyone else. That’s absurd. All prospective parliamentarians and councillors should have to take an exam to prove their competence. youtu.be/JhUcUt15eB8?...
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The liars who just arrived in the UK
YouTube video by Simon Clark
youtu.be
January 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Me too!
I worry about bats and newts, more than I do about flying and other useless growth objectives.
January 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Me too!
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Politicians claim countries must be run like households, and that’s comp... youtu.be/3FZmhyKkFdU?... Politicians claim countries must be run like households, and that’s completely wrong. In fact, most often, the exact opposite is true. It is time that our politicians admitted this.
Politicians claim countries must be run like households, and that’s completely wrong
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Politicians claim countries must be run like households, and that’s comp... youtu.be/3FZmhyKkFdU?... Politicians claim countries must be run like households, and that’s completely wrong. In fact, most often, the exact opposite is true. It is time that our politicians admitted this.
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Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
November 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.