Jonathan Badger
@jonathanbadger.bsky.social
Mostly retired sometime electrician, production & theatre lighting tech. Site Manager, Woodsies Stage at Glastonbury Festival. Lefty/Lib, was a Green Party town councillor in a former life & would still vote that way if there was a fair voting system.
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I totally agree with The Times’ view here. It’s time to reclaim our streets so that children can be active and gain independence.
More councils should close off streets to encourage outdoor games
www.thetimes.com/article/b792...
More councils should close off streets to encourage outdoor games
www.thetimes.com/article/b792...
More councils should close off streets to encourage outdoor games
More councils should periodically close off streets to encourage outdoor games
www.thetimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I totally agree with The Times’ view here. It’s time to reclaim our streets so that children can be active and gain independence.
More councils should close off streets to encourage outdoor games
www.thetimes.com/article/b792...
More councils should close off streets to encourage outdoor games
www.thetimes.com/article/b792...
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UK energy is massively over-priced to guarantee that energy companies make profits and households remain impoverished. It's time the government changed the rules that are so heavily rigged against the interests of people in the UK. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
It’s time to change UK energy pricing
I originally wrote this post as a Twitter thread in 2022. It was then posted on this blog and was checked by energy expert Mike Parr, who is a regular commentator on this blog.
A few price details m...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
UK energy is massively over-priced to guarantee that energy companies make profits and households remain impoverished. It's time the government changed the rules that are so heavily rigged against the interests of people in the UK. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...
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Today it’s exactly three years ago that war criminal Putin started his brutal invasion against Ukraine…with Trump siding with Putin, Europe needs to increase its support urgently … send more weapons and build an European Defense Community !
February 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Today it’s exactly three years ago that war criminal Putin started his brutal invasion against Ukraine…with Trump siding with Putin, Europe needs to increase its support urgently … send more weapons and build an European Defense Community !
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The shame of it.
February 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The shame of it.
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Actor Timothée Chalamet takes a page out of the David Byrne playbook and arrives on t red carpet via sustainable transport.
January 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Actor Timothée Chalamet takes a page out of the David Byrne playbook and arrives on t red carpet via sustainable transport.
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Thank you to Greater Manchester Police for helping keep vulnerable road users safe from this.
There's a reason Tesla Cybertrucks are not legal in the UK and Europe; Cybertrucks present acute dangers to pedestrians and don’t meet European safety standards.
The vehicle has been seized.
There's a reason Tesla Cybertrucks are not legal in the UK and Europe; Cybertrucks present acute dangers to pedestrians and don’t meet European safety standards.
The vehicle has been seized.
January 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thank you to Greater Manchester Police for helping keep vulnerable road users safe from this.
There's a reason Tesla Cybertrucks are not legal in the UK and Europe; Cybertrucks present acute dangers to pedestrians and don’t meet European safety standards.
The vehicle has been seized.
There's a reason Tesla Cybertrucks are not legal in the UK and Europe; Cybertrucks present acute dangers to pedestrians and don’t meet European safety standards.
The vehicle has been seized.
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Solar panels on all suitable new homes is a win-win-win: cutting bills, cutting emissions, and making the UK more energy secure. We've got a vanishingly small window of chance to prevent climate breakdown & we need to take every chance we can get to bring down emissions.
#SunshineBill
#SunshineBill
January 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Solar panels on all suitable new homes is a win-win-win: cutting bills, cutting emissions, and making the UK more energy secure. We've got a vanishingly small window of chance to prevent climate breakdown & we need to take every chance we can get to bring down emissions.
#SunshineBill
#SunshineBill
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Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
January 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
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More like, bolt the door, cover it with concrete, park a bulldozer in front of it, and launch it into space.
December 31, 2024 at 8:04 PM
More like, bolt the door, cover it with concrete, park a bulldozer in front of it, and launch it into space.
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“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?”
@josiah.writes.news
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Two-Tier Reporting: When Climate Protesters Slow Ambulances They’re Vilified, So Why Are Wealthy Farmers Given a Free Pass?
Media outlets rush to condemn climate change campaigners as "middle class" protesters causing "chaos" while ignoring greater disruption by millionaire landowners
bylinetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:19 AM
“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?”
@josiah.writes.news
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@josiah.writes.news
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This needs to be said, loud, and often.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
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Farmers might be better off if they'd planted more crops instead of posters in their fields.
November 19, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Farmers might be better off if they'd planted more crops instead of posters in their fields.
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We see it so often that I think we can state this as a general rule:
Those who most loudly proclaim their patriotism will, given the time and opportunity, harm their own nations as surely as any foreign adversary.
Those who most loudly proclaim their patriotism will, given the time and opportunity, harm their own nations as surely as any foreign adversary.
November 20, 2024 at 9:44 PM
We see it so often that I think we can state this as a general rule:
Those who most loudly proclaim their patriotism will, given the time and opportunity, harm their own nations as surely as any foreign adversary.
Those who most loudly proclaim their patriotism will, given the time and opportunity, harm their own nations as surely as any foreign adversary.
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Can you help us? 🦊❤️
Please sign our petition to get a Ban on Fox Hunting in Northern Ireland ✍️
To those who have already signed & shared...Thank you from the bottom of our hearts... 🫶
We appreciate ALL your support 🙏
#TeamFoxNI #AnimalCruelty #FoxHunting
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Please sign our petition to get a Ban on Fox Hunting in Northern Ireland ✍️
To those who have already signed & shared...Thank you from the bottom of our hearts... 🫶
We appreciate ALL your support 🙏
#TeamFoxNI #AnimalCruelty #FoxHunting
www.change.org/p/the-northe...
Sign the Petition
Ban hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland
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November 13, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Can you help us? 🦊❤️
Please sign our petition to get a Ban on Fox Hunting in Northern Ireland ✍️
To those who have already signed & shared...Thank you from the bottom of our hearts... 🫶
We appreciate ALL your support 🙏
#TeamFoxNI #AnimalCruelty #FoxHunting
www.change.org/p/the-northe...
Please sign our petition to get a Ban on Fox Hunting in Northern Ireland ✍️
To those who have already signed & shared...Thank you from the bottom of our hearts... 🫶
We appreciate ALL your support 🙏
#TeamFoxNI #AnimalCruelty #FoxHunting
www.change.org/p/the-northe...
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Town square marketplace of ideas
September 9, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Town square marketplace of ideas
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Damn that RNIB.
November 14, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Damn that RNIB.