Margaret Tyson
@magtysbs.bsky.social
Biologist, lover of science, music, art, exercise, anything interesting! Runs Manchester Amputee Fitness Initiative (manfit) www.manfit.org Researches lobular breast cancer and epigenetics. www.margarettyson.org www.behavioural-epigenetics.org
In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Let’s flood the consultation to ban these poisons!
Linked to cancer, fertility issues, and birth defects -- forever chemicals (PFAS) are now found in our food, drinking water, and even our blood. When we reach 100k signatures, 38 Degrees will submit o...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Hey, the government is letting a few greedy fishing companies overfish our UK waters, destroying marine life and local fishers’ livelihoods. Join me and sign the urgent petition to fight back:
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hey, the government is letting a few greedy fishing companies overfish our UK waters, destroying marine life and local fishers’ livelihoods. Join me and sign the urgent petition to fight back:
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
38d.gs
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: 38d.gs/2sa8
⚠️ The Amazon's powerful ability to regulate climate is under threat ⚠️
Illegal mining and industrial-scale agriculture are cutting and burning down vast areas of forests for a quick profit.
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon act.gp/4c12sje
Illegal mining and industrial-scale agriculture are cutting and burning down vast areas of forests for a quick profit.
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon act.gp/4c12sje
Respect the Amazon - Greenpeace International
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon and protect its forests, wildlife and its people.
act.gp
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
⚠️ The Amazon's powerful ability to regulate climate is under threat ⚠️
Illegal mining and industrial-scale agriculture are cutting and burning down vast areas of forests for a quick profit.
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon act.gp/4c12sje
Illegal mining and industrial-scale agriculture are cutting and burning down vast areas of forests for a quick profit.
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon act.gp/4c12sje
Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
Keep fracking out of Britain!
I live in Lincolnshire, and a new gas field has been found nearby. Reform UK are already shouting “drill, baby, drill,” and fracking isn’t banned - it’s only paused. That means they could start drilli...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
Did you know the government has to publish a new climate plan this year? It’s a huge opportunity to change our gloomy trajectory‼️
With @friends-earth.bsky.social I just emailed my MP to demand the next climate plan leaves no one behind – will you join me? 🌍⏰https://foe.uk/caaz7
With @friends-earth.bsky.social I just emailed my MP to demand the next climate plan leaves no one behind – will you join me? 🌍⏰https://foe.uk/caaz7
August 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Did you know the government has to publish a new climate plan this year? It’s a huge opportunity to change our gloomy trajectory‼️
With @friends-earth.bsky.social I just emailed my MP to demand the next climate plan leaves no one behind – will you join me? 🌍⏰https://foe.uk/caaz7
With @friends-earth.bsky.social I just emailed my MP to demand the next climate plan leaves no one behind – will you join me? 🌍⏰https://foe.uk/caaz7
Trump’s heading to Scotland this weekend and wants the next Open at his Turnberry course. I just told The R&A: DO NOT give it to him :x: Will you join me too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Don't allow Trump's Turnberry golf course to host The Open Championship
The Open Championship must not give in to the UK government's lobbying and allow Donald Trump to host one of the world's biggest, oldest and respected golf tournaments at any of the golf courses he ow...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump’s heading to Scotland this weekend and wants the next Open at his Turnberry course. I just told The R&A: DO NOT give it to him :x: Will you join me too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Kids are growing up with climate change, but aren't learning about it in school! 🤯 Let's demand climate education for every UK child. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
Teach children in the UK how to help the planet!
We would like the UK government to implement climate change and protecting the earth into all school curriculums to ensure that our generation are informed about the choices they make and the impact w...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Kids are growing up with climate change, but aren't learning about it in school! 🤯 Let's demand climate education for every UK child. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
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Ten Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs have been transporting cargo to various CENTCOM bases in the Middle East. So no let up.
Trump’s two-week window will allow naval support to reach the area and Israel to destroy air defences around the Fordow nuclear facility.
Trump’s two-week window will allow naval support to reach the area and Israel to destroy air defences around the Fordow nuclear facility.
June 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ten Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs have been transporting cargo to various CENTCOM bases in the Middle East. So no let up.
Trump’s two-week window will allow naval support to reach the area and Israel to destroy air defences around the Fordow nuclear facility.
Trump’s two-week window will allow naval support to reach the area and Israel to destroy air defences around the Fordow nuclear facility.
Mexican lawmakers: Pass the Mincho Law and end dolphin captivity for good! action.eko.org/a/mincho-law...
Mincho Law: End dolphin captivity
Mincho, a captive dolphin in a resort hotel near Cancún, smashed his head on concrete and nearly died during a show. The operator forced him to keep performing after that – today, Mincho is almost bli
action.eko.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Mexican lawmakers: Pass the Mincho Law and end dolphin captivity for good! action.eko.org/a/mincho-law...
I just signed this petition calling for a better deal with the EU for British businesses who have been damaged by Brexit. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/business-rep...
Tell the government: British businesses need a better deal with the EU
Sign our petition calling on the government to negotiate concrete improvements to our ability to trade with the EU
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I just signed this petition calling for a better deal with the EU for British businesses who have been damaged by Brexit. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/business-rep...
Tell Charles River Laboratories: No more monkey business – end the illegal trade with long-tailed macaques! action.eko.org/a/stop-the-i...
Stop the illegal monkey trade
Wild, highly social monkeys are being illegally caught, shoved into cages and exported to the US for animal testing – and one of the biggest medical labs is profiting off of them. Let’s make it stop!
action.eko.org
June 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Tell Charles River Laboratories: No more monkey business – end the illegal trade with long-tailed macaques! action.eko.org/a/stop-the-i...
Protect elephants: keep the global ivory ban
action.eko.org/a/keep-globa...
action.eko.org/a/keep-globa...
Protect elephants: keep global ivory ban!
Elephants are being slaughtered so their tusks can be turned into trinkets. And now, some governments want to make it legal. Japan and South Africa are pushing to overturn the global ivory trading ban
action.eko.org
May 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Protect elephants: keep the global ivory ban
action.eko.org/a/keep-globa...
action.eko.org/a/keep-globa...
African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade action.eko.org/a/african-un...
African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade
Every year, millions of donkeys are slaughtered so their skins can be turned into ejiao—a so-called “beauty” product sold in China.In 2024, the African Union (AU) took a bold step and banned the bruta
action.eko.org
May 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade action.eko.org/a/african-un...
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Stop Trump's Extinction Plan action.eko.org/a/stop-trump...
Stop Trump's Extinction Plan
The Hawaiian hawksbill is one of the rarest sea turtles on Earth—fewer than 100 adult females are known to nest across the islands. Each year, they return to the same fragile beaches on the southern c
action.eko.org
May 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Stop Trump's Extinction Plan action.eko.org/a/stop-trump...
French and UK Regulators: Investigate the Banks Funding Adani action.eko.org/a/french-and...
French and UK Regulators: Investigate the Banks Funding Adani
Adani, the world's largest private coal developer, thinks it is invincible. Fraud, deception, bribery, Indigenous rights abuses… but still, the world's biggest banks finance this corrupt company. Now,
action.eko.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
French and UK Regulators: Investigate the Banks Funding Adani action.eko.org/a/french-and...
Save the forests of Bastar! No military range! president-droupadi-murmu-protect-the-people-and-the-forest
March 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Save the forests of Bastar! No military range! president-droupadi-murmu-protect-the-people-and-the-forest
I just signed the petition urging the Government to invest in research to help those suffering from Long Covid. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Invest in Long Covid & M.E. Research: Thousands of Children DISABLED, DISCHARGED, & HIDDEN FROM VIEW
• Five years after the start of the Covid pandemic, thousands remain severely ill - Many housebound or often bedbound, unable to attend school, work, or take part in daily life. Disabled, discha...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I just signed the petition urging the Government to invest in research to help those suffering from Long Covid. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Let’s raise a huge public outcry affirming Palestine’s right to exist. If we don’t, Israel, backed by Trump, will continue to strangle the life out of Gaza, and tens of thousands more Palestinians will die.
Join the public declaration for Palestine’s right to exist. action.eko.org/a/palestine-...
Join the public declaration for Palestine’s right to exist. action.eko.org/a/palestine-...
Recognize Palestine as a Sovereign State
The Israeli government just cut off electricity for 2 million Palestinians living in Gaza. Gaza is already a living hell - tens of thousands of Palestinians have been slaughtered, starved and bombed,
action.eko.org
March 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Let’s raise a huge public outcry affirming Palestine’s right to exist. If we don’t, Israel, backed by Trump, will continue to strangle the life out of Gaza, and tens of thousands more Palestinians will die.
Join the public declaration for Palestine’s right to exist. action.eko.org/a/palestine-...
Join the public declaration for Palestine’s right to exist. action.eko.org/a/palestine-...
Reposted by Margaret Tyson
Chevron want to drill for fossil fuels in Greece’s sea – on the very edge of a Marine Protected Area. We wrote to the EU last year about Greece repeatedly approving of oil drilling and now we're urging them to pay attention.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
February 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Chevron want to drill for fossil fuels in Greece’s sea – on the very edge of a Marine Protected Area. We wrote to the EU last year about Greece repeatedly approving of oil drilling and now we're urging them to pay attention.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Mondelēz: No more destroyed orangutan habitat in your candy – protect rainforests now: action.eko.org/a/mondelez-c...
Mondelēz: Clean up your palm oil supply chain
Milka chocolate and Oreo cookies are filled with rainforest destruction – because its maker Mondelēz keeps sourcing palm oil from companies that are destroying critical orangutan habitat on their home
action.eko.org
February 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Mondelēz: No more destroyed orangutan habitat in your candy – protect rainforests now: action.eko.org/a/mondelez-c...
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"To be fair, killing a president on inauguration day is not an entirely theoretical risk..."
Some notes on the history of presidential inaugurations. Also contains stories of dead canaries, an aggresie rooster and a bad omen for JFK
Some notes on the history of presidential inaugurations. Also contains stories of dead canaries, an aggresie rooster and a bad omen for JFK
…and One Step Back
This week: it’s midnight in America. Also: some notes on the history of presidential inaugurations; and a nifty bus-tracking tool for the north of England.
jonn.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"To be fair, killing a president on inauguration day is not an entirely theoretical risk..."
Some notes on the history of presidential inaugurations. Also contains stories of dead canaries, an aggresie rooster and a bad omen for JFK
Some notes on the history of presidential inaugurations. Also contains stories of dead canaries, an aggresie rooster and a bad omen for JFK
Reposted by Margaret Tyson
Meatloaf: we'll do anything for growth, but we won't do that
UK will not accept EU offer to join pan-European customs union ‘at present time’, minister says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
UK will not accept EU offer to join pan-European customs union ‘at present time’, minister says – UK politics live
Housing minister shoots down idea floated by Maroš Šefčovič designed to help reset UK-EU discussions
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Meatloaf: we'll do anything for growth, but we won't do that
Reposted by Margaret Tyson
UK PM Keir Starmer is about to give a speech launching a bold new AI strategy. Three tech companies have already promised to invest £14bn to build AI centres in the UK, creating more than 13,000 jobs.
January 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
UK PM Keir Starmer is about to give a speech launching a bold new AI strategy. Three tech companies have already promised to invest £14bn to build AI centres in the UK, creating more than 13,000 jobs.