Max Clare
@maxclare.bsky.social
I’m a gardener, living in cohousing, and slave to a tabby rescue cat. Big garden, veg plot and unheated greenhouse. Fully vaxxed and can’t wait till we rejoin Europe
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What to do if your copy of Private Eye won't open…
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What to do if your copy of Private Eye won't open…
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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The UK Gov’s expert advisers have shown that investing to transiton from expensive gas to clean energy will save the UK nearly £40 billion every year!
Most people can’t afford the up-front investment, but the UK absolutely can.
Tackling climate change isn’t just about protecting people.
Most people can’t afford the up-front investment, but the UK absolutely can.
Tackling climate change isn’t just about protecting people.
October 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The UK Gov’s expert advisers have shown that investing to transiton from expensive gas to clean energy will save the UK nearly £40 billion every year!
Most people can’t afford the up-front investment, but the UK absolutely can.
Tackling climate change isn’t just about protecting people.
Most people can’t afford the up-front investment, but the UK absolutely can.
Tackling climate change isn’t just about protecting people.
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Hugely important event. As many leaders as possible should respond to invites to this.
Well done @sioldridge.bsky.social and team
Well done @sioldridge.bsky.social and team
📢 Britain faces a climate & nature emergency.
On 27 Nov, eight leading experts will brief 800+ leaders from politics, business, culture, faith & media.
An unfiltered overview of the latest threats & solutions.
Only by facing it can we rise to the challenge.
www.nebriefing.org
On 27 Nov, eight leading experts will brief 800+ leaders from politics, business, culture, faith & media.
An unfiltered overview of the latest threats & solutions.
Only by facing it can we rise to the challenge.
www.nebriefing.org
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
The time for warnings is over. This is a briefing for the age of impacts. Please ask your MP to attend.
www.nebriefing.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hugely important event. As many leaders as possible should respond to invites to this.
Well done @sioldridge.bsky.social and team
Well done @sioldridge.bsky.social and team
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Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are now all considering boycotting Eurovision unless Israel are removed.
Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out
Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out
September 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are now all considering boycotting Eurovision unless Israel are removed.
Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out
Like if they should.
RT if Israel should be kicked out
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One of my ‘bits’.
September 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
One of my ‘bits’.
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Finding key information shared at council meetings takes time and effort. Today, we've launched a tool that allows you to search verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland, without the need to watch long recordings or sift through extensive notes. council-search.bellingcat.com
Bellingcat Council Meeting Transcript Search
Find verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland using this free open source research tool by Bellingcat.
council-search.bellingcat.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Finding key information shared at council meetings takes time and effort. Today, we've launched a tool that allows you to search verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland, without the need to watch long recordings or sift through extensive notes. council-search.bellingcat.com
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"The Cat Read the Emails First" (2025)
acrylic painting
By Ukrainian artist Nataliya Bagatskaya - n.bagatska [IG]
#art #painting #illustration #caturday
acrylic painting
By Ukrainian artist Nataliya Bagatskaya - n.bagatska [IG]
#art #painting #illustration #caturday
August 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"The Cat Read the Emails First" (2025)
acrylic painting
By Ukrainian artist Nataliya Bagatskaya - n.bagatska [IG]
#art #painting #illustration #caturday
acrylic painting
By Ukrainian artist Nataliya Bagatskaya - n.bagatska [IG]
#art #painting #illustration #caturday
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AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes
Artificial intelligence tools used by more than half of England’s councils are downplaying women’s physical and mental health issues and risk creating gender bias in care decisions, research has found.
The study found that when using Google’s AI tool “Gemma” to generate and summarise the same case notes, language such as “disabled”, “unable” and “complex” appeared significantly more often in descriptions of men than women. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds
Could we reduce energy bills at a stroke? Renewable energy is generally cheaper to produce than gas. However, units of electricity are sold at the price of the most expensive unit needed to meet demand at a particular moment in time: gas. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Ban cheap renewable energy from being charged at the price of expensive gas
Mandate energy providers to stop charging the same price as expensive gas for much cheaper renewable energy. We think they should pass any savings on to consumers, rather than keeping them as profit.
petition.parliament.uk
July 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Could we reduce energy bills at a stroke? Renewable energy is generally cheaper to produce than gas. However, units of electricity are sold at the price of the most expensive unit needed to meet demand at a particular moment in time: gas. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Tim Dowling: a rake has it in for me – and the tortoise
Tim Dowling: a rake has it in for me – and the tortoise
I thought the cartoonish thwack in the face from the garden tool was a once-in-a-lifetime act of stupidity. How wrong I was
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Tim Dowling: a rake has it in for me – and the tortoise
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alien graffiti can be pretty hurtful 😔
July 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
alien graffiti can be pretty hurtful 😔
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Meanwhile, everywhere: "Things aren't just getting worse. They are getting worse faster."
The Extreme Weather Report, Jun 26, 2025.
The Extreme Weather Report, Jun 26, 2025.
June 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Meanwhile, everywhere: "Things aren't just getting worse. They are getting worse faster."
The Extreme Weather Report, Jun 26, 2025.
The Extreme Weather Report, Jun 26, 2025.
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Wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade.
World's richest 1% gained $33.9tn in real terms.
Billionaires pay effective tax rate of 0.3% of their wealth.
Ultra-rich are major cause of poverty, pollution, corruption.
Need wealth tax now.
World's richest 1% gained $33.9tn in real terms.
Billionaires pay effective tax rate of 0.3% of their wealth.
Ultra-rich are major cause of poverty, pollution, corruption.
Need wealth tax now.
Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade.
World's richest 1% gained $33.9tn in real terms.
Billionaires pay effective tax rate of 0.3% of their wealth.
Ultra-rich are major cause of poverty, pollution, corruption.
Need wealth tax now.
World's richest 1% gained $33.9tn in real terms.
Billionaires pay effective tax rate of 0.3% of their wealth.
Ultra-rich are major cause of poverty, pollution, corruption.
Need wealth tax now.
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This is a terrific initiative and film that our MP Watch Walthamstow group is getting involved in.
Power Station Official Trailer - Sheffield 2025
YouTube video by Power
www.youtube.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is a terrific initiative and film that our MP Watch Walthamstow group is getting involved in.
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A new substack that everyone interested in climate science and policy should subscribe to.
Their latest post is by Ben Santer.
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
Their latest post is by Ben Santer.
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
Reality is Not Written by the Victors
There’s an old adage that “History is written by the victors”.
open.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A new substack that everyone interested in climate science and policy should subscribe to.
Their latest post is by Ben Santer.
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
Their latest post is by Ben Santer.
open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
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Getting off US tech
I’ve begun my journey to reduce my reliance on US tech, so it’s time for an update on how it’s all going!
No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.
No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.
Getting off US tech is no easy task
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make the effort
www.disconnect.blog
June 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Getting off US tech
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Tree-burning #Drax power station is UK’s largest single source of CO₂ emissions—and a major air polluter.
Yet ludicrously, UK Gov pretends its emissions are zero.
Reports on its impact on primary forests have been covered up.
Ministers are being played. Again.
Great article by @dalevince.com
Yet ludicrously, UK Gov pretends its emissions are zero.
Reports on its impact on primary forests have been covered up.
Ministers are being played. Again.
Great article by @dalevince.com
Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince
The evidence against the Drax power station is damning, yet the government wants to continue its massive public funding, says campaigner Dale Vince
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Tree-burning #Drax power station is UK’s largest single source of CO₂ emissions—and a major air polluter.
Yet ludicrously, UK Gov pretends its emissions are zero.
Reports on its impact on primary forests have been covered up.
Ministers are being played. Again.
Great article by @dalevince.com
Yet ludicrously, UK Gov pretends its emissions are zero.
Reports on its impact on primary forests have been covered up.
Ministers are being played. Again.
Great article by @dalevince.com
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Are UK Govts anti-women?
Cuts to public sector wages -workforce mostly female
Cuts to benefits -most claimants female
Carers persecuted -mostly female
Hike state pension age -most pensioners female. Women get lower state pension.
Gender pay gap.
Female PMs, Chancellors push neoliberal policies
Cuts to public sector wages -workforce mostly female
Cuts to benefits -most claimants female
Carers persecuted -mostly female
Hike state pension age -most pensioners female. Women get lower state pension.
Gender pay gap.
Female PMs, Chancellors push neoliberal policies
June 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Are UK Govts anti-women?
Cuts to public sector wages -workforce mostly female
Cuts to benefits -most claimants female
Carers persecuted -mostly female
Hike state pension age -most pensioners female. Women get lower state pension.
Gender pay gap.
Female PMs, Chancellors push neoliberal policies
Cuts to public sector wages -workforce mostly female
Cuts to benefits -most claimants female
Carers persecuted -mostly female
Hike state pension age -most pensioners female. Women get lower state pension.
Gender pay gap.
Female PMs, Chancellors push neoliberal policies
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❌ Say no to plastic grass ❌
-creates plastic pollution
-loss of habitat
-loss of co2 sink
-inc flood risk
-inc carbon
-bad for soil, bugs, worms
Fake grass is the last thing we need in a biodiversity crisis which is why I’m calling for it to be phased out as we #messupbritain for nature 💚🐝🌻
-creates plastic pollution
-loss of habitat
-loss of co2 sink
-inc flood risk
-inc carbon
-bad for soil, bugs, worms
Fake grass is the last thing we need in a biodiversity crisis which is why I’m calling for it to be phased out as we #messupbritain for nature 💚🐝🌻
June 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
❌ Say no to plastic grass ❌
-creates plastic pollution
-loss of habitat
-loss of co2 sink
-inc flood risk
-inc carbon
-bad for soil, bugs, worms
Fake grass is the last thing we need in a biodiversity crisis which is why I’m calling for it to be phased out as we #messupbritain for nature 💚🐝🌻
-creates plastic pollution
-loss of habitat
-loss of co2 sink
-inc flood risk
-inc carbon
-bad for soil, bugs, worms
Fake grass is the last thing we need in a biodiversity crisis which is why I’m calling for it to be phased out as we #messupbritain for nature 💚🐝🌻
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"Its a weed!" a man exclaimed as I snapped a photo for tonight's #WildflowerHour.
"No, they're #UrbanPlants," I called back with a smile.
So, let's chalk and talk about these plants by naming them and drawing attention to urban ecosystems
#BotanicalChalkandTalk
"No, they're #UrbanPlants," I called back with a smile.
So, let's chalk and talk about these plants by naming them and drawing attention to urban ecosystems
#BotanicalChalkandTalk
June 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Its a weed!" a man exclaimed as I snapped a photo for tonight's #WildflowerHour.
"No, they're #UrbanPlants," I called back with a smile.
So, let's chalk and talk about these plants by naming them and drawing attention to urban ecosystems
#BotanicalChalkandTalk
"No, they're #UrbanPlants," I called back with a smile.
So, let's chalk and talk about these plants by naming them and drawing attention to urban ecosystems
#BotanicalChalkandTalk
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Another visitor to the US shares their story of being detained for 12 hours, denied entry and deported because of social media posts.
Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
June 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Another visitor to the US shares their story of being detained for 12 hours, denied entry and deported because of social media posts.
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