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Mick Patrick
@mickpatrick.bsky.social
Community: resilience, retrofit, energy, active travel and more. Supporting Transformative / Deep Adaptation as a Great Simplification looms. Striving to be Pro-social member of Community of Life. Family, (6) Music, (black) dog, outdoors.
#Edinburgh
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Published today: Our research report, Far, Far Beyond the Adoption Order: Lessons from lives Impacted by Trauma.

Based on the experiences of 438 adoptive families, it reveals long-term impact of early trauma and urgent need for better support.

Read here:
www.thepotatogroup.o...
June 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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🙋‍♀️ Edin Parks rules consultn

🙋‍♀️ ENDS Fri 11 Apr
Pls respond HERE--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/manageme...

🤔 Rule 4.19 big problem for people using 🚲

@edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @steveamburgess.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Show your support for Ukraine at the US Consulate in Edinburgh (3 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5BW)

Wednesday 5 March @ 18h

More info and let them know you're coming here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-...

#edinburgh
EMERGENCY DEMO: STOP PUTIN - STOP TRUMP! STAND BY UKRAINE! EUROPE WAKE UP!
It's time to come together and show our support for Ukraine, Stop Putin and Trump, and for Europe to wake up to prevent another Munich.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Make My Money Matter is closing due to lack of funds. Here’s their last push for the easiest way to make a difference if activism isn’t your thing.
'Beep' Starring Ambika Mod
Our planet is burning and our banks are fuelling the fire. UK high-street banks Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC, NatWest and Santander have funded fossil fuels with $556…
vimeo.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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NEW: In November, I wrote a Guardian column headlined 'How to Survive the Broligarchy'. Pretty much everything predicted has now come true. What I'm launching today is part handbook, how to protect ourselves? And part manifesto, how to fight back? Please join me.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
How to Survive the Broligarchy
Three months ago, I warned we were entering the age of technoauthoritarianism. It's now here. We can and must fight back.
open.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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We excrete a credit card's worth of toxic micro-plastics each week. They are able to traverse the placental barrier too.

So "Our babies are born pre polluted" - Linda Birnbaum
Today, Nate is joined by environmental health experts @leotrasande.bsky.social, Linda Birnbaum, and Christina Dixon, to discuss the harmful effects of plastic on human health and the ongoing global policy efforts to regulate the plastic and petrochemical industries.
February 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The Art of The Deal

Trump, The Great Negotiator, sells out Ukraine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0n...
The Art of The Deal
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social looking forward to seeing how you vote in the second reading of the Climate and Nature Bill #CANBill. Vote for a future ...
January 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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If true, what Labour front bench is doing is unforgivable. The #CANBill is essential & has backing of huge number of experts, scientists, unions & enjoys cross-party support. If backbench Labour MPs ever consider rebelling against leadership on anything, let it be this - a liveable future for all 👇
Labour MPs ordered to sink landmark climate and environment bill
Exclusive: Supporters of bill say Labour has already insisted on removal of clauses requiring UK to meet targets agreed at Cop and other summits
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin

(Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )
January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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And away we go. Follow @weareyellowdot.bsky.social for all the breaking climate news over the next four or fewer years.
January 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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There is some gorgeous apricity about this morning: (17th century: warming sun on a winter’s day).
January 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Repost with a cool song that's under two minutes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3qP...
December 4, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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My interview in the Guardian on the danger of a detrimental ocean circulation change in the Atlantic.
amp.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation | Oceans | The Guardian
Oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf explains why Amoc breakdown could be catastrophic for both humans and marine life
amp.theguardian.com
October 24, 2024 at 8:31 AM
#TreeOfTheDay
Mighty Ash, perfect day, Swaledale
October 23, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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this is a bloody great name for a climate report

www.unep.org/resources/em...
November 20, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Recommendations please of a short #tutorial for someone transitioning from Twitter and wanting to make the most of #bsky. Eg, list Vs feed, how best to find your people etc. Tnx
November 18, 2023 at 7:40 PM