Andy Whitmore
@more-whit.bsky.social
International man of mystery .. oh no, sorry - campaigning on indigenous peoples and extractive industries (& not enough on music, UK politics & nonsense)
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Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Britain’s biggest hunger strike in decades – and the media won’t touch it
THE Palestine Action hunger strike is on track to become the largest since the 1981 Irish republican protest led by Bobby Sands, yet campaigners say it has faced a “mainstream media blackout.”So far, ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Please let’s get the word out.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...
Post-COP30 the struggle to ensure there are mineral supply chain standards moves on (to the UNEA) ... still getting opposition from some States (although China less in the mix).
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/04/p...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/04/p...
Proposal for global minerals deal meets opposition as China looks away
Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia oppose a UN resolution for nations to start discussing options for a global minerals agreement
www.climatechangenews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Post-COP30 the struggle to ensure there are mineral supply chain standards moves on (to the UNEA) ... still getting opposition from some States (although China less in the mix).
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/04/p...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/04/p...
I know I'm late to send my congratulations on this - as it's been a busy few days - but great news and impressive campaigning from colleagues in Norway.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Deep sea mining in the Arctic stopped once again - Greenpeace International
Once one of the mining industry’s strongest proponents, the Norwegian government is now moving to halt both exploration and exploitation in its own waters.
www.greenpeace.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I know I'm late to send my congratulations on this - as it's been a busy few days - but great news and impressive campaigning from colleagues in Norway.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
It seems so long since civil society has been engaged at a COP (since Glasgow really), so hope that momentum can be kept up for next year - Australia will need to work well with Turkey to ensure this ...
www.eco-business.com/news/cop30-s...
www.eco-business.com/news/cop30-s...
COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil's approach to people’s participation?
Climate justice groups celebrated the establishment of a just transition mechanism in Belém, where the COP30 presidency engaged heavily with Indigenous Peoples. Can upcoming hosts Turkey and...
www.eco-business.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It seems so long since civil society has been engaged at a COP (since Glasgow really), so hope that momentum can be kept up for next year - Australia will need to work well with Turkey to ensure this ...
www.eco-business.com/news/cop30-s...
www.eco-business.com/news/cop30-s...
I think the study shows that current technologies for harvesting are too damaging to permit large-scale commercial exploration"
Good to see more of this data coming out - although this is only on 1 aspect, and the concerns about spread of plumes is around waste plumes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good to see more of this data coming out - although this is only on 1 aspect, and the concerns about spread of plumes is around waste plumes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining - scientists
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I think the study shows that current technologies for harvesting are too damaging to permit large-scale commercial exploration"
Good to see more of this data coming out - although this is only on 1 aspect, and the concerns about spread of plumes is around waste plumes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good to see more of this data coming out - although this is only on 1 aspect, and the concerns about spread of plumes is around waste plumes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Despite being more effective at eliminating waste, reuse models attracted just 4% of all circular economy investment for plastics between 2018 and 2023, compared with 82% for recovery and recycling"
That is why markets need intervention!
www.eco-business.com/news/reuse-d...
That is why markets need intervention!
www.eco-business.com/news/reuse-d...
'Reuse does not require capital': Debate swirls over circular economy investor preference for recycling
Reuse is a behaviour – and does not require investment, a waste expert said at the Cities: Possibilities event in Singapore. Others suggested that capital is needed to support reuse systems in the...
www.eco-business.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Despite being more effective at eliminating waste, reuse models attracted just 4% of all circular economy investment for plastics between 2018 and 2023, compared with 82% for recovery and recycling"
That is why markets need intervention!
www.eco-business.com/news/reuse-d...
That is why markets need intervention!
www.eco-business.com/news/reuse-d...
Real security comes from a more equal society where a better consideration of resource use reduces the risk of conflict over limited resources.
climateandcommunity.org/research/min...
climateandcommunity.org/research/min...
Mining for War: Assessing the Pentagon’s Mineral Stockpile - Climate and Community Institute
The Pentagon is rapidly expanding its stockpile of the so-called “critical minerals” it deems essential for military industries. Many of these same materials—known as energy transition …
climateandcommunity.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Real security comes from a more equal society where a better consideration of resource use reduces the risk of conflict over limited resources.
climateandcommunity.org/research/min...
climateandcommunity.org/research/min...
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Brexit emboldened the racists.
Tories and Labour pandered to them, and continue to do so.
This is where it's got us.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Tories and Labour pandered to them, and continue to do so.
This is where it's got us.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Brexit emboldened the racists.
Tories and Labour pandered to them, and continue to do so.
This is where it's got us.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Tories and Labour pandered to them, and continue to do so.
This is where it's got us.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Plenty of useful points in here, but I love the way what primarily comes through is the enthusiam for sealife that shines through from @drandrewthaler.bsky.social
www.southernfriedscience.com/what-we-know...
www.southernfriedscience.com/what-we-know...
What we know we don’t know: impacts of deep-sea mining on whales, dolphins, sharks, turtles, and other migratory species.
Migratory species depend on a vast, interconnected ocean. Disturbance in the deep-sea isn’t localized, it ripples across a globally-connected ocean and impacts made today may persist long aft…
www.southernfriedscience.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Plenty of useful points in here, but I love the way what primarily comes through is the enthusiam for sealife that shines through from @drandrewthaler.bsky.social
www.southernfriedscience.com/what-we-know...
www.southernfriedscience.com/what-we-know...
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"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance." ~ #AlbertEinstein
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance." ~ #AlbertEinstein
"As demand for minerals for energy transition, defense, and other technology increases, it is vital that governments around the world work to protect the environment and ensure human rights safeguards in global mineral supply chains"
We need momentum for this initiative
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
We need momentum for this initiative
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
An Opportunity to Address Mining Abuses Globally
When 29-year-old Norbert Amoya went to fetch water from a river in northern Zambia earlier this year, he found large numbers of dead fish and the water had a strange smell. The cause was a major minin...
www.hrw.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"As demand for minerals for energy transition, defense, and other technology increases, it is vital that governments around the world work to protect the environment and ensure human rights safeguards in global mineral supply chains"
We need momentum for this initiative
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
We need momentum for this initiative
www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
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No response from the Conservative party to my questions about this and the post still remains on her account.
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
The Conservative Party's leader in London, Susan Hall, just shared this Islamophobic disinformation about Sadiq Khan, after it was posted on X by a racist troll
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
No response from the Conservative party to my questions about this and the post still remains on her account.
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
Important that it is recognised how much of a threat Duterte still is - including to those willing to testify against him.
globalnation.inquirer.net/300410/icc-r...
globalnation.inquirer.net/300410/icc-r...
ICC rejects Duterte appeal for interim release, orders continued detention
File photo of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during his initial appearance at the International Criminal Court on March 14, 2025, in The Hague.
MANILA, Philippines — No interim release for
globalnation.inquirer.net
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Important that it is recognised how much of a threat Duterte still is - including to those willing to testify against him.
globalnation.inquirer.net/300410/icc-r...
globalnation.inquirer.net/300410/icc-r...
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🤯 Mindblown Monday: New research shows deep-sea mining plumes act like "junk food" for ocean life—diluting marine snow with nutrient-poor sediment.
Impacts ripple from tiny organisms up to tuna, seabirds & whales.
Join the call for a moratorium.
🔗 lnkd.in/gJCJjB6Z
#MindblownMondays #DSMC
Impacts ripple from tiny organisms up to tuna, seabirds & whales.
Join the call for a moratorium.
🔗 lnkd.in/gJCJjB6Z
#MindblownMondays #DSMC
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
🤯 Mindblown Monday: New research shows deep-sea mining plumes act like "junk food" for ocean life—diluting marine snow with nutrient-poor sediment.
Impacts ripple from tiny organisms up to tuna, seabirds & whales.
Join the call for a moratorium.
🔗 lnkd.in/gJCJjB6Z
#MindblownMondays #DSMC
Impacts ripple from tiny organisms up to tuna, seabirds & whales.
Join the call for a moratorium.
🔗 lnkd.in/gJCJjB6Z
#MindblownMondays #DSMC
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Reposted by Andy Whitmore
🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
It seems incredible there even have to be petitions like this ... at the most basic level medics should be above getting drawn into conflicts
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Free Dr Abu Safiya
Israel has Gaza’s top paediatrician and around 90 other Palestinian medics in military prisons. Join the global call for their freedom!
secure.avaaz.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It seems incredible there even have to be petitions like this ... at the most basic level medics should be above getting drawn into conflicts
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Healthy oceans, safe future: stop the toxic shark trade
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now!
action.wemove.eu
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Fair words putter no parsnips ....
“ we call her mum when she plays with me bum”
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Fair words putter no parsnips ....
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LMN and @actsa-uk.bsky.social stand in solidarity with MACUA & partners in their demands for corporate accountability as Anglo American exits South Africa.
Watch the press conference: www.youtube.com/live/VMnTBAg...
Read our statement: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/macu...
#NoExitWithoutJustice
Watch the press conference: www.youtube.com/live/VMnTBAg...
Read our statement: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/macu...
#NoExitWithoutJustice
MACUA submit parliamentary petition calling for corporate accountability as Anglo American exits South Africa - London Mining Network
MACUA petition calls for reparations, binding obligations to Free Prior and Informed Consent, mine closure and rehabilitation.
londonminingnetwork.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
LMN and @actsa-uk.bsky.social stand in solidarity with MACUA & partners in their demands for corporate accountability as Anglo American exits South Africa.
Watch the press conference: www.youtube.com/live/VMnTBAg...
Read our statement: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/macu...
#NoExitWithoutJustice
Watch the press conference: www.youtube.com/live/VMnTBAg...
Read our statement: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/macu...
#NoExitWithoutJustice
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is now within touching distance of 80,000 signatures!
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is now within touching distance of 80,000 signatures!
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Tell Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg: People should come before profits action.eko.org/a/mark-zucke...
Mark Zuckerberg must go
Meta protected profits. It didn’t protect kids. That’s not just a headline — it’s sworn testimony. And now we know: Mark Zuckerberg let this happen, again and again. Shocking new court filings show Me
action.eko.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tell Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg: People should come before profits action.eko.org/a/mark-zucke...
This is a great primer on the international law background on deep-sea mining.
Includes the observation: "the amount of work, discussions and negotiations required to be completed by the ISA before the exploitation regulations can be adopted is considerable."
online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art...
Includes the observation: "the amount of work, discussions and negotiations required to be completed by the ISA before the exploitation regulations can be adopted is considerable."
online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art...
The legal landscape for deep-sea mining in the Area: A primer for practitioners
A general overview of the legal regime for managing deep-sea mineral resources of the seafloor in areas beyond national jurisdiction (‘the Area’) is presented with a focus on the protection of the mar...
online.ucpress.edu
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a great primer on the international law background on deep-sea mining.
Includes the observation: "the amount of work, discussions and negotiations required to be completed by the ISA before the exploitation regulations can be adopted is considerable."
online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art...
Includes the observation: "the amount of work, discussions and negotiations required to be completed by the ISA before the exploitation regulations can be adopted is considerable."
online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art...
“This discovery underscores how little we know about life in the deep sea. Every new species we find reminds us that the ocean floor is a living ecosystem and we still have so much research to do to explore and understand it fully.”
ecomagazine.com/news/researc...
ecomagazine.com/news/researc...
New Deep-Sea Coral Found Living on Nodules Targeted for Mining - environment coastal & offshore
An international research team led by Dr. Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Senckenberg scientist Dr. Nadia Santodomingo has discovered a new species of dee...
ecomagazine.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“This discovery underscores how little we know about life in the deep sea. Every new species we find reminds us that the ocean floor is a living ecosystem and we still have so much research to do to explore and understand it fully.”
ecomagazine.com/news/researc...
ecomagazine.com/news/researc...
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The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.