Pete M 🌳
@pete-m.bsky.social
| Climate | Environment | Wildness | 🏴 🌍 |
Work: Decarbonisation and circularity
Life: Making a small patch of North Wales wilder. Often found outdoors.
Work: Decarbonisation and circularity
Life: Making a small patch of North Wales wilder. Often found outdoors.
Good news. A better society is possible.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Good news. A better society is possible.
All this talk of energy costs…
Nearly a quarter of bills goes to private profit.
The grid upgrade will cost 1.7× more on a private than public model.
The privatisation tax no one talks about.
Nearly a quarter of bills goes to private profit.
The grid upgrade will cost 1.7× more on a private than public model.
The privatisation tax no one talks about.
October 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
All this talk of energy costs…
Nearly a quarter of bills goes to private profit.
The grid upgrade will cost 1.7× more on a private than public model.
The privatisation tax no one talks about.
Nearly a quarter of bills goes to private profit.
The grid upgrade will cost 1.7× more on a private than public model.
The privatisation tax no one talks about.
I agree with 2014 Shabana, not the 2025 version who wants to arrest her past self (if she supported the same cause in more than one occasion).
October 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I agree with 2014 Shabana, not the 2025 version who wants to arrest her past self (if she supported the same cause in more than one occasion).
Cool. I’ve seen it though. Screenshot below 😜
September 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Cool. I’ve seen it though. Screenshot below 😜
Palantir are complicit in a genocide through the deployment of their AI systems that has targeted and killed innocent civilians.
Labour are selling the soul of the UK to Peter “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible” Thiel.
Labour are selling the soul of the UK to Peter “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible” Thiel.
September 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Palantir are complicit in a genocide through the deployment of their AI systems that has targeted and killed innocent civilians.
Labour are selling the soul of the UK to Peter “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible” Thiel.
Labour are selling the soul of the UK to Peter “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible” Thiel.
A glimpse of an Irish Atlantic rainforest.
Knockomagh Wood, Loch Hyne, Co.Cork.
🌳🇮🇪
Knockomagh Wood, Loch Hyne, Co.Cork.
🌳🇮🇪
September 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A glimpse of an Irish Atlantic rainforest.
Knockomagh Wood, Loch Hyne, Co.Cork.
🌳🇮🇪
Knockomagh Wood, Loch Hyne, Co.Cork.
🌳🇮🇪
I don’t really watch @BBCNews but had it on last night.
No wonder the asylum debate is so toxic when they emphasise the loaded “taxpayers’expense” phrase.
No wonder the asylum debate is so toxic when they emphasise the loaded “taxpayers’expense” phrase.
August 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I don’t really watch @BBCNews but had it on last night.
No wonder the asylum debate is so toxic when they emphasise the loaded “taxpayers’expense” phrase.
No wonder the asylum debate is so toxic when they emphasise the loaded “taxpayers’expense” phrase.
A defining photo of our time.
August 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A defining photo of our time.
I posted this on X and asked the awful Grok if X suppressed posts on Gaza.
It said “No, X's algorithm does not systematically suppress posts about Gaza events, per transparency reports and Musk's free speech stance.”
I challenged it, it changed it’s mind. Musk’s “Free speech stance”. Lol.
It said “No, X's algorithm does not systematically suppress posts about Gaza events, per transparency reports and Musk's free speech stance.”
I challenged it, it changed it’s mind. Musk’s “Free speech stance”. Lol.
July 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I posted this on X and asked the awful Grok if X suppressed posts on Gaza.
It said “No, X's algorithm does not systematically suppress posts about Gaza events, per transparency reports and Musk's free speech stance.”
I challenged it, it changed it’s mind. Musk’s “Free speech stance”. Lol.
It said “No, X's algorithm does not systematically suppress posts about Gaza events, per transparency reports and Musk's free speech stance.”
I challenged it, it changed it’s mind. Musk’s “Free speech stance”. Lol.
The new “Sustainable” Farming Scheme in Wales.
🌳 Requires planting 0.1ha of woodland. Or about 0.2% of average farm size.
⬇️ Previous proposal was 7 football pitches tree cover*, this is 1/7 of a football pitch.
The power of the farming lobby.
🌳 Requires planting 0.1ha of woodland. Or about 0.2% of average farm size.
⬇️ Previous proposal was 7 football pitches tree cover*, this is 1/7 of a football pitch.
The power of the farming lobby.
July 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The new “Sustainable” Farming Scheme in Wales.
🌳 Requires planting 0.1ha of woodland. Or about 0.2% of average farm size.
⬇️ Previous proposal was 7 football pitches tree cover*, this is 1/7 of a football pitch.
The power of the farming lobby.
🌳 Requires planting 0.1ha of woodland. Or about 0.2% of average farm size.
⬇️ Previous proposal was 7 football pitches tree cover*, this is 1/7 of a football pitch.
The power of the farming lobby.
Blackcurrants in hedges has to be THE easiest food to grow. Collecting 1kg of fruit a day at the moment. Hedges can be so much more than a line of hawthorn in plastic tubes.
July 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Blackcurrants in hedges has to be THE easiest food to grow. Collecting 1kg of fruit a day at the moment. Hedges can be so much more than a line of hawthorn in plastic tubes.
Angry at people receiving housing benefit?
Maybe get angry at the cost of housing.
Get angry at the annual £14bn transfer of wealth to private landlords.
Get angry at the inequality baked into the system.
Maybe get angry at the cost of housing.
Get angry at the annual £14bn transfer of wealth to private landlords.
Get angry at the inequality baked into the system.
July 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Angry at people receiving housing benefit?
Maybe get angry at the cost of housing.
Get angry at the annual £14bn transfer of wealth to private landlords.
Get angry at the inequality baked into the system.
Maybe get angry at the cost of housing.
Get angry at the annual £14bn transfer of wealth to private landlords.
Get angry at the inequality baked into the system.
Concentrating an entire population in a camp under military control… all while the world watches on, enabling this crime against humanity.
July 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Concentrating an entire population in a camp under military control… all while the world watches on, enabling this crime against humanity.
“Israel’s war in Gaza is chipping away at so much of what we had agreed upon as acceptable, from the rules governing our freedom of speech to the very laws of armed conflict”
“If they are so afraid of..a sign…we are stronger than they want us to believe.”
“If they are so afraid of..a sign…we are stronger than they want us to believe.”
July 7, 2025 at 6:04 AM
“Israel’s war in Gaza is chipping away at so much of what we had agreed upon as acceptable, from the rules governing our freedom of speech to the very laws of armed conflict”
“If they are so afraid of..a sign…we are stronger than they want us to believe.”
“If they are so afraid of..a sign…we are stronger than they want us to believe.”
I was wrong, #NationalMeadowsDay is today. So here is some more:
Yellow Rattle
Knapweed
Meadow Vetchling
Hedge Woundwort
Yellow Rattle
Knapweed
Meadow Vetchling
Hedge Woundwort
July 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was wrong, #NationalMeadowsDay is today. So here is some more:
Yellow Rattle
Knapweed
Meadow Vetchling
Hedge Woundwort
Yellow Rattle
Knapweed
Meadow Vetchling
Hedge Woundwort
Yesterday was #NationalMeadowsDay so here is a snippet of some plant life in ours.
July 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Yesterday was #NationalMeadowsDay so here is a snippet of some plant life in ours.
The way people battle against nature in the Welsh uplands, rather than work with it, can be quite miserable at times. At least the dead sheep are providing food, but to the same animals so many despise.
June 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The way people battle against nature in the Welsh uplands, rather than work with it, can be quite miserable at times. At least the dead sheep are providing food, but to the same animals so many despise.
Imagine going on a wildlife tour at a @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social reserve and being told to stomp on as many of a native caterpillar species as possible.
No wonder so many people are disconnected and fearful of the natural world.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No wonder so many people are disconnected and fearful of the natural world.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
June 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Imagine going on a wildlife tour at a @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social reserve and being told to stomp on as many of a native caterpillar species as possible.
No wonder so many people are disconnected and fearful of the natural world.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No wonder so many people are disconnected and fearful of the natural world.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Some light amongst the relentless darkness from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
The power of returning woodland to ecologically damaged land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The power of returning woodland to ecologically damaged land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
May 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Some light amongst the relentless darkness from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
The power of returning woodland to ecologically damaged land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The power of returning woodland to ecologically damaged land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The good news for me is oaks are coming back here. I did grow some saplings from collected acorns from a fairly local source, but the self seeded ones brought in (by jays I guess) seem to get started quicker.
May 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The good news for me is oaks are coming back here. I did grow some saplings from collected acorns from a fairly local source, but the self seeded ones brought in (by jays I guess) seem to get started quicker.
I’ve done some translocation of saplings from an area of regeneration to a patch some distance from it. Not a purists approach but I’m impatient. It is also a crisis so think we need act with urgency.
May 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I’ve done some translocation of saplings from an area of regeneration to a patch some distance from it. Not a purists approach but I’m impatient. It is also a crisis so think we need act with urgency.
EAT-Lancet: Meat and dairy sector employed a PR firm to discredit the research (@desmog.bsky.social)
“Red Flag briefed journalists, think tanks, and social media influencers”
If you employ the same tactics of the fossil fuel industry, you are on the wrong side of history.
“Red Flag briefed journalists, think tanks, and social media influencers”
If you employ the same tactics of the fossil fuel industry, you are on the wrong side of history.
April 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
EAT-Lancet: Meat and dairy sector employed a PR firm to discredit the research (@desmog.bsky.social)
“Red Flag briefed journalists, think tanks, and social media influencers”
If you employ the same tactics of the fossil fuel industry, you are on the wrong side of history.
“Red Flag briefed journalists, think tanks, and social media influencers”
If you employ the same tactics of the fossil fuel industry, you are on the wrong side of history.
Ok. What the hell is this in the skies above North Wales. Seen to the north, static then moved east. Then disappeared
@profbriancox.bsky.social
@virtualastro.bsky.social
@profbriancox.bsky.social
@virtualastro.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Ok. What the hell is this in the skies above North Wales. Seen to the north, static then moved east. Then disappeared
@profbriancox.bsky.social
@virtualastro.bsky.social
@profbriancox.bsky.social
@virtualastro.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM