Richard Fleming
@richardfleming46.bsky.social
Sometimes bees, trees, Irish music, writing about the state of nature
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Our letter condemning the genocide in #Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. A great crime is being committed, and we cannot stand by.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
Letter also signed by Hanif Kureishi and Russell T Davies urges ceasefire and unrestricted distribution of aid
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Our letter condemning the genocide in #Gaza and calling for an immediate ceasefire. A great crime is being committed, and we cannot stand by.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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I watched this conversation last night, and it was just *brilliant*.
Neoliberal capitalism is killing off life on Earth, yet its name is almost never spoken, most people have never even heard of it.
If we are to have a future, that MUST change. Watch this talk, then read 'The Invisible Doctrine'.
Neoliberal capitalism is killing off life on Earth, yet its name is almost never spoken, most people have never even heard of it.
If we are to have a future, that MUST change. Watch this talk, then read 'The Invisible Doctrine'.
Fantastic conversation with the great @afuahirsch.bsky.social at The Conduit last night. You can watch it here:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XK1C...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XK1C...
George Monbiot in Conversation with Afua Hirsch
YouTube video by ON FRONT LINE
m.youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I watched this conversation last night, and it was just *brilliant*.
Neoliberal capitalism is killing off life on Earth, yet its name is almost never spoken, most people have never even heard of it.
If we are to have a future, that MUST change. Watch this talk, then read 'The Invisible Doctrine'.
Neoliberal capitalism is killing off life on Earth, yet its name is almost never spoken, most people have never even heard of it.
If we are to have a future, that MUST change. Watch this talk, then read 'The Invisible Doctrine'.
It is quite insane to fish - rich in animal protein - in order to feed to chickens or salmon to produce ... animal protein. Every way you turn capitalism makes money out of wrecking the planet. Capitalism is not the only way
"Seas off Cork a 'marine desert' due to overfishing of sprat, says owner of whale-watching business."
Sprat, the basis of entire ecosystems, is being hoovered out to turn into fishmeal, an *insanely* wasteful process.
Who or what gives them the right???
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Sprat, the basis of entire ecosystems, is being hoovered out to turn into fishmeal, an *insanely* wasteful process.
Who or what gives them the right???
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Seas off Cork a 'marine desert' due to overfishing of sprat, says owner of whale-watching business
Skipper Colin Barnes said the whales have left his search area of ocean off Cork because the sprat they feed on has been fished to near extinction
www.irishexaminer.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It is quite insane to fish - rich in animal protein - in order to feed to chickens or salmon to produce ... animal protein. Every way you turn capitalism makes money out of wrecking the planet. Capitalism is not the only way
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In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
May 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
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So we hear Angela Rayner has been giving Rachel Reeves ideas on how to change the tax system...
Here's one: how about a wealth tax on the super rich?
The UK's 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of the population. No more cruel cuts. It's time to tax wealth fairly.
Here's one: how about a wealth tax on the super rich?
The UK's 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of the population. No more cruel cuts. It's time to tax wealth fairly.
May 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
So we hear Angela Rayner has been giving Rachel Reeves ideas on how to change the tax system...
Here's one: how about a wealth tax on the super rich?
The UK's 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of the population. No more cruel cuts. It's time to tax wealth fairly.
Here's one: how about a wealth tax on the super rich?
The UK's 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of the population. No more cruel cuts. It's time to tax wealth fairly.
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"The Government [must recognise] the actions of Israel in Gaza as genocidal acts. We must suspend all arms exports to Israel, and ground the surveillance flights being carried out by the RAF over Gaza"
@carladenyer.bsky.social writes in the @metro.co.uk
📷: Mohammed Ibrahim
@carladenyer.bsky.social writes in the @metro.co.uk
📷: Mohammed Ibrahim
May 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"The Government [must recognise] the actions of Israel in Gaza as genocidal acts. We must suspend all arms exports to Israel, and ground the surveillance flights being carried out by the RAF over Gaza"
@carladenyer.bsky.social writes in the @metro.co.uk
📷: Mohammed Ibrahim
@carladenyer.bsky.social writes in the @metro.co.uk
📷: Mohammed Ibrahim
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The Sunday Times' Rich List is another wake-up call: 50 of the UK's richest families hold more wealth than half the UK population. While millions can’t afford food or heating, a tiny minority of the super-rich thrive. We need a fairer tax system to tackle extreme wealth and build a fairer society.
The Sunday Times Rich List 2025 revealed
A record fall in the number of billionaires and a sprinkling of Hollywood stars: who’s up, who’s down — and who’s new
www.thetimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Sunday Times' Rich List is another wake-up call: 50 of the UK's richest families hold more wealth than half the UK population. While millions can’t afford food or heating, a tiny minority of the super-rich thrive. We need a fairer tax system to tackle extreme wealth and build a fairer society.
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It's great news that this profoundly selfish landowner has been beaten in court, and many congrats to the National Park and those supporting it. But wild camping is a fundamental right that we should be able to exercise in many parts of England, not just Dartmoor. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It's great news that this profoundly selfish landowner has been beaten in court, and many congrats to the National Park and those supporting it. But wild camping is a fundamental right that we should be able to exercise in many parts of England, not just Dartmoor. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
By the way - this is the Tories horror story so why is SOfS Steve Reed and PM Keir Starmer trying to protect their hideous legacy??
#askingforafriend
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
By the way - this is the Tories horror story so why is SOfS Steve Reed and PM Keir Starmer trying to protect their hideous legacy??
#askingforafriend
High Court greenlights our legal fight vs 2024 badger cull licences issued against scientific advice. Justice for wildlife is coming. 🦡⚖️ buff.ly/ZDpAouB
May 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
By the way - this is the Tories horror story so why is SOfS Steve Reed and PM Keir Starmer trying to protect their hideous legacy??
#askingforafriend
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
By the way - this is the Tories horror story so why is SOfS Steve Reed and PM Keir Starmer trying to protect their hideous legacy??
#askingforafriend
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Fascinating. I always thought mature woodland was resistant to fire, but wasn't 100% sure.
Confirmed.
It could spur interesting debate re natural, hands-off rewilding vs accelerated ecological succession by planting oak, etc.
Any rewilding is better than nothing!
CC @irishrainforest.bsky.social
Confirmed.
It could spur interesting debate re natural, hands-off rewilding vs accelerated ecological succession by planting oak, etc.
Any rewilding is better than nothing!
CC @irishrainforest.bsky.social
14. It also claims this burning makes the land less prone to wildfires. Yes, as an ecosystem tries to return to woodland, its intermediate successional stages can be fire-prone. But well-established woodland is very hard to burn. Swaling, by interrupting the succession, keeps the land flammable.
May 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Fascinating. I always thought mature woodland was resistant to fire, but wasn't 100% sure.
Confirmed.
It could spur interesting debate re natural, hands-off rewilding vs accelerated ecological succession by planting oak, etc.
Any rewilding is better than nothing!
CC @irishrainforest.bsky.social
Confirmed.
It could spur interesting debate re natural, hands-off rewilding vs accelerated ecological succession by planting oak, etc.
Any rewilding is better than nothing!
CC @irishrainforest.bsky.social
Why ridiculous? Tell me why UKGE invited fishermen to supply elvers and wait for payment until they were sold? They didn't get a permit and the EA made them put them back, as you know, and posing as the saviours of the Severn is so much hogwash.
May 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Why ridiculous? Tell me why UKGE invited fishermen to supply elvers and wait for payment until they were sold? They didn't get a permit and the EA made them put them back, as you know, and posing as the saviours of the Severn is so much hogwash.
You didn't mention that those eels were caught in the hope of getting a permit to export them to Belarus, but the EA forced Peter Wood to put them back. So much for the Severn Saviours baloney
May 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
You didn't mention that those eels were caught in the hope of getting a permit to export them to Belarus, but the EA forced Peter Wood to put them back. So much for the Severn Saviours baloney
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'there is a special place in hell for politicians who object to solar farms & other renewable projects. But perhaps the hottest part is reserved for those who seek to slow pylons and other forms of electricity transmission, they keep us on course for a burning world. bright-green.org/2023/11/07/g...
Greens need to fall on the right side of the coming pylon wars
The energy transition will need major infrastructure. It's vital Greens don't oppose it.
bright-green.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
'there is a special place in hell for politicians who object to solar farms & other renewable projects. But perhaps the hottest part is reserved for those who seek to slow pylons and other forms of electricity transmission, they keep us on course for a burning world. bright-green.org/2023/11/07/g...
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After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
May 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
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15 years on, 230,000 badgers dead, and no meaningful reduction in bTB in cattle. Lets end the cull now, not years down the line.
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
May 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
15 years on, 230,000 badgers dead, and no meaningful reduction in bTB in cattle. Lets end the cull now, not years down the line.
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
The world is NOT richer - the rich people are richer but the planet, and the poor, are poorer. Capitalism steals from the poor and from our future.----
May 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The world is NOT richer - the rich people are richer but the planet, and the poor, are poorer. Capitalism steals from the poor and from our future.----
Absolutely NOT the role of the librarian to critique your book choices - not, at least, in a democracy...
May 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Absolutely NOT the role of the librarian to critique your book choices - not, at least, in a democracy...
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A fair few replies to this along the lines of "Sycamore may be an invasive species, but that tree was still iconic."
Would they say the same about an old rhodo, for eg? We should hope not.
But my main point was how people are more incensed by obvious damage to one tree than mass, outright ecocide.
Would they say the same about an old rhodo, for eg? We should hope not.
But my main point was how people are more incensed by obvious damage to one tree than mass, outright ecocide.
Damn right.
Sycamore are invasive in Ireland + Britain, and the furore over one tree cut down in the UK, with only a tiny fraction of that level of outrage over the constant killing of millions of *native* trees by sheep, for eg, just goes to show how ecologically clueless many of us still are.
Sycamore are invasive in Ireland + Britain, and the furore over one tree cut down in the UK, with only a tiny fraction of that level of outrage over the constant killing of millions of *native* trees by sheep, for eg, just goes to show how ecologically clueless many of us still are.
I have cut down A LOT of sycamore trees.
May 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
A fair few replies to this along the lines of "Sycamore may be an invasive species, but that tree was still iconic."
Would they say the same about an old rhodo, for eg? We should hope not.
But my main point was how people are more incensed by obvious damage to one tree than mass, outright ecocide.
Would they say the same about an old rhodo, for eg? We should hope not.
But my main point was how people are more incensed by obvious damage to one tree than mass, outright ecocide.
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I would support a left coalition while heartedly..it's the only way forward for a decent society
socialistworker.co.uk/news/corbyn-...
socialistworker.co.uk/news/corbyn-...
Corbyn almost declares new left challenge to Starmer
Jeremy Corbyn was speaking at a Conference of Resistance in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
socialistworker.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I would support a left coalition while heartedly..it's the only way forward for a decent society
socialistworker.co.uk/news/corbyn-...
socialistworker.co.uk/news/corbyn-...
The classroom eels are released after a period in schools. They are not eaten. IGOR will say anything that he thinks effective; whether it is true or not does not seem to bother him.
May 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The classroom eels are released after a period in schools. They are not eaten. IGOR will say anything that he thinks effective; whether it is true or not does not seem to bother him.
For your campaign to have any chance of success, people need to know who you are, if you campaign for your own small interests or for the genuine public good, and what you are actually campaigning for. None of this is clear, so we must assume this venom is the last twitching dying of UK Glass Eels
May 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
For your campaign to have any chance of success, people need to know who you are, if you campaign for your own small interests or for the genuine public good, and what you are actually campaigning for. None of this is clear, so we must assume this venom is the last twitching dying of UK Glass Eels
Might be interesting to know who you are.
May 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Might be interesting to know who you are.