Miranda van de Heijning
@thisbe1000.bsky.social
PhD Student Open University | Ethical Philosophy in Collective Contexts - also easily distracted by anything related to music, politics, space, nature, books and Star Trek.
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Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027
Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027
Government to press ahead with net zero plans as Keir Starmer rejects Tony Blair’s criticisms of climate policy
Almost all new homes in England will be fitted with solar panels during construction within two years, the government will announce after Keir Starmer rejected Tony Blair’s criticism of net zero policies.
Housebuilders will be legally required to install solar panels on the roofs of new properties by 2027 under the plans. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027
Just wow.
Brian Greene explains the double-slit experiment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
April 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Just wow.
Beautiful article. Life will find a way to grow, even in the unlikeliest of places.
The Art and Science — and Joy — of Growing Flowers in Prison.
The Art and Science — and Joy — of Growing Flowers in Prison
While prison presents unique challenges for gardeners, several men in a Washington prison are able to successfully grow colorful flowers.
prisonjournalismproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Beautiful article. Life will find a way to grow, even in the unlikeliest of places.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Offshore windfarm capable of powering 1m British, extending Rampion offshore windfarm by 90 turbines, adding 1.2 gigawatts, creating 4,000 jobs in the construction phase of the project
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Extension of huge offshore windfarm in Sussex approved
Plan to add 90 turbines to Rampion will create 4,000 jobs in construction and could power 1m homes
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Offshore windfarm capable of powering 1m British, extending Rampion offshore windfarm by 90 turbines, adding 1.2 gigawatts, creating 4,000 jobs in the construction phase of the project
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
Pay attention USA, this is how you deal with criminals trying to run for public office. You don’t let them.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office after guilty verdict in embezzlement trial – Europe live
Exact length of ban not yet known after French far right leader and eight National Rally MEPs found guilty of misappropriating EU funds
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Pay attention USA, this is how you deal with criminals trying to run for public office. You don’t let them.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
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Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now.
Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government.
What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising.
🇷🇸
Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government.
What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising.
🇷🇸
March 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now.
Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government.
What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising.
🇷🇸
Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government.
What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising.
🇷🇸
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I've tweaked & signed a petition shared by #BDS demanding the release of student activist #MahmoudKhalil
Please sign, if you can, to uphold everyone's universal #HumanRight to #AcademicFreedom
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
#ColumbiaUniversity
#PeacefulResistance
#Democracy
#HigherEducation
🇵🇸
Please sign, if you can, to uphold everyone's universal #HumanRight to #AcademicFreedom
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
#ColumbiaUniversity
#PeacefulResistance
#Democracy
#HigherEducation
🇵🇸
March 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I've tweaked & signed a petition shared by #BDS demanding the release of student activist #MahmoudKhalil
Please sign, if you can, to uphold everyone's universal #HumanRight to #AcademicFreedom
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
#ColumbiaUniversity
#PeacefulResistance
#Democracy
#HigherEducation
🇵🇸
Please sign, if you can, to uphold everyone's universal #HumanRight to #AcademicFreedom
actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
#ColumbiaUniversity
#PeacefulResistance
#Democracy
#HigherEducation
🇵🇸
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📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
March 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
📢ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 3.6% in 2024 to lowest since 1872
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
🏭Coal lowest since 1666, when Great Fire ravaged London
🚗EVs pushed oil down despite more traffic, saving £1.7bn
🌇Gas down on "cleanest ever" power
📈📉Since 1990, CO2 -54% / GDP +84%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/9
However, retailers report a sharp decline in the sale of avocados, as well as a drop in Netflix subscriptions.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
However, retailers report a sharp decline in the sale of avocados, as well as a drop in Netflix subscriptions.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Today’s report shows that ULEZ works.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion
People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Today’s report shows that ULEZ works.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
One year on, the ULEZ expansion is helping to:
🌳 Drive down levels of pollution
🌳 Take old polluting cars off our roads
🌳 Bring cleaner air to millions more Londoners.
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Constant attacks by Felon Trump & Fascist Musk on our institutions, government, democracy & on us can be stopped.
Tomorrow, show the power of nonviolent civil resistance by joining the #EconomicBlackout
Just 1 day will make a powerful difference 💪🏻💪🏽💪
Tomorrow, show the power of nonviolent civil resistance by joining the #EconomicBlackout
Just 1 day will make a powerful difference 💪🏻💪🏽💪
February 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Constant attacks by Felon Trump & Fascist Musk on our institutions, government, democracy & on us can be stopped.
Tomorrow, show the power of nonviolent civil resistance by joining the #EconomicBlackout
Just 1 day will make a powerful difference 💪🏻💪🏽💪
Tomorrow, show the power of nonviolent civil resistance by joining the #EconomicBlackout
Just 1 day will make a powerful difference 💪🏻💪🏽💪
What should large groups of relatively powerless people do when faced with great harm? As it turns out, everything.
Many great changes can only be achieved with through large numbers of tiny contributions.
See Kagan, ‘Do I make a difference’:
www.stafforini.com/library/kaga...
Many great changes can only be achieved with through large numbers of tiny contributions.
See Kagan, ‘Do I make a difference’:
www.stafforini.com/library/kaga...
www.stafforini.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What should large groups of relatively powerless people do when faced with great harm? As it turns out, everything.
Many great changes can only be achieved with through large numbers of tiny contributions.
See Kagan, ‘Do I make a difference’:
www.stafforini.com/library/kaga...
Many great changes can only be achieved with through large numbers of tiny contributions.
See Kagan, ‘Do I make a difference’:
www.stafforini.com/library/kaga...
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They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
February 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
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If I was picking person of the year, without a shadow of a doubt, it would be Gisele Pelicot. She has and will change things around the world.
December 13, 2024 at 7:05 AM
If I was picking person of the year, without a shadow of a doubt, it would be Gisele Pelicot. She has and will change things around the world.
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Just learned that there is a Friends of the San Quentin Prison Library and made a donation! Check out their wonderful work! www.friendsofthesanquentinprisonlibrary.com #abolition #libraries #prisonlibraries
Library | Friends of the San Quentin Prison Library | California
Supporting the needs of prison libraries to better serve their patrons. Public libraries have Friends groups that help support their financial needs, why don't prison libraries?
www.friendsofthesanquentinprisonlibrary.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Just learned that there is a Friends of the San Quentin Prison Library and made a donation! Check out their wonderful work! www.friendsofthesanquentinprisonlibrary.com #abolition #libraries #prisonlibraries
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When Trump won in 2016, progressives spent countless hours analyzing and debating the divide between their values and those of vast swathes of America. If only we'd 'listen' and feel 'empathy' for Trump voters, then we could heal the world – or so it was said.
Can we please not do that again? 🧵
Can we please not do that again? 🧵
November 27, 2024 at 1:34 AM
When Trump won in 2016, progressives spent countless hours analyzing and debating the divide between their values and those of vast swathes of America. If only we'd 'listen' and feel 'empathy' for Trump voters, then we could heal the world – or so it was said.
Can we please not do that again? 🧵
Can we please not do that again? 🧵
