Weaky Lynam
@weakystar.bsky.social
MSc Agroforestry & Food Security / Vegan / Anarchist / Raver / Rebel #foodsystems #foodpolicy #rootsnotiron #wildfood #temperaterainforest #hardcorejungle #collapse #ExtinctionRebellion
Included a “Gaza Riviera” with artificial islands, blockchain-based trade initiatives, a port tying Gaza to India-ME-Europe econ corridor & low-tax “special econ zones”
It said the devastating war in Gaza “created a once-in-a-century opportunity to rebuild Gaza from 1st principles” on.ft.com/45ShcjH
It said the devastating war in Gaza “created a once-in-a-century opportunity to rebuild Gaza from 1st principles” on.ft.com/45ShcjH
Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG
Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub
on.ft.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Included a “Gaza Riviera” with artificial islands, blockchain-based trade initiatives, a port tying Gaza to India-ME-Europe econ corridor & low-tax “special econ zones”
It said the devastating war in Gaza “created a once-in-a-century opportunity to rebuild Gaza from 1st principles” on.ft.com/45ShcjH
It said the devastating war in Gaza “created a once-in-a-century opportunity to rebuild Gaza from 1st principles” on.ft.com/45ShcjH
"However, any retreat on the non-dom regime would be problematic for Reeves, coming after a U-turn over plans to strip winter fuel payments from 10mn pensioners. She is also in the process of cutting £5bn of sickness and disability benefits" on.ft.com/3HKpJuT via @FT
Rachel Reeves considers changes to non-dom inheritance tax amid UK ‘exodus’
Chancellor is being lobbied by the City following a spate of departures by wealthy people
on.ft.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"However, any retreat on the non-dom regime would be problematic for Reeves, coming after a U-turn over plans to strip winter fuel payments from 10mn pensioners. She is also in the process of cutting £5bn of sickness and disability benefits" on.ft.com/3HKpJuT via @FT
“The IDF regrets the inconvenience caused.” - actual statement!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Israel Fired Warning Shots at EU, China Diplomats by Mistake
Israeli soldiers mistakenly fired warning shots at diplomats representing the European Union, UK, China, Russia and other countries on Wednesday.
www.bloomberg.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“The IDF regrets the inconvenience caused.” - actual statement!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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What’s a sheep worth? www.scotlandbigpicture.com/rewilding-st...
What’s a sheep worth?
<p>Sheep have come to dominate the Scottish landscape, but at what cost? We could produce all the lamb we need while also supporting farmers to restore our lost biodiversity, but if farmers insist the...
www.scotlandbigpicture.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
What’s a sheep worth? www.scotlandbigpicture.com/rewilding-st...
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Tawny Owls have moved into the grounds of this Eryri hotel after our retrofitting project to turn the hotel from a light polluter to a Dark Sky Friendly one! 🦉
It brings me so much joy to see wildlife reclaim spaces so quickly with a few simple changes to lighting 💡
@darkskyintl.bsky.social
It brings me so much joy to see wildlife reclaim spaces so quickly with a few simple changes to lighting 💡
@darkskyintl.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Tawny Owls have moved into the grounds of this Eryri hotel after our retrofitting project to turn the hotel from a light polluter to a Dark Sky Friendly one! 🦉
It brings me so much joy to see wildlife reclaim spaces so quickly with a few simple changes to lighting 💡
@darkskyintl.bsky.social
It brings me so much joy to see wildlife reclaim spaces so quickly with a few simple changes to lighting 💡
@darkskyintl.bsky.social
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I've been a journalist for 25+ years and I'm not sure I've witnessed as much wilful (and v likely coordinated) disinformation from certain corners of the UK media than over past few days. Sun, Mail and Telegraph have been truly awful - and seemingly shameless
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts say
Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point out
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I've been a journalist for 25+ years and I'm not sure I've witnessed as much wilful (and v likely coordinated) disinformation from certain corners of the UK media than over past few days. Sun, Mail and Telegraph have been truly awful - and seemingly shameless
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Finally
“At 3C of global heating, climate damage cannot be insured against, covered by governments, or adapted to. That means no more mortgages or new real estate devt, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function and capitalism ceases to be viable.”
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Finally
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Defend our Juries action in Oxford City centre today.
The town crier in full voice:
“Oyez! Oyez!”
“juries have the right to give their verdict according to their conscience”
This is enshrined in English law.
@defendourjuries.bsky.social
video taken by @camerazoe.bsky.social
The town crier in full voice:
“Oyez! Oyez!”
“juries have the right to give their verdict according to their conscience”
This is enshrined in English law.
@defendourjuries.bsky.social
video taken by @camerazoe.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Defend our Juries action in Oxford City centre today.
The town crier in full voice:
“Oyez! Oyez!”
“juries have the right to give their verdict according to their conscience”
This is enshrined in English law.
@defendourjuries.bsky.social
video taken by @camerazoe.bsky.social
The town crier in full voice:
“Oyez! Oyez!”
“juries have the right to give their verdict according to their conscience”
This is enshrined in English law.
@defendourjuries.bsky.social
video taken by @camerazoe.bsky.social
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From the book Bullshit Jobs.
Page 213
Page 213
March 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
From the book Bullshit Jobs.
Page 213
Page 213
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Three years after it popped up at oil terminals, the M25 and football pitches, and more than 3,000 arrests later, the group is winding down with a final protest next month
How Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction
www.thetimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Three years after it popped up at oil terminals, the M25 and football pitches, and more than 3,000 arrests later, the group is winding down with a final protest next month
@geofutures.bsky.social ChatGPT keeps telling me that the climate crisis will make a bottleneck that will end both plants and fungi on Earth ie they will not make it out of this climate crisis alive in the end (geological timescales obv)
It also predicts human extinction in <150y
Is this right?!?!
It also predicts human extinction in <150y
Is this right?!?!
March 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@geofutures.bsky.social ChatGPT keeps telling me that the climate crisis will make a bottleneck that will end both plants and fungi on Earth ie they will not make it out of this climate crisis alive in the end (geological timescales obv)
It also predicts human extinction in <150y
Is this right?!?!
It also predicts human extinction in <150y
Is this right?!?!
Save Martin Crawford's Temperate Forest Garden! The Dartington estate are in debt, and so have just decided to sell the land!
It is *unique*, and *priceless*, it can't be lost over ~£30k! Please sign the petition!
chng.it/bPGStSjftt
It is *unique*, and *priceless*, it can't be lost over ~£30k! Please sign the petition!
chng.it/bPGStSjftt
Sign the Petition
Stop the Destruction of the World-Renowned Dartington Forest Garden
chng.it
March 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Save Martin Crawford's Temperate Forest Garden! The Dartington estate are in debt, and so have just decided to sell the land!
It is *unique*, and *priceless*, it can't be lost over ~£30k! Please sign the petition!
chng.it/bPGStSjftt
It is *unique*, and *priceless*, it can't be lost over ~£30k! Please sign the petition!
chng.it/bPGStSjftt
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Just saying- planting native plants does not need to be hard. You don't need to entirely re-landscape your whole yard.
Figure out which milkweed is native to your area, and get some in the groud this spring. Water it, it'll be fine!
Here's a place to buy plants:
www.prairiemoon.com
Figure out which milkweed is native to your area, and get some in the groud this spring. Water it, it'll be fine!
Here's a place to buy plants:
www.prairiemoon.com
This article both freaks me the fuck out and makes me feel like a crazy person for feeling like the only person constantly screaming about it.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/c...
America’s butterflies are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate | CNN
US butterfly populations are declining because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the winged beauties down 22% since 2000, a new nationwide study finds.
www.cnn.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just saying- planting native plants does not need to be hard. You don't need to entirely re-landscape your whole yard.
Figure out which milkweed is native to your area, and get some in the groud this spring. Water it, it'll be fine!
Here's a place to buy plants:
www.prairiemoon.com
Figure out which milkweed is native to your area, and get some in the groud this spring. Water it, it'll be fine!
Here's a place to buy plants:
www.prairiemoon.com
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It’s unfair for Ukraine to use American weapons to defend itself against a Russian invasion. Here’s why it’s fine for Russia to use Iranian and North Korean weapons to kill Ukrainians.
by Donald Krasnoff and Steve Witkoff
by Donald Krasnoff and Steve Witkoff
March 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
It’s unfair for Ukraine to use American weapons to defend itself against a Russian invasion. Here’s why it’s fine for Russia to use Iranian and North Korean weapons to kill Ukrainians.
by Donald Krasnoff and Steve Witkoff
by Donald Krasnoff and Steve Witkoff
"Spiders are hugely misunderstood creatures & I hope that ppl reading this will look at them in a more positive light. The last thing a spider wants to do is bite a human 100s of times its own size
Next time you see a spider, thank them for the pest control!" 💚
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/eu...
Next time you see a spider, thank them for the pest control!" 💚
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/eu...
Europe's largest venomous spider found in UK nursery after crawling out olives
A nursery owner in West Sussex got quite the fright after the spider was found on a shipment of olives from Cordoba.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Spiders are hugely misunderstood creatures & I hope that ppl reading this will look at them in a more positive light. The last thing a spider wants to do is bite a human 100s of times its own size
Next time you see a spider, thank them for the pest control!" 💚
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/eu...
Next time you see a spider, thank them for the pest control!" 💚
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/eu...
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Three million game birds - more than the total biomass in all of our wild birds - imported so they can be murdered for fun theferret.scot/millions-gam...
theferret.scot
March 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Three million game birds - more than the total biomass in all of our wild birds - imported so they can be murdered for fun theferret.scot/millions-gam...
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Looks like Mars will have to wait a bit longer
BREAKING: Debris over the Bahamas after SpaceX Starship falls apart during test flight
March 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Looks like Mars will have to wait a bit longer
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Look who came up the driveway this afternoon!!!! You've never seen me grab my camera so fast. Unfortunately, I had to shoot through a dirty window in low light, so it's a bit fuzzy. Still! Lynx!! In my yard!!! Look at those big fluffy paws! 🦊🌿
March 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Look who came up the driveway this afternoon!!!! You've never seen me grab my camera so fast. Unfortunately, I had to shoot through a dirty window in low light, so it's a bit fuzzy. Still! Lynx!! In my yard!!! Look at those big fluffy paws! 🦊🌿
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UK Treasury eyeing cuts to GB Energy Local Power plan & energy efficiency funding for defence
Would be such an own goal!
Aside from local power being best way to engage people practically in change, both schemes cut dependence on fossil gas - a Russian economic weapon
www.ft.com/content/8379...
Would be such an own goal!
Aside from local power being best way to engage people practically in change, both schemes cut dependence on fossil gas - a Russian economic weapon
www.ft.com/content/8379...
UK Treasury eyes spending cuts at GB Energy in blow to Ed Miliband
State-owned company was set up with mission to invest in renewables and decarbonisation of the grid
www.ft.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
UK Treasury eyeing cuts to GB Energy Local Power plan & energy efficiency funding for defence
Would be such an own goal!
Aside from local power being best way to engage people practically in change, both schemes cut dependence on fossil gas - a Russian economic weapon
www.ft.com/content/8379...
Would be such an own goal!
Aside from local power being best way to engage people practically in change, both schemes cut dependence on fossil gas - a Russian economic weapon
www.ft.com/content/8379...
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Position 4&5 on the BBC news home page
March 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Position 4&5 on the BBC news home page
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The UK is finally admitting the illegality of its occupation of the Chagos islands.
"Since 2015, 28 international judges and arbitrators have expressed views on the sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago. Not one has expressed support for the UK claim about sovereignty."
"Since 2015, 28 international judges and arbitrators have expressed views on the sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago. Not one has expressed support for the UK claim about sovereignty."
March 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The UK is finally admitting the illegality of its occupation of the Chagos islands.
"Since 2015, 28 international judges and arbitrators have expressed views on the sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago. Not one has expressed support for the UK claim about sovereignty."
"Since 2015, 28 international judges and arbitrators have expressed views on the sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago. Not one has expressed support for the UK claim about sovereignty."
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This is the news we deserve.
“These are the 1st images of humpbacks having sex, and they're both males
'It was not what I was expecting,' says biologist Stephanie Stack”
“These are the 1st images of humpbacks having sex, and they're both males
'It was not what I was expecting,' says biologist Stephanie Stack”
These are the 1st images of humpbacks having sex, and they're both males | CBC Radio
Photographers Hawaii captured what scientists say is the first documentation of humpback whale sex.
www.cbc.ca
March 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is the news we deserve.
“These are the 1st images of humpbacks having sex, and they're both males
'It was not what I was expecting,' says biologist Stephanie Stack”
“These are the 1st images of humpbacks having sex, and they're both males
'It was not what I was expecting,' says biologist Stephanie Stack”
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The Committee has uncovered alarming evidence of jury bias towards the oil industry and against organizations that oppose the use of fossil fuels, and direct and indirect financial ties to the fossil fuel industry.
Read the Committee's latest findings:
www.trialmonitors.org/s/TMStatemen...
Read the Committee's latest findings:
www.trialmonitors.org/s/TMStatemen...
March 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Committee has uncovered alarming evidence of jury bias towards the oil industry and against organizations that oppose the use of fossil fuels, and direct and indirect financial ties to the fossil fuel industry.
Read the Committee's latest findings:
www.trialmonitors.org/s/TMStatemen...
Read the Committee's latest findings:
www.trialmonitors.org/s/TMStatemen...
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Norfolk CC ignored warnings, wasted £56M of public funds, and failed to plan a viable Plan B for the Western Link.
Blaming bats & Natural England is deflection. We demand accountability & resignations. Norfolk deserves better—enough is enough.
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2497154...
Blaming bats & Natural England is deflection. We demand accountability & resignations. Norfolk deserves better—enough is enough.
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2497154...
Death knell for Western Link bid as roads minister launches attack on County Hall
A minister has accused Norfolk County Council of "failing its constituents" over the Norwich Western Link, amid the death knell for the…
www.edp24.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Norfolk CC ignored warnings, wasted £56M of public funds, and failed to plan a viable Plan B for the Western Link.
Blaming bats & Natural England is deflection. We demand accountability & resignations. Norfolk deserves better—enough is enough.
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2497154...
Blaming bats & Natural England is deflection. We demand accountability & resignations. Norfolk deserves better—enough is enough.
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2497154...