Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Ben Crystall

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 2d

NEW💥: In breach of parliamentary rules: Reform UK’s Richard Tice...

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

4 60 110

Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · 2d

That looks very sensible - the Bosch system I have just prevents the motor switching on which isn’t really effective…

1

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 4d

A roar of engines overhead. Awake again. “The planes never used to be so loud round here,” a troubled sleeper may reflect in the year 2050. Aircraft noise may eventually afflict thousands more people who live near airports – because of climate change.

www.thereengineer.pro/p/noisier-ta...

Noisier take-offs, engine wear – planes are flying straight into climate change

Emissions-spewing aircraft are far from immune to global warming

www.thereengineer.pro

3 11 31

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Hedgehog Cycling @hedgehogcycling.bsky.social · 3d

Of all the disappointing thing this Labour govt is doing, launching a war on nature is the most incomprehensible and counter-productive www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial

Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost

www.theguardian.com

2 3

Reposted by Ben Crystall

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!

51 460 1.7K

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Cycle Stortford @cyclestortford.bsky.social · 5d

13th to 17th October is Cycle to School Week - details here via @bikeabilityuk.bsky.social

www.bikeability.org.uk/cycletoschoo...

Cycle to School Week - Bikeability

Could you use pedal power to get to school? Find out more about Cycle to School Week and how you can get involved.

www.bikeability.org.uk

2 2

Reposted by Ben Crystall

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 7d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

1.9K 23K 56K

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 14d

So horrifying. Both the terrible violence in Manchester and the fear this creates for Jewish people everywhere, especially as they mark Yom Kippur. My thoughts with everyone affected

The Independent @the-independent.com · 14d

Manchester stabbing latest: ‘Multiple people’ attacked at synagogue as police rush to serious incident

Police rush to scene of reported stabbing at Manchester synagogue

www.independent.co.uk

7 38 220

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Mark Sutton @marksuttonbike.bsky.social · 16d

Anod supercapacitor e-bike battery delivers fast charging and energy efficiency
www.cyclingelectric.com/news/anod-su...

Anod supercapacitor e-bike battery delivers fast charging and energy density

Every now and then an electric bike comes along that promises to make good on a non lithium-ion-based battery technology

www.cyclingelectric.com

3 5

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Bright Green @bright-green.bsky.social · 23d

How do we deliver strategic adaption for emergency resilience? @rupertread.bsky.social sets out the campaign from the Climate Majority Project.

How we deliver strategic adaptation for emergency resilience

Rupert Read sets out the new campaign from the Climate Majority Project

bright-green.org

7 12

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21d

Fascism picking up speed

Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 21d

DOJ preparing to ask grand jury to indict Trump political foe, former FBI director Comey

www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/b...

DOJ preparing to ask grand jury to indict ex-FBI chief Comey | CNN Business

Maggie Haberman talks to CNN’s Jake Tapper about federal prosecutors preparing to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey on perjury charges.

www.cnn.com

6 26 180

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 26d

Don’t buy the hysteria. Ignore the right-wing propaganda. Buy the facts. The UK’s problems are no more being caused by immigration than they are by a group of charity fundraisers rowing past Great Yarmouth. @timharford.ft.com

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration

It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there

www.ft.com

3 18 52

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29d

Welcome to the United Kingdom! 🇬🇧

Never before in U.S. History has a President been acknowledged by another country in this unique way! 🇺🇸

At Windsor Castle, in London & all across the land, people are United! ✊

They all want to see the #EPSTEIN_PedoFiles, ASAP! 👀

820 5.5K 21K

Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Sep 12

Enjoyable afternoon at The Fielder Center in Hatfield for the Annual meeting of Hertfordshire Parish Town & Community Councils with local clerks and cllrs to discuss the challenges and opportunities of Local Government Reorganisation

2 7

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Aug 31

Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course

Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'

The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".

www.bbc.com

110 460 1.3K

Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ehc is aware…

1

Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Aug 23

Happy birthday BEAMHertford! One year old… watch out for it on ITV Anglia!

3

Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Aug 16

I think they may have brought it forward a tad but Id expect it to be complete in 2026 (perhaps a few months earlier?). Still years too late sadly…

1

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Kathryn Brown @kathryn-brown.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is so exciting. Very proud of my husband Dr Andrew Brown, who is an air quality scientist but has teamed up zoologists in the UK and Canada to undertake this important work.
#interdisciplinary 🧪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Air pollution filters help scientists produce first UK wildlife survey using eDNA

Social media post led to discovery that samplers measuring toxic particles in air can also detect fragments of DNA

www.theguardian.com

2 16 51

Reposted by Ben Crystall

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Jul 26

Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.

poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...

26 390 1.4K

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Jul 23

I can offer suggestions - @kateraworth.bsky.social @annpettifor.bsky.social @dhnnjyn.bsky.social @timjackson.org.uk

New ideas instead more of the old failed ones of #austerity and making the disabled, ill and young pay as the have-yachts coin it

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Help wanted: Reeves seeks heavyweight economic advisers as budget looms

Chancellor under pressure to recruit new experts as John Van Reenen and Anna Valero return to academia

www.theguardian.com

26 48 130

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · Jul 23

Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal?

PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!

(1/2)

49 730 1.4K

Reposted by Ben Crystall

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Jul 17

Scarborough Town Council faces scrutiny over 600% increase in Reform UK Mayor’s allowance

www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/politic...

Scarborough Town Council faces scrutiny over 600% increase in Mayor’s allowance

Scarborough Town Council has faced scrutiny for increasing its mayor’s allowance by 600 per cent despite a ‘cautious’ spending commitment.

www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk

18 110 190

Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Jul 17

Huge congratulations on a fantastic result Drew - so well deserved! 👏🏻💚