Lawrence Davies
@andrenascotica.bsky.social
Music, trees, birds, bees, bicycles. Newcastle, increasingly Huddersfield, working on an ecological history of sound amplification. Join a union, and tell the truth about climate breakdown. Born at 353ppm.
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‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library
Historian Peter Mandler said it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Historian Peter Mandler said it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library - Research Professional News
Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library
Historian Peter Mandler said it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Historian Peter Mandler said it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
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In the time the Greens have added more than 5,000 new members, it's worth noting that Reform have only added about 500.
And from all I've heard Reform are getting people to buy multiple memberships, whereas each Green member is an actual person. 🤣💚
And from all I've heard Reform are getting people to buy multiple memberships, whereas each Green member is an actual person. 🤣💚
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
In the time the Greens have added more than 5,000 new members, it's worth noting that Reform have only added about 500.
And from all I've heard Reform are getting people to buy multiple memberships, whereas each Green member is an actual person. 🤣💚
And from all I've heard Reform are getting people to buy multiple memberships, whereas each Green member is an actual person. 🤣💚
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🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
needs more flag
Great British Railways branding, train livery and logo unveiled https://bit.ly/4rIz0pF
Great British Railways branding, train livery and logo unveiled
Great British Railways branding, train livery and logo unveiled https://bit.ly/4rIz0pF
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
needs more flag
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I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
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Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.
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ID cards, limiting trial by jury, and now "plans for a huge rollout for facial recognition cameras in cities, towns and villages across the country"
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
ID cards, limiting trial by jury, and now "plans for a huge rollout for facial recognition cameras in cities, towns and villages across the country"
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
Labour laying the foundations for a far right government to build on #GMB
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Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Thinking about all the institutions that would rather retain an aspect of their mission and in doing so exclude others, rather than change their mission in order to meet the challenge of exclusion head on.
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thinking about all the institutions that would rather retain an aspect of their mission and in doing so exclude others, rather than change their mission in order to meet the challenge of exclusion head on.
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Lots of associations are in a very difficult position because they are being relentlessly attacked by transphobes backed by massive amounts of money. The whole strategy is to bully these orgs into submission to make everyone else afraid to be inclusive. It's really sad.
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Lots of associations are in a very difficult position because they are being relentlessly attacked by transphobes backed by massive amounts of money. The whole strategy is to bully these orgs into submission to make everyone else afraid to be inclusive. It's really sad.
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😔💔😢Please read and share these harrowing testimonials from people terrified about plans from @northumbriauni.bsky.social senior management to freeze pay to force through pension changes: ucu-unn.org.uk/news/315-tes... @ucu.org.uk
Testimonials: Pay and Pensions at Northumbria University
ucu-unn.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
😔💔😢Please read and share these harrowing testimonials from people terrified about plans from @northumbriauni.bsky.social senior management to freeze pay to force through pension changes: ucu-unn.org.uk/news/315-tes... @ucu.org.uk
And before all of this there was the epic, no-gender-neutral-marketing-it's-1995 Raleigh Big Shot. Available online now for the princely sum of £4.
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
And before all of this there was the epic, no-gender-neutral-marketing-it's-1995 Raleigh Big Shot. Available online now for the princely sum of £4.
Introduce yourself with 5 bikes you've owned:
Dawes Kokomo- bright yellow, with cheeseburger bell...
Something else Dawes but black and hybrid
Puch Clubman - 42 years old and still boneshaking strong!
Bakfiets classic short cargo bike
Trek Checkpoint AL5
Dawes Kokomo- bright yellow, with cheeseburger bell...
Something else Dawes but black and hybrid
Puch Clubman - 42 years old and still boneshaking strong!
Bakfiets classic short cargo bike
Trek Checkpoint AL5
Go on then -
Introduce yourself with 5 bikes you've owned:
Raleigh Boxer
Raleigh Burner
Edinburgh Bikes Trailfinder
Giant SCR 2.0
Specialized Allez Elite
Introduce yourself with 5 bikes you've owned:
Raleigh Boxer
Raleigh Burner
Edinburgh Bikes Trailfinder
Giant SCR 2.0
Specialized Allez Elite
Reveling in the fact that these posts may as well be written in Russian, the extent to which I understand them. Maybe we should start "five bicycles I currently own..." 🤣
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 bikes you've owned:
Dawes Kokomo- bright yellow, with cheeseburger bell...
Something else Dawes but black and hybrid
Puch Clubman - 42 years old and still boneshaking strong!
Bakfiets classic short cargo bike
Trek Checkpoint AL5
Dawes Kokomo- bright yellow, with cheeseburger bell...
Something else Dawes but black and hybrid
Puch Clubman - 42 years old and still boneshaking strong!
Bakfiets classic short cargo bike
Trek Checkpoint AL5
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🔴 NEW - Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
An influential Labour peer has been criticised for being the star speaker at the UK’s main climate science denial group, which says carbon emissions are a “benefit to the planet”. Lord Maurice Glasman...
www.desmog.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🔴 NEW - Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Newcastle City Council closes roads in the vicinity of St. James's Park each time the footy is on. This means if you walk to/from the match you have more protection from cars than actual children walking to school do.
The collision occurred shortly after 3.30pm on Wednesday
Teen girl suffers life threatening injuries after being hit by car near school
Teen girl suffers life threatening injuries after being hit by car near school
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Newcastle City Council closes roads in the vicinity of St. James's Park each time the footy is on. This means if you walk to/from the match you have more protection from cars than actual children walking to school do.
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Cannot imagine what these families must be going through. This road is so dangerous but it doesn’t seem to matter how many times parents complain of this, cars come first. Hope some people in Newcastle City Council are taking a long hard look at their priorities and working out how to change this.
The collision occurred shortly after 3.30pm on Wednesday
Teen girl suffers life threatening injuries after being hit by car near school
Teen girl suffers life threatening injuries after being hit by car near school
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Cannot imagine what these families must be going through. This road is so dangerous but it doesn’t seem to matter how many times parents complain of this, cars come first. Hope some people in Newcastle City Council are taking a long hard look at their priorities and working out how to change this.
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Raiding the Warm Homes Plan to find the money for a one-off cut to energy bills is utterly perverse when the Plan exists precisely to insulate homes & thus keep bills lower in perpetuity- this simply isn’t serious #budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Raiding the Warm Homes Plan to find the money for a one-off cut to energy bills is utterly perverse when the Plan exists precisely to insulate homes & thus keep bills lower in perpetuity- this simply isn’t serious #budget2025
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Gambling taxes are long overdue and an ethical way to raise revenue.
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Gambling taxes are long overdue and an ethical way to raise revenue.
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
But while advertising and lobbying are so rampant, harms will continue until they are controlled. #Budget
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MISSING: Closing tax loopholes for private jets, taxing airplane fuel, a frequent flyer levy.
Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget
Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
MISSING: Closing tax loopholes for private jets, taxing airplane fuel, a frequent flyer levy.
Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget
Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget
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Literally all of society hates this abominable scam homunculus and the weird little death cult bubble of vampiric losers who spewed it forth upon the world. Take a break from bragging about how gullible you are and give yourself a swirlie and stuff yourself in a locker and sort yourself out.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Literally all of society hates this abominable scam homunculus and the weird little death cult bubble of vampiric losers who spewed it forth upon the world. Take a break from bragging about how gullible you are and give yourself a swirlie and stuff yourself in a locker and sort yourself out.
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"About 35% of children in Newcastle are growing up in poverty, which is absolutely disgraceful"
South Jesmond Councillor Sarah Peters appeared on #BBCPoliticsNorth on Sunday to discuss the upcoming budget and what the Chancellor should do to alleviate poverty in Newcastle.
South Jesmond Councillor Sarah Peters appeared on #BBCPoliticsNorth on Sunday to discuss the upcoming budget and what the Chancellor should do to alleviate poverty in Newcastle.
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"About 35% of children in Newcastle are growing up in poverty, which is absolutely disgraceful"
South Jesmond Councillor Sarah Peters appeared on #BBCPoliticsNorth on Sunday to discuss the upcoming budget and what the Chancellor should do to alleviate poverty in Newcastle.
South Jesmond Councillor Sarah Peters appeared on #BBCPoliticsNorth on Sunday to discuss the upcoming budget and what the Chancellor should do to alleviate poverty in Newcastle.
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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OH to 5yo this morning (warningly, as he refused to cooperate in getting dressed for school): “Do I need to tell Santa about you?”
8yo (deadpan, without looking up from her book): “I think he probably already knows.”
8yo (deadpan, without looking up from her book): “I think he probably already knows.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
OH to 5yo this morning (warningly, as he refused to cooperate in getting dressed for school): “Do I need to tell Santa about you?”
8yo (deadpan, without looking up from her book): “I think he probably already knows.”
8yo (deadpan, without looking up from her book): “I think he probably already knows.”
This sort of position sounds somewhat justifiable, until you confront the question of who's actually doing the work to oppose fascism. Here in Newcastle, Labour have vanished from communities - and particularly those where Reform are slated to do well. The Greens are the only party opposing Reform.
And its your responsibility to vote for the best option - & any vote that (however unintentionally) puts fascists in power is NOT the best option
And I cannot believe that needs pointing out!
But it so often does - and don't get me wrong, that is not aimed specifically at you but a general point
And I cannot believe that needs pointing out!
But it so often does - and don't get me wrong, that is not aimed specifically at you but a general point
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This sort of position sounds somewhat justifiable, until you confront the question of who's actually doing the work to oppose fascism. Here in Newcastle, Labour have vanished from communities - and particularly those where Reform are slated to do well. The Greens are the only party opposing Reform.