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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 1h

Your belief system* dictates how you live your life? No problem.

Your belief system tells me how to live my life?

Big problem.

*Also, it strikes me as more likely that these bampots worship at the altar of Tommy Yaxley-Lennon Not-A-Journalist Robinson than at the kirk.

Andrew Copson @andrewcopson.bsky.social · 23h

Absolutely awful. Just the latest example of rising Christian Nationalism in the UK, much of which can be attributed to American influence and financing.

Homophobic Christian Nationalist mob targets London’s gay district

A homophobic religious mob calling themselves the ‘King’s Army’ organised an intimidating mob in the streets of London’s Soho – the heart of London’s LGBT+ community, home to many LGBT+ bars, clubs, a...

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 1h

The Pope, the Terminator, and a Wicked Problem walk into a bar.

If you told me 2 yrs ago I'd spend a week in the Vatican w them I'd say you were nuts. But then if 20 years ago you told me the Catholic Church would be standing up for climate science vs denialist freaks I'd have you committed.

Confessions of a Climate Pilgrim at the Vatican

The Pope, the Terminator, and a Podcaster walk into a bar...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Stephanie Graham @logicaphotography.bsky.social · 3h

When your neighbours put their bins out *really* early in the morning. #UKWildlife

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 2h

Excellent capture Rob made for #LongNeckTwosDay!

Mine are two white long necks from the #CuckmereHaven estuary, the Little Egret and the Mute swan for #BirdOfTheDay #TwosDay

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 2h

England's Community Right to Buy must enable communities to own environmental assets.

Excellent to see this cross-party amendment to the English Devolution Bill tabled by @vikkislademp.bsky.social @simonforstroud.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social:

publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 14h

I’m utterly sick of the Royal Family and their greed.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 17h

Crown Estate’s property managers reject claims by environmental group of exploiting a monopoly to charge hefty fees for seabed leases amid talk of legal action ⬇️

King’s estate is ‘milking bill payers on wind’, says Greenpeace

Crown Estate’s property managers reject claims by environmental group of exploiting a monopoly to charge hefty fees for seabed leases amid talk of legal action

www.thetimes.com

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 13h

These Federal Judges are upholding the Rule of Law in America against a totally lawless president who is aided & abetted by six (of 9) Justices in the Supreme Court that are willing to serve him & his interests & damning the US Constitution.
Wake up America & fight with these Federal Judges!

Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 14h

Federal Judges Sound Alarms About Supreme Court Justices Ruling In Favor Of Trump On Shadow Docket
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Federal Judges Sound Alarms About Supreme Court Justices Ruling In Favor Of Trump On Shadow Docket

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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 14h

Federal Judges Sound Alarms About Supreme Court Justices Ruling In Favor Of Trump On Shadow Docket
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Federal Judges Sound Alarms About Supreme Court Justices Ruling In Favor Of Trump On Shadow Docket

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 17h

The #ClimateEmergency is killing people, tearing communities apart.

Our leaders have to act.
We have to demand it.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 17h

This is unbelievably dangerous - @fairfightaction.bsky.social and @blackvotersmatterfund.org estimate that as many as 30% of the Congressional Black Caucus and 11% of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus could lose their seats if the Roberts court strikes down these provisions

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 17h

Wednesday is gonna be a rough day:

The Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in a pair of cases that threaten what little remains of the federal government’s ability to protect voters from racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act

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Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act

In Louisiana v Callais, John Roberts will have the chance to finish his decades-long war on. voting rights.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18h

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17h

Respect to those who got here first.

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Diana Apfelbacher @dianaapfelbacher.bsky.social · 19h

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Martin Luther King Jr on overcoming fear | BBC Global

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jane fae @janefae.bsky.social · 20h

More on the sad story of Leia Sampson-Grimbly:

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Coroner rules that the tragic death of a trans teenager could have been prevented by shorter NHS wait times

Leia Sampson-Grimbly was described as “a beautiful person inside and out”

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 1d

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 5d

Jubb describes the decline of the river really got going from 2016 onwards, when licenses for intensive chicken farms began to be granted in numbers not seen before - leading to a burden of phosphate + nitrate more than the river can process:

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 5d

We spoke to Nathan Jubb, a fly fishing guide who's fished the Wye for 45 years. He describes the change he's seen in the river + the impact on fish:

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 5d

Campaigners + local businesses claim phosphates + nitrates from the collective poo of as many as 23million chickens packed into the Wye catchment from a growing number of intensive chicken farms are driving algal blooms, harming fish + wildlife.
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River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 23h

Along #Undercliffpath between #Brighton & #Saltdean I have on rare privileged moments been an observer of the intense focus of #PeregrineFalcon & keen 2 nil apparent awareness of danger from its potential next meals below revealing why #pigeon is big part of its diet & not #RockPipit nor #Jackdaw

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

A stick, hanging in mid-air?
What's going on?

Hazel glue fungus!

Keeping a dead twig attached to a living stem allows the glue fungus to break it down without competition from the many other fungi that work at ground level. Nature is *so* amazing!

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eddiephotos.bsky.social @eddiephotos.bsky.social · 1d

A small copper Butterfly resting on some bramble leaves from our local heath.

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · 1d

Good Monday morning to all fungi friends out there!
#fungi
#nature

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Friends of the South Downs @friendssouthdowns.bsky.social · 1d

Join Friends of the Dales for the online launch of their latest campaign exploring the illegal killing of birds of prey in the Yorkshire Dales - friendsofthedales.org.uk/events

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 1d

Greenpeace UK says high fees for offshore wind developers to lease the seabed is an abuse of monopoly power by Crown Estate

High fees push up the price of offshore wind & will act as a tax on energy bills, to fund the monarchy & lower taxes

It's time it stopped

www.ft.com/content/c29c...

Greenpeace threatens to sue Crown Estate for pushing up UK energy prices

Cost of offshore wind increased by monopoly ownership of seabed, alleges campaign group

www.ft.com

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