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Jon Burke🌍

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · Oct 5

"Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet." — Carl Sagan

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 15h

This changes everything!

The Northern Hemisphere used to radiate more heat to space than it absorbed from the sun, but this changed over the past 20 years.

More:

www.patreon.com/posts/141034...

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 21h

Growing the green economy makes good sense. Growing the fossil fuel economy so that predatory corporations can make more money doesn't.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction

www.theguardian.com

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 18h

The Kyiv Independent spent several days with one of the International Battalion of Ukraine’s Azov Corps' drone crews to document how these foreign fighters have integrated into Ukraine’s ranks and adapted to modern drone warfare.

Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIE0...

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is committed to bringing down the democratically-elected U.K government and, alongside turning Twitter into a megaphone for his deeply sinister worldview, he’s using the full force of his billionaire’s cheque book to fund our democracy’s enemies.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Tommy Robinson faces trial after officers said he refused to unlock his phone while carrying thousands in cash and driving a Bentley to the Channel Tunnel

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle

Tommy Robinson faces trial after officers said he refused to unlock his phone while carrying thousands in cash and driving a Bentley to the Channel Tunnel

www.thetimes.com

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · May 25

We need to get back there #GlobalClimateMajority ubyssey.ca/opinion/powe...

Powers at be: Climate action was huge in the late 2010s. What happened?

Climate action isn’t as politically popular as it used to be — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Climate activists have shaped our perceptions before with movements like Fridays for Future, and they...

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 1d

The destination is clear. The timing is not.

We are systematically redirecting a deeply flawed energy system built on dependence and combustion to one built on European investment, resilience and efficiency.

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 3d

This football injury is my proudest achievement since winning the school cup for history 27 years ago. #ArgyleSoccerTrendies #DefendersUnion

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled. The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve noticed X is now full of right wing politics grads making money off tweets bemoaning our long lost history of designing and constructing heavy infrastructure and grand buildings.

Do they realise *they* could have just studied engineering?

Easier to tweet than do, though. Amirite?

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 4d

One of the big misconceptions about class in Britain is that the working class are noisy and boorish while the middle class are mannerly & respectful.

In public settings, I consistently find the upper middle class to be the noisiest, space-hungriest, & most domineering social group.

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 4d

For my next decree, wonderful adventure playgrounds for every child in the land.

Public luxury, from the cradle to the grave.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 7d

🔴 The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter

"Media companies, governments and public figures are pretending to themselves that it will all get better. It won't. The Twitter many of us joined is dead and, while X is not yet, it should be" @ottoenglish.bsky.social

The Great X-Tinction: Why My Time's Up On Twitter

Otto English explains why, after 15 years, he has left the social media platform now disseminating disinformation worldwide under the control of Elon Musk

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 4d

The Palestinians have been bombed and starved into submission, tens of thousands of people are dead, and entire cities have been reduced to rubble.

Trump didn’t ‘end’ any war; the Israelis have won one. Maybe total victory was the only way a resolution could be achieved, but Trump is no peacemaker.

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 5d

Well done to all the brilliant local councillors who have lowered the speed limits their roads to 20mph - often in the face of much hostility.

There is now irrefutable evidence to show your bold decisions are saving lives.

Thank you!

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d

29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.

Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/04/2...

29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015

Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named &#821…

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 5d

The parasites drawn to these ‘give me some money for patriotism’ campaigns are ALWAYS the same.

The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 10d

Trouble is, there is no trace of the business on Companies House.
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/red-flags-th...

Red flags: The non-existent company behind Brum's Union Jacks

'It's 100% legitimate'

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk

Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 5d

I, for one, am shocked that one of the world’s biggest climate villains is allying himself with a Party led by global warming deniers.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire chemicals tycoon, is set to meet the Reform leader before Christmas after warning one million jobs at risk from chemical industry collapse

Nigel Farage woos Ineos tycoon who calls clean energy targets ‘absurd’

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire chemicals tycoon, is set to meet the Reform leader before Christmas after warning one million jobs at risk from chemical industry collapse

www.thetimes.com

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 6d

EU membership was no barrier to exporting waste to the developing world and Brexit doesn’t specifically promote this practice.

Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 6d

Feeling pretty pleased at cleaning, wet & dry sanding, and oiling two chipped and paint/nail varnish spattered solid oak Habitat Radius chairs I picked up on EBay. #reducereuserecycle

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, they absolutely are.

Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 6d

That canal features extensively in Tom’s Midnight Garden.

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 6d

*I would add that the destabilising nature of recent immigration has not merely been felt in the U.K, but in - for example - the health outcomes of every country from whom the NHS has persistently poached clinicians.

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 6d

It is in no way contradictory to hold the view that immigration - from the Romans to the Huguenots to the Irish and the Green Lanes Kurds - has brought many benefits, but that recent immigration has been too high and socially destabilising*, and that U.K citizens should decide who can settle here.

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 6d

I haven’t been a Member for four years, so I’m not sure.

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 6d

As Chair of the North London Waste Authority’s Member Recycling Board I prohibited export of recyclates beyond the U.K, except for glass and card, which I prohibited from being exported beyond Europe.

Brexit - which has been a disaster - isn’t the main or even partial issue in this instance.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 6d

Another benefit of Brexit ... the UK has returned to its traditional role as the dirty man of Europe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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