Mark Norman
@mark60.bsky.social
Teacher (primary school), NW England: here for climate justice, the nature crisis, education, active travel, allotment chat and … Norwich City FC.
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I live in a tri and sometimes quadri-lingual context, so I use tools like deepl and google translate quite often. Please beware, deepl has a new AI translater that just makes up crap, in my case a petition with a link that goes to a fishing website. Avoid at all costs.
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I live in a tri and sometimes quadri-lingual context, so I use tools like deepl and google translate quite often. Please beware, deepl has a new AI translater that just makes up crap, in my case a petition with a link that goes to a fishing website. Avoid at all costs.
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I see the PM is being very rattled and very untruthful about the Greens again in the papers.
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I see the PM is being very rattled and very untruthful about the Greens again in the papers.
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
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Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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So it was🪆, 🪆,🪆... "Three more British MEPs from Nigel Farage’s bloc are alleged to have “followed the script” given to a colleague who was being bribed by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors, as a police investigation into the affair continues." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So it was🪆, 🪆,🪆... "Three more British MEPs from Nigel Farage’s bloc are alleged to have “followed the script” given to a colleague who was being bribed by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors, as a police investigation into the affair continues." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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When you made a manifesto pledge to reduce energy bills, but also made a series of foolhardy promises to build new nuclear power plants
‘Troubled Hinkley Point C #nuclear will add £1bn annually to UK energy bills as soon as it’s switched on, official figures show. The money will be taken from consumers and handed to the French owner #EDF.'
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renewextraweekly.blogspot.com/2025/12/end-...
renewextraweekly.blogspot.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When you made a manifesto pledge to reduce energy bills, but also made a series of foolhardy promises to build new nuclear power plants
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Red Clover in our meadow, oblivious to the foul December weather. Love getting really up-close-and-personal with this one, as the tiny flowers are almost orchid-like in their design #wildflowerhour
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Red Clover in our meadow, oblivious to the foul December weather. Love getting really up-close-and-personal with this one, as the tiny flowers are almost orchid-like in their design #wildflowerhour
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Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
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After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X.
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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This is why we need to cap political donations - do sign the petition!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is why we need to cap political donations - do sign the petition!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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I missed this in the budget!!
“She announced a further £891m further public money going into what the government contends will be a privately financed solution” for the Lower Thames Crossing - the vast new motorway tunnel linking Essex to Kent. 😫
Just the PFI consultancy is costing £24m!!!!
“She announced a further £891m further public money going into what the government contends will be a privately financed solution” for the Lower Thames Crossing - the vast new motorway tunnel linking Essex to Kent. 😫
Just the PFI consultancy is costing £24m!!!!
4/4 Budget unbundled plus where next for walking, wheeling and cycling?
Podcast Episode · Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast · 05/12/2025 · 50m
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December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I missed this in the budget!!
“She announced a further £891m further public money going into what the government contends will be a privately financed solution” for the Lower Thames Crossing - the vast new motorway tunnel linking Essex to Kent. 😫
Just the PFI consultancy is costing £24m!!!!
“She announced a further £891m further public money going into what the government contends will be a privately financed solution” for the Lower Thames Crossing - the vast new motorway tunnel linking Essex to Kent. 😫
Just the PFI consultancy is costing £24m!!!!
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Nigel Fraud is no threat to the status quo or austerity, we need real status quo demolitionists! #VoteGreen 💚
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Nigel Fraud is no threat to the status quo or austerity, we need real status quo demolitionists! #VoteGreen 💚
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino Wins Inaugural "Football Climate Impact Prize" 🏆
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
FIFA President Gianni Infantino Wins Inaugural "Football Climate Impact Prize" 🏆
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
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AI is a crisis for the climate. @naomiaklein.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
AI is a crisis for the climate. @naomiaklein.bsky.social
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It's World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
HOW IMPORTANT IS SOIL?
Check out our Guide for Teachers bit.ly/MEEWorldSoil...
HOW IMPORTANT IS SOIL?
Check out our Guide for Teachers bit.ly/MEEWorldSoil...
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It's World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
HOW IMPORTANT IS SOIL?
Check out our Guide for Teachers bit.ly/MEEWorldSoil...
HOW IMPORTANT IS SOIL?
Check out our Guide for Teachers bit.ly/MEEWorldSoil...
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Free training Dec 11: Tools for digital campaigning, storytelling & movement-building in Europe & Central Asia.
For activists, & digital organizers working in shrinking civic space.
Offered in collaboration with UNDP.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
For activists, & digital organizers working in shrinking civic space.
Offered in collaboration with UNDP.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Free training Dec 11: Tools for digital campaigning, storytelling & movement-building in Europe & Central Asia.
For activists, & digital organizers working in shrinking civic space.
Offered in collaboration with UNDP.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
For activists, & digital organizers working in shrinking civic space.
Offered in collaboration with UNDP.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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It's awfully ironic that this was Lord Whitehead's answer, as at the @nebriefing.bsky.social Prof. @kevinclimate.bsky.social told the attendees in no uncertain terms that the 1.5C goal was now out of reach and 2C will soon be too!
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It's awfully ironic that this was Lord Whitehead's answer, as at the @nebriefing.bsky.social Prof. @kevinclimate.bsky.social told the attendees in no uncertain terms that the 1.5C goal was now out of reach and 2C will soon be too!
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
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December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Lots of news coverage this morning about £28 billion investment approved to upgrade the UK's energy network.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Lots of news coverage this morning about £28 billion investment approved to upgrade the UK's energy network.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.
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"The media should stop burying their heads in the sand.”
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Why are @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social sidelined on mainstream media? Why does this story still get avoided?
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Why are @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social sidelined on mainstream media? Why does this story still get avoided?
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"The media should stop burying their heads in the sand.”
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Why are @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social sidelined on mainstream media? Why does this story still get avoided?
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
Why are @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @peterjukes.bsky.social sidelined on mainstream media? Why does this story still get avoided?
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This ongoing toxic discourse has multiple real-life, everyday consequences
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This ongoing toxic discourse has multiple real-life, everyday consequences
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin'
Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me'
It permits open racism
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This is wonderful. I want an adult commuting version in which we all follow Dom Whiting belting out drum and bass www.youtube.com/@DomWhiting
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is wonderful. I want an adult commuting version in which we all follow Dom Whiting belting out drum and bass www.youtube.com/@DomWhiting
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Did you know that a return flight to New York causes the same emissions as driving a car for an entire year? Let's stop sweeping the climate impact of flying under the rug 🌎
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Did you know that a return flight to New York causes the same emissions as driving a car for an entire year? Let's stop sweeping the climate impact of flying under the rug 🌎