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Peter Garbutt

@petergarbutt.bsky.social

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I'm 73, happily married. Vegan. I'm a dad and a grandad. Sheffield, UK. Climate catastrophe. Civilisational collapse. Degrowth will help. Sustainable communities will help. Sortition will help. But capitalism won't, Political Parties won't, the media won't

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · Jun 4

Much though my heart cries out to donate to Palestinians on this platform desperate for food, I'm a pensioner and have a limited income. I give to a charity, and I join protests and vigils to show my solidarity with you.
Your plight often brings me to tears, I feel helpless.

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 7d

How would it feel to wake every morning knowing that you were here to help all life to flourish? That as a species, we could still become self-conscious nodes in the web of life, to act for the good of all?

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#biomimicry
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Of Beetles' wings and Brittlestars: using Biomimicry to co-create a flourishing future with Michael Pawlyn

What is humanity for? What happens if we rethink not just the way we plan buildings, but our entire role as beings on a living planet? These are the central questions driving Michael Pawlyn's third ...

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Shanna's World ~Live and Let Live @jami-jam.bsky.social · 16d

" The greatest danger to our future is apathy." ... Jane Goodall
April 13, 1934, ... October 1, 2025

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 8h

“The few remaining humans on Earth who are still able to imagine, are also the ones cursed with the superpower of being able to feel other people’s pain, understand the climate crisis, and grieve for the disappearance of nature”
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How They Killed Reality

Today’s epidemic of authoritarianism is the consequence of a society that long ago embraced the values of necrocapitalist imperialism: ruthless profit, heartlessness, manipulation, and pure, unadulter...

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 8h

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Septle - The Seven Letter Wordle

Guess the hidden word in 8 tries. New puzzles are available each day.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

This is potentially a massive story. Did DOJ plan for survivors? Do they have sufficient evidence to prosecute? What is US jurisdiction to prosecute? Where will they go next? When is their court date? Will they be indicted? Held at Gitmo? Returned to Venezuela? Be Epsteined?

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 #BREAKING | Israel continues to violate the ceasefire in Gaza today, it committed yet another horrifying massacre.
An Israeli strike targeted a bus carrying two displaced families searching for shelter, killing them all.

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 2d

Small water bodies - ponds, ditches, small fens, headwater streams, flushes - the delicate capillaries that make up 80% of water bodies, home to some of our rarest creatures - ensuring their health has an outsize benefit for wildlife

Member of Newt Conservation Partnership surveying wetland wildlife.

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 16h

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 1d

The UK government is asked yet again if it will ban the import of goods from Israel’s illegal settlements.

Foreign minister Hamish Falconer again defends Israel by refusing.

The UK says the settlements are illegal but allows trade with them!

#DCUKparliament

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 17h

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Le Mot - Wordle en français

Wordle, mais en français. Devinez le mot du jour ! Totalement gratuit, en ligne, et sans pub.

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 18h

📣 Immigration detention must END.

Today marks the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention.

We're joining organisations and campaigners from across the UK with one unified message: detention must end, now.

www.refugeewomen.co.uk/solidarity-d...

#SetHerFree #EndDetention

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Women for Refugee Women : National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention

Today is the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention. The day brings together organisations and campaigners from all across the UK with one unified message: Immigration detention must…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 18h

Many people who come to the UK seeking safety are instead locked up in immigration detention - isolated and retraumatised.

Detention inflicts immense harm. It restricts people's freedom and liberty. It rips families apart.

📣 Safety, dignity, freedom, NOT confinement.

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JPI Climate & MAGICA are organizing ECCA 2025, 16-18/06, Italy @jpiclimatemagica.bsky.social · 1d

🌊#AMOC at the Crossroads – how could changes in ocean circulation affect Europe & beyond?
With #JPIOceans at @arctic-circle-org.bsky.social for scientific discussion on the likelihood, uncertainties & possible consequences of a shift in Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17h

A prophetic 1933 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all | Charlotte Higgins

Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross was written and set during the rise of nazism. It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17h

The prisoner Israel won’t free on.ft.com/3WcSmov

The prisoner Israel won’t free

Marwan Barghouti, whom Palestinian admirers have called their ‘Mandela’, not part of Gaza deal swap

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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 18h

During our decade’s worth of campaigning, we’ve released ground-breaking research that evidences the impact of detention on women seeking safety:

📊85% felt anxious or depressed
📊80% felt they weren’t valued by UK society
📊65% felt suicidal
📊40% had self-harmed in detention

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 1d

Ash Sarkar bodies entire panel on BBC Question Time with cutting takedown of billionaire Britain

Political commentator Ash Sarkar reframed the picture on BBC Question Time through looking at wealth extraction over increases in flat taxes

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 1d

Same provenance for each of those decisions.

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Enjoying my 3s on Septle!

Septle 1581 - 🔥 55 day streak - septle.com

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Guess the hidden word in 8 tries. New puzzles are available each day.

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Unlock Democracy @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social · 1d

🧠 Think tanks shape policy.

💷 But who shapes them?

Influence in our democracy should go hand-in-hand with transparency.

Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) work against that, shielding those donating to think tanks & other organisations from public scrutiny.
www.desmog.com/2025/10/15/h...

How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank

A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can…

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Da Vinci @disqualified.bsky.social · 2d

This lady is a national hero.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 1d

BiBi has issued his orders to Starver......

No 10 says talks happening ‘at pace’ across government to lift ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending Aston Villa match – live

Fans of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv banned from match at Aston Villa next month

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 1d

Almost every single one of us is thinking within a very restricted mindset.
It's crushing us.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 1d

It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.

Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.

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