Ginny Battson
@seasonalight.com
Symialosopher, ecologist, neologist. Rivers. Interdisciplinary.
Ecofeminism is more important now than ever.
www.seasonalight.com
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Alt Txt: butterfly wing (vector design)
Ecofeminism is more important now than ever.
www.seasonalight.com
CEP: https://thinkingintheworld.com/members/ginny-battson/
Alt Txt: butterfly wing (vector design)
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From the 'Shared Sky' exhibition by Indigenous #Australian painter Barbara Merritt #WomensArt #December14th #Peace🕯
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
From the 'Shared Sky' exhibition by Indigenous #Australian painter Barbara Merritt #WomensArt #December14th #Peace🕯
Resistance rather than influence to bring about change?
Influence, after all, is more about patriarchal power, money, and "hero-worship"
All very ... Peak Trump.
Influence, after all, is more about patriarchal power, money, and "hero-worship"
All very ... Peak Trump.
December 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Resistance rather than influence to bring about change?
Influence, after all, is more about patriarchal power, money, and "hero-worship"
All very ... Peak Trump.
Influence, after all, is more about patriarchal power, money, and "hero-worship"
All very ... Peak Trump.
Surely, the priority is to prang the algorithms.
Algorithms are demanding individualistic, polarised, selfie videos. The drama!
#DickAlgorithmsCodedByDicks
Algorithms are demanding individualistic, polarised, selfie videos. The drama!
#DickAlgorithmsCodedByDicks
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Surely, the priority is to prang the algorithms.
Algorithms are demanding individualistic, polarised, selfie videos. The drama!
#DickAlgorithmsCodedByDicks
Algorithms are demanding individualistic, polarised, selfie videos. The drama!
#DickAlgorithmsCodedByDicks
If there is anyone left in the US who still believes in their spray tan premiere, they too must suffer from those severe disorder(s) so difficult to treat. #DarkTriadPersonality #BrokenMoralCompass #DelusionsOfTrumpDilusionalDisorder #DOTDD
December 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If there is anyone left in the US who still believes in their spray tan premiere, they too must suffer from those severe disorder(s) so difficult to treat. #DarkTriadPersonality #BrokenMoralCompass #DelusionsOfTrumpDilusionalDisorder #DOTDD
PS when will the current chair of the White House Correspondents Association (a woman) openly rally the union over Trump's verbal abuse of women press pool journalists in their daily workplaces?
Sadly, I know that the chances of this kind of overwhelming change in behaviour is almost nil. "Strong Men" continue to be rewarded.
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
PS when will the current chair of the White House Correspondents Association (a woman) openly rally the union over Trump's verbal abuse of women press pool journalists in their daily workplaces?
Riverkeepers designated to their particular stretch of water course/catchment would work to protect river life in natural-co-operations "along" the ecological river continuum.
Great. TY! Citizens sci is fab engagement. But I worry Gov EA/NRW/Nat Eng lean into volunteer reliance on testing. Elected, knowledgeable Riverkeepers allocated to each part of any catchment will need people skills, educational/regulatory/enforcement "bite."
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Riverkeepers designated to their particular stretch of water course/catchment would work to protect river life in natural-co-operations "along" the ecological river continuum.
Baroness Anne Longford may well be long dedicated to the protection of children. But her skills are in the business of CEO - running a children's charity - and, clearly, political networking.
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Baroness Anne Longford may well be long dedicated to the protection of children. But her skills are in the business of CEO - running a children's charity - and, clearly, political networking.
#BBC News Homepage.
On most channels, Trump Regime's latest National (international) "security" plans are leading - clearly a threat against a Europe that does not comply with MAGA ideology.
BBC? No.
A direct impact of Trump's vacuous "legal" defamation case filed in Florida?
On most channels, Trump Regime's latest National (international) "security" plans are leading - clearly a threat against a Europe that does not comply with MAGA ideology.
BBC? No.
A direct impact of Trump's vacuous "legal" defamation case filed in Florida?
December 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#BBC News Homepage.
On most channels, Trump Regime's latest National (international) "security" plans are leading - clearly a threat against a Europe that does not comply with MAGA ideology.
BBC? No.
A direct impact of Trump's vacuous "legal" defamation case filed in Florida?
On most channels, Trump Regime's latest National (international) "security" plans are leading - clearly a threat against a Europe that does not comply with MAGA ideology.
BBC? No.
A direct impact of Trump's vacuous "legal" defamation case filed in Florida?
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social Eng/Wal criminal courts were undergoing a severe backlog BEFORE Covid. I was a Witness Volunteer at Cardiff CC and case volume/delays were THE conversation at the time, particularly in relation to downstream impacts of Conservative "austerity". #SarahSackmanMP
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social Eng/Wal criminal courts were undergoing a severe backlog BEFORE Covid. I was a Witness Volunteer at Cardiff CC and case volume/delays were THE conversation at the time, particularly in relation to downstream impacts of Conservative "austerity". #SarahSackmanMP
Assessing public support for degrowth - The Lancet Planetary Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
OK, interesting, though why continue to emphasise a word that is in the negative, and, at the very least, politically "difficult"? @jasonhickel.bsky.social?
OK, interesting, though why continue to emphasise a word that is in the negative, and, at the very least, politically "difficult"? @jasonhickel.bsky.social?
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Assessing public support for degrowth - The Lancet Planetary Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
OK, interesting, though why continue to emphasise a word that is in the negative, and, at the very least, politically "difficult"? @jasonhickel.bsky.social?
OK, interesting, though why continue to emphasise a word that is in the negative, and, at the very least, politically "difficult"? @jasonhickel.bsky.social?
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Yes! Though economic systems emerge from the values of the powerful. Critical mass of value-shift is clearly necessary if we are to do this democratically (see the (tragic) rise of Reform).
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Yes! Though economic systems emerge from the values of the powerful. Critical mass of value-shift is clearly necessary if we are to do this democratically (see the (tragic) rise of Reform).
Nutrient Boards are working in good faith, but they exclusively represent direct human interest from various demanding orgs/Councils/Industries.
Representation of all freshwater/estuarine river LiFE is generally absent. LiFE = human & teresapien.
Representation of all freshwater/estuarine river LiFE is generally absent. LiFE = human & teresapien.
My point. Instead of various agencies dependent on Gov for salaries, I'd like to see ideas for a National co-operation.of local independent, ecoliterate riverkeepers with new powers to range, record, and regulate each (reasonable) area of catchment. Meetings in public.
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Nutrient Boards are working in good faith, but they exclusively represent direct human interest from various demanding orgs/Councils/Industries.
Representation of all freshwater/estuarine river LiFE is generally absent. LiFE = human & teresapien.
Representation of all freshwater/estuarine river LiFE is generally absent. LiFE = human & teresapien.
I have written about a national co-op of locally ecoliterate and independent RIVERKEEPERS, with powers to range, record, and regulate designated stretches of channel/catchment areas. Meetings in public.
In my view, we can no longer leave these matters to "corporate" government cabals. Local knowledge, monitoring and agency to regulate are urgent.
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I have written about a national co-op of locally ecoliterate and independent RIVERKEEPERS, with powers to range, record, and regulate designated stretches of channel/catchment areas. Meetings in public.
Genuine gratitude.
Mapping legal and illegal dumps is the start of an important , comprehensive review of historic waste.
Mapping legal and illegal dumps is the start of an important , comprehensive review of historic waste.
I've just looked up at least two riparian dumps and one quarry I know, and they aren't on your map. Of course they aren't because they are probably illegal!
Thank you so much for doing this!
Thank you so much for doing this!
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Genuine gratitude.
Mapping legal and illegal dumps is the start of an important , comprehensive review of historic waste.
Mapping legal and illegal dumps is the start of an important , comprehensive review of historic waste.
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Truth and accountability are crucial for public trust in politics; that's why I'm backing @compinpolitics.bsky.social's campaign for a targeted legal measure that would make it an offence for any politician or candidate to deliberately mislead the public on a matter of verifiable fact.
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Truth and accountability are crucial for public trust in politics; that's why I'm backing @compinpolitics.bsky.social's campaign for a targeted legal measure that would make it an offence for any politician or candidate to deliberately mislead the public on a matter of verifiable fact.
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People still think chucking waste into rivers is acceptable, as it washes it away, just infuriating and idiotic. Around St Helens where I grew up, there are literal hills made of nothing but industrial waste, with brooks flowing through them, take a look at just one example - Burgy Banks.
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
People still think chucking waste into rivers is acceptable, as it washes it away, just infuriating and idiotic. Around St Helens where I grew up, there are literal hills made of nothing but industrial waste, with brooks flowing through them, take a look at just one example - Burgy Banks.
Concerned citizens of the world, please take note.
The Trump Regime ramps up attacks on an already beleaguered "free" American press.
#popularism #power #massmedia #capital
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
The Trump Regime ramps up attacks on an already beleaguered "free" American press.
#popularism #power #massmedia #capital
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Concerned citizens of the world, please take note.
The Trump Regime ramps up attacks on an already beleaguered "free" American press.
#popularism #power #massmedia #capital
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
The Trump Regime ramps up attacks on an already beleaguered "free" American press.
#popularism #power #massmedia #capital
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
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Wonderful to see my neologism #symbioethics emerging amongst interdisciplinary #oceanophiles as a confluence of discussion.
When a great part of life exists because of symbiosis, particularly mutualism, it's worth this level of attention.
#Seawilding25
When a great part of life exists because of symbiosis, particularly mutualism, it's worth this level of attention.
#Seawilding25
Here are some things to look forward to this October!
1. The SeaWilding Conference, Spain's first large-scale interdisciplinary conference d key stakeholders in ocean conservation and restoration come together to drive transformative development.
Register Here: www.seawilding2025.org/en
1. The SeaWilding Conference, Spain's first large-scale interdisciplinary conference d key stakeholders in ocean conservation and restoration come together to drive transformative development.
Register Here: www.seawilding2025.org/en
SeaWilding Conference 2025
Spain's first marine rewilding conference. Experts and stakeholders unite for ocean restoration and conservation advances. Barcelona, October 23-25, 2025.
www.seawilding2025.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Wonderful to see my neologism #symbioethics emerging amongst interdisciplinary #oceanophiles as a confluence of discussion.
When a great part of life exists because of symbiosis, particularly mutualism, it's worth this level of attention.
#Seawilding25
When a great part of life exists because of symbiosis, particularly mutualism, it's worth this level of attention.
#Seawilding25
Now this could end up as a full time job!
Thanks, Leana.
Thanks, Leana.
I've by no means mapped them all, only what I could get data for, about 12% I couldn't map illegal dumps in the UK for example. It's a work in progress-so let me know if your farm dumps are on our map, or send me lats and longs. It's on our 'Maps' page: watershedinvestigations.com
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December 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Now this could end up as a full time job!
Thanks, Leana.
Thanks, Leana.
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Right now, any refusal to engage with democratic reform is leading to a ruinous outcome.
An FPTP "Reform" Government?
Proportional representation is urgent, as is equalising the value of one urban vote to one rural.
electoral-reform.org.uk
An FPTP "Reform" Government?
Proportional representation is urgent, as is equalising the value of one urban vote to one rural.
electoral-reform.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Right now, any refusal to engage with democratic reform is leading to a ruinous outcome.
An FPTP "Reform" Government?
Proportional representation is urgent, as is equalising the value of one urban vote to one rural.
electoral-reform.org.uk
An FPTP "Reform" Government?
Proportional representation is urgent, as is equalising the value of one urban vote to one rural.
electoral-reform.org.uk
Good to map them all.
I can't tell you how many historic farm dumps I have found along riparian zones, and old quarries STILL filled with rubbish leaching chemicals/metals into the water table.
I can't tell you how many historic farm dumps I have found along riparian zones, and old quarries STILL filled with rubbish leaching chemicals/metals into the water table.
Mercury, lead, arsenic + PFAS: Europe's hidden historic landfills leaching chemicals into water, soil + ecosystems.
Our new joint report with @investigate-europe.eu, out now:
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Our new joint report with @investigate-europe.eu, out now:
share.google/gQ0rXbwL4rjN...
UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies
Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release toxic waste from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems
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December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Good to map them all.
I can't tell you how many historic farm dumps I have found along riparian zones, and old quarries STILL filled with rubbish leaching chemicals/metals into the water table.
I can't tell you how many historic farm dumps I have found along riparian zones, and old quarries STILL filled with rubbish leaching chemicals/metals into the water table.
Right now, any refusal to engage with democratic reform is leading to a ruinous outcome.
An FPTP "Reform" Government?
Proportional representation is urgent, as is equalising the value of one urban vote to one rural.
electoral-reform.org.uk
An FPTP "Reform" Government?
Proportional representation is urgent, as is equalising the value of one urban vote to one rural.
electoral-reform.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Right now, any refusal to engage with democratic reform is leading to a ruinous outcome.
An FPTP "Reform" Government?
Proportional representation is urgent, as is equalising the value of one urban vote to one rural.
electoral-reform.org.uk
An FPTP "Reform" Government?
Proportional representation is urgent, as is equalising the value of one urban vote to one rural.
electoral-reform.org.uk
Time is overdue for AI watermarks and likeness "consent". Please sign this petition. #AIGenerativeImages #consent
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
November 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Time is overdue for AI watermarks and likeness "consent". Please sign this petition. #AIGenerativeImages #consent
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
I hope that everyone can now understand that the primary function of Government is to protect GDP Growth, property & capital, NOT LIFE.
Tory or Labour? Hardly the thickness of one page of this report between them.
A complete reversal of normative priorities must now happen.
Tory or Labour? Hardly the thickness of one page of this report between them.
A complete reversal of normative priorities must now happen.
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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For anyone interested in ancient diseases (either historical or prehistoric) here's an excellent, readable, comprehensive summary of where we are with ancient pathogen DNA.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Insights into infectious diseases through ancient pathogen genomics - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Kocher, Krause and Spyrou explore how ancient pathogen genomics is providing new perspectives on the history and evolution of infectious agents. They show how ancient DNA has revealed ...
www.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For anyone interested in ancient diseases (either historical or prehistoric) here's an excellent, readable, comprehensive summary of where we are with ancient pathogen DNA.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...