Jon Gurr
@jongurr.bsky.social
Tree inspector, conservation, travelling, pro-Europe, people and life.
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ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
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Shocking stats on wealth inequality.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Shocking stats on wealth inequality.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2025/dec/10/just-0001-hold-three-times-the-wealth-of-poorest-half-of-humanity-report-finds
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
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In the last 6 months, the Welsh Labour Gov has sent 2 letters to their UK Labour colleagues asking them to change local housing allowance back to the 50th percentile (Wales has the fastest growing rents in the UK).
An FoI shows that UK Gov haven't bothered to reply to either.
An FoI shows that UK Gov haven't bothered to reply to either.
Wales watching - The midweek briefing
Exclusive: UK Government ignore two Welsh Gov letters, plus Eluned Morgan does an impression...
willhaywardwales.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the last 6 months, the Welsh Labour Gov has sent 2 letters to their UK Labour colleagues asking them to change local housing allowance back to the 50th percentile (Wales has the fastest growing rents in the UK).
An FoI shows that UK Gov haven't bothered to reply to either.
An FoI shows that UK Gov haven't bothered to reply to either.
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NEW: Mapping England's Landscape Recovery projects
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
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whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
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whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
Mapping England’s Landscape Recovery Projects
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Image: West Penwith, Cornwall – one of over 50 Landscape Recovery pilots. Since Brexit, the UK Government has been engaged in lengthy reforms of farm payments &…
whoownsengland.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
NEW: Mapping England's Landscape Recovery projects
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
1/
whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
The Government refused to release maps of these groundbreaking projects to restore nature
So I had a go at mapping them myself
1/
whoownsengland.org/2025/12/10/m...
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EU-funded equipment shipped to border police in autocratic regimes may be stripped of any EU insignia to help conceal its origin in case of abuse.
EU suggests dropping insignias from equipment sent to foreign border guards
EU-funded equipment shipped to border police in autocratic regimes may be stripped of any EU insignia to help conceal its origin in case of abuse.
euobserver.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
EU-funded equipment shipped to border police in autocratic regimes may be stripped of any EU insignia to help conceal its origin in case of abuse.
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Correct.
And every year, when there is a period for public comments, I write in a comment. And I also list the top 10 salaries of the insurance company that I had that year.
This year, they approved one of the largest rate increases ever, despite what appeared to be a record number of public
And every year, when there is a period for public comments, I write in a comment. And I also list the top 10 salaries of the insurance company that I had that year.
This year, they approved one of the largest rate increases ever, despite what appeared to be a record number of public
Dems are sounding the alarm about ACA premium increases without mentioning something:
State insurance regulators - often appointed by Dems! - have the power to reject the increases but they are approving them with no resistance & basically nobody is challenging those decisions.
It's maddening.
State insurance regulators - often appointed by Dems! - have the power to reject the increases but they are approving them with no resistance & basically nobody is challenging those decisions.
It's maddening.
Why Your Health Insurance Could Explode Next Year
A perfect storm is coming for Obamacare in 2026.
www.levernews.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Correct.
And every year, when there is a period for public comments, I write in a comment. And I also list the top 10 salaries of the insurance company that I had that year.
This year, they approved one of the largest rate increases ever, despite what appeared to be a record number of public
And every year, when there is a period for public comments, I write in a comment. And I also list the top 10 salaries of the insurance company that I had that year.
This year, they approved one of the largest rate increases ever, despite what appeared to be a record number of public
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When stubbornness becomes wilful stupidity.
Starmer rules out joining customs union with EU, saying it would not be sensible to ‘unravel’ US trade deal. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Starmer rules out joining customs union with EU, saying it would not be sensible to ‘unravel’ US trade deal – UK politics live
Starmer was responding to a question from Lib Dem leader Ed Davey at PMQs
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When stubbornness becomes wilful stupidity.
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Tories “won’t go on the record saying Farage is unfit to lead the country, even if they suspect it to be true, because they also suspect they may be propping up his government, or pleading for jobs in it, by the end of the decade”
They never stop letting us down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They never stop letting us down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Tories “won’t go on the record saying Farage is unfit to lead the country, even if they suspect it to be true, because they also suspect they may be propping up his government, or pleading for jobs in it, by the end of the decade”
They never stop letting us down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They never stop letting us down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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After over two years of genocide in Gaza, chancellor Rachel Reeves tells Labour Friends of Israel:
“The progressive friends of Israel – whatever their criticism of particular governments – must be willing to say, unapologetically, ‘I am a Zionist.’”
“The progressive friends of Israel – whatever their criticism of particular governments – must be willing to say, unapologetically, ‘I am a Zionist.’”
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
After over two years of genocide in Gaza, chancellor Rachel Reeves tells Labour Friends of Israel:
“The progressive friends of Israel – whatever their criticism of particular governments – must be willing to say, unapologetically, ‘I am a Zionist.’”
“The progressive friends of Israel – whatever their criticism of particular governments – must be willing to say, unapologetically, ‘I am a Zionist.’”
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
Fibers found on an ancient ocean voyaging canoe in New Zealand’s Chatham Islands roughly align with the first archaeological traces of human settlement on Rēkohu. https://scim.ag/3MvPKAp
‘Incredible’ carved canoe dates back to first settlement of islands near New Zealand
Fibers found on waka in Chatham Islands roughly align in age with earliest known human arrival
scim.ag
December 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
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this is well worth a click. christ though it's hard to escape the realisation of how utterly fucked we are when it's laid out as neatly and surgically as this
Delighted this piece is now live on @theverge.com: I've spent months investigating how a supposed war against the "censorship-industrial complex" has been used by the US right to wage war against misinformation research – and free speech itself – across the world. Please do give it a read.
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
this is well worth a click. christ though it's hard to escape the realisation of how utterly fucked we are when it's laid out as neatly and surgically as this
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Oh my god
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Oh my god
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Showing his true colours...
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Showing his true colours...
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🔴 Top Israeli Ministers Proudly Adorn a Global Symbol of Racial Terror
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🔴 Top Israeli Ministers Proudly Adorn a Global Symbol of Racial Terror
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
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US fascists outdo German SA in Hitler's first year in power, with SA and Gestapo 200.000 arrests of political opponents back then. ICE is at 220.000 people, many of whom having disappeared without a trace, 75.000 without any criminal record. They did that in 9 months.
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
US fascists outdo German SA in Hitler's first year in power, with SA and Gestapo 200.000 arrests of political opponents back then. ICE is at 220.000 people, many of whom having disappeared without a trace, 75.000 without any criminal record. They did that in 9 months.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Queensland Museum has been accused of misleading teachers and children about the root cause of the climate crisis through a multimillion-dollar misinformation partnership with one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change
Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Queensland Museum has been accused of misleading teachers and children about the root cause of the climate crisis through a multimillion-dollar misinformation partnership with one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
By Anthony Robinson
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
By Anthony Robinson
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
By Anthony Robinson
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
By Anthony Robinson
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Fascinating story of reintroducing white storks to Sweden and the importance of source population youtu.be/LHHBLKeKcmc?...
Importance of source population for reintroduction
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Fascinating story of reintroducing white storks to Sweden and the importance of source population youtu.be/LHHBLKeKcmc?...
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If you're one of those who's swallowed the lie that "plants and trees are having a party with all the increased CO2 in the atmosphere and flourishing, it's all good", please read this.
Natural ecosystems ARE vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, but that can only go so far.
Natural ecosystems ARE vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, but that can only go so far.
When global temperatures shot up by ~6°C about 56 million years ago, plants were unable to thrive
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
The reduced ability of vegetation & soils to capture & store carbon may have kept temperatures elevated for >100,000 years
Today Earth is warming ~10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago
56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
It could be a sign of what’s to come.
theconversation.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you're one of those who's swallowed the lie that "plants and trees are having a party with all the increased CO2 in the atmosphere and flourishing, it's all good", please read this.
Natural ecosystems ARE vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, but that can only go so far.
Natural ecosystems ARE vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, but that can only go so far.