Nettlecake
@nettlecake.bsky.social
Lover of nature, trees, animals, friends, food and laughter. Green. Political. Arty and techy in equal measure. Ex-teacher.
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Our local little owl in its usual place on a sunny morning, soaking up the autumn warmth.
#littleowl #autumn #fall #naturephotography #birds #ukbirds #nikonphotography
#littleowl #autumn #fall #naturephotography #birds #ukbirds #nikonphotography
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Our local little owl in its usual place on a sunny morning, soaking up the autumn warmth.
#littleowl #autumn #fall #naturephotography #birds #ukbirds #nikonphotography
#littleowl #autumn #fall #naturephotography #birds #ukbirds #nikonphotography
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The most important thing I read at 14 after being raised in a Christian house.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
—BUDDHA
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
—BUDDHA
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The most important thing I read at 14 after being raised in a Christian house.
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
—BUDDHA
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
—BUDDHA
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The axolotl is an aquatic salamander from Mexico that is critically endangered in the wild but popular in captivity. It is known for its unique ability to regenerate limbs and other body parts
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The axolotl is an aquatic salamander from Mexico that is critically endangered in the wild but popular in captivity. It is known for its unique ability to regenerate limbs and other body parts
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From Sweden’s heathlands to Spain’s soil, our nature is getting a fresh start 🌍🌱
The LIFE Programme is investing €358 million in 132 new projects to restore habitats, cut pollution, and power the clean transition.
Together, we’re building a greener, more resilient 🇪🇺.
More: link.europa.eu/JvJ7kR
The LIFE Programme is investing €358 million in 132 new projects to restore habitats, cut pollution, and power the clean transition.
Together, we’re building a greener, more resilient 🇪🇺.
More: link.europa.eu/JvJ7kR
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
From Sweden’s heathlands to Spain’s soil, our nature is getting a fresh start 🌍🌱
The LIFE Programme is investing €358 million in 132 new projects to restore habitats, cut pollution, and power the clean transition.
Together, we’re building a greener, more resilient 🇪🇺.
More: link.europa.eu/JvJ7kR
The LIFE Programme is investing €358 million in 132 new projects to restore habitats, cut pollution, and power the clean transition.
Together, we’re building a greener, more resilient 🇪🇺.
More: link.europa.eu/JvJ7kR
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It seems pretty risky to tell people they won't see the change they want if they vote Green, given that they already voted Labour and didn't see the change they wanted.
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It seems pretty risky to tell people they won't see the change they want if they vote Green, given that they already voted Labour and didn't see the change they wanted.
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Caroline Lucas appointed as new Professor of Practice at the University of Sussex
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Caroline Lucas appointed as new Professor of Practice at the University of Sussex
Caroline Lucas has been appointed by the University of Sussex as its first Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability.
www.sussex.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Caroline Lucas appointed as new Professor of Practice at the University of Sussex
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study www.theguardian.com/environment/... #AmazonRainforest #AmazonRiver #PinkDolphins #COP30 #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study www.theguardian.com/environment/... #AmazonRainforest #AmazonRiver #PinkDolphins #COP30 #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
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The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
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🚨 POLL | Reform lead, Greens 2nd
➡️ REF – 33% (+1)
🟢 GRN – 18% (+1)
🔵 CON – 16% (-)
🔴 LAB – 15% (-1)
🟠 LD – 11% (-1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 5-6 Nov (+/- vs 29 Oct)
➡️ REF – 33% (+1)
🟢 GRN – 18% (+1)
🔵 CON – 16% (-)
🔴 LAB – 15% (-1)
🟠 LD – 11% (-1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 5-6 Nov (+/- vs 29 Oct)
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🚨 POLL | Reform lead, Greens 2nd
➡️ REF – 33% (+1)
🟢 GRN – 18% (+1)
🔵 CON – 16% (-)
🔴 LAB – 15% (-1)
🟠 LD – 11% (-1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 5-6 Nov (+/- vs 29 Oct)
➡️ REF – 33% (+1)
🟢 GRN – 18% (+1)
🔵 CON – 16% (-)
🔴 LAB – 15% (-1)
🟠 LD – 11% (-1)
Via @FindoutnowUK, 5-6 Nov (+/- vs 29 Oct)
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“PPE Medpro, linked to Michelle Mone & Doug Barrowman, has entered administration with debts exceeding £188 million, including £39 million owed to HMRC & £148 million in damages for supplying non-sterile gowns”
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
Statement by administrators puts PPE Medpro’s total debts at £188m, including £39m said to be owed to HMRC
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“PPE Medpro, linked to Michelle Mone & Doug Barrowman, has entered administration with debts exceeding £188 million, including £39 million owed to HMRC & £148 million in damages for supplying non-sterile gowns”
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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2871 City Deconstruction (83) acrylic and oil on paper 18x12 inches £200 unframed. #art #painting #cityscape #architecture
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November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
2871 City Deconstruction (83) acrylic and oil on paper 18x12 inches £200 unframed. #art #painting #cityscape #architecture
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Things you love to see!
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Things you love to see!
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So the government seems to think that the best way to encourage use of EVs is to tax them more heavily. Strange priorities
Government considering new tax on EV drivers in Budget
Government considering new tax on EV drivers in Budget
The BBC understands there have been "conversations" within government about the possibility of a new levy on EVs.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
So the government seems to think that the best way to encourage use of EVs is to tax them more heavily. Strange priorities
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This is not what climate leadership looks like.
Reminder: the economy is completely dependent on the environment. There is NO economy on a dead planet
#COP30 #ClimateEmergency
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Reminder: the economy is completely dependent on the environment. There is NO economy on a dead planet
#COP30 #ClimateEmergency
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Keir Starmer, climate leader (when the Treasury lets him)
The U.K. prime minister is heading to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to show climate still matters Britain, even in the age of Trump. But back at home, Starmer blows hot and cold on all things …
www.politico.eu
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This is not what climate leadership looks like.
Reminder: the economy is completely dependent on the environment. There is NO economy on a dead planet
#COP30 #ClimateEmergency
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
Reminder: the economy is completely dependent on the environment. There is NO economy on a dead planet
#COP30 #ClimateEmergency
www.politico.eu/article/keir...
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Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’.
But shareholders will be richer.
Chemicals seep into water supply and companies don't invest in waste disposal.
Companies don't bear social cost of their operations
But shareholders will be richer.
Chemicals seep into water supply and companies don't invest in waste disposal.
Companies don't bear social cost of their operations
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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So disappointing 😞
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests
Decision is bitter blow to Brazil ahead of fund’s launch at Cop30 – and an embarrassment to Prince William
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So disappointing 😞
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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#Privatisation is #Financialisation - a few profit and the rest of us pay.
Public services should be run for public good not private profit
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Public services should be run for public good not private profit
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UK regulator warns 9 water companies over finances
Ofwat scrutinising privatised utilities amid concerns about financial resilience
www.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#Privatisation is #Financialisation - a few profit and the rest of us pay.
Public services should be run for public good not private profit
www.ft.com/content/b238...
Public services should be run for public good not private profit
www.ft.com/content/b238...
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Storm and The Winds Of Change
A small dog with a big future
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November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Stop. Policing. Poppies. That's. Not. What. Remembrance. Is. About.
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Stop. Policing. Poppies. That's. Not. What. Remembrance. Is. About.
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What took them so long ?
Lloyds, NatWest, Barclays, Nationwide and Santander will join HSBC and allow people without a fixed address to open bank accounts, in initiative with Shelter and government bit.ly/4nPm6U0
Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot
Thousands of homeless people will be able to open a bank account and five major banks as part of a strategy to improve financial inclusion.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
What took them so long ?
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Zohran Mamdani in New York
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Zohran Mamdani in New York
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.
Catherine Connolly in Ireland
Rob Jetten in the Netherlands
Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
The rise of the far right is not inevitable.
If we work together, we can dare to hope.
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Art Nouveau stained glass dome from 1908 at the Palace of Catalan Music, a concert hall in Barcelona, designed by painter and glassmaker Antoni Rigalt (1850-1914)
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Art Nouveau stained glass dome from 1908 at the Palace of Catalan Music, a concert hall in Barcelona, designed by painter and glassmaker Antoni Rigalt (1850-1914)