@rp101.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist, pop dynamics, CC - ES - human well-being. Birder
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This is absolutely vital
We are completely unprepared for the climate chaos that is coming
Please sign now and share
We are completely unprepared for the climate chaos that is coming
Please sign now and share
If we are to survive what is coming, let alone to flourish, then we desperately need the kind of strategic adaptation that false optimism leaves unfunded or even sneered at.
As a small gesture towards such adaptation, please sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Thank You…
As a small gesture towards such adaptation, please sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Thank You…
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that wo...
petition.parliament.uk
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is absolutely vital
We are completely unprepared for the climate chaos that is coming
Please sign now and share
We are completely unprepared for the climate chaos that is coming
Please sign now and share
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Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
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Staggering - the effort and resource *still* being invested in keeping the Brexit shitshow on the road.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
"The 2016 decision to exit the European Union has been nothing short of an economic disaster... It’s a bigger hit than if every bank, brokerage firm and hedge fund in London were suddenly to disappear." ~AA
👏🏽"The President and the Brexiteers share a fear of strangers... Trade, in [Trump's] view, is other countries draining our wallets. Immigration is other people stealing our jobs. International treaties are handcuffs limiting sovereignty." 🎯~AA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Staggering - the effort and resource *still* being invested in keeping the Brexit shitshow on the road.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
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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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Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
'Nigel Farage's Plan to Scrap Nature Protections Would Speed 'Demise' of UK Countryside'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reform UK’s vow to scrap thousands of nature laws risks pushing Britain’s depleted countryside into irreversible decline, argues Stuart Spray
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Were I - heaven forbid - to be entered for this prize, I would withdraw instantly. Gove is a cretinous s**t and should be kept away from - well, everyone and everything.
The former Conservative Levelling Up Secretary and now editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove, has been selected as a judge for the 2026 Orwell Prize awards, despite his record of dodging media scrutiny and allegations of ‘stifling’ critical journalists
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Were I - heaven forbid - to be entered for this prize, I would withdraw instantly. Gove is a cretinous s**t and should be kept away from - well, everyone and everything.
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"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge me at next election, Keir Starmer tells doubters
The PM tells the BBC he has made
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nothing much will change in the way we need it to until our senior journalists don’t need to be educated by ex-footballers.
Gary Lineker, "What's going on there (Gaza), the mass murder of thousands of children is something we should have an opinion on"
Amol Rajan, "The BBC needs to be impartial about it"
Gary Linekar, "Why? It needs to be factual"
Amol Rajan, "The BBC needs to be impartial about it"
Gary Linekar, "Why? It needs to be factual"
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nothing much will change in the way we need it to until our senior journalists don’t need to be educated by ex-footballers.
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Not addressing the elephant in the room, fossil fuels, underlines years of COP failure. Instead of getting stronger for climate action it just gets weaker and weaker with each congress. But not to worry, it’s not like this is a ticking bomb that needs addressing like yday, is it?
Angrily response to latest #COP30 draft negotiating texts, as group of European and developing nations insist they cannot back a deal that fails to provide a roadmap for tackling fossil fuels.
www.businessgreen.com/news/4522191...
www.businessgreen.com/news/4522191...
'Extremely disappointing': Fossil fuels absent from latest draft texts as clock ticks down at COP30 talks
Campaigners respond angrily to latest draft negotiating texts, as group of European and developing nations insist they cannot back a deal that fails to provide a roadmap for tackling fossil fuels
www.businessgreen.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Not addressing the elephant in the room, fossil fuels, underlines years of COP failure. Instead of getting stronger for climate action it just gets weaker and weaker with each congress. But not to worry, it’s not like this is a ticking bomb that needs addressing like yday, is it?
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A couple more from me/most of us:
Do you deny, Farage, that Putin has been delighted with the Brexit result and ongoing damage to British and European interests?
What are your thoughts on these comments from Russia’s ambassador to the UK?
bsky.app/profile/13sa...
Do you deny, Farage, that Putin has been delighted with the Brexit result and ongoing damage to British and European interests?
What are your thoughts on these comments from Russia’s ambassador to the UK?
bsky.app/profile/13sa...
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A couple more from me/most of us:
Do you deny, Farage, that Putin has been delighted with the Brexit result and ongoing damage to British and European interests?
What are your thoughts on these comments from Russia’s ambassador to the UK?
bsky.app/profile/13sa...
Do you deny, Farage, that Putin has been delighted with the Brexit result and ongoing damage to British and European interests?
What are your thoughts on these comments from Russia’s ambassador to the UK?
bsky.app/profile/13sa...
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And the Brexit lies and the catastrophic consequences for UK
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And the Brexit lies and the catastrophic consequences for UK
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Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia following the jailing of the party's former Wales leader for accepting pro-Russian bribes
news.sky.com/story/starme...
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Starmer demands investigation into Reform-Russia links after party's ex-Wales leader jailed
The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia following the jailing of the party's former Wales leader for accepting pro-Russian bribes
news.sky.com/story/starme...
news.sky.com/story/starme...
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In the small print: Trump commands the UK military if he feels like it.
A quick run through of the Trump administration's proposal for a Ukraine security guarantee, which is a security guarantee in the same way that the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is a party committed to liberalism and democracy. 🧵 x.com/BarakRavid/s...
Barak Ravid on X: "FULL TEXT OF THE U.S. DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR A UKRAINE SECURITY GUARANTEE: 🚨This Framework establishes the conditions for an armistice between Ukraine and the Russian Federation and provides a security assurance modeled on the principles of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty," / X
FULL TEXT OF THE U.S. DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR A UKRAINE SECURITY GUARANTEE: 🚨This Framework establishes the conditions for an armistice between Ukraine and the Russian Federation and provides a security assurance modeled on the principles of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty,
x.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In the small print: Trump commands the UK military if he feels like it.
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Without a number of interventions, medication included, I would not be here if it weren't for SSRIs & their sibling, SNRIs (which I'm on now). This isn't about the SSRIs. They're trying to further oppress, marginalize, and strand disabled folks.
This is eugenics.
They want us gone.
This is eugenics.
They want us gone.
First they came for reproductive rights.
Then they came for vaccines.
Now they’re coming for mental health.
There is zero evidence SSRIs cause mass violence.
You know what does? Guns — and the fact that anyone can access weapons that kill hundreds in seconds.
#GunReformNow
Then they came for vaccines.
Now they’re coming for mental health.
There is zero evidence SSRIs cause mass violence.
You know what does? Guns — and the fact that anyone can access weapons that kill hundreds in seconds.
#GunReformNow
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Without a number of interventions, medication included, I would not be here if it weren't for SSRIs & their sibling, SNRIs (which I'm on now). This isn't about the SSRIs. They're trying to further oppress, marginalize, and strand disabled folks.
This is eugenics.
They want us gone.
This is eugenics.
They want us gone.
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England's water industry and govt put out inflated numbers about the cost of nationalisation.
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
House of Lords social cost of water 29Oct2025
YouTube video by Prem Sikka
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
England's water industry and govt put out inflated numbers about the cost of nationalisation.
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
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Update: the local authorities have lodged a complaint with the US Embassy, requesting for their liberators to be accurately represented in the war memorial site.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Update: the local authorities have lodged a complaint with the US Embassy, requesting for their liberators to be accurately represented in the war memorial site.
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We are the #IsleOfShite
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We are the #IsleOfShite
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‘Complete and utter bollocks’ you say, Mr Johnson. Oh well, we’ll put all the actual evidence in the shredder, shall we?
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
‘Complete and utter bollocks’ you say, Mr Johnson. Oh well, we’ll put all the actual evidence in the shredder, shall we?
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If they'd showed the same resolve protecting liberal democracy, we wouldn't be here now.
Exc - Downing Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer amid fears among the prime minister’s closest allies that he is vulnerable to a leadership challenge in the wake of the budget.
From @pippacrerar.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
From @pippacrerar.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer allies say ousting PM would be ‘reckless’ as fears grow over leadership challenge
Exclusive: No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of challenge after this month’s budget or May local elections
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If they'd showed the same resolve protecting liberal democracy, we wouldn't be here now.
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Did women ruin the workplace? No! Did I personally ruin my own weekend writing about the cynical fuckery that led to the New York Times asking that question? I sure did!
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Women didn’t ruin the workplace. Capitalism did
When your debate centers on whether women should exist in public, you’ve already lost.
www.salon.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Did women ruin the workplace? No! Did I personally ruin my own weekend writing about the cynical fuckery that led to the New York Times asking that question? I sure did!
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting
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"Bank of England executive has insisted that UK banks are still showing a “vibrant” commitment to climate goals despite the recent demise of a global net zero target-setting group"
Greenwashed bollox - as you would expect from these parasites
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Greenwashed bollox - as you would expect from these parasites
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK banks still committed to climate goals, Bank of England executive insists
Exclusive: David Bailey plays down concerns after HSBC and Barclays quit UN-backed Net Zero Banking Alliance
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Bank of England executive has insisted that UK banks are still showing a “vibrant” commitment to climate goals despite the recent demise of a global net zero target-setting group"
Greenwashed bollox - as you would expect from these parasites
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Greenwashed bollox - as you would expect from these parasites
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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While it is significant that New York can elect a Mayor who is & so identifies as an immigrant leader, the tendency to conflate Zohran Mamdani & Sadiq Khan as Mayors who are Muslim in high profile national/global cities (by opponents but also fans + media) overlooks significant contrasts
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
While it is significant that New York can elect a Mayor who is & so identifies as an immigrant leader, the tendency to conflate Zohran Mamdani & Sadiq Khan as Mayors who are Muslim in high profile national/global cities (by opponents but also fans + media) overlooks significant contrasts