Steve Newby
@snwby.bsky.social
Engineer in NE Derbyshire, UK
Miners Make Macrame
#ClimateJustice #FairVotes #Dyslexia
Miners Make Macrame
#ClimateJustice #FairVotes #Dyslexia
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And in 5th-century Byzantium, the Fourth Doctor learned that you can't put everything in a hot wash.
January 26, 2026 at 10:03 AM
And in 5th-century Byzantium, the Fourth Doctor learned that you can't put everything in a hot wash.
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You can find out if your local NHS trust is using or is being pressured to use Palantir software.
In this link is a very quick and easy tool to write emails voicing your concerns.
In this link is a very quick and easy tool to write emails voicing your concerns.
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 PM
You can find out if your local NHS trust is using or is being pressured to use Palantir software.
In this link is a very quick and easy tool to write emails voicing your concerns.
In this link is a very quick and easy tool to write emails voicing your concerns.
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Here's what most people don't understand about Palantir. They are busy with "second empire building", which refers to the digital colonisation of social and economic life. substack.com/profile/1751...
EuropeanPowell (@europeanpowell)
Here's what most people don't understand about Palantir. They are busy with "second empire building", which refers to the digital colonisation of social and economic life, where private corporate enti...
substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Here's what most people don't understand about Palantir. They are busy with "second empire building", which refers to the digital colonisation of social and economic life. substack.com/profile/1751...
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Amazing how they just say this stuff out loud now. I assume they understand people can see them saying it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Amazing how they just say this stuff out loud now. I assume they understand people can see them saying it.
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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"To lose a passport was the least of one’s worries. To lose a notebook was a catastrophe."
🌍✒️ Remembering #BruceChatwin, English #travel writer ("In Patagonia") and novelist, who #DOTD 18 January 1989. #TravelWriting
🌍✒️ Remembering #BruceChatwin, English #travel writer ("In Patagonia") and novelist, who #DOTD 18 January 1989. #TravelWriting
January 18, 2026 at 6:44 AM
"To lose a passport was the least of one’s worries. To lose a notebook was a catastrophe."
🌍✒️ Remembering #BruceChatwin, English #travel writer ("In Patagonia") and novelist, who #DOTD 18 January 1989. #TravelWriting
🌍✒️ Remembering #BruceChatwin, English #travel writer ("In Patagonia") and novelist, who #DOTD 18 January 1989. #TravelWriting
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Free bus travel for under 22s is just one step to help support those areas devastated by years of austerity.
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
news.sky.com/story/green-...
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
news.sky.com/story/green-...
Green Party calls for free bus travel in England for under-22s
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said young people had been shut out of work and training because of the cost of living, promising that Green councillors would push for the change if elected in May.
news.sky.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Free bus travel for under 22s is just one step to help support those areas devastated by years of austerity.
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
news.sky.com/story/green-...
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
news.sky.com/story/green-...
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Or to look at it another way, Gaza faces huge challenges from Trump’s peace panel
January 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Or to look at it another way, Gaza faces huge challenges from Trump’s peace panel
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Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
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Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
Government’s wildlife targets will be missed in England, watchdog says
Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Utterly damning report from Office for Environmental Protection - the Govt’s not only missing its targets to protect wildlife in England, it’s also failing on *almost all* environmental measures - and in some cases actively destroying the natural world through its obsession with growth at all costs
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A Reform government would look to cut funding to the NHS by £26 billion. At the same time, they are looking to give tax breaks to people who can afford private healthcare | Peter Sagar
Is Reform UK putting foreign billionaires ahead of our NHS?
A Reform government would look to cut funding to the NHS by £26 billion. At the same time, they are looking to give tax breaks to people who can afford private healthcare
northeastbylines.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
A Reform government would look to cut funding to the NHS by £26 billion. At the same time, they are looking to give tax breaks to people who can afford private healthcare | Peter Sagar
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Extraordinary White House press conference with oil companies large and small, many declaring fealty to Trump, all their eagerness to get back to Venezuela (or increase production by 100%! by Chevron which is already there). Exception is Exxon-always negotiating-"we'll go back, but we've got terms."
January 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Extraordinary White House press conference with oil companies large and small, many declaring fealty to Trump, all their eagerness to get back to Venezuela (or increase production by 100%! by Chevron which is already there). Exception is Exxon-always negotiating-"we'll go back, but we've got terms."
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Revealed: oil industry lobbyist working inside UK’s climate department: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw... <- by me
Revealed: oil industry lobbyist working inside UK’s climate department
Polanski slams arrangement; experts warn of 'corporate infiltration antithetical to democracy'
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Revealed: oil industry lobbyist working inside UK’s climate department: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw... <- by me
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If we want 2026 to be a year of political renewal, we should look to the politics of Robin Cook for inspiration.
Read about why in my article for @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
Read about why in my article for @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
Robin Cook showed us politics at its most serious. Labour has lost that balance
Delivering the Robin Cook memorial lecture was one of the greatest privileges of my time in Parliament. But it wasn’t just a privilege – it was a burden too. The name Robin Cook still carries a weight...
www.politics.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
If we want 2026 to be a year of political renewal, we should look to the politics of Robin Cook for inspiration.
Read about why in my article for @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
Read about why in my article for @politicshome.bsky.social
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
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Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
December 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Something lovely for the weekend!
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙
Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
📷 National Museum of Denmark
#Archaeology
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A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water until 2040.
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
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JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
December 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A year of reasons why Ofwat should just say NO to Thames Water's outrageous deal: a licence to pollute our water until 2040.
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
JULY: half of Thames Water's treatment plants can't handle demand. This is where lack of investment leads.
Tell Ofwat to reject the deal. #OFWATsayNO
vist.ly/4jved
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"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,”
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
MP Reed spent Christmas tweeting link to Inside Croydon
Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES Th…
insidecroydon.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,”
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
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Big up to 'Calais Appeal' who do amazing work supporting those with nothing
Please donate to their Christmas appeal if you can 🕊️✨🌎
Please donate to their Christmas appeal if you can 🕊️✨🌎
December 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Big up to 'Calais Appeal' who do amazing work supporting those with nothing
Please donate to their Christmas appeal if you can 🕊️✨🌎
Please donate to their Christmas appeal if you can 🕊️✨🌎
Richard Murphy’s response to Zack Polanski’s Christmas message is well worth your time - a politics of hope needs an economics of care …
Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care
Zack Polanski issued a Christmas message yesterday that demanded the country solve the problem of small boats crossing the English Channel.
As he pointed out, quite fairly, France is not a safe place ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Richard Murphy’s response to Zack Polanski’s Christmas message is well worth your time - a politics of hope needs an economics of care …
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"This is national security issue. Without a living, healthy biosphere, there is no stable economy, no food..."
Prof Nathalie Seddon of @ox.ac.uk on why we're facing a national emergency.
Sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025
Prof Nathalie Seddon of @ox.ac.uk on why we're facing a national emergency.
Sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"This is national security issue. Without a living, healthy biosphere, there is no stable economy, no food..."
Prof Nathalie Seddon of @ox.ac.uk on why we're facing a national emergency.
Sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025
Prof Nathalie Seddon of @ox.ac.uk on why we're facing a national emergency.
Sign the open letter calling for a televised emergency briefing. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025
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Mastodon mandibular tusks! It’s a good look, as you can see here on this large friend I visited at the Gray Fossil Site in 2021. What role these teeth may have played in the life of the beast is unclear, but other fossil elephants used such tusks to scrape bark and scoop vegetation. 🧪
December 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Mastodon mandibular tusks! It’s a good look, as you can see here on this large friend I visited at the Gray Fossil Site in 2021. What role these teeth may have played in the life of the beast is unclear, but other fossil elephants used such tusks to scrape bark and scoop vegetation. 🧪
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We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
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Can we all make sure we are following Mothin, greens deputy. I could hug him for speaking up for the hunger striking PA political prisoners. He deserves more followers. Thank you Mothin!
bsky.app/profile/moth...
bsky.app/profile/moth...
Amu Gib is extremely frail
For 10 days the prison refused to acknowledge she was on hunger strike
Another prisoner, Qesser (20), has dangerously low BP + high heart rate, blocked from hospital care
They're political prisoners held without trial
They must be bailed and proper medical treatment 🇵🇸
For 10 days the prison refused to acknowledge she was on hunger strike
Another prisoner, Qesser (20), has dangerously low BP + high heart rate, blocked from hospital care
They're political prisoners held without trial
They must be bailed and proper medical treatment 🇵🇸
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Can we all make sure we are following Mothin, greens deputy. I could hug him for speaking up for the hunger striking PA political prisoners. He deserves more followers. Thank you Mothin!
bsky.app/profile/moth...
bsky.app/profile/moth...