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Older than average PhD student, mum x 2, former English teacher, climate activist #makepolluterspay. Happiest outdoors. Political ecology, buen vivir, #juststopoil
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Donald Trump's kleptocratic Administration, populated by grifters and foreign assets, serves as a strident middle finger to the millions who lost years, careers, futures, and limbs trying to protect a Republic that is now teetering on the edge of the abyss. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.

ICE turned back in Somerville So many Somerville community members came out that ICE simply retreated. Nonviolent resistance works when communities come together to protect kids and families.

👉 NEW -- The UK badly needs an Alternative Defence Review: Here it is by Kate Hudson Labour is persisting with a “nukes plus NATO” defence policy that is likely to lead to further wars. A new independent report counters this disastrous narrative. www.declassifieduk.org/the-uk-badly...

Keir Starmer won't protect nature. He won't protect the NHS. But he'll do anything to protect the wealth of the super rich.

It’s almost like it’s a personal grudge or something.

Weird, so much other productivity comes out of Israel. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.

It will be interesting if this photo is broadcast on any of the main news channels tonight. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social

Humans are/were a little funny. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate litigation could potentially put oil and gas firms on the hook for trillions of dollars in damages. As law scholar Ben Franta has explained to myself and @johnvaillant.bsky.social, the further climate law develops, the more of an existential threat it becomes to the fossil fuel industry.

Congratulations to Harvard Chan School's Class of 2025, comprising 615 graduates from 33 U.S. states and 52 countries, who will officially be granted their degrees from Harvard University today at the Commencement Morning Exercises. Watch the ceremony at hsph.me/graduation #HarvardChan25

🚨 Action day Alert! 🙌🏼 Join us for a big day out on Saturday June 14th in Ipswich. 💚 This is the place where we can show the country that Greens can beat the old parties, and take on Reform - with the right message. Sign up and join us here: actionnetwork.org/events/big-g...

Sweden removed their student from Harvard because ICE are illegally arresting and deporting foreign students. The USA is not safe.

Meanwhile, 🔥🔥🔥 STOP SUBSIDISING FOSSIL FUELS STOP APPROVING NEW FOSSIL PROJECTS STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ASAP

@bbc news?

Shocking new research by @clientearth.bsky.social & @creacleanair.bsky.social reveals the #Health effects of excess NOx #AirPollution emissions in the UK. Reminder: these emissions come from Euro 5&6 #Diesel cars emitting suspiciously high levels of pollution. Millions are still on our roads.

Support the scientists 👏 app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/f1a16e...

It is such a declaration of pathetic insecurity to be at all concerned with another person's sexuality.

Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.

Left: The start of Wes Streeting's long speech to junior doctors asking them not to strike Right: Your reminder of how much more doctors, nurses and teachers would earn since 2010 if they had the same pay rise as MPs have had

Debunking the much-trumpeted "net zero backlash", a valuable thread on the EU's climate target successes - with co-benefits!

Despite the desperate state of this nation and how dire the moment is, I still see a disturbing, widespread white procrastination right now: too many people seemingly waiting for a future moment they will step fully into the fray. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...

Keir Starmer is being advised to urgently pause the Government's plans to cut disability and health benefits by Parliament's work and pensions committee. www.itv.com/news/2025-05...

"Outlining his bold vision for raising billions of pounds, Green Party leadership hopeful Zack Polanski pulled no punches." #BackZack www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...

Sign amd share. 70,000 joined a march but fewer than 10,000 have signed. We have to take every opportunity. Please sign amd share. petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...

I've just joined @TheGreenParty.org.uk & I'm backing @zackpolanski.bsky.social for the leadership. Zack is equally passionate about combating social inequality & tackling the ecological crisis and will take the Party to the next level. #BackZack

Powerful. Principled. #backzack

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Never forget

Narrator: he didn’t

Labour's Stella Creasy, who has been an MP for 15 years, called on the PM to scrap the two-child benefit policy as it would take '350,000 children out of poverty overnight' www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Wow, look at this: the carbon intensity of UK electricity is currently only 32g/kWh and 86.5% of our electricity right now is coming from renewables. Come on world, this IS possible! And it will only get better (meaning: cleaner, healthier, less intrusive) 🎉 (graphic from grid.iamkate.com )

Any public “disagreement” between Putin and Trump is either rehearsed, or just part of Trump’s dementia.

Malta is on the RIGHT SIDE of History 🇲🇹 Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela, has confirmed that the country will officially recognize the State of Palestine on June 20, 2025.