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lfmcurtis.bsky.social
Climate Activist. Gardener. Photographer. Permaculturist. Practitioner in social and therapeutic horticulture. London.
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On climate protest, a superb point from @richarddenniss.bsky.social. If protest wasn't effective, govts wouldn't try to ban it. And as much as politicians like to talk about parliamentary logjams, as soon as fossil capital is threatened, they mobilise with extraordinary rapidity and efficacy.

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

🚨 BREAKING! 🚨 LORD WALNEY DUMPED (and on Valentine’s Day, no less) EXCLUSIVE from @bylinetimes.bsky.social - The Home Office confirms that Walney, who was appointed by Boris Johnson, will leave Government. Read: bylinetimes.com/2025/02/14/k... #SackLordWalney #SackedLordWalney

submitted 14 days ago • 16 comments

NEW: Explosive new revelations from ex MI6 spy. Why *did* Boris Johnson block the publication of the Russia Report before 2019 Gen Election? Finally some answers.. Russian military intelligence - the GRU - targeted the Brexit vote. "Money changed hands" 1/ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

submitted 16 days ago • 72 comments

Rachel Reeves holds newts in contempt, it seems. So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words. Newt-lovers, unite!

submitted 29 days ago • 15 comments

The irony of it all. . . . .

submitted 37 days ago • 13 comments

We need to make work pay.

submitted 45 days ago • 7 comments

If you think slowing or stopping #climate change is too expensive, you have it backwards. Failing to slow or stop #climatechange is what's expensive. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 49 days ago • 12 comments

submitted 65 days ago • 17 comments

They weren't prepared. Nor are we. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Scrambled weather cycle prompts meteorologists to rethink models - Top forecasting agencies in discussions after ‘uh-oh’ moment on key readings of Pacific Ocean temperatures #ClimateCrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.ft.com/content/4c5d...

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Widespread calls for the compromised Lord Walney, who takes money from oil & arms while advising the government against peaceful climate and anti-genocide activists, to resign! TL;DR #SackLordWalney bylinetimes.com/2024/12/09/g...

submitted 80 days ago • 2 comments

Massive away win for the little fella.

submitted 88 days ago • 589 comments

"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent." Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on) youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as

submitted 86 days ago • 69 comments

“Yes, it’s a genocide. And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent.” - Amos Goldberg, Israeli Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Location: Parliament Square, London. Read full statement below)

submitted 87 days ago • 38 comments

🚨BREAKING: #ExtinctionRebellion activists spray fake oil & occupy fossil fuel enabling law firm #CutTheTies We're demanding an end to A&O Shearman's $285 Billlion+ fossil fuel deals. Sign Up to Take action ➡️ JoinXR.UK

submitted 86 days ago • 2 comments

“Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers. The revenue per acre is too low to warrant the purchase, unless you are extremely wealthy and are avoiding inheritance tax” 🚜🌾 vs. 🧐💰

submitted 90 days ago • 32 comments

Tim Stanley, in what now appears to be a weekly slot on one or other BBC flagship politics programme, reels off a huge amount of absolute, provable nonsense about immigration. And he does so completely unchallenged. Enough now. ~AA A MEGA-THREAD 🧵1/

submitted 92 days ago • 105 comments

#PeacefulCivilResistance

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect. A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean? A short thread.🧵

submitted 100 days ago • 341 comments

This is horrifying. We can see the effects of the climate and ecological emergency all around us. And the #cop process fails us again and again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

WE ARE XR 🚨 6 years ago a group of rebels had enough. We rose against a gvt too busy with business as usual to face the #climatecrisis Since then we've been in Rebellion! Guess what? Our Gvts still ignore our burning planet's cries for help meanwhile we’re still here fighting... 🔥 #RebelForLife

submitted 106 days ago • 4 comments

This is potentially huge - and makes the dividing lines very clear. Rosebank would have the carbon emissions of 28 of the lowest income countries combined. Fossil fuels need to stay where they belong - in the ground. #StopRosebank

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

No foolin’: The Onion reportedly buys Alex Jones’ Infowars site at auction www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment