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AI and all IT is not "in the cloud", but very much down to Earth, doing enormous damage to #PublicHealth, and contributing to #ClimateEmergencies and exceeding of other #PlanetaryBoundaries www.ft.com/content/d595...

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Wonderful #biodiversity - how little we understand of what we are fast trashing. "The jellies learn to associate sensory stimuli—such as images of the gray strips—with bumps, to remember this association and then adapt future behavior."

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"wild bees evidenced much higher pollination efficiency than honeybees. Importantly, introducing high density of honeybee colonies appeared to enhance competition with wild bees, decreasing their contribution to pollination..." Worth a read. #honeybees #solitarybees #pollination

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Our garden pond is almost exactly 3 years old (happy birthday!). It's already been discovered by Smooth Newts, Common Frogs (first spawn about 2 nights ago) and Common Toads. Last night I went out with a torch and caught a Great Crested Newt sneaking in! #herps #amphibians #ponds #gardenwildlife

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Assuming Banksy

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"Findings highlight that small-scale habitat conditions—especially the variety of flowering plants and access to sunlight—had a greater influence on bee diversity and abundance than overall habitat size...." Read @jeffollerton.bsky.social' post to learn more 👇 #pollinators #bees #urbanspaces 🌿

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Absolutely spot on

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💚🇺🇦 The Green Party stands in solidarity with Ukraine.

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Exploited migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours. Workers not paid for in-work travel, time spent moving between workstations, team meetings, receiving instructions on equipment use. Employers violating employment rights. Need effective enforcement, not deregulation.

submitted 19 hours ago • 32 comments

New rewilding scheme will see ponds and wet grassland areas created in a nature reserve, restoring the wetland system and encouraging other wild species to return to the site. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Nature #London #rewilding #wetlands

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Each day the need to #Rejoin the EU becomes more urgent. There is no alternative if you want a safe, economically sound country.

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Before the Prime Minister heads to Washington he must wake up to the fact that the UK's real allies may now lie elsewhere, argues UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall

submitted 1 day ago • 37 comments

Well put. "The willingness to wield threats even against allies undermines the very basis of trust." foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/21/t...

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Trump's US is, at best, no longer a reliable ally – and at worst has effectively switched sides. Politicians are not yet reckoning with this. It's not just "another Trump thing", it's the breakdown of the postwar international order. The UK needs to get much closer to its real allies – in Europe.

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Thousands are here outside the Russian embassy in London to say "Russian troops out of Ukraine!" After Trump's treachery, our Governments must provide Ukraine with all the military and financial aid other needs to defeat Russia and win a just peace. Europe can do this🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine

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America will have to live with the shame of what's happening here for years. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

submitted 1 day ago • 64 comments

✅ “If decarbonisation targets are to be met, people will need to use public transport far more in future” Electrification is vital AND we also need a proper plan to reduce the need for motorised travel and shift more journeys to public transport & active travel

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Ukrainians & Londoners marching in a powerful show of solidarity with Ukraine, now entering its 4th year of resistance to invasion by war criminals. No to Putin. No to Trump. No to all fascists & imperialists, whether in Washington or Moscow. (video by @lynnrusk on X) @ukrainesol.bsky.social

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Le Monde, "French MPs vote through the left's wealth tax on the ultra-rich" Your reminder that a 2% wealth tax on those with £10 million, affecting 0.04% of the UK population, would raise £24 billion a year You have to wonder why Labour chose not to do this..

submitted 1 day ago • 41 comments

Why should Ukraine's real allies sit idly by and let a man who thinks Putin is a genius steal their resources. UK must stand firm not weakly compromise

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You won’t hear this clarity and honesty from any other political party - the others continue to stick the Thatcher’s Big Lie: that the UK currency issuing state - can run out of the very thing it freely creates - £s. Nothing will change until people like @zackpolanski.bsky.social are in charge.

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"Whether it's Claire's idea of registration or just paying them more. As a society, we should value the job of carers and what they do." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk https://youtu.be/CW4hJLIumwU

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Support for ME isn’t just for Christmas! Brilliant to see #ThereForME advent calendar supporter & @libdems.org.uk health spokesperson @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social writing in @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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My piece in today's @thetimes.com. Here in North Shropshire alone many people are crying out for more support as they suffer from ME. The Government must do more.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Absolutely agree

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🧪 Article 👀 into the lack of Drug Companies prepared to fund #LongCovid research Drug companies refuse to help repurposing trials by providing the drug: even when funding for the other costs of the trial are in place. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...

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I've walked under these beautiful trees in #Falmouth almost every day for nearly 25 years. Have we learned nothing from the wanton felling of street trees in Sheffield & Plymouth? Do consider signing the petition if you're local. chng.it/DjhXqwLbwP

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#Ukraine #EU #Europe #DonaldTusk #Russia #Putin #Trump #war

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#Trump callously claims it’s the victims’ own fault they were brutally murdered and buried in the woods, shamelessly absolving #Putin of any responsibility. This grotesque deflection not only insults the memory of the dead but also exposes a chilling disregard for justice and humanity. Disgraceful.

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“Far from being dismissed as a useful idiot to hostile foreign powers, the British press continues to allow Farage to portray himself as a true British patriot, while he spends as much time as he possibly can outside of this country telling lies about us for money” open.substack.com/pub/adambien...

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Had an email to say the previous petition had been rejected & there's an alternative running so I signed that one. If you believe we should remove loopholes allowing wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties, sign & share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Fresh from flattering Trump & the MAGA fascists in Washington last week, Nigel Farage is coming to #Cornwall in search of money & votes. Farage has done nothing but harm to Cornwall & now means to do more. Cornwall Green Party is calling out the con. cornwall.greenparty.org.uk/farage-is-in...

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We are in a #ButterflyEmergency 🚨 Butterflies and moths are facing steep declines, but we have proven that when we work together at a big scale, we see species recover and thrive. Help us to create resilient landscapes across the UK 👉 https://buff.ly/4kbVADk 📷: Dave James

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So sick of this business as usual approach from Labour. As if 14yrs of austerity wasn't enough. #NoMoreAusterity

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Keir Starmer's Government is set to implement a long-dormant requirement for political parties to publish diversity data about their candidates

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Rather than focusing on unproven, deeply uncertain, small modular nuclear reactors and carbon capture and storage, we should be focusing on #greenjobs that work for people and communities

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10 Leaves on track 20 Chop back all trees and bushes 30 Landslip closes west coast rail mainline 40 Plant trees to stop erosion 50 GoTo 10 BBC News - Landslip closes West Coast Main Line near Beattock www.bbc.com/news/article...

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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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#Rewilding - exciting possibility for restoring #biodiversity, to potentially control feral cats and foxes www.newscientist.com/article/2469...

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Poet in Residence wanted for the National Memorial Arboretum for two years to use the Arboretum's landscape and memorials for a series of original poems to share stories with brand new audiences. Details in link. Please share :) www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...

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My latest book is all about the science and secrets of wildflowers. Out March 6th, available for pre-order now from all the usual places online. I hope you like it! x

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💚🇺🇦 Now is the time to stand with Ukraine and against the authoritarianism represented by the likes of Trump, Farage and Putin.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Well said

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WHO Weekly Bulletin (16 Feb 2025) reports on Unknown Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A disease outbreak in Équateur Province, DRC, has resulted in 431 cases and 53 deaths, with cases rising rapidly. Ebola and Marburg have been ruled out. Full report: iris.who.int/bitstream/ha...

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🔴Russell Jones's Week Moment: A Warning to Komrade Kia-Ora and Sissy Space X Trump and Musk may believe they're Roman emperors, but their reckless actions could soon bring America's modern empire crashing down, says Russell Jones www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...

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Slava Ukraini. ✊🇺🇦

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This is what it means to take the anti-fascist firewall seriously

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Now that takes me back,to when Magid Magid banned Donald Trump from Sheffield in 2018 www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

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