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Lorraine_Shrops

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Mainly about climate change. Rigid heddle weaving posts also welcome as an enjoyable distraction.

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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Moonglade off the Cornish Coast
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Curlew Curlew @curlewcurlew.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Some of the highlights of this morning's press conference on climate change 👇
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
But Starmer was never the real problem. It's the Labour Party and their corporate and vested interests. Join the movement who are replacing them and taking on Reform. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It just gets worse. "The UK health department’s top official was a shareholder at a private equity-owned children’s care home business, which imposed sharp fee increases on local authorities." www.ft.com/content/710e...
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Top health official held shares in key children’s home operator
Samantha Jones, permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care, had multiple private-sector interests
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The next massive landslide waiting to happen in Switzerland Half a million cubic metres on the move and expected to collapse sooner rather than later Increased rainfall and thawing permafrost due to global heating are hugely increasing the incidence of such mountain slope failures
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No Pasaran 1312 @nopasaran1312.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Oh you stupid, spray-tanned, marble-mouthed son of a bitch. You gave Iran a 48 hour ultimatum. An ULTIMATUM. To a country that's been digging tunnels and stockpiling missiles since before you were bankrupting casinos in Atlantic City.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Seriously….😳 Question: if we don't now where Netanyahu is and if he's safe, who exactly is the acting President of the United States? 🤔
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Wow!
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Surely he knows he's talking nonsense?
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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
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Mandy @mandynugent.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I don’t think Starmer understands Labour voters at all. We didn’t want a government that adopts Reform style rhetoric and policies on immigration, doesn’t tax the rich & cosies up to Trump. That’s without the McSweeney effect and the Mandelson debacle. Attacking the Greens makes him look desperate.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
To everyone who thinks that Farage is a good thing Putting a cross next to Reform in 2029 will facilitate the arrival of a truly fascist state Be very, very, careful what you wish for www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say
Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Health for XR @healthxr.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🚨BREAKING NEWS! Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors. The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk. Read more here: healthforxr.com
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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Screenshot of Tommy Ten Names, claiming he's afraid and fleeing the UK.
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is major. And an answer to the perennial "why don't you go and protest in China?" etc et.
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants'
Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I'm feeling more cynical about politics than ever before in my life. I now see both major parties as corrupt, plus Reform obviously. Don't know about Lib Dems, and am currently still hopeful of the Green Party. How do others feel?
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Peter Thorne @peterthorne.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
New discussion paper just dropped that’s taken shall we say a little work to get this far … essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... please be kind. Not on an at all sensitive topic in the slightest.
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How well can we quantify when 1.5 °C of global warming has been exceeded?
Abstract. Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement agreed to limit the long-term increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to keep temperatures below 1.5 °C relative to p...
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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The composer, Heidi Wilson, has made this song available for free on her Patreon: www.patreon.com/heidiwilson
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Get more from Heidi Wilson on Patreon
creating songs for re-membering
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dem[ocrat]s to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump—3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.”
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/01/2026
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Tanya 🧚‍♀️👑 @faeryqueene73.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!
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emilylimeish.bsky.social @emilylimeish.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
We do know how to manage in this weather, but this is super fucking cold even for us. It’s very much not just another winter day. This is the type of cold that makes your eyes hurt. To protest in this cold is a testament to our anger.
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I just signed this petition calling on Prince William to end the rent on Dartmoor Prison while it remains empty and unsafe and save millions in public money. It only takes a few seconds - please add your name. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Prince William: Stop charging taxpayers for an empty prison
Dartmoor Prison has been empty for over 18 months after toxic gas made it unsafe. Yet, with no prisoners inside, taxpayers are still forking out around £4 million every year in rent to Prince William’...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The latest report from the Institute of Actuaries has just been published. The report highlights climate sensitivity and geoengineering following a warning that “catastrophic warming levels of above 2°C by 2050 are likely.” #climatechange #risk #actuaries #finance #economy #planetaryboundaries
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Suggested EU response: - US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory - Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases - This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight 1/5
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
New Hampshire bishop warns clergy to prepare for ‘new era of martyrdom’ apnews.com/article/bish...
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New Hampshire bishop warns clergy to prepare for 'new era of martyrdom'
A New Hampshire Episcopal bishop is drawing national attention for urging clergy to prepare for a “new era of martyrdom.”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
It was inevitable.
techcrunch.com
Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week. ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
From Getty Images: A resident films as people gather to confront ICE agents after two people from a residence were detained on January 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Trump administration has deployed over 2,400 Department of Homeland Security agents to the state of Minnesota in a push to apprehend undocumented immigrants. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Man in his bathrobe holding his phone
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 17/01/2026
Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing. Time for the PM to stand firm against the bully in the White House, and work with European and Commonwealth allies to make him back down from this reckless plan.
“Trump announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with extra tariffs over Greenland”.
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Iwan Williams @iwanwills.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
It’s time.The “Special Relationship” is dead.Starmer can’t continue with the “We don’t need to choose between US or Europe” line.We absolutely have to.Putin’s useful idiot bullying us into handing over Greenland via tariffs is unacceptable.We share values+principles with European partners.Red line🇬🇱🔴
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Donald Trump. Giving Trump a royal visit sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. Do you agree? Sign the petition now! 38d.gs/vnb3
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Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican. It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong. People are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up. The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
“Power doesn’t corrupt. Power reveals. When a man is climbing, when he needs votes, when he needs allies, he is careful. When he has power, he no longer needs to be careful—and then you see who he really is.” In that, he’s echoing Lord Acton’s famous 1887 observation:
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The Collapse Chronicle @collapsechronicle.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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Chris @baron-of-navan.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
When Trump takes over Greenland what will NATO do next ? The EU and UK must close all American bases and ban all Us ships from refueling in UK and EU ports ,never buy another US made weapon. This is going to be messy
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Tony Pentimalli @tonywriteshere.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A sitting president hinted elections may be unnecessary. The press shrugged. That silence wasn’t a mistake, it was functional. When an agenda is accelerating and power is consolidating elections become an inconvenience. This wasn’t a joke. It was strategy. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1EpJ...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Gunther Fehlinger, chairman of the Austria Committee for NATO Enlargement, to United States: "If you take it, we will take every single base of the US from Aviano to Ramstein, from Romania to all the other military bases, will be confiscated and you will lost it." "If you go extreme, we go extreme"
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Wellingborough & Rushden - Green Party @wandrgreens.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
It’s a racket, it’s always been a racket and business people like Farage, Reform and the Tories are not going to do anything to put more money in your pocket. join.greenparty.org.uk to level the playing field and bring a halt to the asset stripping of Britain 💚
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
We are so close to the 10k signatures we need for the Government to respond to our @climatemajority.bsky.social petition calling for a funded National Climate Resilience Plan. Please sign now. It's a simple and easy thing you can do to make a difference. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk
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…
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
38d.gs/dhdu
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Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC over a Panorama documentary! 🚨 If he wins, our national broadcaster could be wrecked - and license fee payers could be stuck with the bill. Stand...
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Dobby Does Doom @sonofscience.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
A while back I wrote a thread about neurodivergence and #collapse that struck a chord with far more people than I expected. Several of you asked me to take it further - to deepen it, and make sense of the pattern properly. Thx for reading :) #overshoot adrianlambert.substack.com/p/why-some-p...
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Why Some People See Collapse Earlier Than Others
Perception, pattern-seeking, and the role of neurodivergence in a failing civilisation
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valduskin.bsky.social @valduskin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Please watch and sign. NATIONAL EMERGENCY BRIEFING held in Westminster. Who knew? Well, that’s the point of the briefing and the video. The government and media should act now, we have an emergency that needs courage as a response. Now.
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
If you’re anywhere near A&E/ED at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, please please keep an eye out for this little chap? And please share?
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Ed Miliband "admits the deal "does not have all the ambition we would have wanted", but adds that it commits to keeping the 1.5C target alive" This is denial of the first order - utter madness, complete drivel All COP30 managed was to agree on doing F-all www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Cop30 live: Deal agreed at Cop after long negotiations
After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30
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