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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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sounds to me as though the first time he says "a small price to pay" he's referring to the price of gas. But the second time? - I've listened to it a few times and I can't hear it as anything other than taking out LA or San Diego is a small price to pay. Horrific.
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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
moonglade
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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hope you're going to be more active here now that you're Energy Secretary - I don't use the other place at all.
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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...
ft.com
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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I nearly came to say hello to the frog, didn't know it was you! I was there singing in the pop-up choir.
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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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I'm British. There's not a single solitary thing I can do about it. Even less power than US citizens.
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
April Fools Day
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I could argue my points - but happy to settle for agreeing on my 3rd one (from a 67 year old).
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No Pasaran 1312 @nopasaran1312.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Three points: I'm not convinced the oldest people are the ones who did the most environmental damage; many of those I know protesting against climate change are past retirement age; and dividing generations against each other isn't helpful.
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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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Is the church usually open? Tempted to pay a visit.
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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...
theguardian.com
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 · 11/02/2026
Working fine for me on my laptop.
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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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Let's just hope he doesn't get in.
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
But his grandfather was from Manchester! He went to Manchester Uni! Manchester made him! 🤣🤣🤣
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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
youtu.be
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.
essd.copernicus.org
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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Wasn't it Labour first, Reform second and Greens third last time? I'd say people need to go all out to vote Green.
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Thanks for that Chris, just what I needed this morning.
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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
patreon.com
Get more from Heidi Wilson on Patreon
creating songs for re-membering
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm not christian, or religious, or American - but I'm following it with horror, and it's clear that many christians (as well as other faiths) are standing up.
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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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Final episode of Traitors, two of the original traitors pledged loyalty to each other early on, both made it to the end, held faithful to each other and shared the prize money.
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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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Not current - from 2024.
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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 · 23/01/2026
People would switch off in droves.
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Hadn't heard of that before, so sad. Any idea where the Rodney Inn was?
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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...
you.38degrees.org.uk
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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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I overheard two pension-age men in a cafe just before christmas discussing refugees sympathetically. Such a refreshing change to hear people of that age other than my friends with that attitude.
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Lorraine_Shrops @borntobemild.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
And this one.
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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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