Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 10hSee this also - www.ocfonline.co.uk/mackerel-adv...ocfonline.co.ukICES raises recommended mackerel catch for 2027 - Ocean and Coastal FuturesOcean and Coastal Futures - We’re all about connecting people – organising events, creating communications and promoting job opportunities. 000
Reposted by Chris RoseDawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 14hHolme is one of my favourite places. Gorgeous day to be out birding. Totted up 77 species for my #BirdTrack list including Lapland Bunting flying west, 2 Grey Phalaropes and three close Poms (2 ad, juv), all west #NorfolkBirding 0391
Reposted by Chris RoseJewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 10/10/2026The Jewish Bloc for a on today's Gaza march in London #StopArmingIsrael #endTheGenocide 926586
Reposted by Chris RoseThe White Falcon @markgolley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Well the wait for the 1st UK/ROI Nutcracker of 2026 goes on & on whilst Europe is weighed down by them. In the meantime, here's some prime 1968 archive. The diary notes are Richard Richardson's + a short BB piece. The photo is by @yarmouthbirder.bsky.social 👍 #norfolkbirding #rarebirdsuk See ALT 8637
Reposted by Chris RoseEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 12hThis is exactly what ICE said: "Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck." Now watch the video. They're no other word for it: They're lying. 13832401345
Reposted by Chris RoseRichard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20hWintering Woodcocks will shortly be arriving in large numbers, diluting resident UK population. Shooting season began last week, but 'voluntary restraint' urged until December. is it enough? UK population survey in #BirdStudy shows mixed picture but overall strong decline: doi.org/10.1080/0006... 3227
Reposted by Chris RoseDr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A gigantic wave is about to crash on California’s coasts—and may foreshadow the rising sea levels we can expect in the coming decades. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...scientificamerican.comThe ‘Kelvin wave’ hitting California is a potent warning about sea-level riseSea level on the California coast is likely to be pushed to extremes this winter by compounding forces, but these extremes could be the norm by the end of the century 17325
Reposted by Chris RoseYellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Nearly 93% of known plastic chemicals used to wrap food and make clothes, toys, and other common household and personal care products pose a high risk to human health" Plastic, mind you, is Big Oil's backup plan, on the off chance we decide to swap free solar energy for planet-killing fossil fuel.cnn.comFood packaging. Toys. What to know about hazardous chemicals in everyday plastics | CNNPlastics riddled with high-risk chemicals are in clothes, food, toys and common household items, a new investigation revealed. 48951
Reposted by Chris RoseBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 09/10/2026Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn… …seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 61374188
Reposted by Chris RoseFriends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This week Friends of the Earth was part of a coalition of campaigners demanding that the UK government rejects the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields and says no to all new oil and gas. Maxxing out the North Sea won't benefit people, the planet or the economy. 🧵👇 Photo credit: Fossil Free London 26229
Reposted by Chris RoseRichard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Max Hooper, Ernie Pollard & Norman Moore experimental hedges at Monks Wood will be 65 yrs old next year. Planted as 1+ km of pure hawthorn in 1963, the aim was to see how long it took them to naturally diversify. They're still mostly hawthorn, but many other species have colonised. 1509
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRevealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companiesExclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants 000
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Are NGOs awake to this? Greens distracted by other bad things? Seems the chemicals lobby is quietly spraying off pesticide rules in the EU. UK too prob. @jakefiennes.bsky.social @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social @milesking.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.socialgiftarticle.ft.comChemical groups succeed in watering down EU pesticide rulesEuropean Commission and leading MEPs side with industry demands for laxer standards 010
Reposted by Chris RoseJeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Deer Shield, Pluteus cervinus. On a stump in a Norfolk beechwood. #Fungi #FungiFriends 11269
Reposted by Chris RoseDawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Nutrackers building up in the low countries. Occurrences in pink, counts in blue for week 1-7 Oct www.eurobirdportal.org/ebp/en/#home... 310324
Reposted by Chris RoseRichard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Why not? I mean, the same thing's happened to vet practices and funeral care, and they haven't turned into extortionate rackets at all. 1113
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHk7... why the nature massacre of leaf blowers must end @fionaharvey.bsky.socialyoutube.comThe Curse of The LeafblowerYouTube video by Fairyland Trust 051
Reposted by Chris RoseStop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is a message for @andyburnham.bsky.social 7314178
Reposted by Chris RoseJeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.gofundme.com/f/buy-a-new-... £412,872 raised of £500K - please help if you can.gofundme.comDonate to Buy A New RNLI Hovercraft - The Flying Farage, organized by Simon HarrisI am trying to raise enough money to buy a new lifesaving hovercraft for th… Simon Harris needs your support for Buy A New RNLI Hovercraft - The Flying Farage 03120
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2.... if the model development “pause” proposed by big tech means anything then data centres should be paused too. @pauseai.bsky.socialtheguardian.comGoogle told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concernsOrder on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments 010
Reposted by Chris Rosederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/10/2026incredible this will get little to no coverage 556102192375
Reposted by Chris RoseTom Lowe @saloplarus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026...down at the pink Vestal club... 💗 Of an amazing 10 Vestals this morning, 7 were deep pinks, maybe born in the garden?! The other surprise amongst 88/23 was this apparent July Belle! In October. Unless anyone has any more autumnal suggestions?! #teammoth #salopmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social 4642
Reposted by Chris RoseLU Fluxes - Lund University Flux Measurement Group @lufluxes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Exciting new Science paper from colleagues in Lund: Sweden’s primary forests store ~72% more carbon than managed ones. The gap is way bigger than anyone thought — especially in soils. Big implication for climate policies @lund-university.bsky.socialscience.orgHigher carbon storage in primary than secondary boreal forests in SwedenBoreal forests provide considerable global land carbon storage and uptake, but they are being rapidly transformed to managed secondary forests, with poorly quantified implications for ecosystem carbon... 02916
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I think that withered a while ago. More like a leafblower now. A bit pointless and annoys the neighbours. 010
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Joshua Bengio - worth readinggiftarticle.ft.comThe dangerous myth behind AI agent hacksThese are not simply cyber security flaws but problems with the way that models are trained 000
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Conservative spokesman confirms to @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social that on closer inspection the plan for an Iron Dome “to protect Britain” from missiles turns out to be too costly. It will be an Iron Gnome instead. 220
Reposted by Chris RoseKeith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s monstrous that people would consider trying to kill 1000 beings that are hundreds of years old and take 150 years to even reach sexual maturity, purely because they interfere with fishing for halibut. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comTo cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest sharkAs trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species 14269111
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Must be the biggest publicity @naturalengland.bsky.social has had in years - quite possibly ever. Reminds me somewhat of the Con govt ill-fated proposal to sell of England’s FC forests. Led to George Osborne ruefully declaring that they would not make that mistake again. Beware the Lab’ walkers 110
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New ThreatsThe withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 000
Reposted by Chris RoseGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires I discovered via an FOI request that DEFRA’s commitment in the National Adaptation Programme to run a “wildfire risk programme” since 2023 “was not brought into effect”. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comRevealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfiresFOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear 18348190
Reposted by Chris RoseJean E Teall @finchduck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Leave ivy alone! Beautiful moths like these Mervielle du Jour moths feed on the flowers. #Teammoth #Gardening #Mygarden 🌱 1529
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Second, Trump launched America.gov, an AI-powered 'Super Intelligent' chatbot. It promptly disagreed with him about who won the 2020 election. After adjustments it apparently now avoids politics. Odd for something supposed to know all about govt.. futurism.com/artificial-i...america.govAmerica.govFind answers from official government sources and clear next steps for the services you need with America.gov. 011
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Two good ones from Trump's AI world - thx Futurism. futurism.com/artificial-i... First Grok tells him invading Venezuela would be popular/1 of 2futurism.comTrump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With GrokTrump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion. 211
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026futurism.com/artificial-i... - sadly no surprise. Regulators need to be much more assertive. Lock some exec's up. It would soon stop.futurism.comGoogle Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center ProjectGoogle is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares of forest for new data centers in Finland without the required environmental assessments. 010
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Good short piece by @geoffmulgan.bsky.social arguing for cognitive re-armament. geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/the-case-f... Worth a read. Ie we need to be able to think for ourselves. Not just abt AI but seems to me (1) so society can run essential services without relying on AI (2) we can control AI.geoffmulgan.substack.comThe Case for Cognitive RearmamentTaking misinformation and cognitive decline seriously 010
Reposted by Chris RoseJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Italian photographer Valerio Minato spent 6 years trying to capture one perfect shot near Turin, Italy, where the Basilica of Superga, the Monviso mountain, and the Moon lined up in a single frame. Good Morning Blue Sky 20479831347
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Quite right. During drought when you see a lot of planted trees dying, the natural regeneration usually looks v much better. Plus it’s free. That and mycorhizzae - just a few of many reasons to prioritise nat regen. Ofc tree planting contractors hate it. Sadly press officers like tree planting pix. 010
Reposted by Chris RoseOceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🌊 One year ago, UK Govt closed its consultation on whether to ban bottom trawling in some English marine protected areas We're STILL waiting for change ⏱️ 🪸 Act now to demand that marine protected areas properly PROTECT ocean life: bit.ly/4ce5x0G 02813
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My apologies. And I read it too. Obviously not closely enough. Great speech. Shame that nature is such a niche interest in Westminster though. 020
Reposted by Chris RoseDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Based on current building patterns 115,000 new homes will be built in England’s flood zones in the next 10 years Many could become uninsurable in the future due to the risk of flooding, says Insurance company Aviva Which would make those houses essentially useless www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAviva boss warns more homes will be uninsurable due to flood riskAviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future. 32018
Reposted by Chris RosePops @pops131.bsky.social · 29/09/2026how much is that doggy in the window. 🐶😂 1207919859
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A great conference speech by Andy Burnham. And the number of mentions of nature, climate & environment speaks volumes about our success in putting such concerns at the centre of mainstream political thinking in the UK today. 120
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... seems to me to be a ramshackle bizarre mash-up of delusions - very worrying if this is the best they have. For starters they should halt “improvement” of models, in the public interest.nytimes.comIs Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. ModelsIn a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 011
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026pls sign up if you agree MPs should work together on this act.38degrees.org.uk/act/national...act.38degrees.org.ukSIGN THE PETITION: WE BACK A NATIONAL CARE SERVICEI just signed the petition backing a national care service. Will you sign too? 000
Chris Rose @campaignstrat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026act.38degrees.org.uk/act/national... pls sign up if you agree MPs should work together on thisact.38degrees.org.ukSIGN THE PETITION: WE BACK A NATIONAL CARE SERVICEI just signed the petition backing a national care service. Will you sign too? 000
Reposted by Chris RoseJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Blimey. Baroness Margaret Hodge - the Govt anti-corruption champion, on the £72m donations to Reform recently: "I think it came from the Russians." She's speaking at a Fabian event on donation caps 1328381