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Retired Geriatrician. New found passion for wildflowers. Distressed by how carelessly we destroy the nature that sustains us. Inspired by those fighting to bring change

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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Big UK banks pocketed £29.2bn in six months while our bills went up! A windfall tax on bank profits would raise £19bn for our schools & NHS. @TheGreenParty's already backing it - sign the petition and tell John Healey to #TaxtheBanks! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This stinks
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The 0.04 kg m² increase in water vapour is the equivelent of 20 trillion litres of additional water, or 20 cubes of water, each a kilometre wide, high and deep. We are playing with very dangerous forces. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Planet’s atmosphere breaks record for water vapour levels increasing risk of extreme heat and rainfall
Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
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Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I've just signed my name calling for the government to investigate Brits who have returned from serving in the IDF - please add your name! A @DeclassifiedUK.org secure.declassifieduk.org/page/189081/...
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Nobody wants to live next to a war criminal
I've just signed my name calling for the government to investigate Brits who have returned from serving in the IDF - you should too!
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!
  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
What a damning reflection of the pitifully low priority currently given to climate adaptation - yet building local & national resilience to increasingly damaging impacts is vital to keeping people safe & building support for more ambitious emission cuts
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Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires
Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I just wrote a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social letter: Stop Lynemouth's Permit to Pollute: No Special Treatment for Billionaires or Biomass. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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Stop Lynemouth's Permit to Pollute: No Special Treatment for Billionaires or Biomass
Just a few weeks ago the Government signed a £1.1bn deal agreeing new subsidies with Lynemouth, the UK’s sixth largest polluter. Just like Drax, Lynemouth burns trees from precious forests around the ...
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now demanding they are taxed more on their record profits to help us all with the cost of living. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...
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Sign the Urgent Petition - End this rip-off
People in the UK are struggling to get by while some corporations are set to announce record high profits on the back of the Iran war. Join the campaign to demand these war profiteers are taxed so we ...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I know he has a lot on, but in the midst of a ferocious drought, fires, heat events and severe threats to food production, it would be quite edifying to hear Andy Burnham mention climate breakdown.
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A massive plastic pellet spill is threatening North Sea wildlife 🌊 Coastal communities are stepping up, but we need action. Join us and ask @andyburnham.bsky.social to launch an emergency response & hold polluters accountable! #NurdleSpill #StopPollution action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tyn...
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Tell Andy Burnham: Save the North Sea from plastic pellet disaster
One of the UK's biggest spills of plastic pellets (or “nurdles”) is flooding the North East’s coastline. It could harm wildlife in the North Sea for decades. Thousands of volunteers – including Friend...
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Inside Animal Ag @insideanimalag.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We analyze the share of corn production in the U.S. going to animal feed. It's growing every year. The USDA should reconsider its mission statement "we are feeding the world" to "we are feeding the world's livestock."
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our criteria for success are disastrously skewed. In my view, a successful person is one who does more good than harm, on any scale. On this measure, most billionaires are massive failures, while humble folk in my neighbourhood who look after other people are highly successful.
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Defence spending”. You mean war spending. Oh what weaselly words you use
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show them it! Add your name to ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!
The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This needs looking at urgently www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Charities in England and Wales ‘donate millions to illegal Israeli settlements’
MP Melanie Ward calls on Charity Commission to look into 32 organisations she says have given at least £28m
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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EU: Don’t trade with criminals!
Sign to ban products from illegal settlements. Let’s put pressure on Italy and Germany who have been trying to kill the European deal.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This case highlights the extreme inequality of the law and its enforcement. "Property" rights - in a lobster - pursued all the way to a police raid & strip searches. But we can do whatever the hell we want to marine wildlife. Take one step back and it all looks mad. theecologist.org/2026/apr/28/...
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I liberated a lobster and got crushed
How common wildlife myths were weaponised to crush a small act of resistance.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Interview with martyred Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil talking about her life and work. Published 14 Jan. 2026. A beautiful story starting her birth in 1984 in Baysariyyeh. As a teen, she was always a writer and loved poetry. "Poetry softened me; it refined my sense of the world and how I write."
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Amal Khalil’s Two Decades of Militant Journalism
Journalist Amal Khalil, who stayed on the frontlines throughout the Israeli war on Lebanon, reflects on her experience, work ethic, labor, and politics of journalism.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
"A billionaire death cult has its fingers around humanity’s throat. It both causes and downplays our existential crisis. [...] It’s the billions [you and me] v the billionaires, and the stakes could not possibly be higher." Maybe *the* most important article you'll ever read.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A “former Palantir executive recently confirmed what many have long suspected. In a public stmt, the whistleblower said it plainly: Palantir intended to take over the US government, & many of his former colleagues are now installed inside the federal apparatus. He called it an occupied nation.” 1/
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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BBC fails to name Israel in 50% of reporting on attacks in Gaza
Shockingly but unsurprisingly, the BBC has never reported on various genocidal statements made by Israeli officials either
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
38d.gs/q4br
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SIGN THE PETITION: SCRAP THE PALANTIR - MET POLICE DEAL
Palantir could be about to land a HUGE new deal - with London’s Met Police. That could mean a US tech company gaining access to deeply sensitive data 😡 Add your name and demand the Government block th...
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Ceasefires are not the answer - the war must end. 350.org and 100+ other organizations have signed onto an open letter demanding an end to the war in the Middle East and more. 350.org/they-profit-...
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They profit, we pay. Fix it now.
Ceasefires are not the answer - the war must end. We are paying the price for a crisis we didn't cause. This must change.
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This is more than worrying
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Today Israel has made it legal to hang Palestinians who are found Guilty in Israel and who have a 99.74% conviction rate in their courts For Israelis who have a 1.9% conviction rate for crimes against Palestinians the death penalty is still illegal This is yet another War Crime
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Happy Monday everyone.
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Words fail me.
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
#US and #Israel ’s war on #Iran is a disaster for the environment War has led to 5m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in two weeks and is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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US and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis shows
Exclusive: War has led to 5m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in two weeks and is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Iran - Not in our name
Pressure is mounting on world leaders to stand up against Trump – add your name now!
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We deserve better than you playing this stupid Farage game. Disappointing
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Crucial and powerful essay by @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social. Lest we forget. www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This doesn’t bode well for
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
That Israeli funding to Yvette Cooper is buying a lot.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Labour megadonor awarded Israel’s highest medal of honour Says it all
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Labour megadonor awarded Israel’s highest medal of honour
A BRITISH businessman who funded Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers was awarded the Israeli medal of honour for his “dedication” to the country, an investigation has revealed.Documents obtained by Declassified UK show Sir Trevor Chinn, an influential entrepreneur and leading pro-Israel lobbyist, was awarded Israel’s highest civilian honour in November 2024 by President Isaac Herzog.
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Why is no one mentioning Labour’s lack of morals over Israel’s genocide as a factor in their by-election loss?
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Why is no one mentioning support for Israel’s genocide as a factor in Labour’s defeat in the byelection?
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Subtle! wtf
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/02/2026
Joint statement says Israeli land grab is 'deliberate and direct attack' on the viability of a Palestinian state aje.news/gh3e3v
Joint statement says Israeli land grab is 'deliberate and direct attack' on the viability of a Palestinian state
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I really appreciate this TikToker with Tourette syndrome, Shay, for taking the time to educate so many of us (including me) about her disability and coprolalia in light of what happened at the BAFTAs with John Davidson when Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage. I learned a lot.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 22/02/2026
Dog groomers, pet owners, anyone who puts fur out for bird nesting... STOP Read this 👇 especially if you use spot tick, flea or pesticide treatments
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Fighting for songbird survival and safer everyday veterinary medicines
Beloved songbirds are disappearing. Everyday veterinary medicines containing pesticides may be contributing to the decline
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Fabulous journalism
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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
If Reform UK were a washing powder.
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Suggest read this bsky.app/profile/caro...
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is probably one the most important warnings we have ever been given. #AMOC Really worth watching. Because at some point soon, it’ll be too late to do anything. youtu.be/JpOpsMOBsL4?...
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Collapse of this Atlantic current could change Europe's climate forever
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This explains a lot.
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dororob.bsky.social @dororob.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This is appalling
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