Reposted by EllenNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 02/10/2026Consider this your sign to go outside before it gets dark at 4pm again. 527758
Reposted by EllenGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comOrganic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickensAdopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests 821706471
Reposted by EllenThe Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 23/12/2025🎄Merry Christmas from Riverfly HQ!🎅 ✨A huge thank you to all our amazing volunteers, partners, funders and supporters for everything you've done throughout 2025. 💧We hope you have a delightful festive break! We'll see you back out on the river in 2026. 🎁Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 011
Ellen @ellen-b.bsky.social · 12/12/2025It's Quizmas! Check out this week's posts on @riverflies.bsky.social and send an e-mail with your answer 🤶 000
Reposted by EllenDale Vince @dalevince.com · 11/11/2025You gotta wonder - do journalists at the Guardian talk to each other? First they run a story about Bacon being carcinogenic and the need for health warnings (a long standing food scandal that one) - then, barely a day later, a puff piece on which bacon ‘crisps up’ the best…..Jeez. 55610
Reposted by EllenGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Jane Goodall dies, the Pope condemns climate deniers, and Kemi Badenoch decides today is a good day to say she’d scrap the Climate Change Act. Economically bonkers, morally bankrupt, out of step with public opinion www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislationConservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions. 1321158
Reposted by EllenGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2025There. Is. No. Such. Thing. Cattle ranching is among the most destructive of all the world's industries. "Regenerative" cattle ranching is simply greenwash. 401463449
Reposted by EllenHugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 14/09/2025good that Keir has broken his silence this morning to ... continue posting on a website run by a man who yesterday addressed a far right rally to call for his overthrow, while not in any way addressing said far right rally 21616196
Reposted by EllenBilly Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 02/09/2025"Put them up anywhere" Was hoping the Home Secretary was talking about asylum seekers but sadly not. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...theguardian.com‘Put them up anywhere’: Cooper backs St George’s flags as No 10 says asylum seekers could be housed in industrial buildings – UK politics liveHome secretary earlier suggested warehouses could be used instead of hotels, while PM will urge ministers to go ‘further and faster’ on immigration in Tuesday meeting 612229
Reposted by EllenTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 26/08/2025If I were Labour Prime Minister, I would simply criticise the bloke pushing mass deportations. 1956592
Reposted by EllenDr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Love this. Real experiential learning in practice - 'because it’s how I like to work, with my hands. Simple as that.' 'We have the time to try, fail, try again. And so far, we’ve never not found a solution.' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.com‘It’s back to the future’: the 13th-century castle built by hand in FranceA quarter of a century after our first visit, the Guardian returns to Guédelon to find old-fashioned toil has built “thoroughly modern” architectural laboratory 04613
Reposted by EllenCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/08/2025In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this. 23183061963
Reposted by EllenOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/07/2025This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years. 16238421790
Reposted by EllenAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/06/2025JK Rowling explicitly calls on her followers to engage in vigilante actions against people they suspect are trans in bathrooms. This is incredibly dangerous and far more likely to result in violence against gender nonconforming cis women. 18341141002
Reposted by EllenLouise Lavictoire @louiselavictoire.bsky.social · 26/06/2025What a wonderful day we had at the @freshwaterbio.bsky.social 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting at Nottingham Trent University. Brilliant discussions on ghost ponds, climate change, pollution, outdoor swimming, being 'activist scientist' and the concept of riverkin. Can't wait to do it again next year! 0113
Reposted by EllenCenter for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 09/06/2025Steven Spielberg’s iconic film Jaws first hit theaters 50 years ago this month. Since then, sharks have experienced the worst declines in their 450-million-year history. Can we trace that decline to their villainous portrayal in this influential movie? Check out the latest from @therevelator.org ⬇️therevelator.orgJaws at 50: Was the Terrifying Movie Really to Blame for Worldwide Shark Declines? • The RevelatorSharks have experienced the worst declines in history. Can we trace that decline to their villainous portrayal in this influential movie? 23616
Reposted by EllenGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/06/20251. It’s good to see this scandal being called out at last. My thanks and congratulations go to Lee Schofield, Karen Lloyd and Ian Convery. But it’s also absolutely infuriating that it has come to this point, as I explain in this thread. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comConservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage statusCampaigners say designation promotes unsustainable sheep farming at expense of nature recovery and local communities 17800242
Reposted by EllenGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 31/05/2025This is just the beginning - not only will careers be destroyed, but the quality will plummet www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AIFrom a radio host replaced by avatars to a comic artist whose drawings have been copied by Midjourney, how does it feel to be replaced by a bot? 910833
Reposted by EllenThe Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social · 06/05/2025📢 Riverfly Photography competition reminder 📢 Find out more about our competition in the link below ⬇️ www.riverflies.org/photo-compet... 📷 Lynn Doe, A Riverfly by the River Ouzel, entrant from the 2016 photography competition. #photo #competition #RiverflyPartnership 122
Reposted by EllenChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 03/05/2025📸 On the hottest UK May 1st since records began. Let’s get fossil fuel ads banned– just 9 days left to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024 6513173
Reposted by EllenLouise Lavictoire @louiselavictoire.bsky.social · 22/04/2025We’re raising funds through the #GreenMatchFund for our #LakeDistrict #ArcticCharr Recovery and Management project, aka LD-CHARM 🐟 bit.ly/42BgnII If you can, please donate. Each donation is matched pound-for-pound up to £10K, meaning we could unlock £20K of funding for £10K of donations!bit.lyLake District Charr Recovery & Management (CHARM) – Big GiveWe want to save one of England's rarest fish species, Arctic charr, from extinction. We will engage communities in the … 0810
Reposted by EllenWild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine! 24882320
Reposted by EllenDave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Some thoughts on better ways to control parasites of pets without poisoning rivers and birds youtu.be/xOnMh3zaO0oyoutu.beHow to control ticks and fleas on dogs and cats - sustainably.YouTube video by Dave Goulson 64324
Reposted by EllenGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Microsoft acknowledge that ChatGPT and other generative #AI is likely to make people less able use critical skills, and more reliant on trusting whatever they are served up by GenAI www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear... 1718054
Ellen @ellen-b.bsky.social · 13/12/2024See the Riverfly Partnership's posts this week for a little Christmas quiz I wrote! 🎅🏻 020
