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One life. One planet. One humanity. People before profit. Simply does it. 💚 🚲 🌱 🦜🦋 🐝 🌳 🏕 🎺 Wanderer. Birder. Learner. greenerfutures.substack.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9h
Well said @rachelmillward.bsky.social brilliant speech! The notice period for rip off privatised water companies has long passed. Public ownership now. Not a penny to shareholders.
Rachel and Mothin waving on stage
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 13h
Well, this is fun. 😀💚
Real hope, real change.
The headline banner of this year’s Green Party conference.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
3 times in 2 days pedestrian me has nearly been dead meat on a wankpanzer grille. One ran a red at the Zebra I was crossing. Didn’t see the red, or me. Two tried to sweep me under while turning into a road I was crossing, with RoW. Both close misses.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tories leaning into their boomer vote - the ones who did well by Thatcher & think anyone younger than them has ‘had it too easy’, ignoring that they got the low hanging fruit while their grandkids get savagely hacked & lifeless stumps. When Boomers all go, so too the Tories.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘knobbly-kneed wife beaters in nonce bonnets’ 🎯
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit 1. It isn’t super 2. It isn’t intelligent 3. It is supremely wasteful Sorted.
bbc.co.uk
Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit
The meeting at the White House came as some tech bosses and experts have called for tighter rules around AI.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Big energy cost rises, as widely expected, will stress too many. And no, Mr EDF, approving Jackdaw / Rosebank won’t make a penny difference to this sorry state of affairs. We need to speed up green energy and insulation like never before. And yet…
bbc.co.uk
Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself’ Would Trumplethinskin and his Cabinet like to revisit their prior hawkish statements? Mmm?
bbc.co.uk
One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself
He made the call almost an hour before a farmer also called police after seeing men in balaclavas.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is right. Any analysis of our relationship with the EU that didn’t seriously reconsider rejoining would be a dereliction. As with every other option.
bbc.co.uk
Move to rejoin EU among options for UK, Burnham tells BBC
The PM was speaking after using his conference speech to say the government will end the existing triple lock on pensions from 2030 to help fund social care reforms in England.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ha! Fascist Scumbag off the streets for 5 months minimum. Good riddance.
bbc.co.uk
Daniel Thomas refused bail over alleged boat damage in Channel
Daniel Thomas is remanded in custody after appearing at Portsmouth Crown Court.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes. Yes, and yes again. 👇
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a really interesting and thought provoking analysis from Jamie Driscoll. Highly recommended 👇
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘UK needs plan in case of 'unprecedented' AI job losses, says minister’ Yes. Good. And policies. And soon.
bbc.co.uk
UK needs plan in case of 'unprecedented' AI job losses, says minister
Kanishka Narayan says one of his top priorities is to have a plan in place if job losses are as bad as some fear.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pezeshkian: Iran no longer trusts talks with Washington. Is a very empirical conclusion, and I would add, nor does anyone else while the tangerine shitgibbon continues squatting in the WH.
aje.news
Pezeshkian says Iran ‘no longer trusts talks with Washington’
In an interview with Al Jazeera, the Iranian president says Qatar and Pakistan are relaying Tehran's messages to the US.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just in case anyone had stopped noticing: Trump’s ‘board of peace’ isn’t interested in Palestinian lives or peace on mutual terms. It’s only interested in the yields to be gained from stolen land.
aje.news
Hamas slams Board of Peace for refusal to work with UNRWA in Gaza
Hamas accuses Board of Peace of aligning with Israel after excluding UN agency for Palestinians from Gaza operations.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bully gets a judicial slap. Trump’s thin skin exposed. Again.
bbc.co.uk
Judge temporarily overturns Trump's White House media ban
A court has ordered the US government to reinstate access to the building for CNN, Politico and MS NOW.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So it turns out that OpenAI are utter buffoons, on multiple levels. Not least, their Frankencode got out of the lab. Anyone who really thinks these AI agents are a good idea, or will only be used for benign purpose, are seriously deluded.
bbc.co.uk
Australia launches urgent review after OpenAI program hacks government health portal
Experts believe it's the world's first known AI breach of a government system.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thug slashes a RIB with a member of the rescue services aboard: ‘legitimate concerns’ Grannies with pro-Palestinian placards: ‘terrorists’. Can we see what this is yet?
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That this grotesque thuggery is continuing into its n’th week, without very visible state intervention, is very telling. The necessary powers all exist. I say again, RNLI is a charity. They don’t have to turn up and should not have to put up with mindless thugs endangering rescue operations.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Will the ‘threat of war’ rescue European car makers? 100 years later and it’s starting to look like Reich Aufrüstung all over again.
bbc.co.uk
Europe's car makers are in crisis. Will the threat of war rescue them?
Auto executives across Europe hope rearmament can help them flex their industrial muscles once more.
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DavidxRose @davidxrose.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Published today - Hostage Nation - By UK Green Party councillor Jamie Driscol, an absolute must read report that tells us exactly how the Green Transition can be achieved and paid for, it should be the core of our next Manifesto! read it for free at www.hostagenation.com
hostagenation.com
HOSTAGE NATION: Britain’s Escape Plan
Britain has the money, the land and the people. What it lost was the nerve. Hostage Nation is the practical plan to escape, ready to implement today
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How to live on Earth? Well, here’s an teaser, stuffed full of rather good ideas, inspiration and hope.
youtu.be
How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch
YouTube video by Open Planet
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Struggling to see why Caroline Lucas is disappointed: the Lib Dem’s are part of the neoliberal club, swept along rudderless by the soapy centrist consensus. Stick to the stunts, Ed.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And here is the BBC, soft starting their campaign on the state pension triple lock. The subliminal message being: if you won’t give the kids a leg-up, and clearly have too much, expect to be hounded until everyone is equally miserable.
bbc.co.uk
Meet the pensioners spending the kids' inheritance
The phenomenon sees retirees spend all their money on enjoying life to the full.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Guardian joins the campaign to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Portrays it as a old v young, social security v defence spending issue. Silence on corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich, maldistribution of wealth, low govt spend on state pension, how future retirees will survive.
theguardian.com
Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is precisely how it’s designed to work: The very rich arrive, hoover up all the local assets & squeeze locals out. It is state endorsed settler colonialism, using tax free £ as its weapon.
theguardian.com
‘It’s unrecognisable’: How being a tax haven has changed Jersey
While global billionaires and multinational companies have been lured to its shores, many islanders feel left behind and priced out, with food bank use increasing
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remember the UK fascist’s ‘Rwanda’ plan? Yes, that, but at scale. It’s not gone away and will re-migrate to UK in a heartbeat if we vote the fascists into power.
theguardian.com
What is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and who does it target?
Key questions answered about scheme that has sent more than 25,000 people to countries that are not their own
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots of reasons not to use Google. This is just one of them: abuse of location tracking.
theguardian.com
Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data
Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interests
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A couple of thoughts on this: 1. Nvidia, world’s ‘most valuable’ corp, enjoys monopoly on the chips this AI runs on. Of course Huang would say this. 2. The Blair Institute? Utter 🤡s and trustworthy as a 9 bob note. So thanks, but no thanks.
theguardian.com
Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030
Jensen Huang dismisses warnings from former Anthropic researcher and others as ‘doomsday narratives’
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is the biggest lie you’ve been told. You’re told the West is falling apart because of migrants and minorities. But who closed the factories? Crashed the banks? Launched the wars? Here’s what really happened 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hdp...
youtube.com
The Biggest Lie You've Been Told
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think it fair to say Ed Sheeran has had one hell of an educational week.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ever been rescued by the RNLI? I have. It was one of the standout moments of my life to date. Because, in that moment, I still had one. The RNLI don’t have to turn up. They choose to. And *that* is humanity.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Useful prostitute goes bum snorkelling (again).
theguardian.com
Farage says he wants to ‘hijack’ Trump’s ICE czar to help secure UK border
Reform leader also tells US event Europe should have ‘more sensible view’ of president’s administration
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Axe youth parliament? A real shame. Please, no. Not helped by the BBC’s contention it is funded using ‘taxpayer cash’ - which is literal bollox.
bbc.co.uk
UK Youth Parliament looks set to be axed
Some say scrapping the parliament for 11 to 18-year-olds would be a blow for democracy, while others say it is overdue.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
'I'm telling the truth': Earl Spencer And I’m telling you Charlie, that literally nobody is giving a fuck any more. And as for the other Charlie, he can stfu too.
bbc.co.uk
Earl Spencer defends Diana book claims about King Charles
Princess Diana's brother tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "we'll forget her soon enough" were "exactly" the words used by the then-Prince of Wales.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Greenland deal: A 75th anniversary dusting of the 1951 deal in a pretty presentation box? 🤔
bbc.co.uk
US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland's security after Trump threats
Trump says the agreement will give the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland", though specifics have not been confirmed by Danish officials.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK’ C r o c o d i l e t e a r s And stay away. 🖕
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Funny how we’re getting all-channels propaganda about ‘war readiness’… … and total silence on improving national resilience to climate change. They won’t even publish the bloody risk analysis in full. Just silence. I know which one is more likely to kill my my kin, and it isn’t Russia.
bbc.co.uk
War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?
The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Full dancing sea lion from Kemi. This, from the Tory party that gave us 40y of small state neoliberalism and 14y of austerity, leading to many LAs going ‘bankrupt’. The key rule with Austerity is to ‘suck it up’ bc ‘there is no alternative’. Yet here’s Kemi with “Get the leopard off my face!”
bbc.co.uk
Badenoch brings in lawyers after 94% Wandsworth Council tax hike
A row is growing over Wandsworth Council's rise, which the local authority is blaming on government funding cuts.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
UK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPs 🤦🏻‍♂️ I have a better idea: UK MPs dismal voting records to be examined by musicians.
bbc.co.uk
UK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPs
It comes after the UK's entry Look Mum No Computer came last in May's final, scoring just one point.
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Without fanfare (or press release) Great British Energy has finally made available funding for community renewable energy schemes. There are two sets of grants; one for local authorities partnering with community energy groups, and one for CEGs alone. The latter offers up to £3m capital funding!
gbe.gov.uk
Funding Opportunities | Great British Energy
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
‘UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes’ Colour me shocked. 😱 This is what happens when you set the lowest common politically acceptable denominator to genocide in Gaza. 🤦🏻‍♂️ And as for the UN, well, who listens to those radical leftie cranks any more? 🤷‍♂️
bbc.co.uk
UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
7 months of continuous rain needed to end drought? Be careful what we wish for - this year’s super El Niño might just oblige.
bbc.co.uk
UK weather: At least seven months of relentless rain needed to end drought in England
Almost 75% of England remains in drought following an exceptionally dry spring and summer.
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m in aid after Macklemore backlash Money. That’ll buy them out of this ungodly mess. How fortunate.
bbc.co.uk
Robert Kraft says Ed Sheeran asked him to donate $2m to aid after Macklemore backlash
It comes after Macklemore pledged $1m to Palestinian causes, challenging the tycoon to match the sum.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anthropomorphising AI is ‘mistaken’? Dude, it’s what humans do. Have you never seen Disney’s Bambi or Pixar’s Wall-E? That hardly seems the biggest problem here. And if it were, just ask your fucking Chatbot to come up with a new set of verbs and adjectives, why not.
bbc.co.uk
Tech treating AI like humans is 'mistaken and misguided', Microsoft boss tells BBC
Mustafa Suleyman says he believes the AI giant is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just so: these ministers have been stating openly that they are engaged in World War II-level war crimes as their primary goal, almost since day one.
The Times of Israel • @TimesofIsrael
X.com
Israel will 'finish the job' in Gaza and seek Palestinians' migration — defense minister
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GreenerFutures @greenerfutures.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nandy: Look at me rolling my shoulders with my mildest of rebuke to the social media companies. I’m soooo effective. <insert emoji for raging into a strong breeze>
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