jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...weownit.org.ukPetition. Steve Reed: Come clean on the true cost of publicly owned water | We Own It 020
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 21/07/2025It's worse than that: because populism can't deliver its promises, it has to keep finding new traitors & enemies to blame. It has to keep tearing at the walls of its imagined prison. The more it fails, the more it turns people against each other. And the more it seeks to destroy anything in its way 727496
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 01/07/2025Older technologies have aided and perhaps enfeebled writers. “But with A.I. we’re so thoroughly able to outsource our thinking that it makes us more average, too,” Kyle Chayka writes.newyorker.comA.I. Is Homogenizing Our ThoughtsRecent studies suggest that tools such as ChatGPT make our brains less active and our writing less original. 1618745
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Yes , hence the “ ;) “ The important thing, ( if we use it at all, and I intend to keep doing so, ) is that we bear this in mind and continually remember it. 000
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 13/06/2025That kind of skill is indeed rare. I know because ChatGPT tells me it is ;) 100
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialWildDartmoor @tonydartmoor.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Dartmoor Nature Alliance has drafted a vision for Dartmoor. It's a work in progress, and the Alliance wants to involve more people in refining this vision over the coming months. Here are some highlights and a link at the end to the full document ... 🧵 614539
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 04/05/2025But they’ve mainly been replaced by something even worse. 040
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 01/05/2025www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comOfwat investigating ‘rip-off’ cost of water firms’ infrastructure worksWatchdog for England and Wales looking into claims refurbishment costs are ‘breathtakingly high’ compared with other countries 131
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 23/04/2025£435mn to build a sewage works in England, £29mn in Denmark. Tell us again how a privatised water system brings efficiency & value for money? www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comOfwat investigating ‘rip-off’ cost of water firms’ infrastructure worksWatchdog for England and Wales looking into claims refurbishment costs are ‘breathtakingly high’ compared with other countries 9177107
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 30/04/2025So, a two thirds decline in flying insect numbers in UK since…2021. If corroborated, then holy 💩. It’s happening, right now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Alarming’ bug splat decline on UK cars raises fears for flying insect numbersAnnual survey of numberplates from more than 25,000 journeys reveals 63% fall in squashed bugs since 2021 1713882
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 30/04/2025“Labour…pointed out that the Tony Blair Institute works for the government of Saudi Arabia” 010
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Hahahahahaha. Hahahahahahahahaha www.ft.com/content/3e07...ft.comChina tells US to ‘cancel all unilateral tariffs’ if it wants talksBeijing says claims it is nearing a deal with Washington to resolve the trade war are ‘fake news’ 020
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialWild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Fewer than 500 more signatures needed to reach 100,000 & trigger a Westminster parliament debate on the future of driven grouse shooting. Plz sign and share - we might get there today! @ruthtingay.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Ban driven grouse shootingChris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi... 7120111
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Clearly, shame is not enough to stop water companies discharging filth into our rivers & paying our bill money to shareholders. The EA & Ofwat need to enforce the law. Hard to see how this will happen when the government has just cut their funding. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEngland's serious water pollution incidents at 10-year highCampaigners release official data showing the most serious pollution incidents in England are double the target. 15337
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialRobert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Hello––my book Underland has been adapted into a feature film & the world premiere is at Tribeca in June. It's taken 4.5 years––& the team’s created something astonishing. A documentary that's groundbreaking in form, voice & tone. I hope you might see it one day. Full account on IG (@robgmacfarlane) 2545863
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 01/04/2025"This is my home - I really love my country. But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now" 75% of US scientists who answered our poll are considering relocating. Read the full story: go.nature.com/3E2OocE 39636
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 31/03/202513/ The Government's consultation on banning moorland burning is now online here. Make sure you send in your views on why this is great but needs toughening further - you can be sure that the grouse moor owners & their lobbyists will be trying to weaken it! - www.gov.uk/government/c...gov.ukHeather and grass burning in EnglandWe are seeking views on proposed amendments to The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021. 12411
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Surely the MAGA lot benefited from Trump not being prosecuted for the worst crimes he committed. 050
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 28/03/2025It’s an impossible choice from such a vast array of wonder. Call me greedy, I refuse to pick just one. 030
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialWildDartmoor @tonydartmoor.bsky.social · 25/03/2025On Sunday we went to check out a suspicious-looking "controlled burn" or "swale" on a remote part of Dartmoor ... here's what we found ... more to follow on this ... 24923
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Yeah right. So many signs are offensive and yet, ‘Hidden Drive,’ while a great name for a band, has a very practical purpose to help everybody. 010
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I might have stolen a few signs in my time. This one though, I would have left as it’s a reasonable request, it’s presented in a good humoured manner, and by implication it’s reassuring you that it’s fine for you to actually pass through the gate and be on the other side of it. 210
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Yorkshire Water to pay £40m for sewage dumping. Company has history of criminal convictions. Fine will be used to upgrade infrastructure, clean rivers. So company won't have to spend, but will own the resulting infrastructure. There is no penalty?news.sky.comYorkshire Water to pay £40m for sewage overflow failuresAn agreement with the regulator forces the company to spend the bulk of the money on sewage spill prevention while a local river partnership also gets cash to enable improvement work. 27315126
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 20/03/2025While the development of petroleum initially accelerated the whaling industry, eventually we stoped burning whale oil. (Maybe he covers this. I’ve not listened yet.) 010
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialWild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 06/03/2025That's 70.000 people who want to see driven grouse shooting banned. We're nearly 3/4 of the way there to our target of 100,000 signatures. Do you want a ban? If so, please like & share this post! Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... 09361
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 06/03/2025We’ve been through alt-seasons, defi-season, meme-season, NFT-season, ETF-season but now, with the Trump Touch, we’re simply in crime-season. 130
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I believe that that’s the actual plan. There are plenty of ways to make money from a market crash. Even more than stupidly and sociopathy, he is driven by greed. 040
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 25/02/2025NFU President Tom Bradshaw boasts that last year the NFU "fended off the Right to Roam". Labour must decide whether to side with an unrepresentative lobby group, or the grassroots @righttoroam.bsky.social campaign whose ask is backed by 69% of the public. www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-... 416555
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 06/02/2025For some reason the audio on this cuts off after the first few seconds 010
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I can’t like this comment. Irony usually doesn’t transcribe well into text. I fully embrace your meaning though. 010
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialWild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 25/01/2025We're, 50,000 of us, half way to a Westminster Hall debate on the future of driven grouse shooting. Thank you to those who have signed and those organisations who have shared and promoted this petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Ban driven grouse shootingChris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi... 17649
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 26/01/2025A fibreglass Canadian fly fishing rod that my father bought for me secondhand nearly 50 years ago. 050
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 16/01/2025In his farewell address, Joe Biden warned against what is “taking shape” in America: an oligarchy that threatens the country’s democracy. Read David Remnick on what we can take away from the outgoing President’s alarming remarks: nyer.cm/faHlB38 1729083
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Excited to say that my book THE LIE OF THE LAND has been shortlisted for the Westminster Book Awards 2025, alongside legends like @carolinelucas.bsky.social @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social! Hoping even more MPs will now read it & act on its recommendations! www.publishers.org.uk/westminster-...publishers.org.ukWestminster Book Awards 2024 shortlist revealedThe Westminster Book Awards presented by the Booksellers Association and the Publishers Association (formerly known as the Parliamentary Book Awards) has announced this year’s shortlists. Now in their... 1212124
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialSean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Relatedly, did you see this petition @mvtfwd.bsky.social put together? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformationWe believe that lies, fraud, and media toxicity threaten our way of life. We think new mechanisms are needed to preserve confidence. How else can people know what to trust? 22114
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 26/11/2024As shocking as this is, it’s also likely that the regime won’t work either for Trump, nor Musk, who will each feel threatened by each other and try to fight it out between them. They will already know that. I’ve little idea where that may leave the world. 140
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 24/11/2024Starmer cannot survive this 2023309438
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 18/11/2024And the lesson is: environmental policies are much cheaper than the alternative. 2858
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialRichard Chin @richardchin.bsky.social · 04/11/2024When the catchfart cops a blast so strong it lifts him off his feet. 3294
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialRight to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Wow, already over 900 followers. Thanks for the warm welcome Bluesky! 😍 To help you find more accounts in the Land Justice space we've put together this starter pack: go.bsky.app/K6UmtN8 Let us know who we might have missed! More added every day. 77822
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialPeter powell @peterpowell.bsky.social · 13/11/2024go.bsky.app/KaDADYV Pulling together a UK rivers and water quality starter pack. Who should be in it? Who is missing? Comment below and I will get them added. 12175
Reposted by @jonariver.bsky.socialJon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 13/11/2024They probably need no introduction but here comes @paulpowlesland.bsky.social - river guardian and rights of nature maestro. And @guyshrubsole.bsky.social - the OG moss pervert himself. 0204
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 07/10/2024I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected I would. I was prejudiced against him because of his terrible handling of the honesty of David Nutt, the chair of the ACMD at the time, while simultaneously being a fan of the Beetles. We all make mistakes. 030
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 06/10/2024Dear god. After his brother and William F Buckley. Left wondering what the hell happened to the child. 020
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 06/10/2024If aryls ever needed public health warning 050
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 13/09/2024www.bis.org/about/bisih/...bis.orgProject mBridge reaches minimum viable product stage and invites further international participationProject mBridge experiments with a multiple-central bank digital currency (multi-CBDC) common platform for wholesale cross-border payments. It seeks to solve some of the key inefficiencies of cross-bo... 010
jonariver.bsky.social @jonariver.bsky.social · 13/09/2024The use cases are not well understood. The BIS is using the technology, specifically compatible with ethereum, to launch an international currency as an alternative, for large institutions, to the global dominance of the dollar. Proof of work coins are wasteful of energy, that’s not so of the rest. 120
