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juliancheyne.bsky.social @juliancheyne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sportwashing substack.com/inbox/post/2...
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Manchester City: club football's "biggest ever scandal"
I spoke to author Miguel Delaney about the UAE, industrial-scale cheating and football's “financial wild west.”
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gamesmonitor @gamesmonitor.org.uk · 25/09/2026
Rio On Watch SPECIAL EDITION: Rio's Olympic Legacy 10 Years Later — Guanabara Bay | Displaced & Disoriented | Data Centers | Treeless Squares | Unsafe Trains mailchi.mp/catcomm/row-...
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NOlympia Berlin @nolympiaberlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Berlin Withdrew Olympic Bid Ahead of Key Vote. #NOlympicsAnywhere #NOlympia
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Berlin Set to Withdraw Olympic Bid Ahead of Key Vote
The city's leadership is reportedly preparing to pull out of the race for the 2036, 2040 or 2044 Summer Games just days before Germany selects its candidate. The decision follows a critical ev…
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NOlympia Berlin @nolympiaberlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
»MAYBE IT’S TIME TO BAIL OUT – LESSONS FROM BERLIN AND HAMBURG. Berlin saw the Olympic trap early and withdrew. Can Brisbane still get out?« #Brisbane2032 #NOlympia #NOlympicsAnywhere @juliancheyne.bsky.social @gamesmonitor.org.uk
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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So we've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join us? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/he...
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Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
42% of UK garden space has been paved over & that's building urban heat, robbing wildlife of homes + surging runoff into drains, increasing flood risk + sewage discharge. De-pave Your Garden says even just using planting strips on your drive can make a huge difference. share.google/Dkb3FOi35hqp...
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How the trend for turning front gardens into driveways is adding to night-time heat
There’s a growing trend to pave over front gardens.
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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.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 foe.uk/ifbbe
foe.uk
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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Sustainable Hackney @sustainhackney.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Films for Action The Conspiracists Friday, September 18th 7.0 PM, doors open 6.30pm St Paul's Church, 182 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7UE A road trip with 'patriots' Free, donations welcome Panel discussion after break Refreshments, stalls, Fair Trade Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-conspi...
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🚨NEW: HSBC, UK-based financial giant, bought 4 million shares of GEO Group, ICE private prison company contractor, in Q2. GEO operates ICE facility Delaney Hall in New Jersey. ICE is a for-profit scheme that is using immigrants as commodoties. $GEO $HSBC
HSBC, UK-based financial giant, bought 4 million shares of GEO Group, ICE private prison company contractor, in Q2

After ICE gave GEO $165 Million a year in contracts,
a GEO subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to Trump's super PAC.

GEO operates Delaney Hall.

$GEO $HSBC
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NOlympia Berlin @nolympiaberlin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
😭 #Brisbane2032 #SaveVictoriaPark
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Category:Victoria Park, Brisbane - Wikimedia Commons
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NOlympia Berlin @nolympiaberlin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is the website of »Save Victoria Park« #Brisbane2032
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Save Victoria Park
Save Victoria Park is an advocacy group established in 2020 to protect Victoria Park / Barrambin. We believe in maximising trees and green space, free access for the public, minimal building / concret...
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NOlympia Berlin @nolympiaberlin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We sent a letter of solidarity. That was the least we could do. #SaveVictoriaPark #Brisbane2032 #NOlympia
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Save Victoria Park / Barrambin, Brisbane. Statement of Solidarity from NOlympia Berlin - NOlympia Berlin
»NOlympia Berlin stands in solidarity with you and all the people of Brisbane who are working to protect the beautiful Victoria Park / Barrambin from large-scale Olympic development.«
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NOlympia Berlin @nolympiaberlin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@juliancheyne.bsky.social Hi Julian, have you read about the destruction of Victoria Park in Brisbane? #Brisbane2032
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Community rally for Victoria Park: ‘We need to stand together’
Residents will march through the CBD to protest the Queensland Government’s handling of environmental areas across the south-east region this Sunday.
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juliancheyne.bsky.social @juliancheyne.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Look down you stars and weep, Turn your head away my moonstruck friend, Dull your light bright sun and cry at this wretched earth, so fine, so rich, so lost.
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Sustainable Hackney @sustainhackney.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Panel for COBALT RUSH Alec Popper, Sourcing & Sustainability, Cobalt Institute Juan Pablo Mardones, PhD research, Univ Exeter Drusilla Bret-Cunynghame-Robertson, Corporate Accountability, RAID Bandi Mbubi, Exec Director, Fair Cobalt Alliance Cllr Jacob Cable, Hackney Council Cabinet Member
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Team - Cobalt Institute
Team - Cobalt Institute: A group of industry experts advancing innovation, responsible sourcing, and sustainability in the global cobalt sector.
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Barbara McFarlane @barbaramcfarlane.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
@alastairis.bsky.social #Woodberrydownregeneration . Consultations in next week. Phase 5! woodberrydownconsultation.com/stage-3/ See Fly over visual! Too high too close, will seriously impact East Reservoir . -9% Loss of biodiversity & nature😡. @sustainhackney.bsky.social @zoegarbett.bsky.social
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Sustainable Hackney @sustainhackney.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Films for Action 'Cobalt Rush' A remarkable investigation into the hidden side of its extraction. Friday, July 17 7-9:30PM Doors open 6.30pm St Paul's Church 182 Stoke Newington Road N16 7UE Panel discussion Refreshments, Fair Trade Free, donations Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabl...
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Sustainable Hackney Films for Action 'Cobalt Rush'
Cobalt has become a highly strategic mineral, used in electric vehicles. A remarkable investigation into the hidden side of its extraction.
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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
'Our River Lea: from Pilgrimage to River Rights' explores the radical direction we are taking after learning so much from our incredible journey about our beautiful river and how it is abused: www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2026/06/11/o... #RiverLea #Pilgrimage #RiverRights
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Our River Lea: from Pilgrimage to River Rights
On our recent nine-day pilgrimage, we took a staggered journey exploring the entire length of the River Lea on foot. The walk was a foundational event to establish Rights for the River Lea and what…
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juliancheyne.bsky.social @juliancheyne.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Dame Judi Dench's petition to bring back our ancient woodlands is getting handed in on Tuesday. Let's help her get a many signatures as possible before then. Add your name now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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Bring back our ancient woodlands
Dame Judi Dench's petition is getting handed in on Tuesday. Let's help her get as many signatures as possible before then. Add your name now:
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NOlympia Berlin @nolympiaberlin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
@juliancheyne.bsky.social We're so happy to see you here! We all still remember your visit with us back in 2015. We’d love to have your expertise once again! 🙏 #NOlympicsAnywhere
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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Dame Judi Dench's petition to bring back our ancient woodlands is getting handed in on Tuesday. Let's help her get a many signatures as possible before then. Add your name now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Bring back our ancient woodlands
Dame Judi Dench's petition is getting handed in on Tuesday. Let's help her get as many signatures as possible before then. Add your name now:
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
More than 60 million pheasants and Red-legged Partridges, both non-native species, are released onto British shooting estates every single year protectthewild.substack.com/p/the-shooti...
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The shooting industry would hate you seeing this
You are probably staring at that image above right now trying to work out what you are looking at.
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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Save RSPB Rye Meads! www.change.org/p/save-rspb-...
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Sign the Petition
Save RSPB Rye Meads Nature Reserve
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East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Mating kingfishers in east London. Fingers crossed this means we will have another generation of kingfisher on the River Lea at Hackney Marshes later in the summer. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #riverlea #hackney #springwatch #birds #ukbirds
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juliancheyne.bsky.social @juliancheyne.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
[505519-deep-blue-ocean]."
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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
More on the Day of Action here: communityplanningalliance.org/events-calen...
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CPA Events Calendar - Community Planning Alliance
On Saturday April 18th, just ahead of the local elections in May, groups and communities across the UK will be taking part in a UK-wide Day of Action for
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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Join us for a community picnic at the Waterworks (E10 7QB)! As part of the Community Planning Alliance Day of Action, we will be having a community picnic at 1pm on 18 April. Bring your own food & drink 🧃🧺🥪 All welcome (dogs are not allowed inside the nature reserve). Just turn up on the day!
Group of people on green space outside the Waterworks Centre, 2017
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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Beautiful painting created by artist Famke to celebrate our River Lea Pilgrimage. Famke has been inspired by growing up by the riverside and witnessing the pollution and development threatening our precious #RiverLea. Join us to establish rights for our river: www.ticketsource.com/save-lea-mar...
Painted poster featuring Kingfisher and other wildlife. Text: River Lea Pilgrimage. Join us for any of our 9 walks
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Save Lea Marshes @saveleamarshes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Our long journey walking from the source to the mouth of the #RiverLea begins in just over two weeks! Join our river pilgrimage, celebrating what's sacred and discovering where change is needed. Our walks are entirely non-commercial and FREE to participate: www.ticketsource.com/save-lea-mar...
Right 4 Lea
Our River Pilgrimage
25 April - 3 May
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 17/04/2026
Israel Strikes Lebanon Less Than an Hour After Trump Says It's 'PROHIBITED' From More Attacks "This fragile truce must not be undermined," said the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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Israel Strikes Lebanon Less Than an Hour After Trump Says It's 'PROHIBITED' From More Attacks
​"This fragile truce must not be undermined, said the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
📌 ICYMI — Trojan Horse? Rupert Lowe’s Far-Right Restore Britain Is Standing 13 Candidates as ‘Independents’ in One Council Anti-racist campaigners accuse the ex-Reform MP of seeking to "disguise" the extreme views and affiliations of his candidates
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Trojan Horse? Rupert Lowe’s Far-Right Restore Britain Is Standing 13 Candidates as ‘Independents’…
Anti-racist campaigners accuse the ex-Reform MP of seeking to "disguise" the extreme views and affiliations of his candidates
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🟨 Print Edition — Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours – or 140 working days – on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/8…
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Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours – or 140 working days – on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024.
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Sustainable Hackney @sustainhackney.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Sustainable Hackney's next Film for Action Award winning film FEEDING TOMORROW Friday, 15 May, 7.0 to 9.30pm Doors open 6.30pm St Paul's Church, 184 Stoke Newington Rd, N16 7UY Panel discussion, panel tba Refreshments, Fair Trade Stall Free event, tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabl...
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 17/04/2026
"They chose to send an organizer to Congress, to fight for radical change and build a better Democratic Party."
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'A New World Is Possible': NJ Voters Elect Progressive, Pro-Palestinian Organizer Analilia Mejia
Progressive organizer Analilia Mejia's landslide victory in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District proves that working-class advocates can win big. Will her bold stance on Medicare for All, student debt cancellation, and corporate accountability inspire a new wave of change across the nation?
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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A very timely book coming out by @julesboykoff.bsky.social: RED CARD: THE 2026 WORLD CUP, SPORTSWASHING, AND THE FIFA GREED MACHINE: orbooks.com/catalog/red-...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Next CEO pay rose from £4.9m to £7.4m, could hit £9.27m this year. Company changed CEO pay formula because it didn't give directors enough. Non-exec directors to get higher pay. Most shop workers toil on/around minimum wage. Govts preach pay restraint to workers but no curbs on fat-cattery.
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Next chief Simon Wolfson paid record £7.4m – and could get far more this year
‘Sustained outperformance’ merits pay rise, says company after it ups profit guidance to £1.2bn for year to January 2027
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
NEW ON YOUTUBE: Why the world has reached a fossil tipping point even if the Strait of Hormuz is reopened. @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from @nafeez.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🎧 podfollow.com/byline-times... 📺 youtu.be/SGfmm95EqdE?...
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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: The Iran War - And Why The World Has Reached Fossil Fuel Tipping Point
Byline Times Investigations Editor Nafeez Ahmed tells Adrian Goldberg why the Iran War isn't a re-run of the 1970s oil crisis, but rather a harbinger of energy crises to come - precipitating a coll...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🧵 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies often cited in UK media stories on oil and gas But how independent is it? Its staff includes director of major sanctioned Russian gas firm and researcher accused of pushing Kremlin talking points New on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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The Oxford energy institute with a Kremlin problem
The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies is cited across UK media as an independent expert on oil and gas. Now its Russian ties are under scrutiny.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Reform’s Nick Candy sells house for £275m Not headline but FT reports that he threatened when they approached him planning to report he was selling Candy denied and *threatened legal action* This is how it works in Britain. Super rich use lawyers to silence anything they don’t like
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 03/04/2026
"There’s a chilling effect on not just my academic freedom, but that of my colleagues; anyone who dares to speak out against the war and against aggression,"​ said UW professor Aria Fani.
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Univ. of Washington Removes Mideast Center Director Who Criticized US-Israeli War on Iran
"There’s a chilling effect on not just my academic freedom, but that of my colleagues; anyone who dares to speak out against the war and against aggression," said Aria Fani.
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juliancheyne.bsky.social @juliancheyne.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🟨 Print Edition — Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours – or 140 working days – on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024.
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Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles
Nigel Farage has spent more than 1,113 hours – or 140 working days – on his various other jobs since being elected to Parliament in July 2024. The post Farage’s Staggering Side Hustles appeared first on Byline Times.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/03/2026
Iran hits Israeli town housing nuclear facility in retaliation for Natanz strike
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Iran hits Israeli town housing nuclear facility in retaliation for Natanz strike
First responders report 33 injured at multiple sites in Dimona, including a 10-year-old boy in serious condition * Middle East crisis live – latest updates An Iranian missile has hit the Israeli town of Dimona, home to a nuclear facility, in what Iran said was retaliation for strikes on its own nuclear site at Natanz. Dimona hosts a facility just outside the main town widely believed to possess the Middle East’s sole nuclear arsenal, although Israel has never admitted to possessing nuclear weapons. Continue reading...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
BREAKING: The blackout in Spain and Portugal in April 2025 did NOT happen because of renewables. The final ENTSO-E report on last year's Iberian blackout is out — and it's essential reading for anyone working on the energy transition. www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/03...
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Azul = Blue @azulequalsblue.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Taking care of business. We need to do this and move on.
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juliancheyne.bsky.social @juliancheyne.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
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It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official
Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Vicki Hird MSc FRES @vickihird.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
"Inadequate food supplies and collapsing rainforests must be recognised as national security threats – not pigeonholed as green issues" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on risks from biodiversity collapse: warnings must be heeded before it’s too late | Editorial
Editorial: Inadequate food supplies and collapsing rainforests must be recognised as national security threats – not pigeonholed as green issues
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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
“We are the dinosaurs of construction in Europe,” Barbara Jones summed it up nicely
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Britain’s building standards are now so bad, even the super-rich are facing housing misery | Phineas Harper
Residents of the UK’s most expensive flats have won a court case over defective pipework. If their homes are shoddily built, what hope do the rest of us have, asks writer and curator Phineas Harper
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