Reposted by Sharon GaskinGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comJust Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag foundExclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall 21356342010
Reposted by Sharon GaskinPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The @thebhf.bsky.social is now on @bsky.app. They do incredible work funding vital research into heart diseases, stroke and vascular dementia, and their risk factors like diabetes. Let’s help them build their BlueSky following 10388132
Reposted by Sharon Gaskin5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Right side of history. #FireAid Benefit Concert www.npr.org/2025/01/17/g... Orange Dictator www.npr.org/2025/01/15/g... 34528
Reposted by Sharon GaskinReece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Spread the word. ✊ 43856437
Reposted by Sharon GaskinGraham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 18/01/2025“The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: Labour must bring it on” - Ed Davey and even Kemi Badenoch are talking about Brexit failure. Are we reaching a tipping point when mainstream politicians can finally start talking about the EU and undoing the damage? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Britain and Europe: Labour must bring it on | EditorialEditorial: Sir Ed Davey – and even Kemi Badenoch – are saying new things about post-Brexit challenges. It is time for Sir Keir Starmer to do likewise 25423
Reposted by Sharon GaskinNick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 18/01/2025The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: Labour must bring it on Sir Ed Davey – and even Kemi Badenoch – are saying new things about post-Brexit challenges. It is time for Sir Keir Starmer to do likewise. Starmer will only move when voters force him. #RejoinEU www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on Britain and Europe: Labour must bring it on | EditorialEditorial: Sir Ed Davey – and even Kemi Badenoch – are saying new things about post-Brexit challenges. It is time for Sir Keir Starmer to do likewise 13815
Reposted by Sharon GaskinBig Issue @bigissue.com · 16/01/2025🚨Breaking: DWP's 'misleading and unfair' consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules www.bigissue.com/news/social-...bigissue.comDWP's consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rulesThe DWP's consultation into plans to slash billions from disability benefits has been ruled unlawful in a damning High Court judgement. 03311
Reposted by Sharon GaskinT-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Attention American followers….🔽🔽🔽 👍 0194
Reposted by Sharon GaskinPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Poverty takes toll. Britons turn to crowdfunding to meet funeral bills. Average funeral costs £9,797. Profiteering is rife. Cash-strapped families borrow, sell possessions, crowdfund to pay for funeral. Cruelty of capitalism - from cradle to the grave. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.com‘Cost of dying’ in UK hits record level as bereaved turn to crowdfunding to meet billsLatest SunLife study shows average total funeral cost at £9,797 with many selling off possessions to help pay 33358196
Reposted by Sharon Gaskinauntmeme @auntmeme.bsky.social · 15/01/2025I am a human being who has worked hard my entire life, now retired. I do not follow any instructions from anyone but myself. I didn't vote for this nonsense, and he is not my president. I am part of the resistance. #wtpBLUERESISTS #DemVoice1 #VoteBlueforOurFuture 8422156
Reposted by Sharon GaskinMartin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 15/01/2025Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams 6733311988
Reposted by Sharon GaskinPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution. Rise caused by parents ferrying children in Range Rovers and SUVs, not using public transport. The rich cause most of the carbon emissions, don't bear the social cost. Tax the rich. www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comPrivate school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollutionCampaigners say pollution levels in street in Herne Hill were far higher when private schools were open 19777310
Reposted by Sharon GaskinColin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 14/01/2025 214246
Reposted by Sharon GaskinPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Remember when Matt Hancock & Nadine Dorries (now ex MPs) chose to appear on TV realty shows for mega loot, and for weeks neglected their Parliamentary duties. That is still permitted. Must ban all second jobs for MPs. Must serve people, not their bank balance. leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...leftfootforward.orgMPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.'Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament.' 291084359
Reposted by Sharon GaskinFloofMcGoof @floofmcgoof.bsky.social · 12/01/2025If the TikTok ban is permitted to stand, what makes anyone believe the “government” won’t go after other platforms like YouTube? It’s never been about ownership; it’s about the ability to suppress unflattering news cycles. TikTok provides a global outlet to document that which many want suppressed. 2436374
Reposted by Sharon GaskinLisa Frances @lisafrances.bsky.social · 12/12/2024bsky.app/profile/tizz... 1115
Reposted by Sharon GaskinStardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 12/01/2025'The richest 1%, which includes 77 million people such as billionaires and millionaires, surpassed their share of the carbon budget in the first 10 days of 2025. By comparison, someone in the poorest 50% of the global population would use up just their share in 1,022 days.' #GreenSkyecowatch.comWealthiest 1% Have Used Up Their Share of World’s Carbon Budget in Just 10 Days, Analysis Finds - EcoWatchThe wealthiest 1% of people in the world have already exhausted their share of the global carbon budget in the first 10 days of the new year. 24019
Reposted by Sharon GaskinRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/01/202557 companies are responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016. These companies include fossil fuel giants like Chevron, Shell, and BP, who have been raking in record profits. The profits of Big Oil should not be more important than the future of our planet.theguardian.comJust 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016Analysis reveals many big producers increased output of fossil fuels and related emissions in seven years after Paris climate deal 516191227313
Reposted by Sharon GaskinOlivia Barber @oliviarosebarb.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Almost half of the Brits believe that investing in arms manufacturers is unethical, according to a new @yougov.co.uk poll. A majority of Labour and Lib Dem voters oppose investment in arms manufacturers, while only 28% of Tory voters think it's unethical. leftfootforward.org/2025/01/almo...leftfootforward.orgAlmost half of Brits say investing in arms manufacturers is unethicalIt's not all about money... 184
Reposted by Sharon GaskinSean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 09/01/20258.7m voters – around 30% of all votes cast – didn’t vote for Labour, Conservatives or the Liberal Democrats – but only elected 45 MPs. Proportional representation – so that people actually get what they vote for – would be the first step to restoring people’s faith in our system. 1175
Reposted by Sharon GaskinClimate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 09/01/2025The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded #Climatetheguardian.comThe Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compoundedConditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles like this have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist 22312
Reposted by Sharon GaskinYorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 08/01/2025👏 Heroes with ladles: the chefs of Gaza risking death to save lives Amid the rubble and chaos, Gaza’s volunteers, medics, and teachers are risking everything to feed, heal, and educate a besieged people By David Goff @tubbyewe.bsky.socialyorkshirebylines.co.ukHeroes with ladles: the chefs of Gaza risking death to save livesAmid the rubble and chaos, Gaza’s volunteers, medics, and teachers are risking everything to feed, heal, and educate a besieged people 115244
Reposted by Sharon GaskinI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 08/01/2025This is how human life on earth ends; in a #ClimateCatastrophe forced on us by our myopic selfishness & greed, & by political leaders ignoring the need for urgent change because the ££ cost of preventative action was deemed too high, & the returns on capital not high enough. 3/3 #r4today 1111
Reposted by Sharon GaskinPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Jess Phillips: abuse by Elon Musk 'turned my world upside down' 811116268
Reposted by Sharon GaskinAndrew Sharpe 🏴|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 06/01/2025By "killed" he means "murdered by a genocidal occupying force that it suits Western politicians to support". #Gaza 0159
Reposted by Sharon GaskinPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/01/20252023-24: 804,936 courses of NHS England treatment for people with iron deficiency anaemia, up from 721,650. 191,927 admissions for lack of iron, up 11% on 2022-23. Work doesn't pay enough. People can't afford good food. Will nay govt redistribute income/wealth? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comHospital admissions for lack of vitamins soaring in England, NHS figures showAdmissions for vitamin or iron deficiencies up by more than 10% year on year and as much as tenfold on 1998-99 33416224
Reposted by Sharon GaskinPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/01/2025111,000 Britons a year die in poverty. 128,000 died in fuel poverty, including 110,000 pensioners. Govts cut real wages/benefits; underinvest in healthcare, won't curb corporate profiteering. Govts serve the rich/corporations, others pay with their lives. www.mariecurie.org.uk/globalassets...mariecurie.org.uk 9391199
Reposted by Sharon GaskinMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Wowzer, JC going full antisemitic - trying to throw the entirety of global Jewry under the bus to stop anyone having a breath of sympathy for any Palestinians. This is not even helpful to Israel. It’s pure desperation to assist a murderous Netanyahu. 871194324
Reposted by Sharon GaskinJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Seems very clear now that Musk is rolling the pitch for a donation to Reform UK. Via Politico: 25277143
Reposted by Sharon Gaskin✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 02/01/2025There is no part of this article that isn’t outright evil or flatly horrifying 16366206
Reposted by Sharon Gaskin💙 KG-S for democracy ✊ @kgso.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Climate change article from 122 years ago.. what does this show? Science is real! We trust our governments too much to take care of our world. It’s time to take action! 073
Reposted by Sharon GaskinChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Thank you @No1GhostDog for day 9 of the #12DaysofFoxmas ! #FoxOfTheDay 366841
Reposted by Sharon GaskinBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Looks like it's not gender neutral toilets. What a surprise... 9517122
Reposted by Sharon GaskinRusty Rascal @rustyrascal.bsky.social · 02/01/2025C’mon peeps, one last push please, we’ve got it to 47/53….. 1104
Reposted by Sharon GaskinWar on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Why are we calling Israel's attacks on the Palestinian people genocide❓ Read our article to find out about The Genocide Convention, and how Israel's acts fall under it: buff.ly/4gKTOGLbuff.lyEnd UK Support for Israel's War CrimesThe UK is complicit in Israel's genocide and war crimes against the Palestinian people 44214
Reposted by Sharon GaskinChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Day 8 of the #12DaysofFoxmas - shared by @NaturehawkPhoto #FoxOfTheDay 8103169
Sharon Gaskin @lady62.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Aiding and abetting genocide, getting into bed with Black Rock! Empty words and false promises! 080
Reposted by Sharon GaskinChristian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 31/12/2024Good morning everybody to the last day of the year. May 2025 be a better year for all of us: mankind and our fellow creatures (like the pretty jay in the picture) Less violence, more freedom, less selfishness, more caring about each other. Might sound naive but you have to be optimistic, right? 57110
Reposted by Sharon Gaskin RICHARD FORD @richardfordshow.bsky.social · 31/12/2024I feel that the flag needs to be waved a bit this morning… It’s that time of day to state unequivocally that not only do we wish to be a part of Europe… …but those who sought to remove us from the advantageous lives that we once experienced should be duly investigated, and consequently locked up! 34700195
Reposted by Sharon GaskinMichael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Three separate reports published this month by leading international human rights and medical groups have detailed the same horrifying story: that Israel is well advanced in its genocide of the Palestinian population in Gaza. open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...open.substack.comAnother expert report finds Israel is committing genocide. The West yawnsAmnesty, Human Rights Watch, and Medecins Sans Frontieres are all agreed. But the Gaza genocide is now just another routine news item, buried on the inside pages 32224
Reposted by Sharon GaskinCatherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 19/12/2024www.theguardian.com/money/2024/d... Quelle surprise. Privatisation stinks literally. Our Water shouldn't be privatised.theguardian.comWater bills for households in England and Wales to rise by £31 a yearRegulator agrees to increase amount firms can charge so they can fund fixing leaky pipes and cut pollution 24317
Reposted by Sharon GaskinMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Yes, we need the govt to block loopholes and stop the billionaires’ takeover of this country too… BUT we also can’t leave it to government. We need to build up our own community power & ground game against Farage. Join European Movement UK and share —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership 37800255