Reposted by Matthew NevilleStephen Stapczynski @sstapczynski.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Bart, I don't want to alarm you but coffee futures are at the highest level in more than four decades ☕🚨 📈 Arabica bean prices are surging due to drought in Brazil, supply concerns in Vietnam, and logistical challenges 💰 The move threatens to boost costs to consumers 33510
Matthew Neville @matthewn81.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Today three times I crossed a zebra crossing across queuing traffic. And all three times there was a stationary car across the black and white lines. Why? What’s wrong with these drivers? It costs them nothing to wait, and make it safer What’s the big deal? Too many people are dying on the roads. 030
Reposted by Matthew NevilleWar on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 27/11/2024The UK – the world's biggest enabler of tax dodging – just voted AGAINST the #UNTaxConvention. The UN Tax Convention is a game-changing UN proposal that could tackle tax dodging & force the super-rich & big corporations to pay up around the world. ✅125 countries backed it ❌9 opposed 1118
Reposted by Matthew NevillePalm Oil Detectives | #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Sweet and gentle Dusky Pademelons are vulnerable from hunting, #palmoil and #mining #deforestation in #WestPapua/#NewGuinea. They have no known protections. Help them to survive and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket! via @palmoildetectwp.meDusky Pademelon Thylogale bruniiDusky Pademelons are small marsupials with large ears, strong hind legs and a short, thick tail. They navigate the dense and mountainous forests of New Guinea with natural agility. Solitary by natu… 02321
Matthew Neville @matthewn81.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Jacob Bethell in first class cricket for Warwickshire in 2024….. 16 innings Four 50s Zero 100s 53rd most runs in div1 6th most for Warwickshire Only 7 wickets. Doesn’t feel worth a test debut to me. Which means he’ll probably get a debut century! 000
Reposted by Matthew NevilleRajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024#JonStone #InstitutionalCorruption 021
Reposted by Matthew NevilleZarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 26/11/2024The UK is now arming suspected war criminals who have been indicted by the world’s pre-eminent criminal court, the ICC. The government must end ALL arms sales NOW. www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-isra...middleeasteye.netUK threatened with emergency ban of arms exports to Israel after ICC warrantsRights groups warn British government that it is 'now arming suspected war criminals who have been indicted by the world’s pre-eminent criminal court' 6454147
Reposted by Matthew NevilleTaizé in Birmingham @taizebrum.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Upcoming prayers in early #2025 011
Matthew Neville @matthewn81.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Watch this 👇🏼 www.aljazeera.com/program/witn... #palestine #peace #freepalestinealjazeera.comRooted in the West Bank: 25 years of defying settler violenceAtta remains steadfast on his farm in the occupied West Bank as he faces violence and intimidation from settlers. 063
Reposted by Matthew NevilleSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I feel seen 574628428284
Reposted by Matthew NevilleBirmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 25/11/2024World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert. Another example of the utter failure of the #FreeMarket. If corporations can make money by passing on the costs of dealing with pollution to the rest of us, then they WILL. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWorld will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expertCountries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week 34940
Reposted by Matthew NevilleClimate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 24/11/2024The climate crisis and all the evil in the world drives me to despair #Climatetheguardian.comThe climate crisis and all the evil in the world drives me to despairThe world will continue to be absurd, but you, with all your passion, can still make your corner of it more bearable 33915
Reposted by Matthew NevilleBirmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 24/11/2024If you actually, genuinely want to house the #homeless... - just give them money. #BasicIncome in every study done ends up cheaper than the endless interventions required when people live on the street: all of the police, courts, ambulance and hospital... www.theguardian.com/society/2024...theguardian.comHomeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce povertyLed by King’s College London, study will recruit 360 people in England and Wales to explore benefits of scheme 34115
Reposted by Matthew NevilleOld Ebor @oldebor.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Born 130 years ago today, Herbert Sutcliffe still has the highest Test batting average (60.73) of any England player to have a career of any lengHerbeth. His success came from determination and an ice-cold temperament rather than brilliance and he always put the team first 141
Reposted by Matthew NevilleCarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024It’s all very well Liz Kendall sounding off about people’s “self-diagnosed” mental health issues, but does she have any idea how nigh on impossible it is these days to get in front of someone qualified to diagnose complex / youth MH, ie a psychiatrist? Even very ill people often being fobbed off. 59518
Reposted by Matthew NevilleClaude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The Riverbank at Petit-Gennevilliers, 1875 017329
Reposted by Matthew NevilleClaude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun), 1891 118628
Reposted by Matthew NevilleVincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Still Life - Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, 1889 116127
Reposted by Matthew NevilleFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Just incredibly bleak that when a Labour government is finally in power, disabled people still have to wake up to front pages calling them a blight on society. 1922110630
Matthew Neville @matthewn81.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Watch this film youtu.be/Iq6J7Q6L0yw?... Gets deep into the underlying narratives motivating mainstream Israeli (and Jewish-American) society. 032
Reposted by Matthew NevilleJoe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Street art perfection! 893397163505
Reposted by Matthew Neville✿Lily cutie ✿ @lilycutie.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Choose one alive or human 498339374163
Reposted by Matthew NevilleReader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 22/11/2024 1320627487945
Reposted by Matthew NevilleRajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024#PeacefulCivilResistance 075
Reposted by Matthew NevillePeace Hub @quakerpeacehub.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Thanks to all who came out to say No to the Telford Arms Fair 🕊 Very moving street theatre by the Red Rebels, and the beautiful peace dove. Quakers joined @caatuk.bsky.social XR Brum @wmpsc.bsky.social and others to say No to Arms and Yes to Peace. Get involved: peacehub.org.uk/themes/stop-... 0138
Reposted by Matthew NevilleRajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024It is a tragedy that will have bloody consequences for generations for states like Britain and the US if they blatantly use fabricated allegations of “antisemitism” to protect the leadership of the Apartheid State of Israel from being brought to justice 121
Reposted by Matthew NevilleBirmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024“Permafrost thaws across the globe are destroying housing and infrastructure, and disrupting ecosystems. These slumps are also harbingers of a cascading environmental catastrophe: there is twice as much carbon locked up in permafrost as in the atmosphere.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isleOn Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as the melting permafrost leaves little behind 012
Reposted by Matthew NevilleJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024The ICC’s arrest warrants are long overdue. The Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary must immediately endorse this decision. That is the bare minimum. Will the UK government now, finally, honour its international obligations to prevent genocide and end all arms sales to Israel? 7637911122
Reposted by Matthew NevilleBirmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Labour must stop outsourcing austerity to local councils like Birmingham. Join the next lobby of Birmingham City Council, outside the Council House, Tuesday 3rd December, 12-2pm. 📣 Call for a moratorium. 📣 Stop the cuts. 📣 Save our services. 📣Fund our council. 11111
Reposted by Matthew NevilleMACRODOSE @macrodosepod.bsky.social · 21/11/2024THIS WEEK: A new report from the Network for Greening the Financial System suggests climate change could reduce global GDP by one-third by 2100. LISTEN NOW to the full episode with @meadwaj.bsky.social 👇 172
Reposted by Matthew NevilleZarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 20/11/2024The £2 bus fare cap has been a lifeline. Raising it to £3 will hit commuters hard, deepen financial hardship & push people away from sustainable travel. I’ve written to @richardparkerwm.bsky.social urging him to take a page from @andyburnham.bsky.social & protect the £2 cap through 2025. 1325244
Reposted by Matthew Nevillealisonpeace.bsky.social @alisonpeace.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Yes! Rich farmers shouldn't get an exemption, they should pay tax like everyone else. They are already subsidised to produce meat that no one in the UK wants to eat. Their protests shouldn't get news headlines when thousands marched for Palestine and the climate. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comFarmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain | Will HuttonPrices and rents will fall under Rachel Reeves’ plans, enabling a younger generation with new ideas to enter the field 031
Reposted by Matthew Nevillealisonpeace.bsky.social @alisonpeace.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Unbelievably Telford hosts an annual arms fair, selling death and destruction to anyone who wants. Not what our world full of conflicts needs. But happily plenty there to resist it. #stopsdsc #stoparmingisrael 01612
Reposted by Matthew NevilleExtinction Rebellion Global @xrglobal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024DECLARED EXTINCT: The Slender-billed Curlew, a migratory shorebird once bred in western Siberia and wintered around the Mediterranean. It was last seen in northern Morocco in 1995. Listen to its song, weep. #ExtinctionIsForever 24919
Reposted by Matthew NevilleZarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 19/11/2024In court, the government admitted UK-made F-35 parts risk being used in violations of international law & Israel isn’t committed to complying to international law. Yet the government has continued arms exports, breaching legal obligations & exposing itself to criminal liability. 728496
Reposted by Matthew NevilleBirmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Stirchley says no to the clown! And no to negative impacts on our environment, our health and our culture of a McDonalds drive-through 283
Reposted by Matthew NevilleClimate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 20/11/2024The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records #Climatetheguardian.comThe climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new recordsData tracks how Earth’s heating has led to rising sea levels and extreme weather – yet there is no sign of emissions slowing 02720
Reposted by Matthew NevillePeace Hub @quakerpeacehub.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Join us in Telford tomorrow - 🚫 no to war, 🕊 yes to peace! Peace Hub will be closed tomorrow (Weds 20th Nov) as we join in witness against the Telford arms fair – join us! 11am- 4pm, programme incl. street theatre, drumming, speakers and faith contributions. sites.google.com/view/stop-sd... 085
Reposted by Matthew NevilleWar on Want @waronwant.bsky.social · 19/11/2024🚨 BREAKING: Corporations and the super-rich dodged £388 billion to tax last year — and the UK enabled £102 billion of this. Tax abuse by corporations and the super-rich is out of control — but the UN is trying to change this. Read on to find out more⬇️ 11810
Reposted by Matthew NevilleRajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Ilan Pappé A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ilan... 031
Reposted by Matthew NevilleClaude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The Pave de Chailly, 1865 09318
Matthew Neville @matthewn81.bsky.social · 19/11/2024My good turn for the day, rescuing a worm from the road. #snow #worm 020