nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 22hAnd now insurance companies are adding to the problem refusing to insure houses anywhere near trees therefore forcing owners to fell trees on their properties or demand that their neighbours do so ! 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 22hwww.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Trees have no legal status’: calls rise for stronger protection in UK against fellingAfter destruction of the tree at Sycamore Gap, campaigners warn more must be done to protect country’s arboreal heritage 000
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialLawyers For Nature @lawyersfornature.bsky.social · 14/11/2024"I believe that the Rights of Nature will be to the 21st Century what human rights were to the 20th Century and we're just at the start of that journey." - @paulpowlesland.bsky.social Read about the ceremony held to recognise the importance of the River Wye here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukImportance of River Wye recognised in Herefordshire Council ceremony - BBC NewsThe Goddess of the Wye puppet accompanied the river water into the council offices. 43910
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialLawyers For Nature @lawyersfornature.bsky.social · 14/11/2024What happens when a 200 year old oak tree takes the Secretary of State for Climate and Ecological Breakdown to court? Lucy Neal shares her experience of staging a play to imagine a future in which a Rights of Nature court case takes place. www.lawyersfornature.com/ring-of-truth/lawyersfornature.comRing of Truth: A Case for NatureWhat happens when a 200 year old oak tree takes the Secretary of State for Climate and Ecological Breakdown to court? 0318
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialLawyers For Nature @lawyersfornature.bsky.social · 14/11/2024#WeAreNature was featured in The Guardian! www.theguardian.com/science/arti...theguardian.comWhat is ‘nature’? Dictionaries urged to include humans in definitionDefining nature as separate from people perpetuates troubled relationship with the natural world, say campaigners 115016
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 22hHow Hoad’s Wood came to be destroyed, began decades ago. In the 1970’s, the t #ancientwoodland was divided up into plots and sold. In 2023, 30,000 tonnes of landfill waste was dumped onto it. The Destruction of Hoad's Wood - and the need for Rights of Nature share.google/voywv5oH64iZ...share.googleThe Destruction of Hoad's Wood - and the need for Rights of NaturePaul Powlesland tells the tragic story of Hoad’s Wood, used as a landfill and ignored by authorities, and how it shows we need Rights of Nature and guardianship. 010
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now. 11625190113506
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026#Jo_Lycett Seen 'Live from The Lycett Arms'? Watch it here on Channel 4: www.channel4.com/programmes/l...channel4.comLive from The Lycett ArmsJoe Lycett serves up comedy, celebs and chaos at his very own paisley-carpeted pub 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026www.imdb.com/title/tt4547...imdb.com 100
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026@thetraitors.bsky.socialstatic.klipy.comJanice from Electric Mayhem Sticks Her Tongue OutALT: Janice from Electric Mayhem Sticks Her Tongue Out 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Dying in Detention www.hrw.org/report/2026/...hrw.orgDying in DetentionThe 73-page report, “Dying in Detention: Rising Deaths in an Expanding US Immigration Detention System,” documents the increasing number of deaths in ICE custody through expert statistical and medical... 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDon’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John WashingtonI’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities 000
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In 1970, students in a fifth-grade class at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills were assigned to write a letter to someone they admired, asking them “What makes a good citizen?" So 10yr old Joel Lipton wrote to Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. Joel got a reply. 391824526
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialEric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 03/02/20262) How the Pentagon is Quietly Building Trump’s Concentration Camps SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract to funnel tens of billions to ICE for a nationwide "ghost network” of concentration camps—just got a lot bigger. migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pe...migrantinsider.comHow the Pentagon is Quietly Building Trump’s Concentration CampsSCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract is funneling tens of billions into a "ghost network" of detention camps that can materialize anywhere in America overnight. 451110723
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon 810206474614
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026What ! What! The western civilization is dying 000
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialOlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Can someone give me a logical explanation why the U.S. is funding Russia’s bioweapons facilities?dailymail.comRussian plague lab reportedly received research funding from RFK's HHSThe death of a worker from the lab last week caused concern worldwide and is said to have killed at least one other person since and has many curious about the Siberian lab. 34225100
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.social🦋marciebp Be a Dolly 🇨🇦 @marciebp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026adw.org/news/26-homi...adw.orgHomily for the Mass for World Day of Migrants and RefugeesRead the homily delivered by Robert Cardinal McElroy, Archbishop of Washington, for the Mass for World Day of Migrants and Refugees. 33367273
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialRoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If the 2024 film, “Nickel Boys,” left you horrified by what some Black boys endured inside America’s juvenile reform schools, the real history behind the film adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel is even more devastating. (cont.) I've read the book. 💔😢 www.theroot.com/the-real-nic... 44328
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#Schools are deleting all photos off of their #websites because of #AI while parents voluntarily upload them onto it 🤦🏼♀️ 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026AI is being used to steal school pictures, photographers warn - BBC News share.google/gAxteVwrt5Q6... "The scary thing is when you submit a #picture to #AI by default it is allowed to do whatever it wants and I don't think a lot of parents realise that," said Ian Gilbert.share.googleAI is being used to steal school pictures, photographers warnIan Gilbert says he's heard parents boasting about using AI to take the watermark off his photos. 100
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Billionaire Jeff Bezos Says AI Could Enable 3-Day Workweeks For Americans share.google/38SQ1NyPvZn1... Right - would he be prepared to pay a 5 day salary though? And full health insurance? Or would the savings go straight to his off-shore account?share.google 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Heather Donahue is the Film's Unsung Hero in 'Blair Witch Project' share.google/rUzU6LZcHIz3... #heather_donahueshare.googleHeather Donahue is the Film's Unsung Hero in 'Blair Witch Project'Revisit ‘The Blair Witch Project’ and discover why Heather Donahue’s raw, unforgettable performance makes her the film’s unsung hero. 000
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialtubeway.bsky.social @tubeway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026my weekend movies... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUT6...youtube.comTHE UPRISING Official Trailer (2026) Andrew GarfieldYouTube video by ONE Media 111
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialThe Numbers @thenumbers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Uprising finished its three-week domestic run on Thursday with a total North American take of $6.51M. www.the-numbers.com/movie/Uprisi... #BoxOffice #TheUprising 011
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026youtu.be/ZVkrhHebz1Q?... Inspiration #uprisingyoutu.beTHE UPRISING - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters September 10YouTube video by Focus Features 000
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Botched US execution | ‘Oil shocks’ explained | Flydubai attack | Burnham’s change pledge In this week’s Your Week in Four, we look at how Christa Pike survived two lethal doses of a drug meant to kill her in the state of Tennessee, 30 years after she was convicted of murder. Read our newsletter:channel4news.substack.comBotched US execution | ‘Oil shocks’ explained | Flydubai attack | Burnham’s change pledgeYour Week In 4: Hand-picked insightful, inspiring and compelling reports from Channel 4 News this week. 0133
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialBDVE - Big Donkey VOTING Energy @boulevaardvark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026 093
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Whose fault is it that they've gone up? And he is threatening Europe and asking why Americans have to take the burden? 🤬 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Polish president backs down and approves government’s windfall tax on fuel companies | Notes From Poland share.google/W9wdJxNh3Ylx...share.googlePolish president backs down and approves government's windfall tax on fuel companies 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.tes.com/magazine/new... I'm not surprised; schools cannot afford support staff anymore so who is supposed to support pupils? #education #bullying #testes.comMost students say school staff not aware of bullyingMajor DfE survey of Year 8s also reveals that girls and students with SEND are less likely to feel like they belong in school 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026share.google/9k3mxpawIkxG... #plant_treesshare.googleClimate change could see more trees in cities to tackle heatwavesScientists say air temperatures could be reduced by 5C by planting more trees. 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Staffordshire residents call for cull of Tean school's 60ft trees - BBC News share.google/R71fXRuGbHg6... These people 🤦🏼♀️. It must have been like heaven during the unbearably #hot #summer. Tree haters infuriate me. How is "like they're "living in the woods"a negative? #climatechangeshare.googleStaffordshire residents call for cull of Tean school's 60ft treesResidents in a Staffordshire Moorlands village say the towering trees "block out the sky". 100
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It's already estimated that the richest 1% alone evade $163 billion in taxes every year. But Trump gutted the IRS — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires. The agency's audit revenue fell 35%. Now, Trump's IRS is not publishing data on unpaid taxes. See the problem? 10739741706
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fresh on the heels of similar complaints about OpenAI from mathematicians, a biologist says Anthropic’s Claude “discovered” the same system his team has spent years researching while sharing their unpublished work with Claude. It’s no longer just publishers & artists accusing AI labs of plagiarism. 16433187
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid? 23677523101
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026share.google/6bNSsjjBKgac... Great ideas! #wildlifeshare.googleNature spaces 'need to be right next to where people live'Campaigners are pushing for more wildlife-rich green spaces to be created within urban communities. 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Bad news isn't the only news | Bill Gates share.google/BZcyR5cjPEl5...share.google 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There are no longer enough menhaden in the Bay to support both industrial reduction fishing at its current level and a healthy ecosystem 010
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#Ospreys are disappearing along the East Coast. #Scientists think they know why. - The Washington Post share.google/177pDpK0zRwM... #OceanHarvesters, caught nearly 300 million pounds of #Atlantic menhaden for the plant in 2024.share.googleOspreys are disappearing along the East Coast. Scientists think they know why.At the center of a widening crisis for one of the nation's great wildlife comebacks is a fish most Americans would hardly recognize. 110
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That sip bot water she had to take - she was fuming 000
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Absolutely fascinating to see Laura Kuenssberg interviewing Burnham, flailing to adjust her stance to a politician with a moral argument and a positive message, who stands up for his policies and answers her questions clearly. She is getting so agitated at him not playing the game by the 'rules'. 1981885406
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water - BBC News share.google/NU1g5HOsyxcp...share.googleOleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and waterThe BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled". 001
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialOlga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Will international media ever start covering Russia’s ongoing genocide? Ukrainians in Russian occupied Oleshky are eating grass and weeds to survive and the world stays silent 😭kyivindependent.com'Nothing left to eat' — Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisisOleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry. 21427296
Reposted by @nancymariat.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated. 538202808164
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The row first erupted after another academic - self-defined " #racerealist" Nathan Cofnas, who was sacked from his Cambridge role in 2024 - said he found numerous instances of #plagiarism in the professor's work 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead - BBC News share.google/3Ux1nj9nbOvM...share.googleJason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found deadHis family said it was "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son" after the academic was found dead in London on Friday. 000
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.theguardian.com/education/ng...theguardian.comPlaybooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professorJason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism 200
nancymariat.bsky.social @nancymariat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026France’s prestigious Goncourt prize drops novel after author accused of using AI | CNN share.google/Zivj20ze69DI... I think they need to be more careful with a decision like that and really look into a reason why the novel was even tested for plagiarismshare.googleFrance’s prestigious Goncourt prize drops novel after author accused of using AI | CNNThe organisers of the prestigious Goncourt literary prize said on Friday they had removed a smash-hit novel by Haitian-Canadian author Thelyson Orelien from their longlist after accusations he used AI... 100