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Peter Garbutt

@petergarbutt.bsky.social
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I'm 74, happily married. Vegan. I'm a dad and a grandad. Sheffield, UK. To avoid Climate catastrophe and Civilisational collapse we need government by Citizens Assemblies selected by sortition.

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Ron Reid @ronreid.bsky.social · 4h
"The RNLI is aiding and abetting the invasion of out country" FFS! An invasion implies a hostile incursion, this is not that. 1. UK is a founder member of the UN and is signed up to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 2. RNLI is acting within its charter in saving lives
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 16h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h
“Google Earth shows the physical destruction with extraordinary clarity… what happens next matters.” Angelina Jolie shares new Google Earth images of the genocide in Gaza, calling for humanitarian aid to be allowed in (by Israel): www.instagram.com/p/DeDDwwRknH...
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Andrew Knight (Fella) 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @andrewknightfella.bsky.social · 5h
For anyone reading the #Plague news in #Russia... Also google #Biopreparat and have a think about what the people in that facility were actually working on... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioprep...
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Biopreparat - Wikipedia
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14h
It's shocking this is not shocking: "The UK’s largest private-sector employer is offering up to three days of paid leave which can be taken flexibly for activities such as attending court hearings, arranging emergency accommodation, changing locks, securing childcare or separating finances."
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Tesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse
Exclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 6h
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 6h
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 7h
England's water infrastructure at breaking point. Large part of water network installed 130-150 years ago. Thames Water infrastructure has average age of 79 years; industry average 56 yrs. 40% of TW assets are 100+ yrs old. Must end privatisation, remove profit motive.
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MP says London water network is 'at breaking point' with two incidents in a week
London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16h
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16h
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h
The collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18h
More proof if any is needed that the entire Fly Dubai Hijack is an Israeli False Flag hoax. The entire plane would have been a wreck, if it had even survived, if it went through the conditions its flight recorder claims it did. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
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Flydubai: What happens when a plane plunges 17,000 feet?
A flight instructor recreates the Flydubai jet’s near-vertical 17,000 foot dive in a simulator.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Did Trump really win the 2024 election or was there massive vote manipulation and fake ballots engineered by Elon Musk..?? The TRUTH will be investigated and surface very soon...😠
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is Israel's own chief of police making this statement - that "Israelis are considered thugs and criminals". Then again, if your citizens are filmed raping, gang raping, sniping mothers and children, bombing kindergartens, torturing animals, torturing one year olds in front of their
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Newly discovered docs dating back to the 1970's reveal that Shell has known about the harm caused by oil & gas for decades.These files aid the massive climate lawsuits targeting Shell: Hold the companies causing this crisis responsible. ActOnClimate Mike Hudema
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cdlane.bsky.social @cdlane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This Week in Palestine: Israeli Settlers Carry Out More Pogroms and Israel Kills Another Gaza Journalist open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JUST IN: 🇮🇱 🇦🇪 The Omani pilot in FlyDubai “hijacking” was actually BANNED from flying. He was banned due to having “radical views” He was specifically hired and placed on the UAE to Israel flight. This has to be of the worst false flags I’ve ever seen 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
French actress Adèle Haenel breaks the silence on Israel on mainstream French television. "The State of Israel is committing a genocide in Palestine and France is complicit. Do not accept the unacceptable. So sanction Israel and free Palestine," she declared. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 18h
Septle 1933 - 🔥 23 day streak - septle.com #Septle: 5/8 ⬜️⬜️⬜️🟨⬜️🟨⬜️ ⬜️🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️🟨 🟨🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⬜️🟩⬜️🟨🟨🟩⬜️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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tnycruzr @tnycruzr.bsky.social · 18h
💯%. Vote 💙 Congress, States, Counties, Cities Join a group or start your own Indivisible.org
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Indivisible
Indivisible is a nationwide movement of millions of people working to stop the rise of authoritarianism in the United States and to demand a real democracy. We believe that politics is too important t...
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Sukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fact.
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 23h
Imho, that pushes them back out to the fringes.
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 23h
Why the apostrophe? It's only a small thing, but you're a journalist. If you can't get small things right, what can we believe about the bigger things?
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 04/10/2026
. Eco-anxiety: how do young people relate to the climate crisis? - The Conversation Find out more: theconversation.com/eco-anx... #ClimateAction 🌎🌍🌏
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Eco-anxiety: how do young people relate to the climate crisis?
New research questions the “eco-anxiety” label and whether it really encompasses the complexity of the emotional, mental or physical distress young people feel over the planet’s woes.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes" 'With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes
With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia
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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Their lives were never ours to use. 💔 👉 Join the movement for animal rights. Take the Vegan Pledge: veganfta.com/vegan-pledge 🌱 📸 lukasvincour (IG) | zviratanejime (IG) | weanimals (IG) #veganshare #veganism #veganquote
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joelunchpail.bsky.social @joelunchpail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
russia has fired 5 drones and a few missiles into Moldova today. It all happened within 15 minutes for all of them. They hit rural homes and farm fields. An accident? I think not.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yet plenty of folks think going to the Moon and Mars is better than solving conflict and preventing displacement..
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's been a permanent feature since humans began. It's just on greater display at the moment.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The subjugation of women is part of a neo-fascist, warrior culture going all the way back to the 1930s. It was on full display during Pete Hegseth’s military speech this week.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is about climate change
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New Environment Secretary @angelaeagle1.bsky.social has an opportunity to radically rethink how we prepare for climate impacts, by restoring nature. Her recent Guardian article praising rewilding & pushing back on moorland burning lobbyists was a great start: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A Britain of wildfires and flood risks: be sure, the climate crisis is real, and we will deal with it | Angela Eagle
Reform and the Conservatives are willing to mislead the public, but as environment secretary, I believe we must be honest – and act boldly, says Angela Eagle
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Prime Minister @andyburnham.bsky.social has pledged to hold a Wildfire Summit later this Autumn (which may cover other extreme weather too). The Summit must agree a plan to re-wet the UK’s peat bogs, restore lost ponds in farmers’ fields, and stop grouse moor owners setting fire to moorland.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires I discovered via an FOI request that DEFRA’s commitment in the National Adaptation Programme to run a “wildfire risk programme” since 2023 “was not brought into effect”. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm feeling this way 😤🥺
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Barring something catastrophically unprecedented...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brazilian intelligence says it confirmed interference from both the US and Russia ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, rated the risk of US influence on the vote “critical.” Brazil is now investigating foreign interference.
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Brazil votes as intelligence agency finds US and Russian interference; US backs the right wing
In the final week before Brazil votes, the US government put money behind opponents of the Supreme Court, closed its consulates over a threat Brazilian police could not find and was reported to have t...
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just like all the other Presidents, only more so, and more obviously so. Insiders all.
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jervis1.bsky.social @jervis1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'My Personal Pride and Joy': Mandelson’s UK Palantir Deal – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/06/01/m...
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'My Personal Pride and Joy': Mandelson’s UK Palantir Deal
The former US Ambassador considered a £750m MOD deal with the US tech company his landmark achievement. But how was it achieved?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For people who don't understand what is wrong with this motion, there's a good explanation here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think | Jonathan Freedland
The resolution shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The "Zionism is racism" motion, to be debated at the Green Party conference tomorrow, will not advance the Palestinian cause one inch. But, if adopted, it would marginalise and discredit the party. There are powerful ways to confront the genocide. Toxic gesture politics isn't one of them.
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/10/2026
ICE just spent $16.7 million arming agents with shock gloves—wearable devices that deliver a painful electric shock. Human rights organizations like Amnesty International say the gloves “could be readily misused for torture.” Mother Jones' @hurwitz.bsky.social investigates: bit.ly/472ZbhV
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Les entreprises pétrolières empochent 3 000 € chaque seconde. Pendant que l'Europe brûle, Shell, BP et Total accumulent des milliards. AGISSONS pour #FairePayerLesPollueurs. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-08...
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Faites payer les gros pollueurs pour les catastrophes climatiques
Partage la pétition et tu contribueras à multiplier l'impact de cette campagne : Faites payer les gros pollueurs pour les catastrophes climatiques
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