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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15)

@philsharris.bsky.social
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Retd. plant scientist keeping a log in accelerating time. Agrarian-minded if/when optimistic about the future. Regrets extinctions & other loss. Updates carrying capacity, LTG, geopolitical crunch & wars, leaving twitter. PoV: 'Predicaments not problems!

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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Good article; microcosm in the microcosm coming our way, as the global economy twists and turns... "The coming energy crunch may define Plaid’s first government bylines.cymru/voices-lleis...
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The coming energy crunch may define Plaid’s first government
Wales is approaching an energy crisis that could reshape its economy, its public services and the politics of independence
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave. — Billie Holiday
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
9 years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, we continue in our demand for justice for those lost on that tragic night. 💚
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Happy 100 days Hannah! Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Only Love
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Watch Craig's video. Good folk.The state we are in. Scotland stand clear, no caving in. "Sentencing the Innocent open.substack.com/pub/craigmur...
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Sentencing the Innocent
Judge Johnson had proved his fascist credentials through rulings much earlier in the Filton trial than his vicious sentencing.
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Important intro to the Israeli surprise attack on Egypt Syria 1967, prior preparation & opportunistic policy goals & continuity to today. "Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in 1967 jewishvoiceforliberation.org.uk/article/isra...
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Israel's ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in 1967 - Jewish Voice for Liberation
The wholesale expulsion of Palestinians and Syrians in 1967 was intentional and carried out on a large scale with massive cruelty.
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
It is IMHO more than just a record. "Bees just did something no other insect has been shown to do | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Bees just did something no other insect has been shown to do
Like humans, bumble bees can plan ahead when working through a problem, even pausing to consider the solution
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Eye sigh Sighs do not only leave our mouths, they exit our eyes, as well ... like crumpled clouds losing courage, sailing emptily to the ground. ( #art Agostino Arrivabene)
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Survival International @survivalinternational.org · 29/05/2026
Thousands of you pressured UNESCO through our email campaign ✊ And now UNESCO has finally voiced opposition to forced evictions, in the context of the Maasai evictions from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area World Heritage Site. But it's not enough.
UNESCO, why is your 'World Heritage Site' costing the Maasai their home?Thousands of Maasai live in one
of the most famous UNESCO ‘World Heritage Sites’: The Ngorongoro Conservation Area. 

Now this World Heritage Status is being used to justify the violent evictions of the very people who have protected it for generations.The Tanzanian authorities are determined to evict the Maasai from their land –
in the name of conservation.

Arbitrary arrests, violence,
torture and suspended health services are their reality.After thousands took action through our email campaign, UNESCO was pushed to state that "forced evictions are unacceptable". 

But this is not enough.

In July, the World Heritage Committee must hold Tanzania accountable.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"Google's own artificial intelligence team just staged one of the most stunning internal revolts in tech history — and it's aimed squarely at a deal the company signed with the Pentagon." via Your Daily Updates
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Its not just us listening Nate. open.substack.com/pub/natehage...
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A Word I Can't Seem to Understand: Non-Duality and Our Living World
Frankly #144
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Not the future as advertised? Well researched & written, visible in real time now, an account perhaps of the a-symmetry of perceptions across global industrial roll-out? The Book That Manipulated the Twentieth Century open.substack.com/pub/papercon...
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The Book That Manipulated the Twentieth Century
The 1895 French book that taught Mussolini, Hitler, Bernays and Madison Avenue how to move the crowd.
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Connected world... lessons learned, science and public health?
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#Art for our Genocidal Times by Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919-1999) Ecuadorian political #artist who dedicated his life to creating art that denounced violence and explored expressions of pain and misery in the collective human experience
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Explores non-violent governance for Israel... "What I mean when I call myself anti-Zionist www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/what...
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What I mean when I call myself anti-Zionist
Anti-Zionism is routinely demonised by its critics as meaning one thing: the destruction of Israel. It doesn’t mean that at…
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Columbia can lead... friends in and of the forest, and sentience. bit.ly/4dyBCjQ
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Fundación Loros | Wildlife sanctuary specialized in parrots
Wildlife sanctuary in Villanueva, Bolívar, one hour from Cartagena. Rescue and conservation of parrots and macaws from the Colombian tropical dry forest.
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Cynical enough? How are they going to open the Strait without stopping Israel?https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/2054903749500350685?s=20
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Arnaud Bertrand on X: "I know there's a lot of cynicism around - justifiably so - but if there's a single positive thing Trump could be remembered for, this 👇 may be it: going to Beijing and signing a framework that redefines the most consequential relationship on Earth on a constructive basis," / X
I know there's a lot of cynicism around - justifiably so - but if there's a single positive thing Trump could be remembered for, this 👇 may be it: going to Beijing and signing a framework that redefines the most consequential relationship on Earth on a constructive basis,
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Please retweet.
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Always an honor to appear in the pages of @tiferetjournal.bsky.social a publication devoted to fostering #peace through #literature and #art. Grateful to have new aphorisms featured in the Spring/Summer 2026 issue. www://tiferetjournal.com #writingcommunity #poetry
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
@ 1.5 - 1.9 degC? Sounds more than urgent to me... apparently 0.5% went last year. x.com/PIK_Climate/...
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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK on X: "🆕Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation: If deforestation reaches ~22–28%, up to 2/3 of Amazon could shift into degraded ecosystems at 1.5–1.9°C warming. Without more deforestation, such changes would occur only at higher warming levels. https://t.co/Y4w2clRtIh https://t.co/DgPH744xFJ" / X
🆕Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation: If deforestation reaches ~22–28%, up to 2/3 of Amazon could shift into degraded ecosystems at 1.5–1.9°C warming. Without more deforestation, such changes would occur only at higher warming levels. https://t.co/Y4w2clRtIh https://t.co/DgPH744xFJ
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Do you know your chaffinch from your chiffchaff? The dawn chorus is at its best during May, and listening to birdsong is good for wellbeing - so set your alarm and enjoy the sound of spring! A quick guide, with sound: www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/daw...
Chiffchaff in a hawthorn tree
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Arnaud Bertrand's brilliant article looks essential to match the serious reality of the global moment, America and a good deal else at some kind of brink? bit.ly/4dBy5Ct
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America's Chief Warmonger Says the U.S. is "Checkmated" by Iran
There’s no overstating how extraordinary this Atlantic article is, given the author and the outlet.
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Humankind cannot bear very much reality. T.S. Eliot
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
On a bad day imagine the last 2 years extrapolates to the likely future, and begin to do something, 'make a difference'. Power, Overshoot, and Climate with Tad Patzek | TGS 219 youtu.be/BXR94APZ31Q?... via @YouTube
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Power, Overshoot, and Climate with Tad Patzek | TGS 219
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Bring back platonic love Bring back platonic friendship Bring back protracted wooing and suiting rituals Bring back romantic poetry Bring back belief in soul mates Bring back mystery in love, bare bodies only as an intimate secret We have messed up love — Karim Traboulsi
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
How to help birds in summer: 🌸 Grow nectar-rich flowers to attract insects 💧 Provide fresh water 🌻 Grow sunflowers and dandelions for seed More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/new...
Dandelion seedhead against a blue sky
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Essa Suleiman faces three charges of attempted murder But Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood spend an entire day giving interviews and only mentioned two victims Why did Starmer and Mahmood only talk about the two Jewish victims and ignore the third, a Muslim victim?
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Critical for understanding... America Has Plenty of Oil—Just Not the Right Kind " www.artberman.com/blog/america...
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America Has Plenty of Oil—Just Not the Right Kind | Art Berman
The U.S. is not energy independent—and cannot be—because oil quality matters. The U.S. has plenty of oil. A lot of it's just not the right kind. The U.S. now produces more oil than Saudi Arabia and Ru...
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Grateful especially if you you have listened to Nate Hagens 'Frankly' as he takes a pause today... for a comment to add to those already there or post a poem on my poem of last week. substack.com/@harrisp/p-1...
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Pause with America
Share if we can
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Pause with Nate... essential for me, could be for you? youtu.be/pILjdgXeh_o?...
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Who Will We Be When Things Get Hard? | Frankly 140
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Astonishing.. and who was named Hormizd (Hormuz) who ruled the Strait?https://x.com/RealPepeEscobar/status/2049331505797964166?s=20
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Pepe Escobar on X: "I never cease to be amazed by it in all my travels in Iran since the Khatami era. https://t.co/aQXMiVAQK5" / X
I never cease to be amazed by it in all my travels in Iran since the Khatami era. https://t.co/aQXMiVAQK5
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Balanced reporting I take notice of! Quote MSF International @MSF Israeli authorities have used access to water as a weapon against Palestinians, systematically depriving people in Gaza of water in a campaign of collective punishment. Our latest report has the details: msf.org/israel-uses-...
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Israel uses water as a weapon of collective punishment against Palestinians in Gaza | MSF
MSF's latest report documents how Israeli authorities have used access to water and sanitation services as a weapon to collectively punish people in Gaza, Palestine.
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
give thanks for the inextinguishable Light, undimmed in the eyes of allies worldwide.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Our farm is simply exploding with diverse wildflowers and butterflies at the moment, like this holly blue on bluebell. And there's *so* much birdsong. Rewilding doesn't just bring back the wild. It re-floods our own lives with intoxicating natural colour and sound.
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Poland Investigates Israel’s attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk Poland Investigates Israel’s attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) is providing information to a Polish investigation that has been started into Israel’s attack on…
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Jewish Voice for Liberation
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
On trend in your view? Or extremes? Risk assessment? His mum & dad had 6" rain last week on their cottage; a new normal of the disturbed baseline? Resilience anyone? youtu.be/5R0oUGPf9C4?...
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Four Variables Shaping the Coming Decades | Frankly 139
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Stuart McDonald @actuarybyday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
If the UK were a US state, how would it rank? It depends entirely on what you measure! Fascinating table showing a startlingly different picture depending on the choice of metric. Source: www.linkedin.com/posts/diogo-...
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 24/04/2026
The Government says clearly why the Israeli death penalty law is wrong and its 'deep concern' but it says nothing about what it will do beyond strong words We need sanctions now and in particular #StopArmingIsrael petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
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Petition: Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners
The UK Government must act urgently to urge the Israeli Government to stop the proposed law which would permit the execution of Palestinian Prisoners, past, present and future.
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Growing your own food can reduce your impact on the environment – and many crops have nectar-rich flowers that also feed bumblebees, butterflies and other pollinators. Try: 🐝 Broad beans 🐝 Blueberries 🐝 Herbs 🐝 Apples More: www.littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/gro...
Bumblebee on a broad bean flower
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Peace is the work of purified hearts. — Pope Leo
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Well yes… watch this space. open.substack.com/pub/chrisglo...
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Something Is Brewing in the Pacific That Nobody in Washington Wants to Talk About
A super El Niño is forming in the same week federal climate policy is being dismantled. The atmosphere doesn't care about the politics.
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The real existential threat for UK / NW Europe by 2050. We urgently need maximum international co-operation and institutions, not war ('defence') posturing in Britain.https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/climate-change-more-important-but-worrying-news/
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Climate change: more important but worrying news
The creation of the conditions for the thriving of life depends on the alignment of much good fortune. The moon…
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Zack Polanski on BBC Southeast, "Rent controls would put £18 billion of purchasing power into communities than going to private landlords" "We live in the sixth wealthiest country in the world there is no need for councils to be strapped for cash"
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The real existential threat for UK / NE Europe? www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/clim...
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Climate change: more important but worrying news
The creation of the conditions for the thriving of life depends on the alignment of much good fortune. The moon…
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
How many people out there are giving wildflowers a chance by leaving areas of their gardens uncut this year? Please repost if you are offering a lifeline to pollinators like bees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies and bats by mowing less!
Community garden full of wildflowers in Cambridge, UK
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A globally rare landscape of blanket bog near Loch Ness is being restored as part of Britain's largest rewilding initiative. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/news/peatlan...
Peatland landscape in Scotland
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Deeply troubling. "A threat to the right to protest affects us all www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/a-th...
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A threat to the right to protest affects us all
JVL Executive member Jonathan Rosenhead was the oldest person to be arrested at the Lift the Ban protest in London’s…
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Philip Harris (@PhilipHarris15) @philsharris.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Food for most of us reading... cheap oil. youtu.be/_kEwDNlNwF0?...
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What Happens When the Oil Stops Flowing | Frankly 136
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
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