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To help amplify the voices of good people who care about people and the planet, and call out the rest. No AI.

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Senseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Support your local library. /1 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 12h
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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 14h
Let's help #hedgehogs, our gardens friend this autumn. #wildlife
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 13h
This October, Diwali on the Square returns to light up the heart of London. Join Londoners from every community for a free celebration of light, hope and togetherness. 📅 Sunday 25 October 🕐 1–7pm Everyone is welcome.
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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 13h
The moral of this story, you don't give ground with Trump and you stay strong and persevere.
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Trump quietly caves on $5.6M payout as E. Jean Carroll case ends: 'A first'
President Donald Trump dropped his final challenge to the $5.6 million payout to writer E. Jean Carroll, ending the case she won against him in 2023.Trump agreed to dismiss his appeal "with prejudice,...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12h
"We see our power, and we are using it" @greenpartyhan.bsky.social
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11h
Reform UK council leader says ‘jury’s out’ on observing Holocaust Memorial Day www.jewishnews.co.uk/reform-uk-co...
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Reform UK council leader says 'jury's out' on observing Holocaust Memorial Day - Jewish News
Today’s top stories – trusted, exclusive, straight to your inbox.
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slowlydrowning.bsky.social @slowlydrowning.bsky.social · 10h
If this isn't prejudice I don't know what is. “we cancelled Refugee Week. We then didn’t celebrate Pride. So we’re going through the calendar, one by one—seeing what comes up and deciding whether we’ll support it or not." And now considering not acknowledging Holicaust Memorial Day.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 11h
DeepGreen wants an underwater AI data centre off Maine, in habitat for the endangered North Atlantic right whale (fewer than 400 left). But it's not just 'over there'. Microsoft trialled them off Scotland in 2018 through Project Natick. How long until it hits UK shores?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11h
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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End Bird Shooting @endbirdshooting.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Help us end bird shooting today!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zack Polanski, "We are the party that wants to tax the every richest, bring our public services back into public hands, and end rip-off Britain" "We are sure about who we stand up for" "And who we are standing up against"
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zack Polanski, "Over the next year, more than 1/3 of the money that the DWP spend on housing benefits, go straight into the pockets of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents" "That's £13.4 billion" "That could be spent building new council homes"
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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Privatisation of water has been an absolutely unmitigated disaster. The Green Party would put water back into public hands and reverse years of radical underinvestment.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 23h
Greens celebrate ‘wild’ year at party conference www.channel4.com/news/greens-...
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Greens celebrate ‘wild’ year at party conference
Zack Polanski says the Green Party's election victories have pushed Labour towards a more progressive agenda.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The removal of Hallyard's Castle from ILI's Cato data centre site in Auchertool, Fife, was just confirmed. This is exactly the type of overgrown ruin that roosting bats and nesting birds love. Yet no ecological survey of the ruins has been published in Cato's planning documents.
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slowlydrowning.bsky.social @slowlydrowning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Love this Guardian article. '...No one does division quite like Nige. It’s his USP. Though weirdly he has achieved some consensus. Thanks to him, most of the country now thinks Brexit was an idiotic idea. Quite the achievement...'
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Ed, do the right thing, do it this week: lift the ban on Palestine Action, agree with UN Enquiry, the ICJ, the many lawyers all over the world: Israel is guilty of genocide. Stop all arms sales, use all diplomatic & economic powers to show that we're no longer complicit in this horrific genocide"👇
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 02/10/2026
Welcome to Brighton. Green Party Conference has started.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Campaigners in the US are successfully slowing the rolling out of Data Centres in the US. These destructive projects would have decimated habitats for wildlife if they had gone unopposed. The success of grassroots movements in the US shows that we can do it here too.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reform UK MSP Jamie Langan has twice pressed the Scottish Government to safeguard the Guga hunt as a cultural tradition - defending a practice that involves young Gannet chicks being ripped from their nests and bludgeoned to death.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've won big this year - and our wins have forced the Labour government to change course. But we need far more and urgently. From climate action to an emergency brake on rents - we'll keep the pressure on to bring about the change this country needs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Greens can move Labour in the right direction, says Zack Polanski
The Green leader tells his autumn conference that a vote for his party can force changes from Andy Burnham.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Only Reform will take £5 million bribes, accept illegal foreign donations, let convicted fraudsters bankroll them, buy houses in their girlfriend's name to avoid tax, help crypto billionaires get richer and do fuck all for ordinary people. 😊
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026
The government needs to make clear where it stands: on the side of international law and climate science, or the side of big fossil fuel companies, wrecking our planet, and aiding atrocities in Palestine.
Letter from Zack Polanski to Ed Miliband, first page reading in full:

"Dear Ed, 

Ithaca Energy's interests in UK and oil and gas production 

Earlier this month you announced a commitment to introducing a sanctions regime for companies trading with illegal settlements – a critical and overdue step, and one which the Green Party strongly welcomes and has long campaigned for. 

It is however an overdue first step that must be strengthened and followed by wider action to end British complicity in the Israeli government’s illegal occupation and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. 

In respect of your proposed sanctions package, we would welcome clarity on your position on Ithaca Energy, the Aberdeen-based company that is a subsidiary of Israeli firm Delek Group which is blacklisted by the UN for operating in the illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank. 

Since 2000, Ithaca has already paid over $1bn in dividends from its UK oil and gas interests to the Delek Group. This amount would soar if the government gives the green light to new drilling projects in which Ithaca Energy has a stake – Rosebank (20%), Cambo (100%) and Tornado (50%). Revenues to Delek from Rosebank alone are expected to amount to £235 million. 

The government has been on notice since January 2026 that greenlighting these projects would put it in breach of Articles 49 and 53 of the Geneva Conventions. Therefore, a sanctions regime fit for purpose would see the government ruling out these projects and reviewing existing licences to make sure they have not been issued in contravention of our obligations under the Geneva Conventions."Second page reads:

"With the significant public interest and the apparent proximity of the decision on Rosebank, I am seeking your urgent answer to the following: What steps will you be taking to ensure revenues from UK oil and gas production are not financing support for illegal settlements? 

The UN has blacklisted Delek Group for “the provision of services and utilities supporting the maintenance and existence of settlements, including transport” and “the use of natural resources, in particular water and land, for business purposes.” 

This would seem to fall squarely under the remit of your proposed sanctions regime as you outlined in your oral statement to the House of Commons: “To those who finance or facilitate illegal settlements, let me say this: you will face the full force of UK sanctions.” 

For the FCDO to sanction companies involved in illegal settlements while DESNZ approves North Sea operations by subsidiaries of those companies would not only be counterproductive and hypocritical, but a flagrant failure of our moral and legal duties. It would stand in direct contradiction to the vision of Britain you laid out to the House earlier this month – “a Britain that upholds its values at home and around the world.” 

I look forward to your response. 

Yours sincerely, 


Zack Polanski 
Leader, Green Party England & Wales"
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Emma Lewis @petchary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
youtu.be/9Q1h2OsWpWc?... A deeply moving video from families and parents, who are anxious for their young children's future in the face of the #ClimateCrisis #pollution and other environmental threats. Please watch, and thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚 @greenparty.org.uk
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Green Party Political Broadcast | Protecting Our Children’s Future
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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 01/10/2026
EXC: British govt is searching for a UK alternative to Palantir, as the PM’s “buy British” push triggers hunt for homegrown replacement for the controversial US software group in NHS and MoD w/ @chris-smyth.bsky.social & @laurahughesft.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9a6e...
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Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@greenparty.org.uk "Environmental campaigners and Zack Polanski have both separately written to Andy Burnham and the foreign secretary to raise concerns about Rosebank's links to an Israeli company, Delek Group." Vote Green on October 8th and help Stop Rosebank. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctions
Campaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time and time again when I'm knocking on doors people tell me they've still got their kids living at home with them. The extreme cost of housing is putting lives on hold across this country. We need an emergency brake on rents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises
In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🎯 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social was spot on ….
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember "Nigel Farage paid £40,000 by firm that helps super rich cut tax bills" (by immigrating) www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Well, here's another Reform UK hypocrite ... "Reform UK’s Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK" nation.cymru/news/reform-...
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Reform UK's Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK
Martin Shipton Reform UK’s leader in Wales works part time for an organisation that helps foreign migrants obtain visas to work in the UK, we can reveal. Helen Jenner recently took over from Dan Thoma...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"The world cannot sustain or afford billionaires; say no to tax evading fash like Jim Ratcliffe and modern day sportswashing – which is the practice of using sports, sporting events, or team ownership to improve a tarnished reputation ..." via The UK Against Hate #BlameMillionairesNotMigrants
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today, 1st October, is the start of the pheasant shooting season. Some 50 million pheasants are released into the British countryside for this sport annually. If you have concerns about the impacts of this out-of-control industry, tell the government - handy guide below: bsky.app/profile/guys...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SDC M40 in Gerrards Cross is one of the most harmful sites yet proposed. It puts a gas power station next to ancient and wet woodland, home to great crested newts, bats, grass snakes, skylarks and more. But it bypassed the local council and went through by the government as a Section 35 direction.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A new Wildlife Trusts report exposes the devastating impact of unchecked mega-dairies on UK wildlife. There are more than 40 mega-dairies in the UK, but lack of government oversight leaves their growth and pollution unmonitored. “Zero-grazing" mega-dairies keep cows inside all year round.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A bunch of billionaire tax avoiders responsible for creating poverty, war, climate change then funding far right parties worldwide so we'll blame migrants, claimants, black people, women, disabled people ...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The movement against habitat destroying AI data centres is growing. Check out these 30 local petitions hosted on change.org
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026
Black History Month is a time to engage with and celebrate the contributions of Black communities who have been fundamental to shaping and inspiring the UK’s culture and history. This month and beyond, the Green Party celebrate the strength, commitment and leadership of our Black communities 💚
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How on earth did we let that triumvirate of thickheaded wickedness - Farage, Johnson and Rees-Mogg - persuade us that Europeans were our enemies?!
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Exciting news! Wild pine martens have naturally migrated to Wiltshire and have bred at the Longleat Estate. An adult pair were spotted earlier this year, and now healthy new kits have been captured on camera too.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Loved visiting GoodWork in Camden. Brilliant to listen to amazing young people speak about obstacles they've been facing finding jobs and how much skills and confidence they've gained from being on the programme. Excited to see what they do next!
Zack with staff, volunteers and young people smiling at the camera in front of the Goodwork sign
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Far from taking pride in it, the men who killed this magnificent animal should be deeply ashamed. That swift, sleek, wonderful monster, flashing with holographic colours, reduced to a dead black lump. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Monster 282kg tuna landed in Brixham is 'heaviest ever' catch
Giant £4,000 Bluefin tuna caught off Devon coast could be heading to Michelin-starred restaurants
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026
A £276 increase in bills in January would be the final straw for millions across the country. The Prime Minister must turn words into actions and stop bills going up on his watch.
Green graphic image with Hannah Spencer's photo quoting her: 'The Prime Minister must commit to stopping bills rising'. Full quote reads:

“Andy Burnham keeps talking about giving families breathing space. But actions speak louder than words and bills are still going up on his watch when people can’t afford it.  

A £276 increase in January would be the final straw for many people in the constituency I represent and for millions across the country.

The Prime Minister must commit now to stopping bills going up in January, starting with moving more costs off energy bills, properly funding a national home insulation scheme, clamping down on rampant profiteering by energy companies, and rapidly scaling up cheaper, cleaner energy.”
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the petition to end the Guga hunt gets to 120,000 it will be the 3rd most signed petition in the Scottish Parliament's history.
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