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Stephen Barlow

@steb77.bsky.social
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Naturalist, environmentalist, climate activist, nature photographer, very woke and proud of it.

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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Kingfisher, from the bird hide on Sinker's Fields, Whixall. I had this perch put in for Kingfishers about 5 years ago, and it's the first time I've seen one using it.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@theguardian.com This is a very misleading and unfortunate headline, giving the misleading impression that it was a good year for insects. What it's really about was an influx of species from Continental Europe because of the hot weather. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 1/2
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A Barn Owl in flight, this evening.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Joe Harkness RIP @joeharkness.bsky.social
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Odd this. Racist, far right violent thugs are treated as people with genuine concerns, but those peacefully protesting against genocide, and a lack of climate action are terrorists. To say this is extremely Orwellian, is understatement,
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hugely wishful thinking If emissions peak by 2040 and fall rapidly, research shows we might get away with 'just' a reprise of the Pliocene ~ 3C higher temperatures and sea level eventually 15 - 25m higher If they don't, it will be worse - much worse www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’
But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My thread response to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on one page, about the absurdity of claiming we can just adapt to climate change, without mitigating climate change itself, by phasing out fossil fuel burning. It takes ecological ignorance to believe we can adapt. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...
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Firstly, on the Guardian from 16 years ago, I posted a huge number of comments, warning people that it was the early phases of climate change, which would start to hit us, through ecological impacts, ...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This refusal of European political leaders to say climate change during this year's heatwaves, gave me a real sense of déjà vu. It is so like the refusal to say genocide, during a genocide. It's obviously from the same playbook, gaslighting 101. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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​W​hy are European leaders staying silent after our summer of climate shock?
Lethal temperatures ​and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding ​action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Some much needed rain.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If Nigel Farage was a true patriot and lover of the British Empire, he'd tell Trump, that the US had to re-submit to British rule, as they broke away illegally, using terrorism. That Trump had to swear an oath of allegiance to King Charles. MBGA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’
Seriousness of remark made in New York on Friday, and whether it signaled new policy ​position, not clear
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Put Reform criminals behind bars. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Amnesty International says Farage putting ‘hate and inhumanity’ before leadership with El Salvador prison plan– UK politics live
A spokesperson for the human rights group likened the proposal to ‘financial brutality with British taxpayers’ money’
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amongstwits.bsky.social @amongstwits.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social With thanks to @steb77.bsky.social for sharing: x.com/i/status/208...
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Stephen Barlow (@SteB777) on X
Everyone must watch this interview with Professor Kevin Anderson @KevinClimate on @novaramedia. Kevin is the most authoritative voice on climate change. He is a leading scientific authority on where e...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Male Migrant Hawkers (Aeshna mixta) in flight, on Marbury Big Mere, Cheshire. 1/2
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The Mail seem obsessed with the confabulations of this black professor, but totally ignore the much bigger knowing lies of Donald Trump, and Boris Johnson - who they employ. Is it because he's black, or are only rich white racists allowed to make shit up?
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Donald Trump is morphing into his mother.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) early this morning. By the Llangollen Canal, Marbury, Cheshire.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Everyone needs to listen to this brief speech by Greta Thunberg at the All Together Now, festival in Ireland. It is short but profound, and I endorse everything Greta says. Let us all act on it. @svantethunberg.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/Dbf77dx...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Male hovering Horsefly, Whixall Moss NNR this morning.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Nigel Farage has said he would, “don khaki, pick up a rifle and head for the front lines” if Theresa May fails to deliver Brexit in the fashion he wants." Farage hypocritically claims to be concerned about politicians who incite violence. Yet he often has. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... 1/2
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Nigel Farage would 'pick up a rifle' if Brexit is not delivered
It is not the first time the former Ukip leader has threatened civil disobedience over Brexit
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
14,000 killed by Europe heatwave in a single week. 300,000 flee wildfires in France & Spain. 70 MILLION in the US to be hit with third heat dome in a month. This is our world as it approaches 1.5C above preindustrial temperatures. Our kids face 4C+. We claim to love them. But we do nothing.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It is the 15th Anniversary of the Utoya Island Massacre, when a deranged right wing terrorist shot dead 69 young people, mainly teenagers, attending a summer socialist camp, simply because they were left wing. See this poignant message from Aurora. 1/4
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is a post I just made on X. Rather than repeat it, I will just post these screengrabs.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
They say, madness is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result. Do not expect any mainstream politician to ever do anything to change our corrupt, life destroying system. A good test is wealth tax. If a politician won't openly advocate a wealth tax, they're corrupt.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I've turned my thread response to you, onto one page, to make it easier to read. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...
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Zack, please see my thread here. I have been following the ecological and climate emergency for 56 years. Not once in all that time, has any government or mainstream politician, ever taken any meaning...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
See my thread on one page about how for the last 54 years no government or mainstream politician, will take any meaningful action to address the ecological and climate emergency, despite repeatedly promising to do so. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...
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I totally agree, but feel this is much deeper than an Andy Burnham problem. This goes right back to the first 1972 UN Environment Conference where governments promised action on the them emerging ecol...
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism
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BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X
Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I totally agree, but feel this is much deeper than an Andy Burnham problem. This goes right back to the first 1972 UN Environment Conference where governments promised action on the them emerging ecological crisis, and then failed to take any of the action promised. 1/6
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"Burnham will promise to undo Thatcher’s economic legacy in first speech as Labour leader" Does this mean Burnham is going to end the neoliberalism secretly introduced by Thatcher, and continued with every PM, including Labour PMs since? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... 1/2
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Burnham to pledge to undo Thatcher’s economic legacy in first speech as Labour leader
New prime minister will warn that ‘Britain took a series of wrong turns in the 1980s’
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 15/07/2026
While people are choosing between heating and eating, fossil fuel CEOs are counting record profits. They profit from war. They profit from pollution. They profit while communities face floods, fires, #heatwaves, and rising energy costs. Enough.
Meme calling for a just transition to renewables
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This sort of public speculation by the police about the motive for a murder is highly unusual. Usually, we only learn about the views and motives of a lone killer, or someone who perpetrated a violent attack, at their trial and afterwards. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 1/2
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Ann Widdecombe killing: police investigating possible leftwing motivation
Detectives examining whether hatred of Widdecombe’s strong views or of Reform party were factors in killing described as a ‘targeted attack’
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"Farage refused taxpayer-funded security because it was ‘inadequate’" From what I've seen, Farage uses his so-called security detail, as a bunch of heavies to intimidate reporters and hecklers, and this is nothing about real security. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Farage refused taxpayer-funded security because it was ‘inadequate’
Reform UK decided to continue providing its own protection for Nigel Farage, rather than ‘gamble with his life’, a spokesperson said
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is true. Farage has no respect at all, for Anne Widdecombe, because of the shameless way he has been using her tragic death, for political propaganda reasons. There are no depths too low for him to sink. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Farage accused of ‘exploiting’ Ann Widdecombe’s death as ‘political propaganda’
Nigel Farage paid tribute to Ann Widdecombe, telling reporters he did not believe her death was ‘a burglary that went wrong’
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
THE BIG QUESTION people need to be asking themselves, is why was Farage/Reform protected from media scrutiny for so long? It is now 2 years since the 2024 general election. So why is this only coming out now? If Reform had been scrutinised back then, they would not have grown like they did.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Why do natural forests survive heat waves better than planted forests? Because the first are highly complex, coevolved *ecosystems*, while nearly all plantations are the opposite. phys.org/news/2026-07...
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Why natural forests survive heat waves better than planted forests
When a record-breaking drought and heat wave swept across China's Yangtze River Basin in 2022, forests across the region faced an extreme test. The event provided a rare opportunity for researchers to...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Nigel Farage visits Clacton, for the second time since the 2024 General Election.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
My thread all on one page. Only the most important issue in our society, which no one will address or acknowledge. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...
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Thank you to @fionaharvey.bsky.social for keeping this in the news. I'm utterly baffled about how the government think they can suppress this report, because soon the reality is going to catch of with...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I would really appreciate, if people would address this i.e. those with influence, and not just ignore this. If I am wrong and there is a solid understanding of this issue, then just point to it and reference it. Don't just turn a blind-eye to it.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thank you to @fionaharvey.bsky.social for keeping this in the news. I'm utterly baffled about how the government think they can suppress this report, because soon the reality is going to catch of with us. @rupertread.bsky.social concerns it wasn't complete. www.theguardian.com/global-devel... 1/🧵
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UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security
MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My short thread about the political parasite and conman, Nigel Farage, on one page. Basically, Farage has benefitted from parasitising propaganda by the Tory Press, intended to both push the public and the Conservative Party further to the right. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...
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Is Farage's resignation and standing for re-election in Clacton, a ruse to avoid scrutiny by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards? I'm not quite sure how it works, but will the investigations...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Is Farage's resignation and standing for re-election in Clacton, a ruse to avoid scrutiny by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards? I'm not quite sure how it works, but will the investigations into Farage's breaches of standards stop, if he resigns? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... 1/5
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Farage says he is resigning but will stand in ‘people v establishment’ byelection – UK politics live
Reform UK leader to stand again, saying people of Clacton ‘should be the judges of my actions’ and party will cover byelection cost
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The first time in his whole political career, that Nigel Farage has been challenged. Why would that be? Oh, that's right he was the establishment's man. But now he's been exposed, they want nothing more to do with him, in cases he sullies their image.
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Owen From Ohio @owenfromohio.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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RB @rbisrb.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Biggest Failure in American History...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I can see that people are struggling to accept what I say about ideology being unhelpful, because they have been inculcated, brainwashed, since they were a child to believe that ideologies are necessary, because they enable powerful/rich cliques to rule over us, by their control of these ideologies.
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This is a profound misunderstanding. The basis of social justice and its principles are reciprocal behaviour, behaving towards others, as you would want them to behave towards you. They are not derived from ideology. Human societies understood this, hundreds of thousands of years ago. 1/3
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My latest thread on one page, explaining why we don't need ideologies, just approximate guiding principles. That all explaining ideologies are just a flimflam, a vehicle for power. They are never as certain and all explaining as they pretend to be. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...
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My alternative to all explaining ideologies, which I see as all flawed, because they are just a vehicle for power, and will be hijacked and used by unscrupulous power mongers who don't stick to the id...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My alternative to all explaining ideologies, which I see as all flawed, because they are just a vehicle for power, and will be hijacked and used by unscrupulous power mongers who don't stick to the ideology, think Stalin, Mao etc - is as follows. See below: 1/🧵
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My latest thread on one page. Here I counter the false and scurrilous claim that I myself, are proposing an ideology. A demonstrably false argument. I blocked the person making this claim, because I don't engage with those who use knowing false argument and sophistry. skywriter.blue/@steb77.bsky...
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I just had someone falsely accuse me of creating my own ideology, by saying that ideologies don't work and are injurious to effective problem-solving, because they wrongly presume everything is alread...
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Stephen Barlow @steb77.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I just had someone falsely accuse me of creating my own ideology, by saying that ideologies don't work and are injurious to effective problem-solving, because they wrongly presume everything is already known, including the solutions to every problem. So let me define what an ideology is. 1/🧵
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