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To fail to prepare is to prepare to fail. Preparedness is a collective responsibility. Preparedness must reach all parts of society. #Resilience #Prepare #CivilDefence Account run by Rachel Mawhood (of @longitude0.bsky.social)

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Emma Dabbadoo 🌸🏳️‍⚧️💚 @emmadabbadoo.eurosky.social · 24/03/2026
This is not just a mic drop, it’s an M&S mic drop.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 25/03/2026
Can restoring hedgerows help tackle climate change? One National Trust estate is testing exactly that over 10 years. The results could reshape how we manage land. Kate Moore reports eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
2 men in a field planting a hedgerow of saplings
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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The world’s largest carbon sink is hitting a wall. New research shows that ocean stratification is triggering a "triple whammy" of deoxygenation, acidification, and marine heatwaves. In our second article, @umsonst.bsky.social and I unpack the biochemical impacts of ocean stratification.
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The Great Decoupling 2: Changes in Ocean Biochemistry Driven by Strengthening Stratification
As the ocean carbon sink flattens, new research reveals how the biochemical impacts of warming and stratification are fundamentally compromising the sea’s ability to sustain life and regulate climate.
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Suffolk @suffolkuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
How three unitary councils for Suffolk could look as decision CONFIRMED #Suffolk #EastAnglia
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How three unitary councils for Suffolk could look as decision CONFIRMED
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/03/2026
"Developers will be required to install solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes in England as part of updated planning requirements published by the government." Imagine taking the energy transition seriously.
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Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive
Solar panels that can be plugged in at home could be available to buy in supermarkets in the coming months.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 25/03/2026
A pharma row between Switzerland and the U.K. risks derailing trade talks, with British officials concerned Swiss demands could push up NHS bills, two people with knowledge of the talks have told POLITICO.
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UK-Swiss trade deal held up over pharma row
British government departments are split over the issue.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Pro-war, pro-privatisation. Don't trust these people.. www.ft.com/content/be4b...
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Farage’s Reform UK drops pledge to nationalise water and energy companies
Rightwing populist party is shifting back to ‘small state’ economic policies
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
24.3.2026 (paywalled) “Britain’s food security…could be “at strategic risk of catastrophic failure” by 2030”. #Prepare #Resilience www.thetimes.com/article/3812...
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Britain’s food supply ‘at risk of catastrophic failure by 2030’
A report written before the 2024 election says climate change, habitat loss and geopolitical instability are a danger to food security — and it has been ignored
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
25.3.2026 Tom Lancaster, analyst at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU): "There is a serious question too about why the public hasn’t been made aware of this assessment, given how relevant it is to our ability to secure safe and stable food supplies ..." #Prepare eciu.net/media/press-...
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UK’s food supply risks 'catastrophic failure’: comment
Government report warns that Britain's food supply is “at strategic risk of catastrophic failure”.
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UpScrolled @upscrolled.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Well, this is new... You showed up so fast our servers tapped out. Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes. We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started. Bear with us. We're on it. This is what real looks like.
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UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 12/01/2026
The Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, has told MPs that the UK does not yet have a complete national plan for mobilising the NHS in the event of a major war. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-currently...
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UK currently has ‘no plan’ to mobile NHS for mass casualties
The Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, has told MPs that the UK does not yet have a complete national plan for mobilising the NHS in the event of a major war.
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"Your actions today will make us stronger tomorrow." #Prepare #Resilience #CivilDefence english.denkvooruit.nl
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Home | Denk vooruit
In the Netherlands, we almost always have electricity, water and internet. But in an emergency, such as extreme weather, war or a major outage, those supplies could suddenly fail. It might take a litt...
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
By 10.1.2026, every household in the Netherlands had received a 'Prepare for an emergency situation' booklet. "It tells us to stock water/food for 72 hours, make a family plan … Scenarios include extreme weather, blackouts, cyberattacks, and war." #Prepare english.denkvooruit.nl/information-...
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Information booklet | Denk vooruit
This booklet will help you to prepare. So you can manage for the first 72 hours at home, should an emergency situation arise. If we can all do that, the Netherlands as a whole will be more resilient. ...
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
12.1.2026 Sir Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton gave evidence to the Commons Defence Committee today. The UK does not have a national defence plan and has no plan on how to mobilise the country's doctors, nurses and hospitals in the event of all out war. www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This week's Private Eye.
Cluff cartoon of shark fins circling a buoy sign-posted "Freeport".
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
🧵 It’s really Autumn now & leaves are turning. I love this time of year. The colours really sparkle for me, from red to yellow to indigo. It’s nature & the spectrum that inspire me most, as you can see in this thread of my vibrant one-off ink drawings - just scroll down & have a blackberry! [1]
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 18/09/2025
Extreme weather events are affecting billions globally. Beyond cutting emissions to slow the pace of global warming, adaptation is essential to protect people and communities from the consequences already underway. Here is why adaptation matters: www.un.org/en/climatech...
Bushes and dry vegetation under an orange-brown sky, suggesting wildfire smoke or dust. Text overlay reads: ‘Investing in climate resilience saves lives and livelihoods.’
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The Grocer @thegrocer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Pets at Home is in the doghouse 🐶 Investors are abandoning stock after the retailer ousted its CEO and issued a surprise profits warning
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Pets at Home shares tank as CEO leaves in the wake of another profits warning
CEO Lyssa McGowan has left the business with immediate effect
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 18/09/2025
🚂 A day on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway: steam, history and a second-hand bookshop haul. Railway enthusiast Prof Richard Murphy describes his perfect escape. #rail200
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Steam, history and books: a visit to the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
A family trip to the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway combined lifelong passion for railways with history, photography and relaxation
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Ipswich.co.uk @ipswichnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Sizewell C helps drive nuclear jobs to record high in East of England
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Sizewell C helps drive nuclear jobs to record high in East of England
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
@paulbernal.bsky.social Only a matter of time before - due to #Krasnov's US CLOUD Act 2018 - personal data starts showing up in AI generated stuff.
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 28/08/2025
“Scientists have warned previously that Amoc collapse must be avoided “at all costs”. It would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50cm to already rising sea levels”
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100. Our paper on that is out today.🧵
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
23.8.2025 www.edp24.co.uk/news/2539509...
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Improvements pledged after river through Norfolk village runs dry
Improvements are being pledged for the Heacham River, which runs dry through Sedgeford.
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
23.8.2025 www.eadt.co.uk/news/2540996...
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Extreme weather contrasts spark huge swings in farmers' buying choices
Extreme weather changes from deluge to drought have prompted huge swings in farmers' purchasing demands, said procurement experts at AF Group.
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Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
For the EU, this should be a very urgent matter of national security. All EU member states should build on Denmark's wise strategy to phase out Microsoft products
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Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux
Before the Danish government announced its move, Denmark's largest cities, Copenhagen and Aarhus, had already announced plans to phase out Microsoft software and cloud services. Here's why.
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Just as the schools go back, and the Govt takes delivery of its Mass Fatality equipment. x.com/1goodtern/st...
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tern on X: "And lo, it came to pass, and when the next update was released, Covid cases were up 40% on a fortnight ago. There hasn't been a wave like this one before at any point in the pandemic." / X
And lo, it came to pass, and when the next update was released, Covid cases were up 40% on a fortnight ago. There hasn't been a wave like this one before at any point in the pandemic.
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tern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I've just seen some staggering data on how badly infections are affecting urgent care here *now*. It's hard to comprehend. It's hard to get your head round it. You need to see it to believe it. 👀
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Christopher Steele @christophersteele.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Ukrainians should be worried about the latest Trump-Russia shenanigans. Most likely for multiple reasons, all bad, a battlefield- and economically-weakened Putin is being allowed to negotiate as if from a position of strength. This US diplomatic aberration needs to be countered by European leaders.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Gabbard, Patel and Hegseth - “the unholy trinity of utterly unqualified nominees, people put up for their jobs primarily because Trump and his advisers knew that they would be completely pliant and obsequious…and that Senate Republicans would have to bend their collective knee by confirming them.”
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
1.8.2025 "this is not about money. It is about whether or not we believe in local democracy and local services. If bigger really was always better, and local democracy really didn’t count, then surely we might as well have everything run from Whitehall." eastangliabylines.co.uk/devolution/h...
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How many councils for the new Norfolk and Suffolk?
In the government’s reorganisation of local government, will we be better served by two Unitary authorities in Norfolk and Suffolk, or six?
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
This is a truly excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social Face it guys, you have to pay the doctors www.ft.com/content/e263...
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Britain’s medical exodus is a warning sign for the NHS
Doctors are increasingly prepared to travel abroad in search of better pay and conditions
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
To be clear, this is the fossil fuel industry rewriting climate science in the name of profit.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 30/07/2025
Why do heatwaves matter? Heatwaves are prolonged periods of excessively hot weather, often accompanied by high humidity, that significantly impact human health, ecosystems and infrastructure. In Europe, they have become more frequent, hotter and long-lasting since 2000.
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Anglian Water has been fined £62.8 million for illegally dumping their sewage into the environment. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Anglian Water to pay £63m over sewage failures
Ofwat finds company breached its legal obligations in how it operated its wastewater treatment works
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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme @pomscheme.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The RHS team are using FIT Counts to help inform the evidence base for their Plants for Pollinators lists. Find out more about the project here www.rhs.org.uk/science/rese... and in the latest @pomscheme.bsky.social annual report 2/3
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RHS Plants for Pollinator Counts / RHS
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
12.7.2025 This bans farmers from watering crops, even though there are NO water restrictions being imposed in the area. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...
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Farmers’ fury over ban on watering crops during heatwave
Growers warn the restriction, imposed by the Environment Agency on around 240 farms in East Anglia, threatens significant harvest losses
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Coxy @collyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Now is as good a time as any for you to buy the excellent 2024 record from Bob Vylan 'Humble as the Sun'. bobvylan.bandcamp.com/album/humble...
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Humble As The Sun, by Bob Vylan
10 track album
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
#Norfolk www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2077...
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Chaos as water firm plots to block people from moving into new homes until 2030
Anglian Water says its sewage plant is at full capacity and won't be able to supply any new homes until the end of the decade.
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GuyD @thenotoriousguy.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
For reference, the Big, Fat Bill gives the balaclava’d hoodlums from ICE a bigger operating budget than the US Marine Corps
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
#FreeportEast Free zones exploit Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) which apply to business, agricultural, and RESIDENTIAL properties. …You can lose your home ..." @ipswichstar.bsky.social @eadt.bsky.social @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Suffolk @suffolkuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
TV doctor highlights the importance of incoporating exercise in your daily life #Suffolk #Ipswich 🔗: www.ipswichstar.co.uk...
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TV doctor highlights the importance of incoporating exercise in your daily life
Regular physical activity can boost cardiovascular health, mood and energy levels, as well as enhancing flexibility, balance, and reducing the risk…
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#SuffolkPrepared @suffolkprepared.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
#FreeportEast @midsuffolkgreen.bsky.social
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Just so people know, I've heard from Private Eye that they are getting similar responses of refusals of FOI's into free zones.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England Again, it’s not mentioned but Dorset is host to 3 deregulated Special Economic Zones (SEZs). @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
A reminder that you can watch the sunrise over Stonehenge for the summer solstice, live on the @englishheritage YouTube channel. It goes live at 4am on 21st June UK time. Enjoy! Xx www.youtube.com/live/YzWjZOC...
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Summer Solstice 2025: Sunset Live from Stonehenge
YouTube video by English Heritage
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