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stacey

@tighearnaigh.bsky.social
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Love all things natural world and dogs. Anti-hunt and anti-badger cull. Drinker of tea and gazer of stars. Born and bred Londoner but I do love to be beside the seaside.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Planning documents state that both water voles and otters have been sighted in recent years less than a kilometre from the planned Viridor/Rivington AI data centre at Avonmouth, Bristol.
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Mini Motley Sanctuary @minisanctuary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We’re at £919 of our fundraising goal for big hay deliveries & vets bills at our animal sanctuary — please can you help us reach £10,000? Every donation, makes a HUGE difference: gofund.me/59c9fd41c Please SHARE this video, to help us find HELP 💚 Thank you SO much #rescueanimals #animalsanctuary
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 10/09/2026
Researchers have described a new Amazonian frog species, Adenomera varcena, set apart not by appearance, but by an unusually slow "lazy" song. Unlike its dry-land relatives, this tiny brown frog inhabits seasonal floodplains in Ecuador and Brazil. Learn more in this story by Shanna Hanbury.
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New-to-science Amazon frog stands out for its slow ‘lazy’ song
Scientists recently described a new species of a tiny brown frog found in the Amazonian floodplain forests of Ecuador and northwestern Brazil. It looks nearly identical to related species but its…
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Dog Desk Animal Action @dogdeskaction.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If 98 people give £10, our September medical fundraiser will reach the halfway mark. We can’t stop halfway through the dogs care so we need to keep this fund moving. Can you help❤️ donorbox.org/medical-fundraiser-sep… or paypal.com/paypalme/dogdeskanimalac…
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Amazing mural in Southend. Artist still working on it in bottom left of pic.
A massive mural of Sir David Attenborough on the seafront in Southend.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 14/08/2026
Rewilding is the buffer we need now. 🌳🦫  In response to the Daily Mail's recent piece on wildfires and land restoration, our CEO Rebecca Wrigley has written directly to set the record straight: f.mtr.cool/wohxycndfw 🧵(1/4)
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Rewilding is the buffer we need now
A response to the Daily Mail from Rewilding Britain CEO, Rebecca Wrigley, addressing recent misinformation about rewilding and increased wildfire risk.
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Would a satirist make this stuff up? Forget the gestures (banning FFS? BBQ!!) and see the bending of knee to lobbyists. "Andy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets Possible cut from 80% down to as little as 50% could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions and comes amid UK heatwaves"
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
All the signs are that Burnham is determined to ignore climate breakdown and its devastating consequences for the UK, and to row back on climate action This is criminally negligent and despicable www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Andy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets
Possible cut from 80% down to as little as 50% could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions and comes amid UK heatwaves
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A couple of shells for you to look at (one has an unexpected Magnum PI moustache). Our brains seem to love gentle colour gradations & relax when we look at the fractals in shells (bc they used to contain essential foraging snacks). Maybe zoom in if you’re strung out:
A collection of shells laid out on buff coloured linen so the colours shift gently
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
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Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues
Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Glad to have added my name to a letter from 50 green groups urging PM to be clear that #climate breakdown is the cause of the current extreme heat crisis. The public deserves leadership that speaks honestly about the nature of the challenges the country faces & offers a robust plan to tackle them
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Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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stacey @tighearnaigh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
They had to wait until actual houses burned down to do this?!? Should have been done weeks ago. And it's only temporary?!?Burnham looks as much as a ditherer and as disappointing as Starmer. Absolute negligence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Temporary ban on sale of disposable BBQs over wildfire risk
Government issues a temporary ban on the sale of disposable barbeques as they pose a "significant risk to the public".
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Documents uncovered by Watershed reveal multiple water firms had to be warned by the regulator, repeatedly, over several years, that, if they didn't improve their infrastructure, water outages were likely to occur - as they have done in some places this year: share.google/NueABEp8yn6V...
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Water firms repeatedly warned by watchdog over supply risks, documents reveal | LBC
Ofwat raised concerns with the companies’ performances in key areas including leakages, chemical pollution, unsustainable abstraction from the environment and demand management.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hosepipe bans coming into force around the country - I don't think any of us would mind doing our bit to conserve water if we thought water firms + the gov't were doing theirs. But, as Julia King explains, very little's been done to prevent water shortage: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
57% of UK voters said they felt the Labour government has not been doing enough to protect nature & climate The same proportion thought Starmer had performed badly on nature www.businessgreen.com/news/4533134...
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Poll: Most voters want Andy Burnham to accelerate UK climate and nature action
More in Common polling highlights deep public concern about climate impacts and nature loss, with more than half feeling Labour's efforts to date have not been ambitious enough
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/07/2026
Al-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk
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Al-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk
Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists For many birdwatchers, recording a species outside its normal range is the holy grail. In the UK, the discoveries often make national headlinesThe western reef heron, for example, usually found in Africa and southern Europe, spotted in a seaside town in north Wales in June, which was widely celebrated on birding forums. But a new scourge is threatening to disrupt the fun: AI slop. Continue reading...
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Dog Desk Animal Action @dogdeskaction.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Rising costs make it harder to protect what matters most: a safe place where dogs can simply be dogs. If 287 people gave just £1 a week, together we could help keep that safety going. ❤️ Join the 300 Campaign: donorbox.org/300-945961
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Data Centres are starting to get almost as much scrutiny as Farage. Planning controls need to be far stricter and they should carry all their costs, particularly environmental.
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stacey @tighearnaigh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Fully concur with this review. Exactly how I felt watching it - like a kid again. Might be too old for posters but I'll be sending off for the one shown at the end. Evolution review – with this TV miracle, David Attenborough’s successor is well and truly crowned www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Evolution review – with this TV miracle, David Attenborough’s successor is well and truly crowned
The new BBC documentary is so wondrous and awe-inspiring it will make you feel like a child again – and in Chris Packham, it has a presenter for the ages
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Mini Motley Sanctuary @minisanctuary.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Please could you help our sanctuary by subscribing to our YouTube channel? It’s free! 🐴🐏✨ There are 35,000 of you here (wow, thank you!) but only 1,370 on YouTube! It would make our day if you could help increase our subscribers One day we might get ad-revenue 🐏🐴 Please share! #rescueanimals
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Rescue Miniature Horse is a Football Talent | Mini Motley Sanctuary
YouTube video by MiniMotley Sanctuary
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Dog Desk Animal Action @dogdeskaction.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Every programme we deliver now costs more than it did a year ago. That's the reality we are now are facing. The 300 is our plan to help close the gap rising costs have created before it reaches the dogs. Join from just £1 a week ⬇️ donorbox.org/300-945961
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Fill a birdbath during a heatwave. Plant flowers for bees and butterflies. Leave a small corner undisturbed for wildlife. Notice the small lives moving through your garden. These things don’t make headlines, but they matter.💚
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Britain is more than halfway towards reaching Net Zero. Most people don't realise this, not least as the fossil-fuel fanatics want us to think achieving it is impossible. Via YouGov


**UK public support net zero, but underestimate UK achievement to date**

"Thinking about the government's target to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, how much progress, if any, do you think the UK has made towards achieving this target?"

**Long way / less than halfway** — 50%

**Don't know** — 28%

**Most of the way / More than halfway** — 8%

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*All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2,040 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 17th - 18th June 2026. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+)*
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
As unionised workers labour in 40 degree heat, two trade unions want to block Miliband from HMT because they like oil & gas and not “his relentless focus on the net zero agenda.” Give me strength 🤦‍♀️ www.ft.com/content/7441...
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Unions combine to try to stop Ed Miliband becoming chancellor
Britain’s probable next prime minister, Andy Burnham, under pressure from Unite the Union and GMB
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Trees aren’t a nice to have: they’re a survival strategy. And it’s not enough to ‘plant & forget’ as happens too often in the UK (whereupon saplings die of thirst). They need watering and nurturing. A massive ongoing spend, but vastly worthwhile. The Woodland Trust is doing good work work on this.
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Is There Tree Equity Where You Live? - Woodland Trust
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Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is why cities need trees. Hard surfaces and parked cars can reach extreme temperatures, while shaded grass and tree-covered areas stay dramatically cooler. This is the urban heat island effect in one image: hard surfaces absorb and radiate heat, while vegetation and shade reduce it.
Photo showing a combination of hard and soft landscape with callouts of surface temperatures
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Over 40 economists write to leader of Unite the Union, rejecting her claim that Ed Miliband would destroy jobs if he becomes next UK chancellor "The net zero economy generates output worth over £100bn and employs over a million workers....these numbers will grow” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Progressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed Miliband
Sharon Graham is urged to withdraw her claim that the energy secretary would cost jobs if he became chancellor
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Of course unions look out for their members but it defies belief that they chose *this week* to lobby for more North Sea oil drilling. They should be lobbying for super-generous retraining terms.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#GoodNews on #biodiversity. We could all do with some www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist
Wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir had no idea what he had found until scientists started to get in touch
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
That’s the problem with recognising climate change is a scientific reality and then trying to ensure the only biosphere in the known universe remains habitable, it’s just such a downer.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The knee jerk opposition to net zero from much of the commentariat and their paper thin analysis of the realities of climate change provides such damning evidence of the deep unseriousness of so many columnists. www.thetimes.com/article/8e98...
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The fatal flaw that brought Keir Starmer crashing down to earth
How did a prime minister who won a landslide become the most unpopular in modern times?
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damo1942.bsky.social @damo1942.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social That bird chap was correct... they DO sound surprised lol merlinbirds.org/species/comeid
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Check out this bird - Common Eider
Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.
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Todds Welfare Society @twspk2.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Dog culling is at a peak. We want to save them all, but our pockets are empty. This is the worst crisis we’ve ever faced 😢 Pandora and Helena need surgeries to start their new lives. We can't do this without you. Every £1 counts toward a life saved 🙏🏼 gofund.me/af9b63379
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
In a rational world the government would be asking people to respond to the current fossil fuel crisis by car sharing, turning lights off, and generally saving fuel and energy. And yet Ministers can’t even propose better efficiency standards for tumble dryers without the right wing press going mad.
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Pat Murphy @pittspat.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
hi @mrjamesob.bsky.social, on listening to your last hour on Friday, I thought the below maybe of interest to you. It's on RTE radio in Ireland. 7hrs of the dawn chorus www.rte.ie/lifestyle/li...
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Dawn Chorus: Don't miss the seven-hour radio marathon
The Dawn Chorus airs Sunday, 3 May from midnight to 7am on RTÉ Radio 1 and RTÉ lyric fm.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Good morning! Here is a three-day old sea-otter pup, snoozing on their Mama. The image is by one my favourite wildlife photographers, Suzi Eszterhas, who runs girlswhoclick.org - an organisation that mentors girls and young women interested in nature photography. Feel free to share.
A little fuzzy, dark brown sea-otter pup, sleeping peacefully on top of their Mama's belly, as she floats on her back.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
A wildlife disaster unfolds alongside the human tragedy in the Strait of Hormuz @greenpeace.org reports Iranian vessel Shahid Bagheri, stuck by a US warplane in early March, is still leaking oil near the Strait, with nearby wetlands at risk: www.cnn.com/2026/04/17/s... 🧵 1/5
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The stunning underwater world that’s at risk as the Iran war drags on | CNN
Not far from the vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf is a one-of-a-kind marine ecosystem that’s home to dolphins, sea turtles and coral. How do oil slicks affect them?
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It seems to me like Bluesky is really taking off recently. It’s having a growth spurt I think. I’m going to post a lot more original content here now. I help save street dogs in Thailand and try to post content that is uplifting and that will make you smile! The old dogs are my fav ❤️
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Our #JKLMNOP #BirdoftheDay is Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. This spring, audio monitoring may reveal that we have more of these elusive woodland dwellers than we thought. Find out more with @mallalieum.bsky.social and Chris Packham. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwft... 📷 @vaughnmatthews.bsky.social
Lesser spotted woodpecker perched on thin branch
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Todds Welfare Society @twspk2.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
We are in danger of not reaching our fundraiser target again this month. If just 720 of our supporters were to donate £5 each we would hit our goal. We have a whole shelter to run and your £5 would mean saving a life. Save a life today 🙏🏼 gofund.me/31cb27e3b
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Donate to Help Shelter Costs, organized by Romana Bhatti
Todd’s Welfare Society exists for one reason: to rescue, shelter, and protect animals who have been a… Romana Bhatti needs your support for Help Shelter Costs
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stacey @tighearnaigh.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Just some of those pesky facts again!
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
There's something just so brilliant about coal mines being directly replaced with solar farms www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/07/g...
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Greek utility completes 2.13 GW solar cluster at former coal mine
Greece’s PPC Group has finished construction of its 2.13 GW solar portfolio in northern Greece. The company is now working on its third large-scale battery storage facility in the area, with plans for...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
One of Ireland's less common butterflies, the green hairstreak, in a rewilding part of the farm yesterday. Rewilding isn't just about getting more trees and forests back, but increasing diversity and abundance of *all* our natural species and ecosystems.
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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Himalayas as seen from Space 🌍 📷
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Todds Welfare Society @twspk2.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Sadly Alba and Milo will not be travelling to their new home as we didn't receive a single donation towards their transport. In a country where dogs are culled on the streets, we desperately want to see them safe. We still need £150. PayPal: paypal.me/twsociety Ref: Alba
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Pay Romana Bhatti using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/twsociety and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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stacey @tighearnaigh.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Took these from my window just after seeing the picture of Earth from the Artemis II crew. Looking right back at them somewhere in that direction. Spica to the right of the moon and Arcturus to the top right.
A setting Moon with Spica to the right and Arcturus at top right.A setting Moon with Spica to the right and Arcturus at top right.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
That's home. That's us.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."
"The oil crisis is exactly what the net zero brigade wants"
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
'The Government can’t pat itself on the back when we have these levels of sewage...when there is no rain +...the dry climate last year...The Government is not enforcing water companies to comply + ...planning to change the law to suit water companies' ~ Feargal Sharkey 🧵 1/2
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