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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Drivers when they have to pay to park at the hospital (usually with exemptions for long admissions, disabled parking, etc.) vs Drivers when people who don't or can't drive have to pay as much or more for a bus that goes near but not to the hospital or have to pay several times more for a taxi

Shot from The Simpsons of entire town marching holding burning torches and looking furious

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Peter McCullough @mcculloughp.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Tale of two quads @lincoln.ox.ac.uk . Under our no-water policy, the Front Quad (L) with trad formal lawn; and Chapel Quad (R) with native wildflowers planted as plugs 9 mos ago. Only the latter are green; as they spread and knit together, this will be how to have a sustainably green quad.

Quadrangle of Oxford college with large central lawn, closely mowed with a curved pattern still visible, but entirely brown.

Another quadrangle, with central portion still green from un-mown grass and developing clumps of wildflowers.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Imagine if hundreds of people died in hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many ppl. They are a silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear. Hope this by @economist.com helps save lives as Europeans wake up to danger bsky.app/profile/eate...

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Every day, a migrant saves someone's life in an operation, teaches a child, cleans a building, is a good neighbour or parent. That never leads the news. No gangs rush down streets thanking people who *might* be migrants. But as soon as an atrocity happens, all "migrants" are held responsible. 1/3

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 09/05/2026

Modest proposal: People who use "staycation" to mean "going on holiday" to be placed under indefinite house arrest.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

How infuriating to hear the chairman(?) of Asda on the Today programme implying that land use for solar farms might significantly hurt UK food production. It's nonsense. Golf courses use more than solar ever will & beef/lamb production is huge yet provides a tiny fraction of our protein & calories.

Plot showing land use in the UK: predominantly beef and lamb pastures

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

This is a key point in a good article by Sadiq Khan. It's possible to come up with long, involved explanations of why people should not feel threatened by particular chants, but the reality is that many do. So the humane response is to stop using those chants. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I also appeal again to the common decency of Londoners. Even if there is uncertainty about which chants cross legal thresholds, if it causes distress and is offensive to Jewish people – if it makes our fellow Jewish citizens scared – it should not be used. Respect for one another must remain the foundation of London life. It is not hard to express criticism of Israel without using language that incites violence.

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Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

My pettist of pet air pollution peeves: log burners on foggy days. You are literally gassing yourself and your entire neighbourhood in dense air pollution trapped at ground level. It is where the word smog (smoke + fog) comes from. Should be banned. Until then, just don't.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 15/12/2025

It’s a sad indictment of Britain’s ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

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Sign the petition to end peat sales!

No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 22/11/2025

It’s mad how much this one tree is talked about and yet the same focus isn’t given to actually important habitats being torn up. Why hasn’t Labour banned peat compost for instance? I’m told it’s symbollic of how much people care about nature… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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First Sycamore Gap tree 'offsprings' to be planted

More than half the 49 saplings grown from the illegally felled tree will be planted in a week.

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

How do aviation emissions stack up? Our new Substack article explains 👇 flightfreeuk.substack.com/p/how-bad-ar... Subscribe for regular content to your inbox.

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How bad are aviation emissions?

We delve into the calculations behind global aviation emissions.

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

In 1850 the weight of all the world's wild mammals equalled the weight of humans and our livestock Today they are outweighed 1 to 20 Reconfiguring life on this planet to produce cheap meat and dairy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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James Thorniley @jamesthorniley.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

At this point "working people" just specifically means drivers doesn't it.

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You shouldn't need a driveway to own an electric car.

My Plan for Change is boosting funding for infrastructure to allow cables to run safely beneath pavements.

That's cheaper, at home charging - putting money back in the pockets of working people.

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Regulated rail fares in England to rise by inflation-busting 4.6% in 2025

Labour announces only the second RPI-plus rise since 2013, though stresses it is 'lowest absolute increase in three years'

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Wed 30 Oct 2024 16.56 GMT

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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Imagine even just reducing meat and dairy enough to free up even a quarter of this. The JOY it would bring. The meaningful reconnection of local cultures to place and nature.

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Matthew Todd @matthewtodd.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

We need to plant many more native trees in urban spaces, and better protect and value existing ones. This helps nature and wildlife. It's #ClimateAction⁠. It reduces floods, pollution and urban heating. And it improves our lives. More: bit.ly/2eMCYds

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago. We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better. It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍

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