Greens in Exeter - the elections are back on! After Labour’s failed attempt to cancel our local democracy we have a chance to take power from them in May. Please donate to the campaign fund if you can, and help turn Exeter green!

Housemates who buy new "bags for life" (heavy duty reusable shopping bags) nearly every time they go shopping, defeating the whole point of them, stuffing draws and cupboards full worse than the old cheap plastic bags. I think they meed to be more expensive and not stocked right by the tills.

We need more stories that help people learn from what’s working. Not just what’s going wrong. Not just what “has to happen by 2050.” Real examples of action that others can see, understand & build on. Here's a 🧵on advice & tips for sharing #climate stories that actually inspire action.

Desperately hoping for a Green win in Gorton and Denton. Far right astroturfing, in breach of unenforced & outdated electoral rules, pushing fear & hatred in local social media groups. The only antidote is real community building and connection from hundreds of volunteers knocking on doors.

BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’ It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.

First non-rainy Saturday morning this year, slightly frosty but sunny, went out for a bit of a walk. All the cafes on the quay were packed so didn't bother getting coffee & cake, but did make it down to a local half-rewilded park with a patch of woodland to listen to the birds & see the snowdrops.

Donate to the @goodlawproject.bsky.social crowdfunder to appeal the decision from the courts today. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

Technically I think this is still a crime? but the high court have found that the government were acting unlawfully by making it a crime, so it probably won't be a crime for much longer, with all arrests and charges likely to be overturned. #CivilDisobedience

Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court! A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest. A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

A short ditty inspired by recent "fun" social media trends, how they help devalue the work of artists and creators, and how they are creating a world of plagiarised, soulless slop (without even getting into the environmental impact!) Stop using Generative A.I, folks and go and learn a craft!

This is what hope looks like. @togetheralliance.bsky.social London launch this week. Join us. March 28th 2026. Central London.

Very curious to find out if the government's replacing of the judges was enough to corrupt the system in their favour or if the review will still show they were wrong to call us all terrorists for silently holding placards.

Some EU leaders are meeting the chemical industry in Antwerp today, and then all EU heads of state/government are meeting in a Belgian castle tomorrow to discuss "competitiveness" What do they really mean when they say that? 👇

Last year I planted a few trees and half of them didn't survive the weeks and months of drought that followed. This year I've planted some more but I'm worried their roots will rot from the endless rain and mild temperatures before they can recover from the planting with new spring growth.

Jury Says Not Guilty But Politicians Say Otherwise #DamoRants #PalestineAction youtu.be/gTdr6vOETWo

Will this rain ever stop?

BREAKING: NO CONVICTIONS AS VERDICTS COME IN FOR FILTON24 TRIAL After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge. Defend Our Juries comment to follow.

No convictions from the Palestine Action Filton trial. After a year and a half in prison and the UK government treating them as terrorists, the jury didn't find them guilty of any of the charges.

Inspired by comments and private messages music artists receive when making overtly political statements on social media. FYI, we're not going to stop. Music is inherently political. People who don't realise that are not listening properly.

We need your help to prevent democratic backslide in #Exeter 🚨 Please sign this petition to call on the council to strengthen local democracy, not by cancelling elections, but by adopting assemblies into their decision-making. Further details in 🧵... (1/3) committees.exeter.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD...

Almost 43,000 people have signed a petition calling for UK officials to end their prosecution of peaceful protestors. Police have made over 2700 arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 for peacefully protesting the banning of Palestine Action in the UK. www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...

Want a revolution? Start with education.

Another day, another nightmare. Want to do something about it? Come to Pull The Plug’s launch call: 🗓️Monday 2nd February ⏰7-8:30pm 💻Online 💥Register for the Zoom call: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #pulltheplug #ai #policebias #facialrecognition

Improved Exeter flood defences being somewhat tested today. A few feet higher and they'd need to close the gates. I've seen it this high before but not since the weir downstream of the quay was lowered.

What's up, @bsky.app, is an entirely pointless user interface change that just takes up screen space.

One more step towards a police state in the UK. The vast majority of "terrorism" and "organised crime" arrests over the last few years has been of peaceful protesters and nonviolent activists.

“What’s with the clipboard? And the staring?” “Must be Birdwatch weekend.” “So they just... watch us?” “No. They, er, count us.” “Oh. Humans are weird, huh?” #BigGardenBirdwatch

People find it hard to believe, but #PwME (and now, probably people with #longCOVID) have a worse quality of life than people with many other serious health challenges. This isn't to claim some sort of medal in the suffering Olympics, just a plea to take these diseases seriously. #disability

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⚠️Cancellation of local elections confirmed. 🗣️Labour leader pledged to listen to the views of all cllrs before making a recommendation on whether elections should go ahead. 🚫But he failed to spell out to the Minister any of the concerns he heard. 0️⃣We can have zero confidence in Labour in Exeter.

Government confirms that the district council elections due in May will NOT be held. Labour was set to lose control of the council in May and Exeter is likely to return a Green MP in 2029. Councillors will instead serve for five years instead of three. A shocking abuse of power.

No amount of planting can ever substitute veteran trees: as habitat, as climate regulation, and for sheer *character*. Only being wild, self-seeded, and the passage of time produces this.

Warning from a geologist in 1979 that burning fossil fuels risks "famine and social & political upheaval" 👇 Yesterday, the UK Gov published a report acknowledging this - 47 years later. But they did so without any announcement. So very few people know. It's time for a televised briefing. #NEB2025

BREAKING: COURT OF APPEAL ERODES INDEPENDENCE OF JURIES The Court of Appeal has substantially eroded the independence of juries, a centuries-old democratic safeguard against the abuse of power, by ruling in favour of a judge who threatened a jury with criminal proceedings. 1/4

I appreciate my new housemate making the effort to do a thorough clean of the kitchen on his second weekend here. Less so that he seems to have used and thrown away two washable, long-lasting, bamboo fabric cloths to do it, taken from an unopened packet of three that I was expecting to last years.

NEWS // Exeter is for Everyone event attendees outnumber anti-migrant marchers 14:1 Around 850 people took part in city centre event held under “Unite Against the Far Right” banner while “Unity March Exeter” attendees numbered around 60. #Exeter #Devon exeterobserver.org/2026/01/17/e...

I was part of another anti-racist/fascist counter protest in Exeter today organised by 'Unite Against the Far Right'. There were hundreds of us standing strong for our community. #antifacist #devon #uk

Today many different community groups in Exeter stood together for the third time in the last six months to counter protest with a message of unity and tolerance. #devon #antifacist #exeter

Obviously I wish we didn't have to, but being amongst a crowd of hundreds, singing in unison "There are many many more of us than you" at the few dozen fascists who decided to march through our city today, felt good. Exeter once again showing that refugees are welcome here & the far right are not.

Opposition parties in Exeter have put their political differences aside to urge the Local Government Minister to give the go-ahead for elections in the city in May.

Climate threats are significantly worse than thought even a few years ago - with 2°C now likely by 2050 without much more urgent action. Government now needs to: 1️⃣ To tell the public 2️⃣ Pass emergency legislation MPs: Please sign the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing 👇

I hope they all recover. The whole situation is a stain on this country. Political prisoners, held without trial, treated as terrorists, all because they opposed the government's complicity with genocide.

Another idiotic piece of climate reporting from the BBC. I can never tell if the editors are stupid or corrupted by right wing corporate influences that don't want change. We are in the midst of a human-charged planetary extinction. The BBC is not doing it's job and neither is Government.

Local Labour controlled council seem intent on taking the excuse of council reorganisation to cancel our elections this year, as recommended by Starmer's government, because they don't want to lose. Reorganisation plans won't be in place until after elections due. Utterly unjustified & undemocratic.

not my house, but I know my way around

The government sits and watches as Heba dies. It's heartbreaking, horrible, almost impossible to compute. Didn't people vote in the hope (however forlorn) of ending the Tories' psychopathic mode of government? Yet on it goes, under Keir Starmer. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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It's just an endless string of human rights abuses under Starmer.

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...