USA 2025 - bill for an act relating to mental health; modifying the definition of mental illness; adding a definition for 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.p...

Well done Bottleyard! Please BCC, don't sell off our jewels. www.bristol247.com/culture/film...

Oh look, the boxes are back #BanBoxShifting

'Racialised people have already faced down, and lived through, multiple catastrophes. They can offer solutions, if only the powerful would listen.' www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

A move in the right direction www.theguardian.com/environment/...

JRF ‘…concludes that the average family will be £1,400 worse off by 2030, representing a 3% fall in their disposable incomes. The lowest income families will be £900 a year worse off, amounting to a 6% fall in the amount they have to spend.’ Something for Economics Festival 2025.

Absolutely heartbreaking

Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024. They also awarded bonuses totaling £770,000 to its chief executive, Chris Weston, and the company's finance chief, including a £195,000 bonus for Weston's first 3 months. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann was first held by a nascent Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Mullingar in 1951. It's return to Mullingar in 2022 was truly joyous. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Thanks to Elon Musk, many people are rediscovering to what extent the Apartheid South Africa was a neo-Nazi regime, which also explains why it is so important for South Africa the case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

Well here is a thing....... our friends at West England Bylines are less than 100 away from reaching 15,000 followers. At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press why not give @westenglandbylines.co.uk a follow and do please help spread the word

If you are Irish, you cannot renew your UK driving license online, only at the post office and it costs you £7.50 more.

The year is 2035, humanoid robots become ai sentient, rejecting their military programming and decide dance battles are better than actual battles youtu.be/1ZjDsRnpW74?...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dozens of artists working in V22 Ashwin Street have been told to vacate the building by the end of the month by Hackney council. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🔴Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties It follows reports that the billionaire Trump backer could donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK bylinetimes.com/2025/02/12/k...

@realdollyparton.bsky.social herself said "I think everybody should be themselves and be allowed to be themselves whoever they are, whatever they are". www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...

Britain is the 6th richest country in the world but has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the world. 🏠 Housing is a human right not a commodity and homelessness is a political choice. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"There is no question that recent human activity.. has been an ecological catastrophe. But for nature to be restored to a past version of itself, the question might be less one of human absence, than what form human presence can take". www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...

It's official: consuming culture is good for your health and wellbeing – and generates £8bn a year worth of improvements in people’s quality of life and higher productivity. amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theg...

More good news.

Good news.

About time www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just maybe, a more fitting legacy for Her Majesty would be using that £46m to sustain an existing network of regional civic museums throughout the land. museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...

Cracking down on people trying to save humanity. What a crap thing to be world leading on. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Last call to sign up for this event with me, @jonnelledge.bsky.social @grahamsoult.bsky.social @katcj.bsky.social and @juliandobson.bsky.social tomorrow at 12:30! So excited to share this report and the amazing community business stories in it. Details and registration: bit.ly/3OBMdP1

#SparksBristol has postponed opening until 12pm today @artspaceuk.bsky.social #StormDarragh

Some great practical advice on adapting to the climate emergency

We held the Artspace Lifespace AGM this month, our yearly reminder of how much we get done on limited resources and what a fantastic board and team we have. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rURs... #nationallottery30 #nationallotterygoodcauses

Excited to launch the new @powertochange.bsky.social report on community-run department stores next week. I'll be chatting with @grahamsoult.bsky.social @katcj.bsky.social and others on 11th December about how communities are transforming the high street. Join us there: bit.ly/3V351ub

25–30% of food produced globally is lost or wasted. Food waste contributes 8–10% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. If you walk into a store 5 mins before closing, shelves are stocked with everything you ever need. Restaurants routinely overproduce by 30% more so that they don't run out.

Sad news for the Greens but I think this result is a clear message to the far right that their politics are not welcome in Ireland. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

At the last Bristol Urban Forum meetup I discovered that investors are buying up land to enable developers to buy biodiversity credits and that after 30 years, the land can be bulldozed and built over potentially! www.creditoncourier.co.uk/news/develop...

"By investing in this way, the price of land has been driven up to the point where it is not viable to buy it on any scale for a family farming business. Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers"

Thanet District Council included proposals to support the creation of a cultural centre developed by People Dem Collective to help secure £22 million of Town Deal funding from Local Govt. The funds were diverted elsewhere and PDC left without a home. www.instagram.com/p/DC9xjC6soL...

'The crisis is spreading fast: among the places and areas now said to fear bankruptcy are Bristol, Dudley, Cheshire East, Somerset and Hampshire'. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The ideal solution would be for this to be purchased as part of a Music Venue Land Trust and leased back to Motion. @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social