In several African countries, courts and parliaments are reaffirming the message that women and girls must not be punished for exercising their reproductive rights, or denied the care they need. The message is that reproductive rights are enforceable rights grounded in constitutional guarantees.

The Lowlands #TreeKangaroo 🦘🤎 is a #vulnerable #marsupial of #PapuaNewGuinea's rainforests 🌳🇵🇬 threatened by #PalmOil, #mining #deforestation and #hunting. Help them to survive when you shop #BoycottPalmOil 🌴☠️🔥🧐🙊⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/03/l...

Millions watching an AI video of Jeremy Clarkson beating up Keir Starmer. It might seem like a 'joke' but normalising violence in politics damages our democracy. I'm calling for an urgent Digital Human Rights Bill to protect people’s identity and likeness online.

Some people have been saying.

This is from 1975.

The Guardian does a good job of laying out the overwhelming evidence that the US was responsible for the bombing of the Minab school that killed 170 elementary school students. They also debunk the ridiculous claims that the carnage was caused by a mis-fired Iranian missile.

Latest Edmonton (new) incinerator plume plot, 18:50 10/03/26 #Sewardstone #GilwellPark #Claverhambury plumeplotter.com/edmonton/

Several days of smog ☠️ (aka Sahara sand 🌵) in #Glos have come to an end. 👍 plumeplotter.com/monitor/?m=p...

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Starbucks claims of ethical conduct and supporting farmers are a sham. It books profits from the purchase and sale of green coffee beans in Switzerland, dodges taxes. Shifts profits. 18% mark-up on all global coffee purchases before re-selling to other Starbucks subsidiaries.

All clear in #Glos! The air is clean at last, after several smoggy days. ☠️👍 plumeplotter.com/monitor/

In #rainforests of #Sumatra is a rare melody of "eee-wow eee-wow" by the Sumatran Ground Cuckoo - long thought #extinct. Now critically endangered by #palmoil #deforestation. Fight for them when you #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴💩☠️ palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/21/s...

"For years #glyphosate was thought to be generally safe. But it often takes a long time for evidence of harm to emerge—a dramatic example being the 62 years it took to find that DDT was a powerful latency carcinogen." — @gdstone.bsky.social on why Trump's emergency parachute for Monsanto was needed

I am deeply concerned about the ongoing war in the Middle East and its impact on communities in Lebanon. In addition, comments by Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich’s about Beirut’s southern suburbs are genocidal and must be condemned 1/2

"Guillermo" is harvesting romaine lettuce in Maricopa CA. "This is a very difficult job. You need to work fast while you are continuously bending down and getting up and using a sharp knife to cut the lettuce." #WeFeedYou

New Zealand’s governing coalition’s radical reform of the gene tech sector in doubt as talks prove fruitless. Coalition partners debating controversial deregulation plans — with NZ First refusing to support the bill if it enables the environmental release of #GMOs newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/05/p...

Iran's government is more hardline, its people are poorer and more isolated, the region's on fire, and the global economy feels like its about to go into shock If you want to know why people wanted to avoid war with Iran for so long, you're finding out in real time

Some rhythms don’t knock. They just rock up — like a yard filling up before you even realize the music started. You can almost see it: warm air, neighbors leaning over balconies, somebody clapping the beat from across the way.

Between 500,000 and 700,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon. No other country would be allowed to do this. Yes, Israel has the right to exist. But the long-term damage to our world from such behavior is being dangerously underestimated. There are no second-class world citizens. We are equal

Roman funerary relief depicting a mid-wife helping a woman give birth. A second woman supports the woman in labour. From Ostia Antica's Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra, tomb 100. Around mid-2nd century AD. #internationalwomensday #romanarchaeology #historicalfiction #ancienthistory 📸 my own

Applications are now open for the Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui... Deadline 27 April 2026

Iran accused of firing 16 ballistic missiles and 117 drones at the UAE and striking a desalination plant in Bahrain as the regional war expands. Follow AP's live updates.

PLUME PLOTTER ANNOUNCEMENT! The Plume Plotter web hosting account in 🇺🇸 has now been terminated. 🎃 Plume Plotter's website and email were moved to a non-🇺🇸 hosting company on Feb 3. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

The Courts and Tribunals Bill will remove your right to a jury trial for serious criminal offences. Toff magistrates/judges will decide your fate. Chances of miscarriage of justice will increase. Working class, poor, minorities will be the biggest losers.

Farm workers under a UFW contract a Gallo vineyards are starting their work day with "la escuelita" where a lead worker demonstrates exactly how the company wants the pruning done. #WeFeedYou

‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war

Seriously? No difference between Labour and the Tories? Pffffttt!!!

“Churchill would be appalled by the kinds of things Trump says & does. But Fleet Street is happy to ignore history for the sake of some political point-scoring.” A history lesson for the hysterical UK far-right opp politicians & their client hacks from Alan Rusbridger archive.ph/2026.03.07-0...

Did you know we have a substack site, it hosts blogs from far and wide. From fantastic supporters who are fundraising for us through to passionate bat conservationists who want to share their story batconservationtrust.substack.com

"OCTOPUS Energy’s green reputation is “going up in smoke” after the firm doubled down on its decision to invest in a new waste incinerator" ☠️🐙🤡 www.thenational.scot/news/2591605...

NEW! The highly polluting Gloucestershire incinerator chalked up five new breaches of its emission limits in 2025, including one serious one. That makes 27 breaches in its first 6 years. ☠️😧 For details see plumeplotter.com/glos/breache...

Plaid Cymru plans to share wind farm profits with local people – here’s how that idea has been tried elsewhere theconversation.com/plaid-cymru-... via @ConversationUK

Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.

On the Bright Side: Blue Whales Spotted in New England Waters revkin.substack.com/p/on-the-bri... 🧪🐋🌏

Behind Cambodia’s recycling system are women who sort, collect & recover waste every day, often at great risk. Meet 4 women whose work supports their families, communities & keeps valuable materials out of landfills. This #WomensDay, we recognize the women behind this work to #BeatWastePollution.

This guy captured a pod of Type B1 killer whales surrounding a zodiac boat in Antarctica. It probably felt surreal seeing this in person Original post

Our colleagues Tina and Sue joined the toad patrol last week and were excited to be part of a successful night. They helped 24 toads safely cross the road and make it back to their pond. Sadly, 3 didn’t make it - which really shows why these patrols matter so much at this time of year. 🐸

🦡It’s #WorldWildlifeDay Spring has almost sprung! The first blossoms are out and the chiff chaffs are chirping. Tell us about your own wildlife sightings in the comments 🔎👀

Wow… check out the number of birds recorded on our wildlife cam at Ullenwood! 🐦🦅🦜🐤 🎥 Mike Bailey

Waking up to 2026... what species might you see coming out of hibernation in February? Photo Credits - common toad 📷Tom Marshall, common frog 📷 Martin Mere, smooth newt 📷 Shirley Freeman, white-tailed bumblebee 📷 Tom Marshall

Check out this dung beetle diagram by Dilly Williams. Conservation grazing helps wildlife by providing dung, which dung beetles use for food and breeding. These beetles are also eaten by tawny owls and bats, especially as moth numbers drop.

What MAGA sees vs. what the rest of the world sees

REFORM UK WELSH MANIFESTO COSTED It's another Reform UK manifesto that's all about promises and claims to be cost-neutral, but the numbers in here suggest a £200–250m annual deficit plus large infrastructure costs.

☹️ @plumeplotter.com's temp/pressure sensor (BMP280) has mysteriously stopped working since @plumeplotter.com turned the power off and on on Feb 21. ⚡

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Wind and solar have eaten most of the coal industry's lunch, and batteries are hoeing into its dinner reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-sol...

Excellent NYT video analysis finds that the bombing of scores of schoolchildren in Iran came amid other US strikes in the vicinity: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

The straight line that connects what you are saying with this disturbing data www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...