Dr Pete Knapp
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Air quality scientist & filmmaker. Made a film: Fires and Fascism
https://fires-and-fascism.co.uk
A review of my documentary 'Fires & Fascism' from
@theprsd.bsky.social
after a screening in Newton Abbott: "I was really struck by how powerful, poignant, eye-opening and fresh it felt. It brought together grassroots voices in a way I’d not encountered before"
www.theprsd.co.uk/2026/07/03/p...
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Powerful, poignant, eye-opening and fresh | Fires and Fascism - the PRSD
Fires and Fascism is a grassroots inquiry into environmental destruction, right-wing populism, criminal activities and corporate influence
https://www.theprsd.co.uk/2026/07/03/powerful-poignant-eye-opening-and-fresh-fires-and-fascism/
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
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As someone in this picture I find it a little odd that
@natureportfolio.nature.com
chose this image to illustrate the point. We were very careful when choosing a slogan for our signs that it be scientificly defenceable. "Science says New Oil & Gas = Death" is a plain statement of fact 🧵
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Insure Our Survival
5 days ago
Pause the video to see which fossil-fuel-expanding insurance CEO you get. 🛑 Insurance is the Achilles' heel of the fossil fuel industry. Tell us who you landed on and demand they stop underwriting climate destruction!
#InsureOurSurvival
#ClimateAction
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Wildfires in the Peak District from extreme heat. Here is a link to watch my hopeful film about wildfires and links to fascism, community, big business, and organised crime, with a donation:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk#watch-online
It’s crowdfunded and community supported.
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Ed Hawkins
9 days ago
Hotter temperatures, driven by greenhouse gas emissions, makes wildfires in the UK more likely. Pic: Peak District yesterday
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Rima I Anabtawi
10 days ago
Today was the hottest day ever recorded in France, breaking the record set just yesterday.
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A 9-min report on the current state of the Bedford train crash from
@itvnews.bsky.social
tonight, including a short contribution from me about the substandard mental health support for people involved in the accident:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGy...
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A huge operation to clear the tracks after the Bedford rail crash | ITV News Anglia (West)
YouTube video by ITV News In Full
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGyUdfLEd8
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Dr Samuel Finnerty
17 days ago
Should scientists advocate for climate action? Our new review
@plosclimate.org
finds there is no single answer. The effects of scientist advocacy depend heavily on context, including who is speaking, what they are advocating for, and who is listening. Open access:
journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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Climate advocacy and activism by scientists: A narrative review
In the context of accelerating climate and environmental crises, advocacy and activism by scientists is becoming increasingly prominent. This growing visibility has intensified the debate surrounding ...
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000942
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The new Director-General of the BBC (ex Google operations boss) guts some of the cheapest and best programmes on the World Service The Inquiry and the Fifth Floor both platformed Africans affected by Ebola, in ways we just DON’T HEAR OTHERWISE They are excellent and the BBC will can them. Tragic.
17 days ago
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38 Degrees
24 days ago
GB News lost £113m, why are billionaires still funding it? Sam Bright investigates who the ‘people’s channel’ really serves.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
23 days ago
"Everyone who comes to
#climate
& nature activism will have their foundational stories, & we both believe that sharing & honouring these, as
@scientistsforxr.earth
have done in their book Scientists on Survival, is a critical part of inspiring ourselves & others to persist with demanding change"💚 🙏
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Four questions about our predicament - two psychologists write about the C02 Newsletter Vol. 2, no 1 - All Our Yesterdays
The first duo-written commentary on an issue of the CO2 Newsletter! Annie Mitchell and Tony Wainwright, both Chartered Psychologists take a deep dive into why we are where we are.. As Ana Unruh Cohen ...
https://allouryesterdays.info/2026/06/11/four-questions-about-our-predicament-two-psychologists-write-about-the-c02-newsletter-vol-2-no-1/
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Robin Ince
28 days ago
On Alexei Sayle
#comedy
#gaza
#humanrights
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Michael Spicer
29 days ago
Nigel Farage Listens to the News
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Andrew O'Neill
28 days ago
TONIGHT!
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James Dyke
about 1 month ago
The weather that Jeremy Clarkson (yes, the famous climate change denier) is describing will soon be the least extreme weather he will experience. His children will face much hotter and drier conditions. Because of climate change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttDS...
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Temperature records “are now broken everyday” says Jeremy Clarkson #farm #farming #climate #topgear
YouTube video by Climate Centre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttDS5lntt0U
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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives
about 1 month ago
Just sent out a new update to my mailing list subscribers. You can read it here:
www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/so/a9PvkoAub
And sign up free here:
spellingmistakescostlives.com/mailinglist
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May 2026 update
NEW EXHIBITION
https://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/so/a9PvkoAub
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Met Office - weather and climate
about 1 month ago
Today is now the hottest day in May on record with Heathrow and Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35°C Until yesterday the highest temperature in May was 32.8 °C, but we've now exceeded that record on consecutive days by a full two degrees Celsius 🌡️
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Stephen Collins
about 1 month ago
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Die Interessierte
about 1 month ago
Scientists on Survival: Personal Stories of Climate Action Heute habe ich in diesem Buch das Kapitel "How I found my courage" gelesen. In diesem Kapitel beschreibt der Wissenschaftler
@thierryaaron.bsky.social
den Tag, an dem er sich mit Kollegen an ein Regierungsgebäude geklebt hat. 1/x 🧵⬇️
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Mums for Lungs
about 2 months ago
This government committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever - yet this isn't achievable without strong action to reduce
#AirPollution
. Thanks to
@fionaharvey.bsky.social
for covering our letter to Keir Starmer calling for a Clean Air Act.
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Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge
Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/13/labour-must-fulfil-promise-to-introduce-clean-air-act-charities-urge?CMP=share_btn_url
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It’s the AGM at Shell this week. I spoke with a security guard. “No protests or issues here this year” Shell made $6.9bn in profits since the US war in Iran started. That’s $30m an hour to oil majors. Windfall taxes an protests are essential.
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
@lucyhough.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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James Dyke
about 2 months ago
This is going to be great!
@gsiexeter.bsky.social
presents
@thierryaaron.bsky.social
'Cassandra's Children: Scientific Responsibility in an Era of Climate Emergency’. Thursday 21st May 14:30-15:30 Streatham Court Lecture Theatre B & Online. Register👇
forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
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Simon Birkett, Clean Air in London
2 months ago
Sat 2 May 2026:
#CodeYellow
MODERATE ozone
#AirPollution
| Major episode, that has smothered UK for days with the most-irritant gas for humans, continues until rain brings relief tonight and tomorrow
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Leo Hickman
2 months ago
Former UK prime minister John Major on climate change: "Some people deny [it]. I don't know what planet they are living on…It's a cop out" via
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
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Remember that Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels conference in Colombia was happening? Here is a piece that explains what came out of it.
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2 months ago
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
2 months ago
We mustn't fixate only on what's been lost but imagine on what we can regain... IF we choose to work at it! It's time to get busy and
@rewildingbritain.org.uk
and the world!
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Alec Luhn
2 months ago
You can thank a secret £5m donation from a billionaire in Thailand for the fact that Farage is in parliament
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024
Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/revealed-nigel-farage-was-given-undisclosed-5m-by-crypto-billionaire-in-2024
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Cartoon by
@bjennings90.bsky.social
2 months ago
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
2 months ago
It is done! PhD thesis (#2) submitted after a long and intense journey. Grateful to everyone who helped me get here. Especially Prof. Rob Evans &
@drjamielewis.bsky.social
🙏 Viva hopefully in September.
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“Letter to Environmental Audit Committee confirms government will incorporate the UK’s share of international aviation and shipping emissions in Carbon Budgets from 2033 onwards” … just after we expand a few more airports
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Richard K Broughton
2 months ago
Very telling from the birdfood industry. Despite new RSPB/BTO advice on birdfeeding based on a solid scientific review, and RSPB taking a ££ hit themselves, EVERY major birdfood company is attacking/rejecting the guidance, claiming to know better, putting their incomes over conservation. Shameful.
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Carole Cadwalladr
2 months ago
TEASER! A new
@thenerve.news
has dropped into your favourite NHS contractor that’s also involved in blowing up schools in Iran. Any guesses which?
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Vulnerable people who own forest in Estonia are targeted by loggers who appear to use a secret database with their points of weakness, eg dementia, family connections, etc The Baltics are being deforested and the UK is one of the world’s biggest firewood importers Source:
oec.world/en/profile/h...
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Vaping found to significantly drop iron levels in the lungs. Iron is essential for many body functions, including immune defence and maintaining healthy cells. In the study, iron levels fell from 4,000 to as low as around 600
airqualitynews.com/headlines/va...
@airqualitynews.bsky.social
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Vaping delivers toxic metals deep into the lungs
A new study has found that even short-term exposure to e-cigarette vapour can deliver toxic metals deep into the lungs, where they build up and interfere with important biological processes, especiall...
https://airqualitynews.com/headlines/vaping-delivers-toxic-metals-deep-into-the-lungs/
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My film Fires and Fascism just got its first laurel! The Frome International Climate Film Festival is a free film festival to champion and to promote Climate and Environmental through positive films. 17th May, Frome, Somerset
climatefilmfestival.co.uk
Film details:
fires-and-fascism.co.uk
3 months ago
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Looks like a good time to learn how to make plant-based foods! “The UK could face food shortages, including chicken and pork, by the summer if the Iran war continues”
@plantbasednews.bsky.social
3 months ago
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This Earth Day (22 April), my film will be showing in three places! - Scunthorpe, Tent Cafe, 5pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mini-film-...
@nlce2024.bsky.social
- Belfast, Queens University, 7pm - Internationaler Kiosk, Köln, Germany, 7:30pm CET
i.diem25.org/events/37526
@diem25.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Kevin J. Kircher
3 months ago
Increased exposure to air pollution, such as particulates from fossil fuel combustion, correlates with increased rates of suicide.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Air quality and suicide
We study the relationship between air pollution and suicide using detailed daily cause of death data from all death certificates in the U.S. over eigh…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167629626000330?dgcid=author
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Film screening in Alvaiàzere, Portugal on eucalyptus/wildfires 25 April 09:30 walk through eucalyptus 11:30 watch Fires & Fascism 12:30 discuss w/ Nic (Guardians Worldwide) 13:30 veg meal 14:30 end Link in reply
@biofuelwatch.bsky.social
@scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@climaximopt.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Zack Polanski
3 months ago
A huge betrayal. Won't lower bills. Won't give us more energy security. Won't insulate from price shocks. And sends a clear message to the world that we are backing new oil and gas drilling.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/ed-m...
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Ed Miliband to give green light to first major North Sea gasfield project in decade | LBC
The energy secretary is expected to approve Jackdaw drilling as the Iran war puts pressure on the government over energy security fears
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/ed-miliband-gasfield-project-approve-5HjdXHc_2/
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Zack Polanski
3 months ago
Average of all the polls. We just hit crossover day! Great moment to join as we take on Reform next.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Sheffield Green Party
3 months ago
See this important film free at the Diamond tomorrow, Tuesday 31 March.
#FiresAndFascism
#Climate
#CommunityAction
#Sheffield
@helpsheffield.co.uk
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Would you like to see my DIY film about wildfires and community action? It’s showing in Sheffield uni tomorrow (Tue 31 March) at 6:30pm £Free!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fires-and-...
@sheffieldfoe.bsky.social
@sheffgreenparty.bsky.social
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
@transsafetynetshef.bsky.social
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'Fires and Fascism' film screening and Q&A
'Fires and Fascism' documentary film screening and Q&A with the director
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fires-and-fascism-film-screening-and-qa-tickets-1980456957071
3 months ago
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George Monbiot
3 months ago
Ever wonder why most of the media provide wall-to-wall coverage of everything the far right does or says, while ignoring far bigger rallies and events and far more interesting discussions elsewhere on the political spectrum? There's no mystery. It's because they want the far right to triumph.
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Robin Ince
3 months ago
One of the many reasons I had to leave the BBC - shameful - a lascivious obsession with the far right and a refusal to believe just how many people believe in fairness , justice and diversity
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Zack Polanski
3 months ago
How can the BBC justify how much coverage they give other marches which are significantly smaller in size? The bias is so obviously blatant.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
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‘The tide is turning’, Green party leader tells crowd at march against far right – as it happened
Organisers claim half a million people are marching through central London, protesting against the rise of the far right
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/mar/28/london-protest-march-together-alliance-against-the-far-right-latest-news-updates?page=with:block-69c813b78f08a9060e5ec30c
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Dom Pates
3 months ago
Saw this at the Birkbeck Climate Festival last week - it’s very good.
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Anyone in Manchester want to see my film about how ppl in southern Europe are responding to wildfires? It’s an inspirational film about collective action Partisan Collective Mon 30 Mar 7pm
www.zeffy.com/en-GB/o/fund...
@mcrfoe.bsky.social
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
@punks4palestine.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Good Law Project
3 months ago
Our team is out in full swing at the march in London. Today and every day, we stand against the far right 💪 Join us
goodlawproject.org/donate
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University and College Union (UCU)
3 months ago
March TOGETHER against the far right in less that 48 hours. Central London. Saturday 28 March 2026. Join our stand, Block C:
togetheralliance.org.uk/march
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