I saw a great sign today along Zealand Road, Bow:

Collected about 30 bags of litter today along the Limehouse Cut with new friends from Flutter Entertainment and East London Canal Action Network (ELCAN).

A £5 deposit on vapes, also NO (nitrous oxide) canisters, to promote recycling would be a great initiative. And the UK needs a bottle and aluminium can deposit, too! - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Until recently the US resettled some 130,000 refugees a year under schemes to help the most vulnerable. This has been dramatically reduced and now the scheme's focus is on Afrikaners from 🇿🇦 - www.economist.com/united-state...

Until recently the US resettled some 130,000 refugees a year under schemes to help the most vulnerable. This has been dramatically reduced and now the scheme's focus is on Afrikaners from 🇿🇦 - www.economist.com/united-state...

Migrants bring net economic benefits to wealthy countries, contrary to beliefs espoused by anti-migration groups, @clubdemadrid.bsky.social reports study by Carlos Alvarado-Quesada @ Katrina Burgess @fletcherschool.bsky.social

In Palestinian West Bank, Latest Victim of Israeli Settler Violence Shocks in a New Way www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/w...

Shocking allegations that Tower Hamlets' Lutfur Rahman-led Aspire Party councillor is a Holocaust denier: Abul Monsur, is elected as a councillor for Lansbury - towerhamletsslice.co.uk/poplar/abul-...

A friend urgently needs a boost in his Edinburgh marathon fundraising effort to raise support for the British Heart Foundation. Any contribution towards Ben's race to aid @thebhf.bsky.social would be appreciated! 🙏 - www.justgiving.com/page/ben-lav...

Paul Revere's home, the Old North Church, and discussion points on the state of the USA's democracy

Wow! Single use complementary hotel guest slippers take 1,000 years to degrade. This pollution must be stopped!

This Is What Happened When the Trump Administration Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children but instead channels aid to the UAE and Israel - www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

This Is What Happened When the Trump Administration Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children but instead channels aid to the UAE and Israel - www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

I already voted in England's local elections

A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children. That is his legacy in this world.

Editorial cartoonist Gary Markstein targets a number that has greater impact than seashells on a beach.

Volunteering with the Canal River Trust along Britain's waterways is a constant effort to remove graffiti from signage and ensure towpath litter is removed

Volunteering with the Canal River Trust along Britain's waterways is a constant effort to remove graffiti from signage and ensure towpath litter is removed

We completed our 100+km fundraising trek along St Cuthbert's Way in four days for Parkinson's UK -- www.ourbow.com/geezer-peter...

St Cuthbert's Way along from Melrose to Harestanes through the beautiful Scottish Borders

We're accompanying Huw Leyshon's epic 65 mile four day walk along St Cuthbert's Way to support Parkinson's UK with our final hours to Lindisfarne ahead! -- www.justgiving.com/page/huw-ley...

We completed our 100+km fundraising trek along St Cuthbert's Way in four days for Parkinson's UK -- www.ourbow.com/geezer-peter...

We're accompanying Huw Leyshon's epic 65 mile four day walk along St Cuthbert's Way to support Parkinson's UK with our final hours to Lindisfarne ahead! -- www.justgiving.com/page/huw-ley...

Experts call for restrictions on pet flea treatments that harm UK songbirds

“Make Therapy Great Again.” Jordanian editorial cartoonist Osama Hajjaj weighs in on the growing concerns over Trump’s erratic behavior and his sanity.

In Maine, youthful Graham Platner is running a dynamic, rural-focused campaign to try and beat Gov Janet Mills to become the Democrat's candidate to face Sen Susan Collins not unlike Péter Magyar's win in Hungary - www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/14/p...

Greece using masked foreign mercenaries to forcibly push refugees & migrants back across border www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Amazon staffers at Oregon warehouse facility told not to provide first aid after co-worker collapsed - www.thewesternedge.media/p/everyone-i...

Israeli settlers are driving Palestinian Christians out of West Bank villages where they have lived for millennia @theguardian.com reports fm Taybeh - www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

What happens in Sudan will not stay in Sudan, by Mo Ibrahim "The UAE, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan and others must stop supplying arms and support immediately." www.ft.com/content/4ff2...

What happens in Sudan will not stay in Sudan, by Mo Ibrahim "The UAE, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan and others must stop supplying arms and support immediately." www.ft.com/content/4ff2...

Israeli settlers are driving Palestinian Christians out of West Bank villages where they have lived for millennia @theguardian.com reports fm Taybeh - www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The US government is now paying the French company TotalEnergies 928 million dollars: So that Total does not build two planned offshore wind farms off the US east coast - and instead invests in oil and natural gas projects. 2/

A mockery of international protection needs: the USA has let in 4,499 refugees since October - all but three were South African 🇿🇦 - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Project Drawdown data suggests a switch to alternative refrigerants than F-gases would put a bigger dent in greenhouse emissions than the switch to EVs. Plus it would protect water from TFA pollution. Alternative refrigerants already exist. Feels like a no-brainer. share.google/j6IcdYFaLT36...

The gall. JD Vance Accuses EU of Meddling in Hungarian Election: "Will you stand against the bureaucrats in Brussels? Will you stand for western civilization? Will you stand for freedom, truth, and the God of our fathers? Then, my friends, go to the polls and stand for Viktor Orban!"

The gall. JD Vance Accuses EU of Meddling in Hungarian Election: "Will you stand against the bureaucrats in Brussels? Will you stand for western civilization? Will you stand for freedom, truth, and the God of our fathers? Then, my friends, go to the polls and stand for Viktor Orban!"

The African continent dominates @ourworldindata.org stats on people living in extreme poverty. Non-cooperation with the World Bank, and war, means Eritrea and Sudan are not listed. Clearly wealthy donor states and their own leaders must do more

A good look how the Trump Administration's America first approach & abuse of allies is weakening the USA's position and American's pocketbook's, Robert Kagan's America vs. the World - The Atlantic - www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

North Walsham and Dilham Canal lock at Dilham, a lovely circular walk from Dilham church

Sierra Leone's medical system and maternity care is gravely threatened by cuts to UKAid funding reports @channel4news.bsky.social Minnie Stephenson - www.channel4.com/news/a-matte...

Sierra Leone's medical system and maternity care is gravely threatened by cuts to UKAid funding reports @channel4news.bsky.social Minnie Stephenson - www.channel4.com/news/a-matte...

According to figures from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) from mid-March, more than 1,500 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced and 105 people injured by radical settlers since the beginning of the year. The number is likely higher now. 4/

A good look how the Trump Administration's America first approach & abuse of allies is weakening the USA's position and American's pocketbook's, Robert Kagan's America vs. the World - The Atlantic - www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Overseas development aid funding axed by @FCDOGovUK leaving programmes supporting impoverished communities without foreign support @UKaid - www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Help fund research into Parkinson's! Donate to our fund raising trek across the Scottish Borders to Northumberland! Thank you!

From rhe horse's mouth: Putin provides intel to Iran despite US statements to the contrary

Israeli security forces IDF and settler groups are out of control in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and civilians are being indiscriminately killed. 'My mother cried out one last time': Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Next month i am walking 100 kms along St Cuthbert's Way to Holy Island, Northumberland to support @parkinsons.org.uk to fund research into finding a cure for Parkinsons. Please donate! - www.justgiving.com/page/huw-ley...

Israeli security forces IDF and settler groups are out of control in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and civilians are being indiscriminately killed. 'My mother cried out one last time': Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...