The reality after the local elections, not the bias situation spun by the news media.

‘Zes Palestijnse medisch hulpverleners zijn tot dusver in gevangenschap omgekomen, 446 hulpverleners worden zonder beschuldiging vastgehouden en al 1.571 hulpverleners werden door het Israëlische leger gedood.’ Slechts één alinea uit de indrukwekkende column van Tommy Wieringa in de #Volkskrant.

The Bees are disappearing but EU is failing to cut pesticide use Glyphosate a known carcinogen sales rose more than 44% between 2015 and 2024 EU is now considering approving most pesticides permanently. Profit of pesticide industry is all that matters www.dw.com/en/eu-is-fai...

Thank you. The bees are disappearing is a bit of an understatement today?

"137+ species lost daily in tropical rainforests. The Congo & Amazon hold millions of undiscovered plants, insects & medicines — plus Indigenous knowledge that sustains them. Forest guardians are the best protectors. Support their rights = stronger climate defense. #IndigenousRights

Trees for Britain’s future? A look at four books about trees and what we can learn from them westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

“democracies across the planet are now threatened by what might be called fossil fuel fascism – an extremist political movement that breaks laws, spreads lies and threatens violence in an increasingly desperate attempt to maintain markets for oil, gas and coal” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government has been told to intervene 'as a matter of urgency' after Israel kidnapped a number of UK activists while sailing in international waters on a historic aid mission to Gaza

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How to change this debate. " Being outside the EU costs every UK household an average of £8,300 every year. But being inside again would only cost each UK household £38 every year. Do you still think we should stay out? "

Immigration make Britain brilliant

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

Hemp plastics have been an option for some time now too. Unless we FORCE manufacturing to change.. why wouid it? phys.org/news/2026-04...

Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies all came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin shot. By @deldeib.bsky.social

#ScottishBorders - a surprising sunny day with temperature in double digits which felt like a treat… #happydog

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“After Britain abolished slavery on 1 August 1834, £20m was paid in compensation to enslavers for loss of their “property”. The enslaved people themselves received nothing.”

'This is the book that brings the frog to the boil. Earth’s catastrophes and their stark consequences are explained in sharp truths – and it bloody hurts. Read, learn, think and change our future history.’ Thanks @chrisgpackham.bsky.social 👍😀 #FOTW Out in 10 days. Pre-order now

Excellent parody, riffing on the #The Proclaimers song 500 miles - brilliant:

I have so often wondered what is hidden to me but visible to the data trackers - made viscerally clear what we unknowingly give away “freely”- or “taken” ….

When art is used to visually help to hold power to account

Amen to this 👇

After 12 years, the EU flag is back on Hungary’s Parliament building — the new Speaker’s very first decision. A happy Schuman Day indeed.

“Deliberative democracy rests on the recognition that laws and policies gain their legitimacy not merely from a vote, but from a process of careful deliberation among citizen peers leading up to that vote”. In Scotland we have tried citizen assemblies

Same election result: different perspectives …. #scotland #election #press

Anyone still questioning why Farage's Reform did so well? The majority of the British public have no idea how politics work in this country, they listen to our press and its lies and believe every word. If there is to be real change we have to take on our media.

David Attenborough turning 100 reminded me of this speech he gave at COP26 in Glasgow "We are the greatest problem solvers that have ever existed on earth" He is a UK I love and the politics I will celebrate this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Ep...

Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

Happy Birthday Sir David We won’t protect what we don’t love & we won’t love what we don’t know Thank you for enabling us to know & love this precious planet even more deeply The greatest tribute we could pay is to act on that love - and to protect & restore the earth while there’s still time 💚

Happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough, who brought nature into millions of livings rooms and made people care about the wonderful blue planet we live on. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

One for UK voters to bear in mind today when going to the voting booth…

UN climate chief: the pros of renewables are now 'impossible to ignore'. www.euractiv.com/news/un-clim...

Like a gut punch, this quietly spoken sentence from Lubaina Himid who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale www.ft.com/content/2a58...

More views of that brand new sculpture by the mysterious street artist Banksy. It is attracting a lot of attention and drawing crowds since the eye-catching sculpture popped up in central London. #art #sculpture #banksy #london #travels

Working cooperatively to combat climate change Shared Interest helps producers across the world to combat climate change and make a success of their sustainable and ethical agricultural enterprises northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...

Phlippen -Hoofdeconoom ABN Amro - “Sanchez durft het aan om te zeggen: tot hier en niet verder tegen Putin en de VS. Hoe verder je bent met de energietransitie hoe minder kwetsbaar je bent voor regimes en zo’n oorlog. Hoe meer je kunt zeggen voor welke waarden je staat.

“Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz,” says Bill McKibben.

En zo zijn we dan stilletjes beland in een nieuw tijdperk! Gefeliciteerd allemaal, tegen de verdrukking in vind ik dit een hoopvol bericht #solarpunk #hoopverlening

For the first time in 80 years, the federal debt-to-GDP ratio is over 100%. In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo.

Good morning!

On this day 70 years ago-May 1, 1956-the polio vaccine was first made widely available to the public. The vaccine’s developer, Dr. Jonas Salk, did not patent the vaccine so that it would remain available to as many people as possible in the US and internationally. Image: Harvey Georges/AP.

Brilliant art work and excellent response:

Release: Israeli forces intercept and threaten Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters “Humanitarian assistance must be respected and protected at all times and at all costs.” www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

The BBC News homepage has now COMPLETELY removed its Climate section?! It has now been relegated to a sub-menu via the "More" button in the right-hand corner.

That this headline needed to be written says it all really www.ft.com/content/6de0...

And EcoSpeculation, a series bridging the environmental humanities and sf studies:

“In any normal country, purchasing stolen goods is an act that entails legal liability,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X. https://bit.ly/48srura

Excellent summary of the current predicament:

As a university lecturer this is a frightening prospect and seems to negate the university as a place of active learning, meeting people and collaborating… an AI will do both the teaching and the learning now. Where is that Universal Basic Income? I am heading to the beach… 🤦‍♂️