A great win, with national implications. At last, councils will have to take into account the cumulative effects of livestock factories on river catchments. It's all about increments of excrement. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#GoodNews #CampaigningWorks #CircularEconomy www.scientificamerican.com/article/bett...

Join us in-person and online for Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson's Long Now Talk, A Logic For The Future: International Relations in the Age of Turbulence, on March 19, 02025 at 7 PM PT at the Cowell Theater in San Francisco. longnow.org/ideas/a-logi...

Elon Musk has discovered that the US government does not spend taxpayers' money - because there is no such thing. Instead it creates all the money it spends out of thin air, on a computer keyboard. He's just found modern monetary theory. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

What a great idea. As World Book Day becomes more about selling clothes than books, how great it is that the library does *both*. Well done Orkney.

Interesting event! Take part in facilitated discussions & workshops throughout the day Have your voice heard on AI and climate action Travel & accommodation provided (if needed) A £150 contribution fee (or alternative options) www.scottishai.com/news/peoples...

This is the right move. For so many reasons: A tiny tax on people who will barely notice - £24bn a year to help fund Ukraine and keep up foreign aid - and so much more that’s crying out to be done right here in Britain. All without putting any more on the shoulders of working people

A Spiral Economy youtu.be/2TpD6ozTrjU?...

Good to see this from Citizen's Advice, we’ve been banging this drum for some time now... There are three vital energy market Reforms that we need to make - this is one...

The energy price cap goes up again next week - but there’s nothing OFGEM can do about that. It’s the government that needs to take urgent action - we need reform of the energy market. (1/3) https://buff.ly/42UWVse

Let's do this!

Anyone can become an MP. No training is required, and then they set the rules for everyone else. That’s absurd. All prospective parliamentarians and councillors should have to take an exam to prove their competence. youtu.be/JhUcUt15eB8?...

The evil people who just arrived in the UK Let's shine a light on these bastards youtu.be/erkI--VaTfE

Me too!

Politicians claim countries must be run like households, and that’s comp... youtu.be/3FZmhyKkFdU?... Politicians claim countries must be run like households, and that’s completely wrong. In fact, most often, the exact opposite is true. It is time that our politicians admitted this.

Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.