NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

This article is just one reason why I'm a subscriber to @bylinetimes.bsky.social Independent media is critical now, more than ever, for shining a light where others choose not to. Subscribe for yourself, or as a gift for someone, to allow them to continue speaking truth to power

I feel like I've missed something; lots of people seem to travel with marzipan

Great to see a new product made from beverage production leftovers (better than the banana skin skirt I wanted to make as a child!) @richardblackburn.bsky.social at @universityofleeds.bsky.social also mentioned for fibres made from another food processing byproduct

Many of us know we need the peace of wild things. Sadly, far too many don't know they need the peace of wild things.

Today we rode to demand safer streets for women cycling in winter. Cycling is joyous but many women feel left out of our movement. It's time that changed.

New Ways November - Day 9: When you feel you can't do something, add the word "yet" actionforhappiness.org/new-ways-nov... #NewWaysNovember

Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights. And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports. People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.

The brain combined with 3am #insomnia can do great things. Friend sent a cryptic picture, my brain has been musing on it for hours, and just worked it out. Now if it could just work out how to get rid of my #3amInsomnia we'd be onto an absolute winner!

The mess, the pollution, the noise, the distress. This is just a horrible week because fireworks are so easily available. Limiting their sale somewhat would make a massive difference, please sign:

🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/us-a...

Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years. Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇 🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR There are thousands more. #ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int

Lovely to meet Khizer Qayyum Green candidate for #Harehills and #Gipton. Great day for leafleting the ward wurh support from national deputy Co- leader Mothin Ali - also a Harehills&G Ward councillor. I certainly made my step count today!! 😂

Teenagers near us letting off fireworks: in a children's playground, near houses, lighting them up and then running away, not caring how they are aimed. It's your annual reminder that: FIREWORKS SHOULD NOT BE SOLD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

👋Hello Bluesky! here's a starter pack of our water research community. If your account is not here, please reply in comments. go.bsky.app/rofcg4

A bonfire night approaches - please #ShareToMakeAware 🙏 🦔 🦔 🦔 Please help protect #hedgehogs this #bonfire season! #RememberHedgehogs #LookBeforeYouLight This new campaign has been created with LIQUONA 💚

The days may be getting colder and darker, but there's still a chance to spot beautiful butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂 #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

If the worst* government you can possibly imagine came to power after we had left the ECHR, would you feel confident that your now no-longer rights would be respected by them? (*worst is relative depending on what you believe, just imagine a govt totally opposed to your own values)

It's happy 'indoctrinate the local kids with vegan treats' night (aka halloween)

Today is two years since Glunda The Veg Witch came out, my Pratchettesque cosy fantasy that l ended up a BBNYA finalist. I'm really proud of this book, both the print and ebook editions. Not only is it my best writing to date, but the design and layout are some of my best work as well. ❤️🥕🧙‍♀️

Hey good people of the USA, look what just happened to Epstein lister and former Prince, Andrew Isn't it time for your Epstein lister and would-be King to be treated similarly? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

Private Eye on the nose o minority representation on TV (Alt text in the thread)

A man sits before a pit of the dead. Nazi soldiers surround him—one aims a gun at his head. For decades, no one knew who they were or where this photo was taken. Now, new digital tools and help from our community may finally reveal the truth behind this haunting Holocaust image🧵

We’re an island nation. The one thing that’s guaranteed is wind and waves. Why aren’t we exploiting these natural power sources more? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good news! The #RentersRightsBill has received royal assent - this landmark legislation will give vital protections to the millions of private renters in the UK. A happy day. Now it's time to tackle the next crisis facing renters - affordability. That must include rent controls.

Here's Harlands Primary School, the first recipients of books courtesy of "Big Green Books 500 Club" I sent them £500 of books, thanks to the dosh we're raising each week through the club. You can read about it HERE. biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...

Breaking… Well not so much “breaking” as “being covered up by mainstream media”… Membership of the Green Party hits 150,000!!! Well in excess of the minor parties like Labour & Tory.

A phenomenal day in Gipton & Harehills, green surge is on, People wanting change, joining the Green Party wanting to get involved and active in making a change For too long we've been left behind. We made a break through last year. We'll continue to work hard for our community to make change

Good morning out leafleting for @greenparty.org.uk @mothinali.bsky.social in Gipton and Harehills. If you're lucky enough to have Mothin as your Councillor, check out the leaflet to see all that he's been up to (my favourite: the community garden, of course!)

This feel a bit like a love letter to #Leeds

Great to see councillors staying aligned with their values rather than shifting right with their former party

10 Reasons to Join The Green Party We’re standing up for the working class, fighting racism & division, demanding climate justice, & taking on a government complicit in genocide If you believe in hope, solidarity, & politics of belonging — join us This movement is for you✊🏽 join.greenparty.org.uk

If you share this thread or images, please credit @thenerve_news. We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support. And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this. 8/ 🙏🙏🙏 www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...

Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”? anyway that’s why these events are important

Best start to the day; spotted a yellow adult's tricycle with a wicker basket! My dream bike (Pic found online, trike not actually photographed) #BikeSky

When being single gets annoying; an un-openable pickle jar taunting me (Fortunately daughter showed me a new opening technique that worked!)

The squirrels and jays in the local park are not managing to keep up with the sweet chestnut trees. So I've helped myself to a few. Just got to decide on a recipe now

So proud of our @leedseurope.bsky.social team, marching alongside a coalition of groups, united against racism. Leeds was clear today, 1000s of us #stur and said #refugeesarewelcomehere @europeanmovement.co.uk

#Flu v #Covid #vaccine eligibility. 1. Which is hospitalising more people now? 2. Which is leaving more people long-term sick & disabled (2m+ #LongCovid, UK)? 3. Just as the government is punishing people for being sick and disabled? Private vaccine: £100 Logic? Thanks to @catinthehat.bsky.social

I'm so lucky to be able to wander into the greenhouse and pick 4 types of tomatoes and be eating them minutes later for lunch (Mind you, getting there was challenging as I had to duck under ridiculous numbers of the most beautiful spiderwebs - lot of the stripey legged spiders this year!)🌱

🧵🚨 The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news. Today our report is published! www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n... 1/11

Autumn getting underway 🍄📷 #FungiFriends

“The principle is that Europe has the right to govern its own digital space according to its own laws. If the EU cannot enforce its own laws then it is a vassal to Washington and to Silicon Valley, with Trump as its overlord” 👍 Well said Johnny Ryan. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Green Party > No links to Putin. "Reform" > Their Welsh Leader literally caught taking bribes from Russia. Yet, the Telegraph promotes "reform" & accuses the Greens of what "reform" have been caught doing! "When the British working class stop reading right wing news we will see progressive change"

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

Needs must when you discover the chocolate cupboard is empty

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...