Sun setting on 2025 - the Thames at Greenwich

Youth Mobility + Youth Independence should be key metrics of a city's success.

💚💚 #art #gardening #environment @gardeningwell.ie @sliondale.bsky.social @savevtg.bsky.social @katemidd.bsky.social @yorksfella59.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

🚶🏽‍♀️‍➡️ #pedestrians #roads #London 🚶‍♀️ Another day, another #KSI, this time in #Islington @katemidd.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social @sliondale.bsky.social @ianmgreenwood.bsky.social

Saturday RSPB Northward Hill, Kent-absolute joy for all the senses. Hawthorn, Gorse and last of the Bluebells, dozens of Peacock and Speckled wood butterflies, Cinnabar moths ..oh and clear close up views of Cuckoos - as for sounds - photo of brief burst of Merlin app. 10 yr old neighbour loved it

Fabulous day at ⁦‪@RSPBMinsmere‬⁩ - watched 3 Bittern close by on the wing for several minutes and dozens and dozens of sand martins…nightingales, Avocets etc etc

Fabulous marathon day - big crowds and plenty of music on Trafalgar rd East Greenwich

Goslings on the Thames today

Pure Weller just finishing soundcheck at @peltonarms Pelton Arms Greenwich to a round of applause - it’s going to be a great night ..band on at 9pm

My first Comma and first Brimstone of 2025, about 10 yards apart, at Vanbrugh Pits, Greenwich thurs lunchtime. Several years now the same bramble patch has yielded my first comma of the year @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

Apparently #mothfaceFriday is a thing. Well here's one (Elephant Hawk) from Greenwich last summer.

2nd video is hats off to gang of younger people in #pub who named the #fox down the 👑 - I have to say a bit not #glamarous but hey their choice. A bit fun #foxes again @katemidd.bsky.social @joebeale.bsky.social might enjoy. youtube.com/shorts/LpJnL...

Woolwich public realm project removing much pedestrian space around an extremely busy areas near the Elizabeth line station crossing creating numerous pinch points hindering those on foot. Thousands more homes due too which'll increase footfall here www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/04/11/w...

🧵 In "celebration" of the opening of the Silvertown Tunnel today, we recently took it upon ourselves to attempt the cross the river in East London by bike in (almost) every way possible. First up, Tower Bridge...

Who could have imagined that a government of rapists, racists, coup plotters, conmen, tax dodgers, conspiracy fantasists and bullshit artists might not work very well?

The U.S Government is now owned by the fossil fuel industry to the extent that they are no longer seeking to slow the transition to a low carbon world, but are using all means to reverse progress. I cannot overstate the existential threat these people pose to your children.

A rainforest in Devon, today.

A fossil fuel project in Teesside has landed a £10bn subsidy for a fairytale carbon capture technology -recent studies show the plant’s total emissions would far exceed any carbon stored under the sea Read more about this second, new challenge to Net Zero Teesside goodlawproject.org/labour-is-ch...

A narrative is recited almost everywhere: that Rachel Reeves is being "forced" to cut benefits, and is faced with "hard choices" or "no choice". This story, a staple of neoliberal doctrine, is completely false, as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

A published collaborative #manifesto, an annual report teeming with #impact, an action-packed year of #events and #stories from readers that inspire and shape our efforts- this month's newsletter is a special one ✨ 🤩 Read on our #Substack and join us 🥳

Charlton lido this lunchtime - stunning in the sun . Water a little chilly but great when you are in - proper hot showers afterwards ..that’s what the people need

We should be shocked, humiliated and ashamed that 4.5 million children live in poverty in the UK and that Labour is planning to increase this number by conscious choice. Radical action is needed. No child deserves this. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

I keep seeing the same common theme: the impossible standards placed on anyone advocating changes to our transport system. Question car dependency and you're expected to address every inequality and injustice at the same time; but support car dependency and you'll never be challenged on these issues

City Hall has issued a high pollution alert for London due to air pollution from mainland Europe. I urge Londoners to look after themselves and protect those with conditions such as asthma. This includes refraining from engine idling and burning wood or garden waste.

This week, someone said of the UK's net zero target: "Why is it 2050 in the first place? No-one knows." It feels like a good time to be resharing this @newscientist.com primer, on what net zero actually means. Few years old but the basics stand👇 www.newscientist.com/question/net...

Exclusive: energy secretary says 2050 target is imperative, and accuses opposition of betraying of future generations The government is “absolutely up for the fight” over net zero, Ed Miliband has said, as he accused the Conservatives and Reform of “a total desertion and betrayal” of future…

All good urban design is underpinned by high quality materials built to withstand hundreds of years of wear with minimal intervention.

When I took the UK govt to court in 2021, demanding incinerators be taxed on emissions, this Danish plant was held up as 'renewable'. Now, EfW must pay for emissions & the truth is revealed - they're CO2 & 'forever chemical' manufacturing plants! #foreverchemicals #EfW #WtE #incineration

An intriguing, powerful new tactic on the frontline against polluters - citizen's arrest. This well-considered action, based on sound legal principles, requires police to review factual dossiers with evidence of wrongdoing. Activists doing what politicians should ✊️👏💚 #citizensarrest #thameswater

Bloody brilliant - I think I love you CAN

Hold the polluters to account! ✊

At last, action to hold those responsible for the appalling state of our rivers to account!

BREAKING NEWS: Thames Water executives citizen’s arrested at their offices this morning. It’s time someone held these criminals to account for the harm and disruption they are causing to our lives. Follow for updates. #CitizensArrest #ThamesWater

Concerns raised about active travel within Lewisham shopping centre redevelopment plan www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/02/11/l...

That moment when you realise a contractor employed by Greenwich Council is driving down the pavement towards you at speed spraying glyphosate into the air…. 😡

When did it become normal for cars, vans and lorries to drive along the pavement on Old Dover Road rather than holding back and waiting for space for vehicles to pass? 🤷‍♂️

What difference a week can make. Zebra crossing at Blackheath Standard had almost worn away and vehicles were failing to stop. Logged issue on FixMyStreet App. Revisited today and found the crossing had been repainted. Thanks @royalgreenwich.bsky.social 🙂

🚶🏽 #pedestrians #roads #London🚶🏽 Another day, another #KSI, this time a #fatality in #Bromley 😡 driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving/driving under the influence😡 @ianwalker.bsky.social @londonls.bsky.social @katemidd.bsky.social news.met.police.uk/news/appeal-...

If you live in #lewisham #deptford #blackheath #greenwich or anywhere else #selondon a little video ad for a talk I will be doing locally on #nature #wildlife #birds #greenroofs and #greencities as a local #geezer @joebeale.bsky.social @dohertyta.bsky.social @katemidd.bsky.social

Dydd Dewi Sant hapus i bawb… from East Greenwich. I’m the only one without a Welsh name in our household .. even the cat is named after a Welsh outlaw.

Early morning swim at Charlton lido before the sun broke through the mist - exhilarating!

An Axis of Autocracy - the US, Russia, North Korea, Belarus and Hungary - facilitating an imperial war of aggression in Ukraine, now confronts nations seeking (however inconsistently) to uphold a modicum of democracy and international law.

I started planning this column a while ago, but I kept imagining it wouldn't be necessary, as many other journalists would surely get there first. I've been scratching my head ever since, wondering "where is everyone?" Is this not a huge and obvious issue?

Ooh, I know this: it's because they're cowardly little shits, running away from responsibility for their endless array of sex crimes.

🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation. But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯 We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰ Sign our petition now ✍️ weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...