DeSmog: Reform Candidate Matthew Goodwin’s MAGA Network www.desmog.com/2026/02/13/r...

DeSmog: BBC Under Fire for Airing MAGA Climate Denial www.desmog.com/2026/02/13/b...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery. UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

I really do hate that people who are geological illiterate keep pointing to records compiled by paleoclimatologists to downplay climate change because, if anything, the lessons of deep time only emphasize how extraordinary and unprecedented the rate of modern warming is.

UK bods. Apparently we have an early get out clause from the NHS deal with Palantir. 🚩🚩PLEASE SIGN 🚩🚩 Our public services aren’t for a shady profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign below to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

My brother Garry has dementia and is currently lost somewhere in the Chester area. If anyone should spot him please call the police on 999. We'd appreciate reposts. @shitchester.bsky.social

❗Panel Announcement ❗ CLIMATE & NATURE EDUCATION FESTIVAL for a just transition Grab your free ticket here buytickets.at/ministryofec...

A consensus is growing: our current way of doing politics is unsustainable. Election results that seem random. Majority governments elected on a fraction of the vote. We've had enough. Sign the petition to include fair votes in the government's new bill:

Framing climate action as “do more good” instead of “do less bad” makes people more likely to act — and expect greater happiness — according to research. Clear, positive alternatives help people engage rather than feel deprived, with driving the only action where framing made little difference.

Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company. Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.

But now two senior Labour figures have suggested the Government may finally be ready to take the kind of action they promised in opposition. We welcome that and we’re writing to the Government today to offer our help. Will you back our letter today? secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/186467/...

Even stationary docked bikes are not safe on the joke that is cycleway 1

Defend Our Juries Co-Founder Tim Crosland explains what the High Court ruling showing over the Palestine Action ban means in real terms. He adds a renewed call for a meeting with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to discuss the harm that has been done since this ban was introduced.

Together with cross-party Parliamentarians I have written to the Home Secretary calling on her to accept today's ruling on Palestine Action. Instead of criminalising those protesting genocide, the govt must examine its own complicity and work to support justice for Palestinians.

“If you’ve lived in Greater Manchester all your life like I have, or you came here yesterday — if you’re part of our community and you’re mucking in, you’re one of us.” Our candidate for Gorton and Denton, Hannah Spencer, rejects the demonisation of immigrants and calls for politics that unite.

What has the Daily Mail got against greyhounds? You can catch our podcast on @boldpolitics.bsky.social With over a million plays a month, watch/listen to Gorton & Denton candidate Hannah Spencer on all streaming platforms now.

The Representation of the People Bill contains lots to be happy about. Measures to boost participation & stop foreign interference are very welcome. But there's more still to do to give the public confidence that the rules are enforced independently & political power cannot be bought. 🧵

Today is David Graeber's birthday. He'd have been 65 years old today. His ideas are still here and his message is more important than ever before which must remind us that a better world is possible.

A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

We need to electrify society to reduce emissions, but how we undertake that transition really matters. This week @triofrancos.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss all the mining needed to go “green” and how that’s playing out across the world. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/315_...

MISLEADING: A new academic paper by @qmul.bsky.social has attracted significant media attention by claiming that EVs & heat pumps deliver no proven carbon savings in UK ahead of 2030 clean power target - and should therefore be postponed. Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵

When you begin a statement with "I am sorry that my choice of language has offended some people..." you are absolutely NOT apologising. You are trying to excuse yourself.

Did you know vulture funds can sue countries in debt to make a profit? It’s happening to Ethiopia right now, in UK courts! We’re in a unique situation where we can get the law changed and put an end to this predatory practice. Sign the petition: tinyurl.com/yft5p2v3

First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented. Tell Keir Starmer to change this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...

"They're serving the interests of multi-millionaires and billionaires." @zackpolanski.bsky.social on @itvpeston.bsky.social

We must defend UK democracy from Russian interference and the wider web of dirty money and misinformation which enables bad actors to undermine trust in politics. The Elections Bill is crucial in addressing this - the govt must not delay it any further.

This is the key point that is lost in so much Westminster bubble talk on net zero. It is popular. It’s hugely popular with Labour’s base and with the progressive voters it needs to vote tactically to defeat Reform. And it’s even popular with Tories who Labour needs not to switch to Reform.

If China's emissions had kept growing at previous levels emissions would like, what, maybe a full GIGATONNE higher....the area of avoided emissions here is like deleting the emissions of entire countries. This is happening at a scale that will very clearly have an effect in lessening disasters

Who could have seen this coming? Carbon capture was never the plan, it was the comfort blanket: “Don’t worry, we’ll fix it later". A story to delay real cuts while drilling rolls on. When the industry feels powerful & secure, the fairy tale goes back on the shelf.

🆕 Several Earth system components may be closer to destabilisation than previously thought. Crossing key temperature thresholds could trigger feedback loops, pushing the planet toward a “Hothouse Earth” trajectory. Study by @oregonstate.edu, @iiasa.ac.at & PIK: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The same man migrated his head office from Britain to Switzerland, supported Brexit and then migrated himself to Monaco avoiding £4 billion in tax. A nasty piece of work

To understand how monstrous the US blockade on Cuba is, think about the endgame. What are they trying to achieve? The goal is clearly to starve people to the point where they are too weak to resist an invasion, or so desperate they are willing to accept US control.

Jim Ratcliffe, a tax resident of Monaco who has legally avoided an estimated £4 billion in UK taxes, says, "The UK is being colonised by immigrants, isn't it?" Ed Conway, "You met recently with Nigel Farage, didn't you?" Jim Ratcliffe, "I did"

Sir Jim Ratcliffe lives in Monaco, which has been colonised by immigrant tax dodgers.

Nigel Farage always sides with his billionaire donors over workers’ rights.

Left: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home Right: Nigel Farage's Reform UK advertising a job which is working form home

Just out today: The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the risk of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC) shutdown. 🌊 Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework". pub.norden.org/temanord2026...

Cost to clean up PFAS "forever chemicals" problem sites is £31-121bn. Govt says where polluter known, they will be made to pay - good! For the rest there's an £80m fund That implies govt expects to be able to identify & charge polluter in 99.7% of cases Seems unlikely to me!

The Illusion of AGI, or What Language Models Can Do Without Thought | TechPolicy.Press https://techpolicy.press/the-illusion-of-agi-or-what-language-models-can-do-without-thought

"Work-life balance? Woke nonsense! We didn't have a work-life balance when I was losing millions of other people's money as a metals trader after getting pissed out of my head at lunch!"

A government enthralled to men and corporations drunk on power is the rot at the centre of the Mandelson scandal. Of all seven of the Nolan principles, openness can help build back the most trust. Every MP, like me, should release logs of all lobbying meetings.

The @ScienceMuseum.org.uk is hosting an exhibition on climate breakdown in Latin America while accepting sponsorship from BP and Adani, 2 of the world’s biggest polluters. How can we take their message seriously when they’re funded by the very companies driving the destruction? #ClimateJustice

Ethiopia opened Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam in 2025, aiming to export power even as millions lack electricity. Egypt warns it threatens Nile water security, while scientists caution mismanagement could cause catastrophic flooding downstream.

Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.

The permitted spending limit for a Parliamentary by-election is £180,050. You can bet that most of the parties will be spending that in Gorton and Denton. We could too if enough of us gave a fiver or so... Donate to the by-election, if you can...

The destabilisation of the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. In this article, PIK director Johan Rockström and Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson explain what to do about it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...

Public Rights of Way & Horses: Keep your dog on a lead & under close control at all times / Move calmly & quietly / Give horses plenty of space on paths—never walk directly behind them / Do not approach, feed, or touch horses / Stay alert—horses can startle or react suddenly

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AN ARREST VIDEO EVERY DAY (until the Palestine Action ban is lifted) DAY 39 - A woman is arrested outside the Royal Courts of Justice on Nov 26 during the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action “I’m defending our very democracy”, she explains. www.defendourjuries.net

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