To confront heat waves and genocide, we need to think of the connections between them.

Absolutely superb piece by Aditya Chakrabortty this morning: Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid Please take a look 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We've brought back the Save Our Soil campaign because Birmingham City Council didn't stop using pesticides & herbicides. We'll be briefing Councillors about this soon. Do write to your Councillor, let them know people want glyphosates out of our city.

"Fourteen Years in Prison for Quoting Hamas? New Law Could Criminalise Journalists" Starmer is rushing legislation through parliament that experts say threatens free speech, reports Paul Holden for Zeteo UK. Read/share/subscribe:

From yesterday outside Pret in London– no more words, we want action! Get frankenchickens out of your supply chain. breakfrompret.com

The BBC is an essential public service that belongs to us all Alongside @nujofficial.bsky.social @bectu.bsky.social @equityuk.bsky.social @wearethemu.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social, we've launched a petition to protect jobs + the future of our BBC 🔽 www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ba...

SPOTTED IN HASTINGS Resilient bath bombs are everywhere, and the photos are coming in from Defend Our Juries supporters 🛁 75% of all retail sales will help to Defend Our Juries. lush.com/uk/en/p/resili…

Extreme heat in the UK recently led to school closures, cutting of rail services and health warnings. With another heatwave on the horizon, it's clear the UK is dangerously unprepared to protect everyone from extreme weather - especially those most at risk. 🧵👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

"The climate crisis cannot be addressed within capitalism. It is vital that we understand this fact and develop our strategies accordingly, otherwise we are headed for certain failure. And failure is not an option." jasonhickel.substack.com/p/climate-so...

In the West Midlands, 59% of all Op Snap reports come from drivers, 16% from cyclists and 25% from pedestrians.

Comparing the UK heatwaves of June 1976 and June 2026... Daytime maximum & night minimum temperatures were much hotter in 2026. Details: maxima over 21st-30th June in both years. Uses provisional 2026 HadUK-Grid data from Met Office NCIC. Note the difference scale is larger for night minimums.

#CarbonBrief www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...

Another good moment for everyone to recall all the political figures who rallied to these people’s cause.

🚲 Come join our monthly cycle around Birmingham City Centre. Open to all ages and abilities. Every first Friday of the month, 6pm start from (currently) Hippodrome Square on Hurst Street. We look forward to welcoming you! 🙂

Greens v. Reform isn't just one or another electoral race. It's the mood of the country.

If you’re out there championing electric vehicles without also championing significantly fewer and smaller vehicles driven less due to better cities providing less car dependency and more legitimate transportation choices, read this thread to understand why you’re less than half right. #EVs

This is such an important point.

Framing trans rights as a threat distracts from real issues: Low pay, insecure housing, collapsing public services.

The NUJ calls for the immediate release of highly respected photographer, investigator, and our member, Klaus Thymann, who was arrested in Kampala, Uganda, yesterday. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

“It’s not been a great week for denying climate change. But the global far-right tried anyway!!!” says STEWART LEE www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

🌡️✊ It's too hot to work safely in many workplaces, but the UK still has no maximum legal working temperature. We're backing calls for change. Sign the petition ⬇️

💩Sewage in the sea 📈Rising bills 💰£400k+ bonuses for execs ⏰Time to end the private ownership of water “Unite will continue its campaign to see water brought back into public ownership" @unitesharon.bsky.social cutt.ly/Bt5vhtvb

With heat waves shattering temperature records across the globe, leading to needless deaths, let me just say that history will not look fondly on those who put fossil fuel profits above saving the planet.

This is extremely unfair. Where are all the car owners supposed to park?!?

Fossil fuel subsidies on track to reach $1.1 trillion in 2026 #cimatecrisis www.undp.org/press-releas...

What are our universities for? This needs to be answered given the risks we all face in this more turbulent & dangerous world. It is a real disappointment that university managers behave as if the answer can only be found in a spreadsheet. www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-...

Ever read a headline & thought “Is this true?” Come unpack Birmingham’s biggest stories with us! We'll explore how local media report on the rise of the far right. 12-3pm Sun 5th July at @inthewarehouse.bsky.social Free coffee & lunch! ☕️ Everyone welcome, no expertise needed, just curiosity!

Agree? Demand action here✊: foe.uk/tl7zn #heatwave #climateemergency #climatecrisis #carbonbudget Friends of the Earth is independent and non-party political. We campaign for people and planet regardless of which party is in government.

Does net zero go far enough? With James Dyke and Dr Emma Fieldhouse

In this podcast I'm trying out some new thinking. I've come to believe that there are three entirely distinct and, in many cases, contradictory philosophies within modern environmentalism. It's a work in progress and I would very much value your feedback. Thanks. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/wepl...

Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

#HS2 - not like they weren't told at start. "For every pound of taxpayers’ money spent on the project, it is expected to bring in just 30p worth of economic benefit ... “poor value for money”" www.thetimes.com/uk/transport...

"The powers and principles that govern the world, hardly in hiding, reveal themselves now in three dimensions and technicolor" (67).

@zetkincollective.bsky.social: "Every time a European far-right party denies or downplays climate change, it makes a statement about immigration."

Excellent thread from Dave - I had no idea about any of this, or this guy - what a mind-blowing position to hold

#ActNow?

Well said @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "“Half measures or backsliding on climate action would be a moral and political failure from Andy Burnham." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Right now I'm in the epicentre of the heatwave, in southwest France, where the brutality of the heat has ground life to a halt. And I have to keep reminding myself: this is only the beginning.

"A hotter world is already here. The question now is how many heat-related deaths and system failures governments are prepared to accept as normal." climateandcapitalism.com/2026/06/24/t...

The new normal? UK records its hottest June day and France its hottest day ever as heatwave sweeps Europe. Temperature of 36.1C (97F) recorded in Hampshire, while two-thirds of Europe’s population experience temperatures above 30C www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Asked whether workers should receive a share of the value created from the datasets built on their labour, Lalita laughs. “We are not even getting our full worth for the work we do now,” she says. “Who is going to pay us when we are replaced by robots?” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

“The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the Israeli security forces” - Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Add your name to the petition urging the government to tax fossil fuel giants - it only takes a minute ✍️ act.gp/4eF69gi

“The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the Israeli security forces” - Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Scientists alarmed after two wildfires hit Greenland within a week

Exactly what everyone should do when they come to Birmingham.