“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

A 7% decline in English birds in just 5 years is astonishing The web of life is unravelling fast

This makes an utter nonsense of Marine protected areas…

A beautiful - and very accurate - sentiment. I’m so grateful that all insects are so much more in evidence this year!

“As humans we think we rule the world and nature constantly has to remind us that we are living in its world. The more present we are to the gifts that nature gives us, the closer we get to respecting our world.” - Author Unknown. #nature #LoveOurPlanet

Do heatwaves, wildfires and travel costs signal the end of the holiday abroad?

Let's empty the jails so we can fill them with octogenarians who care about genocide. Because that's the real threat to society. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵 www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...

New Australian government report finds coral decline across the reef due to ‘climate change-induced heat stress’.

Great moment captured by @philldixon.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay !

This Palestinian child managed to get a small bag of flour from an airdrop of aid, while people in Gaza desperately struggle with extreme hunger and malnutrition.

Two major Israeli human rights organizations, B’Tselem & Physicians for Human Rights, officially declared Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, citing bombs targeting civilians, displacement, and deliberate starvation. The first time the Gaza genocide is called out from within Israeli society. #3E🧵

L'équipage du Handala a été pris en otage par l'armée israélienne ! Ils ont débarqué armé sur le bateau ! LIBÉRATION IMMÉDIATE DES OTAGES !

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

Israeli 'thugs' board Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-thugs-board-gaza-bound-aid-ship-international-waters

Countries including the UK can be sued over climate change, top UN court rules in landmark decision

🚨David Lammy claimed yesterday that the UK government is doing everything in its power to "prevent any act of genocide" in Gaza. This comes just weeks after the government's lawyers argued in court that the IDF was not targeting children in order to keep supplying F-35 parts to Israel.

We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues. Food prices have increased 40 fold. UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza. Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.

Charging an EV whilst out and about is a massive rip off - and needs regulating asap. 75p per KWh en route recently is an absolute scandal.

Residents in the nearby fishing town of Grindavik and guests at a luxury geothermal spa resort are evacuated.

Your #FoxOfTheDay with a bonus Small Tortoiseshell butterfly , shared by @clark_b17_onthegram !

No, it's not your imagination. Extreme weather is getting more extreme.

📢 We have a rare and exciting opportunity to become the Curator of Dawyck Botanic Garden in the Scottish Borders. This is a key role responsible for the overall vision, management, and presentation of the Garden. Find more details and apply: rbge.cc/Jobs Please share with your networks!

Scientists reviewed 400+ studies and tested flower strips with both native & non-native species – assessing how well they attracted pollinators and delighted human eyes. Because beauty matters too – especially if we want people to plant more of it.

The government is going to have to play 'whack-a-mole'. www.thenational.scot/news/2529139...

UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-arrests-83-year-old-priest-backing-palestine-action-and-condemning-israels-genocide-gaza

Give me strength… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

🚨 ICE disappeared a woman on Wednesday night. She was grabbed by men in plainclothes and taken to an unidentified location. ICE is refusing to say where she is being held. It’s 72 hours later and not even a dedicated team of lawyers can find her. This is WRONG. We can’t let this be the new norm.

Finally one supermarket behaving rather more ethically than the rest.

Sharing this on the eve of tomorrow's vote. I am a palliative care doctor who is not opposed to AD. But enshrining in law a state-funded right to die, while not enshrine a similar right to the palliative care that might make life worth living, is so very wrong. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Day 2 of our Sing up for Refugees! We’re meeting at Grey’s monument to sing in #Newcastle at 4.30pm today and will sing for around 30 minutes. Do come along and join us! #RefugeeWeek @refugeeweek.bsky.social youtu.be/6kHfWwrX-LU?...

Palestinians who are citizens of Israel are denied access to shelters. Citizens in name only… www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

The crisis in Sudan has become ‘a grave human rights and protection emergency’, the United Nations mission says.

Watch as Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts, sending an ash plume over 10 km into the sky and covering roads and residential areas in dust.

Nationwide Building Society to hike CEO pay package by 43% to £7m. Interest on savings down. Workers won't get 43% pay rise No sector immune to fat-cattery. Govt says wage rises are inflationary but silence on exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.

Though tulips are often tied to Dutch identity, their roots run deeper. First cultivated in the Ottoman Empire, their name comes from a Turkish word. Read more about the flower of love. By Yasmin van der Poel #Floraculture

So gorgeous!

Books for Year 2 children aged 6-7 - 40 exciting texts by Clotilde Perrin, C.K. Smouha, Richard O'Neill, Louise Fatio, Michael Rosen & more. With new titles & a wallpaper to download for your classroom computer! #teachertwitter schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list...

Favourite books for 4 year olds, chosen by children. Including titles by Eric Hill, Axel Scheffler, Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg, Kes Grey, Mick Inkpen, Craig Smith, Eric Carle & Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-fa... #teachertwitter #kidlit

Israeli strikes kill at least 35 since dawn in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-35-dawn-gaza

Israel is enacting ' the final solution' in Gaza as all internet, electricity and water is cut off and everyone is distracted by Israel's warcrimes elsewhere and AIPACS incursion on American rule of law. Don't stop talking about Palestine.

EVERYBODY WAKE UP IT'S MONDAY! #MondayMotivation

Such good news! We were fortunate enough to see a pair of Corncrakes a few years back on the Isle of North Uist, and it's an encounter I'll never forget.

Do not stop speaking up for Palestine 🇵🇸

Sam Fender at the London stadium last night best arena gig I've seen since Prince at Earl's Court in June 1992. Encore 'Remember my Name' with Easington Colliery Band profoundly moving. Wor canny chanter's playing Newcastle Manchester Edinburgh this summer though tix are scarce. Unforgettable 👏

Michael Rosen ❤️

Thousands march in Rome against Israel's war on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/thousands-march-rome-against-israels-war-gaza

#StopArmingIsrael #SanctionIsrael #FreePalestine