For those of you just waking up - Leeds mass transit has been cancelled.

Hard seeing others live out your dreams.

COUNTRY ANALYSIS: #Norway combines strong climate policies at home with a fossil fuel export model that shifts much of its climate impact abroad: its new 2035 NDC is 1.5°C aligned – domestically, but the country still relies heavily on oil & gas. CAT rating: "Almost sufficient" bit.ly/CAT_NOR

Commander-in-Chief Syrsky says Russia has increased its presence in Ukraine to 710,000 for a major offensive, but despite heavy losses, they’ve failed to break through. He added 90% of Kupyansk is now under control, along with 16 km² in northern Pokrovsk and another 56 km² around nearby villages.

"..the hundreds of corporate lobbyists who are Labour MPs." It's the first time I've seen the truth about this government stated so plainly. It's over now for blue Labour. And we are now on course for a 2029 contest between the Greens and a Limited Company led by an outed Russian asset. Bring it on.

"People are recognising they need an alternative" @zackpolanski.bsky.social discusses the block defection of 5 Labour councillors to the Green Party, and how Labour's failure to address inequality is galvanising the continued Green surge.

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Interesting proposals in this article about how to revivify local #democracy in #Sussex, especially important in view of the looming ‘democratic deficit’ when the current Sussex devolution process eliminates all districts & borough councils, centralising power upwards. medium.com/@valerieabl4...

The Government launches an urgent review into 'foreign financial interference' in UK politics following Nathan Gill's conviction. I hear the Gill case and Reform's £9 million donation from a Thailand-based crypto investor have woken ministers up to the potential threat

“The president doesn’t know and never will,” she told me. “He doesn’t know the details of these smallish agencies.” -Susie Wiles on the destruction of USAID, which has led to 600,000 deaths, including ~400,000 children, in the last year alone. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

@tomcalver.bsky.social: “Britain’s hospitals average 90% bed occupancy throughout the year, and 95% in winter. This is not normal! 1/3”

I’ve signed this petition. Hope you do too.

If we are to survive what is coming, let alone to flourish, then we desperately need the kind of strategic adaptation that false optimism leaves unfunded or even sneered at. As a small gesture towards such adaptation, please sign and share: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... Thank You…

It’s time to voice an ugly truth: I’ve been talking recently {privately} with ecologists, with very senior figures in the environmental NGOs, with activists and lawyers. What they say - privately - is stark: >This Govt is even worse on nature than the Sunak & Johnson Govts<.

“we are reducing the environmental requirements placed on developers when they pay into the nature restoration fund that we have created so they can focus on getting things built, and stop worrying about bats and newts.” Speech from the Chancellor, Jan 2025. www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma...

But Great British SMRs will be different, because of reasons which shall remain mysterious

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

My lifelong partial deafness was caused by measles, caught in the 1950s before the measles vaccine was available. I recommend vaccinating kids against measles, for their sake.

Economist @angelaisfranc.bsky.social speaking at the National Emergency Briefing. "faster transition saves $12 trillion compared to staying on fossil fuels". It's time for Governments to start listening to the experts. Link below to full talk. #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing

it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind

ICYMI: Ever heard of a grätzloase? It means “neighbourhood oasis”– a miniature park replacing a parking space, aka parklets. With the blessing of city hall, more than 100 of them have sprung up across Vienna since 2015. And in theory, anyone in Vienna can build one.

"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration" The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order. Read/share/subscribe:

Indeed, as I detail in #NomadCentury

Really important stuff. Add your voice!

The conflation of "foreign criminals" and "illegal migrants" is disgusting. Vile when some people don't have a safe route to flee from the utter detestation & brutality of war. It's all grim enough without the Labour Government pushing further misinformation.

Proud to have become a Community Member of The Work That Reconnects Network. Looking forward to helping develop a community of practice in the #Eastbourne area that can facilitate greater #CommunityResilience in the face of #ClimateBreakdown & #BiodiversityCollapse. workthatreconnects.org

"If it’s going to happen anywhere in Britain, it’s going to happen at Stonehenge.” “Neolithic Pits Near Stonehenge Might Have Channeled the Underworld, Archaeologists Argue” 🤐🤐🤐🤐 www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

I went to this workshop yesterday, which was brilliantly facilitated. My humble opinion is that workshops like this are sorely needed in #Eastbourne area, so if anybody would like to work with me on organising to make them more available locally, please message me.

Yesterday one of our partners, Energise Sussex Coast, ran a fab workshop in #Eastbourne based on The Work That Reconnects Network, to help develop inner resilience to crises like #ClimateBreakdown. Would anybody else locally wish to attend a repeat of this workshop or learn more about the network?

This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started

We need to see what lessons and hints we can learn for Sussex

🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder. "the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...

🎥 Carbon Dioxide Removal methods including #nature action for #ClimateAction PL RP🩷💚💙 @j1j2.bsky.social @mikeyestmikeymike.bsky.social @audebm.bsky.social @globaldoc1.bsky.social @knighthawk899.bsky.social @ptcontagion.bsky.social @b1gart.bsky.social @lyneh1.bsky.social original graph by IPCC

The higher taxes on gambling are also good news. The grip of this parasitic industry on high streets, sport and broadcasting is a social disaster. bsky.app/profile/prem...

The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty. It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.

Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.

So it looks like Rachel Reeves has *not* abolished or cut back the cycle to work scheme. Perhaps she has read the Treasury's own 2023 assessment of the scheme, which found that in terms of creating modal shift, and thus boosting public health, it is very, very effective. www.gov.uk/government/p...

That’s the right way round for a labour budget.

Clearly a deal that favors Russia. Reward the dictator.

Speaking in Brighton this PM, Zack Polanski has announced that Green Party of England & Wales membership is now over 170,000 - which means over 100,000 people have joined the party since his election in September

Good news that public landowners will be setting out how they are meeting nature restoration targets! @ippr.org previously called on public landowners to play a greater role in contributing to 30x30 and Environment Act targets - this is a move in the right direction www.ippr.org/articles/dri...

Confirmed: Russia blew up the railroad in Poland with planted explosives.

In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases.

Looks like yesterday's swingeing crackdowns & vicious monstering of migrants announced by Labour has worked just as planned & really appeased & tamed the worst of Reform's cruel vindictive impulses & not immediately led to a racism arms race as critics warned it would. Oh...

Remember this? Fox News tried going after Denmark's social safety net. This Danish politician's legendary fact check shows us all how it’s done. Via @nowthisimpact.bsky.social x.com/nowthisnews/...

In a spell-binding move, Reform run, cash-strapped, Kent County Council repaints the yellow 'Keep Clear' lines outside a school that closed 10 years ago news.sky.com/story/reform...

“Automobile industry analysts say that manufacturers are attracted to high profit margins from SUVs: they can make more money from SUVs even tho they make fewer vehicles.” "If ranked among countries, the global fleet of SUVs would be the world's 5th largest emitter of CO2…” We all pay the costs.

Interesting development that was teased a few months ago and I know some people were asking for. Air to air heat pumps don't use radiators - they're more like air conditioning units that can blow either warm or cool.

The scale of this toxic #biobeads leak from #Eastbourne's wastewater treatment works run by Southern Water is utterly catastrophic, adding to the many huge pollution incidents the company has been guilty of over the years. The only effective remedy is to nationalise the company immediately.

Sussex Wildlife Trust CEO Chris Corrigan speaks to ITV Meridian about how bio-bead pollution from Southern Water's wastewater treatment plant is impacting wildlife at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.