Gallinula

I notice. I care.
Still not sure what I want to be when I grow up.
Pining for the sea🌊

[Dr Rahmeh Aladwan @doctor_rahmeh]

We will all be asked about the Holocaust of the Palestinians. Every single one of us.

[Bradley Wall 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺🇬🇧🌍 @BWallArthur]

@ZiaYusufUK @Nigel_Farage Foreign funded Farage and his merry band of failed tories and Trump sycophants out to further asset strip our country

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

I have signed a letter to the Government, alongside over 100 MPs, calling for the UK to urgently reopen and scale up medical evacuations for critically ill children in Gaza. 

We cannot ignore the scale of suffering. The war has devastated Gaza's health system and thousands of children are trapped without access to life-saving treatment.

The UK has a moral duty to act.

[Gallinula @Think_Reed_Line]

@TravelDestiny10 I think not....I'd like to be there, but it's not Cotswolds

[Ruth Strauss Foundation @RuthStraussFdn]

It’s finally #RedforRuth! 🏏 The @englandcricket players are ready and so are we.

@Lord’s is turning red to raise vital funds for parents navigating an incurable cancer diagnosis.

We provide families with reassurance, support and resources to help them find the words to talk to their children about one of life’s toughest situations.

Whether you’re in-ground, watching from home, or listening on the go, please show your support if you can by texting FIVE or TEN to 70600 to donate £5 or £10.

[England's North East @Englands_NE]

Northern history map prints by Tangled Worm 👉 https://t.co/PWG8sh2j9d Viking Northumbria; North East Collieries; The Roman North; Castles; Civil War; Northumberland; Durham

[Gallinula @Think_Reed_Line]

@scriptwren 😔

[B @scriptwren]

Good thread. I experienced all of these in my past failed marriage. I really believe they can be worked on but it takes both of you, not just one partner. When number 3 kicks in, often it’s just one of you trying to work to rebuild. And contempt is a killer.

[neyi kaybettiğini hatırla @neyikaybettik]

Hussam Ebu Safieh, "İsrail'in rehineler için ölüm cezası" ile öldürülecek olan Filistinli doktorlardan biridir (diğer 95 doktor arasında).

Onu öldürmelerine izin verme.
Bunu yeniden yayınlayın.

[Liza Adamczewski or the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski]

If you’re feeling stressed come and play hunt the dragonfly with me at the wildlife pond I made a few years ago. Sound up full for birdsong and it should help you to relax

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Alex Kershaw’s D-Day coverage has begun.

Every year it is utterly exceptional.

Do ‘Follow’ him and keep up-to-date with his posts:

[Mel @Villgecrazylady]

These are the four college girls, including one American citizen, the IDF kidnapped in the middle of the night from their homes and threw into their torture dungeons.

Jolan Abu Awwad, Natali Abu Dayya, Laila Nael Khalil, Sama Safi

Israel has a policy called “administrative detention” that allows them to kidnap Palestinians and imprison them for 6 month increments without any charges whatsoever. These holdings can drag out for years.

Over 3,000 Palestinians were being held on administrative detention in Israeli prisons on October 7. That’s why Hamas took all those Israelis back to Gaza. To exchange for their release.

But do you see how that works? When Israel kidnaps people and holds them for months and years on end, they are simply “prisoners on administrative detention.” But when Hamas does it, they are “hostages.”

[Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden]

@TerraOrBust That’s misleading.

The EU has banned cosmetic animal testing since 2004/2009 and banned the sale of animal-tested cosmetics since 2013.

The real debate is about whether REACH sometimes undermines that ban by requiring additional testing for chemical safety purposes.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Two German tourists went on holiday to Hawaii for 3 weeks.

But they never left the airport. They were arrested, interrogated for 7.5 hours, accused of intending to work illegally with zero proof.

They were held in prison for 3 days then deported.

DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE USA.

[Deborah Lesurf @deblesurf]

25 Cornish councils will petition government to allow sewage and water to be publicly owned and properly managed as a public service 👏👏👏

[James 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @EasyPeasy_3]

His date of birth is 17 Dec 2005. Please retweet this. If you know him, please tell him to remain anonymous. He just needs to contact DKMS, even if it’s to say ‘no’. That would give us closure.

[🌻 Go Wild With Annette @writethewrongs2]

Sad news 💚

Failing sea defences 'disaster' for nature reserve

An internationally-important nature reserve faces "disaster" after being flooded by seawater because of failing coastal defences, conservationists have said.

The 120-hectare (300-acre) Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve near Portsmouth is designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA), Special Area for Conservation (SAC) and Ramsar site.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has highlighted a failing tidal valve and crumbling sea wall which are letting salt water flood grazing marshland and wash away birds' nests and reed beds.

The Environment Agency (EA) said it was working to find a permanent fix but estimated it would cost about £90m to replace the entire 2-mile (3.5km) sea defence.

The site is home to bird species including bearded tit, avocet, redshank and lapwing.

Jamie Marsh, director of land management for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, said: "This is a bit of a disaster", with eight hectares of reed bed already lost.
"We have a tidal flap that's not sealing off properly and we're seeing water flooding into the site.
"The elevated sea levels have flooded out a lot of these areas and consequently flooded out a lot of the nesting areas. So nests have been lost."

Birds have been forced to move to higher ground to renest and rebreed.

More here: https://t.co/VWVBqpFpEA

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Swimmers warned to avoid sewage release area."

Southern Water up to their old tricks again I see. Sewage illegally dumped into the sea and people told to say out of the water.

When are govt going to get a grip?

https://t.co/3jNNjEmDwF

[EuropeanPowell @EuropeanPowell]

What has changed since 2023: Starmer's AI Growth Zones, launched 2025, operate as "regulatory sandboxes" where "regulatory experimentation" can take place. Applications remain open indefinitely. Data centres have been designated Critical National Infrastructure since September 2024, meaning they jump planning queues. 84% of proposed UK data centre developments are sited in areas already water-stressed or projected to be so by 2040

[Maureen Langloss @MaureenLangloss]

My 15yo feels like not enough has been done to address mental health at her school following a suicide in her class, so yesterday she met with the head of the school to share her concerns & some ideas she has that might help. It went really well & was an empowering moment.