Gerard Loughlin 

Durham University

[Gerard Loughlin  @gerardpatrick]

The seagulls are happy.

[Paulina Guzik @Guzik_Paulina]

Pope Leo XIV was expected to reflect on pressing social issues and to refer - in his addresses to the Spanish society - to his groundbreaking "Magnifica Humanitas" encyclical.
He did not disappoint.
If you need Pope Leo's "Magnifica Humanitas" soundbite, here it comes:
" We must avoid humiliating or antagonistic words, opting rather for a clarity that sheds light and a frankness that unlocks new possibilities.
We cannot condone naïve enthusiasms, nor fuel unfounded fears. Instead, let us establish standards for discernment -- the dignity of the human person, the universal destination of goods, the preferential option for the poor, care for our common home and peace -- and let us translate these standards into practices such as responsible planning, the assessment of human and social impact, the inclusion of the most vulnerable, the promotion of digital literacy and guiding research and industry toward justice and peace."
(Magnifica Humanitas, 14).

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is really stupid, and it’s not getting enough attention.

The Trump administration is pulling a working $368 million ocean monitoring system out of the water, equipment taxpayers already bought, built, and sank into the deep ocean.

And they are doing it right when the oceans are behaving in ways that alarm the scientists who study them.

Record-breaking temperatures.

A system of Atlantic currents that may be lurching toward collapse.

The response?

Yank out the instruments and walk away.

That is not budgeting. That is smashing the gauges while the engine is on fire and calling it efficiency.

For what? The Trump administration dressed it up as a “nimbler approach” and “smart lifecycle management,” which is fancy nonsense for “we shut it off and hoped nobody would ask why.” There is no return-on-investment analysis. They cannot show taxpayers save a dime, because the gear is already paid for and the science it produces protects real money and real lives.

The kicker: the same people killing the monitors want to mine the deep sea for minerals. So they are destroying the only tools that could measure what that mining does. That is not an accident.

That is the point. You cannot see the damage if you break the instruments first.
https://t.co/MzE4AW1QBv

[Anthony Dent @_toosb]

Can’t imagine what motive Gove would have to go on their and face Hislop. It was always going to be messy for him.

[Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve]

@JDVance

[Michael Spicer @MrMichaelSpicer]

Nigel Farage Listens to the News

[Gerard Loughlin  @gerardpatrick]

All water companies should be in public ownership. https://t.co/lPk7SsPObI

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Robert Gros made £27m selling useless gowns via the VIP PPE Lane, of course he never paid back a penny, he bought 2 mansions instead.

RT and see if we can make him as famous as Michelle Mone.

[Gerard Loughlin  @gerardpatrick]

Entirely agree. But little expectation of the government doing the right thing.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Water firm faces £44.7m 'enforcement package' for sewage failings."

Yet more BS from Ofwat, these companies have illegally being dumping sewage they should loose their operating licences, directors should be going to jail.

Govt needs, could and should fire the entire board of Ofwat today.

https://t.co/6CGmzWtLzo

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Polite reminder. Trump & Brexit are not 2 different things. They are the same thing. Same companies. Same data. Same Facebook. Same Russians. Same Cambridge Analytica. Same Robert Mercer. Same Steve Bannon. Same Breitbart. Same Alexander Nix. Same Donald Trump. Same Nigel Farage.

[Steven Isserlis @StevenIsserlis]

Martha Argerich is 85! Unbelievable - 85 going on 25; as she says 'I just don't feel old.' A very happy birthday to a musical/ human dynamo - passionately warm-hearted, fiercely loyal, perennially self-doubting ('forgive my sins' she mutters before going onstage); and adorable!

[David @Zero_4]

“I would rather have a community made up of diversity, of women, of LGBT people, of young people, people with disabilities…”

Reform’s Rob Kenyon: “I agree..”

“…than someone like yourself who is sexist, & has shown an opposition to diversity, like your Party does”

#bbcqt

[Gerard Loughlin  @gerardpatrick]

@stellacreasy I’m a little dismayed that you don’t have an issue with Julie Bindel.

[Gerard Loughlin  @gerardpatrick]

Maureen Duffy | 1933-2026 https://t.co/0IUaVICqY5

[Gerard Loughlin  @gerardpatrick]

@frankcottrell_b I have a high ceiling in my bathroom, and one year wasps started building a nest there. Fascinating but unwanted. Happily found someone to remove it.

[Gerard Loughlin  @gerardpatrick]

Brothers found guilty of 1984 civil servant murder https://t.co/q8bBXCh2Wp

[Gerard Loughlin  @gerardpatrick]

Belsay rhododendrons

[Gerard Loughlin  @gerardpatrick]

@chiky_handlr 🤚