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Animal/human rights.Climate change. Decency, fairness, equality, empathy, truth. “Kindness is stronger than iron bars.” ~ Mary Queen of Scotland & The Isles

[jenga 💚 @GETucker1]

#Banksy #SirensoftheLambs #veganuary2017 https://t.co/kpKbIfBtSC

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Does Westminster Council need reminding that the law allows them to reject any objection they consider to be “frivolous”, “vexatious” or a “repetition”. From what I hear of the Soho Society's conduct all three would apply.

Or maybe Westminster Council just like it that way.

[Nick Dearden @nickdearden75]

Digging into the Palantir contracts is like peeling an onion with a rotten core. The corruption at the heart of the British state stinks to high heaven.

https://t.co/fOGaIJXH20

[Chris Wick @ChrisWickNews]

They told you the planet is dying… and you’re the problem.

Your food.
Your habits.
Your existence.

Meanwhile, behind closed doors, something else is growing.

AI data centres in the UK alone could pump out 123 million tonnes of carbon emissions — the equivalent of millions of human lives over a decade.

But where’s the outrage?

Instead, they blame cows… tax farmers… and squeeze the people who actually feed you.

While tech giants expand quietly… signing deals… building systems that never sleep… and never get questioned.

Different rules.
Different targets.
Same script.

So let me ask you…

Why are everyday people being punished…
while the biggest emitters keep getting rewarded?
Is this really about saving the planet…
or controlling who pays the price?
Drop your thoughts below — I want to hear what you think.

And if this made you stop and think for even a second… share it.

More people need to see this.

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

A surveillance camera caught a brutal assault by an Israeli soldier and settlers on two young Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Video shows the victims being thrown to the ground and repeatedly beaten, including with a wooden plank, leaving them motionless.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

This isn’t Lebanon.

This is Gaza right now.

Israel is dropping bombs on tents packed with families in the middle of the night in Khan Younis.

This is what they call a “ceasefire.”

[Wokerati Marty @WokeratiMarty]

Climate activist and author Mikaela Loach on the political stitch-up of the Palestine Action Filton 24 defendants.

“For the first time in British history, protesters are due to be sentenced as terrorists. Please join us at Woolwich Crown Court on the 12th of June if you can.”

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

On Valentine’s Day in 2011, marine conservationist Michael Fishbach discovered Valentina — a humpback whale floating motionless on the surface of the Sea of Cortez, tightly entangled in a heavy fishing net. Michael jumped into the water with only a small knife and spent nearly an hour cutting through the net to free her. Valentina remained completely still and unmoving throughout the entire rescue. 💓✨

The moment she was released, Valentina did something that the entire crew on Michael’s boat has never been able to fully put into words — a special, deeply emotional act of gratitude.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Picturesque river polluted with sewage just 13 days after being given official bathing status."

Yep the River Avon at Salisbury was designated as a bathing spot on 15th May and just 13 days later on the 28th the EA have to issue a pollution warning due to E. coli levels. What a shambles.

https://t.co/nC3WWbwgt6

[The Daily Britain @dailybritainonx]

Lawyer Peter Stefanovic - whose political films have been watched over a billion times - breaks down Reform's Great Repeal Act line by line: strip day one sick pay, legalise fire and rehire, lift zero-hours protections, repeal the Renters' Rights Act, abolish the Equality Act, and leave the ECHR.

He also notes that almost half of Britons believe net migration has increased when it's fallen 48% to 171,000.

His conclusion: if the media explained Reform's policies, nobody would support them.

Full story at the link below 👇

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"United Utilities launches major £4.8m investment in Troutbeck."

That headline should of course read "Water company spends £4.8 million of bill payers money on complying with the law".

And they want a round of applause of that @ImogenGBarber

https://t.co/pVbo9dz602

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Water firm labelled 'worst-run company' after outages."

So first it's going to be Thames Water that gets nationalised, then South East Water, who's next?

https://t.co/kjFCW5qVz9

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

In 1975 companies in the UK paid out an average of 72% of their money in wages.

Now it is just 59%.

But wages are 'too high'.

So they say.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Thank you President 🇸🇮.
Palestine is the moral compass of our time.
From Spain to Slovenia there is hope for Europe. A Europe that puts people above banks and markets, rights above profits, and respects int'l law regardless of political calculus.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Are you happy that more than 2000 people who have served with the IDF in Gaza committing War Crimes are allowed to come and walk around in the UK with no checks at all?

Zack Polanski isn't and neither am I.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Thames Water should be nationalised, says Andy Burnham."

And he's right. Thames Water should have been renationalised years ago.

Bravo @AndyBurnhamGM 👏👏👏👏

https://t.co/w5QQPFcYMX

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

This is an image from @I_W_M of British Commandos on a landing craft approaching Sword Beach on D-Day, 6th June 1944. 82 years ago today.
War is a horrific thing; these men left their loved ones to enter its hellish cauldron. Some never returned. We remember their immense bravery and sacrifices to defeat fascism so that they should never be necessary again.

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

We all knew these situations were going to happen, and so did FIFA. Yet they still allowed the World Cup to go ahead in the U.S. They are not receiving anywhere near the level of scrutiny they should.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

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

The most abhorrent part in all of all of this is that Ofwat has just admitted that since 1994 when the sewage treatment regulations were introduced Welsh Water, like every other sewage company in the UK have been breaking the law.

That's 37 years of illegal activity, 37 years of incompetence, 37 years of failure, 37 years of the gross, violent, decimation of our rivers and beaches.

Where's the justice for them, where's the justice for bill players, where's the accountability, why aren't Ofwat's board now being prosecuted for misconduct in public office?

https://t.co/gn0tyg66Ti

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In the 1990s, Canadian ecologist Suzanne Simard made a groundbreaking discovery that challenged everything we thought we knew about how forests work. While studying managed forests in British Columbia, she noticed something puzzling: when birch trees were removed to promote the growth of valuable Douglas firs, the firs did not flourish as expected, they actually struggled and grew more slowly.

Determined to understand why, Simard traced the movement of nutrients using radioactive carbon isotopes. What she found was astonishing. Trees were actively sharing resources through vast underground fungal networks known as mycorrhizae. These delicate, thread-like fungi connect the roots of different trees across the forest floor, forming a complex web that allows the exchange of carbon, water, nutrients, and even chemical signals, sometimes between entirely different species.

She discovered that older, larger trees often serve as central "hubs" or "mother trees," supporting younger saplings by redistributing vital resources and helping the entire ecosystem remain resilient. When these key trees are removed, the underground network weakens, and the health of the remaining forest declines.

Simard’s research overturned the traditional Darwinian view of forests as battlegrounds of ruthless competition. Instead, she revealed a far more sophisticated reality: forests operate as highly cooperative systems where trees communicate, support one another, and even warn neighboring trees about threats like drought, disease, or insect attacks.

What appears to the human eye as a silent, still forest is, in truth, a vibrant, interconnected living network, built not on isolation and rivalry, but on deep connection and mutual aid.

[jenga 💚 @GETucker1]

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[Andrew Locking @andrewswalks]

Fields of gold in the local hay meadows this week #lakedistrict