Jane Whild

Using my voice for gender equality | Action on tackling Misogyny and Climate Emergency | @5050Parliament Ambassador| Love messing around in boats

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Trumpian censorship in the UK

Teacher, librarians under pressure to remove books on race, identity, social justice from libraries.

200 titles pulled from one Greater Manchester school library, including books by Black authors.

What are we becoming?
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[Jane Whild @janewhild]

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[Science girl @sciencegirl]

A municipality near Copenhagen, Denmark, is testing an unusual solution to a growing environmental concern: light pollution.

In Gladsaxe, sections of road and a busy cycle path have been fitted with red-spectrum LED streetlights instead of conventional white lighting. The aim is to maintain safe visibility for people while reducing the impact of artificial light on local wildlife.

Research has shown that bright white lighting can interfere with the natural behaviour of many nocturnal species. Bats, in particular, can be affected, with some avoiding lit areas and others changing their feeding habits.

The red lighting used in the Danish trial is designed to be less disruptive to bats. The scheme also incorporates dark gaps between illuminated sections, creating wildlife corridors that allow light-sensitive animals to move more freely through the area.

Despite the change in colour, the lighting still complies with safety requirements for pedestrians and cyclists. Project leaders believe the initiative demonstrates that urban safety and nature conservation can coexist.

As cities continue to grow, light pollution is increasingly recognised as an environmental issue, influencing insects, birds, mammals, and even plant life. Researchers are now monitoring the project to assess its long-term effectiveness.

If the results are positive, the approach could offer a practical template for other cities seeking to reduce their ecological footprint. Sometimes a simple adjustment, such as changing the type of street lighting used, can make a meaningful difference.

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

It’s often said that prioritising nature reduces crop yields. But this Chinese study shows the opposite. Restoring grasslands increased rainfall and reduced high temperatures locally, thus boosting harvests.

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[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Then they call you lazy and tell you to eat less.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

This solar energy farm in Australia is made up of more than 1 million solar panels. It will produce enough energy to power over 200,000 households.

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Starmer’s plan to fund a defence boost by cutting £6bn from net zero, transport, the NHS and schools, is akin to burning your clothes to stay warm.

Hybrid warfare isn’t just about missiles and drones. Its frontline is also public services, energy, infrastructure, and the social cohesion a productive state strengthens.

Cutting net zero undermines our ability to bring down bills and achieve energy dependence.

Transport is military mobility. A health service one dire winter from collapse is a hybrid warfare vulnerability.

These aren’t what you sacrifice for security. They’re what security is made of.

The story this approach tells all of us is that our bus routes, hospital care and energy bills - are the price of the nation’s safety.

That’s not just a shit political message it’s the kind of framing that enhances the goals of hostile states.

Desperate stuff. We can do better.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Southern Water sparks fury with ‘absolutely disgusting’ sewage dumping plans."

So Southern Water's big plan to fix the sewage scandal is simply to extent their pipework and dump it further out to sea, no I'm not kidding, just as the good people of Whitstable. @SOSWhitstable

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[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

They want knowledge privatised. They want us not to know and not to be able to call them out.
They want (our) ignorance.
The dark truth…

[CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 @CommunityPlann1]

"Planning officers says the proposed development would harm the landscape by turning open countryside into an urban housing estate, and would also see the loss of some good quality farmland..."
But lack of a 5 Yr HLS means it will be permitted.
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[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

"Girl, 5, traumatised after physician associate wrongly prescribed vaginal pessary"

"Mother, who thought daughter was being examined by GP, says girl began to bleed and scream in pain after device inserted"

Your reminder that the Labour government while updating budgets for GP practices, also restricted their ability to hire more GPs

Labour provided budgets for more PAs and not more GPs, even though we have GPs who cannot get jobs right now

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