Norma Saunders: eco-socialist, eco-spirituality.

Climate/nature emergency communicator. CEO. Chaplain. Writer. Educator. Vegan. Pagan. Art. Ceramic history. Heritage. Mother. BA (Hons), Cert M. Dir., FRSA, FLS

[Norma Saunders: eco-socialist, eco-spirituality. @NormaSaunders]

The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. Take pressure off nature: promote natural regen biodiversity veganism adoption; lower population protect water/soil; ban chemicals/heavy plant/hedge flail in agri/forests; stop destructive development

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

"What's happening in Gaza is a Holocaust and what's being designed by the Israel government is the final solution to the Palestinian problem. As a Holocaust survivor my reaction is not in my name."

Holocaust Survivor Stephen Kapos

CC: LBC @Lewis_Goodall @hasanthehun

[S. Prabhu Ⓥ @Sharzard5]

We should be enjoying life in a tropical jungle. You have kidnapped us and bred our young to enslave new generations. In the heart of your august institutions is a perpetual kidnapping operation.

We are #OneBillionScreams
We are @PolAnimalClass

[Norma Saunders: eco-socialist, eco-spirituality. @NormaSaunders]

The horse on the right has had its legs fired. Total evil.

[Aakash Shaw @Shaw_Ak47]

This is Versova Beach. Not a movie set. This is real.

• Spiked bits in their mouths. Illegal.

• Foam from pain and exhaustion.

• Still want that “fun” horse ride?

Your 10 minutes of fun = their lifetime of suffering. Say NO to animal rides.

[Norma Saunders: eco-socialist, eco-spirituality. @NormaSaunders]

@Shaw_Ak47 The horse on the right has had its legs fired. Total evil.

[Artists for Palestine UK @Art4PalestineUK]

NEW: Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, Steve Coogan & Lord John Hendy KC among around 100 public figures warning of miscarriage of justice if 4 human rights defenders receive unprecedented terrorism sentences for taking action against Israeli arms manufacturer https://t.co/x6yAgqEYUv

[HODAN HOMES @HodanHomes]

Welcome to Trumps US 🇺🇸

A wanted war criminal is welcome.

A football referee chosen as Africa’s best NOT welcome.

[HODAN HOMES @HodanHomes]

BREAKING: Spain football star Yamal may not be at start of Spain’s World Cup match due to US Visa issues.

Natanyahu has personally requested for Yamal not to be allowed into the US 🇺🇸 as he was seen holding Palestinian flag 🇵🇸 during a celebration.

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours:

• Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later.

• Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States.

• The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Türkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas.

• Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament.

• The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas.

• Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism.

• The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media.

• Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure.

• Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

It is absolutely unconscionable that the British government is *still* supplying arms to Israel.

[Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat]

Did someone say there was freedom in the West?

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

Visa refusals for journalists from Iran, Senegal, Ivory Coast mean this World Cup is a disaster before it even begins
https://t.co/b4I4JUZP3N

[Howard Beckett @BeckettUnite]

Starmer and Lammy today sanctioned Iran 🇮🇷 for the missile attack on Israel 🇮🇱 in response to their pager attack that killed over 40 Lebanese 🇱🇧 and injured 3,500.

Last night Israel 🇮🇱 burned Palestinians 🇵🇸 alive in their tents.

Not a word from Starmer or Lammy.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

What an absolute disgrace. A FIFA-certified referee being denied entry to the United States purely because he is Somali.

The World Cup is meant to bring people together. This is racism, plain and simple. Shameful.

https://t.co/rpSgTmmPU4

[Ahmed Shihab-Eldin @aseisfree]

The Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, selected by @FIFAWorldCup and distinguished by CAF as the best African referee of 2025, was rejected upon arriving in the United States at Miami airport and deported back to Istanbul.

This World Cup is the worst.

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

The U.S. World Cup in one horrible photo:

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 HUMILIATION AT THE WORLD CUP: SENEGAL STARS TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS BY US BORDER THUGS

Senegal 🇸🇳 national team arrives in the US for #WorldCup2026 — and what do they get?

US authorities pulling them off the plane for aggressive bag searches, invasive checks, and public degradation right on the tarmac. Top African football giants disrespected like suspects.

This is not "security." This is racist arrogance from the host nation that lectures the world on fairness while treating African players like second-class humans.

Same America blocking referees, humiliating teams, and showing its true face to the Global South.

Senegal, Africa is with you. CAF and FIFA — speak up or remain useless puppets.

The World Cup belongs to the world, not to US ego and discrimination.

Expose this disgrace. Share widely.

[Marc Pieterse (⧖) @marcpieterse.bsky.social @PieterseMarc]

🦈 This is a probably porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus). ‘Vulnerable’ On the IUCN Red List of Endangered species. Caught. Dying. Dumped. Dragged from the depths by industrial fishing, this shark was labeled “bycatch” and thrown back, dead or dying. One more victim of a brutal system that slaughters billions, unseen. Porbeagles are not protected globally. Most people have never heard of them. But they’re vanishing.🎣 Bycatch isn’t an accident, it’s the price of a system that treats life as waste.🌊 Every fishing line, every trawl net, every “sustainable” label hides a death toll.💔 The oceans need a break. Stop funding destruction. Go plant-based. Speak out. #PorbeagleShark #BycatchKills #StopIndustrialFishing #SaveOurOceans #EndBycatch #OceanExtinction #VeganForThePlanet #AnimalRights #ProtectWhatRemains

[Natalie Bennett @natalieben]

No, I don't agree with government.

Taking scarce water supplies for data centres is not the same as for homes, or food-growing, or looking after nature

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

In a field near Wicken, Cambridgeshire larkspur is grown for London florists along with cornflowers & Nigella. It’s quite a sight just now-some floral dopamine for you 🌿:

[Norma Saunders: eco-socialist, eco-spirituality. @NormaSaunders]

@springmeister fairy plants