Peter Dowd

[China Science @ChinaScience]

More than 25,000 artificially-bred Yangtze sturgeon were released into the Yangtze River recently in Jiang'an County, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The Yangtze sturgeon is a rare fish species endemic to the Yangtze River and is under China's first-class state protection. Expanding restocking efforts is a key measure to restore natural reproduction and rebuild wild populations.

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

This needs posting everywhere

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Caroline Lucas: "We need to recognise that what happened on the streets of Belfast was being orchestrated by the far right, by Elon Musk, by a network of people who actually want this to happen, so it wasn't quite as spontaneous as it looked.. and that has to be stopped"

[Jade Blue @jadeblueLDN]

A rape case was dropped 13 days before trial.

Years later, an independent review found it should have gone ahead.

But by then, it was too late.

Here's why that matters.

A woman reported a rape.

Three and a half years later, she was preparing for trial.

Then the CPS dropped the case.

The reason? A sexsomnia defence.

The case would never be heard by a jury.

Most people thought that was the end.

It wasn't.

She requested a Victim's Right to Review.

An independent Chief Crown Prosecutor reviewed the decision.

The conclusion was extraordinary.

The case should never have been dropped.

In fact, the review found it was more likely than not that a jury would have convicted.

But there was a devastating problem.

The CPS had already offered no evidence in court.

Double jeopardy meant the case could never be reopened.

The decision was found to be wrong.

The outcome could not be changed.

So she sued the CPS.

The CPS apologised.

They paid damages.

They changed policy.

And today, there is a pilot scheme that gives victims an option for a review before rape cases are dropped.

That woman was me.

My case can't be put back before a jury.

But others shouldn't have to hear that a case should have gone to trial only after it's too late to do anything about it.

That's why I'm campaigning for victims to have a review before cases are dropped.

And for the current pilot to become permanent.

Not after.

When it's too late.

#RightToBeReviewed #VictimsRights #JusticeMatters

[betty jo @harvickgirl_4]

@smc429 More than "friends" @FLOTUS

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

"A ten-year-old started screaming about a wave no one could see—and 100 people lived because her parents believed her.
December 26, 2004. Mai Khao Beach, Phuket, Thailand. Christmas holiday. Perfect weather. The Smith family walked along the sand on their first overseas vacation together.
Then Tilly noticed something wrong.
The water wasn't behaving normally. ""It wasn't calm and it wasn't going in and then out,"" she later recalled. ""It was just coming in and in and in.""
The sea had turned frothy—""like you get on a beer,"" she said. ""It was sort of sizzling.""
Any other ten-year-old might have thought it strange. Tilly knew exactly what it meant.
Two weeks earlier, her geography teacher Andrew Kearney had shown the class footage of the 1946 tsunami that devastated Hawaii. He taught them the warning signs: sea receding unusually far, frothy bubbling water, ocean behaving strangely.
Tilly was watching those exact warning signs unfold in front of her.
She started screaming at her parents. ""There's going to be a tsunami!""
They didn't believe her. They couldn't see any wave. The sky was clear. The beach was calm.
But Tilly wouldn't stop. She became more insistent, more frantic.
""I'm going,"" she finally said. ""I'm definitely going. There is definitely going to be a tsunami.""
Her father Colin heard the urgency in her voice. He decided to trust his daughter.
By coincidence, a Japanese man nearby overheard Tilly use the word ""tsunami."" He'd just heard news of an earthquake in Sumatra. ""I think your daughter's right,"" he said.
Colin alerted hotel staff. They began evacuating immediately.
Tilly's mother Penny was one of the last to leave. She had to sprint as the water began rushing in behind her. ""I ran,"" she recalled, ""and then I thought I was going to die.""
They made it to the second floor with seconds to spare.
Then the wave hit. Thirty feet tall.
Everything on the beach—beds, palm trees, debris—was swept into the pool and beyond. ""Even if you hadn't drowned,"" Penny later said, ""you would have been hit by something.""
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killed over 230,000 people across 14 countries. Entire beaches in Phuket were wiped out.
But at Mai Khao Beach, not a single person died.
Because a ten-year-old girl paid attention in geography class.
Tilly was hailed as the ""Angel of the Beach."" She received awards, spoke at the United Nations, met Bill Clinton. Her story is now taught in schools worldwide.
Her father Colin still thinks about what could have happened. ""If she hadn't told us, we would have just kept on walking,"" he said. ""I'm convinced we would have died.""
Tilly still credits her teacher. ""If it wasn't for Mr. Kearney,"" she told the UN, ""I'd probably be dead and so would my family.""
Two weeks. One lesson. One hundred lives.
That's the power of education.

[Dr. Serge Zaka (Dr. Zarge) @SergeZaka]

On peut le dire clairement maintenant : nous nous dirigeons vers l’un des événements thermiques les plus spectaculaires jamais observés en France tout mois confondus, totalement hors du champ statistique de ce qui a été connu jusqu’à présent en mai. C’est absolument délirant :
➡️Le record national de chaleur pour un mois de mai pourrait être battu, avec plus de 36-37°C attendus en France pendant PLUSIEURS JOURS.
➡️Les 35°C pourraient remonter jusqu’à la moitié nord du pays, tandis que la Bretagne vivrait une situation totalement hors normes (il ne serait pas étonnant d'y approcher les 34°C !!). Nous sommes à +15°C au-dessus des normes sur la façade Atlantique !
➡️Lundi, mardi et mercredi pourraient devenir, de très loin, les journées les plus chaudes jamais observées en France en mai, avec plus de 30°C sur la quasi-totalité du territoire.
➡️Des records mensuels pourraient tomber plusieurs jours de suite, y compris sur des stations centenaires, tant l’épisode s’annonce intense et durable : jusqu’à 10 jours possibles.
➡️On est vraiment à la limite des seuils de canicules et de vague de chaleur : nous sommes en mai, au printemps !

[The Extreme Music Enthusiast @TheExtremeMusi1]

26 years ago today, Moby released 'Play' — the groundbreaking electronic album that brought old blues and gospel samples to the mainstream. "Porcelain", "Natural Blues", "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?"... Over 12 million copies sold and still sounds fresh.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Are you actually seeing this post?

Ever since Donald threw his latest unhinged temper tantrum about me (again), folks have been telling me I've mysteriously vanished from their feeds. It appears the deeply unwell narcissist is so terrified of dealing with me in Congress that he’s begged @elonmusk to throttle my account.

This kind of pathetic desperation is nothing new. But I need YOU to help me beat Donald and Elon at their own game. Don't let a malignant sociopath and his billionaire enabler silence us.

Please like, retweet, and click the link below to support my campaign. Let's give him something to really cry about.
https://t.co/NiW1Ro2kZa

[Prof. Steve Keen @ProfSteveKeen]

With fertilizer, this planet feeds 8.5 billion people.

Without it, we can feed around 2 billion.

We have just disrupted 30% of global fertilizer supply through the Strait of Hormuz. And people are still talking about this as if it is an oil story.

It is not an oil story. It is a food story. And the numbers do not care about politics.

Watch the full breakdown: https://t.co/uoO29ao98F

#FoodSecurity #Fertilizer #StraitOfHormuz #GlobalFoodCrisis #SteveKeen #Economics

[Jessica Louiseee @LibertyLouiseee]

@StevenCheung47 @lbc360 “Mouth breathing moron” says the morbidly obese, extra chromosome Zionist piece of cow shit. This you upside down? Almost makes you less unattractive than right side up🫠

[Sarah Fitzpatrick @S_Fitzpatrick]

EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @TheAtlantic: https://t.co/6Cp8XKVaqp

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Crazy isn't it Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party had an 'antisemitism crisis' and now Zack Polanski's Green Party does.

While Nigel Farage's Reform party, with Nigel Farage and loads of Nazi lovers, doesn't.

It's like it's some kind of scam used against Left Wing parties.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

When you see the relentless attacks from other parties on the Greens across the media remember this:

They hate our plan to end Rip Off Britain.

They don't want a wealth tax.

They don't want public ownership & lower bills.

They're trying everything in their power to stop us.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Make this tweet blow up my muchachos 👇

[Miami Herald @MiamiHerald]

@safety @nikitabier Investigative reporter Julie K. Brown (@jkbjournalist), who has covered Jeffrey Epstein for years, has been locked out of her @X account since Saturday and has been unable to regain access. Any help getting her access back would be greatly appreciated.

[Tom Williams @tommyboy0690]

Trump’s war exposed the military’s growing weakness: NYT https://t.co/uX6HXUAm7N

[Tim Walker @ThatTimWalker]

I’m not a Catholic, but wouldn’t it be great if we could get #Ilovethepope trending as he’s plainly a good, decent, principled human being, and, on Musk’s platform, this will annoy a lot of powerful, evil people. Do please repost.