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[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

Read about the plot hatched in an exclusive Mayfair private members clubs where top fox-hunters (“ordinary country folk”) gathered to discuss devious ways in which to undermine democracy, and to hoodwinked ministers into continuing to allow the hunting of wildlife with packs of dogs 📷 https://t.co/cfMqprF8me

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

Consider signing this petition calling on Andy Burnham to reverse the current rollbacks in environmental protections, and narrow the health and nature inequalities that have been widening under recent Government policy. Link in first comment:

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

Profit has no place in the care of children.

This government must follow Wales' example, and urgently bring an end to profit in children's social care.

https://t.co/cz2c7ec83f

[Dr Rachel Claire Morris, Shadow Secretary of Snark @5By5Creativity]

Like many creative people my work was stolen to train AI which then took my jobs. I’m fighting back, starting a small press for human-only publishing, particularly by people 40+, Welsh, &/or neurodivergent. I need your help to begin: just £1 will help. 🙏🏼

https://t.co/nJ2VCxCk1b

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

Use our quick e-action to urge Amazon to stop selling cruel glue traps https://t.co/8OsJtve4lS

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

The Atlantic just released a tool that lets you see if your music has been scraped for AI training.

Recordings I sang on in King's College Choir are in there. So is the music of millions of other musicians.

Great work by @_alexreisner.

Check it here: https://t.co/2oT8tLeCJM

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

‼️𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘!‼️
⚠️𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙋𝙃𝙄𝘾 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂⚠️

Time is running out for our wildlife - we have just HOURS to save them from the ongoing cruelty of so-called 'trail hunting'. Trail hunting is hunting wildlife - the argument is won, there is no debate - it is old fashioned hunting dressed up as 'accidents'. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. The original ban allowed loopholes for this cruelty to continue, and hunters know how to exploit them.

THEIR TIME IS OVER - Make it happen, be a part of history that brought an end to cruelty.

Please have your say and tell the government YOUR views, before the consultation closes at 11:59pm on Thursday 18th June 2026.

❌NO MORE SMOKESCREENS
❌NO MORE LOOPHOLES
❌NO EXEMPTIONS
✅ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW
✅REAL SENTENCING DETERRENTS

https://t.co/LU5aw2G5YF

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

Want to end fox hunting? Take 15 seconds to do so: https://t.co/587PpPME74

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

PLEASE READ: We have just over a week to go before the public consultation on hunting is closed. Please take a moment to respond to it, details below!

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

Yesterday, the government published its ‘AI Adoption Plan’ for the creative industries.

Somewhat incredibly, it says we should be pushing AI adoption before the government resolves the issues around copyright.

This would be great for the AI industry, and terrible for creatives.

Important for people to know what the government is pushing here. Short thread on its contents ⬇️

1/n

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

When Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens kidnapped and murdered Sarah Everard, Nigel Farage released a five-minute video urging people not to attack men or the police.

Today, in response to the murder of Henry Nowak, he called for "pure cold rage."

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

As mink & otter hunts take to the water, Hunt Sabs are appealing to you - our eyes and ears in the countryside - for information.

The summer bloodsport season is well underway, with these hunts taking to the nation’s waterways from April to October to target mink and otter.

Whether it’s a post on social media or gossip overhead in a pub, no piece of information is too small to be of interest, and we treat all sources with 100% confidentiality.

If you hear a hunt is going to take place, or you’re out in the countryside and suspect you see or hear one of these hunts meeting or in progress, (eg. a collection of suspicious vehicles or hear a hunting horn and hounds on a river), then let Hunt Sabs know ASAP!

Read the full article 👇
https://t.co/Z8PUmJT8YP

[Hunt Saboteurs Association @HuntSabs]

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐒𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

For just £20 a year you can become a part of the Hunt Saboteurs Association and your support will directly help to save our wildlife.

As well as actively being out in the field using non-violent direct action to save wildlife, and evidencing the sickening extent of illegal hunting, sabs are also working hard behind the scenes to ensure we get a watertight ban on hunting.

As well as supporting over sixty affiliated groups, as part of your membership you will also receive a subscription to our HOWL magazine which is published three times a year. It includes exclusive group news as well as articles and a historical look at the HSA and the work we do.

https://t.co/s1vpFst2JT

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩.

[THE NERVE @thenerve_news]

Matt Brittin as director general could be a huge mistake for the BBC, says @carolecadwalla

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

I submitted an FOI request, and found out that the UK's Sovereign AI Fund doesn't check whether the companies it backs adhere to copyright law.

Sov AI's Chair, James Wise, has said publicly that they will "only invest in companies that follow [copyright law]" - but we now know they don't check this.

They may be tempted to say that asking companies specific questions on copyright would be overkill. But it would not be. Copyright is one of the most contentious legal issues around AI. We know that many AI companies exploit copyrighted work without permission, and it is widely believed that some British companies skirt the edges of UK law on this. This is an issue of critical importance, and ignoring it risks funneling public funds to exploitative companies.

Sov AI should specifically ask companies whether they adhere to copyright law before investing public money in them. But they should go further - they should ask whether the company trains on copyrighted work without a licence. These are different questions, since you could potentially adhere to UK law while training on copyrighted work in the US.

Asking these questions would add virtually no overhead to Sov AI's investment process, but would filter out companies that exploit copyrighted work without permission.

If the UK really wants to promote responsible AI, as the AI minister has said it does, Sov AI should add these checks asap.

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

If you want to support an artist who took the fight to AI companies, consider supporting Kelly McKernan.

They lost a ton of income after AI companies trained on their work without permission. So they fought back, filing a class action lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney & DeviantArt, along with Sarah Andersen and Karla Ortiz.

Now they are raising money to move across the country to take up a place on the MFA program at Pacific Northwest College of Art. And a donation gets you some of their amazing art :)

https://t.co/B5afmiSj34

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

'Share' if you want to see an end to fox hunting for good.

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

The UK Sovereign AI Fund’s recent investments in two billion-dollar AI companies are a waste of taxpayer funds.

The companies don’t need the money, and there is no clear benefit to British citizens.

My full post:

https://t.co/oRvQ6LRrtj

[Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex]

We won this debate - the Cambridge Union agreed that AI will kill the artist.

No one *on either side* argued AI will be good for artists. The opposition basically argued it won’t be that bad.

The fact that no pro-AI argument was even made says a lot about public views on AI.

[Cruelty Free International @CrueltyFreeIntl]

Future reliance on the use of animals in medical research and drug development is not backed up by the scientific evidence available 👉

There's no rational moral justification for using animals in experiments. Let's work together to put a stop to this: https://t.co/zQaX5Sw0xz