End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

Are you watching Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

As Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick his Shadow Chancellor, here's a quick reminder of the sort of man Reform wants to put in charge of the nation's finances

Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office

📌 ICYMI — Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to ‘Topple’ Theresa May

The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now"…

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A photograph I took quite early on New Year's Day, 2019, while walking on the Isle of Purbeck during the research for my book Ring The Hill, not long before I did a tweet using the photo and this same caption. I imagine it won't have as much impact here, since loads of people have since reused it, and the phrase is now more widely known. It is still very very true, though. Lots of things are solved by walking. Although not everything, obviously.

Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".

Sign the petition to end peat sales! No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

Can you take this over 10,000 signatures? It’s so close… actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

Does Pete’s sister have a share in the hardware shop too..? 🙏

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back goodlawproject.org/s/4860b3

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations Taxing Britain’s SUVs in line with other European countries could raise almost £2bn a year for the public finances, research has shown. The Transport & Environment thinktank has urged the government to use the autumn budget to bring in a levy on the largest vehicles, which it said would reflect the damage they caused to the environment and infrastructure. Continue reading...

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

Ofcom: stop TalkTV broadcasting hate TalkTV is Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News for the UK – a constant source of toxic hate and far-right lies. Over the last 11 weeks, TalkTV has been spouting transphobic hate again and again – totally ignorin...

TalkTV is airing attacks on trans people without broadcasting the views of those who support trans rights. Call on Ofcom to take action:
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A tuft of crown tipped coral mushrooms grows between two logs in a sunny green forest. Each ivory arm is topped with a little hand 🙌 All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

#BookSky

Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.

Rowena Cade (1893–1983) artist, builder, creator of the open air cliff-side Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Cornwall, UK, with the help of her gardener Billy and only hand tools. She continued to build into her last years #WomensArt

Screenshot from twitter: Basil the Great @Basil_TGMD Transport For London are literally racist against White people TFL are controlled by a Board appointed by Sadiq Khan Surely he should be prosecuted for a hate crime... no?

Screenshot from TfL.gov.uk accompanying the tweet: Internship Learn the essential skills you need to start your career in industries like public relations, public affairs or marketing environment. Apply now How long: II months Where: London based hybrid working. Anticipated I to 2 days on average in the office- subject to working patterns and business requirements. Salary: A bursary of £21,824 (reviewed in line with London Living Wage) What you'll need • You must be of Black, Asian and minority ethnic background, defined as having some African, Afro-Caribbean. Asian or other non-white heritage

Really?🤦🏼‍♀️

These posts pop up periodically and are mind numbingly tedious.

Is TFL being “racist against white people” by offering an internship to those with a minority ethnic background?

Or is it possible there’s more to this than the screenshot and tweet suggest?🤷🏼‍♀️

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A few stripes from the past few days. #moths #inverts #norfolk

A tuft of wiry-stemmed collared parachute mushrooms growing from a bit of decayed wood I found nestled in the forest floor. Sunlight illuminates their gills, and their little caps look like parachutes drifting on the wind. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

Newspaper headline: Nigel Farage speech: Reform leader's turn to promise the earth He presented a hazy vision of policies then challenged the prime minister to join him in watching an extinct horse-racing TV show

Nigel Farage has been making some big populist promises.

But behind the soundbites lies not only a financial black hole, but tells us a lot about the future he sees for Britain:

Let’s take a closer look

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Photo of an embroideted ball with repeated geometric patterning forming hexagons in blue with an inner flower-like form in pink, red or purple, the ball is on a white surface

An embroidered folk artform known as Temari, meaning ‘hand ball’, given as special gifts in Japan #WomensArt

Over 20,000 people have signed our petition in less than a week! ✍️💥

Thank you for your support. Together we can urge the UK Government to protect and grow investment in the arts and culture.

Let's keep it going 👇🌱
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Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs

“The new guidance is shocking. Women in these circumstances have a right to compassionate care and to have their dignity and privacy respected, not to have their homes, phones, ­computers and health apps searched, or be arrested and interrogated”

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Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...

End the badger cull - it doesn’t work and is cruel to one of our most loved animals - almost over 100,000 signatures triggering a parliamentary debate. Time for smarter policy for nature. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... 🦡

Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ...

Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition now to show them the public still backs this nature-friendly fix:

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Please be one of the remaining 850 signatures if you haven't yet signed. A HUGE THANK YOU!

“It’s like torture”: The tilt table test could be risky for many people with Long COVID - The Sick Times “The tilt table test is likely to be contraindicated in people with severe ME/CFS and related conditions,” Harvey said. Studies show about half of all Long COVID patients meet the diagnostic criteria ...

Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social: really important story by
@jewstein3000.bsky.social about how the tilt table test, commonly used to diagnose POTS, can be dangerous for people with Long COVID and ME. thesicktimes.org/2025/04/08/i...

Up to 88,748 signatures. We need to get to 100,000 by 22nd May to be able to push for a debate in parliament...

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Painting of a street scene with a a large tree in blossom in a front garden, in a row of large houses on a sunny day

Painter Melissa Scott-Miller, one of the many fantastic contemporary artists interviewed for the womensart1 book 'Unlocking Women's Art' .....via all good bookshops :)

‘I’ve never had a cinematic experience like it’: readers’ memories of Prince Charles Cinema As the much-loved cinema faces the threat of closure, six cinemagoers reminisce about their favourite moments at the film institution Just off London’s heaving Leicester Square, around the corner from M&M’s World, is the cult film venue the Prince…

‘I’ve never had a cinematic experience like it’: readers’ memories of Prince Charles Cinema