Olly Robbins refused to give Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office top civil servant disputes that her department suggested vetting might not be needed

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@theguardian.com are you going to be publishing this, or just continue to attack the gov and Starmer?

This is a great short summary by Mary Colwell, CEO of Curlew Action explaining what the conservation issues are for curlews and why they are declining. Predation is another issue. You can hear her whole talk on Action For Curlew's wesite. Latest webinar.

Vast tracts of Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans have been cleared for plantations supplying a maker of "carbon-neutral" packaging, an investigation by AFP & The Gecko Project has found.

#orangutans #rainforest #Indonesia #deforestation
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Ridiculous & nasty

😬

NA monarchs in 🇲🇽Mexico🇲🇽, they travel thousands of miles to this breeding ground.

Butterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrations Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tra...

“ Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tracking their movements “
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What time if year are ticks active?

Let's see them building on the land they have all been banking for years

Disgraceful

"I am most concerned about how the power of AI could be abused"

'Godfather' of artificial intelligence, Yoshua Bengio, tells #Newsnight of his fear of "a world where the decisions are taken by a few CEOs"

They were hungry. And maybe made a getaway on your bike.

#FirstBirdOfMyDay blackbird singing from one of the trees and a few sparrows flitting around. My usually lively sparrow crew have been very quiet this last two weeks including at the feeders. I think they must be sitting on eggs. They are in all my swift boxes /brick, and other bird boxes

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT.

From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't.

A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:

I don't

Why didnt you test for animal welfare standards. Thays how I judge what I buy.

Network Rail. Please name the ecologists who told you it was ok to block the nests after the birds left. Any ecologist worthy of that title should know that swifts return to the exact same hole every yr to breed. Often they die trying to access.
But you know this as Derbyshire Swifts told you

#DerbyshireRail there's no excuse for your behaviour. Blocking an active swifts nest! A bird thats just completed an epic migration to raise its young here. A red listed bird. A bird that has flown the skies for ober 50,000 years. Now in over 66% decline in the last 30 years due to blocked nests 🤨

#cross-countryrail #UKgovrnment
Every time I travel by train it reminds me why I don't like traveling by train.
Thirdworld service. 6 hours, no drinks, over crowded. Always the same 😩

Interesting inside view of the president, in todays Independent . Sounds as terrifying as we think it is.

And who in this government are allowing this? Why isnt someone stepping in.

If he does he should be arrested and sent for trial along with his friend Netenyahu.

One of the most elegant birds

Live From Minneapolis (Chiller Mix) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce and the band opened the Springsteen & E Street Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis with the Motown classic "War" and "Born in the U.S.A." — a one-two punch that was live streamed on Bruce's social media for the first time, appearing here with a new audio mix by Chiller Sound.

New blog: Parliamentary Briefing on the UK Curlew Action Plan

Read now:
www.curlewaction.org/parliamentar...

Chart showing earnings gap 10 years after graduation, associated with having been in deep poverty at age 16, adjusted for demographic and university characteristics, and further adjusted for work characteristics: England

Child poverty isn't just bad, it resulst in an enduring earnings gap.

This gap between graduates who grew up in poverty and those who didn't persists even for people who go to the same university, get the same degree and work for the same firm ⤵️
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Reported to the police as well as x?

What do you mean?

Not sure i understand what this means

Ive been surveying for WTs. No luck. They are declining so much. Lovely to have one on your patch. Have you recorded it on BTO and advised rspb of location?