"With present insufficient greenhouse gas mitigation policies, the current open lagoon strategy, with mobile barriers and multiple accommodation measures, is likely to encounter hard limits within the current century."
#Venice #Italy
#ClimateEmergency
I think it’s good politics to speak loudly and clearly about the climate crisis. Time to end the climate hushing
billmckibben.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...
For decades, rich and powerful interests and their right-wing political allies have been executing a secret plot to buy our political system — and it may get a whole lot worse.
@davidsirota.com reveals the full story of how we got here, and what we can do to get out of it.
youtu.be/AeO41h4fHb4?...
Nigel Farage keeps boasting about
how Reform candidates are 'carefully vetted'
So carefully, that they welcomed with open arms
a Tory councillor suspended amid allegations
he sent an unsolicited image of his “private parts”
via Reform Watch
An anonymous donor pledged a $3 million donation to Arkansas’ public television station to help keep PBS programs in the state, the network’s foundation announced Tuesday. #BlackskyNews arkansasadvocate.com/2026/04/21/a...
"They perceive us, frankly, like we perceive them – as ill-informed, dangerously manipulated by propaganda, and a threat. This is a poor starting point for campaigning."
Election article by Claire Jones based on Hope Not Hate's research
History shows that when we change our perspective, we change our hearts and our policy. It's time to see the big picture again.
#SeeTheBigPicture #ArtemisII #NASA #EarthDay
See @isabellamweber.bsky.social ‘s work if you doubt wealthy ( esp US) have made billions from world clinging to fossil fuels. Only collective stupidity ( fed by mass media bankrolled by same cohort) keeps us from transforming our energy economy.
release the epstein files
🌎 Today is Earth Day and the month The People's Emergency Briefing launched. It's a community-led climate film screening across the UK at thousands of locations (I think!). Check out the trailer below 👇
What if the whole country saw the full picture? This is a national emergency. The impacts are already here.
But the solutions exist.
Communities are watching the People’s Emergency Briefing and discussing what to do next with neighbours and MPs
#EarthDay
Screenings www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
📣 Getting the Representation of the People Bill Right: Preventing Disinformation in UK Elections 📣
Thank you to everyone who joined our event in Parliament last night!
💬 Featuring a cross-party panel of MPs alongside @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social and @fullfact.org.
Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.
Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.
But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.
Trickle down hoax.
LIFT THE BAN - APPEAL RALLY
Tuesday 28th April, 11am-2pm, Royal Courts of Justice
Join supporting orgs for a rally on the first day of the Home Office appeal against the High Court ruling that the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful.
🖼️ Art
🎶 Music
💕 Poetry
🎤 Speeches
Labour MPs you should be considering well-being of your constituents, not blindly following the PM and his whip , regardless of illegality /immorality of his policies -proscription of Palestine Action; destruction of fair legal system (including access to fair jury trials); extensive lobby/£ power
Hand-knitted jumper, on display at the National Library of Scotland
What every well-dressed librarian is wearing @natlibscot.bsky.social
Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.
NOW!!!!!!
#Iran
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
People’s Emergency Briefing: a Friday film night with a difference
The briefing isn’t your average Friday night chill. But then, a climate catastrophe isn’t something to chill about
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.
Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.
The system is rigged.
Asra is a very impressive young woman with a powerful story to tell. I am a trustee of the charity featured in her film, founded to honour the memory of my friend Andy by helping people with no connections or privilege get a break in the media. Do watch it if you can. youtu.be/Stlz6CEXRGA?...
He only cared about ONE thing...how it looked on TV. Enough has been said regarding the impossible healing job...not enough said about the depravity it takes to kill your followers to make good television.
Hope comes with action. Love requires others. These are some individuals and cause we should be actively supporting and emulating, not our power hungry politicians/billionaires looking to sell us something or divide us & diverting our energy to hate/blame others.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=DU45...
The map is filling up. Find a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing near you: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
Or perhaps consider hosting one with some friends: www.nebriefing.org/host-the-film
What the #climate & #nature crisis means for the UK and what we can do.
#PEBuk #TimeToStepUp
In the German state of Thuringia, a state-wide citizens’ assembly will begin on 21 April 2026 to discuss the topic of “peace and diplomacy”. The mini-public is intended to give a voice to the “silent majority”.
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/givi...
#CitisensAssembly
A hiking path up a mountain
I have been wanting to hike for YEARS but unable because of my spine injury.
It’s taken one year and four months of determination and working hard on my mobility, but today I DID IT.
I could cry. You people have no idea. I never, ever thought I’d be able to do anything like that ever again. ❤️
And can I just add… No one at Palantir seems to be able to read or write.
“We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism”
Take out the vapid tautologies and you get:
“We must resist pluralism”
Great tell.
Research shows cellphones and social media are making our kids sedentary, solitary, anxious and depressed—plus having adverse effects on learning. In my new column, I share ways we're working to mitigate those harms: devices down, eyes up, hands on learning. Read more ⬇️
www.aft.org/column/techn...
Citizens' assemblies are one of today's most exciting democratic innovations. Yet challenges remain.
So how can citizens' assemblies evolve to live up to their promise? Join this workshop on April 28 in Munich to find out.
www.mehr-demokratie.de/en/mehr-wiss...
#CitizensAssembly
