Fiona

Fiona

@coolfm.bsky.social

Environmentalist, socialist, vegan

528 followers489 following215 posts

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Over 30 C (86 F) That's the water temperature in the Nino zone of the eastern Pacific Marine life will be suffocating in these temperatures A hotter and hotter ocean is a dead ocean and a dead ocean represents a dead planet And still its drill baby drill and logging millions of acres of forest

Prof. Eliot Jacobson@climatecasino.net

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! It takes 2 weeks to confirm ocean sea surface temperatures and the long wait is finally over. The first day in recorded history with Nino 3.4 SST at or above 30.0°C is now officially on the record. October 7, 2026: 30.000°C. climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_dai...

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The errors caused by AI in processing asylum claims have been shown to be far higher than the Home Office's claims, somewhere around a quarter. For many people that can be a life of death decision. AI has no place determining that for people. www.wired.com/story/uk-hom...

wired.comUK Home Office May Face Investigation Over Use of OpenAI TechA government watchdog is considering a probe into the Home Office’s use of ChatGPT technology to process asylum claims amid concerns over the tools’ accuracy and secrecy surrounding their use.

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Just listen to this. Then consider these polls: 76% of Jewish Israelis think there are no innocents in Gaza (Aug 2025) 82% support expelling Palestinians from Gaza (May 2025) 47% support killing all inhabitants of conquered enemy cities (May 2025)

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I want to ask reporters what else exactly they want from Beth Upton. They wanted her booted out of female changing rooms, they got it. They wanted her on trial for misconduct, they got it, she was found totally blameless. They wanted her publicly named and shamed in the media, they got it…

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Deborah Barros Leal Farias explains that Flavio Bolsonaro is saying the Brazilian presidential election should be annulled because voting hours were extended by 2 hours. But what he's not saying is that his own party was one of those asking for the extension!

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Hi. I, a trans woman, am the Executive Producer of this show. I wrote the question. He called trans girls men. He has now said it in three different places in the past week.

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The Burnham government is happy to listen to transphobes galore but will move mountains to avoid listening to any trans people.

Mark Grimshaw@markgrimshawtism.bsky.social

If you thought the Conversion Practices Bill is already bad thanks to all the loopholes and allowances it provides, then don’t worry - it’s about to get worse. The Government are hearing “evidence” from anti-trans campaigners Helen Joyce, Dennis Kavanagh and the LGB Alliance this week.

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Guardian reports Police Scotland will get round to watching the documentary at some point ... No rush lads.

Andrew Fisher@fisherandrew79.bsky.social

What's remarkable about this article is that there's no mention of the police. No mention of a charge, an investigation, an arrest, even an interview www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Every time they ‘tinker’ with the system, more people end up poorer

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Healey to ensure state pension (SP) is not taxed for poorest pensioners, SP set to exceed personal allowance (PA). A person relying solely on SP will pay no income tax. Another with lower SP & other source for the same total income could pay tax. Unfair. Cliffe-edge issues. Increase PA for all.

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Is she using it to cool down Nadhim Zahawi's overheated stables?

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Reform UK's Suella Braverman claims massive taxpayer-funded water bill at home equal to 18 baths a day Claim to have used 1,504 litres of water daily at her £1.2million four-bedroom pad in a five-month period. Reform have promised benefit cuts for the disabled, old, sick, poor, unfortunate.

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It seems targeting British school children for the crime of protesting against genocide is far more important to Friend of Israel Andy Burnham than prosecuting a British volunteer in the Israeli army who helped burn down a Gaza school murdering Palestinian children

Declassified UK@declassifieduk.org

👉REVEALED -- The British man who fought for Israel in Gaza by Hamza Yusuf, Dania Akkad, Shaimaa Marwan, & Phil Miller Exclusive: Jonathan Burman was photographed in front of a burning school which was attacked by Israeli troops www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-the...

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No, your eyes do not deceive you. This is Jeremyc Hunt saying that he should have been even more of a Hunt when he was in power.

The i Paper @theipaper.com

“Healey should remove anxiety and depression as a reason to claim benefits and offer people treatment instead. It would be better for the individuals and a fraction of the cost.” Read more: trib.al/cxsKwxw

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“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

futurism.comCEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated WomenPalantir CEO Alex Karp said AI would disrupt "humanities trained" and "Democratic voters" who are largely women.

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It’s come to something when a photographer has to get legal advice, before displaying this photo in an exhibition, due to the risk of being prosecuted as a terrorist, but that’s exactly what I had to do yesterday. What a state this country is in.

Davenant 📸@marcdavenant.bsky.social

A woman weeps over the genocide in Gaza as she waits to be arrested as a terrorist for holding up a piece of cardboard. Parliament Square today.

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Neal Lawson: "I couldn't live on the meagre benefits people are getting. To suggest that we have to cut those.. actually that's where the engine of growth is, that's the people who spend.. how do you get people out spending.. not by cutting benefits of people at the bottom"

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What's that you say? A UK study aimed at proving that ADHD and autism are over-diagnosed actually found that we are still under-diagnosing both, and lack access to assessments remains a huge barrier to support? What a shocking and unexpected conclusion! www.politicsuk.com/p/fonagy-rev...

politicsuk.comFonagy Review Rejects Blanket Overdiagnosis Claim and Calls for Earlier Mental Health SupportFonagy Review finds a substantial rise in mental distress among young people, while the population-level prevalence of ADHD and autism appears broadly stable.

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Russell T Davies says he gets daily hate messages for supporting trans rights “It makes me sick to think what is it like to be a young, trans kid, living in a flat and working in a bar, not a penny to you.” Yet the BBC still “both sides” the arty platforming transphobic bigots playing DARVO! 😖

bbc.co.ukTrans rights support gets me daily abuse, says Doctor Who writer Russell T DaviesThe Doctor Who writer says his latest mini-series TipToe has fuelled daily hate messages online.

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Netanyahu denies that this Washington Post reporter, Heidi Levine, was attacked by Israeli settlers. She sustained: Four broken vertebrae Two broken ribs Four puncture wounds She was knocked to the ground and repeatedly beaten! She said that Palestinian youth saved her during the settler attack.

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The Duchy of Cornwall says it collected £503,711 rent from the King for Highgrove House. Prince William is the Duke of Cornwall. Father pays rent to son. No money left the family but nice PR. Previously, King Charles was the Duke of Cornwall. He was paying rent to himself.

leftfootforward.orgRoyal financial privileges show that we are not in it togetherThis week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...

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A reminder that the turtle looking fucker pushing this has never had any job outside the Labour party

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

Amazingly, it appears that the government is basically pushing a YouTube grindset hustle, as part of their attempt to shitehouse their own MPs into voting for the benefit cuts they previously refused to vote for.

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I literally spent a year investigating how the government props up Shell, and then they do this!

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social

Currently wondering what message the UK govt thought it was sending by dressing up the Minister for Net Zero in a literal Shell logo.

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This week, scientific publisher Taylor & Francis concluded an investigation which cleared Jason Arday, the former Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, of plagiarism. The Guardian hasn't commented.

The Scales ⚖️@shakethescales.bsky.social

The Guardian, which broke this story, kept it high on the agenda with daily reveals, opinion pieces and updates for two weeks, relentless exposure which clearly paid little attention to the duty of care towards the individual concerned. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Burnham was Labour's last chance at plausibly being anything other than continuity Thacherism. The same bankrupt ideology that privatised water, outsourced the NHS, created the housing crisis and much more. They have no answers and can't ever pretend to from now on.

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The “Labour” Party in Lewisham has totally disgraced itself by coming out in support of management in the industrial dispute between Goldsmiths management & its lecturers, even to the extent that it is attempting to weaponise it against the Green Party. Sheer desperation & abdication of principle.

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Think the message is “fuck you”

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social

Currently wondering what message the UK govt thought it was sending by dressing up the Minister for Net Zero in a literal Shell logo.

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Burnham’s government is telling people to stockpile food & water in case of a climate crisis/“technological dependency” while contributing to that climate crisis with Jackdaw & embedding *Palantir* into government systems. Labour is literally saying “protect yourselves from our bad decisions.” 1/2

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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

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If you have to tell people you don't want an entire demographic "dead" you are revealing a great deal about yourself.

Dr. Catherine Strickson@brigitteempire.bsky.social

My ‘I don’t want trans people dead’ T-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

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Today's decision by Labour to approve new drilling in the North Sea is climate vandalism. It's a betrayal of all of our futures, and Labour has abandoned all credibility in the fight against climate change. This is a victory for Shell over the people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

bbc.co.ukUK government approves Jackdaw gas field, and says production will start this month - follow liveActivists say approving the gas field will raise carbon emissions - while the developers argue it is important for the UK’s energy security.

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UK ‘wealth exodus’ was manufactured by the press. The press complaints body IPSO must investigate or step aside. The story started with one study which now admits it has no evidence. Media owned by corporations and the super rich lapped it up, served their economic interest, ideological purpose.

taxjustice.netThe ‘wealth exodus’ was manufactured by the press. The press complaints body IPSO must investigate or step aside. - Tax Justice NetworkTL;DR Since 2024 about 30 news articles a day have been published around the world about an exodus of millionaires and billionaires fleeing taxes. ……………………….. The UK, we’re told, has had the worst of ...

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Reckless for the climate, useless for energy security this decision shows the UK is prepared to gamble with our future and it sends a message out globally that others can do the same 🔥🌍

Scottish Greens@scottishgreens.org

🚨 BREAKING: The UK Labour Government have approved the Jackdaw gas field. This a devastating betrayal of future generations. Jackdaw will make the UK even more dependent on the global gas market. This will do nothing to lower household energy bills and it is dishonest to pretend that it will.