SysEngShep

SysEngShep

@sysengshep.bsky.social

I work for the NHS, maintaining equipment, and staff Governor - one of those thousands keeping things running in the background. Volunteer looking after some green bits of Swindon making meadows, coppicing and hedge laying. Former LibDem Cllr.

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

It's not just about climate chaos. It's also about landscape chaos. The damage we do to the land's hydrology is layered on top of the damage we do to the atmosphere. Our mismanagement of land commits us to a cycle of flood and drought. We can change this, as explained here. Please read. Thanks.

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Every day we’re seeing the consequences of advertisers failing to fix this: Rising racist attacks, the toxic resurgence of misogyny among young men, an uptick in transphobic hate crime, charity volunteers being harassed simply for doing their jobs. /3 www.insidetrack.org.uk/releases/adh...

insidetrack.org.ukAn Abdication of Responsibility: Why Advertising Firms Continue to Monetise Hate — Inside TrackThis morning, senior executives from the UK’s biggest creative and media agencies, holdcos and adtech companies testify that the advertising industry is shrugging off responsibility for its role monet...

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Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better. The car traffic got BETTER.

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Please read my latest article about the dangers of free zones in Wales, and why the public knows next to nothing about them. I am a volunteer; please subscribe and, where possible, donate to my Ko-Fi. Thank you💚 ko-fi.com/europeanpowell

europeanpowell.substack.comThe Brochure and the Bill: How Wales Was Freezoned Without Being AskedI guarantee your family, friends and neighbours will know next to nothing about the dangers of free zones...

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Since his ennoblement in Boris Johnson’s 2023 resignation list, Tees Valley regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen has claimed more than £25,000 in tax-free daily “attendance” allowances from the House of Lords for 73 days when he hasn’t voted, spoken or performed any recorded parliamentary activity.

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This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

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Today's GB News TV advertisers include *Simplicitycremations *WeFixLondon *XmasTreeWorldUK *Boxt *AllClearTravel *StiltzLifts *ManeUKLtd *Dormeo *Aquaflames *Madisonandmayfair *TheChapelJewellers *ArdenParks *StoneProductions *Love2Stay *EKOSGroup *NakedMarshmallow *Movinglife *Maxus *MobexTouch

Stop Funding Hate@stopfundinghate.bsky.social

👀 Here's your October list of companies advertising on GB News & Talk TV (highlighted = appeared on both) --- Ad revenue plays a major part in media funding. Where brands advertise is what they bankroll. Join the movement pushing back against media hate 👉 follow us for more #StopFundingHate

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BBC happily interviews lots of Zionists saying they are offended and fearful about Green Party rehashing a 1975 UN motion saying Zionism is racism But not Palestinians living in apartheid Israel about discrimination they face in jobs, housing, education every day of their lives meme via Dave Toller

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If Nigel Farage was being honest the US-style privatised health service he plans to replace a dismantled NHS would look something like ... memes via Barry James

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“Cyclists are often perceived as recklessly flaunting road laws. A new study challenges this perception. The study found only 5% of cyclists broke road rules while riding on bike infrastructure versus 66% of motorists who broke rules while driving.” Safe bike infrastructure fuels rule-following.

cyclingmagazine.caCyclists break road laws much less frequently than motorists - Canadian Cycling MagazineStudy finds 5 per cent of cyclists versus 66 per cent of drivers disobey road laws

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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.

mirror.co.ukSuella Braverman claims huge taxpayer-funded water bill equal to 18 baths a dayEXCLUSIVE: Benefits-bashing Reform UK MP Suella Braverman claimed £45,000 in parliamentary expenses towards her utility bills, newly-emerged files show - leaving the taxpayer on the hook

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Prime Gaza real estate being readied for Trump's amusement park, built on the rotting corpses of thousands of children buried by Palantir software guided Israeli 2000lb bomb rubble meme via Atef Ben Brahim

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Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.

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MUSK IS A WAR CRIMINAL #TheHague

Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

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Thatcher too.

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea. UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations. Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies. Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis. UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.

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A study of 10,000 crashes has found that, for every 10cm of vehicle height, the odds of a pedestrian death rise by 11%. "Big cars have the momentum," say the researchers, "and without any change in policy, the momentum is not going to go away." “Right now, there is no disincentive to buy big.”

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🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Palantir led secret review of how the MoD spends billionsThe Ministry of Defence asked the controversial US tech firm how to fix its procurement rules. Its answer? Fewer obstacles for companies like Palantir

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NHS England has said that you cannot opt out of Palantir having your medical data and they refuse to review their policy. So if you live in England, Palantir, Donald Trump, Netanyahu and co have access to all your medical data. Nobody voted for this.

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The Amazon is shifting from carbon sink to carbon source. 15 yrs of CO2 data show that fires are the dominant carbon source and now outpace forest uptake. Deforestation is driving the damage, amplified by drought and El Niño. Protecting forests is climate action. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comAmazon carbon emissions driven by human actions amplified by droughts - NatureFifteen years of atmospheric CO2 measurements show that the Amazon carbon sink is weakening, with fires, deforestation and climate stress driving increasingly high carbon emissions.

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In the Budget HMRC will be granted powers to seize money directly from the bank accounts of people who fail to pay their taxes. Does this include people like Nadhim Zahawi, Lord Bamford and all the other massive tax avoiders. Or is it just for the little people as usual?

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The devastating consequences of climate breakdown are already here and the UN this week has warned that global warming will breach 1.5°C. Labour's response: pushing ahead with more fossil fuels by approving Jackdaw.

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This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com

forbes.comCyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video StudyBusting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is h...

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OCTOBER 31, US EMBASSY Over 400 people will gather outside the US Embassy and hold signs reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action", days before the Supreme Court hearing on the Palestine Action ban. Burnham must drop this "Trumpian ban".

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If I wanted to approve a new gas field drilling project I just wouldn’t do it on the same day as the UN is scheduled to publish its annual ‘emissions gap’ report explaining how badly we’re off track to meet global climate goals. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comJackdaw North Sea gasfield to get go-ahead in blow to climate campaignersMove signals Andy Burnham’s commitment to North Sea industry but threatens to undermine Labour’s green credentials

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Palantir has just OVERRIDDEN the Mayor of London after he tried to BLOCK their contract with the Met Police Khan dared to oppose the foreign totalitarian Zionist spytech company backed by Peter Thiel embedding itself into our police yet Palantir somehow managed to get the high court to overrule him

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