Annekin

Annekin, 3 months ago to random

"A few members of the Commons #foreignaffairscommittee sat in a modest room & took evidence from #Israelis & #Palestinians about how #Britain might actually do something useful to end the bloodshed. The discussion was serious & practical – and delivered precisely zero attention or political benefit to those involved."

#GeorgeGalloway stands accused of profiting from the pain of #Gaza – and rightly so. But he is not the only one | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/01/george-galloway-profiting-pain-gaza-rochdale

Annekin, 3 months ago to UKpolitics

"This can’t go on. If #Sunak really wants to know why the country feels as if it’s falling apart, it’s because we haven’t got a functioning #government. All that he did get right was “enough is enough”. It is. Time for an #election.

Rish! purposefully grips his lectern – but shows he has no grip of the country | John Crace | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/01/rishi-sunak-purposefully-grips-his-lectern-but-shows-he-has-no-grip-of-the-country

#hypocrisy
#ToryHypocrisy
#UKpolitics
#ToryGovernment
#ToriesOut
#SaveDemocracy
#toryshitshow
#Righttoprotest

Annekin, 3 months ago to delhi

"The number of #pollutingvehicles within the #CAZ boundary has seen a huge drop compared to the year before, two thirds of a reduction, or 64 per cent to be precise. Data also shows that the polluting #traffic around the boundary has also dropped by 18 per cent – suggesting that more and more people are making the switch to cleaner vehicles."

A year on living with the #CleanAirZone
https://sheffnews.com/news/a-year-on-living-with-the-clean-air-zone/

#sheffield
#emissions
#trafficpollution
#publichealth
#ULEZ
#fossilfuels

Annekin, 3 months ago to climate

"Surrounding #agriculturalland with #wildland is the only sustainable way forward. “#Rewilding works hand in glove with #foodproduction. We can have both,” she says. “We’ve got the space for both.”

‘Does #rewilding sort #climatechange? Yes!’: UK expert says #nature can save planet and not harm #farming | Farming | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/25/rewilding-climate-change-biodiversity-isabella-tree-nature-planet-farming

Annekin, 3 months ago to Futurology

"This particular #research found that sites such as the #ChelseaPhysicGarden and #RoyalBotanicGardens at Kew in London, or the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, reduced air temperatures during #heatwaves in the city streets around them by an average 5C.

Botanical gardens ‘most effective’ #greenspace at cooling streets in #heatwaves | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/23/botanical-gardens-most-effective-green-space-at-cooling-streets-in-heatwaves

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to random

@Teri_Kanefield I know you have. I've been reading your posts. But instead, maybe just limit your replies to them to once a week or so, announced? That way we all benefit, and you get a week without having to repeat yourself.

You have such a different POV than so many are used to. I think it's valuable, so think about staying put.

@n1xnx

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to random

President #Biden on the special counsel's report: "There's even a reference that I don't remember when my son died. How in the hell dare he raise that."

"I don't need anyone to remind me when he passed away."

Annekin, 4 months ago to random

🤞
Green activists in Paris are making a final push to win a landmark vote tripling #parkingcharges for #SUVs in a move aimed at tackling #airpollution that is being closely watched by other cities such as London.

Paris residents set to vote on plan to triple parking charges for SUVs | Paris | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/02/paris-residents-set-to-vote-on-plan-to-triple-parking-charges-for-suvs

Annekin, 4 months ago to environment

More"#bee-friendly" bus stops will be installed to try to improve the #environment in Derby city centre.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-68101886

#wildlife
#insects
#pollinators
#bees
#biodiversity

Annekin, 4 months ago to random

"Remember that rules must be neutral because they will apply to people you like as well as people you don’t like."

The Anti-Democratic Opposition - Teri Kanefield
https://terikanefield.com/the-anti-democratic-opposition/

#democracy
#Americandemocracy
#freedomofexpression
#ruleoflaw
#firstamendment
#misinformation
#antidemocraticpersonality
#autocracy

Annekin, 4 months ago to mentalhealth

Not sure how you can call an "indefinite detention" (the clue being in the word indefinite) unduly lenient. Partic when you have already accepted a manslaughter plea on the basis of diminished responsibility (this is a rhetorical question btw)

Nottingham attacks: attorney general considering killer’s sentence for review | Nottingham | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/26/nottingham-attacks-attorney-general-considering-killes-sentence-review-valdo-calocane

#CriminalJustice
#fauxoutrage
#mentalhealth
#legal

Annekin, 4 months ago to academia

"...Hers is the quintessential #mansplaining experience: not just having men explain things to you, but having men explain your own ideas back to you, glossed with the confident patina of male authority. (If you point out that they are repeating your ideas, they will mostly just assume that you have copied them.)

Reflection – #Malehistorians explain things to me in: Men and masculinities in modern Britain
https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526174703/9781526174703.00009.xml

#academia

Annekin, 4 months ago to Sheffield

UK Tree Equity Score map.

"In #Sheffield there's a long history of industry...which has altered #soils & left lots of covered surfaces that are inhospitable to thriving tree populations. Yet there's also some large areas of remaining #ancientwoodland..."

"Access to trees and nature is a right, not a privilege, and this new tool really underlines the consequences of going without." Fran Halsall; Regather Cooperative

https://uk.treeequityscore.org/map?fbclid=IwAR0yJAF03lHePwDeGL9TdjYf2DlUOQ_OzA-c5c8Aa9JBnKVeD3MOh23XmqM#12.29/53.32704/-1.48204

#environment
#treeplanting
#environmentalawareness

Annekin, 4 months ago to random

Good

"Medical staff in the UK should not report women to the police if they believe their patients may have illegally ended their own pregnancy, a professional body is to say.

UK medics told not to report illegal abortions to police | Abortion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/22/illegal-abortions-prosecutions-uk-police-royal-college

#publichealth
#womensrighttochoose
#womensrights

Annekin, 4 months ago to random

Campaign ad, titled Forced, is designed to tie Donald Trump directly to the abortion issue

Biden abortion ad marks campaign shift to emphasize reproductive rights | Abortion | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/21/biden-abortion-ad-campaign

https://youtu.be/vrtvE4bSwKY?si=OEnJK7aPTvBIuNtl

#roevwade
#WomensRightToChoose
#publichealth
#BidenHarris
#womensrights

Annekin, 4 months ago to random

This reminded me of my own 1970s childhood, & a progressive parent who (even then) chose #genderneutral clothing for me. But what did I want to wear instead; princess dresses of course, which my grandmother bought me much to the consternation of my mum! I loved that dress, but I also loved that it essentially taught me I can wear whatever I want.

The gender-neutral fashion movement is failing little boys who want to wear skirts | Freya Bennett | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/17/the-gender-neutral-fashion-movement-is-failing-little-boys-who-want-to-wear-skirts

heidilifeldman, 4 months ago to random

The only peaceful way to prevent Trump from becoming President will be to beat him resoundingly at the ballot box. Peaceful but still an intense, effortful undertaking. I don’t know whether we will succeed, but I will do all I can to help.

Annekin, 5 months ago to random

"There are no savings from #austerity and #privatisation, just a wholesale shifting of costs. The rich pay less tax and the #publicservice companies in which they own shares make greater profits.The rest of us pick up the bill

Broken-rail Britain: my journey to the heart of the nation’s privatisation nightmare | George Monbiot | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/12/broken-rail-britain-privatisation-trains

#UKrailways
#PrivatisedRailways
#ReNationaliseBritainsRailways
#Nationalisation
#ToriesOut

Annekin, 5 months ago to environment

The sooner the #Tories are consigned to the dustbin of history the better...And whilst I'm having a moan, for the love of God, please bring in #ProportionalRepresentation in the UK. Maybe then our #politicians would work harder to actually do what's right for this country & the #environment.

Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to #conspiracytheories | Transport | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/10/shift-from-15-minute-cities-in-england-partly-due-to-conspiracy-theories

#15minuteCities
#urbanplanning
#PR
#Toriesout

Brandi_Buchman, 5 months ago to random

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GottaLaff, 5 months ago to random

Yes, I’ve reported https://mastodonbooks.net/@sciencerenaisance for this.

I’d already blocked him, but someone pointed this out to me.

Also posted: https://mastodonbooks.net/@sciencerenaisance/111659577462738632 👇🏼
Fact check:
9 out of 13 justices were appointed by Democrats.
Go figure.
Dear@GottaLaff@mastodon.social
Dont shoot the messenger; People who can't handle the truth shouldn't post propaganda and not expect to be challenged.
Block & run@KatM:
That's the Supreme Court. This was the federal district court in DC. Get your facts straight!!!

Annekin, 5 months ago to climate

Cautious optimism among experts that #emissions from energy use may have peaked as #netzero mission intensifies

#Climatescientists hail 2023 as ‘beginning of the end’ for #fossilfuel era | #Climatecrisis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/30/climate-scientists-hail-2023-as-beginning-of-the-end-for-fossil-fuel-era

Annekin, 5 months ago to animals

Whisker fatigue and mind control: 19 amazing facts every cat-lover needs to know | Cats | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/27/whisker-fatigue-and-mind-control-19-amazing-facts-every-cat-lover-needs-to-know

#CatsOfMastodon
#catbehaviour

GottaLaff, 5 months ago to random

FYI.

Via Ron Filipkowski

A new poll asked voters to describe what they think a 2nd #Trump term will look like in one word. Most common responses were “Revenge” & “Dictatorship.” Trump loved the result so much he posted it on Truth Social.

[Here's a screengrab of the post via Aaron Rupar]: