Mark Elliott @MarkElliott@qoto.org

lord montague

I'm a #driver (albeit low mileage & rural), but I don't want #RishiSunak to be on my side... what I want is some leadership to start to do something more about the #climatecrisis - I would have thought it would be the absolute priority for anyone who cared about their country..... oh, hold on

Good to hear astronomer Martin Rees on BBC #PM explaining that UK membership of #HorizonEU strengthens Britain's research collaboration with the rest of the world.

#Brexit #science #research

Wild Camping has been restored on #Dartmoor after a successful court appeal.

Let's use this as an opportunity to sort out the right to roam across England and Wales. We all need access to nature, and the closer we are to nature, the more we care about it.

#wildcamping #nature #righttoroam #countryside

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/31/wild-camping-dartmoor-court-appeal

Mathematician, computer scientist, and WWII code breaker Alan Turing, who established the theoretical foundation for just about every modern computing device, was born #OTD in 1912. His work helped make it possible for you to read this.

The British government prosecuted him for being gay, a monstrous act that eventually led to Turing’s death by suicide. Then they waited 50 years before issuing a pardon.

Image: The Guardian

"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.
But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.
A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.

The brilliant Mel Sykes, first woman on the #SpineChallengerSouth! Looking happy and unreasonably fresh!
Congrats Mel - incredible run! 🙌🏻👊🏻💪🏻
#MontaneSpine #PennineWay

A climate activist in #NewZealand faces 10 years in jail after a court found her guilty of forgery for sending a fake letter to the speakers at an oil industry conference, telling them it had been postponed due to the climate crisis.

'It was a surprise. I’m reminded of the topsy-turvy world we’re in. It shouldn't be the grandmothers on trial, it should be the oil industry, it should be those people who are making massive profits off the destruction of all of
our futures'
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/16/world/activist-fake-letter-climate-new-zealand-intl/index.html

Yet again I've written to @SouthernWater about latest reports of sewage in sea at #Brighton & #Hove. Yet again water firms fail to take action. Yet again this complacent Govt fails to hold them accountable. #CutTheCrap #EndSewagePollution #SewageScandal

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2023/06/12/swimmers-told-to-leave-water-after-patch-of-brown-water-found/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1668529351304925185

@ChrisMayLA6 @dgar
The US does not have a healthcare system. It has a medical industry based on shareholders and the bottom line, like any other corporation.

Bread & circuses: a twenty-first century tableau at the sunset of yet another civilisation.

(See alt text for an explanation of everything in the shot.)

As seen during this evening’s 55km ride, again from day into night to avoid the hot temperatures of earlier on.

#CyclingLife 🚴‍♂️
#PanemEtCircenses

I just signed the petition calling on Boris Johnson's resignation honours to be blocked. Will you sign too? https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/block-boris-johnson-s-honours-list?bucket=email-blast-8_6_2023_whatsapp_share_link&share=c4ea5df9-5cc2-44f7-afd1-9d6771a8118f&source=twitter-share-email-button&time=1686471562&utm_campaign=8_6_2023_whatsapp_share_link&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter via @38degrees

The reason why inanimate objects are used in slogans about humans is to make people more comfortable using them casually.
“Stop the boats” is not for those who have no problem being hostile to others based on race or creed. It is for those sitting on the fence of overt prejudice.

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2023/06/06/yet-another-satellite-tagged-hen-harrier-goes-missing-in-suspicious-circumstances/