@aquietresistance
46 years, one child, and an awakening: we can't keep doing the same shit and expect to survive. So our little family's doing things differently instead. A quiet resistance. AQuietResistance.co.uk
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.
State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
Just a thought, but maybe we need to give some attention to growing food without high fossil fuel usage?
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This problem really pisses me off. Eating from the supermarket feels necessary for a lot of people. It's a bit cheaper. It's less time consuming than sourcing food around the country. Than attempting to garden in our short growing season. But we, as consumers, need to also consider our food choices.
Quakers have joined forces with other civil action groups, such as Liberty, to organise a mass lobby event at Whitehall on 17 March 2026. Get details here.
www.quaker.org.uk/blog/protect...
The police and MPs have unwittingly activated the Quakers. Quakerism was built with peaceful protest as one of its foundations.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
Dear Shabana,
Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
Yanar Mohammed is one of Iraq’s most prominent women’s rights activists and established the country’s first shelters for survivors of domestic violence and trafficking. She was assassinated outside her Baghdad home when two gunmen on motorcycles opened fire in the morning.
The day I discovered there were Longhorn bees was a memorable one for me!
This guy was visiting a blooming tithonia in our yard. Those antennae!!
#invertes #nativebees
I recorded the sound of the colony of unidentified bumble bees that stayed in my roof last year. Hoping to hear them again this year.
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I'll give you one guess
Silecroft beach, tide coming in, sandy wet beach in foreground, Irish Sea in the background
Wet sand and a white, open cockle-type shell
Lots of tiny shells completely covering the sand
Please consider the damage that is going to be done to our marshes, our seas, our wetlands and the precious few pieces of natural environment that the UK has left before you enable the nuclear industry, and potentially other industrial groups, to leave their forever mark there.
For more information about the poor understanding of nuclear waste, I refer you to Helen Wallace's Rock Solid? 2, updated report:
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In addition, for the sake of 60 years power, we are then saddled with the as yet unsolved radioactive waste problem for upwards of 100,000 years. These are timescales no responsible person has the right to inflict on future generations.
The disruption caused to natural environments for the development and construction of nuclear plants is not only at the time of construction; it continues during operation, as pollution is produced no matter how carefully attempted the radiation containment. This is fact, not feeling.
The Labour government seems hellbent on forging ahead with "sustainable" development of all kinds. But the phrase "sustainable development" is an oxymoron, and is even more egregious when used to describe nuclear plant development.
This is not about making artificial environments more healthy, but refers to the health of the natural environment around us.
To my email, I added the following (off the top of my head, in a tiny box, so)
I don't know if you are a science-based person, but there is strong evidence that shows humans and their ability to thrive is directly linked with the health of their environment.
The Wildlife Trusts have drafted a handy email to Ed Milliband, which makes it easy to message him if you haven't much time.
They've also given you a box in which to add your own words
So, the Labour government is still trashing environmental protections, even as it takes part in trashing the Middle East with its dubious pals the US and Israel.
Why is it they seem to think nuclear is a get-out-of-environmental-protections-free card?
Same. It's all kind of overwhelming at the moment, but if tiny birds can carry on then so can we.
#birds
Gorgeous, I agree! Very suitable for our woods just up a little from a mysterious, mist-filled marsh!
A long time ago, I used to know a lot about foreign-imposed regime change (FIRC) and study them.
I guess that makes me qualified to write a thread about them, especially in wake of Trump bombing Iran.
So here goes nothing. 🧵
I'll second that a little, although I'm glued to the terrible news.
Here, have a picture of some weird and amazing orange Witches Butter fungus we found in our local woods. It feels like clammy skin!
What a guy
Iran's accuracy seems no worse than Israel's AI-based efforts. All using the 'oops, never mind' morally devoid collateral damage strategy.
The Guardian failing to mention that Iran is apparently attacking US military bases in these countries
I needed to see his square head as a reference for the Ouija board commentary
The measures, which are reportedly as infeasible to implement as they are gratuitously evil, will attempt to use NHS files to find out who’s been skiving off of work while using “no longer walking this mortal plane” as an excuse.
The data centres needed to power the UK's artificial intelligence revolution would use more electricity than the entire country consumes at its peak.
MPs called for a “national conversation” about data centres, including putting climate change targets at risk.
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Rapid UK coastal erosion throws spotlight on £40bn #nuclear plant
Story by @attractamooney.bsky.social and Rachel Millard
HT @carbonbrief.org
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