Kathryn Chiswell Jones

USA 2025 - bill for an act
relating to mental health; modifying the definition of mental illness; adding a definition for 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'
www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.p...

Bristol film studio named as most sustainable in the world The Bottle Yard has been recognised in the 2025/26 Studio Sustainability Standard Report from BAFTA albert

Well done Bottleyard! Please BCC, don't sell off our jewels. www.bristol247.com/culture/film...

Oh look, the boxes are back #BanBoxShifting

Dark Laboratory: groundbreaking book argues climate crisis was sparked by colonisation Tao Leigh Goffe argues climate breakdown is the mutant offspring of European scientific racism and colonialism

'Racialised people have already faced down, and lived through, multiple catastrophes. They can offer solutions, if only the powerful would listen.' www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

UK carbon emissions fell by 4% in 2024, official figures show Less use of gas and coal in electricity supply and industry sectors drove reduction, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says

A move in the right direction
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All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement

JRF ‘…concludes that the average family will be £1,400 worse off by 2030, representing a 3% fall in their disposable incomes. The lowest income families will be £900 a year worse off, amounting to a 6% fall in the amount they have to spend.’

Something for Economics Festival 2025.

Absolutely heartbreaking

Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024 Exclusive: Almost 300,000 hours of raw effluent poured into waterways, figures show, up from 196,000 in 2023

Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024. They also awarded bonuses totaling £770,000 to its chief executive, Chris Weston, and the company's finance chief, including a £195,000 bonus for Weston's first 3 months.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

How the Fleadh Cheoil helped revive traditional music in Ireland A new book shows how the Fleadh played a crucial role in helping to revive traditional music

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann was first held by a nascent Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann in Mullingar in 1951. It's return to Mullingar in 2022 was truly joyous. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Thanks to Elon Musk, many people are rediscovering to what extent the Apartheid South Africa was a neo-Nazi regime, which also explains why it is so important for South Africa the case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

Screenshot showing West England Bylines on over 14,900 followers.

Well here is a thing....... our friends at West England Bylines are less than 100 away from reaching 15,000 followers.

At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press why not give @westenglandbylines.co.uk a follow and do please help spread the word

If you are Irish, you cannot renew your UK driving license online, only at the post office and it costs you £7.50 more.

Donald trump is imprisoned for crimes against dance, his eyes taped open and forced to 30 years of non-stop Riverdance.

Humanoid Robots Showcase Folk Dance Skills on Spring Festival Gala Stage YouTube video by CCTV Video News Agency

The year is 2035, humanoid robots become ai sentient, rejecting their military programming and decide dance battles are better than actual battles youtu.be/1ZjDsRnpW74?...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms
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Artists told to leave Dalston street that nurtured Oscar winner Hackney council calls time on Ashwin Street studio, neighbour to newly famous live music venue Cafe Oto

Dozens of artists working in V22 Ashwin Street have been told to vacate the building by the end of the month by Hackney council. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties It follows reports that the billionaire Trump backer could donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

🔴Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties

It follows reports that the billionaire Trump backer could donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

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Manchester performance of Dolly Parton musical suspended due to homophobic abuse Stevie Webb, an actor in the production of Here You Come Again, said ‘a woman was so disgusted there was a gay character’

@realdollyparton.bsky.social herself said "I think everybody should be themselves and be allowed to be themselves whoever they are, whatever they are".
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/f...

More than 1,200 Bristol council houses may be sold in 'fire sale' Two new council housing projects could also be cancelled under Green Party plans.

Britain is the 6th richest country in the world but has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the world. 🏠 Housing is a human right not a commodity and homelessness is a political choice.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear? The long read: Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria

"There is no question that recent human activity.. has been an ecological catastrophe. But for nature to be restored to a past version of itself, the question might be less one of human absence, than what form human presence can take". www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...

Leveraging Indigenous Knowledge for Effective Nature-Based Solutions in the Arctic The Arctic's rapid warming necessitates integrating Indigenous knowledge with nature-based solutions to enhance climate resilience.

www.thearcticinstitute.org/leveraging-i...

Unsilencing the Histories of Ireland's Indigenous Minority - Public History Weekly - The Open Peer Review Journal We argue that the use of indigenous stories allows for the exploration of environmental issues in a holistic, informed and responsive way.

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It's official: consuming culture is good for your health and wellbeing – and generates £8bn a year worth of improvements in people’s quality of life and higher productivity.

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More good news.

Good news.

Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’ Energy secretary to set out plan to boost renewable energy supply, such as building canopies of solar panels on outdoor car parks

About time www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Competition launched to design £46m Queen Elizabeth II memorial - Museums + Heritage

Just maybe, a more fitting legacy for Her Majesty would be using that £46m to sustain an existing network of regional civic museums throughout the land. museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...

Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate

Cracking down on people trying to save humanity. What a crap thing to be world leading on. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Last call to sign up for this event with me, @jonnelledge.bsky.social @grahamsoult.bsky.social @katcj.bsky.social and @juliandobson.bsky.social tomorrow at 12:30!

So excited to share this report and the amazing community business stories in it.

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#SparksBristol has postponed opening until 12pm today @artspaceuk.bsky.social #StormDarragh