The Woodlander Initiative is buying Welsh land for ‘the British people’ – what should shareholders know? Those investing in such purchases, through a group with ties to what The Times called the UK’s largest white supremacist movement, have little control

A company called "The Woodlander Initiative Ltd" (TWI) has been purchasing plots of land in Cymru.

According to HOPE not hate, TWI is “a land-buying scheme aimed at far-right activists and conspiracy theorists with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA), the UK’s largest fascist group”.

This is so beautiful and bittersweet... Thank you for sharing.

After a four month hiatus, my latest article features black dogs, stripey cats, melodic trees, Nordic socks, and the extremely sadistic tendencies of Anwen, my oversized balance bike. What more could you want on Easter Sunday? Oh yeah, #Trump pops up too 😤🍊 #dogs #doldrums #depression #hope 🧥🌨️🌱🚴‍♂️🐕‍🦺

Please Repost to obtain a ban of harmful pesticides, the neonicotinoids being exactly 7,797 times more toxic than the 'simple' DDT was (is). 😡

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On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

Federico García Lorca, the musician: How the poet elevated flamenco and Spanish folklore A less well-known side of the genius from Granada is his musical talent. He was a great pianist and connoisseur of Andalusian music, whose status he raised with his vision and poetic rhetoric

The music of Federico García Lorca is sometimes forgotten about. An interesting article: english.elpais.com/culture/2023...
#lorca #poesia #musica

“At the moment, this will be the first Labour Government likely to oversee a significant rise in the number of children in poverty”
Save the children UK

This must be stopped

What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/george...

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

On top of total capture of COP by the fossil fuel industry, we now have "Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit."

At what point do we acknowledge what is now plainly obvious: that this is not the solution, but a big part of the problem, a coverup for BAU?
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according…

Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

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THE NATURE AND PLACE POETRY COMPETITION 2025 -
Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge Helen Mort.

Deadline 1st April 2025.
#PlaceWriting #naturewriting

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Water chlorination levels in US and EU likely increase cancer risk, study finds Bladder cancer risk increased 33% and colorectal cancer by 15% in using chlorine to disinfect water Chlorinating drinking water at levels common in the United States and European Union probably increases the risk of several cancers, a new analysis of…

Water chlorination levels in US and EU likely increase cancer risk, study finds

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Microplastics can block blood vessels in mice brains, researchers find Scientists observe decreased motor function in rodents exposed to microplastics Microplastics can move through mice brains and block blood vessels, essentially mimicking blood clots that could potentially be fatal or otherwise disrupt brain function.…

Microplastics can block blood vessels in mice brains, researchers find

@carolehailey.bsky.social shared the best phrase: write like a dog: edit like a cat. I thought this was amazing. You aren’t mauling, you’re making your work precise, balancing it on top of a fence with no chance of falling. And that turned out as a poem. Well, well.

California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’ After four dams were blasted from the Klamath River, the work to restore the ecosystem is under way

Hope feels very scarce right now.
Here's some, though: the story of the River Klamath's de-damming––& the speed with which life has poured back to this "bountiful, beautiful watershed" once the water was freed.
A river, re-imagined.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Untamed: Writing Without Fear with Alan Parry A 3-hour workshop to confront truths, sharpen your writing, and embrace unfiltered expression. Honest, bold, and unapologetic.

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HOW TO GET PUBLISHED! | SteppingIntoStories A discussion with agents and publishers that will cover roads into publishing, basic dos and don'ts and will hopefully demystify the process of getting an agent and getting a traditional publishing de...

I’m currently in this process for my novel, so hoping this will help:

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What Arrives Before the Words Do About the writing process, featuring The Wolf Hall Picture Book

This is a gorgeous post about the writing process from @wendypratt.bsky.social:

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We're offering a PhD place on Rewilding!

This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Thought I'd curate a Starter Park of writers living & working in Wales 🖋️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 drop me a line if you'd like to be added!

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#WelshWriters #WtitingCommunity #Wales

Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.

‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

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The front cover of late light with a sunset above a green hill and silhouettes of people in the foreground.

I love the way Late Light, by Michael Malay, foregrounds connections in ecosystems, & between us & the land, the importance of being "firmly planted in the world" in "our local places - a river, a woodland, a scrubby field."

What #naturewriting have you read in 2024 that you'd recommend to others?

Untamed: Writing Without Fear with Alan Parry A 3-hour workshop to confront truths, sharpen your writing, and embrace unfiltered expression. Honest, bold, and unapologetic.

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