murraylivingston, Hey Mastadon, giving this place a try :)
First an #introduction, my name is Murray and I'm a #photographer practicing #landscapephotography and #naturephotography in the #uk & #scotland although I'm originally from #southafrica ! I spend the majority of my time out in #nature #hiking , #camping , guiding workshops, and producing short films.
If you want to see more, feel free to follow along here or check out my website!
https://www.murraylivingston.com/
sunrise in the drakensberg mountains
dappled light over the scottish moors with torridonian sandstone in the foreground
birch trees encrusted in hoar frost
ScienceCommunicator, The UK politician Nigel Farage is stirring up hate speech__whilst looking rather jolly & proud about it
“What do I have to offer you? Well I can promise you that I do know one thing. That a woman can’t have a penis! You won’t get any woke PC nonsense from me!” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/04/red-meat-and-milk-clacton-voters-on-nigel-farage-and-his-button-pushing-rhetoric
So the "one thing" Farage knows is how to stir up the "mob"
What an X investment banker.
stefing,
Susan_Larson_TN, #UK #Secretary Uses #EmergencyPowers To #Criminalize #Possession Of #PubertyBlockers.
On May 31st, #letters went out from #NHSEngland to #parents of #trans #youth stating that they must immediately stop taking #pubertyblockers, and that #possession will be considered a #crime.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #NHS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFIsland
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/uk-secretary-uses-emergency-powers
Eka_FOOF_A, @Susan_Larson_TN
Evil new law.
Remittancegirl, It is a sign of just how universally it is acknowledged that Brexit was a disastrous mistake for the UK... that the Tories aren't mentioning it.
I do hope - post-election jitters - Labour grows a fucking spine and begins negotiations on some closer relationship with Europe. #UK #Elections
Remittancegirl, While I wish the UK would just rejoin the EU outright, I don't see the EU allowing the UK to retain the Pound, and I can see the jingoists making much of joining the Euro. (Also there are acknowledged structural problems with the Euro that need to be addressed).
But a Norway style association would be brilliant. I'd settle for that for now.
cstross, @Remittancegirl The EU would demand a commitment to adopt the Euro. But for how that's treated, just look at the Zloty—20+ years after Polish accession and the Zloty is still in use there. Ever since the Greek crisis, the EU has been remarkably lackadaisical about specifying a timeline for convergence.
65dBnoise, (edited ) Looter Lord Elgin presented an Italian "translation" of a fictional Ottoman firman, the original of which no one ever saw or had otherwise knowledge of, then ripped off the #ParthenonSculptures, sawing some in his haste, and moved them to England, where they were scraped clean of the ancient colors that still remained on the marbles.
Turkiye's statement that they "are not aware of any document that legitimizes that «purchase» done by coloni[al] #UK back at that time"
65dBnoise, The temple was first destroyed by Theodosius' bigoted Christians in the 4th c CE, then by Venusian Francesco Morosini in the 17th c, who described his vandalism as "a fortunate shot" and went on smashing sculptures from the pediment in his attempt to loot the Acropolis, and then in the early 19th c by Lord Elgin, who stole about half of the sculptures that had survived 2000 years on the Sacred Rock.
Lord Byron's, "The Curse of Minerva": https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Works_of_Lord_Byron_(ed._Coleridge,_Prothero)/Poetry/Volume_1/The_Curse_of_Minerva
rodlux, Please remember in the #uk you are a subject and not a citizen. While the Royal Family is largely harmless, the #conservatives and #farage are not. They still implement that mindset.
BathNature, My #Robin friend Little Mate this morning. He's still bringing his mate Maple lots of food, I think they have a new nest, but I haven't been able to find it yet. Hopefully that's because it's better hidden than their previous attempt. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #Nature #Wildlife #UKBirding #NatureCommunity #BirdsOfMastodon #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Spring
emsquared,
GottaLaff, #UK's Labour Party set for 194-seat majority in general election - YouGov poll https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-labour-party-set-194-seat-majority-general-election-yougov-poll-2024-06-03/
CStamp, @GottaLaff I hope no one gets complacent over poll results. Folk still need to vote like their vote will be the one to make a difference. Polls like this can be dangerous to outcomes.
JorisBohnsonPM, The crisis is this…
“Corridor care is unacceptable, says nursing union”
The tories talk about this…
“Tories pledge to tackle 'confusion' over legal definition of sex”
#uk #gtto #tories #sunak #greed #corruption #dishonesty #incompetence #ukpolitics #richwing #ukelection #pr #labour #brexit #rejoineu #labour
Theriac, #uk
part 1 here
gauging the mood of a nation by its broadcasts 2:Where did empathy go?
The Revolution will be Televised (first broadcast August 2012)
Two young men use hidden camera work to turn the spotlight on corporate greed and corruption.Benefits Street (first broadcast January 2014)
entire streets content to be dole scroungers, not even looking for work.In 2008 investment bankers Lehman Brothers collapsed, the fallout caused the 2010 banking crash and the UK government stepped in to pay bailouts to several financial institutions, a debt every inhabitant of the Uk, adult and child, still owes.
The media narrative moved from people being angry at banking bailouts and banker bonuses, to the chronically unemployed and from thence to the chronically disabled.
Linked below are trailers for the two series:
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=URMlDyPl3pk
https://piped.com/watch?v=URMlDyPl3pkhttps://yewtu.be/watch?v=XkKJQF1xSJU
https://piped.video/watch?v=XkKJQF1xSJU
JorisBohnsonPM, “Tories pledge new GP surgeries in community care boost”
…The tories think this and others are great ideas.
So come they haven’t done this over the last 14 years ?
#uk #gtto #tories #sunak #greed #corruption #dishonesty #incompetence #ukpolitics #richwing #ukelection #pr #labour #brexit #rejoineu
grb090423, Yep.
Believe this when you see it.
And it's not just GP surgeries that are sorely needed, it's fully trained medical staff and also local infrastructure.
DarKou, French Et la découverte Stoner du soir (qui devrait plaire à @brunus ) :
Amon Acid - Submerging
Si j'ai bien compris un LP devrait sortir avec un cadeau une carte aléatoire de Tarot... Donc je vais attendre encore un peu avant de craquer pour la version FLAC 😅 .
DarKou, French @brunus je savais que ça te plairait ! 😅
brunus, French @DarKou J'ai comaté dans le hamac avec le casque sur les oreilles, c'était bien bon !
Mais j'ai trop envie de sentir les fréquences des basses qui sortent de la Denon... vivement un moment de solo tribal ! 😜
Hier soir avec Ced' on a gueulé "Take back the power" en mettant The Interrupters pour sa maman...Lulu 75 ans a vachement apprécié ! 😜
axx, Fun things to note about the upcoming #UK General Election:
- "qualifying Commonwealth citizens" can vote (as long as they meet the other requirements: age + residency)
- if you are a squatter, that doesn't disqualify you from the residency requirement!
Rwandans living in the UK (and everyone else), this is your time to kick Sunak and the Tories out.
Sources:
- https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/running-electoral-registration-england/eligibility-register-vote/what-are-nationality-requirements-register-vote/can-a-commonwealth-citizen-register-vote
- https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/running-electoral-registration-england/eligibility-register-vote/what-are-residency-requirements-registration-purposes
BathNature, My #Robin friend Little Mate chatting this morning in #Bath #Somerset #UK. His mate, Maple, is now on her second nest, the first one being unsuccessful. Little Mate is currently bringing her lots of food.
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsOfMastodon #MastodonNatureCommunityA European Robin perched on a fence post in a wood, chatting.
ThePlant,
kellyromanych, From Buglife in the UK: Mini Guide to Identifying Bees
19 pages covers bumble & solitary bees. Includes photos & illustrations.
Snoro, French UK Climate Deniers & Fossil Fuel Sector Have Donated £8.4M to Tories
As the UK gears up for another election, an investigation shows the Conservative Party has accrued £8.4M in donations from fossil fuel interests and climate deniers since winning the last election in 2019
#UK #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
AnnaAnthro, Royal Mail agrees to £3.57bn takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský #uk
nando161,
mkwadee, In #GeneralElections in the #UK, the most you can do is vote for your #ConstituencyMP. So if you want to get rid of the #Tories, the best thing to do is vote for the party most likely to unseat them locally where possible. Obviously if you’re in a safe non-Tory then you can vote for who you like but in marginals and even in relatively safe #Tory seats, #TacticalVoting might be your best option.
mkwadee, I’ve seen a couple of websites which are to help you vote tactically, though I can’t really vouch for either. They are: https://tactical.vote/ and https://tacticalvote.co.uk/ I hope they’re of use to some folks.
PBruce, #Uspoli #Cdnpoli #UK #Gaza #Palestine #Apartheid #WarCrimes #Genocide ##BDS #UN #Ceasefire #Israel #Siege #BidensBombs #TerroristState #ICJ #UNRWA #Iran #Protests #Criminal #WarCrimes #Justice
Israel would say
Jack The Ripper was a good man with a knife and
Jeffrey Dahmer knew how to serve mankind .
8 More European Nations Abandon Israel After Rafah Massacre; Netanyahu Loses Europe!
SubtleBlade, #Sunak airbrushed from launch of #ScottishTories’[sic] #GeneralElection campaign – #UK #politics live
#DouglasRoss barely mentions #Westminster or #ConservativePolicies and does not say PM’s name in speech kicking off campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/28/tories-triple-lock-plus-planned-tax-cut-pensioners-labour-rishi-sunak-general-election
#ToxicParty #GE2024
LALegault, Please vote for Fiona who called Braverman a war criminal to her face and is also a very smart young leader: #UK