Floating solar on reservoirs makes so much sense. More of this please!
#netzero #solar https://www.ecoportal.net/en/london-floating-solar-reservoir-water-birds-uk/28380/
I don’t usually share messages from the government but this one’s important so please pay close attention.
Report: "Israeli settler group calls for seizing crops in occupied Syrian land".
With the Israeli capture of territory in Quneitra and Daraa, the Pioneers of Bashan called for the "cultivation & sale of crops from occupied Syrian land."
"When this fertile land is worked by pioneering Jews, instead of Hamas-supporting Sunnis, it will yield even more", said the settler group.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-settler-group-advertises-sale-stolen-syrian-goods
Genocide cannot be tolerated. Remaining silent about what Israel has done leads us all down a path to hell. Israelis and Gazans are already living that reality. Israelis with the knowledge that their country will be forever associated with this crime, and Palestinians paying the price for 80 years of occupation that Israel refuses to end. International law exists to address genocide, occupation, ethnic cleansing, mass rape, crimes against humanity, and other violations that Israel has carried out for decades with impunity. Hamas/affiliates attacking civilian population are not exempt either. Governments should enforce these laws instead of weaponizing #antisemitism and criminalizing protest. Jewish people, more than anyone, should reject Israel’s claim to speak in their name to justify the displacement of another people. Israel forfeited its right to exist when it refused to respect the other side’s right to self-determination. There can be no Israel if Palestinians are exterminated or expelled, as Israel is planning (since before 1948, there should be no doubt about that).
RE: https://mas.to/@therightarticle/116851360526473598
There's a test for Andy....
@ChrisMayLA6 All US involvement in the NHS should be banned, and with drugs, generic types should be developed, or we should buy from non-American companies, and refuse to supply them with essential drugs unless they pay 20 times the previous amount.
RT: @TheGreenParty A £5 million "unconditional gift" from a crypto billionaire.
A promise to launch a crypto revolution in Britain.
Yeah, nothing to see here from Nigel "nine-jobs, five-houses" Farage. 👀
"This week is one of vast democratic failure. Rather than working for us, Keir Starmer and his ministers are acting against us. They have rammed through parliament a sweeping law that will, independent experts agree, harm the public; and they have done so without even coming clean on the costs or the consequences. What’s worse, MPs and the press have failed to put this under scrutiny."
#NHS #tRump #MakeAmericaGrateAgain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/02/keir-starmer-britain-pharma-deal-covid
I'd forgotten that Farage gets an EU pension next year worth £73k despite having had to pay back MEP funds due to misuse.
Farage has the stickiest fingers in British politics. #Farage
@PGBeattie @junesim63 and make a deal with Indian suppliers of generics
“While I was in Beirut another doctor told me the story of a child from Gaza who, after coming to Lebanon, learned that a man had died a natural death. The child did not understand. He did not know that death could come this way. It had to be explained to him, that people die of old age. The only cause of death the child knew was Israel. And he knew it well.”
– Mary Turfah
Mary Turfah is a writer and resident physician.
#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Gaza #Palestine #MaryTurfah @somebody https://circumstances.run/@somebody/116817466331114168
July 1, 1943: On this date, openly gay Dutch artist & resistance fighter Willem Arondeus was executed by the Nazis. He took part in the successful bombing of the Amsterdam public records office, destroying 800,000 identity cards & hindering Nazi pursuit of Dutch Jews. Due to an unknown betrayer, Arondéus was arrested on April 1, 1943. His last words were: "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards.”
#otd #palestine #genocide #medics
Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan was assassinated on July-02 2025 when an Israeli missile was fired into the apartment in #GazaCity where he and his extended family were staying after being displaced from northern #gaza -
His wife, his sister, his daughter Lamis, and his son-in-law Mohammed were also killed in the attack -
Al-Sultan was the Director of the Indonesian Hospital and cardiologist (..)
Text by Alaa Dmeida for PDD
This man is a true hero. He just gave up his freedom to make a stand. May his fellow veterans stand beside him and his lawyers be brilliant.
Major Jason Watson is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a decorated veteran who volunteered for a 365-day tour in Afghanistan and later served in Kuwait and Iraq.
He is calling for the impeachment, conviction, and removal of Trump and Vance. He has more courage than any member of Congress.
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I do sometimes wonder whether the tendency (at least in Western culture) to applaud saving things from crisis but not the work needed to prevent the crisis in the first place is something innate in human nature or something about the stories we choose to tell. Superman saving someone from a burning building makes a much better blockbuster than Superman diligently lobbying for better fire building safety codes and ensuring unscrupulous landlords don't cut costs by dodging them.
"‘Literally growing the future’: volunteers help save Scottish rainforest by collecting 11m seeds
Teams painstakingly combed endangered Atlantic habitat over several years, helping to grow 8m native trees"
#TreesAndForests #Scotland #EndangeredHabitats #rewilding #climatecrisis #climate #EndangeredSpecies
"Israel spent £50,000 lobbying Reform" by Dania Akkad
https://www.declassifieduk.org/israel-spent-50000-lobbying-reform/
Spain also stops Peter Thiel: Moncloa asks public companies not to contract with the giant Palantir
Spain has instructed state-linked strategic companies to stop signing new contracts with the US data and defense firm Palantir. Driven by concerns over national security, data sovereignty, and technological dependency on US infrastructure, this informal veto aligns with similar actions by other European nations seeking to protect their technological autonomy.
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports.
Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round.
A missed opportunity?
While we are on a music kick, lets listen to what ancient Persia sounded like around 1400 BC?
Sarah Parsaei performs on the Arjan harp — a historic instrument with roots going back nearly 3,400 years — in Tehran, Iran.
#globalmuseum #music #Persian #musicalinstruments #history