I am, quite literally, trembling with excitement at the latest frescoes to be uncovered at Pompeii. They're some of the finest I've seen. A wonderful piece in today's Times with helpful maps and Radio 4's bit this morning (on iPlayer) worth replaying thetimes.co.uk/article/pompei…

You can read the energy stats for yourself here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6604304f…

For the first time ever, renewables provided the majority of electricity generated in the UK in the last quarter of 2023.

The 51.5% share was helped by Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd, Scotland's largest wind farm, coming on line.

It is one of a number of fascinating stats published by…

Sadly true👇 - how did the SNP lose their way - when the leadership stopped asking and listening.
♦️£50k 'Islands Bond' - sudden election gimmick then scrapped
♦️HPMAs infuriated everyone then scrapped
♦️heating-stoves 🙄
♦️Etc

CNN investigation of the Flour Massacre shows the IDF 🇮🇱 fired 600 rounds of bullets a minute at unarmed starving Palestinians 🇵🇸 murdering 118 people, injuring 760

Where are the arrest warrants?
Where is The Hague?

US 🇺🇸 has corrupted international law

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland = 8.2% of 🇬🇧UK population but is only allowed 3.5% of the UK spend.

Are you YES yet? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊🏻

EU should suspend its Association Agreement with Israel with immediate effect, because of serious violations of international law.

telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Rappor…

🚨🇵🇸🇺🇸 JUST IN: The United States says there is NO EVIDENCE that ISRAEL is committing GENOCIDE in Gaza.

I guess 30,000 DEAD civilians isn't enough?

This is a potential ecological disaster across a 1,000 km stretch of WA's coast

Experts warn it could potentially impact populations of entire species

Our previous environment can't afford Roger Cook's support for new fossil fuels!
#ClimateEmergency abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

🚨Western Australia is facing a “forest collapse” event due to record high temps & the driest 6 months EVER

Experts have recorded large swathes of dying flora from Denmark to Shark Bay

What will it take for WA Labor to stop supporting gas expansion? Look what we stand to lose!

Indonesia. Ruanda. Bosnia. Myanmar. Four studies in British complicity with Genocide.
No politician paid any price. No wonder Cameron and Sunak calculate they can ignore the International Court of Justice over Gaza. My new column for Middle East Eye:

middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-ga…

“Israel is competing with Nazism for first place in the league of horror in the history of mankind. We demand a stop to genocide now.”

—Ione Belarra calls on Spain to break all relations with Israel and stop Netanyahu once and for all.

Remember when Israel bombed the first hospital in Gaza?

A 'misfired' rocket was blamed, and the mainstream media fell over itself to agree.

Israel has now destroyed all 36 hospitals in Gaza… and there hasnt been a single word of condemnation from mainstream media or western…

More than two million innocent people in Gaza are in need of urgent humanitarian aid.
I’m honoured to have been asked to perform at this concert - all proceeds will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians 🕊️🇵🇸
Tickets on sale NOW !!
tickets.glasgowlife.org.uk/33110/33111
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'Thirty years ago the world failed to stop the Rwandan genocide. Now we fail Gaza. The same countries that said ‘never again’ after Rwanda have given Israel a free pass during six months of death and destruction.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

More people in Ireland identify climate change as the single most serious problem facing the world over any other thing. A quarter of Irish people say it is - with only Nordic countries showing a higher level of concern among EU nations. 🇮🇪🌧️☀️

europa.eu/eurobarometer/…

Can’t believe I’m doing this but here we go…

Using 2023 figures, if all new houses in the Highlands and Islands burnt wood for domestic heat rather than used a heat pump, CO2e emissions from wood burning heating would be 88% lower than the heat pump system.

You’re the second largest supplier of weapons to Israel.

Bragging that you offer aid to those surviving your weapons is absurd, not least given Israel is deliberately blocking aid from getting to those who need it anyway.

These are the people who advised Labour on its new policy for financial services. Can you spot the trade unionist, the person with a mortgage, the small business person, or the pensioner? No, me neither. I just see the interests of the financial establishment written all over…

Surely this isn't true .... ?