Winner of South Devon Primary Caroline Voaden MP explains why she’s standing to be our next MP. More clips here: southdevonprimary.org/qa-video

A great story behind a popular fruit.

URGENT! Pls share. The last chance to register to vote in the General Election is 11.59pm tomorrow Tue 18 June. Potentially 8m aren't registered at their current address. Here's 4 key facts... 1) You can do it online here registertovote.service.gov.uk/country-of-res… 2) It's good for your finances.

We're pretty confident of ending minority Tory rule here, after 100 years in this constituency, through the remarkable and brilliant People's Primary initiative. You can do it too, by taking back control from the party machines. Here's how.

🚨 The removal of 500,000+ books from our library is affecting vital educational programs. Thousands of students no longer have access to crucial books & stories. Sign our open letter asking the publishers to restore these books! 📚✍️ change.org/LetReadersRead #LetReadersRead

How colors got their names

Just walked along a stretch of #Devon coastline with lots of wild flowers. I didn't see a single insect. It's like a dead zone. #biodiversity #wildlife #ecology #nature

Let Readers Read: An Open Letter to the Publishers in Hachette v. Internet Archive: - Sign the Petition! chng.it/STRxhHytkJ via Change.org UK

South Devon’s Conservative candidate is misleading voters *again* about the movement to end 100 years of Tory wins here. #IntegrityMatters southdevonprimary.org

“Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.” Jack Kerouac on kindness, the self illusion, and "the golden eternity," in a beautiful letter to his first wife turned lifelong friend themarginalian.org/2014/03/12/jac…

This is massive Supreme Court rules WCs can sued for nuisance or trespass for dumping sewage even if “There has been no negligence or deliberate misconduct”, by the WC That opens the way for 1,000s of claims by fishing clubs, swimmers, riparian owners against WCs. WOW just WOW!

.@Caroline Voaden, winner of the South Devon Primary, has secured a historic victory by being the first non-Conservative elected here in 100 years. #PeoplesPrimary A few words from the Primary cofounders 🧵1️⃣

🚨 BREAKING: Russia has just sentenced five climate activists to a whopping 21 years in prison for a PEACEFUL protest. Oh, wait, did we say Russia? We meant the UK.

An excellent piece - as ever - by Stuart Lee. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#OTD 1820 Leigh Hunt reviews Keats's 1820 poems: "The character of his genius is one of energy and voluptuousness"

Great piece from Ann Pettifor on the history of our fixation with GDP growth. Well worth a read (also references Michael Pettis Matthew C. Klein geoff tily) carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/…

Alexander von Humboldt and the Invention of Nature: How One of the Last True Polymaths Pioneered the Cosmos of Connections – The Marginalian themarginalian.org/2015/12/07/the…

Take action: Sign the open letter to publishers, asking them to restore access to the 500,000+ books removed from our library ⤵️ change.org/LetReadersRead

Mick Lynch wants a progressive wealth tax with the richest paying the same as everyone else on PAYE, 47%. That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.