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Nigel Pugh (he/him/they)  

Without social #equality you won’t achieve #netzero. Just why are rich white men allowed to burn up the planet, whilst the poor suffer their pollution, droughts, floods & rising seas.

“Car journeys and flights taken by the richest British people – especially “white, wealthy middle-aged men” – used more #energy that year than 60% of the population got through in total.” #Climate #ClimateAction

carbonbrief.org/richest-people

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jam  

Keeping my tradition of painting octopuses on the bottoms of tables in hotel rooms alive 😀

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Jules  

@WilliamNB as is that! Why reinvent the wheel?

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Jules  

@WilliamNB that's genius!

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Tara C. Smith :verified:  

RT @lindaholmes@twitter.com

I’m not sure why “I may wear masks in some situations forever” is weird and “thousands of people are going to die every week from this forever, oh well” is normal and cool.

🐦🔗: twitter.com/lindaholmes/status

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Jules  

@WilliamNB the tricky part is the thinner the walls the less thermal mass the pot itself has so the tighter you have to pack the insulation around it to ensure it works, but then you don't want to compress the insulation too much so it doesn't work. But I reckon I could prooooooobably get that in the stuff sack with my sleeping bag

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Jules  

@WilliamNB that's an idea. This sort of thing? ebay.co.uk/itm/174326096718?mk

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Jules  

@Manigarm of 2022.5 It's Muenesday.

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Jules  

@WilliamNB I think it would have to be metal, I don't like the idea of it sitting around stewing in plastic tupperware all day leaching who knows what, and glass is too fragile and heavy. But you have to be 100% sure you wouldn't end up with a soggy sleeping bag. But yes imagine, end of a long day, you sit down to admire the view and pull out a piping hot meal to tuck into

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Charlie Stross  

This is just perfect!

About GRETA – the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

GRETA is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by the Parties.

coe.int/en/web/anti-human-traf

As acronyms go that's unexpectedly but delightfully on the nose. (Ahem.)

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Dutch Barracuda🏳️‍🌈🛠☢️🌎♻️  

@afewbugs Totally agree.
I quit smoking early this year, replacing it in favour of vaping. It's honestly so much cheaper, and healthier (degree of health is variable), but these things have sprung up everywhere.

I will always prefer using my own vape, because it's reusable, refillable, reconfigurable, and I like the style. Once it dies, it goes in the tech box to recycle.

These just seem horribly inefficient and like you say, wasteful beyond belief.

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Jules  

@WilliamNB do give it a try, it's one of those things I just tried as an experiment because I was curious, I genuinely never expected it would be so helpful and convenient! Next step is figuring out how to do it on the move, I've heard of people who start their dinner off in the morning then wrap it in their sleeping bag so it cooks all day, but I need to figure out a 100% reliable waterproof container for that

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Helen Czerski  

We’ve got a plastic bag charge, and there are plenty of cotton tote shopping bags around, but I think we’re only really going to be winning when there are *returnable* robust shopping bags. There will always be times when someone has more shopping then expected, or needs to shop when they hadn’t planned. Bags with a deposit would be ace.

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Jesteresse  

Alle Jahre wieder kommen meine Geschenkbeutel, Furoshiki-Tücher und meine Stoffsammlung heraus.

Auch wenn wir auf dem Weg zur Müllvermeidung seit der Geburt des Kleenen zu viele Rückschritte gemacht haben, diese Tradition bleibt.

#Furoshiki #geschenkverpackung #wastefreeworld #zerowaste

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Jules  

I'm pretty sure the majority of them are not disposed of safely in battery recycling, and even that's imperfect because it does nothing for the other materials and isn't 100% efficient even for batteries.

For that matter we have now, why are we still selling products require single use batteries or even developing new ones like the disposable phone chargers I've seen for sale in newsagents at train stations?

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Jules  

I don't understand how are allowed. We're slowly figuring out that converting more & more of the Earth's resources into toxic garbage, with maybe a few minutes of utility in the middle of the lifespan, is a bad idea & increasingly European countries are beginning to ban food containers and cutlery. So why are little plastic cannisters of nicotine-laced solution that can poison wildlife with an internal battery allowed to be used a few times & thrown away?

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Will is too honest to be an MP  

In this era of government-enforced cost-of-living crisis, have you considered cooking with a haybox?
@afewbugs explains it FAR better than I can, so go read her rather excellent post now (and share it widely, so others can also benefit)
tangledbankblog.wordpress.com/

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Jules  

@WilliamNB thank you!

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Jules  

@dutchbarracuda this feels like a final, beautiful swansong for Twitter too

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Will is too honest to be an MP  

This is the route guide for the Exe Estuary trail to Exmouth.
It's a stunning, mostly traffic-free 13-mile route, complete with route grading, travel info, refreshment stops, bike hire info & more.
Please share widely (and not just on here, either)?
willcycle.com/2022/12/30/the-e
#TrafficFree #Cycling #WillCycle

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