Facing the climate and nature emergency can mean sadness, loss and a disturbing sense of unreality. Something I wrote a while back with my children in mind for @letterstoearth_ read here by Benedict Cumberbatch @letterslive.NB other emotions - defiance, hope - are also available.

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RT @RedHotWorld: A whole new type of democracy is thriving in one of the toughest places in the world - despite a media blackout. Women le….

Scientists On Survival: 25 personal stories of climate action (including one by me). 25% off this weekend!. "Beware - this is a dangerous book. Passionate, inspiring and essential." - Caroline Lucas.

Scientists On Survival: 25 stories of climate action. 25% off this weekend!. "[P]eople who both know exactly what they're talking about and are able to eloquently express the sadness, fury and fear that comes with the climate emergency" - Zadie Smith.

Either the current govt are deeply cynical and misinformed on Heathrow and new oil fields, or it's a cunning plan to make everyone climate-concerned vote Green next election. Wouldn't you say @Ed_Miliband ?.

So sad that idiots who talk shit get such a platform because of their $$$ and because other commentators fall over themselves to amplify them. On most subjects there are - shock horror - real experts and thoughtful people who actually deserve attention.

RT @LawyersAreResp: 🚨BREAKING. LEADING DOCTORS & SCIENTISTS HOLD A HISTORICAL SIT-IN AT FIVE FOSSIL FUEL ENABLING ‘MAGIC CIRCLE’ LAW FIRMS….

Going to try using the other place increasingly from now on. is where I'll be. Laters Elno, here's hoping you have a profitable apocalypse and finally find what it was you were looking for xxx.

Congratulations to (S)hell for their win in court this week against the need to cut company emissions. Just the latest in a long and proud history of making the world a better place!

RT @labourlewis: Part of the deep ‘unhappiness’ that drives people to the authoritarian right, is having a socio-economic system that treat….

RT @labourlewis: 1/5 Trump's victory shows the authoritarian right can win even with rising GDP and supposedly 'good' economic figures. We….

RT @DoctorVive: How do none of the takes about the election mention what it means for the habitability of our planet? How?.

The wonderful comedian Janey Godley died last week. In 2016 she welcomed Trump to Scotland in a way many of us can relate to to this day.

There's no take on this, no spin, that changes the fact it is fucking terrible for climate, nature and so much else. We get to feel like shit and react accordingly. Then at some point we drag our weary bones back up from the ground and do whatever is left that we can do.

RT @ChrisGPackham: Things have just got a lot more difficult . Here’s what I think . I had no control over what just happened . None . But….

Another day, another major UN warning on climate.

RT @ClimateDefiance: There is no easy way to talk about this. This week the UN announced we are on track to reach up to 3.1° Celsius of war….

This really puts the climate crisis and collapse of Earth's life support systems into perspective. We're even talking *queues* now people ☠️☠️☠️.

RT @MrMatthewTodd: Someone messaged me with this and said it was OK to tweet. It’s similar to a friend who works v high up in a major tech….