John Higham

"Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet." — Carl Sagan

I had 3-4 weeks off Twitter with autistic burnout recently & my engagement is right down (also due to standing up to a vile group of trolls on here-they reported me lots, restricting my reach). If you see this photo it would be so ace if you could RT it or drop me a quick hello if you have a moment, both of which help an account get back on track. I also hope these little violas ping some floral dopamine in your meat computer & give you a small lift 🌿

I’m convinced this large Quartz 🪨 was laid here Centuries ago to mark a permanent spring😍July 2026 it’s dried out 😢 Over abstraction is destroying our rare #ChalkStreams @AnglianWater @EnvAgencyAnglia @Feargal_Sharkey

I so want @wakelyns to succeed. Do support this if you can and buy a share here ( wakelyns.co.uk/ccbs/) Read why "Wakelyns is an inspirational example of agroforestry [and enterprise stacking], which has become official government policy" #agroforestry theguardian.com/environment/20…

@g__j 39362.6kWh

Can you get this meter reading right? All correct answers go into a random picker and the winner gets a year's free electricity (up to £1000). (One entry per person :) )

Dear @EnvAgency. In February this year, after 4 years of asking you to look after the Aldersbrook, I led a team of volunteers to do your job for you & clean out tonnes of silt & leaves, as well as hundreds of bags of rubbish. Through the effort of community volunteers & donations, & at zero cost to the taxpayer, we turned a forgotten silted up ditch back into a river again. Last nights intense rain storm showed why our actions are the very definition of “strengthening water resilience”. A huge amount of rain fell in a short time, but the restored section of the Aldersbrook has been able to hold 100’s of thousands of litres more water, stopping this water running into the Roding, & thereby *reducing* local flood risk. The first photograph below is of the Aldersbrook after the rains this morning- a big contrast to the area before we did the work. Perhaps more importantly, this water, instead of running straight off into the Roding & hence the sea is now being held in the Aldersbrook & gradually released so it can be used by nature. It is feeding marshes, trees & wildlife, topping up groundwater & helping to reduce our flood/drought cycle. If you want to strengthen water resilience, we need thousands more projects like the Aldersbrook around the country. So the question I ask you, Environment Agency, is why you are threatening me with two years imprisonment, rather than offering to meet & discuss how we can work together to restore the Roding & its tributaries, which could become a blueprint for you cooperating with local river guardians nationwide?

@neso_energy is it time for a refresh of your Records page in the app? The Max No Coal category is now redundant. How about a Max Daily Solar Generation and Max Daily Wind Generation for 24 hour kWh totals of renewable generation? Thanks.

@Zarch1972 @energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy They are tagged into this conversation so maybe they’ll get back to us.

@johnoft @energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy It's almost like it's been transposed wrong. 🤷🏼‍♂️

New Version of @OctopusEnergy Tracker is out. Version SILVER-26-04-01 Lower unit rates and higher standing charges. See attached revised calculation for the East Midlands region. Pricing updated on the site, new graph will out tomorrow. energy-stats.uk/octopus-tracke…

@Zarch1972 @energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy Agreed. I managed to find the figures after a bit of digging. Strange. I can’t work out the multiplier is an order of magnitude different.

@energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy Figures from their FAQ page this morning octopus.energy/tracker-faqs/

@energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy Hi Mick. Is this correct? The screenshot text seems to show a ten fold reduction in electricity cost (a multiplier of 0.129 compared to the previous 1.28472). As ever, I can’t find tariff numbers for Tracker on @OctopusEnergy website. Thanks for your help.

"We are asking for a WW2 level of leadership". Professor @MikeBernersLee at the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster. Has your MP joined the Parliamentary Call for Gov to make a televised emergency briefing to the nation? Check here: nebriefing.org/parliamentary-… #NEB2025

They’ve been openly fox hunting. They simply don’t care because they know they won’t be held accountable. Well it's time to hold them accountable for the crimes they are committing against wildlife, against people & against simple decency in the UK: chrispackh.am/opsmokescreen

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, "Nobody wants to join the United States" "People want to join the European Union" "Because we have respect, the rule of law, and we speak softly" "I would like to confirm the US is an ally, but they have to behave like an ally" "The West is not united, but Putin sees that we are divided" "I grew up in the 80s where the West stood for something, sovereignty, democracy, freedom" "The idea that in a conflict between a tyrant and a democracy, the United States says they're not going to take sides? - Putin sees this" "Now a NATO country is threatening another NATO country? It would not discourage him from his attack on Ukraine" Excellent contribution @Bart_DeWever thank you 👏

⚠️The River Wye - one of the UK’s most iconic and protected rivers - is on the brink of ecological collapse. ☠️ Once a vibrant natural asset, it is now suffocating under the weight of agricultural pollution. 👉We need action NOW. The Government must ensure the upcoming White Paper tackles agricultural pollution at its source and delivers real protection for the #RiverWye, before it's too late. @SaveTheWye

Of the ten Irish republican hunger strikers who were martyred in 1981, only two made it beyond day 68. The Palestine Action strikers are now in the death zone, and the british government is letting it happen.

Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike. Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike. They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.

Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, made 31 years ago.

Please ask your MP to add their name to this Parliamentary call for Government to stage a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis. We can rise to this challenge, but first we need to face it together. nebriefing.org/parliamentary-… #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp

Irish legend Bobby Sands died on the 66th day of his hunger strike. @DavidLammy you can save Heba Muraisi who is on Day 66 of her hunger strike. For the love of God stand up and save her.

This photo shows Jimmy Lai at the piano, singing hymns with his family during the last Christmas he spent free, in December 2020. For the past five years, he has spent the Advent season alone in a shoebox cell—imprisoned for his belief in democracy and peaceful protest. This Christmas, his family will once again be forced to celebrate without him. Jimmy Lai's "guilty" conviction under Hong Kong’s draconian National Security Law is a grave miscarriage of justice. He now faces life imprisonment. At 78, with failing health, every day behind bars puts his life at risk. The international community must not stay silent. It’s time to #FreeJimmyLai and #BringHimHome.