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“If you can read that list without the hairs on the back of your neck beginning to stand up, then maybe #journalism is not for you.” David Randall in The Universal Journalist, 1996.
Damien Gayle
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Damien Gayle
@damiengayle
Guardian environment correspondent, covering climate action across Europe and beyond. All opinions my own and no doubt totally wrong
- Activists with @JustStop_Oil have thrown tomato soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the national Gallery and glued themselves to the wall.
00:00Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextThe action was dramatic but the picture was unscathed and is already back on display. The frame was damaged slightly, according to The National Gallery. Adding as context because people might believe the protesters damaged the painting. twitter.com/nationalgaller… - Replying to @damiengayle“What is worth more, art or life? … are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?” @JustStop_Oil’s activists explain their action
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It just occurred to me that this is the first major war between civilized nations in my lifetime.- Extinction Rebellion dumped seven tons of shit outside the offices of the Daily Mail this morning. 😂
- Avon and Somerset police did not respond to my questions about how they came to make the false claims in the first place.
- Replying to @damiengayle🎨 BREAKING: LORA JOHNSON THROWS PAINT ON MET POLICE HQ 🎨 ⚖️ New oil and gas will lead to crop failure, food shortages and the collapse of law and order. Human civilisation as we know it is on the verge of collapse. #FreeLouis #FreeJosh #CivilResistance
00:00 - Replying to @damiengayle“It’s an electric train though!” Passengers take issue #ExtinctionRebellion activists who blocked the DLR
00:00 - Replying to @damiengayle“What is worth more, art or life? … are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?” @JustStop_Oil’s activists explain their action00:00
- #ExtinctionRebellion activists have disrupted London’s Docklands Light Railway network at Shadwell station
00:00 - Replying to @damiengayle“The government’s insane, and I don’t know what to do, other than to do this, to try and get the attention that we need to wake the public up.” Ecologist Dr Aaron Thierry (@ThierryAaron), who has his hand superglued to the window at @beisgovuk with @ScientistsX
00:00 - Scientists with @ScientistsX have glued themselves to the windows of @beisgovuk in a climate change protest
