Peter Archibald
@archipet.bsky.social
Humanist chaplain. Vegetarian with vitiligo (no connection). Happily married Dad. Cut your carbon. No DMs 🚫
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Wow.
China wants to dominate critical infrastructure of the future: green tech, AI, robotics, semiconductors, EVs and batteries, critical minerals.
This is an infrastructure war- one that we’ve already lost. And one where we didn’t even know we were fighting.
China wants to dominate critical infrastructure of the future: green tech, AI, robotics, semiconductors, EVs and batteries, critical minerals.
This is an infrastructure war- one that we’ve already lost. And one where we didn’t even know we were fighting.
In an effort to win this contest, China is building hegemony by exporting not just its green products but also in a structural shift exporting its technology, engineering, supply chains, and financing.
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
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www.ft.com/content/e517...
China is building 74% of all current solar and wind projects, report says
Beijing is dominating construction of renewable energy sources, according to Global Energy Monitor
www.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Wow.
China wants to dominate critical infrastructure of the future: green tech, AI, robotics, semiconductors, EVs and batteries, critical minerals.
This is an infrastructure war- one that we’ve already lost. And one where we didn’t even know we were fighting.
China wants to dominate critical infrastructure of the future: green tech, AI, robotics, semiconductors, EVs and batteries, critical minerals.
This is an infrastructure war- one that we’ve already lost. And one where we didn’t even know we were fighting.
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It depresses me that governments have made such a hash of data sharing and protection (since Blair) that lots of people have refused their consent, which means that research might be hit by less good datasets.
February 17, 2026 at 9:05 AM
It depresses me that governments have made such a hash of data sharing and protection (since Blair) that lots of people have refused their consent, which means that research might be hit by less good datasets.
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Are GP records perhaps being linked to UK Biobank via the Palantir federated hub?
Probably not, because lots of doctors aren't using it, but...
#R4Today
Probably not, because lots of doctors aren't using it, but...
#R4Today
February 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Are GP records perhaps being linked to UK Biobank via the Palantir federated hub?
Probably not, because lots of doctors aren't using it, but...
#R4Today
Probably not, because lots of doctors aren't using it, but...
#R4Today
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This is probably one of the most important pieces I have ever written. Robert Lowe MP is proposing the forced expulsion of millions of people from the UK. Full-on fascism is being put before people. We have to decide. Do we want a politics of care, or of hate? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...
Robert Lowe’s challenge is real: Do we want a politics of care, or of hate?
A commentator here drew my attention last night to a new policy paper from the Restore Britain group that has been launched by former Reform MP Robert Lowe, who now sits as an independent MP for Great...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
February 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM
This is probably one of the most important pieces I have ever written. Robert Lowe MP is proposing the forced expulsion of millions of people from the UK. Full-on fascism is being put before people. We have to decide. Do we want a politics of care, or of hate? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...
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I am reminded of what happened in the UK after Brexit, when all the Brexit-supporting wannabe Oligarch-types who had donated hugely to support leaving the EU offshored ASAP.
They aren't patriots. They are toxic capitalists parasitising upon the common good and using patriotism as a cloak.
They aren't patriots. They are toxic capitalists parasitising upon the common good and using patriotism as a cloak.
flip.it/CNOKfy Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report
Billionaire Trump donor and tariff advocate is moving his Ohio manufacturing plant to China: report
John Paulson, who is worth an estimated $4 billion, previously spoke out against offshoring American manufacturing jobs
flip.it
February 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
I am reminded of what happened in the UK after Brexit, when all the Brexit-supporting wannabe Oligarch-types who had donated hugely to support leaving the EU offshored ASAP.
They aren't patriots. They are toxic capitalists parasitising upon the common good and using patriotism as a cloak.
They aren't patriots. They are toxic capitalists parasitising upon the common good and using patriotism as a cloak.
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The forest is the system: Not the individual trees. Many people try to build resilience by making themselves bigger, stronger, more independent. They stockpile resources, they build higher walls, they try to go it alone. HOWEVER, We The People are stronger together. Unite!
February 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The forest is the system: Not the individual trees. Many people try to build resilience by making themselves bigger, stronger, more independent. They stockpile resources, they build higher walls, they try to go it alone. HOWEVER, We The People are stronger together. Unite!
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"When pubs, community centres, libraries and banks close, it adds to a sense of local decline. In my ... research, I found that local decline contributes to a rise in support for radical-right political parties – and that the loss of local pubs plays a surprisingly important role in the shift."
The political effect of our "silent epidemic of loneliness"
The Liberal Democrats have proposed a network of "Hobby Hubs" to combat what they call a "silent epidemic of loneliness", as a lack of commu...
liberalengland.blogspot.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM
"When pubs, community centres, libraries and banks close, it adds to a sense of local decline. In my ... research, I found that local decline contributes to a rise in support for radical-right political parties – and that the loss of local pubs plays a surprisingly important role in the shift."
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😬Not the best look for Reform’s Gorton & Denton candidate Matt Goodwin
White supremacist far right activist says
“you've appeared on our podcasts, had dinner with us, had us write for your Substack, and sought our advice on how to write your social media posts”
Tad awkward😬
White supremacist far right activist says
“you've appeared on our podcasts, had dinner with us, had us write for your Substack, and sought our advice on how to write your social media posts”
Tad awkward😬
February 16, 2026 at 9:55 PM
😬Not the best look for Reform’s Gorton & Denton candidate Matt Goodwin
White supremacist far right activist says
“you've appeared on our podcasts, had dinner with us, had us write for your Substack, and sought our advice on how to write your social media posts”
Tad awkward😬
White supremacist far right activist says
“you've appeared on our podcasts, had dinner with us, had us write for your Substack, and sought our advice on how to write your social media posts”
Tad awkward😬
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“Truly, whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
“Truly, whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire
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The incontinent meets the incompetent - I saw this comment somewhere else so can't claim to have invented it but it's perfect
February 16, 2026 at 9:51 AM
The incontinent meets the incompetent - I saw this comment somewhere else so can't claim to have invented it but it's perfect
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Won't be a revelation to anyone but the reason all the worst people on the right are pivoting to talking about race and culture rather than immigration is so they can keep banging the drum even as net migration figures fall (UK) and even reverse (US).
This is the next step and it always was.
This is the next step and it always was.
February 16, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Won't be a revelation to anyone but the reason all the worst people on the right are pivoting to talking about race and culture rather than immigration is so they can keep banging the drum even as net migration figures fall (UK) and even reverse (US).
This is the next step and it always was.
This is the next step and it always was.
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‘Lib Dems blast Elections Bill as “painfully timid” and call for transformative change’
“We need to scrap our broken, unfair voting system, make the House of Lords democratic, and finally lock out the corrupting influence of foreign actors like Trump and Musk.”
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
“We need to scrap our broken, unfair voting system, make the House of Lords democratic, and finally lock out the corrupting influence of foreign actors like Trump and Musk.”
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
‘Lib Dems blast Elections Bill as “painfully timid” and call for transformative change’
“We need to scrap our broken, unfair voting system, make the House of Lords democratic, and finally lock out the corrupting influence of foreign actors like Trump and Musk.”
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
“We need to scrap our broken, unfair voting system, make the House of Lords democratic, and finally lock out the corrupting influence of foreign actors like Trump and Musk.”
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
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Outstanding quote from Casement.
Roger Casement: “A nation is a very complex thing. It never does consist; it never has consisted solely of men of one blood or one single race – it is like a river, rising in the hills with many sources, many converging streams, that become one great stream.” (1905)
February 16, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Outstanding quote from Casement.
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Humanists around the world are mobilizing.
From 7 to 9 August 2026, we’re coming together in Ottawa for three days of connection and action at the World Humanist Congress.
👉 Register now: hmnts.in/WHC2026-Regi...
From 7 to 9 August 2026, we’re coming together in Ottawa for three days of connection and action at the World Humanist Congress.
👉 Register now: hmnts.in/WHC2026-Regi...
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Humanists around the world are mobilizing.
From 7 to 9 August 2026, we’re coming together in Ottawa for three days of connection and action at the World Humanist Congress.
👉 Register now: hmnts.in/WHC2026-Regi...
From 7 to 9 August 2026, we’re coming together in Ottawa for three days of connection and action at the World Humanist Congress.
👉 Register now: hmnts.in/WHC2026-Regi...
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There’s a structural shift happening.
At least one political economy is positioning itself to win:
“…and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.”
The US was trying for a few years, then the coup* of the Epstein class happened.
At least one political economy is positioning itself to win:
“…and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.”
The US was trying for a few years, then the coup* of the Epstein class happened.
NEW from us: Rapid expansion of the EV, wind, solar and other clean energy industries drove more than a third of China's GDP growth in 2025, and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/M7N4yjx
Read here: buff.ly/M7N4yjx
February 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
There’s a structural shift happening.
At least one political economy is positioning itself to win:
“…and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.”
The US was trying for a few years, then the coup* of the Epstein class happened.
At least one political economy is positioning itself to win:
“…and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.”
The US was trying for a few years, then the coup* of the Epstein class happened.
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NEW from us: Rapid expansion of the EV, wind, solar and other clean energy industries drove more than a third of China's GDP growth in 2025, and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025 | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social @belindaschaepe.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/M7N4yjx
Read here: buff.ly/M7N4yjx
February 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
NEW from us: Rapid expansion of the EV, wind, solar and other clean energy industries drove more than a third of China's GDP growth in 2025, and almost all of the growth in investment, making clean energy essential to meeting economic targets.
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The Queen died two days after meeting Liz Truss. 🤞
February 16, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The Queen died two days after meeting Liz Truss. 🤞
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What a sad desperate failure. You can decide for yourself which of them I mean
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of meeting with Trump
Unclear how encounter between Britain’s shortest-serving PM and US president was initiated and how long it lasted
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:35 AM
What a sad desperate failure. You can decide for yourself which of them I mean
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Huge applause as Starmer declares Britain has moved beyond the Brexit years. One of the strongest EU speeches by a PM in decades - yet barely covered by the BBC or MSM. While serious leadership is ignored, airtime still goes to Farage and recycled outrage. Kuenssberg, Zeffman, Mason, Gibb - out.
February 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Huge applause as Starmer declares Britain has moved beyond the Brexit years. One of the strongest EU speeches by a PM in decades - yet barely covered by the BBC or MSM. While serious leadership is ignored, airtime still goes to Farage and recycled outrage. Kuenssberg, Zeffman, Mason, Gibb - out.
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If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
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As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
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Read this!!!!
My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it.
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Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?
How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Read this!!!!
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Reporting from @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...
'A good way of dealing with overpopulation': Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism
Jeffrey Epstein and his vast network of elite figures routinely traded in myths that undermine climate progress. Experts say it's not an accident.
www.fastcompany.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Reporting from @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...
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"From: "jeffrey E." <[email protected]>
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
February 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM
"From: "jeffrey E." <[email protected]>
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2