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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4h

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero

The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...

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Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 4h

F*ck.

Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 6h

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 11, 2025 ~ Everything is fine.

"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "

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Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.

abcnews.go.com

Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 4h

Authoritarian regimes are rendered invisible, passive, merely responsive and even tolerant in the framing of stories at The Guardian. Why?

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 19h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 7h

What horrifies me about this is that it is highly unlikely intelligence services etc didn’t know about Epstein’s activities long before this which means that child abuse is just something to turn a blind eye to (see also Cyril Smith, Al Fayed etc etc)

Guardian story - Tony Blair
Tony Blair met Jeffrey
Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal
National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and
'young and vibrant' financier

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Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 9h

“You can’t be an effective environmentalist without also being a socialist”. Zack Polanski.

Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 10h

Feels like a historic moment.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 20h

I love this image.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11h

Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
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Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

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arf @happyfunnysillydog.bsky.social · 1d

it just feels like.

But I didn’t and still don’t like making a cult of women’s knowledge, preening ourselves on knowing things men don’t know, women’s deep irrational wisdom, women’s instinctive knowledge of Nature, and so on. All that all too often merely reinforces the masculinist idea of women as primitive and inferior – women’s knowledge as elementary, primitive, always down below at the dark roots, while men get to cultivate and own the flowers and crops that come up into the light. But why should women keep talking baby talk while men get to grow up? Why should women feel blindly while men get to think?
Ursula K. Le Guin

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Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 1d

Oiligarchy.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

The fossil fuel industry is raiding the infrastructure of the US government.

Are we allowed to be opposed to fossil fuels yet, or is that not enough of a Pragmatic Realist Climate Reset Agenda

www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ ‘Fossil Fuel Insiders’ to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles
One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.
Stephen Prager
Oct 08, 2025

A top energy adviser to President Donald Trump admitted in an August interview that the administration is offering “concierge, white-glove service” to fossil fuel companies while blocking and defunding clean energy projects.

The comments, reported Tuesday by the Washington Post, came from Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for Trump’s National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC), which was established within the Department of the Interior in February.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

The fossil fuel industry is raiding the infrastructure of the US government.

Are we allowed to be opposed to fossil fuels yet, or is that not enough of a Pragmatic Realist Climate Reset Agenda

www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

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Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 1d

Operation Starmer.

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 1d

When fighting demonic forces it’s always worth double checking in case you are the demonic force.

Rachel Wagner @drrachelwagner.bsky.social · 2d

If “Antifa” is code for “anyone who doesn’t support Christian nationalism” then it is also code for “demonic forces.” Because they literally see this as an apocalyptic battle of good versus evil. That’s why violence, murder, and arrest of children is AOK for them. And they won’t stop.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 1d

"Make ownership of large landholdings public"

Great report from the @digitalcommons.bsky.social with key recommendation that HM Land Registry should make the ownership of landholdings above a certain area threshold publicly available:

digitalcommons.coop/content/file...

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski is a breath of fresh air, because he is exposing far right populism and all the lies. And everyone is listening because they've had enough. Labour , Tories and Reform are all the same now and that's why he stands out exposing all their hypocrisy.

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Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 1d

Apply and then file a subject access request.

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Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 1d

You’re only as good as your last game.

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 1d

My Palestinian friend who is visiting me was so overjoyed at the ceasefire. Then learned that her friend in Gaza had died to the genocide and lack of healthcare. The family doesn't know where the children are. None of this is over until Israel can't harm a single Palestinian.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

"The eyes of future generations are on [us], silently urging us to act bravely and quickly [...] to save them from a collapsed biosphere.

Will we rise to the moment and earn the right to be regarded as 'good ancestors'?"

Crucial question, crucial book.

*Read it.*

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Rob Bryher @robbryher.bsky.social · 1d

WE RAN OUT OF TIME FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

says Fiona Bruce at the end of Question Time

*Green Party bingo cards explode across the nation*

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

Listen to scientists and not sociopaths in public office. Get your annual COVID vaccine.

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Brendan @brendanmontague.bsky.social · 2d

The logic that if you vote Green you might let the Tories is broken. Voting Labour has let the Tories in. Labour people can’t in good conscience vote for the Starmer faction. The policy offer from the Greens is so Labour it would be rude not to vote for them. It would be a dereliction of duty.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 2d

The era of oil & gas is over - reserves are running dry and companies are pulling out leaving workers and communities high and dry

Government urgently needs to make a plan to harness those skills for the green energy transition

My piece for Prospect Magazine on my Energy Jobs Bill:

Screenshot of a headline from Prospect Magazine, reading: 'There will be no transition without high-carbon skills.'

Subheading reads: My new Energy Jobs Bill would harness the expertise of those working in oil and gas to support the shift to clean power, by Carla Denyer

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