Anand
@calmerfuture.bsky.social
calmerfuture.org
dreaming of practical better futures
@dosima_org on the other place
dreaming of practical better futures
@dosima_org on the other place
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Anand
@calmerfuture.bsky.social
· May 25
Calmer Future
Let's create a better future
www.calmerfuture.org
I want to share something I've worked on effectively for most of my life, in different ways.
This vision of a calmer future, and analysis of how we get there, came after working in different sectors, on different continents – and seeing how obvious solutions are not working.
www.calmerfuture.org
This vision of a calmer future, and analysis of how we get there, came after working in different sectors, on different continents – and seeing how obvious solutions are not working.
www.calmerfuture.org
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BBC removes description of Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" from the broadcast today of Rutger Bregman's Reith Lecture. I was among the several hundred people to hear the original at the lecture theatre
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BBC removes description of Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" from the broadcast today of Rutger Bregman's Reith Lecture. I was among the several hundred people to hear the original at the lecture theatre
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we're going to win
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
we're going to win
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Cloth left over from a Nazi flag, signed by women prisoners in Ravensbruck concentration camp. Yehudit Taube, a young Jewish nanny, embroidered the names during the camp's liberation to show the solidarity of the women survivors, many of whom were in the resistance #WomensArt
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Cloth left over from a Nazi flag, signed by women prisoners in Ravensbruck concentration camp. Yehudit Taube, a young Jewish nanny, embroidered the names during the camp's liberation to show the solidarity of the women survivors, many of whom were in the resistance #WomensArt
inform, educate, and entertain
not
elide, obfuscate, infuriate
not
elide, obfuscate, infuriate
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
inform, educate, and entertain
not
elide, obfuscate, infuriate
not
elide, obfuscate, infuriate
The Colonization of Australia
I was idly looking out of the train window when we went into a tunnel, the window became a mirror and the reflection meant my eyes met those of a fellow commuter. Now I have to go and live on Mars with Elon Musk.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The Colonization of Australia
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UK now at the point where the former Chair of the Racial Equalities Commission is calling for campaigns of terror against people of colour on the streets of the UK
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
UK now at the point where the former Chair of the Racial Equalities Commission is calling for campaigns of terror against people of colour on the streets of the UK
'My beloved working class'
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
'My beloved working class'
another area where we can't really deal with the problem of British fascism until we also honestly face an unsavoury, uncomfortable past — and this time, explicitly reject it
'Robinson’s newfound faith mirrors an important development that is taking place among European far-right groups, which are shifting emphasis in their political messaging from ethnicity to religion....In its most nationalist guise, this new racism views Christianity as synonymous with whiteness'.
Is British politics immune to US-style rightwing Christianity? We’re about to find out | Lamorna Ash
Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian ‘values’, and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential – this could have dire consequences, says author Lamorna Ash
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
another area where we can't really deal with the problem of British fascism until we also honestly face an unsavoury, uncomfortable past — and this time, explicitly reject it
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“Viola’s family fled in a horse and buggy. As they were leaving…she saw ash falling on the streets…an airplane dropping what looked like firebombs. She passed piles of corpses. She saw a white man blow off a Black man’s head with a shotgun…Nobody was held legally responsible for the destruction…”
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“Viola’s family fled in a horse and buggy. As they were leaving…she saw ash falling on the streets…an airplane dropping what looked like firebombs. She passed piles of corpses. She saw a white man blow off a Black man’s head with a shotgun…Nobody was held legally responsible for the destruction…”
fittingly pathetic
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
*hacks coughs describes hiccups as almost killing me*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(gift link below)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
*hacks coughs describes hiccups as almost killing me*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(gift link below)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
How a Sabotaged Ankle Monitor Ended Bolsonaro’s House Arrest
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
fittingly pathetic
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Great news for all who care about telling the truth & the full story of American history. The Mississippi Delta barn where Emmett Till died is now owned by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center thanks to a major donation from Shonda Rhimes. It will open as a memorial by 2039.
New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site
The new owner of the Mississippi barn where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed is to be opened as a memorial site by 2030.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Great news for all who care about telling the truth & the full story of American history. The Mississippi Delta barn where Emmett Till died is now owned by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center thanks to a major donation from Shonda Rhimes. It will open as a memorial by 2039.
this is utterly bizarre from Trevor Phillips, even before we get to the unhinged policies themselves
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
this is utterly bizarre from Trevor Phillips, even before we get to the unhinged policies themselves
a stinging endorsement
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
a stinging endorsement
[standing in front of a Reform logo]
Have I ever been part of an extremist organisation?
Have I ever been part of an extremist organisation?
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
[standing in front of a Reform logo]
Have I ever been part of an extremist organisation?
Have I ever been part of an extremist organisation?
this is a really interesting, challenging look at how some controversial new technologies are already proving useful and exciting for some groups of users
if only we could use innovation in genuinely social ways, to create shared public goods
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
if only we could use innovation in genuinely social ways, to create shared public goods
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future
Comedian and Strictly champion Chris McCausland is on a mission to discover the future of technology and what it might hold for him personally.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
this is a really interesting, challenging look at how some controversial new technologies are already proving useful and exciting for some groups of users
if only we could use innovation in genuinely social ways, to create shared public goods
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
if only we could use innovation in genuinely social ways, to create shared public goods
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
look are violent billionaires with dangerous technology the answer or not I can't keep up...
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
look are violent billionaires with dangerous technology the answer or not I can't keep up...
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"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
insulting our intelligence right now
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
insulting our intelligence right now
the oldest extant map to Kensington (Olympia)
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
the oldest extant map to Kensington (Olympia)
should fit right in then
Reminder that the Shamwow guy running for Congress was arrested in Miami Beach after an alleged violent altercation with a sex worker.
www.foxnews.com/politics/sha...
www.foxnews.com/politics/sha...
'ShamWow' guy files to run for Congress in Texas as Republican candidate
"ShamWow guy" Offer Vince Shlomi files to run for Congress as a Republican in Texas, aiming to unseat incumbent John Carter in the crowded GOP primary race.
www.foxnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
should fit right in then
also freedom of trade, movement, being part of a vast trading block…
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
also freedom of trade, movement, being part of a vast trading block…
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It's really worth watching this in full. It really does seem unlikely that there's ever been a man simultaneously THIS famous for being unfunny, and THIS desperate to be thought of as funny. bsky.app/profile/wapp...
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's really worth watching this in full. It really does seem unlikely that there's ever been a man simultaneously THIS famous for being unfunny, and THIS desperate to be thought of as funny. bsky.app/profile/wapp...
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Global History is one of the most exciting areas of critical work at the moment for precisely the reason that it's blowing open parochialism across the whole field, and shattering base assumptions about today's world. It's brilliant.
A regular criticism I get from that kind of person is to say that 'we have tried this for the last 30 years and look where we are now', which even before 'I mean, 2025 is not so bad in the sweep of human history'...why do you think globalisation is a 30 year thing??
some of what they hate is globalisation, which like, what do you want me to do about that? uninvent oil tankers?
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Global History is one of the most exciting areas of critical work at the moment for precisely the reason that it's blowing open parochialism across the whole field, and shattering base assumptions about today's world. It's brilliant.