Marc Hudson
@marchudson.bsky.social
Failing/ed academic (socio-technical transitions), climate historian, writer, video maker. Most days I think we're toast. #envhist See also allouryesterdays.info
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Marc Hudson
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· Aug 5
The politics of Tom Lehrer: Noam Chomsky with a Piano?
Tom Lehrer died, aged 97, in late July. Lehrer had written 37 (well, a few more) songs in the 1950s and 1960s, and on the basis of this is still (rightly in my opinion) regarded as one of the…
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Tom Lehrer was a gateway drug for me, I now realise, for Noam Chomsky. Anyone else have the same experience?
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February 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Please donate your kindness could save a child’s life.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
A limerick (!!) from last year.
It’s not climate or covid, or “both”
But a blast past the limits to growth
The systems all flicker
The “leaders” just bicker
And repeat their grow-tesque kind of oath.
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It’s not climate or covid, or “both”
But a blast past the limits to growth
The systems all flicker
The “leaders” just bicker
And repeat their grow-tesque kind of oath.
marchudson.net/2025/05/04/t...
“The systems all flicker” – a limerick
It’s not climate or covid, or “both” But a blast past the limits to growth The systems all flicker The “leaders” just bicker And repeat their grow-tesque kind of oath. On flickering – see thi…
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February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
A limerick (!!) from last year.
It’s not climate or covid, or “both”
But a blast past the limits to growth
The systems all flicker
The “leaders” just bicker
And repeat their grow-tesque kind of oath.
marchudson.net/2025/05/04/t...
It’s not climate or covid, or “both”
But a blast past the limits to growth
The systems all flicker
The “leaders” just bicker
And repeat their grow-tesque kind of oath.
marchudson.net/2025/05/04/t...
Systems "flicker" when abt to shift to something else.
Well, we've had 6 UK PMs in the last 10 yrs (& a 7th soon-ish).
"Our" governance systems can't cope. It's not 2016 (Brexit), or 2008 (GFC), it's 1979 (Maggie). Not that Keynesianism was a picture of health
insideclimatenews.org/news/0407202...
Well, we've had 6 UK PMs in the last 10 yrs (& a 7th soon-ish).
"Our" governance systems can't cope. It's not 2016 (Brexit), or 2008 (GFC), it's 1979 (Maggie). Not that Keynesianism was a picture of health
insideclimatenews.org/news/0407202...
June Extremes Suggest Parts of the Climate System Are Reaching Tipping Points - Inside Climate News
June 2023 may be remembered as the start of a big change in the climate system, with many key global indicators flashing red warning lights amid signs that some systems are tipping toward a new state ...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Systems "flicker" when abt to shift to something else.
Well, we've had 6 UK PMs in the last 10 yrs (& a 7th soon-ish).
"Our" governance systems can't cope. It's not 2016 (Brexit), or 2008 (GFC), it's 1979 (Maggie). Not that Keynesianism was a picture of health
insideclimatenews.org/news/0407202...
Well, we've had 6 UK PMs in the last 10 yrs (& a 7th soon-ish).
"Our" governance systems can't cope. It's not 2016 (Brexit), or 2008 (GFC), it's 1979 (Maggie). Not that Keynesianism was a picture of health
insideclimatenews.org/news/0407202...
Solid Gold(smith)
(from "A Little Great Man")
(from "A Little Great Man")
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Solid Gold(smith)
(from "A Little Great Man")
(from "A Little Great Man")
Hi Kevin, my all our yesterdays account is blocked by you - presumably a slip of the finger? Anyway, hope all is well.
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Hi Kevin, my all our yesterdays account is blocked by you - presumably a slip of the finger? Anyway, hope all is well.
February 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Reposted by Marc Hudson
Recent talk recorded with slides.
Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...
The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...
Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...
The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...
Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
February 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Recent talk recorded with slides.
Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...
The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...
Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...
The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...
Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.
What Ketan said.
attending a protest = "antagonising police" is very literally and precisely the gaslighting doublespeak of the fascist Trump government. I really don't make that comparison lightly but this is systemic, deep institutional collapse
NSW Police Minister saying to the people please don't antagonise the cops by, you know, exercising your basic human rights
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 AM
What Ketan said.
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“remarkably accurate statements” – Professor Michiel van den Broeke @mrvandenbroeke.bsky.social assesses a 1980 “CO2 Newsletter” article with the terrifying title "Glacier ice melt - how soon? how fast."
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February 10, 2026 at 9:49 AM
“remarkably accurate statements” – Professor Michiel van den Broeke @mrvandenbroeke.bsky.social assesses a 1980 “CO2 Newsletter” article with the terrifying title "Glacier ice melt - how soon? how fast."
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Hello @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social - love Carbon Brief's work. Are you aware of allouryesterdays.info and @allouryesterdays.bsky.social
Welcome - All Our Yesterdays
Welcome “All Our Yesterdays” (here’s why it’s called that) Every day since December 31 2021 I’ve been posting at least one “on this day” blog post – sometimes more, and sometimes interviews and essays...
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February 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Hello @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social - love Carbon Brief's work. Are you aware of allouryesterdays.info and @allouryesterdays.bsky.social
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Having the lowest level of situational awareness and an even half functioning memory really is enough to drive you completely insane in this country isn't? I guess that's why our journalists strive so hard to make sure they have neither.
February 9, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Having the lowest level of situational awareness and an even half functioning memory really is enough to drive you completely insane in this country isn't? I guess that's why our journalists strive so hard to make sure they have neither.
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
"all of which has driven mass political disillusionment and anger. The basic truth is this. Our economic system fell apart in 2008. In the absence of a credible alternative, politics is defined by instability and an emboldened far right ...."
This is going to end quite badly, I think.
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This is going to end quite badly, I think.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
"all of which has driven mass political disillusionment and anger. The basic truth is this. Our economic system fell apart in 2008. In the absence of a credible alternative, politics is defined by instability and an emboldened far right ...."
This is going to end quite badly, I think.
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This is going to end quite badly, I think.
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"A third of Britain’s postwar prime ministers have occupied No 10 in the past decade, despite only one change of governing party. This instability has much to do with an unprecedented squeeze in living standards and a hollowed-out public realm"
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The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout | Owen Jones
Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
"A third of Britain’s postwar prime ministers have occupied No 10 in the past decade, despite only one change of governing party. This instability has much to do with an unprecedented squeeze in living standards and a hollowed-out public realm"
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Sherlock Holmes and his Good Advice.
“It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and which vital. Otherwise your energy and attention must be dissipated instead of being concentrated.”
“It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and which vital. Otherwise your energy and attention must be dissipated instead of being concentrated.”
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Sherlock Holmes and his Good Advice.
“It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and which vital. Otherwise your energy and attention must be dissipated instead of being concentrated.”
“It is of the highest importance in the art of detection to be able to recognize, out of a number of facts, which are incidental and which vital. Otherwise your energy and attention must be dissipated instead of being concentrated.”
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I am sure she is not going to be intentionally barren...
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I am sure she is not going to be intentionally barren...
"The Lay'Em Out Brigade", by Henry Lawson (which, oddly, was not taught in school [can't think why]- I learned about it via "Shakers and Movers" by Midnight Oil.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"The Lay'Em Out Brigade", by Henry Lawson (which, oddly, was not taught in school [can't think why]- I learned about it via "Shakers and Movers" by Midnight Oil.
marchudson.net/academia/phd...
marchudson.net/academia/phd...
You also have to listen to what is NOT being said. And who is not saying it.
Yeah, but also, to hell with the Daily Heil.
Yeah, but also, to hell with the Daily Heil.
February 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
You also have to listen to what is NOT being said. And who is not saying it.
Yeah, but also, to hell with the Daily Heil.
Yeah, but also, to hell with the Daily Heil.
. @drtermagant.bsky.social - thank goodness the bad old days when the New South Wales Police were a colonial force dishing out violence to whoever got in the way of their rich Lords and Masters are gone, eh?
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 PM
. @drtermagant.bsky.social - thank goodness the bad old days when the New South Wales Police were a colonial force dishing out violence to whoever got in the way of their rich Lords and Masters are gone, eh?
If Miliband doesn't want the gig, I guess this is our next Prime Minister
(Rayner and taxes, Carns and too new, Streeting and - well, Streeting, Burnham and too not-actually-an-MP.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_He...
(Rayner and taxes, Carns and too new, Streeting and - well, Streeting, Burnham and too not-actually-an-MP.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_He...
John Healey - Wikipedia
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February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
If Miliband doesn't want the gig, I guess this is our next Prime Minister
(Rayner and taxes, Carns and too new, Streeting and - well, Streeting, Burnham and too not-actually-an-MP.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_He...
(Rayner and taxes, Carns and too new, Streeting and - well, Streeting, Burnham and too not-actually-an-MP.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_He...
Policing by consent at its finest.
Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Policing by consent at its finest.
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When he ran Labour Together, Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons hired a PR firm to investigate journalists
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
McSweeney goes - but Josh Simons in the frame over targeting journalists
Cabinet Office minister hired a PR firm to investigate journalists. His explanation is bewildering - and begs one big question. How can Starmer keep him on?
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
When he ran Labour Together, Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons hired a PR firm to investigate journalists
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...
After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story
But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/mcsweeney-...