Mervyn Carter
@mervyncarter.bsky.social
UK Social change #activist working for #sustainable future.
💚 #Green, #Peace, #Low_impact_living, #Fair_Votes, #Fair_Media, #Rationalism, #European. Born at #312ppm
Twitter refugee.
💚 #Green, #Peace, #Low_impact_living, #Fair_Votes, #Fair_Media, #Rationalism, #European. Born at #312ppm
Twitter refugee.
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Mervyn Carter
@mervyncarter.bsky.social
· Nov 19
[Legacy Tweet from January 22nd 2019]
Unable to unite with expensive and inchoate plans to renovate Colchester Quaker Meeting House, I have laid down the Wardenship and moved back to my flat in Milton Keynes. New path ahead.
Unable to unite with expensive and inchoate plans to renovate Colchester Quaker Meeting House, I have laid down the Wardenship and moved back to my flat in Milton Keynes. New path ahead.
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Fossil fuel lobbyists are pushing hard for CCS to protect their polluting profits, when our money would be much better spent on cheap, safe renewable energy like wind and solar. What do you think?
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Fossil fuel lobbyists are pushing hard for CCS to protect their polluting profits, when our money would be much better spent on cheap, safe renewable energy like wind and solar. What do you think?
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🤑 Would you donate to save the fossil fuel industry?
Nah, we wouldn't either, but that doesn't matter – the govt has already committed £22bn and counting of your money to a tech that's meant to reduce emissions but is actually a lifeline for oil and gas.
Outraged? Share this!
Nah, we wouldn't either, but that doesn't matter – the govt has already committed £22bn and counting of your money to a tech that's meant to reduce emissions but is actually a lifeline for oil and gas.
Outraged? Share this!
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 AM
🤑 Would you donate to save the fossil fuel industry?
Nah, we wouldn't either, but that doesn't matter – the govt has already committed £22bn and counting of your money to a tech that's meant to reduce emissions but is actually a lifeline for oil and gas.
Outraged? Share this!
Nah, we wouldn't either, but that doesn't matter – the govt has already committed £22bn and counting of your money to a tech that's meant to reduce emissions but is actually a lifeline for oil and gas.
Outraged? Share this!
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The UK just committed £22bn to carbon capture and storage – a tech with an 80% failure rate that lets oil & gas greenwash their emissions.
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The UK just committed £22bn to carbon capture and storage – a tech with an 80% failure rate that lets oil & gas greenwash their emissions.
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
At this CCS conference, most speakers repped fossil fuel companies.
Share if you think it's absurd we're funding tech that protects fossil fuel profits 🙃
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Someone asked me my age today. (Yeah, I know…fucking rude, right?)
Anyway I told them I’m at that age where young people think I’m old and old people think I’m young…
Anyway I told them I’m at that age where young people think I’m old and old people think I’m young…
January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Someone asked me my age today. (Yeah, I know…fucking rude, right?)
Anyway I told them I’m at that age where young people think I’m old and old people think I’m young…
Anyway I told them I’m at that age where young people think I’m old and old people think I’m young…
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No one can believe a word he says. Not even his own team. He can’t stay on message. He’s playing games and instead of standing up to him all the leaders of the free world are allowing themselves to be played.
Sad. Very sad.
Sad. Very sad.
January 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM
No one can believe a word he says. Not even his own team. He can’t stay on message. He’s playing games and instead of standing up to him all the leaders of the free world are allowing themselves to be played.
Sad. Very sad.
Sad. Very sad.
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Three of the hardest things for American people to say:
I was wrong
I need help
Worcestershire sauce
I was wrong
I need help
Worcestershire sauce
January 21, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Three of the hardest things for American people to say:
I was wrong
I need help
Worcestershire sauce
I was wrong
I need help
Worcestershire sauce
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Where are the trees?
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Where are the trees?
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
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A man breaks into a home and he hears a parrot say, “Jesus is watching you?” The burglar said, “What’s your name?” “Clarence.” “That’s a daft name. Who called you that?” “The same person who called the Rottweiler Jesus.” Replied the parrot.
January 21, 2026 at 1:08 PM
A man breaks into a home and he hears a parrot say, “Jesus is watching you?” The burglar said, “What’s your name?” “Clarence.” “That’s a daft name. Who called you that?” “The same person who called the Rottweiler Jesus.” Replied the parrot.
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Isn’t it time that we looked at who are friends & neighbours are. Who is it we are doing business with? Are they who we thought they were? Did any of them come out from under a rock & shown us who they really are? We need to collectively ghost them. Ghost them all. Even if they are family
Enough now
Enough now
January 20, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Isn’t it time that we looked at who are friends & neighbours are. Who is it we are doing business with? Are they who we thought they were? Did any of them come out from under a rock & shown us who they really are? We need to collectively ghost them. Ghost them all. Even if they are family
Enough now
Enough now
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‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’ yet it is exactly that that sold Brexit to the electorate here.
And ‘nostalgia’ won and now look at us
And ‘nostalgia’ won and now look at us
January 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’ yet it is exactly that that sold Brexit to the electorate here.
And ‘nostalgia’ won and now look at us
And ‘nostalgia’ won and now look at us
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Mark Carney at Davos.
A line from his speech was a punch to my gut. “If you are not at the table, you are on the menu.”
There is more to mourn after our exit from the EU - FOM & the SM are two, but having the EU have your back, being part of that bloc & being at that table made us more secure.
A line from his speech was a punch to my gut. “If you are not at the table, you are on the menu.”
There is more to mourn after our exit from the EU - FOM & the SM are two, but having the EU have your back, being part of that bloc & being at that table made us more secure.
January 20, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Mark Carney at Davos.
A line from his speech was a punch to my gut. “If you are not at the table, you are on the menu.”
There is more to mourn after our exit from the EU - FOM & the SM are two, but having the EU have your back, being part of that bloc & being at that table made us more secure.
A line from his speech was a punch to my gut. “If you are not at the table, you are on the menu.”
There is more to mourn after our exit from the EU - FOM & the SM are two, but having the EU have your back, being part of that bloc & being at that table made us more secure.
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My grandchildren - age ranges 10, 6, 4 and 3 - could write a more articulate letter to the prime minister of Norway…
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 PM
My grandchildren - age ranges 10, 6, 4 and 3 - could write a more articulate letter to the prime minister of Norway…
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‼️ Please SIGN: Half of Chiapas’ forests are gone, and 70% of its traded timber is illegal. It’s time for Mexico to enforce its own laws. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest ✍️ rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13... @annegjep.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @ran.org @gfc-forest.bsky.social
Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!
The forests of Mexico’s Chiapas state are among the most biodiverse on Earth, yet they face grave danger: Nearly half have already been illegally logged for timber. Please support the campaign of our ...
rainforest-rescue.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
‼️ Please SIGN: Half of Chiapas’ forests are gone, and 70% of its traded timber is illegal. It’s time for Mexico to enforce its own laws. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest ✍️ rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13... @annegjep.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @ran.org @gfc-forest.bsky.social
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🌲 #BigTech is betting on #BECCS to clean up its emissions — but the evidence tells a different story.
A @technologyreview.com investigation shows how shaky accounting & risky assumptions are being dressed up as #ClimateAction 👇
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Read more in the slides 👇
A @technologyreview.com investigation shows how shaky accounting & risky assumptions are being dressed up as #ClimateAction 👇
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Read more in the slides 👇
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 AM
🌲 #BigTech is betting on #BECCS to clean up its emissions — but the evidence tells a different story.
A @technologyreview.com investigation shows how shaky accounting & risky assumptions are being dressed up as #ClimateAction 👇
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Read more in the slides 👇
A @technologyreview.com investigation shows how shaky accounting & risky assumptions are being dressed up as #ClimateAction 👇
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/15/1...
Read more in the slides 👇
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Is this really who Jenrick is or, like all the others who have defected to Reform, just another fvcking washed up politician willing to join any party that has a better chance of being voted in to power for expressing abhorrent views…
There is nothing they won’t say or do to get elected.
There is nothing they won’t say or do to get elected.
January 16, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Is this really who Jenrick is or, like all the others who have defected to Reform, just another fvcking washed up politician willing to join any party that has a better chance of being voted in to power for expressing abhorrent views…
There is nothing they won’t say or do to get elected.
There is nothing they won’t say or do to get elected.
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An ICE agent turned up at a farm & said to the farmer that he had a warrant to search the farm for illegal aliens. The farmer said he could go anywhere except one field. The agent pulled out his bad & said “See this badge? This gives me the authority to go anywhere I fvcking want” okay said the
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
An ICE agent turned up at a farm & said to the farmer that he had a warrant to search the farm for illegal aliens. The farmer said he could go anywhere except one field. The agent pulled out his bad & said “See this badge? This gives me the authority to go anywhere I fvcking want” okay said the
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farmer who went back to mending his tractor. After a few minutes he heard screaming & shouting coming from the field. He looked over & saw 6 ICE agents running & tripping over trying to get to the gate. With every step an enormous mean old bull was closing in on them. The farmer threw down his
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
farmer who went back to mending his tractor. After a few minutes he heard screaming & shouting coming from the field. He looked over & saw 6 ICE agents running & tripping over trying to get to the gate. With every step an enormous mean old bull was closing in on them. The farmer threw down his
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tools & ran over to the fence. He climbed up & shouted at the top of his voice, “SHOW HIM YOUR FVCKING BADGE…”
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
tools & ran over to the fence. He climbed up & shouted at the top of his voice, “SHOW HIM YOUR FVCKING BADGE…”
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Blessed are the constipated for they don’t give a shit…
January 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Blessed are the constipated for they don’t give a shit…
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I was taught to think before I act so if I’m savage about your posts or laughing at you and your ignorance or blocking you, you can be rest assured I’ve thought about it before I acted and I’m confident in my decisions!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
January 11, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I was taught to think before I act so if I’m savage about your posts or laughing at you and your ignorance or blocking you, you can be rest assured I’ve thought about it before I acted and I’m confident in my decisions!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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In the years to come, kids in schools throughout all of the States of America will ask the same question: why didn’t anyone do anything to stop them?
And to be honest, there is no easy answer. But top of my list would be ‘fear’. It’s a powerful weapon when you’re shutting down democracy…
And to be honest, there is no easy answer. But top of my list would be ‘fear’. It’s a powerful weapon when you’re shutting down democracy…
January 11, 2026 at 6:43 AM
In the years to come, kids in schools throughout all of the States of America will ask the same question: why didn’t anyone do anything to stop them?
And to be honest, there is no easy answer. But top of my list would be ‘fear’. It’s a powerful weapon when you’re shutting down democracy…
And to be honest, there is no easy answer. But top of my list would be ‘fear’. It’s a powerful weapon when you’re shutting down democracy…
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Dear America
Here in the UK we are all off to bed. Please don’t do anything else awful while we’re asleep. We just can’t take it anymore.
Yours sincerely
All Europeans
Here in the UK we are all off to bed. Please don’t do anything else awful while we’re asleep. We just can’t take it anymore.
Yours sincerely
All Europeans
January 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Dear America
Here in the UK we are all off to bed. Please don’t do anything else awful while we’re asleep. We just can’t take it anymore.
Yours sincerely
All Europeans
Here in the UK we are all off to bed. Please don’t do anything else awful while we’re asleep. We just can’t take it anymore.
Yours sincerely
All Europeans
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I wrote to my MP.
"We try to live lives full of purpose, of service and usefulness to others. What purpose are our lives if we don't help Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed stay alive? We will all have failed so badly. Please, please help stop this."
Find yours here:
members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
"We try to live lives full of purpose, of service and usefulness to others. What purpose are our lives if we don't help Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed stay alive? We will all have failed so badly. Please, please help stop this."
Find yours here:
members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I wrote to my MP.
"We try to live lives full of purpose, of service and usefulness to others. What purpose are our lives if we don't help Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed stay alive? We will all have failed so badly. Please, please help stop this."
Find yours here:
members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
"We try to live lives full of purpose, of service and usefulness to others. What purpose are our lives if we don't help Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed stay alive? We will all have failed so badly. Please, please help stop this."
Find yours here:
members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP