Mike Brady
@mikebrady.bsky.social
Elon Musk says he’ll take a million people to Mars as backup against the collapse of civilisation - while he’s installing politicians who’ll kill net zero: Trump, Advance UK (after Reform UK), AfD. What's going on?
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Mike Brady
@mikebrady.bsky.social
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They didn’t question why Musk, the EV guy, backed a climate change liar for President.
Why he said vote Reform UK & AfD when they too will kill net zero.
Or notice how DOGE threats led the FAA to clear his exploding Starships for launch.
Or that Musk fell out with Trump over who is NASA Director.
Why he said vote Reform UK & AfD when they too will kill net zero.
Or notice how DOGE threats led the FAA to clear his exploding Starships for launch.
Or that Musk fell out with Trump over who is NASA Director.
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‘The Chinese will not pause’
Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date www.theguardian.com/business/202...
While the Row is still just thinking, China is just doing
Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date www.theguardian.com/business/202...
While the Row is still just thinking, China is just doing
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
‘The Chinese will not pause’
Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date www.theguardian.com/business/202...
While the Row is still just thinking, China is just doing
Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date www.theguardian.com/business/202...
While the Row is still just thinking, China is just doing
“The government and the Environment Agency have already warned of an England-wide water deficit of 6bn litres a day by 2055.”
Presumably this calculation includes population growth figures. Whereas we could manage the low fertility rate and migration to achieve sustainability. See post 2.
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Presumably this calculation includes population growth figures. Whereas we could manage the low fertility rate and migration to achieve sustainability. See post 2.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“The government and the Environment Agency have already warned of an England-wide water deficit of 6bn litres a day by 2055.”
Presumably this calculation includes population growth figures. Whereas we could manage the low fertility rate and migration to achieve sustainability. See post 2.
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Presumably this calculation includes population growth figures. Whereas we could manage the low fertility rate and migration to achieve sustainability. See post 2.
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We are galloping towards feudalism in the UK and much of the capitalist world.
This report highlighted in @theguardian.com documents how the extremely wealthy concentrate power to further entrench their wealth.
I think instead of being serfs fighting each other for scraps, we should wake up.
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This report highlighted in @theguardian.com documents how the extremely wealthy concentrate power to further entrench their wealth.
I think instead of being serfs fighting each other for scraps, we should wake up.
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Equality Trust report on how 'structural corruption' is undermining democracy: the unelected power of the ultra-rich, a small number increasingly dominating our sources of information from media to google and AI, and using donations to influence politics.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We are galloping towards feudalism in the UK and much of the capitalist world.
This report highlighted in @theguardian.com documents how the extremely wealthy concentrate power to further entrench their wealth.
I think instead of being serfs fighting each other for scraps, we should wake up.
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This report highlighted in @theguardian.com documents how the extremely wealthy concentrate power to further entrench their wealth.
I think instead of being serfs fighting each other for scraps, we should wake up.
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China replacing its diesel trucks with electric models faster than expected, reshaping China's fuel demand and the future of heavy transport, along with global fuel demand
Correcting the headline
As fast as I expected
apnews.com/article/chin...
It will only get faster from now
Correcting the headline
As fast as I expected
apnews.com/article/chin...
It will only get faster from now
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
China replacing its diesel trucks with electric models faster than expected, reshaping China's fuel demand and the future of heavy transport, along with global fuel demand
Correcting the headline
As fast as I expected
apnews.com/article/chin...
It will only get faster from now
Correcting the headline
As fast as I expected
apnews.com/article/chin...
It will only get faster from now
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All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
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"What is the best kept secret in British politics? It must be falling immigration"
My Eastern Eye column this week on the noise and nuance of how we talk and think about immigration
www.easterneye.biz/uk-immigrati...
My Eastern Eye column this week on the noise and nuance of how we talk and think about immigration
www.easterneye.biz/uk-immigrati...
‘Whisper it, migration numbers have fallen’
Expert says political rhetoric is in contrast to public attitudes
www.easterneye.biz
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"What is the best kept secret in British politics? It must be falling immigration"
My Eastern Eye column this week on the noise and nuance of how we talk and think about immigration
www.easterneye.biz/uk-immigrati...
My Eastern Eye column this week on the noise and nuance of how we talk and think about immigration
www.easterneye.biz/uk-immigrati...
Using immigration to the UK to replace retiring workers and to boost the economy is a Ponzi scheme. Unlike under freedom of movement, they will also retire in the UK.
Why not make work pay so people have the children they want and give them the skills - while welcoming refugees needing sanctuary?
Why not make work pay so people have the children they want and give them the skills - while welcoming refugees needing sanctuary?
Stop talking about immigration in isolation
Mike Brady published a post on Ko-fi
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November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Using immigration to the UK to replace retiring workers and to boost the economy is a Ponzi scheme. Unlike under freedom of movement, they will also retire in the UK.
Why not make work pay so people have the children they want and give them the skills - while welcoming refugees needing sanctuary?
Why not make work pay so people have the children they want and give them the skills - while welcoming refugees needing sanctuary?
Budget day in the UK.
It is worth remembering that in the budget of the last Tory Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt: “the figures that Hunt announced – and to which Labour promised to adhere – are based on entirely fictitious future spending plans.”
Labour courageously has to face the reality today.
It is worth remembering that in the budget of the last Tory Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt: “the figures that Hunt announced – and to which Labour promised to adhere – are based on entirely fictitious future spending plans.”
Labour courageously has to face the reality today.
Jeremy Hunt's 2024 spring budget highlights our politicians’ pretence over public spending | Institute for Government
The figures that Hunt announced are based on fictitious future spending plans.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Budget day in the UK.
It is worth remembering that in the budget of the last Tory Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt: “the figures that Hunt announced – and to which Labour promised to adhere – are based on entirely fictitious future spending plans.”
Labour courageously has to face the reality today.
It is worth remembering that in the budget of the last Tory Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt: “the figures that Hunt announced – and to which Labour promised to adhere – are based on entirely fictitious future spending plans.”
Labour courageously has to face the reality today.
A poor outcome from COP 30, but UK Climate Minister, Ed Miliband, and EU climate commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra, got in a reference to the UAE consensus on phasing out fossil fuels.
Nothing, however, on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. That’s how to stop wreckers like Trump and Musk - post 2.
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Nothing, however, on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. That’s how to stop wreckers like Trump and Musk - post 2.
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‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A poor outcome from COP 30, but UK Climate Minister, Ed Miliband, and EU climate commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra, got in a reference to the UAE consensus on phasing out fossil fuels.
Nothing, however, on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. That’s how to stop wreckers like Trump and Musk - post 2.
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Nothing, however, on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. That’s how to stop wreckers like Trump and Musk - post 2.
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There needs to be greater discussion on the impact of AI. See this article from @johnharris1969.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
And remember, as Elon Musk powers ahead with AI, he posts of his existential dread ⬇️ and plans to escape to Mars to survive the collapse of civilisation (post 2).
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And remember, as Elon Musk powers ahead with AI, he posts of his existential dread ⬇️ and plans to escape to Mars to survive the collapse of civilisation (post 2).
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November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There needs to be greater discussion on the impact of AI. See this article from @johnharris1969.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
And remember, as Elon Musk powers ahead with AI, he posts of his existential dread ⬇️ and plans to escape to Mars to survive the collapse of civilisation (post 2).
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And remember, as Elon Musk powers ahead with AI, he posts of his existential dread ⬇️ and plans to escape to Mars to survive the collapse of civilisation (post 2).
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Mel Stride MP on @bbclaurak.bsky.social defends the two-child benefit cap, saying people wanting larger families should make the same considerations as those not on benefits.
Yet, the UK fertility rate at 1.4 children/woman is below replacement levels. Do we prefer immigration to fill the gaps?
Yet, the UK fertility rate at 1.4 children/woman is below replacement levels. Do we prefer immigration to fill the gaps?
Stop talking about immigration in isolation
Mike Brady published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Mel Stride MP on @bbclaurak.bsky.social defends the two-child benefit cap, saying people wanting larger families should make the same considerations as those not on benefits.
Yet, the UK fertility rate at 1.4 children/woman is below replacement levels. Do we prefer immigration to fill the gaps?
Yet, the UK fertility rate at 1.4 children/woman is below replacement levels. Do we prefer immigration to fill the gaps?
CBAMs. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms.
That’s how President Trump’s biggest mistake will bite him in the ass.
CBAMs are explained in this podcast from the COP Climate Change conference. ⬇️
See post 2 for Trump’s biggest mistake.
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That’s how President Trump’s biggest mistake will bite him in the ass.
CBAMs are explained in this podcast from the COP Climate Change conference. ⬇️
See post 2 for Trump’s biggest mistake.
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Inside COP: Storms in Belém - Lula’s arrival, the carbon tariff debate, and the COP31 decision
open.spotify.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
CBAMs. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms.
That’s how President Trump’s biggest mistake will bite him in the ass.
CBAMs are explained in this podcast from the COP Climate Change conference. ⬇️
See post 2 for Trump’s biggest mistake.
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That’s how President Trump’s biggest mistake will bite him in the ass.
CBAMs are explained in this podcast from the COP Climate Change conference. ⬇️
See post 2 for Trump’s biggest mistake.
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New from me:
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization
What research tells us about national security under authoritarianism
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New from me:
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
At the COP Climate Change Conference negotiations are coming to a head.
This podcast has news and v. encouraging interviews with expert participants from China and India ⬇️
What a relief that the scientific ignoramus and wrecker Donald Trump has shut himself out of any influence over the process.
This podcast has news and v. encouraging interviews with expert participants from China and India ⬇️
What a relief that the scientific ignoramus and wrecker Donald Trump has shut himself out of any influence over the process.
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
At the COP Climate Change Conference negotiations are coming to a head.
This podcast has news and v. encouraging interviews with expert participants from China and India ⬇️
What a relief that the scientific ignoramus and wrecker Donald Trump has shut himself out of any influence over the process.
This podcast has news and v. encouraging interviews with expert participants from China and India ⬇️
What a relief that the scientific ignoramus and wrecker Donald Trump has shut himself out of any influence over the process.
Everyone implicated in Epstein’s crimes must face justice.
Just remember why Elon Musk dropped the “big bomb” revealing Trump is in the Epstein Files.
Video below. Article in post 2.
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Just remember why Elon Musk dropped the “big bomb” revealing Trump is in the Epstein Files.
Video below. Article in post 2.
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Musk, Trump and the Epstein Files.
YouTube video by Mike Brady
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Everyone implicated in Epstein’s crimes must face justice.
Just remember why Elon Musk dropped the “big bomb” revealing Trump is in the Epstein Files.
Video below. Article in post 2.
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Just remember why Elon Musk dropped the “big bomb” revealing Trump is in the Epstein Files.
Video below. Article in post 2.
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A rare piece of good news for women www.gavi.org/news/media-r...
Cervical cancer vaccines save over 1 million lives in lower-income countries
Major push by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and lower-income countries to extend access to the HPV vaccine has reached its target ahead of schedule.
www.gavi.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A rare piece of good news for women www.gavi.org/news/media-r...
South Korea announced at the COP Climate Change Conference today it has joined the Power Past Coal Alliance.
Significant as it’s the fourth largest importer of coal. But in 2021 it announced an end to investment in new coal production and is decarbonising energy and industry.
More details here.
Significant as it’s the fourth largest importer of coal. But in 2021 it announced an end to investment in new coal production and is decarbonising energy and industry.
More details here.
Spotify – Web Player
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November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
South Korea announced at the COP Climate Change Conference today it has joined the Power Past Coal Alliance.
Significant as it’s the fourth largest importer of coal. But in 2021 it announced an end to investment in new coal production and is decarbonising energy and industry.
More details here.
Significant as it’s the fourth largest importer of coal. But in 2021 it announced an end to investment in new coal production and is decarbonising energy and industry.
More details here.
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Musk also created DOGE to kill all the DOE funding for renewables and EVs, and cancel dozens of factories and tens of thousands of jobs. He's a really horrible evil anti environment kinda person.
The end of DOE as we know it
As more major cuts loom, staff tell Latitude Media that it feels like “a hostile takeover” is happening within the Department of Energy.
www.latitudemedia.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Musk also created DOGE to kill all the DOE funding for renewables and EVs, and cancel dozens of factories and tens of thousands of jobs. He's a really horrible evil anti environment kinda person.
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Missing from Al Gore’s analysis of the attack on net zero is the role of Elon Musk, the EV guy, in boosting politicians who will kill it and accelerate climate breakdown.
November 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Missing from Al Gore’s analysis of the attack on net zero is the role of Elon Musk, the EV guy, in boosting politicians who will kill it and accelerate climate breakdown.
Great to hear the COP Climate Change Conference is discussing carbon borders. See post 2.
So, if the EU, say, taxes carbon emissions internally, it could tax imports based on their emissions to create a level playing field.
As I wrote months ago, Trump’s biggest mistake will bite him in the ass.
So, if the EU, say, taxes carbon emissions internally, it could tax imports based on their emissions to create a level playing field.
As I wrote months ago, Trump’s biggest mistake will bite him in the ass.
Trump's biggest mistake will bite him in the ass
Mike Brady published a post on Ko-fi
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November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Great to hear the COP Climate Change Conference is discussing carbon borders. See post 2.
So, if the EU, say, taxes carbon emissions internally, it could tax imports based on their emissions to create a level playing field.
As I wrote months ago, Trump’s biggest mistake will bite him in the ass.
So, if the EU, say, taxes carbon emissions internally, it could tax imports based on their emissions to create a level playing field.
As I wrote months ago, Trump’s biggest mistake will bite him in the ass.
A reminder why Elon Musk dropped the “big bomb” about Trump being in the Epstein files.
Why Musk really fell out with Trump
Mike Brady published a post on Ko-fi
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November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A reminder why Elon Musk dropped the “big bomb” about Trump being in the Epstein files.
Hear Governor Gavin Newsom interviewed onstage at the COP Climate Change Conference.
(Heads up to @newsagents.bsky.social and @therestpolitics.bsky.social to get into the politics of climate change - far more interesting than will Trump run for a third term ad nauseam.)
(Heads up to @newsagents.bsky.social and @therestpolitics.bsky.social to get into the politics of climate change - far more interesting than will Trump run for a third term ad nauseam.)
Inside COP: Is The US Still In? And Gavin Newsom on ‘invasive species’ Trump
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November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hear Governor Gavin Newsom interviewed onstage at the COP Climate Change Conference.
(Heads up to @newsagents.bsky.social and @therestpolitics.bsky.social to get into the politics of climate change - far more interesting than will Trump run for a third term ad nauseam.)
(Heads up to @newsagents.bsky.social and @therestpolitics.bsky.social to get into the politics of climate change - far more interesting than will Trump run for a third term ad nauseam.)
Interesting facts from the COP climate change conference.
Saudi Arabia may be seen as a saboteur (I recall it killed a shipping emissions agreement recently).
But a Saudi think tank highlights that a 3 deg. C will make it unliveable. And Saudi is investing in solar to decarbonise its power system.
Saudi Arabia may be seen as a saboteur (I recall it killed a shipping emissions agreement recently).
But a Saudi think tank highlights that a 3 deg. C will make it unliveable. And Saudi is investing in solar to decarbonise its power system.
Inside COP: The UN’s Top Climate Official on Week One of COP30
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Interesting facts from the COP climate change conference.
Saudi Arabia may be seen as a saboteur (I recall it killed a shipping emissions agreement recently).
But a Saudi think tank highlights that a 3 deg. C will make it unliveable. And Saudi is investing in solar to decarbonise its power system.
Saudi Arabia may be seen as a saboteur (I recall it killed a shipping emissions agreement recently).
But a Saudi think tank highlights that a 3 deg. C will make it unliveable. And Saudi is investing in solar to decarbonise its power system.