Peter Lipman
@peterlipman.bsky.social
I've been a teacher, a co-operative worker, a lawyer and external affairs director at UK charity Sustrans, and am the former chair of Transition Network, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Common Cause Foundation.
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The new batch of Epstein files make me retch. They reveal the rot of abuse & corruption at the highest levels of government, finance & tech.
As Rebecca Solnit observes, it feels like: “rapists all the way down, and enablers all the way up.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Rebecca Solnit observes, it feels like: “rapists all the way down, and enablers all the way up.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Jeffrey Epstein cover-up is an affront to US democracy | Rebecca Solnit
Democracy means a society and system in which everyone’s rights matter. Rapists count on this being untrue – and Trump is proving them right
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The new batch of Epstein files make me retch. They reveal the rot of abuse & corruption at the highest levels of government, finance & tech.
As Rebecca Solnit observes, it feels like: “rapists all the way down, and enablers all the way up.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Rebecca Solnit observes, it feels like: “rapists all the way down, and enablers all the way up.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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TOMORROW MORNING: I'm appearing at Senate hearings, talking about the #AtlasNetwork of 550+ orgs in 100 nations, the IPA, Centre of Independent Studies, Advance, and many other fossil corp/billionaire funded climate disinfo orgs. #Auspol #NZpol
Tune in 10.30am AEST:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwuq...
Tune in 10.30am AEST:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwuq...
Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy | 16/02/2026
YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:05 AM
TOMORROW MORNING: I'm appearing at Senate hearings, talking about the #AtlasNetwork of 550+ orgs in 100 nations, the IPA, Centre of Independent Studies, Advance, and many other fossil corp/billionaire funded climate disinfo orgs. #Auspol #NZpol
Tune in 10.30am AEST:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwuq...
Tune in 10.30am AEST:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwuq...
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"The collision of a multiparty electorate with a voting system designed for two parties is creating new risks for Britain".
I signed this letter. It's not about blocking Reform;it's about the danger to democracy of a system that can't cope with multiparty voting
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
I signed this letter. It's not about blocking Reform;it's about the danger to democracy of a system that can't cope with multiparty voting
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
www.politicshome.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:27 PM
"The collision of a multiparty electorate with a voting system designed for two parties is creating new risks for Britain".
I signed this letter. It's not about blocking Reform;it's about the danger to democracy of a system that can't cope with multiparty voting
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
I signed this letter. It's not about blocking Reform;it's about the danger to democracy of a system that can't cope with multiparty voting
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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These things simply can’t deal with anything that really exists. My friend tried to use one to find summer camp options for her kids and it returned 100% nonexistent camps.
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 7:23 AM
These things simply can’t deal with anything that really exists. My friend tried to use one to find summer camp options for her kids and it returned 100% nonexistent camps.
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Lazy AI slop: DOGE representatives used ChatGPT to identify approximately 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants related to diversity that were terminated in April of last year, according to a new court filing released today. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Lazy AI slop: DOGE representatives used ChatGPT to identify approximately 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants related to diversity that were terminated in April of last year, according to a new court filing released today. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Despite Trump, solar is ascendant
February 15, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Despite Trump, solar is ascendant
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Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote + published a personalized attack against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first documented case of an AI publicly shaming a person as retribution
www.fastcompany.com/91492228/mat...
www.fastcompany.com/91492228/mat...
An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code
When a Matplotlib volunteer declined its pull request, the bot published a personal attack.
www.fastcompany.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote + published a personalized attack against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first documented case of an AI publicly shaming a person as retribution
www.fastcompany.com/91492228/mat...
www.fastcompany.com/91492228/mat...
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Trump denialism: Trump administration is urging nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a UN resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take action. apnews.com/article/un-r...
Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal
The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including repa...
apnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Trump denialism: Trump administration is urging nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a UN resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take action. apnews.com/article/un-r...
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Appeasement doesn't work: Universities that struck deals with Trump still on military no go list
February 15, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Appeasement doesn't work: Universities that struck deals with Trump still on military no go list
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The Department of Homeland Security has had to correct information provided to at least five states after its SAVE voter tool misidentified some voters as noncitizens, according to correspondence between state and federal officials.
With @texastribune.org
With @texastribune.org
“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
www.propublica.org
February 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The Department of Homeland Security has had to correct information provided to at least five states after its SAVE voter tool misidentified some voters as noncitizens, according to correspondence between state and federal officials.
With @texastribune.org
With @texastribune.org
UK migration could be negative this year – how will that hit the economy? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK migration could be negative this year – how will that hit the economy?
Universities, builders and health trusts are feeling the squeeze, as thinktank says effect of zero net migration could be similar to Brexit
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:01 AM
UK migration could be negative this year – how will that hit the economy? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There. thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There.
Then an elementary school was built on top of it.
thebarbedwire.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There. thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected theconversation.com/britains-rel...
Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected
After an exceptionally wet start to 2026, two climate scientists explain what’s going on.
theconversation.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected theconversation.com/britains-rel...
Climate risk becomes a matter of security www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
Climate risk becomes a matter of security
The destabilisation of the #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson and I outline actions to tackle this thre...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-risk-becomes-matter-security-johan-rockström-p9n7f
February 15, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Climate risk becomes a matter of security www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
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I think I've woken up to them outside the house twice now? I'm okay with it - time wasted trying to scare me is time spent not kidnapping a vulnerable neighbor.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
I’ve talked with two different people who’ve experienced this (and are aware of it)
ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I think I've woken up to them outside the house twice now? I'm okay with it - time wasted trying to scare me is time spent not kidnapping a vulnerable neighbor.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
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Trump has always told us what he'd do and who he'd do it for. It's startling how many people simply didn't believe him, or failed to grasp just how far the fossil fuel industry is willing to go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s EPA repeals landmark climate finding in gift to ‘billionaire polluters’
Rollback of government’s ability to limit climate-heating pollution will make families ‘sicker and less safe’, environmental advocate says
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Trump has always told us what he'd do and who he'd do it for. It's startling how many people simply didn't believe him, or failed to grasp just how far the fossil fuel industry is willing to go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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For @propublica.org’s weekly newsletter, @micarosenberg.bsky.social wrote about speaking with a 9 year old who was in immigration detention for four months. She was supposed to go to Disney World. Instead immigration agents put her on a plane to Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
For @propublica.org’s weekly newsletter, @micarosenberg.bsky.social wrote about speaking with a 9 year old who was in immigration detention for four months. She was supposed to go to Disney World. Instead immigration agents put her on a plane to Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Republican state attorneys general pressured the agency that advises the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges on scientific and technical matters to withdraw all of its content on climate change from an authoritative reference manual.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges
The “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence” — updated for the first time in 15 years — eliminates some 90 pages about climate science and comes just as numerous climate cases make their way through ...
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Republican state attorneys general pressured the agency that advises the U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges on scientific and technical matters to withdraw all of its content on climate change from an authoritative reference manual.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
By @abrahm.bsky.social
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The absurd and offensive has been watered down I see, but the pledge itself still looks like being broken. labourlist.org/2026/01/unit...
Unite forces Labour rowback on ‘grossly offensive’ comments about restaurant, bar and cafe workers - LabourList
The Unite union has forced Labour to row back on “grossly offensive” comments about restaurant, bar and cafe workers...
labourlist.org
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The absurd and offensive has been watered down I see, but the pledge itself still looks like being broken. labourlist.org/2026/01/unit...
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Like - “oh no! The tyrannous majority of workers might be empowered to stop the bosses taking their money & using it to subsidise themselves - oh noooooooo!”
Mate you are the *labour party*, this is literally what you were invented for
Cc @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unitesharon.bsky.social
Mate you are the *labour party*, this is literally what you were invented for
Cc @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unitesharon.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Like - “oh no! The tyrannous majority of workers might be empowered to stop the bosses taking their money & using it to subsidise themselves - oh noooooooo!”
Mate you are the *labour party*, this is literally what you were invented for
Cc @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unitesharon.bsky.social
Mate you are the *labour party*, this is literally what you were invented for
Cc @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unitesharon.bsky.social
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“The tyranny of the majority of workers” is just *wild* language for a Labour government to use, as it abandons its pledge to protect hospitality workers re tips, forcing ‘em to take cases to a (broken) tribunal system instead @unitetheunion.bsky.social cry foul www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...
www.unitetheunion.org
February 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“The tyranny of the majority of workers” is just *wild* language for a Labour government to use, as it abandons its pledge to protect hospitality workers re tips, forcing ‘em to take cases to a (broken) tribunal system instead @unitetheunion.bsky.social cry foul www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/...
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Another story where you realise that absolutely no one has any idea how to deal with all the AI papers being cranked out.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science
Preprint repositories and conference organizers are having to counter a tide of ‘AI slop’ submissions.
www.nature.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Another story where you realise that absolutely no one has any idea how to deal with all the AI papers being cranked out.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I fucking told you so in the very beginning and got brutal replies. Who's making fun of me now?
"Sure, Lee Oldham told me, he had spread radioactive fracking waste on Texas farmland. But in his defense, he never in a million years thought anyone would put a school there."
The oil industry's radioactive secret is getting more attention but the damage has been done.
The oil industry's radioactive secret is getting more attention but the damage has been done.
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There.
Then an elementary school was built on top of it.
thebarbedwire.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I fucking told you so in the very beginning and got brutal replies. Who's making fun of me now?
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China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies.
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
February 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies.
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony
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White supremacists from around the world met in February to plan whites-only enclaves, expand recruitment, and advance mass “remigration.” Hosted by Arkansas-based Return to the Land, the summit convened neo-Nazi leaders invoking the “Great Replacement” and coordinating across borders.
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A “Who’s Who” of Global Far Right Extremists Gathered to Share Plans for Whites-Only Communities
White supremacists from the U.S., Europe, South Africa, and Australia gathered in February to openly strategize about building whites-only communities and deporting millions. Hosted by Arkansas-based ...
globalextremism.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
White supremacists from around the world met in February to plan whites-only enclaves, expand recruitment, and advance mass “remigration.” Hosted by Arkansas-based Return to the Land, the summit convened neo-Nazi leaders invoking the “Great Replacement” and coordinating across borders.
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