Tara Carey
@tararaecarey.bsky.social
Global Head of Media at INGO Equality Now, protecting & promoting women's rights, Trustee with The Restart Project;
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UK PM Keir Starmer and all governments: Fix the rules on political donations.
Elon Musk just poured millions into electing Trump president, now he wants to buy the next UK election – and he won’t stop there.Musk also endorsed Germany’s extremist right party, the AfD. But if we
action.eko.org
Musk is unhinged & extremely dangerous. Electoral Commission says a simple rule change would prevent foreign companies, like Musk’s X, from making political donations. PM Keir Starmer & the Labour govt urgently need to strengthen the rules around political donations 👇✍️
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Remember this? From 48 hours ago?
Just hit double the initial £100,000 target. Now aiming for £250,000 - every pound helping Greens take the fight to Reform this May.
#HopeIsHere
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Just hit double the initial £100,000 target. Now aiming for £250,000 - every pound helping Greens take the fight to Reform this May.
#HopeIsHere
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
November 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Remember this? From 48 hours ago?
Just hit double the initial £100,000 target. Now aiming for £250,000 - every pound helping Greens take the fight to Reform this May.
#HopeIsHere
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Just hit double the initial £100,000 target. Now aiming for £250,000 - every pound helping Greens take the fight to Reform this May.
#HopeIsHere
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Lesson: Don’t vote for Reform who deny any of this is happening due to climate change.
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Lesson: Don’t vote for Reform who deny any of this is happening due to climate change.
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The huge energy required by cryptocurrencies is a global climate threat. Proof of Work mining is a competitive arms race to solve pointless math problems. It uses vast, continuous energy, often from fossil fuels. The result is a carbon footprint comparable to entire nations
#EnergyCrisis #ReformUK
#EnergyCrisis #ReformUK
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The huge energy required by cryptocurrencies is a global climate threat. Proof of Work mining is a competitive arms race to solve pointless math problems. It uses vast, continuous energy, often from fossil fuels. The result is a carbon footprint comparable to entire nations
#EnergyCrisis #ReformUK
#EnergyCrisis #ReformUK
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A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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"When a single party can be bankrolled by a handful of wealthy individuals, it drowns out the voices of ordinary people and tilts the entire system towards the interests of those elites."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social calls for donations cap. Democracy is not for sale
greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/04/g...
@zackpolanski.bsky.social calls for donations cap. Democracy is not for sale
greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/04/g...
Greens respond to Reform's £9 million donation - Green Party
Responding to news that Reform has received a £9 million donation from a single donor, Green Party leader Zack Polanski said: “Reform hoovering up vast sums of private donations isn’t a sign of politi...
greenparty.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"When a single party can be bankrolled by a handful of wealthy individuals, it drowns out the voices of ordinary people and tilts the entire system towards the interests of those elites."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social calls for donations cap. Democracy is not for sale
greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/04/g...
@zackpolanski.bsky.social calls for donations cap. Democracy is not for sale
greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/04/g...
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New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
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This is an incredibly powerful article by Peter Ettedgui. I hope people listen to him and to the others who are brave enough to come forward.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is an incredibly powerful article by Peter Ettedgui. I hope people listen to him and to the others who are brave enough to come forward.
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Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
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Fact check on the right-wing push against abortion rights in Scotland. It's chock full of lies and bullshit.
(archive.is/lcmwa)
(archive.is/lcmwa)
Inside the US-backed right-wing push against abortion rights in Scotland
A RECENT review of Scotland's abortion laws led to widespread right-wing outrage last week ...
www.thenational.scot
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Fact check on the right-wing push against abortion rights in Scotland. It's chock full of lies and bullshit.
(archive.is/lcmwa)
(archive.is/lcmwa)
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'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders.
theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...
theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...
'If we take action, we might survive'
'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders.
theecologist.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
'This is no longer a risk, it is an emergency,' explain climate experts to more than a thousand British MPs and civil society leaders.
theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...
theecologist.org/2025/dec/01/...
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Great climate news: the UK’s publicly-backed export credit agency, UKEF, is withdrawing $1.15b in support for a hugely damaging gas project in Mozambique:
www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
UK to withdraw financing for Total’s Mozambique LNG project
Energy chief has warned he is ready to ‘exercise all my contractual rights’ if governments do not stand by contracts
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Great climate news: the UK’s publicly-backed export credit agency, UKEF, is withdrawing $1.15b in support for a hugely damaging gas project in Mozambique:
www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This week, the UK became the world's largest economy to ban new oil and gas exploration.
Another milestone in the global phaseout of fossil fuels.
Who's next?
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain-ends-new-fossil-fuel-exploration via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
Another milestone in the global phaseout of fossil fuels.
Who's next?
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain-ends-new-fossil-fuel-exploration via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
Britain becomes world’s largest economy to end new oil and gas exploration - Greenpeace UK
Commenting on the government’s North Sea Future Plan, in which it has confirmed that no more licences for new oil and gas will be issued, Greenpeace UK’s co-executive director, Areeba Hamid, said: “B...
www.greenpeace.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This week, the UK became the world's largest economy to ban new oil and gas exploration.
Another milestone in the global phaseout of fossil fuels.
Who's next?
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain-ends-new-fossil-fuel-exploration via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
Another milestone in the global phaseout of fossil fuels.
Who's next?
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/britain-ends-new-fossil-fuel-exploration via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
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How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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Fascinating research on how the fossil fuel industry orchestrates public narratives to maintain its own status in society and delay our transition to a safer energy system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Fascinating research on how the fossil fuel industry orchestrates public narratives to maintain its own status in society and delay our transition to a safer energy system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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When you're a professor of public health, and your government is committed to making public health worse, what are you gonna do?
Big hugs for Nanna Alex who has just made it back to the beach after her arrest. She’s here with @risingtideaus.bsky.social and says she decided to take direct action to stop the coal ships because as a Professor of Public Health she knows the risks. Wake up #auspol #RisingTide #ClimateAction
November 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
When you're a professor of public health, and your government is committed to making public health worse, what are you gonna do?
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“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
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Between 2000 & 2024, the top 1 per cent captured 41 cents of every dollar of wealth generated — while just 1 cent has been shared by the bottom half of humanity. It should alarm us all - first trillionaires within years, while close to half of humanity still lives in poverty.
on.ft.com/3XMFzKd
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Lula, Ramaphosa and Sánchez: We face an inequality emergency
The needs of ordinary people must be placed at the centre of the world’s agenda
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Between 2000 & 2024, the top 1 per cent captured 41 cents of every dollar of wealth generated — while just 1 cent has been shared by the bottom half of humanity. It should alarm us all - first trillionaires within years, while close to half of humanity still lives in poverty.
on.ft.com/3XMFzKd
on.ft.com/3XMFzKd
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Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
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Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk