Abby Innes
@abbyinnes.bsky.social
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Assoc. Prof. at the European Institute, LSE. Research and teach the political economy of the state. Optimist. Alarmed by people who lack self-doubt...
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abbyinnes.bsky.social
Governments ignore the science and prefer to just focus on climate change as an energy transition: as a spur to kick start a still completely unsustainable capitalism. We’re in breach of multiple planetary boundaries and they - and we - are deeply interdependent. It’s one hell of a category error.
dpcarrington.bsky.social
‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

- Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study
Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding
www.theguardian.com
abbyinnes.bsky.social
Quite, but in an ecological crisis it’s probably the case that all countries need to support if not enhance their own capacity, no? The space between self-sufficiency and collapsing existing capacity is quite important, surely…
abbyinnes.bsky.social
It’s why the tax debate was so problematic: food is not a ‘commodity’ just like any other and neither is water… There’s a reason farming was a protected profession in the Second World War…
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Robert Pape: "Violent populism—a phase of politics characterized by high levels of political violence and broad support for it—now represents a greater risk to American democracy than any competition with another country or any menace by a foreign terrorist group."
America’s New Age of Political Violence
What happens when the threat comes from both left and right.
www.foreignaffairs.com
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maris.bsky.social
This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.
jayrayner1.bsky.social
In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.
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gregsargent.bsky.social
"The Trump administration is building its case for authoritarian action on a fictional idea of America’s cities [as] wastelands of murder and despair, covered over with a patina of liberal decadence."

Good @aselrod.bsky.social on centrality of fiction to MAGA
www.liberalcurrents.com/all-in-our-h...
All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations
Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.
www.liberalcurrents.com
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns
The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo
www.mirror.co.uk
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stephenkb.bsky.social
I really don't know what to do about a situation where a plurality of the group that (rightly!) takes up most government spending thinks that it is unrepresented in politics.
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dsquareddigest.bsky.social
A real sign of what's wrong with this country is that I thought this might be an indie band
abbyinnes.bsky.social
I see the All Mod Cons sold out…
abbyinnes.bsky.social
Thank you! I though he was familiar …💐
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
I see Reform UK are on #BBCQT again tonight, would one of the other panelists kindly ask

Is it fiscally responsible for Nathan Gill to make anti EU, pro Russia statements in exchange for bribes

But for Nigel Farage to make anti EU, pro Russia statements, without bribes?
abbyinnes.bsky.social
Sigh…Impossibly beautiful piece 🌻 Whitacre wrote this to the words of Robert Frost but the estate asked him to wait for public domain, so he released it as Sleep, with words by Tony Silvestri.… heaven! The Frost has now arrived... Just absurdly perfect ❤️🌻
youtu.be/FgcZSiMLjlc?...
VOCES8: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Eric Whitacre
YouTube video by VOCES8
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abbyinnes.bsky.social
Vote Wizard Frog 👌💐
abbyinnes.bsky.social
G’ah! It‘s not socialism, it’s a financial power grab for political leverage if not purely private gain, in the style Putinesque. A socialist would use the revenues to provide a public welfare service, like housing. Jeez Louise, the deranged racist plutocrat in the White House is not a Marxist!
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drjennings.bsky.social
You'd think there would be more interest from the US media that Trump is simply delusional - at best being fed complete fabrications by his team, at worst in serious cognitive decline and unable to recognise reality.
atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."
abbyinnes.bsky.social
And not a little essentialist…!
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aphclarkson.bsky.social
This is among other things a product of how far UK Conservative and Reform Party MPs and Spads have become so marinated in Right wing American social media that they have adopted its view of unis as a source of radicalisation tempting youth away from the moral purity of National Conservative thought
timeshighered.bsky.social
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places
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alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social
Shameless bullying by odious little tin soldier Jenrick of people who just want to serve the public.

This shouldn’t be worth taking seriously ofc, bar the manifest risk that our politics will now dissolve into an auction over how many judges each party promises to sack.

A few points & a warning 1/
paullewismoney.bsky.social
Top Tory names judges he would sack for bias bit.ly/3KE7cBY some have allowed immigrants to stay in the UK for reasons Robert Jenrick disapproves of. He wants Ministers to appoint (and sack) judges. But top judge Sumption warns this could lead to an authoritarian state
Robert Jenrick names judges he would sack for ‘pro-migrant bias’
The shadow justice secretary has accused ‘activists’ within the judiciary of having links to political causes that compromise their independence
bit.ly
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet