Bek Spear
@bekgold.bsky.social
Reader, writer, Mum, cat-lady ☀️
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For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.
December 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.
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Black Door with Snow, 1953–1955 by US painter Georgia O'Keeffe #WomensArt
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Black Door with Snow, 1953–1955 by US painter Georgia O'Keeffe #WomensArt
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"Kinsale, Pier Road" One of my newer smaller pieces, is a street scene from the west Cork town. Because I like buildings. And shapes. The original is available with details of size and price on my website here: liamdaly.com/2025/08/01/k... #ArtYear #SpeirGorm
August 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Kinsale, Pier Road" One of my newer smaller pieces, is a street scene from the west Cork town. Because I like buildings. And shapes. The original is available with details of size and price on my website here: liamdaly.com/2025/08/01/k... #ArtYear #SpeirGorm
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A #painting for you from a while ago. "Tramore I" The last time I was in this corner of Waterford I was on a bicycle. I painted this because I love junctions, the possibilities they hold - which includes rendering me stuck at them unable to decide. Plus I like their shapes. #art #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A #painting for you from a while ago. "Tramore I" The last time I was in this corner of Waterford I was on a bicycle. I painted this because I love junctions, the possibilities they hold - which includes rendering me stuck at them unable to decide. Plus I like their shapes. #art #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Cities are the best human habitat. Cities are what most of us are drawn to. Not Mars or bunkers in the desert or some AI-fever dream, but cities, in all their creative concentrated exuberance.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Cities are the best human habitat. Cities are what most of us are drawn to. Not Mars or bunkers in the desert or some AI-fever dream, but cities, in all their creative concentrated exuberance.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
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New podcast. I chat with a paleobotanist about the evolution of plants and how they shaped life on earth. open.spotify.com/episode/4BCU...
Speaking with a professor about the evolution of plants, terraforming planets and extinction events
open.spotify.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New podcast. I chat with a paleobotanist about the evolution of plants and how they shaped life on earth. open.spotify.com/episode/4BCU...
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If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
October 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
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One of the less understood beauties of a transition to a renewable economy is: you cannot invade a country and steal its sunshine and its wind, and you will not need to. The uneven distribution of fossil fuel, esp. oil, has corroded geopolitics for more than a century....
Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
One of the less understood beauties of a transition to a renewable economy is: you cannot invade a country and steal its sunshine and its wind, and you will not need to. The uneven distribution of fossil fuel, esp. oil, has corroded geopolitics for more than a century....
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The sheer amount of content coming out of @drilledmedia.bsky.social is incredible. A whole bunch of great interviews partic on climate obstruction and tactics. Haven't even finished the great 'carbon bros' series yet, too much good stuff damn it
pca.st/podcast/35c7...
pca.st/podcast/35c7...
October 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The sheer amount of content coming out of @drilledmedia.bsky.social is incredible. A whole bunch of great interviews partic on climate obstruction and tactics. Haven't even finished the great 'carbon bros' series yet, too much good stuff damn it
pca.st/podcast/35c7...
pca.st/podcast/35c7...
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The richest person in the history of our planet is now a Hitler ventriloquist.
I'm not completley sure this is all going to work out
I'm not completley sure this is all going to work out
July 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The richest person in the history of our planet is now a Hitler ventriloquist.
I'm not completley sure this is all going to work out
I'm not completley sure this is all going to work out
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Also, if you get nothing else from this, check out Station Eleven if you haven't yet.
It is one of the most impactful pieces of art—both the book as well as the HBO adaptation—that I've ever seen.
We need good art in our lives.
It is one of the most impactful pieces of art—both the book as well as the HBO adaptation—that I've ever seen.
We need good art in our lives.
Grateful to be able to learn from the leadership of @thevogelman.bsky.social and @heymrsbond.com, too, and to see the voices of teachers shaping this AI discussion in a way that happens too rarely.
Writing can help clarify thinking, so I wrote something: thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/the-diffic...
Writing can help clarify thinking, so I wrote something: thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/the-diffic...
The Difficult Margins of AI as a Teacher
(But also the important margins of AI as a teacher.)
thebrokencopier.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Also, if you get nothing else from this, check out Station Eleven if you haven't yet.
It is one of the most impactful pieces of art—both the book as well as the HBO adaptation—that I've ever seen.
We need good art in our lives.
It is one of the most impactful pieces of art—both the book as well as the HBO adaptation—that I've ever seen.
We need good art in our lives.
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Need a sign? This is it. Some encouragement? Listen, you got this. I’ve told you: Bigfoot and I believe in you. Need the opposite kind? Death is coming, so stop fucking around and do the thing. Need some motivation? You can get a snack after. Now go do the thing.
June 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Need a sign? This is it. Some encouragement? Listen, you got this. I’ve told you: Bigfoot and I believe in you. Need the opposite kind? Death is coming, so stop fucking around and do the thing. Need some motivation? You can get a snack after. Now go do the thing.
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🌲Ed Sheeran explains to Louis Theroux that he dislikes private jets and prefers trains because "I like the environment, I like trees." We know that this type of messaging from celebrities is hugely impactful. We need far more of this from more stars.
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🌲Ed Sheeran explains to Louis Theroux that he dislikes private jets and prefers trains because "I like the environment, I like trees." We know that this type of messaging from celebrities is hugely impactful. We need far more of this from more stars.
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social
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Imagine a world in which that $100 million instead went to the health and social services that keep people out of prison.
the NSW government is announcing an extra $100 million spend on prisons in this years budget www.nsw.gov.au/ministerial-...
NSW Budget to strengthen justice system, support victim-survivors
The Minns Labor Government will invest half a billion dollars in additional funding as part of a justice system package, to support victim-survivors and build a safer NSW.
www.nsw.gov.au
June 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Imagine a world in which that $100 million instead went to the health and social services that keep people out of prison.
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There is a techno-fix to the climate problem. It's called clean energy.
May 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There is a techno-fix to the climate problem. It's called clean energy.
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There are roughly 2.4 billion children and youth in the world. This is the future that awaits them, now.
The deepest injustice of all is intergenerational injustice, and the driving engine of intergenerational injustice is predatory delay on climate action.
thenearlynow.com/how-to-be-yo...
The deepest injustice of all is intergenerational injustice, and the driving engine of intergenerational injustice is predatory delay on climate action.
thenearlynow.com/how-to-be-yo...
May 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
There are roughly 2.4 billion children and youth in the world. This is the future that awaits them, now.
The deepest injustice of all is intergenerational injustice, and the driving engine of intergenerational injustice is predatory delay on climate action.
thenearlynow.com/how-to-be-yo...
The deepest injustice of all is intergenerational injustice, and the driving engine of intergenerational injustice is predatory delay on climate action.
thenearlynow.com/how-to-be-yo...
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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
wck.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
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Who's responsible for the climate crisis?
Two new studies try to answer this question: but whichever way we slice it, the answer doesn't change much.
The wealthiest are disproportionately responsible for the greatest emissions, and that's why climate change is so unfair.
An explanatory thread 🧵
Two new studies try to answer this question: but whichever way we slice it, the answer doesn't change much.
The wealthiest are disproportionately responsible for the greatest emissions, and that's why climate change is so unfair.
An explanatory thread 🧵
Who Did It? GIF
Alt: Who Did It? GIF
media.tenor.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Who's responsible for the climate crisis?
Two new studies try to answer this question: but whichever way we slice it, the answer doesn't change much.
The wealthiest are disproportionately responsible for the greatest emissions, and that's why climate change is so unfair.
An explanatory thread 🧵
Two new studies try to answer this question: but whichever way we slice it, the answer doesn't change much.
The wealthiest are disproportionately responsible for the greatest emissions, and that's why climate change is so unfair.
An explanatory thread 🧵
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Doctors for the Environment Australia is mounting a legal challenge against environmental approvals for Woodside's multi-billion Scarborough project.
Another from me this morning, this time in @reneweconomy.com.au
Another from me this morning, this time in @reneweconomy.com.au
Doctors say regulator engaged in “box ticking” exercise with Scarborough gas approval
Doctors for the Environment Australia says offshore oil and gas regulator accepted claims by Woodside that gas displaces coal despite its CEO admitting that claim cannot be proven.
reneweconomy.com.au
May 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Doctors for the Environment Australia is mounting a legal challenge against environmental approvals for Woodside's multi-billion Scarborough project.
Another from me this morning, this time in @reneweconomy.com.au
Another from me this morning, this time in @reneweconomy.com.au
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Relieved Dutton’s out? Handy reminder: Albanese’s Labor government is, at best, complacent, at worst, complicit in Israel’s genocide. Gaza is being bombed, starved, ethnically cleansed. Voting out morally bankrupt leaders isn’t enough—we must still hold power to account for the most vulnerable.
May 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Relieved Dutton’s out? Handy reminder: Albanese’s Labor government is, at best, complacent, at worst, complicit in Israel’s genocide. Gaza is being bombed, starved, ethnically cleansed. Voting out morally bankrupt leaders isn’t enough—we must still hold power to account for the most vulnerable.
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The big/small men of MAGA are apocalyptic fantasists.
The darkest--and in some ways most light-filled--take on on our dire moment comes from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The darkest--and in some ways most light-filled--take on on our dire moment comes from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The big/small men of MAGA are apocalyptic fantasists.
The darkest--and in some ways most light-filled--take on on our dire moment comes from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The darkest--and in some ways most light-filled--take on on our dire moment comes from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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New podcast. This about how far right talking points distract us from eliminating the state violence of neoliberal capitalism open.spotify.com/episode/2wmH...
Against Bigotry and Hatred
The Blindboy Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New podcast. This about how far right talking points distract us from eliminating the state violence of neoliberal capitalism open.spotify.com/episode/2wmH...
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The high court said this: “Native title recognises that…Indigenous Australians have a connection with country…which existed & persisted before & beyond settlement, before & beyond the assertion of sovereignty & before & beyond Federation...It is older and deeper than the constitution.” #AusPol
Indigenous leaders celebrate as court rejects appeal in landmark Yunupingu compensation case
High court upholds ruling against commonwealth that Gumatj clan’s land was not acquired ‘on just terms’, in case initiated by renowned land rights activist
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The high court said this: “Native title recognises that…Indigenous Australians have a connection with country…which existed & persisted before & beyond settlement, before & beyond the assertion of sovereignty & before & beyond Federation...It is older and deeper than the constitution.” #AusPol
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New podcast. Blackbirds getting floppy mickeys from imitating the sound of reversing trucks, the sins of the dead rising into the yeast of bread to be eaten by the poor, Christ in the desert is taunted by a goat who ate all the sins of the village. Theres something in here for everybody. Dog Bless ❤️
March 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
New podcast. Blackbirds getting floppy mickeys from imitating the sound of reversing trucks, the sins of the dead rising into the yeast of bread to be eaten by the poor, Christ in the desert is taunted by a goat who ate all the sins of the village. Theres something in here for everybody. Dog Bless ❤️