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Ben Johnson

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Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · Nov 29

Maps like this suck. They imply climate change will flood vast swathes of the country very soon. Climate change will (and does) cause more flooding, but flooding is not about whether land is below high tide...

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Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 13h

I don't think "are we English or British" is a salient issue and I think it doesn't make sense for progressives to enter that debate and thereby raise its salience. Reform can say "they're killing what it means to be English" and most people would be like *shrug*

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 14h

But again I question why we need it. Let them have "English identity". Who needs it?

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22h

You may only call it a peak or a plateau after a period of sustained change in that direction that is 2x longer than the last 'false start'

Joshi's Pessimism Principle

Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 22h

Why didn't Chinese fossil CO2 emissions peak in 2013?

It looked like Chinese emissions might peak in 2013, after declines in 2014 & 2015, but since then, improvements in the CO2 efficiency of the economy slowed significantly.

CO2 will peak if efficiency improvements return.

See ALT text.

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The figure is a simplified Kaya Identity. The bars are the contributions to growth from GDP, Energy/GDP, CO2/Energy, and when you add the bars together you get the black dot, CO2 growth. For a given GDP, if the improvements in Energy/GDP and CO2/Energy are greater than the GDP growth, then emissions go down.

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Trans Liberation Group @transliberationgroup.org.uk · 1d

Over the next few days we will be posting our demands into 4 overarching demands/group
Today Demand 0 - A party for everyone

Demand Number zero: A Party For Everyone.

Require all elected party representatives to be bound by the programme democratically agreed by the membership, which will have trans liberation at its core.

Ensure that elected representatives are held accountable to the membership and censure and remove any representatives who break from this programme (including promoting transphobic bigotry or discrimination).

Create a transparent disciplinary process for all members to prevent bigotry and discrimination, overseen by a democratically-elected committee including representation for trans people. This should be guided by the principles of transformative justice, with efforts to resolve issues through mediation and education where possible.

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Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 18h

definitely just looking at the content I'm sure

The Heritage Foundation bsky page. 90 followers, 1 following, 0 posts

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 18h

Example of the types of people trying to revive "English Identity" hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/08/r...

Robert Jenrick says he’s an Anglofuturist. What does that mean? – HOPE not hate

In late June, the shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick took the stand at a conference. Addressing the crowd of Tories and radical-right political figures, he made an unusual statement. “I am what c...

hopenothate.org.uk

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 19h

they're different years

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 1d

More Leisure Community Trust, which operates leisure centres in Oxford city has announced the return of its Big Open Weekend, offering two days of free swimming and activity sessions, classes, events and more this weekend.

Five swimmers holding on to the side of a pool smiling at the camera.
Image from More Leisure.

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Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 1d

Don't feel bad for Billy getting dragged on here. He's been on this bus for a long time, he's heard the criticisms, he's seen the approach fail, and he's doubling down anyway. He deserves to be dragged. www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/apr/...

Let's celebrate what it means to be English

A mixture of greater confidence in Scotland and the recent influx of immigrants has put the English identity back on the agenda

www.theguardian.com

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 1d

Identities aren't transhistorical things, they're constructed for purposes and need to be actively maintained to carry on existing. The only purpose of "English Identity" is racism. Therefore maintaining its existence is bad.

We don't need it. I don't even know what the Oxfordshire County flag is.

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 4d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 1d

Wondering if this podcast will ever answer the titular question.

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 1d

Thought Freedom House was thoroughly discredited by now, apparently not lmao open.spotify.com/episode/2u6d...

Episode 2: The autocrat next door

open.spotify.com

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an arch on @anarchonbury.bsky.social · 15d

I've been quiet for a while. It's been due to a number of factors, the most prominent of which is poor health.

I need surgery, and I'm stuck in limbo. Please help.

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £6500 to help cure James' disease. – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to help cure James' disease.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

www.justgiving.com

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 2d

…and we keep going, because this is our duty and our promise. We formed this giving circle with seven friends to ensure dependable, weekly support—for survival needs. As those needs become daily, we escalate.

24 hours left ⚠️ Food, tents, blankets, medicine, ASAP. 0/500: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 2d

OK well this sucks

Curb Your Malthusiasm 2.0 @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 3d

Another Mamdani position I can’t abide. They’re starting to stack up

Clarification from the current New York candidate on his stance on le regimes in Cuba and Venezuela
le episode highlighted that just days after the interview, Mamdani's campaign arified its position by stating that both Nicolás Maduro and Miguel Díaz-Canel were "dictators."
"I want to be clear about my position. I believe both Nicolás Maduro and Miguel Díaz-Canel are dictators. Their administrations have stifled free and fair elections, imprisoned political opponents, and suppressed a free and fair press," Mamdani emphasized.

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Trans Liberation Group @transliberationgroup.org.uk · 2d

We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting for a foundation of trans liberation in Your Party, in its current and future iterations.

Founding Statement:
The situation for trans people in Britain is critical. We face a barrage of billionaire bankrolled abuse in the media. We endure decades long waiting lists to access limited healthcare, with dehumanisation and pathologisation built in to the system.

In the job market, we are met with discrimination, lack of opportunity and stagnating pay. We are excluded from housing, healthcare, employment, leisure - now even our use of bathrooms is policed.
- Trans Liberation Group

Something must change.
- Trans Liberation Group

Founding Statement:
For trans people, today’s politics is exhausting. The major political parties have used and discarded us time and time again. Too often, exclusionary figures are embedded in leadership capacities, and even in progressive parties, those on the fringes can spew hatred unchallenged.

We say no more. This cannot happen in Your Party. The liberation of all marginalised people can only be achieved through their active and equal participation in class struggle; there can only be a precarious freedom for some under current conditions.
- Trans Liberation Group

ounding Statement:
We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting to ensure Your Party, in its current and future iterations, explicitly advocates for trans liberation, and encourages the political participation of trans people.

We know there are prominent figures who have been platformed under the banner of Your Party who hold regressive, misinformed and dangerous views on trans people. We are here to show them that this is our party, and we will fight tooth and nail to prevent this oppressive
politics from taking root.
- Trans Liberation Group

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Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · 3d

Robert R. Raymond
@robpertray.bsky.social
socialism doesn't work, that's why
we had to sanction venezuelals
economy. but libertarian capitalism
works just fine, that's why we had to
bail out argentina

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Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 2d

Distasteful replies, sure. Which ones were antisemitic?

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 2d

So a Labour guy wants to get into a discussion about party leaders lying? 👀 This should be fun.

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 2d

did you learn anything?

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 2d

" we must keep the savages down with unimaginable violence otherwise they will kill us "

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 2d

Special kind of evil this

The longer answer is that the state of Israel is more than four decades older than I am and is home to about 10mn people, 7mn of them Jewish. I understand and respect why some Jews hope for a binational state or a confederation, but at this point, to be “anti-Zionist” in practice is either to be in favour of time travel or an unimaginable atrocity.

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Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 2d

Did she think she was cooking with this or...?

If you’re enjoying any of this, in a how-the-mighty-are-fallen way, in a serves-them-right-for-austerity way, that is understandable – but absolutely bananas. You don’t even have to look at the US to know this, nor read Daniel Ziblatt’s seminal 2017 book, Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy: every one of your synapses is screaming it. The mainstream right is the essential firewall against the far right.

Ben Johnson @benjgeo.bsky.social · 2d

idc about the headline but the seating arrangement on these talk shows is really gross it looks like they're trying to get the women to accidentally flash the audience.

Forbes @forbes.com · 2d

Swift pushed back against the rumor that she had turned down the Halftime show due to concerns that the NFL would not allow her to own the footage of her performance.

Taylor Swift Addresses Rumor About Turning Down Super Bowl Halftime Show

Swift pushed back against the rumor that she had turned down the Halftime show due to concerns that the NFL would not allow her to own the footage of her performance.

www.forbes.com

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 2d

FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense

Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act

Feat. OG authors of the Act & more

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

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