Eco Stoic
@ecostoic.bsky.social
An American living in England. Trying to find truth. Growing my own food. Raising my kids to be kind.
Political/economic affiliation: whatever gives us more freedom & prevents tyranny.
Religion: Nature 🪴
Political/economic affiliation: whatever gives us more freedom & prevents tyranny.
Religion: Nature 🪴
Making America Healthy Again.
One forever chemical at a time.
Nice work team!
One forever chemical at a time.
Nice work team!
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Making America Healthy Again.
One forever chemical at a time.
Nice work team!
One forever chemical at a time.
Nice work team!
This photo is absolutely going to replace the image of my children as my background photo on my laptop.
What a gem! This says so much about the state of politics today.
Hint: it’s all a bloody scam!
What a gem! This says so much about the state of politics today.
Hint: it’s all a bloody scam!
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This photo is absolutely going to replace the image of my children as my background photo on my laptop.
What a gem! This says so much about the state of politics today.
Hint: it’s all a bloody scam!
What a gem! This says so much about the state of politics today.
Hint: it’s all a bloody scam!
Wait, pump the brakes.
First, Trump taxes his own people, to then offer $2k to every middle class and low income American.
Now, he’s openly praising a democratic socialist.
My poor MAGA family members must be in a cognitive dissonance tailspin!!! 😂
First, Trump taxes his own people, to then offer $2k to every middle class and low income American.
Now, he’s openly praising a democratic socialist.
My poor MAGA family members must be in a cognitive dissonance tailspin!!! 😂
Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani forged an unlikely friendship at the White House on Friday, with the US president saying at one point, 'I would feel very, very comfortable being in New York' under Mamdani. on.ft.com/43MAcy5
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Wait, pump the brakes.
First, Trump taxes his own people, to then offer $2k to every middle class and low income American.
Now, he’s openly praising a democratic socialist.
My poor MAGA family members must be in a cognitive dissonance tailspin!!! 😂
First, Trump taxes his own people, to then offer $2k to every middle class and low income American.
Now, he’s openly praising a democratic socialist.
My poor MAGA family members must be in a cognitive dissonance tailspin!!! 😂
Wait, I'm not the smartest person in the world, but isn't this socialism? At the very least, it's a leftist idea of wealth re-distribution.
Why is it not ok for Mamdani to offer free buses in NYC, but Trump can do this?
These people make up their own rules!!! 🤷🏽
youtu.be/Ej6yKVhq2jE
Why is it not ok for Mamdani to offer free buses in NYC, but Trump can do this?
These people make up their own rules!!! 🤷🏽
youtu.be/Ej6yKVhq2jE
Trump Pitches $2,000 Tariff Dividend Checks
YouTube video by Bloomberg News
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Wait, I'm not the smartest person in the world, but isn't this socialism? At the very least, it's a leftist idea of wealth re-distribution.
Why is it not ok for Mamdani to offer free buses in NYC, but Trump can do this?
These people make up their own rules!!! 🤷🏽
youtu.be/Ej6yKVhq2jE
Why is it not ok for Mamdani to offer free buses in NYC, but Trump can do this?
These people make up their own rules!!! 🤷🏽
youtu.be/Ej6yKVhq2jE
Yes! More of this please. Banks and private equity groups should own all of our housing.
What could go wrong? 🤦🏽♀️
Sometimes the answer is hard. Sometimes It’s easy. The answer to our housing crisis is easy. Build more homes. And stop allowing this! 👇
What could go wrong? 🤦🏽♀️
Sometimes the answer is hard. Sometimes It’s easy. The answer to our housing crisis is easy. Build more homes. And stop allowing this! 👇
Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord on.ft.com/3JElrGQ
Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord
UK bank has acquired 7,500 homes for rent since 2021 as it seeks to diversify income
on.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Yes! More of this please. Banks and private equity groups should own all of our housing.
What could go wrong? 🤦🏽♀️
Sometimes the answer is hard. Sometimes It’s easy. The answer to our housing crisis is easy. Build more homes. And stop allowing this! 👇
What could go wrong? 🤦🏽♀️
Sometimes the answer is hard. Sometimes It’s easy. The answer to our housing crisis is easy. Build more homes. And stop allowing this! 👇
Correct!
We’ve seen what happens to empires when greed and hedonism win out. They crumble under the weight of the egos that rule.
History will repeat itself. This time is not different.
We’ve seen what happens to empires when greed and hedonism win out. They crumble under the weight of the egos that rule.
History will repeat itself. This time is not different.
Tesla have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. That's 20 billion times more than a nurse in the UK earns.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Correct!
We’ve seen what happens to empires when greed and hedonism win out. They crumble under the weight of the egos that rule.
History will repeat itself. This time is not different.
We’ve seen what happens to empires when greed and hedonism win out. They crumble under the weight of the egos that rule.
History will repeat itself. This time is not different.
Such a great news day! Blimey. 😊
"The passage of Proposition MM marks the second time Coloradans have voted to tax themselves to provide meals for public school kids in recent years."
coloradosun.com/2025/11/04/p...
coloradosun.com/2025/11/04/p...
Colorado voters approve tax increase on high earners to fund school meals, food stamps
Proposition MM's passage means Colorado will be able to fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school students
coloradosun.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Such a great news day! Blimey. 😊
Proving to be a great news day! 🙌
Mamdani wins New York as Democratic electoral sweep deals blow to Trump on.ft.com/43eVzYD
Mamdani wins New York as Democratic electoral sweep deals blow to Trump
Republicans were defeated in New Jersey and Virginia as voters rebuke US president’s party
on.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Proving to be a great news day! 🙌
Excellent!
Europe's Fairphone enters U.S. market tapping right-to-repair demand reut.rs/4nHuzIt
Europe's Fairphone enters U.S. market tapping right-to-repair demand
Dutch ethical‑electronics maker Fairphone is entering the U.S. market with its repairable headphones, preparing the ground for a phone launch, chief executive Raymond van Eck told Reuters in an interview.
reut.rs
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Excellent!
Reposted by Eco Stoic
New analysis confirms there is a massive global pipeline of low carbon industrial projects. www.businessgreen.com/news/4521286...
Study: Clean industrial projects represent near $2tr investment opportunity
New research claims more than a thousand clean industrial projects are now in progress worldwide
www.businessgreen.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
New analysis confirms there is a massive global pipeline of low carbon industrial projects. www.businessgreen.com/news/4521286...
And still, the FF industry gets billions in subsidies.
When people on the right ask me what my solutions are, I always tell them, start with removing FF subsidies and move those subsidies over into renewables. If you don’t like renewables, fine… move the money into regen ag., or silvopasture, etc.
When people on the right ask me what my solutions are, I always tell them, start with removing FF subsidies and move those subsidies over into renewables. If you don’t like renewables, fine… move the money into regen ag., or silvopasture, etc.
BP third-quarter profit beats expectations at $2.21 billion reut.rs/47yzKVi
BP third-quarter profit beats expectations at $2.21 billion
BP on Tuesday posted a third-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, or adjusted net income, of $2.21 billion, compared with the average $2.02 billion in a company-provided poll of analysts and $2.27 billion a year ago.
reut.rs
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And still, the FF industry gets billions in subsidies.
When people on the right ask me what my solutions are, I always tell them, start with removing FF subsidies and move those subsidies over into renewables. If you don’t like renewables, fine… move the money into regen ag., or silvopasture, etc.
When people on the right ask me what my solutions are, I always tell them, start with removing FF subsidies and move those subsidies over into renewables. If you don’t like renewables, fine… move the money into regen ag., or silvopasture, etc.
I remember sending the NASA website on climate change to some of my climate denier friends/family. Their argument was, “the Globalists control NASA”. 🤦🏽♀️
Sadly, NASA’s response to Kim won’t matter. Truth, is now, what you subjectively believe. Not what is objectively seen and known.
Sadly, NASA’s response to Kim won’t matter. Truth, is now, what you subjectively believe. Not what is objectively seen and known.
NASA to Kim Kardashian: We've been to the moon six times reut.rs/4hyqR2s
NASA to Kim Kardashian: We've been to the moon six times
In a testament to Kim Kardashian's power to grab the spotlight, the head of NASA felt compelled this week to set the record straight when the reality TV queen said she believed a well-worn conspiracy theory that the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was a fake.
reut.rs
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I remember sending the NASA website on climate change to some of my climate denier friends/family. Their argument was, “the Globalists control NASA”. 🤦🏽♀️
Sadly, NASA’s response to Kim won’t matter. Truth, is now, what you subjectively believe. Not what is objectively seen and known.
Sadly, NASA’s response to Kim won’t matter. Truth, is now, what you subjectively believe. Not what is objectively seen and known.
For an administration that is violently anti-socialist/communist, the Trump administration sure likes to get involved in US business.
They are pumping $80 billion into Westinghouse, for nuke reactors. The deal involves taking a portion of any profits above a certain amount. Hmm… reminds me of 🇨🇳 🤫
They are pumping $80 billion into Westinghouse, for nuke reactors. The deal involves taking a portion of any profits above a certain amount. Hmm… reminds me of 🇨🇳 🤫
The Trump administration will take a stake in at least $80 billion of new nuclear reactors that it sees as key to continuing to develop AI technologies through a deal it inked with the parent companies of nuclear developer Westinghouse.
U.S. inks $80 billion deal with Westinghouse for nuclear reactors
The partnership would be funded with help from Japan and gives U.S. taxpayers an ownership stake in the plants.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
For an administration that is violently anti-socialist/communist, the Trump administration sure likes to get involved in US business.
They are pumping $80 billion into Westinghouse, for nuke reactors. The deal involves taking a portion of any profits above a certain amount. Hmm… reminds me of 🇨🇳 🤫
They are pumping $80 billion into Westinghouse, for nuke reactors. The deal involves taking a portion of any profits above a certain amount. Hmm… reminds me of 🇨🇳 🤫
Weird to hear Steve Bannon talking about the need to help the “little guy”. How capitalism is dead and has been replaced by corporatism. And how we need a revolution.
He’s speaking like a Marxist for the first few minutes. Then it all goes downhill. 🤦🏽♀️
youtu.be/ijf7K_08YWk?...
He’s speaking like a Marxist for the first few minutes. Then it all goes downhill. 🤦🏽♀️
youtu.be/ijf7K_08YWk?...
Steve Bannon: Trump will have a third term
YouTube video by The Economist
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Weird to hear Steve Bannon talking about the need to help the “little guy”. How capitalism is dead and has been replaced by corporatism. And how we need a revolution.
He’s speaking like a Marxist for the first few minutes. Then it all goes downhill. 🤦🏽♀️
youtu.be/ijf7K_08YWk?...
He’s speaking like a Marxist for the first few minutes. Then it all goes downhill. 🤦🏽♀️
youtu.be/ijf7K_08YWk?...
Brilliant and funny explanation of communism/socialism and capitalism.
It's nice to laugh at these things when we can.
youtu.be/xe_kFy-n-Rw
It's nice to laugh at these things when we can.
youtu.be/xe_kFy-n-Rw
Is Zohran Mamdani a Communist? According to Communists, No | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Brilliant and funny explanation of communism/socialism and capitalism.
It's nice to laugh at these things when we can.
youtu.be/xe_kFy-n-Rw
It's nice to laugh at these things when we can.
youtu.be/xe_kFy-n-Rw
I’m currently on a road trip in the USA. Going from Kentucky to Wyoming and back.
It’s been a long time since I did a long road trip in my home country. It’s not changed a bit. It’s just as confusing as it’s ever been. 🤷🏽♂️
It’s been a long time since I did a long road trip in my home country. It’s not changed a bit. It’s just as confusing as it’s ever been. 🤷🏽♂️
October 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I’m currently on a road trip in the USA. Going from Kentucky to Wyoming and back.
It’s been a long time since I did a long road trip in my home country. It’s not changed a bit. It’s just as confusing as it’s ever been. 🤷🏽♂️
It’s been a long time since I did a long road trip in my home country. It’s not changed a bit. It’s just as confusing as it’s ever been. 🤷🏽♂️
Absolutely!
The most effective thing we can do, if we want real, systemic change, is to withdraw funds from the billionaires and move that money elsewhere.
The most effective thing we can do, if we want real, systemic change, is to withdraw funds from the billionaires and move that money elsewhere.
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Absolutely!
The most effective thing we can do, if we want real, systemic change, is to withdraw funds from the billionaires and move that money elsewhere.
The most effective thing we can do, if we want real, systemic change, is to withdraw funds from the billionaires and move that money elsewhere.
Oh good, we’ve only crossed 7 of 9 planetary boundaries. Whew! I thought things were dire!
Let’s continue this growth party. 🎉
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
Let’s continue this growth party. 🎉
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
Humans Just Pushed Earth across Another 'Planetary Boundary'
Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human livelihoods
www.scientificamerican.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Oh good, we’ve only crossed 7 of 9 planetary boundaries. Whew! I thought things were dire!
Let’s continue this growth party. 🎉
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
Let’s continue this growth party. 🎉
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...
I have tried to explain this to so many of my friends and family, who oppose renewables and yet, complain about the cost of electricity in the UK.
But, as I have learned from Iain McGilchrist, human bias is the main driving factor in decision making. Once a bias is set in, it is hard to remove it.
But, as I have learned from Iain McGilchrist, human bias is the main driving factor in decision making. Once a bias is set in, it is hard to remove it.
Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.
October 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I have tried to explain this to so many of my friends and family, who oppose renewables and yet, complain about the cost of electricity in the UK.
But, as I have learned from Iain McGilchrist, human bias is the main driving factor in decision making. Once a bias is set in, it is hard to remove it.
But, as I have learned from Iain McGilchrist, human bias is the main driving factor in decision making. Once a bias is set in, it is hard to remove it.
I won't be popular for agreeing with this article. But I do. I am witnessing a rise in populist, utopian rhetoric by the left. And I am seeing a trend, that if someone on the left, like me, doesn't agree with a tactic, we are shamed.
Being at the top of the moral pyramid won't fix our issues.
Being at the top of the moral pyramid won't fix our issues.
October 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I won't be popular for agreeing with this article. But I do. I am witnessing a rise in populist, utopian rhetoric by the left. And I am seeing a trend, that if someone on the left, like me, doesn't agree with a tactic, we are shamed.
Being at the top of the moral pyramid won't fix our issues.
Being at the top of the moral pyramid won't fix our issues.
Reposted by Eco Stoic
New official figures show clean power accounted for 74 per cent of the electricity mix last year. Genuinely staggering progress compared to where the UK was a decade ago. www.businessgreen.com/news/4519690...
Government confirms 74 per cent of Britain's power generation came from clean sources last year
New figures tracking progress towards Clean Power by 2030 goal suggest UK is on track to become 'clean energy superpower' this decade
www.businessgreen.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New official figures show clean power accounted for 74 per cent of the electricity mix last year. Genuinely staggering progress compared to where the UK was a decade ago. www.businessgreen.com/news/4519690...
Excellent!
There are few things we can do to make real change. But this is one.
I‘ve used Co-Op and Nationwide for years and I’ve been happy with both.
There are few things we can do to make real change. But this is one.
I‘ve used Co-Op and Nationwide for years and I’ve been happy with both.
💷 UK banks have poured £75 billion into giant fossil fuel projects since 2016.
Which banks are dirty? Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, Halifax, RBS, Santander, TSB.
Which are ethical? Co-op, Nationwide, Triodos, Virgin Money. #SwitchToEthical
Which banks are dirty? Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, Halifax, RBS, Santander, TSB.
Which are ethical? Co-op, Nationwide, Triodos, Virgin Money. #SwitchToEthical
September 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Excellent!
There are few things we can do to make real change. But this is one.
I‘ve used Co-Op and Nationwide for years and I’ve been happy with both.
There are few things we can do to make real change. But this is one.
I‘ve used Co-Op and Nationwide for years and I’ve been happy with both.
Starmer went to Oxford. Sunak went to Oxford.
As did: Truss, Johnson, May and Cameron.
In the US, most of our Presidents attend Ivy League schools. In the UK, it is Oxford and/or Eton.
It's no surprise that Labour looks like the Conservatives and the Dems look like the Republicans.
As did: Truss, Johnson, May and Cameron.
In the US, most of our Presidents attend Ivy League schools. In the UK, it is Oxford and/or Eton.
It's no surprise that Labour looks like the Conservatives and the Dems look like the Republicans.
People want lower rents. They want cheaper bills and publicly-owned services. They want an NHS that works.
Why can’t this government just do things that would actually improve people’s lives?
We can fix this country. We just need the political will.
Why can’t this government just do things that would actually improve people’s lives?
We can fix this country. We just need the political will.
September 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Starmer went to Oxford. Sunak went to Oxford.
As did: Truss, Johnson, May and Cameron.
In the US, most of our Presidents attend Ivy League schools. In the UK, it is Oxford and/or Eton.
It's no surprise that Labour looks like the Conservatives and the Dems look like the Republicans.
As did: Truss, Johnson, May and Cameron.
In the US, most of our Presidents attend Ivy League schools. In the UK, it is Oxford and/or Eton.
It's no surprise that Labour looks like the Conservatives and the Dems look like the Republicans.
Growing up in California, I am used to returning my cans and bottles to get the deposit back. And I am very happy to see this being rolled out in the UK.
Humans need incentives. Plus, many poor and homeless can collect and return for money.
sustainabilitymag.com/articles/dep...
Humans need incentives. Plus, many poor and homeless can collect and return for money.
sustainabilitymag.com/articles/dep...
Deposit Return Scheme: The UK’s Recycling Plans for 2027
In 2027, a deposit return scheme will come into force across England and Northern Ireland to recycle aluminium, steel and PET plastic containers
sustainabilitymag.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Growing up in California, I am used to returning my cans and bottles to get the deposit back. And I am very happy to see this being rolled out in the UK.
Humans need incentives. Plus, many poor and homeless can collect and return for money.
sustainabilitymag.com/articles/dep...
Humans need incentives. Plus, many poor and homeless can collect and return for money.
sustainabilitymag.com/articles/dep...
Bailing out farmers with tariffs. This is too much. Capitalist "solutions" are wild.
How about they stop the oligopoly of seed companies controlling ag. in America?
Stop subsidising fossil fuels and subsidise fruit, veg. organic and regen ag. instead.
Madness!
How about they stop the oligopoly of seed companies controlling ag. in America?
Stop subsidising fossil fuels and subsidise fruit, veg. organic and regen ag. instead.
Madness!
Trump tariffs could fund bailout for US farmers, says agriculture secretary on.ft.com/4guA77r
Trump tariffs could fund bailout for US farmers, says agriculture secretary
Brooke Rollins says a package to offset rising costs for growers could be announced ‘soon’
on.ft.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Bailing out farmers with tariffs. This is too much. Capitalist "solutions" are wild.
How about they stop the oligopoly of seed companies controlling ag. in America?
Stop subsidising fossil fuels and subsidise fruit, veg. organic and regen ag. instead.
Madness!
How about they stop the oligopoly of seed companies controlling ag. in America?
Stop subsidising fossil fuels and subsidise fruit, veg. organic and regen ag. instead.
Madness!