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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate

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Composer, climate campaigner, dad. Main site: https://hutchingsmusic.co.uk Songs trying to save the world: http://choirsforclimate.com Listen: http://soundcloud.com/hutchingsmusic Videos: http://youtube.com/@choirsforclimate he/they, Edinburgh

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello Bluesky! Quick #introduction: I'm a composer from Edinburgh, writing mainly choral music. I also run choirsforclimate.com, which has loads of resources for choirs on it and music from over 50 composers - if you know a choir that wants to make the world a better place, come and browse.

Choirs for Climate – Singing to change the world

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 10h

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 17m

Hamburgers were never made with ham - they're named after the city of Hamburg! There is no reason for them to be made from meat!

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20h

For the uninitiated: The pope being this direct and explicit to U.S. bishops about how to respond to a domestic policy happening in real time is…unusual.

Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 23h

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue. For @reuters.com:

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 19h

At least they're admitting the Green Party was, in fact, founded on sound environmental ideas?

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 19h

And they don't even know the difference between principals and principles... yet they call themselves journalists?

Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 19h

I appreciate that you took the time to count it correctly

a little boy wearing a hat that says respect on it

ALT: a little boy wearing a hat that says respect on it

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 19h

worse than anything Spotify's ever done (OK, maybe not, but still pretty bad)

Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 19h

I'm somewhat relieved to see the Commisison originally proposed to ban "only 'bacon' and names of animals and their parts". However, an amendment calling for bans on "'steak', 'escalope', 'sausage', 'burger', 'hamburger', 'egg yolk', and 'egg white'" seems to have passed after that.

Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 19h

Banning "burger" for vegetarian food would be particularly ridiculous, given that the word "hamburger" comes from the city of Hamburg in Germany (not from the meat) and therefore linguistically it just means "from a city".

Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 20h

With all the many problems facing Europe, glad to see these MEPs are keeping their eye on the big picture 🙄

Parliament pushes for ‘veggie burger’ ban | Euractiv

Lawmakers back stricter labelling for meat alternatives

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 19h

"Renew’s Barry Cowen (Ireland) failed to secure enough support for a softer alternative that would only ban names “explicitly tied” to animals, such as “beef”, “chicken” and “hamburger”."

HAMBURGER COMES FROM THE CITY OF HAMBURG NOT FROM THE MEAT HAM, YOU DOLT

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 20h

We built about the same number of nuclear reactors per capita, then (UK has about 1/20 the population of China, which seems like an important relevant point here)

Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 22h

Make it into a game, slip in a few really weird but unlikely true facts and whoever spots the true ones gets a prize. You'll make a mint.

Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 22h

It's still run by Nazi-adjacent people and people should be getting off there ASAP. But it is hard to do when that puts a big chunk of the writer's livelihood at risk.

Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 22h

as I understand it, the newsletter is the easy bit but payments are the difficult bit - and Substack is probably a lot more difficult to take down payments from than, say, the recent requests from payment processors that have resulted in itch.io having to take down all slightly risqué games.

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 1d

... no matter which party has a majority HEYOOOO

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 1d

A tale of two energy systems: “For coal, oil and gas, it’s white glove service. For renewables and storage, it’s freezes, delays and cancellations.”

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 1d

coming soon: "oh you hate Nazis, well replace Nazis with a minority"

(P.S. replacing Nazis with a minority sounds great in general)

Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Good that renewables are rising - but if you've ever asked yourself "are renewables replacing fossil fuel or just meeting added demand so far?" this chart provides the clearest answer I've ever seen. Everything except renewables is basically constant. Hopefully we'll see fossil decline soon.

Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL

How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 2d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but very seldom for the same person

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Regulatory Assistance Project @regassistproj.bsky.social · 1d

⚡ Europe’s clean energy transition can only move as fast as its electricity grids.

But outdated regulation and limited oversight are slowing things down. RAP and @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social propose two urgent reforms for national governments to make grids fit for the energy transition.👇

https://www.raponline.org/blog/better-oversight-better-foresight/👇

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 1d

Worldwide impact of inhalers equivalent to half a million cars.

Number of cars in the world: 1.6 BILLION.

Impact of all inhalers combined is 1/3200 the impact of all cars combined.

THAT'S NOT SIGNIFICANT and @cnn.com (the parent company here) needs to get this headline changed ASAP.

Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 2d

It would have taken every ounce of my self-control not to snap back with "are you stupid?"