Michael Harper
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Michael Harper
@michaelharper.bsky.social
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As the fossil fuel industry derails efforts to ramp down, the tech bro propaganda campaign to normalize solar geoengineering is ramping up.😱

50+ African nations are calling for a NON-USE agreement before it's too late. The Guardian is joining them. So should the rest of us. #ClimateSky 🔌💡
The Guardian view on solar geoengineering: Africa has a point about this risky technology | Editorial
Editorial: Sun-dimming risks putting the planet’s thermostat under Donald Trump’s control. Better to adopt the precautionary principle with high-stakes science
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Dutch foreign minister resigns over government's failure to sanction Israel
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www.middleeasteye.net
August 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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As they call the Israeli Ambassador in for a word on her country carving up the West Bank.

Money talks more honestly.
August 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This seems noteworthy: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'Jews, rebel!': Ex-Knesset speaker calls on world Jews to take Israel to ICJ over Gaza
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www.haaretz.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Repeat reminder that UAE backs and supports RSF. David Lammy’s failure to act explained: “Thirty-seven days after Zamzam fell, the UK declared its desire for a trade deal with the Emirates.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam
As the UK prepared to host a global summit on bringing peace to Sudan, the RSF paramilitary began a ‘genocidal’ massacre in Zamzam refugee camp. But when reports emerged of the killings, London held i...
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A new poll carried out by the Israel Democracy Institute showed that a vast majority of Israeli Jews – 79 percent – say they are "not so troubled" or "not troubled at all" by the reports of famine and suffering among the Palestinian population in Gaza. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Large majority of Israeli Jews untroubled by reports of famine in Gaza, poll finds
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www.haaretz.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Clive Stafford Smith: In support of Palestine Action’s right to protest | Good Law Project.

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Clive Stafford Smith: In support of Palestine Action’s right to protest | Good Law Project
Supporting Palestine Action’s right to protest is not the same as supporting Palestine Action. It’s time for Keir Starmer to remember why human rights exist, says Clive Stafford Smith.
goodlawproject.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Daily reminder of utter failure of Yvette Cooper to understand genocide or terrorism. Her actions make no-one safer and debase genuine concerns about threats to UK.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Woman, 74, tells of pain and fear after arrest at Liverpool pro-Palestine rally
Exclusive: Video shows veteran campaigner being dragged and handcuffed and she says bail conditions effectively confine her to her house
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.

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After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Yvette Cooper (and those that voted for the proscription) have completely debased the Terrorism Acts. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action
Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Does the UK have a problem with regulators? First OFWAT and now the Charity Commission in one day: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two UK charities donate millions to Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank
Charity Commission criticised for endorsing transfer of about £5.7m to high school in illegal village of Susya
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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“one officer told her: “Mentioning freedom of Gaza, Israel, genocide, all of that all come under proscribed groups, which are terror groups that have been dictated by the government.”

Absolutely chilling
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Absolute tectbook example of why UK government and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social approach to terrorism legislation is broken and a failure: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag
Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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now throw in the likely possibility that ~20% of the CO2 injected for EOR is microbially converted to methane, dramatically increasing the overall GHG intensity of the produced oil

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Israeli strike kills at least 10 children queueing for medical treatment in Gaza
Children among at least 15 killed in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’….. but Israel has the right to defend itself surely www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli strike kills at least 10 children queueing for medical treatment in Gaza
Children among at least 15 killed in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“The argument that the IDF is conducting a war in Gaza is simply cynical, there is no war in Gaza. What the IDF is doing in Gaza is demolishing it. Hundreds of buildings are being bulldozed every week.” Omer Bartov. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Seeking bulldozer drivers to demolish Gaza: how a genocide is being outsourced | Arwa Mahdawi
The systematic destruction of Gaza is hardly a secret. Now, the IDF is posting Facebook ads for bulldozer operators to help demolish the strip
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Oldest mosque in Gaza, site held consecutive pagan tempes before it.

Destruction of most historical and cultural sites in Gaza by Israel has largely been received with a shrug by those who were vocal about ISIS & Taliban doing the same.

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Aerial photo showing the destruction at the centuries-old Al-Omari Mosque in the Old City of Gaza, as a result of the Israeli airstrikes targeting the site during the last two years.
July 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I love the undercurrent by in this sentence, that strikes me as gloriously dismissive of such an absurd and demented notion: “Barclay now runs the Land of Opportunity Campaign, a lobbying effort that intends to recreate Britain’s economy in the image of the US”. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
Flight of the non-doms: how worried should Labour be about the super-rich leaving the UK?
Reports say wealthy elite are leaving over tax changes – prompting a possible rethink by Rachel Reeves – but hard data is tricky to find
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Here's Home Sec Cooper with the Israeli ambassador who endorsed the complete decimation of Gaza ('every school,every hospital, every home'). Yvette doesn't count such language as terrorism. The other photo is 83 Yr old Rev Sue Parfitt. She calls for an end to genocide. Apparently THAT is terrorism.
July 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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#BREAKING | Islam Al-Za’noun, a correspondent for Palestine TV, was shot in the shoulder by an Israeli drone while courageously covering events in Gaza City.
July 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM