Nuala Lam 林美
@nualalam.bsky.social
China-focused journo turned climate organiser. Previously XR, now working on #HeatStrike #HardArt
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Nuala Lam 林美
@nualalam.bsky.social
· Feb 27
How do we rehabilitate activism?
There’s a clear strategy behind the character assassination of climate activists – it’s our job to counter it
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I wrote this piece for the Absurd Intelligence newsletter on the deliberate character assassination of climate activists and how, as a movement, we could fight back.
www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
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So, Internet, we really do need to talk about Elon. How did we get to a place where a single billionaire with daddy issues could take over and control our global public square?
I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
We Need To Talk About Elon
I’m a portrait artist, fascinated by what Elon Musk is doing to our online and offline worlds. Join me as I spend a week, alongside special guests, exploring...
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May 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So, Internet, we really do need to talk about Elon. How did we get to a place where a single billionaire with daddy issues could take over and control our global public square?
I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
I picked up my paintbrush as a means to answer that question.
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One tactic of the fossil-fuel lobby is to denigrate activists/activism to weaken our challenges to their hoarding of wealth through status quo destructive projects. It's our job to counter that & rehabilitate activism. Great piece by
@nualalam.bsky.social
www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
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www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
How do we rehabilitate activism?
There’s a clear strategy behind the character assassination of climate activists – it’s our job to counter it
www.absurdintelligence.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
One tactic of the fossil-fuel lobby is to denigrate activists/activism to weaken our challenges to their hoarding of wealth through status quo destructive projects. It's our job to counter that & rehabilitate activism. Great piece by
@nualalam.bsky.social
www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
@nualalam.bsky.social
www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
I wrote this piece for the Absurd Intelligence newsletter on the deliberate character assassination of climate activists and how, as a movement, we could fight back.
www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
How do we rehabilitate activism?
There’s a clear strategy behind the character assassination of climate activists – it’s our job to counter it
www.absurdintelligence.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I wrote this piece for the Absurd Intelligence newsletter on the deliberate character assassination of climate activists and how, as a movement, we could fight back.
www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
www.absurdintelligence.com/how-do-we-re...
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Is @channel4tv.bsky.social paying attention to this?
NEW: Just 6% of Gen Z say they actually want a dictator – not over half, as has been recently claimed.
Our study finds only a very small minority of 13-27-yr-olds really feel this way, when their views and interpretations are tested with different questioning approaches 🧵⬇️
Our study finds only a very small minority of 13-27-yr-olds really feel this way, when their views and interpretations are tested with different questioning approaches 🧵⬇️
February 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Is @channel4tv.bsky.social paying attention to this?
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How do you say “we told you so” nicely, without screaming?
Without upsetting the comfortable classes who told us we were wrong, or we were over-dramatic, or scare-mongering, or plain mad?
Who put some of the best people in the world in jail FOR BEING RIGHT? A thread 🧵1/12
Without upsetting the comfortable classes who told us we were wrong, or we were over-dramatic, or scare-mongering, or plain mad?
Who put some of the best people in the world in jail FOR BEING RIGHT? A thread 🧵1/12
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
How do you say “we told you so” nicely, without screaming?
Without upsetting the comfortable classes who told us we were wrong, or we were over-dramatic, or scare-mongering, or plain mad?
Who put some of the best people in the world in jail FOR BEING RIGHT? A thread 🧵1/12
Without upsetting the comfortable classes who told us we were wrong, or we were over-dramatic, or scare-mongering, or plain mad?
Who put some of the best people in the world in jail FOR BEING RIGHT? A thread 🧵1/12
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I think we should take this story from the Times today (and picked up by many other outlets) with an enormous pinch of salt for two reason (mini thread):
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
Gen Z doubts about democracy laid bare in ‘worrying’ survey
More than half believe the UK should be a dictatorship and there’s a stark gender divide over equality, research for Channel 4 shows
www.thetimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I think we should take this story from the Times today (and picked up by many other outlets) with an enormous pinch of salt for two reason (mini thread):
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
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Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵
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December 4, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike over plans to sell the Observer to a loss-making digital start up and put its journalism behind a paywall. 🧵
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JOIN US - there's cake!
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Anyone who wants to understand the ladder of participation in activism and the differences between climate activists who are engaging in arrestable offenses versus those who are engaging in lawful demonstration must read this new paper by Saunders and Hayes! www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
December 5, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Anyone who wants to understand the ladder of participation in activism and the differences between climate activists who are engaging in arrestable offenses versus those who are engaging in lawful demonstration must read this new paper by Saunders and Hayes! www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...