Tom Higgs
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"Non-violence is a posture which demands witnesses. Self defence is a response which demands participation. Only one can protect us in life or death situations."
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Can Non-Violence Save the USA?
The American public are being held hostage by a ruthless, murderous, unconscionable government. They will not listen to non-violent demands.
www.planetcritical.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:35 PM
"Non-violence is a posture which demands witnesses. Self defence is a response which demands participation. Only one can protect us in life or death situations."
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Super news for campaigners
The government has been forced to admit its own planning approval for a major AI datacentre should be quashed after it failed to fully consider the climate impact
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The government has been forced to admit its own planning approval for a major AI datacentre should be quashed after it failed to fully consider the climate impact
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Government admits its approval for Buckinghamshire AI datacentre should be quashed
Campaigners hail U-turn during legal challenge over proposed centre an ‘embarrassing climbdown’
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Super news for campaigners
The government has been forced to admit its own planning approval for a major AI datacentre should be quashed after it failed to fully consider the climate impact
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The government has been forced to admit its own planning approval for a major AI datacentre should be quashed after it failed to fully consider the climate impact
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The 🇪🇺 Commission is taking a political chainsaw to hard won social, environmental, and digital protections.
We need #RulestoProtect not #Deregulation.
Check out our new cartoons below by @cartoonralph.bsky.social and spread the word!
The 🇪🇺 Commission is taking a political chainsaw to hard won social, environmental, and digital protections.
We need #RulestoProtect not #Deregulation.
Check out our new cartoons below by @cartoonralph.bsky.social and spread the word!
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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The 🇪🇺 Commission is taking a political chainsaw to hard won social, environmental, and digital protections.
We need #RulestoProtect not #Deregulation.
Check out our new cartoons below by @cartoonralph.bsky.social and spread the word!
The 🇪🇺 Commission is taking a political chainsaw to hard won social, environmental, and digital protections.
We need #RulestoProtect not #Deregulation.
Check out our new cartoons below by @cartoonralph.bsky.social and spread the word!
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New wood-burning stoves to carry health warnings in UK plan
New wood-burning stoves to carry health warnings in UK plan
Pollution from wood burners kills thousands but proposed emissions limit would cut toxic particles by 9%
New wood-burning stoves will carry a health warning highlighting the impact of the air pollution they produce, under UK government plans.
Ministers have also proposed cutting the limit on the smoke emitted from wood burners by 80%. However, the measure would only apply to new stoves, most of which already meet the stricter limit. The new limit would only cut the annual toxic emissions from wood burning in the UK by 9% over the next decade, according to the consultation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:05 PM
New wood-burning stoves to carry health warnings in UK plan
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Wooden remains of a later prehistoric trackway at Lisheen, Ireland, damaged during industrial peat extraction #Woodensday
Peatlands preserve organic archaeological remains but face many threats. We need to act now to save this fragile heritage.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Peatlands preserve organic archaeological remains but face many threats. We need to act now to save this fragile heritage.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Wooden remains of a later prehistoric trackway at Lisheen, Ireland, damaged during industrial peat extraction #Woodensday
Peatlands preserve organic archaeological remains but face many threats. We need to act now to save this fragile heritage.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Peatlands preserve organic archaeological remains but face many threats. We need to act now to save this fragile heritage.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Yesterday's Gov report tells us that UK "cannot currently produce enough food to feed its population based on current diets" and that as ecosystems collapse, other countries are likely to limit exports.
That means not enough to eat.
It really is time for Gov to brief the nation.
#NEB2025
That means not enough to eat.
It really is time for Gov to brief the nation.
#NEB2025
Devastating new report on imminent threats to the UK from global ecosystem collapse which "threaten UK national security and prosperity"
The Gov should now stage a televised emergency briefing. The public have a right to know.
MPs join the call: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025
The Gov should now stage a televised emergency briefing. The public have a right to know.
MPs join the call: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025
Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
www.gov.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Yesterday's Gov report tells us that UK "cannot currently produce enough food to feed its population based on current diets" and that as ecosystems collapse, other countries are likely to limit exports.
That means not enough to eat.
It really is time for Gov to brief the nation.
#NEB2025
That means not enough to eat.
It really is time for Gov to brief the nation.
#NEB2025
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
The UK Govt has quietly published - without announcement - the Joint Intelligence Committee/DEFRA report it suppressed last October. They tried to sneak it out in the midst of crisis. Read and share:
“Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse & National Security.”
(link below)
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The right has spent the last decade repeating controversial ideas until they became common sense. In doing so, they shiffted the political terrain.
Liberals responded with triangulation, until the right became the centre ground.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
Liberals responded with triangulation, until the right became the centre ground.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
The Case for ‘Abolish ICE’ — and Against Liberal Triangulation
Persuasion doesn’t happen through moderation — it happens through repetition, conflict, and narrative.
graceblakeley.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The right has spent the last decade repeating controversial ideas until they became common sense. In doing so, they shiffted the political terrain.
Liberals responded with triangulation, until the right became the centre ground.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
Liberals responded with triangulation, until the right became the centre ground.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
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'The Salmon and the Tomato'
"Our food systems in Western Europe are driven by an extreme form of capitalism that relies on colonial exploitation of resources belonging to poorer nations, mostly in the Global South"
By @nealhaddaway.bsky.social
"Our food systems in Western Europe are driven by an extreme form of capitalism that relies on colonial exploitation of resources belonging to poorer nations, mostly in the Global South"
By @nealhaddaway.bsky.social
Learn – The Salmon and the Tomato
Explore global food systems, uncovering the impacts of salmon farming and intensive greenhouse agriculture, and learn about sustainable alternatives.
thesalmonandthetomato.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
'The Salmon and the Tomato'
"Our food systems in Western Europe are driven by an extreme form of capitalism that relies on colonial exploitation of resources belonging to poorer nations, mostly in the Global South"
By @nealhaddaway.bsky.social
"Our food systems in Western Europe are driven by an extreme form of capitalism that relies on colonial exploitation of resources belonging to poorer nations, mostly in the Global South"
By @nealhaddaway.bsky.social
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do you go around looking at plants and buildings and cars and stuff and just see piles of embodied carbon streaming before your eyes like some sort of climatepilled reverse Matrix situation or is that just me
January 15, 2026 at 3:52 AM
do you go around looking at plants and buildings and cars and stuff and just see piles of embodied carbon streaming before your eyes like some sort of climatepilled reverse Matrix situation or is that just me
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December 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Your job as a campaigner isn’t to win over your opposition; nor beat them in the ‘marketplace of ideas’.
Your job is to change the terms of the debate.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/this-chris...
Your job is to change the terms of the debate.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/this-chris...
This Christmas, Don’t Talk about Politics
Why arguing with your family about politics won’t change their minds — and what actually will
graceblakeley.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Your job as a campaigner isn’t to win over your opposition; nor beat them in the ‘marketplace of ideas’.
Your job is to change the terms of the debate.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/this-chris...
Your job is to change the terms of the debate.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/this-chris...
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One more time to say #AxeDrax. Government wishful thinking is not going to cut bury its massive carbon emissions
www.edie.net/drax-scales-...
www.edie.net/drax-scales-...
Drax scales back carbon capture funding and staffing - edie
Drax, the owner of Britain’s biggest power station, is reportedly cutting dozens of roles within its carbon capture divisions after scaling back investments in bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BE...
www.edie.net
December 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
One more time to say #AxeDrax. Government wishful thinking is not going to cut bury its massive carbon emissions
www.edie.net/drax-scales-...
www.edie.net/drax-scales-...
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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A quick glance at the Home Office Instagram gives you a sense of how far the far right mainstreaming has gone in the UK. (Surprised not to see a Trump-style ASMR of a migrant in chains, but I'm sure that's coming...)
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A quick glance at the Home Office Instagram gives you a sense of how far the far right mainstreaming has gone in the UK. (Surprised not to see a Trump-style ASMR of a migrant in chains, but I'm sure that's coming...)
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🎄 At last night’s @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social meeting, #Bradford Conservatives brought forward a proposal to bring #Christmas Cheer ... by cutting Council Tax Support for the most vulnerable in our district ...
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🎄 At last night’s @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social meeting, #Bradford Conservatives brought forward a proposal to bring #Christmas Cheer ... by cutting Council Tax Support for the most vulnerable in our district ...
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
🗣️ I was lost for words. Luckily I had a poem prepared ...
#WealthTaxNow
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David F. Noble wrote a book in the 1970s about how capitalism shapes technology and it's use in the interest of profit against the interest of workers ("Forces of Production. A Social History of Industrial Automation."). He was fired from MIT and Smithsonian Institution because of it.
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
David F. Noble wrote a book in the 1970s about how capitalism shapes technology and it's use in the interest of profit against the interest of workers ("Forces of Production. A Social History of Industrial Automation."). He was fired from MIT and Smithsonian Institution because of it.
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The UK's 156 billionaires own £772 billion. That's more than the GDP of Switzerland. Meanwhile, 14 million people live in poverty.
Will taxing billionaires help reduce poverty? Yes.
Will the government listen? No, because the billionaires are paying them not to.
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Will taxing billionaires help reduce poverty? Yes.
Will the government listen? No, because the billionaires are paying them not to.
Sign up: takebackpower.net
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The UK's 156 billionaires own £772 billion. That's more than the GDP of Switzerland. Meanwhile, 14 million people live in poverty.
Will taxing billionaires help reduce poverty? Yes.
Will the government listen? No, because the billionaires are paying them not to.
Sign up: takebackpower.net
Will taxing billionaires help reduce poverty? Yes.
Will the government listen? No, because the billionaires are paying them not to.
Sign up: takebackpower.net
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This bears repeating daily: We have been indoctrinated into believing that capitalism is inherently rational, when it is not. Homo economicus never existed.
There are a lot of reasons for the failure of this narrative when it runs up against reality, but I think a lot of it is that we’ve been indoctrinated into this notion that capitalism is somehow inherently rational, which it is not
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This bears repeating daily: We have been indoctrinated into believing that capitalism is inherently rational, when it is not. Homo economicus never existed.
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' A defendant's right to a jury trial would be restricted to prevent them from "gaming the system", Lammy also said. '
WTF is that supposed to mean?!?
Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant based on their conscience - THAT IS THE SYSTEM
#BlueLabour 🤮
WTF is that supposed to mean?!?
Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant based on their conscience - THAT IS THE SYSTEM
#BlueLabour 🤮
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
' A defendant's right to a jury trial would be restricted to prevent them from "gaming the system", Lammy also said. '
WTF is that supposed to mean?!?
Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant based on their conscience - THAT IS THE SYSTEM
#BlueLabour 🤮
WTF is that supposed to mean?!?
Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant based on their conscience - THAT IS THE SYSTEM
#BlueLabour 🤮
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Led by Inge Schrijver, with Rutger Hoekstra and @renekleijn.bsky.social we also have a piece in the conversation here describing the work: theconversation.com/climate-acti...
Climate action saves lives. So why do climate models ignore wellbeing?
Why climate models miss what matters most: our wellbeing.
theconversation.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Led by Inge Schrijver, with Rutger Hoekstra and @renekleijn.bsky.social we also have a piece in the conversation here describing the work: theconversation.com/climate-acti...
"Liz Truss"
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"Who?"
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"Who?"
Hope is here.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"Liz Truss"
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"Who?"
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"Who?"
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Hope is here.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
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Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The UK throws 216 million pieces of children's clothing into landfill each year
Britain is the 'worst offender' across Europe in contributing to the children's clothing waste mountain
www.businessgreen.com/news/4522463...
Britain is the 'worst offender' across Europe in contributing to the children's clothing waste mountain
www.businessgreen.com/news/4522463...
Britain declared 'worst offender' for throwing children's clothes into landfill
Study finds nearly half of UK parents admit to throwing children's clothes in the bin
www.businessgreen.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The UK throws 216 million pieces of children's clothing into landfill each year
Britain is the 'worst offender' across Europe in contributing to the children's clothing waste mountain
www.businessgreen.com/news/4522463...
Britain is the 'worst offender' across Europe in contributing to the children's clothing waste mountain
www.businessgreen.com/news/4522463...