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FRSA. Media Revolution steering group; cofounder of MP Watch and Music Declares; former Green Party councillor: focusing on media disinformation. #TellTheTruth #MediaRevolution https://muckrack.com/tom-hardy-17 https://bylinetimes.com/author/tomhardy

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 22d

This is hugely important. A last chance saloon for political understanding. Please repost.
www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 1d

What have we become

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 1d

An important deep dive into the psychology of inaction but of course central to the blockage of public understanding and action is the disinformation machine of the billionaire media...the front line in the battle for truth.

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d

Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?

Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!

So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 2d

Something the Mail and the Telegraph missed.

Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 2d

Oh:
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 2d

It is amazing how overt is the sense of impunity as 2 GB News alumni are now in charge of news oversight

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 3d

“He’s” a bot.

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 3d

“Some investors love fossil fuels so much they are backing assets that would be stranded even under the worst climate scenarios.” …Thanatos

Study: $48bn at risk of being written off as LNG tanker orders rise 300 per cent | James Murray

Investors are backing enough LNG tanker capacity to put the world on track for 4C of warming. This is when we're on track for circa 3C of warming and are aiming for well below 2C. Some investors love...

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 4d

I think we are all in that position. No need to be snide about it

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 4d

Reichstag Fire Decree

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 5d

The arguments in a nutshell in case you find yourself in conversation with the poorly informed.

As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?

We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 6d

Overshoot Podcast @overshootpod.bsky.social · 6d

“An essential guide to a critical issue. Please tune in.”

- @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Listen to the trailer on overshootpod.com

Episode 1 coming soon

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 9d

The last generation

Maroon 5 - Memories | One Voice Children's Choir | Kids Cover (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by One Voice Children's Choir

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 11d

Literally Brown Shirts…

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 11d

More specifically, where is the fear for their children?

BP raises oil and gas outlook in response to AI boom and slowing efficiency gains | James Murray

The bleakest thing about the bleak af Global Energy Outlook from BP is that it doesn't seem to realise how bleak it is. Your upgraded forecasts for continuing fossil fuel demand and projections for ...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12d

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 13d

The GB Newsification of the BBC is so brazen and so depressing.
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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 14d

My piece on why war is not a distraction from climate breakdown. They amplify each other.

The environment as casualty of war

'Addressing the climate crisis requires confronting the geopolitical, economic, and military structures that sustain our reliance on oil and gas.'

theecologist.org

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 15d

Sand Banksy…brilliant!

Political Satirical (@political.satirical) on Threads

Sand Banksy

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 16d

And there you have it...

Charlie Kirk was a fossil fuel industry plant

Big Oil's money gave Kirk a larger platform to spread baseless climate conspiracy theories—as well as other extremist views.

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 17d

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 17d

All news 24 hour news channels in the UK are showing the Charlie Kirk beatification in its entirety! Brazen normalisation and celebration of fascism without commentary. Terrifying!

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 18d

The voice of business responds…

Kemi Badenoch yesterday took President Trump's calls for the UK to drill more in the North Sea as an endorsement, claiming it was all they spoke about at the state banquet. "We have to get...

Kemi Badenoch yesterday took President Trump's calls for the UK to drill more in the North Sea as an endorsement, claiming it was all they spoke about at the state banquet. "We have to get our oil ...

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Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 22d

This is hugely important. A last chance saloon for political understanding. Please repost.
www.nebriefing.org

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature

An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

www.nebriefing.org

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 23d

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 25d

As Toby Young of the Free Speech Union has it... "Hate speech is the definition of free speech".

bylinetimes.com/2024/09/26/r...

Tom Hardy @tomxr.bsky.social · 25d

Coda: "Children should watch public executions" and "Jewish dollars" are responsible for "cultural Marxism"