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Alex Lockwood
@alexlockwood.bsky.social
NEW BOOK: Daddio! https://hardart.metalabel.com/release-daddio
Writer/narrative @ comms lab http://www.absurdintelligence.com
Rep'd by www.speakup.agency
Report www.plantingvalueinfood.org
Co-founder Animal Rebellion https://www.animalrising.org
Come join us tomorrow Friday 31st 1-2pm for the launch of GOOD NEIGHBOURS LIVE!, it's EuroTrash meets a zoom call for the arts and culture movement, with guests from the grassroots, Britain's Got Tarot, and much more!

Livestream Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZROj...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Come join me tomorrow Friday 31st 1-2pm for the launch of GOOD NEIGHBOURS LIVE!, it's EuroTrash meets a zoom call for the arts and culture movement, with guests from the grassroots, Britain's Got Tarot, and much more! I'm so looking forward to it :)

Livestream Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZROj...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Breaking: Group of women place CEO of Anglian Water under Citizen’s Arrest for one hour outside Coulsdon South Station this morning with evidence the CEO may be committing crimes of public nuisance.

When British Transport Police finally turned up they escorted Thurston away, but did not arrest him.
October 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
What's the research around flags, their impact on us, and what people really think about them? I wanted to take a bit of a dive into the subject and find out. www.absurdintelligence.com/are-we-flagg...
Are we flagging yet?
There’s still much to learn from our relationship with national symbols.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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I’m learning all the time about the art of bringing people together. Last weekend I was part of the team that ran Humanity Project’s national gathering, and it filled me with joy to be with such a down-to-earth, diverse, funny and loving group of people: clarejfarrell.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The art of convening: a Humanity Project national gathering
I'm learning more and more about this practice of bringing people together.
clarejfarrell.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In the light of all that's happening across our nations and neighbourhoods, we @absurdintelligence.bsky.social hope we achieved our ambition for our Fate of Britain Convention last week: that how it felt in the room is how we can make it feel in the country www.absurdintelligence.com/taking-fate-...
Taking fate into our own hands
Our Convention on the Fate of Britain was a party for the people who keep the country running.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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1 in 5 people across Britain (14M) live in poverty, while an elite few are allowed to hoard vast wealth

Workers face job losses, economic breakdown & the impacts of climate change - all of which are interconnected, & not least bc the same few are profiting from & driving them
September 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Does reducing help to the poorest to spend more on weapons really defend us? For @absurdintelligence.bsky.social today @davidbent.bsky.social argues looking to Arne Naess' concept of 'nonmilitary defence' is a better guide for defence in a precarious world. www.absurdintelligence.com/now-is-the-t...
Now is the time for nonmilitary defence
Does reducing help to the poorest really defend us?
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September 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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On the release of Roger Hallam from prison - a really good time to remind ourselves of the ongoing problem of police and media collusion. The work to build new institutions that serve the people and not the state continues. Please share if you can. Thanks dears! x

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On Roger's release - my speech at the appeal for the Whole Truth Five
My friend Roger Hallam is out of prison, but the work to build new democratic institutions continues.
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August 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Had a dream about a book called American Camino.

Didn't know it was a real book.

I guess that's a sign.

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American Camino by Kip Redick | Waterstones
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August 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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US nuclear weapons with three times the power of the Hiroshima bomb have just been transported to England, new evidence suggests.

The government doesn’t want the public to know.

Here’s how Nukewatch UK tracked the bombs’ journey.

www.declassifieduk.org/the-inside-s...
The inside story of how America sent nuclear weapons to Britain
Nukewatch UK explains how it tracked the bombs being flown across the Atlantic.
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August 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
BRIE-FORM
(h/t Joseph Gelfer)
🧀Some (very Friday in August) polling. Does your favourite cheese affect how you vote? Reform have huge leads with fans of Stilton & Cheddar, but also people who don't eat cheese at all. Labour dominates among Feta fans. Tories best result is Brie & Greens with Camembert.
August 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
⚽⚽ Women's football makes Britain brilliant - change my mind ⚽⚽ (Or rather change Alanna's, who has penned this fabulous piece on the Lionesses, 'Proper English', national identity & what kind of people we want to be, for @absurdintelligence.bsky.social).

www.absurdintelligence.com/the-lionesse...
The Lionesses. Women’s sport makes Britain brilliant
The Euros winners show what it means to love your country.
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August 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I want to ask you to reflect on a basic human experience of wanting to fit in, and how, in many parts of culture, why we don't grow out of those immature behaviours, and how action on climate has been caught up in this - including calls for Climate Justice clarejfarrell.substack.com/p/is-climate...
Is Climate Justice possible? Part 3
Justice requires elder wisdom and a willingness to be vulnerable, not an immature willingness to fit in at any cost.
clarejfarrell.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Scotland is ready to welcome Trump this morning 😎
July 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
He doesn't really care about my thoughts for sure, but MiniMart Goodwin aligning himself with those who propagate the 'white genocide' conspiracy, has got to come bite him - and his boss Nigel 'Four Homes' Farage - on the bum at some point, right? www.absurdintelligence.com/a-great-repl...
A Great Replacement? No, it’s capitalism eating your baby
There's a reason why the far-right push conspiracy theories.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The right wing media finally coming clean about its agenda
July 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I actually like all the Degrowth work, but as a rather ironic symptom of the problems of our economic model... 👀 🤑
July 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just a big-up to Gary Stevenson who came back to his YouTube channel this week to find how effectively his call for message discipline around a wealth tax has worked out. My latest for @absurdintelligence.bsky.social

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Message discipline works - well done Gary
When you have a clear, consistent message and a powerful messenger, you can shift the political weather.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Last night I watched Mean Girls, and it made me realise quite a lot about climate justice. It's a teen comedy but it's good! It says a lot about human behaviour, consumerism, and how our sense of safety is woven with our sense of identity. Part 2 of 3: clarejfarrell.substack.com/p/is-climate...
Is Climate Justice possible? Part 2
Mean Girls and memetic desire have helped me understand what happens when you try to change someone's mind about justice.
clarejfarrell.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Where's this? Taken this morning. No prize but the satisfaction of a good guess.
July 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
They think it's all over...

Well, it sort of is now. #collapse

www.icm.csic.es/en/news/majo...
Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean, with key climate implications | Institut de Ciències del Mar
www.icm.csic.es
July 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Salisbury cathedral is quite impressive, isn't it.
July 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Farage performs a role in a carefully scripted political play.

The script constructs the false binary (love Britain or love immigrants) & then he appears as the witness to why people's lives feel rubbish.

He then offers you a choice. But it's all an act. www.absurdintelligence.com/nigel-farage...
Nigel Farage: a uniquely British witness?
A play about the Russian invasion of Ukraine makes us reflect on the symbolic role that Nigel Farage is performing on Britain’s stage.
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July 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM