A Quiet Resistance
@aquietresistance.bsky.social
46 years, one child, and an awakening: we can't keep doing the same shit and expect to survive. So our little family's doing things differently instead. A quiet resistance.
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Sunil Amrith's book, The Burning Earth, talks abt the hidden migrations of people throughout modern history, who took their lives and their families, and left to make something better for themselves, somehow. The hysteria about immigration lately is bad enough: wait till people really start moving.
Meanwhile, water shortage in countries like Spain could affect food supplies in the many countries they produce food for.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Sunil Amrith's book, The Burning Earth, talks abt the hidden migrations of people throughout modern history, who took their lives and their families, and left to make something better for themselves, somehow. The hysteria about immigration lately is bad enough: wait till people really start moving.
Combo of AI, apps that do thinking things, and poor reading skills due to a bizarre pedagogy around reading.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Combo of AI, apps that do thinking things, and poor reading skills due to a bizarre pedagogy around reading.
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📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
Changing European hydroclimate under a collapsed AMOC in the Community Earth System Model
Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken or even collapse under anthropogenic climate change. Given the importance of the AMOC in the present-day climate,...
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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That study lead to ridiculous "an Ice Age cometh" claims in the Murdoch media (NewsCorp). Given their long history of climate science denial, they probably jumped on this opportunity to confuse the public about #GlobalHeating.
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
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Hey Murdoch fake-news media! The study you report on here
1. Predicts nothing but is about the past.
2. Is not about Gulf Stream but #AMOC.
3. An AMOC collapse wouldn’t cause an Ice Age.
Incompetence or intent to confuse?
The study by Ren et al shows AMOC has weakened: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
1. Predicts nothing but is about the past.
2. Is not about Gulf Stream but #AMOC.
3. An AMOC collapse wouldn’t cause an Ice Age.
Incompetence or intent to confuse?
The study by Ren et al shows AMOC has weakened: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
That study lead to ridiculous "an Ice Age cometh" claims in the Murdoch media (NewsCorp). Given their long history of climate science denial, they probably jumped on this opportunity to confuse the public about #GlobalHeating.
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
Small nuclear reactors. A fiction. A fantasy born of lobbying, fossil fuel intoxication, and a slavish addiction to ideas of growth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Small nuclear reactors. A fiction. A fantasy born of lobbying, fossil fuel intoxication, and a slavish addiction to ideas of growth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Posting this to remind myself to update the bit about plastics and landfill. I had totally forgotten about the dumpster fire that is "energy from [plastic] waste".
Still can't believe those fuckers are gaily burning plastic in the hopes of eventual carbon capture systems.
Still can't believe those fuckers are gaily burning plastic in the hopes of eventual carbon capture systems.
Powerful Marketing Targeted Us To Want A 'Green' Economy
We're vulnerable, because we care about our world. And that vulnerability has already been thoroughly exploited. It's time to push back.
aquietresistance.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Posting this to remind myself to update the bit about plastics and landfill. I had totally forgotten about the dumpster fire that is "energy from [plastic] waste".
Still can't believe those fuckers are gaily burning plastic in the hopes of eventual carbon capture systems.
Still can't believe those fuckers are gaily burning plastic in the hopes of eventual carbon capture systems.
Not forgetting that no long-term infrastructure project ever comes in under budget. That £30 billion is just the start.
For those unfamiliar, this involves:
- Cutting down trees that have sucked up carbon as they grew
- Burning them for energy
- Capturing the carbon that results from burning
- Transporting the carbon
- Injecting it underground
- Guarding it for the next few thousand years at least
- Cutting down trees that have sucked up carbon as they grew
- Burning them for energy
- Capturing the carbon that results from burning
- Transporting the carbon
- Injecting it underground
- Guarding it for the next few thousand years at least
NEW | A single carbon removal project at a biomass power station In the UK could cost £30 BILLION in government subsidies.
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Not forgetting that no long-term infrastructure project ever comes in under budget. That £30 billion is just the start.
Love this idea. A for real, for-profit government-run supermarket. Not that the supermarket model is ideal, but where else are city people getting everyday food? Government structures need to change, or be more flexible so that the gaps are addressed, instead of people dropping through the cracks.
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Love this idea. A for real, for-profit government-run supermarket. Not that the supermarket model is ideal, but where else are city people getting everyday food? Government structures need to change, or be more flexible so that the gaps are addressed, instead of people dropping through the cracks.
The more I read about the climate disaster, the more I wish I didn't know.
Today's learning was about how the government believes it can carry on burning 'recovered' plastics for power, if only CCUS can be brought in at scale.
I want to make a joke about fantasy books right here, but I'm broken.
Today's learning was about how the government believes it can carry on burning 'recovered' plastics for power, if only CCUS can be brought in at scale.
I want to make a joke about fantasy books right here, but I'm broken.
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The more I read about the climate disaster, the more I wish I didn't know.
Today's learning was about how the government believes it can carry on burning 'recovered' plastics for power, if only CCUS can be brought in at scale.
I want to make a joke about fantasy books right here, but I'm broken.
Today's learning was about how the government believes it can carry on burning 'recovered' plastics for power, if only CCUS can be brought in at scale.
I want to make a joke about fantasy books right here, but I'm broken.
At which point does food stop being food?
Meals may be the sum of their parts, but do their parts have inherent value if they've been squeezed and powdered beyond the point of recognition?
Nutritional value of 0.1g of powdered, defatted soybean?
Meals may be the sum of their parts, but do their parts have inherent value if they've been squeezed and powdered beyond the point of recognition?
Nutritional value of 0.1g of powdered, defatted soybean?
Why is there soy in everything from meatballs to chicken nuggets to froot loops? sentientmedia.org/why-is-soy-i... from @jesslsr.bsky.social
Why Is There Soy in Practically Everything?
If you’re avoiding tofu and soy milk, you’re still probably eating more soy than you think.
sentientmedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
At which point does food stop being food?
Meals may be the sum of their parts, but do their parts have inherent value if they've been squeezed and powdered beyond the point of recognition?
Nutritional value of 0.1g of powdered, defatted soybean?
Meals may be the sum of their parts, but do their parts have inherent value if they've been squeezed and powdered beyond the point of recognition?
Nutritional value of 0.1g of powdered, defatted soybean?
"Our landmark children’s wellbeing and schools bill is the biggest overhaul of children’s social care in a generation"
Uh huh, right. Sure. Yep, the CWS Bill will definitely find all these missing children. Such a relevant quote 🙄🙄
Uh huh, right. Sure. Yep, the CWS Bill will definitely find all these missing children. Such a relevant quote 🙄🙄
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"Our landmark children’s wellbeing and schools bill is the biggest overhaul of children’s social care in a generation"
Uh huh, right. Sure. Yep, the CWS Bill will definitely find all these missing children. Such a relevant quote 🙄🙄
Uh huh, right. Sure. Yep, the CWS Bill will definitely find all these missing children. Such a relevant quote 🙄🙄
Are any of us ready for even a temporary overshoot in significant enough numbers?
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Are any of us ready for even a temporary overshoot in significant enough numbers?
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
"COP30 was supposed to have a big focus on raising funds to help vulnerable nations adapt to climate change. But European nations have undermined these talks and stripped away the protections poor countries were seeking in Belem."
Cop30 live: Deal agreed at Cop after long negotiations
After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"COP30 was supposed to have a big focus on raising funds to help vulnerable nations adapt to climate change. But European nations have undermined these talks and stripped away the protections poor countries were seeking in Belem."
Great analysis of how we can use our consumer power to vote no. And a constant strategy means wholesale lifestyle changes. In the end they are only many small changes for us, but they could make big change at the other end.
Boycott as a constant strategy for systemic change
Private consumption makes up roughly 60 % of global GDP. That is both an opportunity and a warning.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Great analysis of how we can use our consumer power to vote no. And a constant strategy means wholesale lifestyle changes. In the end they are only many small changes for us, but they could make big change at the other end.
Oh, the super clever, ascerbic answers he got to this post. Totally convincing, they were. Climate advocates are definitely allowed to use AI without being hypocrites. And offsets definitely work 🙄
The rapidly growing use of Generative AI is much worse for the climate than cows are. If you want to cut back on carbon emissions, get a human artist to draw for you, or pick up a pencil.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Oh, the super clever, ascerbic answers he got to this post. Totally convincing, they were. Climate advocates are definitely allowed to use AI without being hypocrites. And offsets definitely work 🙄
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I am sick of these clinical graphical illustrations of nuclear facilities. They just don't bear any resemblance to the reality.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I am sick of these clinical graphical illustrations of nuclear facilities. They just don't bear any resemblance to the reality.
I am sick of these clinical graphical illustrations of nuclear facilities. They just don't bear any resemblance to the reality.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I am sick of these clinical graphical illustrations of nuclear facilities. They just don't bear any resemblance to the reality.
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Intriguing summary text here: should read 'Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has hosted at least 1700 lobbyists from climate destroying industries' and then the whole thing would make so much more sense.
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Intriguing summary text here: should read 'Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has hosted at least 1700 lobbyists from climate destroying industries' and then the whole thing would make so much more sense.
We can hope
Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex
As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though,...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
We can hope
Intriguing summary text here: should read 'Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has hosted at least 1700 lobbyists from climate destroying industries' and then the whole thing would make so much more sense.
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Intriguing summary text here: should read 'Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has hosted at least 1700 lobbyists from climate destroying industries' and then the whole thing would make so much more sense.
JFC Guardian, just fuck off. Nimbyism so easily condemned without considering the fact of the damage the sheer scale of development will cause to the environment.
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
JFC Guardian, just fuck off. Nimbyism so easily condemned without considering the fact of the damage the sheer scale of development will cause to the environment.
In awe of the perfection of scattered colours, sizes and shapes. Perfect randomisation.
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In awe of the perfection of scattered colours, sizes and shapes. Perfect randomisation.
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"Sometimes all we can do is something. To chip away continually, until something above us collapses."
by @aquietresistance.bsky.social.
by @aquietresistance.bsky.social.
The Valuable Gift Of Anger In A Chaotic World
I am an angry, rage-filled woman.
www.sufficiencywellbeing.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Sometimes all we can do is something. To chip away continually, until something above us collapses."
by @aquietresistance.bsky.social.
by @aquietresistance.bsky.social.
Being angry is pretty common lately. But I've been absolutely filled with it recently. Turning the anger into something that isn't impotent is so important to me.
The Valuable Gift Of Anger In A Chaotic World
I am an angry, rage-filled woman.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Being angry is pretty common lately. But I've been absolutely filled with it recently. Turning the anger into something that isn't impotent is so important to me.