Paul Baker
@baldcodger.bsky.social
Retired after 50 years of grafting. Interested in reading, gardening, and studying. Left of centre politically. Struggling to remain hopeful amidst the arrogance and greed of the human race.
Permaculture Designer, working with Transition Towns.
Permaculture Designer, working with Transition Towns.
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ZZ Top – La Grange (Asian Folk Metal Cover) | NiNi Music
YouTube video by Nini Music
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November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Most of these now dictate government policy and undermine the democratic process.
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Most of these now dictate government policy and undermine the democratic process.
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Make the Government respond to our call for a National Climate Resilience Plan by signing this petition and then sharing it. We need 10,000 signatures.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…
petition.parliament.uk
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Make the Government respond to our call for a National Climate Resilience Plan by signing this petition and then sharing it. We need 10,000 signatures.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
It might just come to this.
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."
President John F Kennedy
President John F Kennedy
October 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It might just come to this.
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Einsteins theory has been proven.
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Einsteins theory has been proven.
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Drought conditions ramp up year-on-year as the #climate fails
By 2050, main crop yields could be 30% down, at a time the population is projected to be 50% higher
On average, more than a halving of calories for all of us
Societal collapse is coming
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
By 2050, main crop yields could be 30% down, at a time the population is projected to be 50% higher
On average, more than a halving of calories for all of us
Societal collapse is coming
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Syria's worst drought in decades pushes millions to the brink
The drought has slashed wheat harvests by 40% in a country where nearly 90% of the population already lives in poverty.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Drought conditions ramp up year-on-year as the #climate fails
By 2050, main crop yields could be 30% down, at a time the population is projected to be 50% higher
On average, more than a halving of calories for all of us
Societal collapse is coming
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
By 2050, main crop yields could be 30% down, at a time the population is projected to be 50% higher
On average, more than a halving of calories for all of us
Societal collapse is coming
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio.
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio
Billionaire hedge fund boss says other investors are too scared of Trump to speak out
www.ft.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio.
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
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Defeated Green Party leadership candidate Adrian Ramsay MP co-led the Party to an extraordinary quadrupling of its parliamentary numbers at last year’s general election. Three cheers for Adrian! (Pse retweet to agree)
September 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Defeated Green Party leadership candidate Adrian Ramsay MP co-led the Party to an extraordinary quadrupling of its parliamentary numbers at last year’s general election. Three cheers for Adrian! (Pse retweet to agree)
Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
Keep fracking out of Britain!
I live in Lincolnshire, and a new gas field has been found nearby. Reform UK are already shouting “drill, baby, drill,” and fracking isn’t banned - it’s only paused. That means they could start drilli...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Reform UK are yelling “drill, baby, drill” 🙄 But fracking is reckless & won’t even cut bills. Time to end this nonsense. Tell Ed Miliband: BAN FRACKING permanently. Add your name:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
I really do hope that this is true.
“I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action and to halt investigations and further proceedings against protesters who have been arrested on the basis of this proscription"
via Volker Türk, the UN human rights commissioner
via Volker Türk, the UN human rights commissioner
July 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I really do hope that this is true.
Labour promised to be different but have proved that they are just the same as the Tories, corrupt, unprincipled, and lacking in moral integrity.
Still not get the fact @labouruk.bsky.social are no different to blue tories or reform?
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep!
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications.
This should also be banned?
Influence being bought in Govt?
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications.
This should also be banned?
Influence being bought in Govt?
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy
July 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Labour promised to be different but have proved that they are just the same as the Tories, corrupt, unprincipled, and lacking in moral integrity.
I hope the Western governments take note. I would still like to see Ecocide brought into international law.
🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇
Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling
Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I hope the Western governments take note. I would still like to see Ecocide brought into international law.
We were definitely sold a pup by Thatcher. The experiment hasn't improved the water industry, only the profits of the companies that now own them. It needs to be brought back into public ownership now. With increased global warming, water security will become increasingly more important.
Thames Water paid lawyers/advisers £136m to secure £3bn emergency funding at 9.75% interest.
It has a debt pile of over £20bn, debt at privatisation was ZERO. More debt inevitable.
28% - 35% of customer bills pays interest. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged, people fleeced.
It has a debt pile of over £20bn, debt at privatisation was ZERO. More debt inevitable.
28% - 35% of customer bills pays interest. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged, people fleeced.
Thames Water spent £136m on securing emergency funding, leaked document suggests
‘Atypical expenditure’ document suggests utility’s costs over 12 months outstripped the £130m it paid in fines
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We were definitely sold a pup by Thatcher. The experiment hasn't improved the water industry, only the profits of the companies that now own them. It needs to be brought back into public ownership now. With increased global warming, water security will become increasingly more important.
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Everyone should have access to safe, affordable water.
But our privatised system puts profit first.
So I'm getting behind the People's Plan for Water.
If you're with me, add your name to the call for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
But our privatised system puts profit first.
So I'm getting behind the People's Plan for Water.
If you're with me, add your name to the call for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
July 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Everyone should have access to safe, affordable water.
But our privatised system puts profit first.
So I'm getting behind the People's Plan for Water.
If you're with me, add your name to the call for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
But our privatised system puts profit first.
So I'm getting behind the People's Plan for Water.
If you're with me, add your name to the call for public ownership: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
Total charlatan.
June 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Total charlatan.
Modern-day enclosure. The elite and powerful trying to turn the clocks back a century or two. To be resisted, at all costs.
Having walked around this area a number of times I’ll be there on the @righttoroam.bsky.social event. Excellent article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
It's not town vs country, whatever the culture warriors might tell you. It's money and power vs people.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
June 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Modern-day enclosure. The elite and powerful trying to turn the clocks back a century or two. To be resisted, at all costs.
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The United Nations Charter was signed 80 years ago today.
The UK Govt is complicit in genocide in Gaza, committing to ever more military spending, and buying more nuclear weapons.
It must relearn the commitment to peace and human rights made 80 years ago in the shadow of war.
The UK Govt is complicit in genocide in Gaza, committing to ever more military spending, and buying more nuclear weapons.
It must relearn the commitment to peace and human rights made 80 years ago in the shadow of war.
June 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The United Nations Charter was signed 80 years ago today.
The UK Govt is complicit in genocide in Gaza, committing to ever more military spending, and buying more nuclear weapons.
It must relearn the commitment to peace and human rights made 80 years ago in the shadow of war.
The UK Govt is complicit in genocide in Gaza, committing to ever more military spending, and buying more nuclear weapons.
It must relearn the commitment to peace and human rights made 80 years ago in the shadow of war.
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"You must remember this,
A war is just a war...."
Somehow liar is such an inadequate word for somebody like Starmer.
A war is just a war...."
Somehow liar is such an inadequate word for somebody like Starmer.
June 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"You must remember this,
A war is just a war...."
Somehow liar is such an inadequate word for somebody like Starmer.
A war is just a war...."
Somehow liar is such an inadequate word for somebody like Starmer.
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OBR forecast UK household debt to hit £2,429bn in 2025.
Public debt shifted to households e.g. student debt.
Real wage cuts, higher living costs, more debt
Costs more to service private debt than public debt.
No govt focus on household debt.
Can't rebuild economy without redistribution.
Public debt shifted to households e.g. student debt.
Real wage cuts, higher living costs, more debt
Costs more to service private debt than public debt.
No govt focus on household debt.
Can't rebuild economy without redistribution.
June 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
OBR forecast UK household debt to hit £2,429bn in 2025.
Public debt shifted to households e.g. student debt.
Real wage cuts, higher living costs, more debt
Costs more to service private debt than public debt.
No govt focus on household debt.
Can't rebuild economy without redistribution.
Public debt shifted to households e.g. student debt.
Real wage cuts, higher living costs, more debt
Costs more to service private debt than public debt.
No govt focus on household debt.
Can't rebuild economy without redistribution.
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If everyone knew their history
June 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If everyone knew their history
Carbon capture has about as much credance as trickle-down economics. The only solution is to consume less on a massive scale.
Carbon capture and storage (#CCS) just keeps falling - very - short
"Climeworks does not capture enough carbon units to offset its own operations, emissions amounting to 1,700 tons of CO2 in 2023. ... it has captured a maximum of one thousand tons of CO2 in one year"
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
"Climeworks does not capture enough carbon units to offset its own operations, emissions amounting to 1,700 tons of CO2 in 2023. ... it has captured a maximum of one thousand tons of CO2 in one year"
heimildin.is/grein/24581/...
Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions
The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...
heimildin.is
June 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Carbon capture has about as much credance as trickle-down economics. The only solution is to consume less on a massive scale.
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I remember when Labour's purpose was
"to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier ..."
not make them even weaker and more hungry!
"to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier ..."
not make them even weaker and more hungry!
May 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I remember when Labour's purpose was
"to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier ..."
not make them even weaker and more hungry!
"to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier ..."
not make them even weaker and more hungry!
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As I watch Starmer tear up Labour's prospects by attacking people in poverty, abusing those who care about the living world and appeasing the ultra-rich, I feel the same sense of dislocation as I did before the Iraq War. Anyone can see the disaster coming, except, apparently, the government.
April 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
As I watch Starmer tear up Labour's prospects by attacking people in poverty, abusing those who care about the living world and appeasing the ultra-rich, I feel the same sense of dislocation as I did before the Iraq War. Anyone can see the disaster coming, except, apparently, the government.
Outsourcing tax payers investments for no return is theft.
GP surgeries owner Assura agrees to private equity takeover worth £1.61bn.
All part of creeping privatisation of the NHS.
Corporations focused profits, not care. People struggle to get timely GP appointments.
NHS privatisation hoisted on people. No one voted for it.
All part of creeping privatisation of the NHS.
Corporations focused profits, not care. People struggle to get timely GP appointments.
NHS privatisation hoisted on people. No one voted for it.
GP surgeries owner Assura agrees to private equity takeover worth £1.61bn
The London-listed company will be bought by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Stonepeak Partners.
www.independent.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Outsourcing tax payers investments for no return is theft.