Bill Spence
@billspence.bsky.social
https://billspence.org/
Erstwhile string theorist. Climate. Divestment. Frontiers of physics. Free Palestine.
Erstwhile string theorist. Climate. Divestment. Frontiers of physics. Free Palestine.
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June 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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No, you’re not crazy.
They are deporting brown people and importing white people.
They are deporting brown people and importing white people.
May 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
No, you’re not crazy.
They are deporting brown people and importing white people.
They are deporting brown people and importing white people.
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The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
May 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.
Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
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Last week, I attended an excellent workshop at @lancasteruni.bsky.social hosted by @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social on "Higher Education's Role in the #Climate Crisis: Bridging Research Culture and Action".
Here's a thread on some papers that came up in our discussion🧵
Here's a thread on some papers that came up in our discussion🧵
March 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Last week, I attended an excellent workshop at @lancasteruni.bsky.social hosted by @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social on "Higher Education's Role in the #Climate Crisis: Bridging Research Culture and Action".
Here's a thread on some papers that came up in our discussion🧵
Here's a thread on some papers that came up in our discussion🧵
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The Trump-Vance State Department just approved $3.01 billion in arms & equipment sales to Israel
$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers
Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review
$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers
Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review
February 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Trump-Vance State Department just approved $3.01 billion in arms & equipment sales to Israel
$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers
Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review
$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers
Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review
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It’s out on June 5th, but as a new author, pre-orders massively help with visibility so I'd be so grateful if you'd considering ordering ahead of publication!! www.waterstones.com/book/to-exis... 5/5
To Exist As I Am by Grace Spence Green | Waterstones
Buy To Exist As I Am by Grace Spence Green from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
www.waterstones.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It’s out on June 5th, but as a new author, pre-orders massively help with visibility so I'd be so grateful if you'd considering ordering ahead of publication!! www.waterstones.com/book/to-exis... 5/5
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On the 25th October 2018, from my hospital bed, I began to write. 1/5
February 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On the 25th October 2018, from my hospital bed, I began to write. 1/5
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Gaza's civil defence agency says Israel has killed at least 70 Palestinian children in attacks across the besieged enclave in the last five days.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
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Israel killed 70 Palestinian children in five days, Gaza civil defence says
Officials say Israeli forces killed at least 70 children in Gaza in five days as Natanyahu sends negotiators to Doha.
aje.io
January 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Gaza's civil defence agency says Israel has killed at least 70 Palestinian children in attacks across the besieged enclave in the last five days.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
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"Some [some!] attributed the intensity of the fires to climate change."
Oh just some randos over there, like ... all the world's climate scientists.
Oh just some randos over there, like ... all the world's climate scientists.
I'm only doing the egregious ones now. This qualifies. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/b...
January 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Some [some!] attributed the intensity of the fires to climate change."
Oh just some randos over there, like ... all the world's climate scientists.
Oh just some randos over there, like ... all the world's climate scientists.
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Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses (the guardian). This is the water company that USS invested nearly £1 billion of our pension money. And no one has taken responsibility for the mistakes or financial losses.
December 23, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses (the guardian). This is the water company that USS invested nearly £1 billion of our pension money. And no one has taken responsibility for the mistakes or financial losses.
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A survey of of Palestine-Israel coverage by four Sunday morning news shows reveals a startling statistic: With the exception of one interview, thesw shows went 12 months without speaking to a single Palestinian or Palestinian American.
How Sunday Morning News Shows Promote an Anti-Palestinian Agenda for Washington
Since October 2023, NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, and CNN’s State of the Union have not featured a single Palestinian guest.
www.thenation.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:53 PM
A survey of of Palestine-Israel coverage by four Sunday morning news shows reveals a startling statistic: With the exception of one interview, thesw shows went 12 months without speaking to a single Palestinian or Palestinian American.
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buying a big weirdly shaped electronic gizmo is a humbling reminder this is a cardboard engineer's world and we're just living in it
December 18, 2024 at 1:14 PM
buying a big weirdly shaped electronic gizmo is a humbling reminder this is a cardboard engineer's world and we're just living in it
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👉NEW -- ‘They’re political prisoners’: Parents of Palestine activists slam pre-trial detention
by Daniel Tester
Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol.
www.declassifieduk.org/theyre-polit...
by Daniel Tester
Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol.
www.declassifieduk.org/theyre-polit...
‘They’re political prisoners’: Parents of Palestine activists slam pre-trial detention
Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol.
www.declassifieduk.org
December 18, 2024 at 10:39 AM
👉NEW -- ‘They’re political prisoners’: Parents of Palestine activists slam pre-trial detention
by Daniel Tester
Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol.
www.declassifieduk.org/theyre-polit...
by Daniel Tester
Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol.
www.declassifieduk.org/theyre-polit...
This excellent book shows how the powerful fossil fuel industry is central to capitalism, how it plans to continue to focus on extracting oil, to dominate the climate debates and to lobby governments to fund their supposed “solutions”.
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Crude Capitalism
This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Cr...
www.versobooks.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
This excellent book shows how the powerful fossil fuel industry is central to capitalism, how it plans to continue to focus on extracting oil, to dominate the climate debates and to lobby governments to fund their supposed “solutions”.
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
MSCI studied the carbon emissions of ~9,000 major listed companies - and they are on track for 2.8 degrees of warming! Solving the climate crisis continues to be “unprofitable” under our economic system. #climate #greensky #climateemergency
www.msci.com/research-and...
www.msci.com/research-and...
The MSCI Net-Zero Tracker
A periodic report on progress by the world’s listed companies toward curbing climate change risk.
www.msci.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:19 AM
MSCI studied the carbon emissions of ~9,000 major listed companies - and they are on track for 2.8 degrees of warming! Solving the climate crisis continues to be “unprofitable” under our economic system. #climate #greensky #climateemergency
www.msci.com/research-and...
www.msci.com/research-and...
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Campbell’s witty response to this homophobe makes me want to enjoy some of their delicious chicken noodle soup right now! 🍜 🏳️🌈
December 15, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Campbell’s witty response to this homophobe makes me want to enjoy some of their delicious chicken noodle soup right now! 🍜 🏳️🌈
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Looking back at temperatures over the last 3 months - find your location...
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Dataset described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Dataset described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
December 15, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Looking back at temperatures over the last 3 months - find your location...
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Dataset described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Dataset described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
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The pop star effortlessly illustrates in her music what it means to love and lose simultaneously.
Billie Eilish: Tiny Desk Concert
The pop star effortlessly illustrates in her music what it means to love and lose simultaneously.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The pop star effortlessly illustrates in her music what it means to love and lose simultaneously.
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The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people just passed $2 TRILLION.
12 people. $2 trillion.
The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
12 people. $2 trillion.
The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
America's 12 richest men now worth a combined $2 trillion
Their net worth is less than $2 trillion short of the wealth of the bottom half of the U.S.
www.newsweek.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:12 PM
The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people just passed $2 TRILLION.
12 people. $2 trillion.
The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
12 people. $2 trillion.
The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
Wealth, shown to scale
Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
eattherichtextformat.github.io
December 7, 2024 at 12:54 PM
the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
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Israel killed at least 26 Palestinians and injured more than 60 others, including children, in an air attack on a home in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, according to Al-Awda Hospital ⤵️
Israel’s attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital and Nuseirat home in northern Gaza
The strike comes as Gaza’s health system is collapsing amid repeated attacks by the Israeli military.
aje.io
December 7, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Israel killed at least 26 Palestinians and injured more than 60 others, including children, in an air attack on a home in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, according to Al-Awda Hospital ⤵️
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Tel Aviv University is co-hosting a 'Defence Tech Summit', in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence. Speakers include government officials and army generals, and the whole thing is sponsored by the arms industry. A direct, undeniable, cooperation and participation in genocide.
December 4, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Tel Aviv University is co-hosting a 'Defence Tech Summit', in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence. Speakers include government officials and army generals, and the whole thing is sponsored by the arms industry. A direct, undeniable, cooperation and participation in genocide.
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