Eco Stoic
@ecostoic.bsky.social
An American living in England. Trying to find truth. Growing my own food. Raising my kids to be kind. Libertarian Socialist. Devoted to freedom, co-operatives and nature. 🌳
“I am an incurable Socialist”
- Kolya Krasotkin (The Brothers Karamazov)
“I am an incurable Socialist”
- Kolya Krasotkin (The Brothers Karamazov)
And? So what?
Christmas sales growth, means: more micro-plastics in our bodies, fatter humans, more extraction of resources, pollution.
Try and find an article about humans caring for their elderly more, or spending more time with their kids. Hard to find. But economic growth, is everywhere.
Christmas sales growth, means: more micro-plastics in our bodies, fatter humans, more extraction of resources, pollution.
Try and find an article about humans caring for their elderly more, or spending more time with their kids. Hard to find. But economic growth, is everywhere.
Ocado and Lidl lead Christmas sales growth, Tesco solid, says Worldpanel reut.rs/4ssVGe6
Ocado and Lidl lead Christmas sales growth, Tesco solid, says Worldpanel
British online supermarket Ocado and discounter Lidl recorded the highest sales growth in the Christmas quarter, while market leader Tesco and number two Sainsbury's also delivered solid performances, industry data showed on Tuesday.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:28 AM
And? So what?
Christmas sales growth, means: more micro-plastics in our bodies, fatter humans, more extraction of resources, pollution.
Try and find an article about humans caring for their elderly more, or spending more time with their kids. Hard to find. But economic growth, is everywhere.
Christmas sales growth, means: more micro-plastics in our bodies, fatter humans, more extraction of resources, pollution.
Try and find an article about humans caring for their elderly more, or spending more time with their kids. Hard to find. But economic growth, is everywhere.
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He's just a blatant liar, pure and simple.
The US president used to loudly oppose regime change and nation-building but now he loves it - and we have the receipts in this video.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM
He's just a blatant liar, pure and simple.
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I haven’t quite got my head around it yet, but this is the second time I’ve heard the argument that the US attacked Venezuela to ensure fossil energy is bought in dollars globally, and it seems very compelling.
And there it is! It had nothing to do with drugs. It's the BRICS system threatening the US Petro$ dominance.
"... since 2018, Venezuela has sold 100% of its oil exports to China, with transactions settled in yuan, not dollars. Moreover, Venezuela became an official BRICS+ partner nation in 2024.."
"... since 2018, Venezuela has sold 100% of its oil exports to China, with transactions settled in yuan, not dollars. Moreover, Venezuela became an official BRICS+ partner nation in 2024.."
The Real Reason Why the US Overthrew Venezuela
And why it all started in China in November 2025
kasperbenjamin.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I haven’t quite got my head around it yet, but this is the second time I’ve heard the argument that the US attacked Venezuela to ensure fossil energy is bought in dollars globally, and it seems very compelling.
I've been using Ecosia for almost 6 years.
I highly recommend it. Search the internet, plant trees. Easy.
www.ecosia.org
I highly recommend it. Search the internet, plant trees. Easy.
www.ecosia.org
Ecosia - the search engine that plants trees
Ecosia uses 100% of its profits for the planet and produces enough renewable energy to power all searches twice over.
www.ecosia.org
January 5, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I've been using Ecosia for almost 6 years.
I highly recommend it. Search the internet, plant trees. Easy.
www.ecosia.org
I highly recommend it. Search the internet, plant trees. Easy.
www.ecosia.org
Some things never change. The US invades another country and takes their oil. The oil companies and shareholders make a fortune. The cycle repeats.
Let's please ensure this cycle never happens in the renewables space, particularly when it comes to lithium. I worry about Chile.
Let's please ensure this cycle never happens in the renewables space, particularly when it comes to lithium. I worry about Chile.
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Some things never change. The US invades another country and takes their oil. The oil companies and shareholders make a fortune. The cycle repeats.
Let's please ensure this cycle never happens in the renewables space, particularly when it comes to lithium. I worry about Chile.
Let's please ensure this cycle never happens in the renewables space, particularly when it comes to lithium. I worry about Chile.
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US carrying out strikes in Venezuela, US official says reut.rs/4bdcY8L
US carrying out strikes in Venezuela, US official says
The United States is carrying out strikes inside Venezuela, a U.S. official told Reuters early on Saturday.
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January 3, 2026 at 8:35 AM
US carrying out strikes in Venezuela, US official says reut.rs/4bdcY8L
I don't think we should focus on what Trump is doing in the energy space. Renewables are on a massive uptrend. The world needs them. He can't stop their growth.
We should focus on WHY we need to build all of this energy infrastructure in the first place.
Growth. Endless, mindless growth.
We should focus on WHY we need to build all of this energy infrastructure in the first place.
Growth. Endless, mindless growth.
Democratic governors call on Trump administration to lift freeze on offshore wind projects reut.rs/4pcl9FI
Democratic governors call on Trump administration to lift freeze on offshore wind projects
Four Democratic governors wrote to U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday to ask the Trump administration to lift its halt on five offshore wind projects on the U.S. East Coast.
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January 2, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I don't think we should focus on what Trump is doing in the energy space. Renewables are on a massive uptrend. The world needs them. He can't stop their growth.
We should focus on WHY we need to build all of this energy infrastructure in the first place.
Growth. Endless, mindless growth.
We should focus on WHY we need to build all of this energy infrastructure in the first place.
Growth. Endless, mindless growth.
It's taken me weeks to fully digest the documentary Greenwashed.
Love it or hate it, it's a conversation starter. We need to discuss the issues this film brings up. I have no interest in discussing solutions without talking about population and consumption in the same breath.
youtu.be/XjWUKFUaoL4
Love it or hate it, it's a conversation starter. We need to discuss the issues this film brings up. I have no interest in discussing solutions without talking about population and consumption in the same breath.
youtu.be/XjWUKFUaoL4
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's taken me weeks to fully digest the documentary Greenwashed.
Love it or hate it, it's a conversation starter. We need to discuss the issues this film brings up. I have no interest in discussing solutions without talking about population and consumption in the same breath.
youtu.be/XjWUKFUaoL4
Love it or hate it, it's a conversation starter. We need to discuss the issues this film brings up. I have no interest in discussing solutions without talking about population and consumption in the same breath.
youtu.be/XjWUKFUaoL4
Pretty sure this is what Orwell warned us about.
Orwell was not just warning about communism. He was warning against all authoritarianism.
Being arrested for holding a sign has got to be the first step to brutal authoritarianism.
We have been warned. What will we do next?
Orwell was not just warning about communism. He was warning against all authoritarianism.
Being arrested for holding a sign has got to be the first step to brutal authoritarianism.
We have been warned. What will we do next?
Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
December 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Pretty sure this is what Orwell warned us about.
Orwell was not just warning about communism. He was warning against all authoritarianism.
Being arrested for holding a sign has got to be the first step to brutal authoritarianism.
We have been warned. What will we do next?
Orwell was not just warning about communism. He was warning against all authoritarianism.
Being arrested for holding a sign has got to be the first step to brutal authoritarianism.
We have been warned. What will we do next?
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Yes! Spending time in forests and nature is associated with almost endless positive health effects.
We must recognise that in Ireland start treating these places are crucial to our health, not just profit.
We must recognise that in Ireland start treating these places are crucial to our health, not just profit.
A reminder that 90% of Ireland's so-called 'forests' are industrial plantations, virtually empty of nature.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Yes! Spending time in forests and nature is associated with almost endless positive health effects.
We must recognise that in Ireland start treating these places are crucial to our health, not just profit.
We must recognise that in Ireland start treating these places are crucial to our health, not just profit.
And once again, it all comes down to consumption.
300 million people flying this Xmas. To bring presents to people, they probably don't like, to sit in a house, which is probably too warm (or too cold, if in Florida), using too much energy and eating too much.
I love Xmas. I hate overconsumption.
300 million people flying this Xmas. To bring presents to people, they probably don't like, to sit in a house, which is probably too warm (or too cold, if in Florida), using too much energy and eating too much.
I love Xmas. I hate overconsumption.
The number of passengers flying from the top 40 countries, led by the US, is expected to hit 309mn between December 15 and January 4. ft.trib.al/j0zQv3H
December 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
And once again, it all comes down to consumption.
300 million people flying this Xmas. To bring presents to people, they probably don't like, to sit in a house, which is probably too warm (or too cold, if in Florida), using too much energy and eating too much.
I love Xmas. I hate overconsumption.
300 million people flying this Xmas. To bring presents to people, they probably don't like, to sit in a house, which is probably too warm (or too cold, if in Florida), using too much energy and eating too much.
I love Xmas. I hate overconsumption.
🧵 1/2. Orwell never disappoints. I have loved George Orwell since reading 1984. I read Down and Out in Paris and London several years ago and liked it even more than 1984.
I have now finished The Road to Wigan Pier and I can't recommend it enough...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I have now finished The Road to Wigan Pier and I can't recommend it enough...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Road to Wigan Pier: New Annotated Edition
New Annotated Edition
uk.bookshop.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🧵 1/2. Orwell never disappoints. I have loved George Orwell since reading 1984. I read Down and Out in Paris and London several years ago and liked it even more than 1984.
I have now finished The Road to Wigan Pier and I can't recommend it enough...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I have now finished The Road to Wigan Pier and I can't recommend it enough...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I am often told how amazing natural gas is. It's lowering CO2 levels! When I tell people how damaging methane is they like to mansplain to me that all of the methane is burned off in use.
Very few people actually understand how much methane is leaked at every stage of the process.
Very few people actually understand how much methane is leaked at every stage of the process.
If the gas networks still can't contain methane after more than a century of practice, why should we trust them with hydrogen?
December 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I am often told how amazing natural gas is. It's lowering CO2 levels! When I tell people how damaging methane is they like to mansplain to me that all of the methane is burned off in use.
Very few people actually understand how much methane is leaked at every stage of the process.
Very few people actually understand how much methane is leaked at every stage of the process.
🧵 1/3 Ever feel like there's something wrong with the modern environmentalist movement and the left in general? Me too.
I'm really enjoying Paul Kingsnorth's book, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist. Paul unpacks a lot of ideas, that I have thought myself. Like...
I'm really enjoying Paul Kingsnorth's book, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist. Paul unpacks a lot of ideas, that I have thought myself. Like...
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🧵 1/3 Ever feel like there's something wrong with the modern environmentalist movement and the left in general? Me too.
I'm really enjoying Paul Kingsnorth's book, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist. Paul unpacks a lot of ideas, that I have thought myself. Like...
I'm really enjoying Paul Kingsnorth's book, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist. Paul unpacks a lot of ideas, that I have thought myself. Like...
Humans are changing the climate. End of story.
We should be focusing on care. Caring for each other and caring for the natural world. But instead, what makes the headlines? Growth! Growth! Growth!
GDP, the stock market, box office results. Growth!
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
We should be focusing on care. Caring for each other and caring for the natural world. But instead, what makes the headlines? Growth! Growth! Growth!
GDP, the stock market, box office results. Growth!
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
The Amazon Rainforest Could Soon Enter an Entirely New Climate
Known as the “hypertropics,” this climate is defined by hot drought conditions—and hasn’t been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years.
www.popularmechanics.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Humans are changing the climate. End of story.
We should be focusing on care. Caring for each other and caring for the natural world. But instead, what makes the headlines? Growth! Growth! Growth!
GDP, the stock market, box office results. Growth!
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
We should be focusing on care. Caring for each other and caring for the natural world. But instead, what makes the headlines? Growth! Growth! Growth!
GDP, the stock market, box office results. Growth!
www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
Essentially, you're suing the British people? Sweet.
Lovely bloke!
Lovely bloke!
The US president claims the UK public broadcaster’s edit of his speech in a 2024 documentary was ‘disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious’. on.ft.com/44wKB1n
December 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Essentially, you're suing the British people? Sweet.
Lovely bloke!
Lovely bloke!
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If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
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My favourite movie line. Thank you Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My favourite movie line. Thank you Rob Reiner.
Want to remove yourself from the machine, but don't know where to start?
An easy way is to start with tech. Move from giant tech companies, to smaller, open source ones.
Here's a great list.
An easy way is to start with tech. Move from giant tech companies, to smaller, open source ones.
Here's a great list.
🚨 #Microsoft 365 price shock: From July 2026, prices rise by up to 16.7%.
Now is the best time to break free from vendor lock-in.
What are your favorite #MS365 alternatives? 🔓🇪🇺
➡️ tuta.com/blog/microso...
#DigitalSovereignty #deMicrosoft #OneClickAway
Now is the best time to break free from vendor lock-in.
What are your favorite #MS365 alternatives? 🔓🇪🇺
➡️ tuta.com/blog/microso...
#DigitalSovereignty #deMicrosoft #OneClickAway
December 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Want to remove yourself from the machine, but don't know where to start?
An easy way is to start with tech. Move from giant tech companies, to smaller, open source ones.
Here's a great list.
An easy way is to start with tech. Move from giant tech companies, to smaller, open source ones.
Here's a great list.
1) The probiotics market is growing at a phenomenal rate.
Humans are realising that the microbes in our guts, are part of us and play an important role in health.
Why don’t humans see that old growth forests, soil, oceans and rivers, are vital to health?
www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Repor...
Humans are realising that the microbes in our guts, are part of us and play an important role in health.
Why don’t humans see that old growth forests, soil, oceans and rivers, are vital to health?
www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Repor...
Probiotics Market Size, Share, and Forecast | MarketsandMarkets
The probiotics market is expected to grow from USD 71.2 billion in 2024 to USD 105.7 billion by 2029, reflecting a robust CAGR of 8.2%.
www.marketsandmarkets.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
1) The probiotics market is growing at a phenomenal rate.
Humans are realising that the microbes in our guts, are part of us and play an important role in health.
Why don’t humans see that old growth forests, soil, oceans and rivers, are vital to health?
www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Repor...
Humans are realising that the microbes in our guts, are part of us and play an important role in health.
Why don’t humans see that old growth forests, soil, oceans and rivers, are vital to health?
www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Repor...
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Nations can't wait for billionaires to die for them to pay tax. Last @wid.world report couldn't be more timely:
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explained @channel4news.bsky.social Helia Ebrahimi why annual wealth taxes on the super-rich beat inheritance taxes.
📺Full : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeZo...
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explained @channel4news.bsky.social Helia Ebrahimi why annual wealth taxes on the super-rich beat inheritance taxes.
📺Full : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeZo...
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Nations can't wait for billionaires to die for them to pay tax. Last @wid.world report couldn't be more timely:
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explained @channel4news.bsky.social Helia Ebrahimi why annual wealth taxes on the super-rich beat inheritance taxes.
📺Full : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeZo...
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social explained @channel4news.bsky.social Helia Ebrahimi why annual wealth taxes on the super-rich beat inheritance taxes.
📺Full : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeZo...
Best advice I can give to anyone:
1. Read Iain McGilchrist, but don’t idolise him.
2. Understand your mental biases. Yes, we have them!
3. Know that we can’t change anything but ourselves.
4. Be in nature every day.
5. Consume information. Not things.
channelmcgilchrist.com/home/
1. Read Iain McGilchrist, but don’t idolise him.
2. Understand your mental biases. Yes, we have them!
3. Know that we can’t change anything but ourselves.
4. Be in nature every day.
5. Consume information. Not things.
channelmcgilchrist.com/home/
Home
channelmcgilchrist.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Best advice I can give to anyone:
1. Read Iain McGilchrist, but don’t idolise him.
2. Understand your mental biases. Yes, we have them!
3. Know that we can’t change anything but ourselves.
4. Be in nature every day.
5. Consume information. Not things.
channelmcgilchrist.com/home/
1. Read Iain McGilchrist, but don’t idolise him.
2. Understand your mental biases. Yes, we have them!
3. Know that we can’t change anything but ourselves.
4. Be in nature every day.
5. Consume information. Not things.
channelmcgilchrist.com/home/
Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Many of us having been calling for more deer culling, as they cause traffic accidents, eat tree saplings, etc.
But again, this could be another shift from 1 harmful thing to another, instead of curbing consumption altogether.
Many of us having been calling for more deer culling, as they cause traffic accidents, eat tree saplings, etc.
But again, this could be another shift from 1 harmful thing to another, instead of curbing consumption altogether.
UK stadiums swap beef burgers for wild venison to cut carbon emissions reut.rs/48uOJBh
UK stadiums swap beef burgers for wild venison to cut carbon emissions
The humble beef burger is disappearing from menus at stadiums across Britain, as venues such as Brentford’s Gtech Stadium switch to wild venison in a bid to slash carbon emissions.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Many of us having been calling for more deer culling, as they cause traffic accidents, eat tree saplings, etc.
But again, this could be another shift from 1 harmful thing to another, instead of curbing consumption altogether.
Many of us having been calling for more deer culling, as they cause traffic accidents, eat tree saplings, etc.
But again, this could be another shift from 1 harmful thing to another, instead of curbing consumption altogether.
Paul Kingsnorth perfectly summing up what my issues are with the modern environmental movement. And the left in general.
Hint: it’s all about CONSUMPTION ‼️
youtu.be/Q_s8Vo00Xug
Please watch this on FreeTube, so you don’t give money to the machine.
Hint: it’s all about CONSUMPTION ‼️
youtu.be/Q_s8Vo00Xug
Please watch this on FreeTube, so you don’t give money to the machine.
The battle against climate change by Paul Kingsnorth - Docu
YouTube video by vpro documentary
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Paul Kingsnorth perfectly summing up what my issues are with the modern environmental movement. And the left in general.
Hint: it’s all about CONSUMPTION ‼️
youtu.be/Q_s8Vo00Xug
Please watch this on FreeTube, so you don’t give money to the machine.
Hint: it’s all about CONSUMPTION ‼️
youtu.be/Q_s8Vo00Xug
Please watch this on FreeTube, so you don’t give money to the machine.
One of my favourite creators on YouTube. Always brings the knowledge. Doing it again:
youtu.be/GmrxDTM2zCI
Please watch on FreeTube, or Brave Browser, with ads turned off. You can donate to his charity (instead of giving Google money) here: www.healthinharmony.org/donate
youtu.be/GmrxDTM2zCI
Please watch on FreeTube, or Brave Browser, with ads turned off. You can donate to his charity (instead of giving Google money) here: www.healthinharmony.org/donate
Can we adapt to climate change? (Hint: The answer begins with 'Y')
YouTube video by potholer54
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
One of my favourite creators on YouTube. Always brings the knowledge. Doing it again:
youtu.be/GmrxDTM2zCI
Please watch on FreeTube, or Brave Browser, with ads turned off. You can donate to his charity (instead of giving Google money) here: www.healthinharmony.org/donate
youtu.be/GmrxDTM2zCI
Please watch on FreeTube, or Brave Browser, with ads turned off. You can donate to his charity (instead of giving Google money) here: www.healthinharmony.org/donate