Gregory Norminton
@gregorynorminton.bsky.social
Yet another writer: THE GHOST WHO BLED (2017), THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY (2018), THE REPUBLIC OF BREATH and SWEENEY'S PROGRESS (forthcoming). Environmentalist. Lives in Sheffield.
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Vol. 1 of our graphic novel SWEENEY'S PROGRESS is finished. An ecological fable set in C7th Ireland, from one of the great medieval poems. Script by me, art by @zaraslattery.bsky.social.
To read the book online & help with the making of Volume 2, visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr...
To read the book online & help with the making of Volume 2, visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr...
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MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
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Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Anyone currently involved in federal immigration enforcement, every officer, every bureaucrat, every lawyer, every judge, is a member of the most evil group of people this country has seen since Reconstruction. Darkness personified, every one. Doing this to children is beyond depraved.
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California has exceeded every clean energy, clear air & clean water target from our five-year plans.
The Golden State is showing what's possible — and our economy is growing because of it.
The Golden State is showing what's possible — and our economy is growing because of it.
February 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
California has exceeded every clean energy, clear air & clean water target from our five-year plans.
The Golden State is showing what's possible — and our economy is growing because of it.
The Golden State is showing what's possible — and our economy is growing because of it.
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Putin puppet
Trump: "Zelenskyy is gonna have to get moving. Russia wants to make a deal. Zelenskyy is gonna have to get moving."
February 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Putin puppet
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Kinda funny that Greg has to construct such a detailed, careful, elaborate argument for the proposition that Democrats should actively try to shape public opinion.
The extraordinary courage of people who are documenting ICE atrocities in places like Minneapolis, at great personal risk, are also achieving something else: They're changing the public's mind about immigration. We have a rare opportunity here. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration
Typically, Democrats run for the hills when immigration comes up. But as two blue-state governors are showing, the winning play is actually to confront ICE and MAGA xenophobia head on.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Kinda funny that Greg has to construct such a detailed, careful, elaborate argument for the proposition that Democrats should actively try to shape public opinion.
I can think of at least two British writers of my generation who seem to be following a similar trajectory. Both responding to the flaws in liberal democracy by flirting intellectually (and theologically) with its enemies.
Rod Dreher Thinks The Enlightenment Was A Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including Vice President JD Vance—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including Vice President JD Vance—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I can think of at least two British writers of my generation who seem to be following a similar trajectory. Both responding to the flaws in liberal democracy by flirting intellectually (and theologically) with its enemies.
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New @nrc.nl essay on euro internationalisation.
The euro’s gap with the dollar is narrowing: Europe is rebuilding military strength, and it increasingly stands as the world’s rule-of-law anchor.
Whether it builds deeper markets & more safe assets is up to Europe itself.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
The euro’s gap with the dollar is narrowing: Europe is rebuilding military strength, and it increasingly stands as the world’s rule-of-law anchor.
Whether it builds deeper markets & more safe assets is up to Europe itself.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Opinie | Wat gebeurt er na de val van de dollar?
Economie: De zekerheid van de dollar als wereldanker neemt af. Dat schept een kans voor Europa, stelt Sander Tordoir, als het tenminste durft te kiezen.
www.nrc.nl
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
New @nrc.nl essay on euro internationalisation.
The euro’s gap with the dollar is narrowing: Europe is rebuilding military strength, and it increasingly stands as the world’s rule-of-law anchor.
Whether it builds deeper markets & more safe assets is up to Europe itself.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
The euro’s gap with the dollar is narrowing: Europe is rebuilding military strength, and it increasingly stands as the world’s rule-of-law anchor.
Whether it builds deeper markets & more safe assets is up to Europe itself.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Most people don’t know this: Heat pumps REDUCE gas consumption even if running 100% on electricity from a gas fired power plant.
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
February 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Most people don’t know this: Heat pumps REDUCE gas consumption even if running 100% on electricity from a gas fired power plant.
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
More here in my piece for @carbonbrief.org👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
Two weeks since ours was installed. It's brilliant tech. No wonder fossil fuel interests and the gas boiler lobby promote, and pay for, disinformation.
BREAKING: UK heat pump sales hit a record in 2025: 125,037 units sold (+27% vs 2024).
Growth across all segments:
• Air-to-water +26%
• Ground/water source +32%
• DHW +36%
• UK-made units +38%
Growth across all segments:
• Air-to-water +26%
• Ground/water source +32%
• DHW +36%
• UK-made units +38%
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Two weeks since ours was installed. It's brilliant tech. No wonder fossil fuel interests and the gas boiler lobby promote, and pay for, disinformation.
A paper so misleading and dishonest, you have to wonder who paid for it.
MISLEADING: A new academic paper by @qmul.bsky.social has attracted significant media attention by claiming that EVs & heat pumps deliver no proven carbon savings in UK ahead of 2030 clean power target - and should therefore be postponed.
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
A paper so misleading and dishonest, you have to wonder who paid for it.
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Enforcement of laws against polluters nearly non-existent in US, analysis finds 😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Enforcement of laws against polluters nearly non-existent in US, analysis finds
EPA’s records show one environmental consent decree filed in last year – 26 were filed in year one of first Trump term
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Enforcement of laws against polluters nearly non-existent in US, analysis finds 😡😡😡
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.
June 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I find myself thinking about historian Robert Paxton’s 2004 definition of fascism far too often than I’d like these days. Note that these sentences were written back when Donald Trump was a NYC playboy libertine who donated to Democrats.
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Does Farage need Russian money to spout their talking points, or does he just do it for free?
February 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Does Farage need Russian money to spout their talking points, or does he just do it for free?
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The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The Project 2025 author is using millions of dollars in USAID money for his own security detail.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
It is estimated that 762,000 people have *already died* as a result of Elon Musk and Russell Vought’s obscene murder of USAID, including more than 500,000 children.
Vought is a mass murderer.
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The hot, dry, windy conditions that gave rise to fires in Patagonia last month were made three times more likely by warming, an analysis found. via @theguardian.com
Warming Tripled the Odds of Patagonia Wildfires
A satellite image of fires burning burning in and around Argentina's Los Alerces National Park in January.
NASA
e360.yale.edu
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The hot, dry, windy conditions that gave rise to fires in Patagonia last month were made three times more likely by warming, an analysis found. via @theguardian.com
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🎉🌊The High Seas Treaty has become UK law🌊🎉
In a big moment for ocean protection, the UK has taken an important step towards formally ratifying the High Seas Treaty, or BBNJ agreement. 1/3
In a big moment for ocean protection, the UK has taken an important step towards formally ratifying the High Seas Treaty, or BBNJ agreement. 1/3
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
🎉🌊The High Seas Treaty has become UK law🌊🎉
In a big moment for ocean protection, the UK has taken an important step towards formally ratifying the High Seas Treaty, or BBNJ agreement. 1/3
In a big moment for ocean protection, the UK has taken an important step towards formally ratifying the High Seas Treaty, or BBNJ agreement. 1/3
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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As with everything else climate crisis-related, the sooner we take action to massively increase our domestic fruit & veg output, the better prepared we will be when our current fruit & veg imports decline away to nothing. It's not if, but when.
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/floods-...
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/floods-...
Floods in Spain and Morocco set to hit UK fruit & veg supply
The flooding has devastated farms supplying olives, strawberries, citrus, avocados and winter crops
www.thegrocer.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 10:44 AM
As with everything else climate crisis-related, the sooner we take action to massively increase our domestic fruit & veg output, the better prepared we will be when our current fruit & veg imports decline away to nothing. It's not if, but when.
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/floods-...
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/floods-...
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ASK A SCIENTIST: What is Big Oil and Gas’ beef against offshore wind? UCS's analyst Susan Muller responds.
Ask a Scientist: Why Are Fossil Fuel Companies So Threatened by Offshore Wind?
Spoiler: It’s got something to do with the fossil fuel industry and their insatiable thirst for profits.
act.ucsusa.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
ASK A SCIENTIST: What is Big Oil and Gas’ beef against offshore wind? UCS's analyst Susan Muller responds.
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Our investigation has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
https://goodlaw.social/2l1y
https://goodlaw.social/2l1y
Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil | Good Law Project
Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
goodlaw.social
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Our investigation has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
https://goodlaw.social/2l1y
https://goodlaw.social/2l1y
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The most corrupt pro-Putin president in US history endorses the most corrupt pro-Putin leader in Europe.
February 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The most corrupt pro-Putin president in US history endorses the most corrupt pro-Putin leader in Europe.
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A coming together of a lot of trends in international travel this, including the rise in the "hey, let's just stick an arbitrary large charge somewhere in this process for no reason anyone can actually explain, what are they going to do about it?"
Because its not mentioned in the impact assessment, its very hard to work out why the govt is doing this - what is it supposed to achieve? Anything? Or just a fast route to deter tourists and annoy people. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6489e7...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
February 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A coming together of a lot of trends in international travel this, including the rise in the "hey, let's just stick an arbitrary large charge somewhere in this process for no reason anyone can actually explain, what are they going to do about it?"
Spent a small fortune buying a Hotbin composter. Installed it a week ago. Last night, rats got in - and wrecked the (frankly, flimsy) lid. Now going to cost me another fortune to replace (and fortify). All this because Sheffield Shitty Council won't sort out food waste collection until... 2038.
February 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Spent a small fortune buying a Hotbin composter. Installed it a week ago. Last night, rats got in - and wrecked the (frankly, flimsy) lid. Now going to cost me another fortune to replace (and fortify). All this because Sheffield Shitty Council won't sort out food waste collection until... 2038.
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“It was for the sake of this day that he had first decided to run for the Presidency, a decision which had sent waves of astonishment throughout the Imperial Galaxy—Zaphod Beeblebrox? President? Not the Zaphod Beeblebrox? Not the President?” /continued
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
“It was for the sake of this day that he had first decided to run for the Presidency, a decision which had sent waves of astonishment throughout the Imperial Galaxy—Zaphod Beeblebrox? President? Not the Zaphod Beeblebrox? Not the President?” /continued
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The proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful, but we also shouldn't forget that the manner in which the proscription was enforced was blisteringly stupid. Continuing to arrest grandmothers for holding signs was a massive waste of police resources and did nothing to deal with the supposed threat
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful, but we also shouldn't forget that the manner in which the proscription was enforced was blisteringly stupid. Continuing to arrest grandmothers for holding signs was a massive waste of police resources and did nothing to deal with the supposed threat