Henry Sparks
@henrysparks.bsky.social
Musician, retired architect and climate activist but along the way I have done every shit job under the sun and it seems like I still am!
FDOTM say it like it is again... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now? | First Dog on the Moon
Wait … I’m hearing you have worked it out you’re just not doing it
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November 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
FDOTM say it like it is again... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
FDOTM: "Grinding poverty is only as far away as your next run of bad luck!" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Welcome to Barangaroo! We graciously provide affordable housing but you’re not allowed to enjoy it | First Dog on the Moon
No sooking! If you wanted an apartment with a pool(s) you should have been a banking executive or some such
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November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
FDOTM: "Grinding poverty is only as far away as your next run of bad luck!" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A tip from the top in case anyone in the US regime gets any silly ideas following the election of the new mayor of NYC. (Rick in Casablanca)
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A tip from the top in case anyone in the US regime gets any silly ideas following the election of the new mayor of NYC. (Rick in Casablanca)
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/Im26fc2y
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/Im26fc2y
"Carson shows us how extremism, when it takes hold, provides these young men with purpose, work, a narrative, hope and clearly defined roles." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A prophetic 1933 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all | Charlotte Higgins
Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross was written and set during the rise of nazism. It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it, says the Guardian’s chief culture write...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"Carson shows us how extremism, when it takes hold, provides these young men with purpose, work, a narrative, hope and clearly defined roles." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yeah! FDOTM says it again...humour is the best way of dealing with the awful state of the world (and fascists)! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s an exciting week for the penguin community, we’re all waiting to see who is the winner … I mean loser | First Dog on the Moon
Bird of the year? Hell no!
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October 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Yeah! FDOTM says it again...humour is the best way of dealing with the awful state of the world (and fascists)! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This was the final XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike. That's all folks: love and rage!
July 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This was the final XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike. That's all folks: love and rage!
Please come out and join us for the final 200th XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High street. After 4 years the problem is not solved, far from it! The CLIMATE EMERGENCY is an ever present danger to earth and its inhabitants. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
July 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Please come out and join us for the final 200th XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High street. After 4 years the problem is not solved, far from it! The CLIMATE EMERGENCY is an ever present danger to earth and its inhabitants. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
Join us for XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #199 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High st. We will be talking with passers by about the lack of leadership and concrete action from world wide politicians. Pols say 60% are for climate emergency action in UK. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
July 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Join us for XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #199 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High st. We will be talking with passers by about the lack of leadership and concrete action from world wide politicians. Pols say 60% are for climate emergency action in UK. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #198 in the middle of Canterbury High st 12-1pm. We will be talking about the Climate Crisis and the fact that world governments are not telling people the truth about global warming and what to do about it. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
July 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #198 in the middle of Canterbury High st 12-1pm. We will be talking about the Climate Crisis and the fact that world governments are not telling people the truth about global warming and what to do about it. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
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We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
July 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
Reposted by Henry Sparks
Reposted by Henry Sparks
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
July 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
FDOTM say it like it is... And only last week I had some nutter telling me that the arctic sea ice was not melting. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ocean current scientists are very upset and you should be too | First Dog on the Moon
It’s bad news for the Antarctic sea ice and everyone who relies on it being there (everyone)
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July 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
FDOTM say it like it is... And only last week I had some nutter telling me that the arctic sea ice was not melting. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Old stock exchange Lille.
July 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Old stock exchange Lille.
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #197 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High St. Recent local record heat should (some hope!!!) concentrate our minds on how to survive the future. The first thing is to stop burning fossil fuels immediately. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
July 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #197 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High St. Recent local record heat should (some hope!!!) concentrate our minds on how to survive the future. The first thing is to stop burning fossil fuels immediately. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #196 in the middle of Canterbury High St 12-1pm. We will be discussing the state of planet Earth (that's where we all live!) and what needs to change with anyone passing. All welcome to take part! #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
June 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #196 in the middle of Canterbury High St 12-1pm. We will be discussing the state of planet Earth (that's where we all live!) and what needs to change with anyone passing. All welcome to take part! #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
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Yeah First Dog! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Long-beaked echidnas? Yes please! A cartoon for people who cannot bear any more news about anything dreadful | First Dog on the Moon
Let the echidna discourse begin!
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June 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Yeah First Dog! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #195 12- 1pm. We will be in the middle of Canterbury High st. If there is anything good about the current climate shitshow it is that there will be no war on a dead planet! But we can do better than that. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
June 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #195 12- 1pm. We will be in the middle of Canterbury High st. If there is anything good about the current climate shitshow it is that there will be no war on a dead planet! But we can do better than that. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
Join us for XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #194 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High st. We will discuss our participation in the climate shitshow with the pigeons and shoppers and other beings who might be there. This is an equal opportunity disaster. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
June 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Join us for XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #194 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High st. We will discuss our participation in the climate shitshow with the pigeons and shoppers and other beings who might be there. This is an equal opportunity disaster. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
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Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back.
This is only going to get worse.
This is only going to get worse.
June 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back.
This is only going to get worse.
This is only going to get worse.