Marc Hudson
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Failing/ed academic (socio-technical transitions), climate historian, writer, video maker. Most days I think we're toast. #envhist See also allouryesterdays.info
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· Aug 5
The politics of Tom Lehrer: Noam Chomsky with a Piano?
Tom Lehrer died, aged 97, in late July. Lehrer had written 37 (well, a few more) songs in the 1950s and 1960s, and on the basis of this is still (rightly in my opinion) regarded as one of the…
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Tom Lehrer was a gateway drug for me, I now realise, for Noam Chomsky. Anyone else have the same experience?
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39 yrs & 1 day ago, Primo Levi's Almanac
....
Earth, too, obeys creation's immutable laws.
But we, rebellious offshoots, ingenious fools,
Destroy and corrupt, always in more of a hurry;
Spreading the desert to the forests of the Amazon;
To the living hearts of our cities; to our very own hearts.
....
Earth, too, obeys creation's immutable laws.
But we, rebellious offshoots, ingenious fools,
Destroy and corrupt, always in more of a hurry;
Spreading the desert to the forests of the Amazon;
To the living hearts of our cities; to our very own hearts.
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
39 yrs & 1 day ago, Primo Levi's Almanac
....
Earth, too, obeys creation's immutable laws.
But we, rebellious offshoots, ingenious fools,
Destroy and corrupt, always in more of a hurry;
Spreading the desert to the forests of the Amazon;
To the living hearts of our cities; to our very own hearts.
....
Earth, too, obeys creation's immutable laws.
But we, rebellious offshoots, ingenious fools,
Destroy and corrupt, always in more of a hurry;
Spreading the desert to the forests of the Amazon;
To the living hearts of our cities; to our very own hearts.
"Of Revenge" by Francis Bacon -
“That which is past is gone and irrevocable and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labour in past matters.”
Maybe so, but it's more complicated, no?
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“That which is past is gone and irrevocable and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labour in past matters.”
Maybe so, but it's more complicated, no?
marchudson.net/2026/01/03/e...
Essays: Francis Bacon “Of Revenge” (2/142)
In an effort to educate myself, I am reading The Oxford Book of Essays, chosen and edited by John Gross. [copies for sale here] There’s 142 of the blighters, so it will take me all year. To make th…
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January 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"Of Revenge" by Francis Bacon -
“That which is past is gone and irrevocable and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labour in past matters.”
Maybe so, but it's more complicated, no?
marchudson.net/2026/01/03/e...
“That which is past is gone and irrevocable and wise men have enough to do with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labour in past matters.”
Maybe so, but it's more complicated, no?
marchudson.net/2026/01/03/e...
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (Official Video)
YouTube video by Talking Heads
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January 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM
“But it is not only the difficulty and labour which men take in finding out the truth; nor again that when it is found it imposeth upon men’s thought; that doth bring lies in favour; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself”
Frank Bacon drops truth bombs
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Frank Bacon drops truth bombs
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Essays: “Of Truth” by Francis Bacon (1/142)
In an effort to educate myself, I am reading The Oxford Book of Essays, chosen and edited by John Gross. [copies for sale here] There’s142 of the blighters, so it will take me all year. To make thi…
marchudson.net
January 2, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“But it is not only the difficulty and labour which men take in finding out the truth; nor again that when it is found it imposeth upon men’s thought; that doth bring lies in favour; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself”
Frank Bacon drops truth bombs
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Frank Bacon drops truth bombs
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Book review: “Curse the Day” by Jude (Judith) O’Reilly – fun ludicrous thriller
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Book review: “Curse the Day” by Jude (Judith) O’Reilly – fun ludicrous thriller
I am going to write a review of every book I read this year. O’Reilly, J. 2020. Curse the Day. London: Head of Zeus. pp414 Highly entertaining, utterly ludicrous military thriller with an ind…
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January 2, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Book review: “Curse the Day” by Jude (Judith) O’Reilly – fun ludicrous thriller
marchudson.net/2026/01/02/b...
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The president of the US babbling and drooling on TV?
Sounds like a total nightmare, fortunately unlikely…
Sounds like a total nightmare, fortunately unlikely…
January 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The president of the US babbling and drooling on TV?
Sounds like a total nightmare, fortunately unlikely…
Sounds like a total nightmare, fortunately unlikely…
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Record temperatures of almost 20C were reached in Iceland on Christmas Eve, the local meteorological office has confirmed.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C recorded
Meteorological office reports high temperatures across country and record measured at Seyðisfjörður in east
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Record temperatures of almost 20C were reached in Iceland on Christmas Eve, the local meteorological office has confirmed.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
I really like John Mellencamp's work, and especially the 80s stuff (cohort effects etc etc)
But whoever did this graphic for the excellent video to "Authority Song" didn't know their its/it's rule...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsEw...
#PatheticGrammarNazisGonnaPatheticGrammarNazi
But whoever did this graphic for the excellent video to "Authority Song" didn't know their its/it's rule...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsEw...
#PatheticGrammarNazisGonnaPatheticGrammarNazi
December 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I really like John Mellencamp's work, and especially the 80s stuff (cohort effects etc etc)
But whoever did this graphic for the excellent video to "Authority Song" didn't know their its/it's rule...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsEw...
#PatheticGrammarNazisGonnaPatheticGrammarNazi
But whoever did this graphic for the excellent video to "Authority Song" didn't know their its/it's rule...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsEw...
#PatheticGrammarNazisGonnaPatheticGrammarNazi
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Anyone who doesn’t see this potentially happening hasn’t been paying attention. I know the things I spend my time on would certainly put me on lists for this.
And the concentration camps will eventually be populated by non-immigrants too, interned by ICE thug army Trump is raising using $156B that Congress idiots approved. We are watching our democracy be dismantled &, in fact, we’re funding it. What a country…
People are invested in saying these aren’t concentration camps because they do not want to believe we could be so ugly.
But we can. And we have.
But we can. And we have.
December 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Anyone who doesn’t see this potentially happening hasn’t been paying attention. I know the things I spend my time on would certainly put me on lists for this.
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There is no general principle in conservatism beyond, I get to do what I want, and you get to shut the fuck up.
One week they're crying about people getting visits from the police because of tweets, the next week they're calling for inquiries into tweets.
December 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
There is no general principle in conservatism beyond, I get to do what I want, and you get to shut the fuck up.
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Since I wrote this in early November the Carney government has admitted they are not on track for 1.5 or 2 degree targets, and said they'd need a "significant change in policy" to get on track, and then promptly signed a pipeline MOU with Alberta and rolled back more climate rules..
Canada has abandoned the 1.5 and 2 degree targets
What does it mean to abandon something? It means to “cease to support or look after (someone); desert,” to “give up completely (a course of action, a practice, or a way of thinking)” or to “discont…
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December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Since I wrote this in early November the Carney government has admitted they are not on track for 1.5 or 2 degree targets, and said they'd need a "significant change in policy" to get on track, and then promptly signed a pipeline MOU with Alberta and rolled back more climate rules..
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Rhône Glacier
1910 | 2025
In one century the Rhône Glacier entirely disappeared from the road of Furka Pass! 🧊🔥
What a sight it must have been! 🤩
📷 Juergen Merz (@glacionaut)
1910 | 2025
In one century the Rhône Glacier entirely disappeared from the road of Furka Pass! 🧊🔥
What a sight it must have been! 🤩
📷 Juergen Merz (@glacionaut)
December 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Rhône Glacier
1910 | 2025
In one century the Rhône Glacier entirely disappeared from the road of Furka Pass! 🧊🔥
What a sight it must have been! 🤩
📷 Juergen Merz (@glacionaut)
1910 | 2025
In one century the Rhône Glacier entirely disappeared from the road of Furka Pass! 🧊🔥
What a sight it must have been! 🤩
📷 Juergen Merz (@glacionaut)
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We are killing fellow humans in the future.
428.19 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 28-Dec-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We are killing fellow humans in the future.
Karl is a cat of *extremely* firm opinions about the quantity and quality of attention he is due.
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Karl is a cat of *extremely* firm opinions about the quantity and quality of attention he is due.
Young Richard thinks God has sent him
The pomp and the power -it’s bent him
With barely a stroke
Comes Bolingbroke
Whose flunkies “independently” dent him.
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The pomp and the power -it’s bent him
With barely a stroke
Comes Bolingbroke
Whose flunkies “independently” dent him.
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Richard II: Bard to the Bone #18
Hmm, read this back at the beginning of August, only now putting up. And I have another 8 history plays to do the same with, alongside reading a wonderful Atheistmas present – “The Grea…
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December 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Young Richard thinks God has sent him
The pomp and the power -it’s bent him
With barely a stroke
Comes Bolingbroke
Whose flunkies “independently” dent him.
marchudson.net/2025/12/29/r...
The pomp and the power -it’s bent him
With barely a stroke
Comes Bolingbroke
Whose flunkies “independently” dent him.
marchudson.net/2025/12/29/r...
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
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December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Abba confronts all this talk of impending doom, which just goes On and On and On.
Turns out Informed State Actors do not have the answers. Who knew?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyxB...
Turns out Informed State Actors do not have the answers. Who knew?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyxB...
![[Verse 1]
I was at a party and this fella said to me
"Something bad is happening, I'm sure you do agree
People care for nothing, no respect for human rights
Evil times are coming, we are in for darker nights"
[Verse 2]
I said, "Who are you to talk about impending doom?"
He got kinda wary as he looked around the room
He said, "I'm a minister, a big shot in the state"
I said, "I just can't believe it, boy, I think it's great
Brother, can you tell me what is right and what is wrong?"
He said, "Keep on rocking, baby, till the night is gone"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6ffmydg2uch4buzckgetfl5i/bafkreigoar4pyccwls4zpofcxqvewke7gvjllahgurxlhcjlnql3l67a5i@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Abba confronts all this talk of impending doom, which just goes On and On and On.
Turns out Informed State Actors do not have the answers. Who knew?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyxB...
Turns out Informed State Actors do not have the answers. Who knew?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyxB...
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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
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December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The implication is that if only Westmoreland hadn't pursued this policy, the My Lai Massacre wouldn't have happened - which should be self-evidently incorrect to anyone who knows anything about the Vietnam War more generally or who recognises names like Sand Creek, Wounded Knee or Bud Dajo. 5/
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The implication is that if only Westmoreland hadn't pursued this policy, the My Lai Massacre wouldn't have happened - which should be self-evidently incorrect to anyone who knows anything about the Vietnam War more generally or who recognises names like Sand Creek, Wounded Knee or Bud Dajo. 5/
Atheistmas book gifts, a thread
1. Bread of Angels by Patti Smith (a memoir)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bread-of-...
1/3
1. Bread of Angels by Patti Smith (a memoir)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bread-of-...
1/3
Bread of Angels
'Smith's eye for life's everyday transcendence rarely fails her' Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year''A triumph' Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times, 'Books of the Year''…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Atheistmas book gifts, a thread
1. Bread of Angels by Patti Smith (a memoir)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bread-of-...
1/3
1. Bread of Angels by Patti Smith (a memoir)
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bread-of-...
1/3
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe” - H.G. Wells
Gee, who is gonna win that race? If only we had - over the last 37 years or so (to choose a time frame entirely at random) - *some* indication...
Cough. Cough.
Gee, who is gonna win that race? If only we had - over the last 37 years or so (to choose a time frame entirely at random) - *some* indication...
Cough. Cough.
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe” - H.G. Wells
Gee, who is gonna win that race? If only we had - over the last 37 years or so (to choose a time frame entirely at random) - *some* indication...
Cough. Cough.
Gee, who is gonna win that race? If only we had - over the last 37 years or so (to choose a time frame entirely at random) - *some* indication...
Cough. Cough.