Andy Simmonds
@moreourselves.bsky.social
Design & research initiative for hot climates.
ARC: architecture, resilience, community
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- Research & Collaboration
- Pilot Projects
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ARC: architecture, resilience, community
www.actionresearchprojects.net
- Research & Collaboration
- Pilot Projects
- Volunteer Expert Group
- Knowledge & Skills Exchange
www.simmondsmills.com
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Tammy Bruce: "Beginning August 20, nationals of Malawi and Zambia applying for B1, B2, business ,and tourist visas will be required to post a bond of up to $15,000."
August 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Tammy Bruce: "Beginning August 20, nationals of Malawi and Zambia applying for B1, B2, business ,and tourist visas will be required to post a bond of up to $15,000."
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1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning
Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.
www.forbes.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
Evidence - rare, like hens teeth, great share:
Yesterday's post on home #Electrification generated lots of feedback. Nate the House Whisperer @energysmartwv.bsky.social ask about my total energy consumption before and after installing the HVAC HP and HPWH so I crunched the numbers. Electrifying your home results in less energy usage. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🌊🔋
August 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Evidence - rare, like hens teeth, great share:
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Got from my sister
August 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Got from my sister
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See full thread, including:
"The take-home message is clear.
Overlooking nature’s tree planters risks missing ‘win-win’ pathways for both climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation."
"The take-home message is clear.
Overlooking nature’s tree planters risks missing ‘win-win’ pathways for both climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation."
Our new study shows how animal biodiversity loss is a climate problem: tropical forests recover far less carbon where seed dispersers have declined.
We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow.
Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵
We’re not just losing forests – we’re losing their ability to regrow.
Reversing that trend could align biodiversity recovery with climate solutions.🧵
Seed dispersal disruption limits tropical forest regrowth | PNAS
Identifying linkages between biodiversity loss and climate change is required for
understanding the scope of these interconnected challenges and de...
www.pnas.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
See full thread, including:
"The take-home message is clear.
Overlooking nature’s tree planters risks missing ‘win-win’ pathways for both climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation."
"The take-home message is clear.
Overlooking nature’s tree planters risks missing ‘win-win’ pathways for both climate mitigation and biodiversity conservation."
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New: After Gaza aid flotilla volunteer & US citizen Christian Smalls was taken into Israeli custody, seven uniformed individuals beat him, choking him & kicking him in the legs, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.
Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.
Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.
July 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
New: After Gaza aid flotilla volunteer & US citizen Christian Smalls was taken into Israeli custody, seven uniformed individuals beat him, choking him & kicking him in the legs, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.
Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.
Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.
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As a general rule, regardless of the topic, the media is at least 50% of any problem.
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Millionaire exodus numbers “fabricated” warns forensic analysis; Tax Justice Network comments - Tax Justice Network
This simply confirms our thorough debunking of these scare stories, and shows how far the opponents of fair wealth taxes are willing to go.
taxjustice.net
July 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As a general rule, regardless of the topic, the media is at least 50% of any problem.
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
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⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
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I'm a Scottish Greens member, so separate to the Green Party of England & Wales, but Zack is exactly the type of political leader the UK needs.
Not afraid to clearly call out the snake oil of Reform, & offer solutions to properly improve the lives of all communities who have been left behind ✊️💚
Not afraid to clearly call out the snake oil of Reform, & offer solutions to properly improve the lives of all communities who have been left behind ✊️💚
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm a Scottish Greens member, so separate to the Green Party of England & Wales, but Zack is exactly the type of political leader the UK needs.
Not afraid to clearly call out the snake oil of Reform, & offer solutions to properly improve the lives of all communities who have been left behind ✊️💚
Not afraid to clearly call out the snake oil of Reform, & offer solutions to properly improve the lives of all communities who have been left behind ✊️💚
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The realest of the real ones ❤️
July 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The realest of the real ones ❤️
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Across the Western world, public opinion is overwhelmingly hostile to Israel’s crimes.
That isn’t being acted on because the Western media forms a protective shield around Israel, cementing its impunity.
That isn’t being acted on because the Western media forms a protective shield around Israel, cementing its impunity.
July 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Across the Western world, public opinion is overwhelmingly hostile to Israel’s crimes.
That isn’t being acted on because the Western media forms a protective shield around Israel, cementing its impunity.
That isn’t being acted on because the Western media forms a protective shield around Israel, cementing its impunity.
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🙌Go @ealingcouncil.bsky.social
"Ealing Council is committed to becoming a zero-carbon borough by 2030 ...To achieve this target .. Passivhaus certification is the baseline standard for all new buildings being designed in Ealing."
Read more 👇
www.passivhaustrust....
@beyondcarbon.bsky.social
"Ealing Council is committed to becoming a zero-carbon borough by 2030 ...To achieve this target .. Passivhaus certification is the baseline standard for all new buildings being designed in Ealing."
Read more 👇
www.passivhaustrust....
@beyondcarbon.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🙌Go @ealingcouncil.bsky.social
"Ealing Council is committed to becoming a zero-carbon borough by 2030 ...To achieve this target .. Passivhaus certification is the baseline standard for all new buildings being designed in Ealing."
Read more 👇
www.passivhaustrust....
@beyondcarbon.bsky.social
"Ealing Council is committed to becoming a zero-carbon borough by 2030 ...To achieve this target .. Passivhaus certification is the baseline standard for all new buildings being designed in Ealing."
Read more 👇
www.passivhaustrust....
@beyondcarbon.bsky.social
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Of the 20 costliest weather disasters in history, four have occurred in just the last year.
U.S. socked with 15 billion-dollar weather disasters during the 1st half of 2025 » Yale Climate Connections
Four of the top 20 costliest weather disasters have occurred in the last year.
yaleclimateconnections.org
July 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Of the 20 costliest weather disasters in history, four have occurred in just the last year.
Rhetorical question I assume?!
Every year, we pay £2.3bn more for our water/sewerage bills than if the suppliers were publicly owned. High bills, impossible debts, filthy rivers, minimal investment & no resilience: the gift of privatisation
Does the government operate in the interests of the country, or those of private capital?
Does the government operate in the interests of the country, or those of private capital?
July 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Rhetorical question I assume?!
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DON’T LOOK AWAY: Children seen shackled and escorted by federal agents out of a downtown Los Angeles detention center.
Multiple minors. In chains. In public. This is not a “border issue”—this is a fucking human rights crisis.
Multiple minors. In chains. In public. This is not a “border issue”—this is a fucking human rights crisis.
July 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
DON’T LOOK AWAY: Children seen shackled and escorted by federal agents out of a downtown Los Angeles detention center.
Multiple minors. In chains. In public. This is not a “border issue”—this is a fucking human rights crisis.
Multiple minors. In chains. In public. This is not a “border issue”—this is a fucking human rights crisis.
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Guys, this is a standard staple of every authoritarian regime ever
You call the Secret Police on your neighbour for listening to Radio Free Europe to stop them mowing the lawn on Sunday morning
You call the Secret Police on your neighbour for listening to Radio Free Europe to stop them mowing the lawn on Sunday morning
"gig workers call ICE on their immigrant coworkers who they view as competition" is a pretty concise summary of the 21st century, cybourgeoisie class warfare as a way to discipline labor.
sourcenm.com/2025/07/11/r...
sourcenm.com/2025/07/11/r...
Resentment against Albuquerque ‘deliveristas’ may have sparked viral Walmart ICE arrest • Source New Mexico
Source New Mexico spoke with the family and friends of the man captured on video being violently arrested by ICE. They fear he has an untreated head injury.
sourcenm.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Guys, this is a standard staple of every authoritarian regime ever
You call the Secret Police on your neighbour for listening to Radio Free Europe to stop them mowing the lawn on Sunday morning
You call the Secret Police on your neighbour for listening to Radio Free Europe to stop them mowing the lawn on Sunday morning
Helps us understand how Nazification of Germany happened….
THIS IS AMERICA: ICE isn’t stopping shit at the border. They’re raiding Utah neighborhoods with Pentagon-level gear.
And now they’ve got a bigger budget than the U.S. Marines.
No oversight. No accountability.
You’re not safe. No one is.
And now they’ve got a bigger budget than the U.S. Marines.
No oversight. No accountability.
You’re not safe. No one is.
July 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Helps us understand how Nazification of Germany happened….
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🚨BREAKING: Prince Andrew is now free to travel internationally after the FBI quietly shut down its investigation into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
No charges. No accountability. Just a royal hall pass.
No charges. No accountability. Just a royal hall pass.
July 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🚨BREAKING: Prince Andrew is now free to travel internationally after the FBI quietly shut down its investigation into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
No charges. No accountability. Just a royal hall pass.
No charges. No accountability. Just a royal hall pass.
Shitstorm brewing?
It's probably fine.
Map of sewage sludge stores in England. Red dots are stores located in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) - where the soil contains so much nitrate it cannot absorb any more. Sewage sludge is high in nitrate. When it's added to saturated soils, rain can wash the excess nitrate into rivers. 1/2
July 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Shitstorm brewing?
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Plastic nurdles may sound harmless - but, when a spill of nurdles occurs, as in the X-Press Pearl disaster, or off the coast of East Yorkshire this year, these tiny pieces of plastic can absorb other pollutants, & are eaten by sea creatures who cannot digest them, as Dr Megson explains here:
July 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Plastic nurdles may sound harmless - but, when a spill of nurdles occurs, as in the X-Press Pearl disaster, or off the coast of East Yorkshire this year, these tiny pieces of plastic can absorb other pollutants, & are eaten by sea creatures who cannot digest them, as Dr Megson explains here:
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Our government is selling arms being used to commit genocide.
Israel kills a child every 45 minutes.
We are all Palestine Action. 🇵🇸
Israel kills a child every 45 minutes.
We are all Palestine Action. 🇵🇸
June 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Our government is selling arms being used to commit genocide.
Israel kills a child every 45 minutes.
We are all Palestine Action. 🇵🇸
Israel kills a child every 45 minutes.
We are all Palestine Action. 🇵🇸