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· Nov 28
After the dark billionaire circus of robots and censorship, it’s time to join the light, Bluesky.
Hi I’m Robin - the youngest cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and a disabled writer on revolution, strategy and community.
Here’s a thread all about how fossil fuels flipped my life upside down 🧵
Hi I’m Robin - the youngest cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and a disabled writer on revolution, strategy and community.
Here’s a thread all about how fossil fuels flipped my life upside down 🧵
Why do we still pretend the COPs matter?
They’ve become a theatre where every promise is broken before the ink dries.
They’ve become a theatre where every promise is broken before the ink dries.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Why do we still pretend the COPs matter?
They’ve become a theatre where every promise is broken before the ink dries.
They’ve become a theatre where every promise is broken before the ink dries.
I learned to ski when I was 6 in the glory of the snowy Alps.
Now a resort in France has been dismantled because there’s no snow left. The villagers who built the lifts by hand stood crying as they were cut down.
The Alps are melting, and with them, our connection to nature's splendour.
Now a resort in France has been dismantled because there’s no snow left. The villagers who built the lifts by hand stood crying as they were cut down.
The Alps are melting, and with them, our connection to nature's splendour.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I learned to ski when I was 6 in the glory of the snowy Alps.
Now a resort in France has been dismantled because there’s no snow left. The villagers who built the lifts by hand stood crying as they were cut down.
The Alps are melting, and with them, our connection to nature's splendour.
Now a resort in France has been dismantled because there’s no snow left. The villagers who built the lifts by hand stood crying as they were cut down.
The Alps are melting, and with them, our connection to nature's splendour.
Reposted by Robin Boardman
Don't panic. Organise! It is rational to slowly start panicking. However it is more useful and productive to organise a crack down on the fossil industry.
Sea ice along the Atlantic edge of the Arctic is at a record low for this time of year.
The Arctic, our greatest protector from climate chaos, is unravelling before our eyes.
The Arctic, our greatest protector from climate chaos, is unravelling before our eyes.
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Don't panic. Organise! It is rational to slowly start panicking. However it is more useful and productive to organise a crack down on the fossil industry.
Sea ice along the Atlantic edge of the Arctic is at a record low for this time of year.
The Arctic, our greatest protector from climate chaos, is unravelling before our eyes.
The Arctic, our greatest protector from climate chaos, is unravelling before our eyes.
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sea ice along the Atlantic edge of the Arctic is at a record low for this time of year.
The Arctic, our greatest protector from climate chaos, is unravelling before our eyes.
The Arctic, our greatest protector from climate chaos, is unravelling before our eyes.
Wild honeybees have just been declared endangered in the EU.
Once thriving in forests and cities alike, they’re now vanishing under the weight of habitat loss, parasites, and industrial beekeeping.
Life is losing its sweetness.
theconversation.com/wild-honeybe...
Once thriving in forests and cities alike, they’re now vanishing under the weight of habitat loss, parasites, and industrial beekeeping.
Life is losing its sweetness.
theconversation.com/wild-honeybe...
Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU
The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Wild honeybees have just been declared endangered in the EU.
Once thriving in forests and cities alike, they’re now vanishing under the weight of habitat loss, parasites, and industrial beekeeping.
Life is losing its sweetness.
theconversation.com/wild-honeybe...
Once thriving in forests and cities alike, they’re now vanishing under the weight of habitat loss, parasites, and industrial beekeeping.
Life is losing its sweetness.
theconversation.com/wild-honeybe...
Irish fishermen are warning of a collapse.
Stocks are at “crisis levels” after years of overfishing. Ireland could lose €200 million and 2,000 jobs next year.
Another ecosystem broken by greed, another government too slow to act.
www.ireland-live.ie/news/nationa...
Stocks are at “crisis levels” after years of overfishing. Ireland could lose €200 million and 2,000 jobs next year.
Another ecosystem broken by greed, another government too slow to act.
www.ireland-live.ie/news/nationa...
‘Crisis levels’ - Irish shops could face fish shortages as fishermen warn of ‘collapse’
New international scientific advice recommends drastic quota cuts for next year, including cuts on mackerel, blue whiting and boarfish
www.ireland-live.ie
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Irish fishermen are warning of a collapse.
Stocks are at “crisis levels” after years of overfishing. Ireland could lose €200 million and 2,000 jobs next year.
Another ecosystem broken by greed, another government too slow to act.
www.ireland-live.ie/news/nationa...
Stocks are at “crisis levels” after years of overfishing. Ireland could lose €200 million and 2,000 jobs next year.
Another ecosystem broken by greed, another government too slow to act.
www.ireland-live.ie/news/nationa...
Nature will hold on in its beautiful myriad ways, but only if we stop wantonly destroying it!
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Moderate warming may not doom humid subtropical forests' carbon storage
A new study has challenged the long-standing assumption that global warming will inevitably turn humid subtropical forests into carbon sources, revealing these ecosystems may instead continue…
phys.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Nature will hold on in its beautiful myriad ways, but only if we stop wantonly destroying it!
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
New Zealand has just halved its emissions target!
A country once seen as a climate leader is now walking backwards into collapse.
This is what betrayal looks like — polished, polite, and deadly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
A country once seen as a climate leader is now walking backwards into collapse.
This is what betrayal looks like — polished, polite, and deadly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets
Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New Zealand has just halved its emissions target!
A country once seen as a climate leader is now walking backwards into collapse.
This is what betrayal looks like — polished, polite, and deadly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
A country once seen as a climate leader is now walking backwards into collapse.
This is what betrayal looks like — polished, polite, and deadly.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
One Australian gas project — just one — will cause 0.00039°C of extra global heating.
That’s 516,000 more people exposed to deadly heat.
Every project like this writes another thousand names onto humanity's mass grave.
That’s 516,000 more people exposed to deadly heat.
Every project like this writes another thousand names onto humanity's mass grave.
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
One Australian gas project — just one — will cause 0.00039°C of extra global heating.
That’s 516,000 more people exposed to deadly heat.
Every project like this writes another thousand names onto humanity's mass grave.
That’s 516,000 more people exposed to deadly heat.
Every project like this writes another thousand names onto humanity's mass grave.
A new report on Global Tipping Points says we’re heading for irreversible collapse.
Coral reefs are already gone, the Amazon is dying, and Atlantic circulation will follow.
The result? “Mass mortality and forced displacement become likely.”
Rebel for life!
Coral reefs are already gone, the Amazon is dying, and Atlantic circulation will follow.
The result? “Mass mortality and forced displacement become likely.”
Rebel for life!
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A new report on Global Tipping Points says we’re heading for irreversible collapse.
Coral reefs are already gone, the Amazon is dying, and Atlantic circulation will follow.
The result? “Mass mortality and forced displacement become likely.”
Rebel for life!
Coral reefs are already gone, the Amazon is dying, and Atlantic circulation will follow.
The result? “Mass mortality and forced displacement become likely.”
Rebel for life!
Collapse is accelerating.
Forests are drying, seas are heating, and carbon sinks are breaking down.
The salt in the wound? Our leaders are lying about it.
We must rebel to replace them before all we hold dear is destroyed before our eyes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Forests are drying, seas are heating, and carbon sinks are breaking down.
The salt in the wound? Our leaders are lying about it.
We must rebel to replace them before all we hold dear is destroyed before our eyes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Collapse is accelerating.
Forests are drying, seas are heating, and carbon sinks are breaking down.
The salt in the wound? Our leaders are lying about it.
We must rebel to replace them before all we hold dear is destroyed before our eyes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Forests are drying, seas are heating, and carbon sinks are breaking down.
The salt in the wound? Our leaders are lying about it.
We must rebel to replace them before all we hold dear is destroyed before our eyes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Robin Boardman
Look at the size of him!
When we’re gone, nature will take over.
But not before we take so much of her with us.
Photograph by Vadim Makhorov
But not before we take so much of her with us.
Photograph by Vadim Makhorov
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Look at the size of him!
Here’s the failure of liberal climate activism in one story.
Ten years on, experts admit the Paris Agreement has failed to protect us from 1.5°C chaos, crossing the line our leaders swore we never would.
My generation has been betrayed. Now we rebel for our lives.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Ten years on, experts admit the Paris Agreement has failed to protect us from 1.5°C chaos, crossing the line our leaders swore we never would.
My generation has been betrayed. Now we rebel for our lives.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Not nothing, not enough: Is the Paris Agreement working?
Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal's safer warming limit.
phys.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Here’s the failure of liberal climate activism in one story.
Ten years on, experts admit the Paris Agreement has failed to protect us from 1.5°C chaos, crossing the line our leaders swore we never would.
My generation has been betrayed. Now we rebel for our lives.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Ten years on, experts admit the Paris Agreement has failed to protect us from 1.5°C chaos, crossing the line our leaders swore we never would.
My generation has been betrayed. Now we rebel for our lives.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Every empire falls. The question is: will this one take the biosphere with it?
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Every empire falls. The question is: will this one take the biosphere with it?
Desert cats lounging. I met them while volunteering at a small permaculture project in Spain. The oasis water still drips in my memory.
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Desert cats lounging. I met them while volunteering at a small permaculture project in Spain. The oasis water still drips in my memory.
Even when electric, the car economy kills.
Countless die from air pollution and ecosystems are destroyed for minerals.
A just transition means free transit, walkable cities and public control. Not greenwash scandals and gadgets for the rich!
Countless die from air pollution and ecosystems are destroyed for minerals.
A just transition means free transit, walkable cities and public control. Not greenwash scandals and gadgets for the rich!
The Guardian view on hybrid cars: profitable for carmakers but not very green | Editorial
Editorial: Plug-in hybrids pollute more than their manufacturers claim – and delay the real shift to electric and shared mobility
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Even when electric, the car economy kills.
Countless die from air pollution and ecosystems are destroyed for minerals.
A just transition means free transit, walkable cities and public control. Not greenwash scandals and gadgets for the rich!
Countless die from air pollution and ecosystems are destroyed for minerals.
A just transition means free transit, walkable cities and public control. Not greenwash scandals and gadgets for the rich!
Mining in the Congo is wiping out bonobo habitat, the last stronghold of Earth’s most peaceful great ape.
Their female-led, cooperative societies challenge everything capitalism taught us about “survival of the fittest.”
Now they’re on the brink, and so are we.
Their female-led, cooperative societies challenge everything capitalism taught us about “survival of the fittest.”
Now they’re on the brink, and so are we.
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Mining in the Congo is wiping out bonobo habitat, the last stronghold of Earth’s most peaceful great ape.
Their female-led, cooperative societies challenge everything capitalism taught us about “survival of the fittest.”
Now they’re on the brink, and so are we.
Their female-led, cooperative societies challenge everything capitalism taught us about “survival of the fittest.”
Now they’re on the brink, and so are we.
A European tree frog, extinct in Britain since the 17th century, is now part of a rewilding effort in Staffordshire.
Photograph by Dan Kitwood
Photograph by Dan Kitwood
November 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A European tree frog, extinct in Britain since the 17th century, is now part of a rewilding effort in Staffordshire.
Photograph by Dan Kitwood
Photograph by Dan Kitwood
Billionaires buy the news, pundits pose as reporters, and Trump & Netanyahu cheer them on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses the Paramount Skydance merger, how they’ve named Bari Weiss the new Editor-in-Chief of CBS News, and what her editorial history and perspective mean for the future of U.S.…
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Billionaires buy the news, pundits pose as reporters, and Trump & Netanyahu cheer them on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
When we’re gone, nature will take over.
But not before we take so much of her with us.
Photograph by Vadim Makhorov
But not before we take so much of her with us.
Photograph by Vadim Makhorov
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
When we’re gone, nature will take over.
But not before we take so much of her with us.
Photograph by Vadim Makhorov
But not before we take so much of her with us.
Photograph by Vadim Makhorov
Fallen Orchids — by Claire Carter 📸
I love the way she captures decay and tenderness together.
I love the way she captures decay and tenderness together.
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Fallen Orchids — by Claire Carter 📸
I love the way she captures decay and tenderness together.
I love the way she captures decay and tenderness together.
Friends are those with whom we can safely share our shame.
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Friends are those with whom we can safely share our shame.
Before Europe had parliaments, African kingdoms had assemblies.
From Asante to Oyo — councils of elders limited kings, debated laws, and upheld public voice.
Democracy runs deep in human history. Let’s revive it with Citizens’ Assemblies!
From Asante to Oyo — councils of elders limited kings, debated laws, and upheld public voice.
Democracy runs deep in human history. Let’s revive it with Citizens’ Assemblies!
Parliamentary systems and other pluralistic institutions in pre-colonial Africa
The political history of several African kingdoms included systems of governance that were variously referred to as national “assemblies”, “councils,” or “parliaments,” which limited the power...
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Before Europe had parliaments, African kingdoms had assemblies.
From Asante to Oyo — councils of elders limited kings, debated laws, and upheld public voice.
Democracy runs deep in human history. Let’s revive it with Citizens’ Assemblies!
From Asante to Oyo — councils of elders limited kings, debated laws, and upheld public voice.
Democracy runs deep in human history. Let’s revive it with Citizens’ Assemblies!
Fascists hide behind uniforms.
Progressives stand in the open.
When brands turn white-supremacist logos into fashion, it’s not just a shirt — it’s a signal.
Our answer?
Colour. Diversity. Humanity.
Progressives stand in the open.
When brands turn white-supremacist logos into fashion, it’s not just a shirt — it’s a signal.
Our answer?
Colour. Diversity. Humanity.
The not-so secret language of fascist fashion
Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Fascists hide behind uniforms.
Progressives stand in the open.
When brands turn white-supremacist logos into fashion, it’s not just a shirt — it’s a signal.
Our answer?
Colour. Diversity. Humanity.
Progressives stand in the open.
When brands turn white-supremacist logos into fashion, it’s not just a shirt — it’s a signal.
Our answer?
Colour. Diversity. Humanity.
Just found out that Kind bars aren’t so kind.
Their billionaire founder bankrolls Bari Weiss’s Free Press — the site behind false “crime wave” stories and Gaza famine denial.
Skip the snack that funds misinformation!
Their billionaire founder bankrolls Bari Weiss’s Free Press — the site behind false “crime wave” stories and Gaza famine denial.
Skip the snack that funds misinformation!
November 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just found out that Kind bars aren’t so kind.
Their billionaire founder bankrolls Bari Weiss’s Free Press — the site behind false “crime wave” stories and Gaza famine denial.
Skip the snack that funds misinformation!
Their billionaire founder bankrolls Bari Weiss’s Free Press — the site behind false “crime wave” stories and Gaza famine denial.
Skip the snack that funds misinformation!