solvognen
@solvognen.bsky.social
[personal account, views my own] Green, trade unionist, reader, CVD activist, spreadsheet monkey & counter of beans, 🖤music (eclectic). ISTJ
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Stop genocide, end Israeli apartheid
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solvognen
@solvognen.bsky.social
· Nov 3
"So, I think we need a totem"
- Yay, right on, Boss!
"It must be a big gold disk, the Sun"
- Awesome!
"And it should be pulled by a pony"
- Wow! Radical!
"And the whole thing put on wheels"
- Yes!!
"Ok, so you go make this thing, I'll go wash my hair"
- Yeah!!......um why're we doing this again?
- Yay, right on, Boss!
"It must be a big gold disk, the Sun"
- Awesome!
"And it should be pulled by a pony"
- Wow! Radical!
"And the whole thing put on wheels"
- Yes!!
"Ok, so you go make this thing, I'll go wash my hair"
- Yeah!!......um why're we doing this again?
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More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Even during blackouts, 🇺🇦 Ukraine keeps mobile internet on, because we don’t hide the truth. Meanwhile in Russia, more regions are shutting off mobile internet entirely, pretending it’s for “security.” In places like Ulyanovsk, they say it stays off until the end of Putin’s “special operation”.
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Even during blackouts, 🇺🇦 Ukraine keeps mobile internet on, because we don’t hide the truth. Meanwhile in Russia, more regions are shutting off mobile internet entirely, pretending it’s for “security.” In places like Ulyanovsk, they say it stays off until the end of Putin’s “special operation”.
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📢 Next Thursday, an extraordinary panel of Ukraine's thought leaders and cultural activists convenes in Cambridge.
12pm on 13 November, Gonville and Caius College. Free admission, light refreshments, but registration is required: www.eventbrite.com/e/contempora...
12pm on 13 November, Gonville and Caius College. Free admission, light refreshments, but registration is required: www.eventbrite.com/e/contempora...
Contemporary Ukrainian Culture: Creativity and Identity in Wartime
An Extraordinary Cambridge Roundtable featuring Alim Aliev, Olesya Ostrovska-Liuta, Yevhen Nyshchuk, Olenka Pevny, and other special guests
www.eventbrite.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📢 Next Thursday, an extraordinary panel of Ukraine's thought leaders and cultural activists convenes in Cambridge.
12pm on 13 November, Gonville and Caius College. Free admission, light refreshments, but registration is required: www.eventbrite.com/e/contempora...
12pm on 13 November, Gonville and Caius College. Free admission, light refreshments, but registration is required: www.eventbrite.com/e/contempora...
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Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇
Redirecting...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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You can probably thank unleaded petrol too
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
You can probably thank unleaded petrol too
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Paulette Jordan just won the Democratic primary for governor in Idaho. Meaning, she's now positioned to become the first female governor of Idaho--and the first Native American governor in the US. AHO!
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Paulette Jordan just won the Democratic primary for governor in Idaho. Meaning, she's now positioned to become the first female governor of Idaho--and the first Native American governor in the US. AHO!
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These poor kids didn’t stand a bloody chance…
345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities
50 still missing
Likely to traffickers
How could this have happened?
Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities
50 still missing
Likely to traffickers
How could this have happened?
Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
These poor kids didn’t stand a bloody chance…
345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities
50 still missing
Likely to traffickers
How could this have happened?
Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
345 vulnerable kids, seeking asylum and then lost by our authorities
50 still missing
Likely to traffickers
How could this have happened?
Unforgivable from now-Reform controlled Kent County Council.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Thank you @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social , Viktoriya Ball of Rozviy and especially Sofia Bodun of Партія зелених України (Partiia zelenykh Ukrayiny) for all your very hard work as panelists making this a worthwhile and bridge-building session tonight.
Please do invite other Green Party members to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-green-...
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Thank you @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social , Viktoriya Ball of Rozviy and especially Sofia Bodun of Партія зелених України (Partiia zelenykh Ukrayiny) for all your very hard work as panelists making this a worthwhile and bridge-building session tonight.
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
Please do invite other Green Party members to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-green-...
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Please do invite other Green Party members to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-green-...
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‘By the mid-19th century Liverpool’s docks handled 40 per cent of global trade. But by the 1970s, the churning forces of capitalism and imperialism had receded, leaving the city stranded and struggling.’
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on how Liverpool was left:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on how Liverpool was left:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite · Holed below the Waterline: Liverpool’s Losses
Liverpool’s explosive growth followed the construction of a deep-water port in 1715. Soon it was a centre of the...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
‘By the mid-19th century Liverpool’s docks handled 40 per cent of global trade. But by the 1970s, the churning forces of capitalism and imperialism had receded, leaving the city stranded and struggling.’
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on how Liverpool was left:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on how Liverpool was left:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Elon Musk is once again inciting violence on British streets because the government has taught him there are literally no consequences for doing so.
They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.
They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Elon Musk is once again inciting violence on British streets because the government has taught him there are literally no consequences for doing so.
They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.
They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.
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The moderate left needs to challenge this kind of nonsense. NATO is a diminished alliance that is finding its feet at a critical moment – pushing back against an actual imperialist power.
October 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The moderate left needs to challenge this kind of nonsense. NATO is a diminished alliance that is finding its feet at a critical moment – pushing back against an actual imperialist power.
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People pushing to leave NATO immediately don't have an answer for "How would you meet the UK's defence needs?" or "How would we fulfil our obligations to our regional allies?"; both of those are bound up with our NATO membership.
"Against everything the USA touches" is not credible foreign policy.
"Against everything the USA touches" is not credible foreign policy.
The moderate left needs to challenge this kind of nonsense. NATO is a diminished alliance that is finding its feet at a critical moment – pushing back against an actual imperialist power.
October 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
People pushing to leave NATO immediately don't have an answer for "How would you meet the UK's defence needs?" or "How would we fulfil our obligations to our regional allies?"; both of those are bound up with our NATO membership.
"Against everything the USA touches" is not credible foreign policy.
"Against everything the USA touches" is not credible foreign policy.
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The Green Party:
🛡️ recognises that currently NATO has an important role in its members' collective defence
🕊️ seeks reforms to help promote peace and human rights
🤝 supports international solidarity and self-determination, including for Ukraine
❌ condemns Russia's aggression against Ukraine
🛡️ recognises that currently NATO has an important role in its members' collective defence
🕊️ seeks reforms to help promote peace and human rights
🤝 supports international solidarity and self-determination, including for Ukraine
❌ condemns Russia's aggression against Ukraine
October 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Green Party:
🛡️ recognises that currently NATO has an important role in its members' collective defence
🕊️ seeks reforms to help promote peace and human rights
🤝 supports international solidarity and self-determination, including for Ukraine
❌ condemns Russia's aggression against Ukraine
🛡️ recognises that currently NATO has an important role in its members' collective defence
🕊️ seeks reforms to help promote peace and human rights
🤝 supports international solidarity and self-determination, including for Ukraine
❌ condemns Russia's aggression against Ukraine
Not necessarily tankie, merely tankie-adjacent 🙄
So disappointed in her, she's torched her credibility in one fell swoop.
So disappointed in her, she's torched her credibility in one fell swoop.
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Not necessarily tankie, merely tankie-adjacent 🙄
So disappointed in her, she's torched her credibility in one fell swoop.
So disappointed in her, she's torched her credibility in one fell swoop.
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Thursday night online for @greenparty.org.uk members: delighted to be talking about my recent visit to Ukraine with Viktoriya Ball, organiser of feminist youth climate movement Rozviy.
An event organised by Green Ukraine Solidarity
#StandWithUkraine
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-green-...
An event organised by Green Ukraine Solidarity
#StandWithUkraine
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-green-...
The Green Party + Ukraine – report back and discussion with Natalie Bennett
Green peer Natalie Bennett has just visited Ukraine. On 30 October she will report back and lead a discussion for Green Party members.
www.eventbrite.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Thursday night online for @greenparty.org.uk members: delighted to be talking about my recent visit to Ukraine with Viktoriya Ball, organiser of feminist youth climate movement Rozviy.
An event organised by Green Ukraine Solidarity
#StandWithUkraine
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-green-...
An event organised by Green Ukraine Solidarity
#StandWithUkraine
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-green-...
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H sapiens: Oh it is so sad, existentially, to be so alone on this planet, in this universe, woe is us, oh oh woe be unto us
H neanderthalensis: How sad
H heidelbergensis: What a bummer for u guys
Denisovans: Look I'm playing a tiny violin
H longi: lol the fuck
H luzonensis: Is this a bit
H neanderthalensis: How sad
H heidelbergensis: What a bummer for u guys
Denisovans: Look I'm playing a tiny violin
H longi: lol the fuck
H luzonensis: Is this a bit
June 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
H sapiens: Oh it is so sad, existentially, to be so alone on this planet, in this universe, woe is us, oh oh woe be unto us
H neanderthalensis: How sad
H heidelbergensis: What a bummer for u guys
Denisovans: Look I'm playing a tiny violin
H longi: lol the fuck
H luzonensis: Is this a bit
H neanderthalensis: How sad
H heidelbergensis: What a bummer for u guys
Denisovans: Look I'm playing a tiny violin
H longi: lol the fuck
H luzonensis: Is this a bit
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Very shortly, my current role ends: if anyone needs a temporary tutor in early modern history or any freelance research work done please do drop me a message. I have over a decade's experience in teaching and in archival research.
October 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Very shortly, my current role ends: if anyone needs a temporary tutor in early modern history or any freelance research work done please do drop me a message. I have over a decade's experience in teaching and in archival research.