Sue Nethercott
@suenet.bsky.social
I'm a Brit who's followed US politics for 25+ years - mostly as Thom Hartmann's newsletter editor - & the environment even longer. I've a BSc in Environmental Studies. I write mostly about issues affecting the UK, USA & the whole of Earth. Views my own.
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Nigel Farage's "man-of-the-people" image
hides the greed of an overpaid
12 job multi-millionaire
... and unless your parents were rich
and you were privately educated
you've almost no chance of rising
through the ranks of Reform
#TaxTheRIch
#SocialistSunday
hides the greed of an overpaid
12 job multi-millionaire
... and unless your parents were rich
and you were privately educated
you've almost no chance of rising
through the ranks of Reform
#TaxTheRIch
#SocialistSunday
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Nigel Farage's "man-of-the-people" image
hides the greed of an overpaid
12 job multi-millionaire
... and unless your parents were rich
and you were privately educated
you've almost no chance of rising
through the ranks of Reform
#TaxTheRIch
#SocialistSunday
hides the greed of an overpaid
12 job multi-millionaire
... and unless your parents were rich
and you were privately educated
you've almost no chance of rising
through the ranks of Reform
#TaxTheRIch
#SocialistSunday
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Greater Manchester ICB has again put off its adoption of an NHS data platform prescribed by the UK government and run by Palantir until there is more evidence that it will be in the “best interests” of the city's population 👀
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/manchester_nhs_fdp_deferred/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/manchester_nhs_fdp_deferred/
Manchester defers joining Palantir NHS data platform again
: Care board still waiting for evidence that it will be in the best interests of the population
www.theregister.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Greater Manchester ICB has again put off its adoption of an NHS data platform prescribed by the UK government and run by Palantir until there is more evidence that it will be in the “best interests” of the city's population 👀
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/manchester_nhs_fdp_deferred/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/manchester_nhs_fdp_deferred/
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Am I the only one who baulks when journalists suggest Zelenskyy’s position in peace negotiations is undermined by the corruption scandal ‘whirling around’ him - what barefaced hypocrisy - the current White House is full of corruption and grifters that knock Ukrainian corruption into a cocked hat!!
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Am I the only one who baulks when journalists suggest Zelenskyy’s position in peace negotiations is undermined by the corruption scandal ‘whirling around’ him - what barefaced hypocrisy - the current White House is full of corruption and grifters that knock Ukrainian corruption into a cocked hat!!
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
COP30 goes into overtime - the final result suenethercott.substack.com/p/cop30-goes...
COP30 goes into overtime - the final result
Did it achieve its goal of saving life on Earth as we know it?
suenethercott.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
COP30 goes into overtime - the final result suenethercott.substack.com/p/cop30-goes...
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#FoodSecurity is one of issues of the age, threatened by #ClimateEmergency, biosecurity crisis of #FactoryFarming, and the oligarchic, broken #FoodSystem.
Industrial agriculture is failing even in its own terms. We need #agroecology
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/f...
Industrial agriculture is failing even in its own terms. We need #agroecology
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/f...
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#FoodSecurity is one of issues of the age, threatened by #ClimateEmergency, biosecurity crisis of #FactoryFarming, and the oligarchic, broken #FoodSystem.
Industrial agriculture is failing even in its own terms. We need #agroecology
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/f...
Industrial agriculture is failing even in its own terms. We need #agroecology
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/f...
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The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
The worrying rise of US anti-abortion rhetoric is in full force - how deep is Reform UK's involvement?
Money is pouring into anti-abortion campaigns in Britain, and it seems Nigel Farage’s party isn’t pushing back…
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
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The only guarantee of peace in Europe is a Ukrainian victory over russia.
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The only guarantee of peace in Europe is a Ukrainian victory over russia.
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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“… because ignoring systemic risk is unacceptable!”
Iceland’s climate minister in Belém on the risk of major #AMOC changes.
“Prevention remains our first duty.”
Listen to him (and my talk 🌊) here:
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
The first 2 mins show how the live stream was ended by a 🔥.
Iceland’s climate minister in Belém on the risk of major #AMOC changes.
“Prevention remains our first duty.”
Listen to him (and my talk 🌊) here:
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
The first 2 mins show how the live stream was ended by a 🔥.
After COP30 Fire and Floods: AMOC Shutdown
YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“… because ignoring systemic risk is unacceptable!”
Iceland’s climate minister in Belém on the risk of major #AMOC changes.
“Prevention remains our first duty.”
Listen to him (and my talk 🌊) here:
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
The first 2 mins show how the live stream was ended by a 🔥.
Iceland’s climate minister in Belém on the risk of major #AMOC changes.
“Prevention remains our first duty.”
Listen to him (and my talk 🌊) here:
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
The first 2 mins show how the live stream was ended by a 🔥.
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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#NaturesRights #RightsofNature
Powerfully combined with an understanding of nature's sophistication.
"Epigenetic memories may allow trees to respond more quickly to drought, disease or climate extremes, and could be passed to the next generation"
#Biodiversity
theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
Powerfully combined with an understanding of nature's sophistication.
"Epigenetic memories may allow trees to respond more quickly to drought, disease or climate extremes, and could be passed to the next generation"
#Biodiversity
theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
What do trees remember?
Until recently, little was known about how memory functions in trees which experience decades, even centuries, of shifting environmental pressures.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#NaturesRights #RightsofNature
Powerfully combined with an understanding of nature's sophistication.
"Epigenetic memories may allow trees to respond more quickly to drought, disease or climate extremes, and could be passed to the next generation"
#Biodiversity
theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
Powerfully combined with an understanding of nature's sophistication.
"Epigenetic memories may allow trees to respond more quickly to drought, disease or climate extremes, and could be passed to the next generation"
#Biodiversity
theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
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The NHS could be left with “huge holes” in its medical workforce if foreign doctors leave the health service, according to the medical regulator
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The NHS could be left with “huge holes” in its medical workforce if foreign doctors leave the health service, according to the medical regulator
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
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"A decade ago, science showed us a narrow window of opportunity to avert the looming planetary crisis. That window has closed. We are now in the midst of the storm"
My latest for Technosphere Earth reporting on a new paper published with the Earth League.
www.technosphere.earth/living-beyon...
My latest for Technosphere Earth reporting on a new paper published with the Earth League.
www.technosphere.earth/living-beyon...
Living beyond limits
Decades of climate policy failure means we must find ways to live in a more dangerous world
www.technosphere.earth
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"A decade ago, science showed us a narrow window of opportunity to avert the looming planetary crisis. That window has closed. We are now in the midst of the storm"
My latest for Technosphere Earth reporting on a new paper published with the Earth League.
www.technosphere.earth/living-beyon...
My latest for Technosphere Earth reporting on a new paper published with the Earth League.
www.technosphere.earth/living-beyon...
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So after breaking
the Iran Nuclear Deal,
the Paris Agreement,
the INF nuke treaty
& 3 sets of Wedding Vows,
you're shocked that Trump's not going to honor the terms America swore to uphold in the Budapest Memorandum?
Am I getting this right?
the Iran Nuclear Deal,
the Paris Agreement,
the INF nuke treaty
& 3 sets of Wedding Vows,
you're shocked that Trump's not going to honor the terms America swore to uphold in the Budapest Memorandum?
Am I getting this right?
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
So after breaking
the Iran Nuclear Deal,
the Paris Agreement,
the INF nuke treaty
& 3 sets of Wedding Vows,
you're shocked that Trump's not going to honor the terms America swore to uphold in the Budapest Memorandum?
Am I getting this right?
the Iran Nuclear Deal,
the Paris Agreement,
the INF nuke treaty
& 3 sets of Wedding Vows,
you're shocked that Trump's not going to honor the terms America swore to uphold in the Budapest Memorandum?
Am I getting this right?
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So many myths about #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution. It can't really be recycled, only downcycled. Not for a #CircularEconomy.
You can read my complete speech here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
You can read my complete speech here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
So many myths about #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution. It can't really be recycled, only downcycled. Not for a #CircularEconomy.
You can read my complete speech here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
You can read my complete speech here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
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The Government Has Cut Air Pollution Funds to Councils by 99% as Illegal Levels of Pollution Shorten Lives
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution - down from a high of £225 million in 2021
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution - down from a high of £225 million in 2021
The Government Has Cut Air Pollution Funds to Councils by 99% as Illegal Levels of Pollution Shorten Lives
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution - down from a high of £225 million in 2021
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Government Has Cut Air Pollution Funds to Councils by 99% as Illegal Levels of Pollution Shorten Lives
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution - down from a high of £225 million in 2021
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution - down from a high of £225 million in 2021
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‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Great news coming out of China!
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Great news coming out of China!
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
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Fascinating new paper from Joe Clarke et al., which addresses the question: could the climate-carbon system suffer a self-sustaining runaway feedback? @gsiexeter.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
Conditions for instability in the climate–carbon cycle system
Abstract. The climate and carbon cycle interact in multiple ways. An increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere warms the climate through the greenhouse effect, but also leads to uptake of CO2 by th...
esd.copernicus.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Fascinating new paper from Joe Clarke et al., which addresses the question: could the climate-carbon system suffer a self-sustaining runaway feedback? @gsiexeter.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @bolincentre.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...