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Rupert Read
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Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project | Emeritus Prof of Philosophy | Author, WHY CLIMATE BREAKDOWN MATTERS and TRANSFORMATIVE ADAPTATION | Home-grown dissident | Free thinker | Earthling.
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Rupert Read is an environmental philosopher, public intellectual, and the founder and current director of the Climate Majority Project. He is the author of several books on Wittgenstein, philosophy, and/or climate change, most recently Why Climate Breakdown Matters, Deep Adaptation: Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos, and Do You Want to Know the Truth? Until 2023, Read was a reader in philosophy at the University of East Anglia where he was awarded – as Principal Investigator – Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding for two projects on "natural capital". His other major recent academic focus has been on the precautionary principle, having contributed substantially to work co-authored with Nassim Nicholas Taleb on applying the principle to questions of genetic modification of organisms. In further work, Read has theorised the utility of the precautionary principle in a wide range of areas, including: climate change, the environment, as well as financial and technology sectors. He previously worked as a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion. .. more

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 9d
In 2026, corporate - and state - sponsored #AI is coming for your job, for our politics, for (y)our kids and for our very intimacy. How do we cope? How do we ADAPT? WATCH my ‘New Year’s message’, to make a start on being able to answer these questions.

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AI-Adaptation | Rupert Read | Direct
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 6h
The evidence shows that cities with protected bike lanes are safer for ALL road users.

Not just people on bike, ALL road users.

And that’s just one of many benefits. Quieter, more efficient, cleaner, more pleasant - for everyone.

Build more bike lanes.

Reposted by Du Toit, David Johnson, Rupert Read

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 7h
2025 was the hottest year on record for ocean heat content. Unfortunately, we now say this every year. 🥹

"In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global
ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming."

+ #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
+ Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn
Bar graph showing global ocean heat content change in the upper 2000 m from the late 1950s through 2025. There is a long-term warming in the time series, which is using IAP/CAS data.

Reposted by Rupert Read, Federico Finchelstein, Olivier Mannoni , and 1 more

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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 10h
Over 100 members of Congress have mounted replicas of a plaque honoring the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the January 6th insurrection outside their offices -- because House Speaker Mike Johnson has disgracefully refused to install the official one.

#TrumpCoupAttempt

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 14h
Looking forward to teaching the #Climate and Extinction Emergencies short course with Leena Seward in the Lake District next month (Feb 13-15). We've had some great feedback from previous courses. Still a few places left, if you'd like to join us. Details: glenthorne.org/events-progr...

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 1d
Brave brave people:
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Tehran at this moment: crowds are flooding Andarzgoo Boulevard, while on Shariati Street, protesters have torn down surveillance cameras to block regime monitoring. Footage shows massive gatherings, by all accounts, the crowds tonight are even larger than yesterday.

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 1d
It’s truly laughable that anyone at all might honestly think it a fascist film.
Arrows = indigenous, not fascist!! #beyondobvious

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1d
Tehran at this moment: crowds are flooding Andarzgoo Boulevard, while on Shariati Street, protesters have torn down surveillance cameras to block regime monitoring. Footage shows massive gatherings, by all accounts, the crowds tonight are even larger than yesterday.

Reposted by Rupert Read, Ian Butler

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
The @guardian gets the headline right 🏆

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 1d
Just saw the new #Avatar movie, #FIREandASH. Too much fighting, as usual; and too much recycling of the first film; but I was on balance impressed and moved. Lots of cleverness. Lots of wonderful eco-spiritual stuff.
On the bright and right side of history.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d
Great to do this long form interview with @skynewsrss.bsky.social

We're engaging with Reform voters because they're fed up with the system - and right to be.

But instead of more division, we need to invest in communities and stop the super rich screwing us over.

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The Rise of Zack Polanski: Inside the Green Party’s transformation
YouTube video by Sky News
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 1d
It’s wild how European leaders are wringing their hands about a US invasion of Greenland being a violation of international law when just the other day they stood aside or even cheered as the US invaded Venezuela in violation of international law.

Reposted by Rupert Read, David Murakami Wood

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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 1d
“The doctor has nothing left to do but sit and cry next to this patient who is denied treatment and denied travel.”
‘We just sit and cry’: Gaza’s cancer patients die waiting for treatment
Gaza cancer deaths triple as doctors say Israel allows entry of 'chocolates and chips" but blocks chemotherapy drugs.
www.aljazeera.com

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 1d
Watch: "We are being sorely tested, but it doesn't have to be to destruction."

I believe the great work of #Christianity now is to use its voice to channel the cry of our beloved planet. Check out my full speech at the recent Green Christian conference.

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Test of faith: Reviving religion in the age of climate breakdown | Rupert Read
A stark call for a turn to ecospirituality, from the founder of ‘Spiritual Adaptation’, Rupert Read... On Saturday 15 November 2025, Rupert was the keynote speaker at the Green Christians' Annual…
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 2d
Diary date: If you're in or around #York on February 12th do come to my #Poesis talk where I'll be explaining more about the Climate Majority Project's Strategic Adaptation For Emergency Resilience (SAFER) campaign.

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Strategic Adaptation For Emergency Resilience (“SAFER”) with Rupert Read, Thursday 12th February 2026 (6.30pm for 7pm start) — Poesis
We are deep into the danger zone and about to go much deeper. The meta-crisis - of which the climate crisis is merely the leading edge - is already upon us. It will increasingly define the rest of…
www.poesis.org.uk

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, inspiring to see it laid out like that.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d
⚡2026 is a turning point. UK #climate & environmental activists face both crisis & opportunity.

Fascism rises, the #climate agenda is under attack, & political representation is urgent.

🧵A longish thread on why we must unite behind @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the @greenparty.org.uk 💚

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 3d
WATCH: My New Year's message answers some of the questions we should be asking about #AI in 2026. Make no mistake, it is coming for your job, for our politics, for (y)our kids and for our very intimacy. So, how do we cope? How do we ADAPT? How might we fight back?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srno...

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 3d
Book now: Still a few spaces left on the Climate and Extinction Emergencies short course I'm running with Leena Seward in the #LakeDistrict next month. Details 👇

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10 places, £340 Persons under 35 qualify for a £100 reduction on all courses Friday 13th – Sunday 15th February Led by Rupert Read & Leena Seward We need to accept that our way of life will be changed forever as a result of the climate crisis, which is now far too advanced for us to be able to prevent or entirely mitigate against it. That means adapting to the new brutal reality of the changed Earth, which is no easy task. Partly material, partly spiritual, such adaptation needs to include grief-work plus a major change in values and what we hope for. It also includes a new humility. This course focuses uncompromisingly on deep, transformative and spiritual adaptation to our reality. It explores the reasons and ways in which we deny the truth of our predicament and examines what deep acceptance means. You will learn inner resources to help you towards an empowering and coherent truth.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

Reposted by Rupert Read, Markus Jäntti

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d
European leaders rally behind Greenland as Miller ramps up Trump threats
European leaders rally behind Greenland as Miller ramps up Trump threats
Statement of support comes after presidential aide says ‘no one will fight US militarily over future of Greenland’ * Europe live – latest updates One of Donald Trump’s top aides has ramped up the pressure on Denmark by questioning Copenhagen’s claim to Greenland, as leaders from major European powers rallied behind the Arctic territory. Stephen Miller, the US president’s deputy chief of staff for policy, also claimed military intervention would not be needed to take over island because “nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland”. Continue reading...
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 4d
"The #climate crisis is no longer something affecting only distant places or future generations. Whether or not we feel engaged with it, it is shaping the conditions of our lives now."

Read my major new piece 👇

www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
The end of 2025 must be the end of the inane rule of climate ‘optimism’
We should admit that widely-mandated climate optimism has been actively harmful to the needful acknowledgement of reality - and to the active collective self-protection that we now desperately need to...
www.resilience.org

Reposted by Rupert Read, Lesley A. Hall

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d
This explains so much.
People with psychopathic traits and low cognitive ability are over-represented in online political activity.
If someone is being cruel, obnoxious and ridiculous, don't try to reason with them. Chances are you won't get anywhere. Just block.
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Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 5d
"‘Listen again’ via the link to hear me join Steven Pinker, @kateraworth.bsky.social, John Lanchester, Adam Greenfield et al in discussing the downsides of ‘Progress’, and whether and how to create >real< progress / go >back< to the future, on #BBC Radio 4.

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What Happened to Progress? - Payback - BBC Sounds
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 5d
WATCH: My New Year's message answers some of the questions we should be asking about #AI in 2026. Make no mistake, it is coming for your job, for our politics, for (y)our kids and for our very intimacy. So, how do we cope? How do we ADAPT? How might we fight back?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srno...

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 6d
"...there's a lot of down there for us to potentially find the upside of and we can do that, it's real."

A hopeful clip from a recent podcast, also featuring @billmckibben.bsky.social and Brian McLaren with host John Izzo. Watch in full via the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox-n...

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 7d
It is a huge indictment of the USA, of the failure of its republic, that the criminal Trump was allowed to take power again,while in Brazil,Bolsonaro,who just like Trump staged a failed coup,is rightly in prison,as an anti-democratic menace.
The USA is an unstable anocracy, not a reliable ally.

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 7d
The conclusion appears unavoidable: Starmer IS a poodle. He has humiliated Britain today.

Well done Zack Polanski for instead swiftly condemning the blatant crime.

#Venezuela