Martin Cullen
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Friends of the Earth worker bee. Bigging up the 'vironment. Climate justice is racial justice. Posts are all me.
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US to sever ties with civilization.
Marco Rubio 🤮
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
US to sever ties with civilization.
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Reducing emissions without phasing out fossil fuels is like being full after a big restaurant meal and telling the waiter to keep delivering new dishes to the table with a promise that your kids and your neighbor who is not even at the table will pay the bill.
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reducing emissions without phasing out fossil fuels is like being full after a big restaurant meal and telling the waiter to keep delivering new dishes to the table with a promise that your kids and your neighbor who is not even at the table will pay the bill.
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European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’.
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
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November 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’.
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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If COP finishes with a text that fails to reference fossil fuels and doesn’t even hint at transitioning away from them, you have to wonder what was going on two years ago in Dubai when all countries agreed to a ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ in energy systems.
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If COP finishes with a text that fails to reference fossil fuels and doesn’t even hint at transitioning away from them, you have to wonder what was going on two years ago in Dubai when all countries agreed to a ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ in energy systems.
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Ever wondered how Cliff Richard fits into the birth of jungle? Well here’s my piece about Lennie De Ice from last year thequietus.com/news/remembe...
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ever wondered how Cliff Richard fits into the birth of jungle? Well here’s my piece about Lennie De Ice from last year thequietus.com/news/remembe...
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So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
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Over 26,000 of our and War on Want's supporters took urgent action telling Ed Miliband to stop blocking the way towards a fair and just transition. And we're here to make the message clear: The UN climate negotiations must allow everyone on this planet to live in dignity.
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Over 26,000 of our and War on Want's supporters took urgent action telling Ed Miliband to stop blocking the way towards a fair and just transition. And we're here to make the message clear: The UN climate negotiations must allow everyone on this planet to live in dignity.
Love this!
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
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it is also free to read
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Love this!
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[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
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As the colder months approach, you might be wondering what happens to our precious bees. 🐝 Find out how they survive the cold weather and how to help bees during the winter. https://foe.uk/xumte
What happens to bees in the winter? | Friends of the Earth
Have you ever wondered where bees go in winter and how extreme weather affects our vulnerable bees?
foe.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As the colder months approach, you might be wondering what happens to our precious bees. 🐝 Find out how they survive the cold weather and how to help bees during the winter. https://foe.uk/xumte
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It’s very hard to see what the opposition is to a roadmap beyond ‘we just want to burn lots more fossil fuels’. It’s just a promise to discuss a roadmap and it’s for a ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, not a full phase out.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Exclusive: The Guardian understands Brazil had been planning to drop a roadmap to a transition away from fossil fuels amid opposition from petro states
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
It’s very hard to see what the opposition is to a roadmap beyond ‘we just want to burn lots more fossil fuels’. It’s just a promise to discuss a roadmap and it’s for a ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, not a full phase out.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When they say Trump calling a reporter "piggy" is "just being honest," they are revealing a key feature of the reactionary mind: it believes, at a deep brainstem level, that *everyone* is awful & selfish & ugly on the inside. Everyone just suppresses it out of fear of social disapproval. Not Trump!
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Oh do fuck off
The fear of not having enough money is familiar. But there’s a quieter struggle at the top: feeling uncomfortable with having too much, says money psychotherapist Vicky Reynal ⬇️
Why my ultra-rich clients are ashamed of their wealth
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Oh do fuck off
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I think you can get the measure of the deadness of someone's soul from the fact they kick up a stink about [checks notes] autistic kids wearing ear defenders
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think you can get the measure of the deadness of someone's soul from the fact they kick up a stink about [checks notes] autistic kids wearing ear defenders
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Mani was a great man: warm, funny, self-deprecating at the right moments, and a profoundly talented bass player, born to do it. This is awful news
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Mani was a great man: warm, funny, self-deprecating at the right moments, and a profoundly talented bass player, born to do it. This is awful news
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I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.
One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend
Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
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My thoughts are with all who lost loved ones or still struggle with effects of #Covid. Tho we knew it at the time, confirmation of the “toxic & chaotic culture” at heart of Govt; that they did “too little, too late” & that faster action could have saved over 20K lives is still horrifying
‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories
Second pandemic report focuses on decision-making, organisation and messaging by senior politicians including Boris Johnson
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My thoughts are with all who lost loved ones or still struggle with effects of #Covid. Tho we knew it at the time, confirmation of the “toxic & chaotic culture” at heart of Govt; that they did “too little, too late” & that faster action could have saved over 20K lives is still horrifying
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The administration is detaining international students with valid visas at airports, seizing their devices, interrogating them for hours, then holding some incommunicado for days or weeks, allegedly because of paperwork irregularities, traffic tickets, or old misdemeanors.
Police state stuff.
Police state stuff.
The High Cost of Targeting International Students in Texas - The American Prospect
The Trump administration’s bans and airport detentions stop international students, and their hefty tuitions, in universities.
prospect.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The administration is detaining international students with valid visas at airports, seizing their devices, interrogating them for hours, then holding some incommunicado for days or weeks, allegedly because of paperwork irregularities, traffic tickets, or old misdemeanors.
Police state stuff.
Police state stuff.
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Our chief executive Asad Rehman met with the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, at the UN climate talks in Brazil. Knowing that Mr Guterres is inspired by young people, he presented zines that our amazing youth climate justice campaigners made.
Continues 👇
Continues 👇
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Our chief executive Asad Rehman met with the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, at the UN climate talks in Brazil. Knowing that Mr Guterres is inspired by young people, he presented zines that our amazing youth climate justice campaigners made.
Continues 👇
Continues 👇
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The inevitable final step of a dying party… electorally, ideologically, and morally.
French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor
In trying to woo Le Pen’s voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The inevitable final step of a dying party… electorally, ideologically, and morally.
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Employers! Avoid this problem by simply not firing someone an hour after they start a job you have presumably selected them for.
The Employment Rights Bill could allow one to start a job at 9 a.m. and claim unfair dismissal an hour later.
✍️ Michael Simmons
✍️ Michael Simmons
The greatest threat to the economy? The Employment Rights Bill
On Monday night, former England manager Gareth Southgate joined MPs and philanthropists for an event in Westminster described as ‘the Oscars of the charity world’. Cabinet ministers Lisa Nandy and...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Employers! Avoid this problem by simply not firing someone an hour after they start a job you have presumably selected them for.
Thick as pig shit.
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Thick as pig shit.
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In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵
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Climate change is the most serious problem we face as a species, and ending fossil fuel use is necessary to solve it.
It's time for the world to come to agreement to end fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's time for the world to come to agreement to end fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Climate change is the most serious problem we face as a species, and ending fossil fuel use is necessary to solve it.
It's time for the world to come to agreement to end fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's time for the world to come to agreement to end fossil fuels.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...