Douglas
@douglasrogers.bsky.social
Interested in how the world is going wrong and what reversing that looks like
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Douglas
@douglasrogers.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Since it’s a new year and a new platform, I’m going to swallow my irony and SET OUT MY STALL for posterity. (Also feel intention-setting might offer some protection from Poster’s madness.)
Tldr: I’m a cool eco guy
Broadly speaking I write about social movements
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Tldr: I’m a cool eco guy
Broadly speaking I write about social movements
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Mood
March 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Mood
There’s something truly beautiful about this scale and extent of dystopia
March 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
There’s something truly beautiful about this scale and extent of dystopia
Super strong 'B-roll exposition from a dystopic future where we failed on climate' energy.
Predicted demand for EVs "seems not to have materialised" and it's all petrol SUVs instead. The Markets heard our prayers but did not answer, guess that's that, gg all
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Predicted demand for EVs "seems not to have materialised" and it's all petrol SUVs instead. The Markets heard our prayers but did not answer, guess that's that, gg all
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Super strong 'B-roll exposition from a dystopic future where we failed on climate' energy.
Predicted demand for EVs "seems not to have materialised" and it's all petrol SUVs instead. The Markets heard our prayers but did not answer, guess that's that, gg all
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Predicted demand for EVs "seems not to have materialised" and it's all petrol SUVs instead. The Markets heard our prayers but did not answer, guess that's that, gg all
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Seems like has been very little coverage of protests happening in the U.S.--not necessarily an intentional media blackout (although possibly), but the result of a longstanding stance in legacy media that protests aren't worth covering, activists aren't credible sources (but somehow CEOs are), etc.
March 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Seems like has been very little coverage of protests happening in the U.S.--not necessarily an intentional media blackout (although possibly), but the result of a longstanding stance in legacy media that protests aren't worth covering, activists aren't credible sources (but somehow CEOs are), etc.
“The 2050 target is legally binding. If the country misses it because consumers don’t do their part, the government is subject to lawsuits”
*stirring music plays, patriotic sentiment swells*
Good piece to be clear but god I miss social movements and non-consumer citizenship. 2017 energy…
*stirring music plays, patriotic sentiment swells*
Good piece to be clear but god I miss social movements and non-consumer citizenship. 2017 energy…
New from me: In its 7th Carbon Budget, @thecccuk.bsky.social put a figure on exactly how much of the UK's carbon-cutting is directly linked to consumers between now and 2040: 37%. I looked at what's behind that number and what it says about some wealthy countries' progress to net zero. Gift link:
What It Will Take for Rich Countries to Reach Net Zero: You
If you live in the UK, your dishwasher and fridge’s carbon footprint has shrunk by a lot, largely because the government and companies have spent billions of pounds to install wind and solar power. Ov...
www.bloomberg.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
“The 2050 target is legally binding. If the country misses it because consumers don’t do their part, the government is subject to lawsuits”
*stirring music plays, patriotic sentiment swells*
Good piece to be clear but god I miss social movements and non-consumer citizenship. 2017 energy…
*stirring music plays, patriotic sentiment swells*
Good piece to be clear but god I miss social movements and non-consumer citizenship. 2017 energy…
"Shell and Norwegian company Equinor have already scaled back their plans to invest in green energy"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This whole trend (see also banks de-greening) seems to be so brazen and obvious that no one's scandalised. But like... this is really, really, really bad right?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This whole trend (see also banks de-greening) seems to be so brazen and obvious that no one's scandalised. But like... this is really, really, really bad right?
BP to slash renewables investment and ramp up gas and oil production.
The energy giant will announce its strategy later after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Shell and Norwegian company Equinor have already scaled back their plans to invest in green energy"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This whole trend (see also banks de-greening) seems to be so brazen and obvious that no one's scandalised. But like... this is really, really, really bad right?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This whole trend (see also banks de-greening) seems to be so brazen and obvious that no one's scandalised. But like... this is really, really, really bad right?
Finding the 'pessimism of the intellect' part much easier than the 'optimism of the will part' rn 🙃
February 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Finding the 'pessimism of the intellect' part much easier than the 'optimism of the will part' rn 🙃
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What if worsening climate disruption doesn't act as a wake up call?
An emergent feature of the new climate reality: anger at the failure of incumbent parties to protect us from climate disruption is benefiting political forces that deny climate change and delay action
But we can break this loop 🧵
An emergent feature of the new climate reality: anger at the failure of incumbent parties to protect us from climate disruption is benefiting political forces that deny climate change and delay action
But we can break this loop 🧵
January 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
What if worsening climate disruption doesn't act as a wake up call?
An emergent feature of the new climate reality: anger at the failure of incumbent parties to protect us from climate disruption is benefiting political forces that deny climate change and delay action
But we can break this loop 🧵
An emergent feature of the new climate reality: anger at the failure of incumbent parties to protect us from climate disruption is benefiting political forces that deny climate change and delay action
But we can break this loop 🧵
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Full solidarity with Andrew, I have so much respect and gratitude for what he does
The PM's personal attack against him is appalling - Andrew is one of the most selfless, altruistic and giving campaigners I've ever met, to accuse him of being virtue signalling or in it for himself is ludicrous
The PM's personal attack against him is appalling - Andrew is one of the most selfless, altruistic and giving campaigners I've ever met, to accuse him of being virtue signalling or in it for himself is ludicrous
"It's quite pathetic of Keir Starmer to think that he will put off the environmental movement .." by attacking campaigners after he attacks me in Daily Mail
I talk to @samcoatessky.bsky.social
See full clip here x.com/SkyPoliticsH...
January 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Full solidarity with Andrew, I have so much respect and gratitude for what he does
The PM's personal attack against him is appalling - Andrew is one of the most selfless, altruistic and giving campaigners I've ever met, to accuse him of being virtue signalling or in it for himself is ludicrous
The PM's personal attack against him is appalling - Andrew is one of the most selfless, altruistic and giving campaigners I've ever met, to accuse him of being virtue signalling or in it for himself is ludicrous
#StormEowyn feels like my (and Edinburgh's) first direct taste of climate breakdown. Watching crazy, hurricane-force winds outside my windows rn - feeling a strange sense of disconnect...
This isn't do to with the weather (genuinely frightening) but the way the whole event is being mediated (1/11)
This isn't do to with the weather (genuinely frightening) but the way the whole event is being mediated (1/11)
January 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#StormEowyn feels like my (and Edinburgh's) first direct taste of climate breakdown. Watching crazy, hurricane-force winds outside my windows rn - feeling a strange sense of disconnect...
This isn't do to with the weather (genuinely frightening) but the way the whole event is being mediated (1/11)
This isn't do to with the weather (genuinely frightening) but the way the whole event is being mediated (1/11)
Currently sitting in the middle of #StormEowyn and taking ecocidal indifference from Labour more personally than usual
⚠️IT'S HAPPENING NOW
With #StormEowyn bringing 'danger to life' warnings, the UK gov's opposition to the #CANBill —despite prior support—is deeply disappointing.
Amid #Trump ditching the #ParisAgreement & Labour backing airport expansion, today's #vote is critical for climate action!
Wake Up‼️
With #StormEowyn bringing 'danger to life' warnings, the UK gov's opposition to the #CANBill —despite prior support—is deeply disappointing.
Amid #Trump ditching the #ParisAgreement & Labour backing airport expansion, today's #vote is critical for climate action!
Wake Up‼️
January 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Currently sitting in the middle of #StormEowyn and taking ecocidal indifference from Labour more personally than usual
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Normally wary of 'as bad as Trump' talk, but think it actually lands here.
Proscribing "excessive" legal challenges, with reference to this enemy within of "blockers" "using our court processes to frustrate growth”.
Straight up conspiratorial rhetoric; this is poison to democracy
Proscribing "excessive" legal challenges, with reference to this enemy within of "blockers" "using our court processes to frustrate growth”.
Straight up conspiratorial rhetoric; this is poison to democracy
4. Starmer’s rhetoric, and the government’s plans, are actually worse than anything the Conservatives came up with. It’s hard to get your head around it, after a succession of Tory disasters. But we seem to have stepped out of the frying pan and into the fire. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Legal challenges to UK infrastructure projects to be blocked in push for growth
Keir Starmer hopes his plan to ‘take the brakes off Britain’ will send a message to business to build more
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Normally wary of 'as bad as Trump' talk, but think it actually lands here.
Proscribing "excessive" legal challenges, with reference to this enemy within of "blockers" "using our court processes to frustrate growth”.
Straight up conspiratorial rhetoric; this is poison to democracy
Proscribing "excessive" legal challenges, with reference to this enemy within of "blockers" "using our court processes to frustrate growth”.
Straight up conspiratorial rhetoric; this is poison to democracy
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Unsurprising, but still, wow.
Donald Trump halts more than $300bn in US green infrastructure funding
www.ft.com/content/fcaf...
Donald Trump halts more than $300bn in US green infrastructure funding
www.ft.com/content/fcaf...
January 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Unsurprising, but still, wow.
Donald Trump halts more than $300bn in US green infrastructure funding
www.ft.com/content/fcaf...
Donald Trump halts more than $300bn in US green infrastructure funding
www.ft.com/content/fcaf...
Continually amazed how active travel has radicalised me to the extent that I'm contacting elected representatives(!). Feels incredibly retro and painfully earnest, not least in a context of macro political madness, but here I am getting misty-eyed about walking and biking for my MSP's inbox...
January 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Continually amazed how active travel has radicalised me to the extent that I'm contacting elected representatives(!). Feels incredibly retro and painfully earnest, not least in a context of macro political madness, but here I am getting misty-eyed about walking and biking for my MSP's inbox...
Exhibit B. What sociocultural wizardry could produce these behaviours in AD 2025?? Have people been like hiding out in irony bunkers for a few decades?
had to find out wtf and lmao
January 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Exhibit B. What sociocultural wizardry could produce these behaviours in AD 2025?? Have people been like hiding out in irony bunkers for a few decades?
Genuinely fascinated by these replies. Is this just bsky-specific or is there some kind of wider irony recession going on? Is this what DFW was calling for? Or is it just bots?
In any case feels like prickly censoriousness is digging in as the new hotness
#structureoffeeling #thingsarebad
In any case feels like prickly censoriousness is digging in as the new hotness
#structureoffeeling #thingsarebad
This was a joke but after reading the replies I now believe tiktok users shouldn’t have civil rights
January 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Genuinely fascinated by these replies. Is this just bsky-specific or is there some kind of wider irony recession going on? Is this what DFW was calling for? Or is it just bots?
In any case feels like prickly censoriousness is digging in as the new hotness
#structureoffeeling #thingsarebad
In any case feels like prickly censoriousness is digging in as the new hotness
#structureoffeeling #thingsarebad
Sometimes it comes back and hits me just how far 'Truth' is also getting massacred by BBC brass here. The idea that any public institution is or can be trustworthy... so vague and subtle, but I think we'll miss it when it's gone
Only now got to this. Detailed reporting from @owenjones.bsky.social on the BBC's systematic failings in its reporting on Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. Essential reading. www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...
The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza
The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Owen Jones investigates.
www.dropsitenews.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Sometimes it comes back and hits me just how far 'Truth' is also getting massacred by BBC brass here. The idea that any public institution is or can be trustworthy... so vague and subtle, but I think we'll miss it when it's gone
This is my third instalment in a series for The Ecologist reflecting on @xrglobal.bsky.social's rise and fall and (?). Honestly I’ve been a bit surprised by how illuminating – and energising! – this part was to write
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theecologist.org/2024/dec/13/...
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theecologist.org/2024/dec/13/...
How Extinction Rebellion 'reaped a whirlwind'
The Extinction Rebellion founders’ reliance on the momentum model was a crucial factor in the project’s early innovations and successes.
theecologist.org
December 13, 2024 at 3:41 PM
This is my third instalment in a series for The Ecologist reflecting on @xrglobal.bsky.social's rise and fall and (?). Honestly I’ve been a bit surprised by how illuminating – and energising! – this part was to write
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theecologist.org/2024/dec/13/...
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theecologist.org/2024/dec/13/...
Since it’s a new year and a new platform, I’m going to swallow my irony and SET OUT MY STALL for posterity. (Also feel intention-setting might offer some protection from Poster’s madness.)
Tldr: I’m a cool eco guy
Broadly speaking I write about social movements
(1/6)
Tldr: I’m a cool eco guy
Broadly speaking I write about social movements
(1/6)
December 13, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Since it’s a new year and a new platform, I’m going to swallow my irony and SET OUT MY STALL for posterity. (Also feel intention-setting might offer some protection from Poster’s madness.)
Tldr: I’m a cool eco guy
Broadly speaking I write about social movements
(1/6)
Tldr: I’m a cool eco guy
Broadly speaking I write about social movements
(1/6)
Hot take on the Exodus discourse: most of the feverish repudiation of Twitter and embrace of Bsky is really displaced desire for REAL LIFE (thus also necessarily the Olden Days).
Seeing so much hype about 'connecting to people again', sharing, recentreing the 'social'... (🧵/6)
Seeing so much hype about 'connecting to people again', sharing, recentreing the 'social'... (🧵/6)
November 27, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Hot take on the Exodus discourse: most of the feverish repudiation of Twitter and embrace of Bsky is really displaced desire for REAL LIFE (thus also necessarily the Olden Days).
Seeing so much hype about 'connecting to people again', sharing, recentreing the 'social'... (🧵/6)
Seeing so much hype about 'connecting to people again', sharing, recentreing the 'social'... (🧵/6)