Graham Jeffery
@grahamjeffery.bsky.social
Researcher, academic, teacher, occasional musician. Prof in Arts & Media Practice at the University of the West of Scotland. Personal views, nothing to do with my employer! https://linktr.ee/grahamjeffery
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Just so, and it’s worth noting that it was comically obvious twenty years ago that the entire process - the inquiry and report, and the way it was presented to the public - was a comically bent stitch-up, and everyone was very angrily pretending nothing at all fishy had happened.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just so, and it’s worth noting that it was comically obvious twenty years ago that the entire process - the inquiry and report, and the way it was presented to the public - was a comically bent stitch-up, and everyone was very angrily pretending nothing at all fishy had happened.
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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1. It's impossible to stop people attempting to reach the UK to claim asylum.
2. If all other routes are closed then they will use small boats to attempt to reach the UK
3. The only way to "stop the boats" is to operate safe routes
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2. If all other routes are closed then they will use small boats to attempt to reach the UK
3. The only way to "stop the boats" is to operate safe routes
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It would now take a miracle for Labour to avoid defeat at the next election
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
1. It's impossible to stop people attempting to reach the UK to claim asylum.
2. If all other routes are closed then they will use small boats to attempt to reach the UK
3. The only way to "stop the boats" is to operate safe routes
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2. If all other routes are closed then they will use small boats to attempt to reach the UK
3. The only way to "stop the boats" is to operate safe routes
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Simple rule: Stop setting carbon on fire to make energy. It ain't sustainable.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Simple rule: Stop setting carbon on fire to make energy. It ain't sustainable.
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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This year, salmon reached parts of the Klamath where they hadn't been seen in a century. Let the joy of the river peoples be a fitting monument to Dick Cheney's passing.
Salmon seen for first time in century after historic Calif. dam removal
In an impressive feat, the salmon have crossed over the river's remaining dams.
www.sfgate.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This year, salmon reached parts of the Klamath where they hadn't been seen in a century. Let the joy of the river peoples be a fitting monument to Dick Cheney's passing.
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For Indigenous nations on the Klamath--the Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, Klamath, Shasta, and others--salmon are a huge deal--life itself. The destruction was crushing. But in the long run Cheney's move backfired. It galvanized resistance that led last year to the removal of four giant salmon-killing dams.
November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
For Indigenous nations on the Klamath--the Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, Klamath, Shasta, and others--salmon are a huge deal--life itself. The destruction was crushing. But in the long run Cheney's move backfired. It galvanized resistance that led last year to the removal of four giant salmon-killing dams.
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Just remembering that Dick Cheney secretly intervened in a dispute over the Klamath River in 2001--and caused the biggest fish die-off in US history, with ~77,000 fully grown adult salmon piled on the banks of the river.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just remembering that Dick Cheney secretly intervened in a dispute over the Klamath River in 2001--and caused the biggest fish die-off in US history, with ~77,000 fully grown adult salmon piled on the banks of the river.
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“If you say to an audience whatever they want to hear, that is a swindly thing to do”
- Mr. Self-driving cars / going to Mars / Robot in every home / Bulletproof truck / Woke mind virus / Great Replacement / DOGE / Jewish Globalist cabal / On a mission to save humanity itself / Self-suck AI chatbot
- Mr. Self-driving cars / going to Mars / Robot in every home / Bulletproof truck / Woke mind virus / Great Replacement / DOGE / Jewish Globalist cabal / On a mission to save humanity itself / Self-suck AI chatbot
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“If you say to an audience whatever they want to hear, that is a swindly thing to do”
- Mr. Self-driving cars / going to Mars / Robot in every home / Bulletproof truck / Woke mind virus / Great Replacement / DOGE / Jewish Globalist cabal / On a mission to save humanity itself / Self-suck AI chatbot
- Mr. Self-driving cars / going to Mars / Robot in every home / Bulletproof truck / Woke mind virus / Great Replacement / DOGE / Jewish Globalist cabal / On a mission to save humanity itself / Self-suck AI chatbot
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That means getting rid of Labour’s red lines.
Funny how Reeves is allegedly contemplating breaking their red lines on tax rises but Brexit red lines appear to be sacrosanct.
The insanity of it all does my head in, frankly.
Funny how Reeves is allegedly contemplating breaking their red lines on tax rises but Brexit red lines appear to be sacrosanct.
The insanity of it all does my head in, frankly.
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
That means getting rid of Labour’s red lines.
Funny how Reeves is allegedly contemplating breaking their red lines on tax rises but Brexit red lines appear to be sacrosanct.
The insanity of it all does my head in, frankly.
Funny how Reeves is allegedly contemplating breaking their red lines on tax rises but Brexit red lines appear to be sacrosanct.
The insanity of it all does my head in, frankly.
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Terrific column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social- this is essentially a Milibandite government, but one that is so in denial about it that it can’t even appeal properly to the coalition *for Milibandism*:
The inescapable logic of Labour’s choices
Starmer and Reeves should lean in to what the Budget reveals about this tax-and-spend government
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Terrific column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social- this is essentially a Milibandite government, but one that is so in denial about it that it can’t even appeal properly to the coalition *for Milibandism*:
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At the end of September, Leeds prison had room for 641 men but was being forced to hold 1,092.
Chronic overcrowding has tragic consequences: https://howardleague.org/news/leeds-prison-report-reveals-the-tragic-consequences-of-chronic-overcrowding/
Chronic overcrowding has tragic consequences: https://howardleague.org/news/leeds-prison-report-reveals-the-tragic-consequences-of-chronic-overcrowding/
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
At the end of September, Leeds prison had room for 641 men but was being forced to hold 1,092.
Chronic overcrowding has tragic consequences: https://howardleague.org/news/leeds-prison-report-reveals-the-tragic-consequences-of-chronic-overcrowding/
Chronic overcrowding has tragic consequences: https://howardleague.org/news/leeds-prison-report-reveals-the-tragic-consequences-of-chronic-overcrowding/
UK govt hasn't sufficiently prioritised this 'EU reset' and it's costing everyone loads of time/money, fuelling inflation and limiting productivity.
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU
Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU
Traders report long waits at Sevington inspection post and claim trees and shrubs are repeatedly being damaged
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
UK govt hasn't sufficiently prioritised this 'EU reset' and it's costing everyone loads of time/money, fuelling inflation and limiting productivity.
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"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
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This is stupid, cruel, quite racist and largely unworkable, mainly because DENMARK IS IN THE F******* EU
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is stupid, cruel, quite racist and largely unworkable, mainly because DENMARK IS IN THE F******* EU
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When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London's air pollution within legal limits.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London's air pollution within legal limits.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.
In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
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"Don't give up until we've burned the Republic to the ground, sowed salt in the ashes, eradicated the villainous ideology of Enlightenment, and ripped out the Scientific Revolution's poisonous weed root band branch!"
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don’t give up
The Trump appointees’ remarks came at a Federalist Society event in Washington.
www.politico.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Don't give up until we've burned the Republic to the ground, sowed salt in the ashes, eradicated the villainous ideology of Enlightenment, and ripped out the Scientific Revolution's poisonous weed root band branch!"
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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Interesting that (a) he didn't feel able to give a categorical 'no' in response to the question & (b) he answered a completely different question to the one he was asked — from which we may draw the conclusion that he did not want to be pressed about _current_ RefUK MPs &/or members & Russian bribes
You think it'd be in Zia Yusuf and Reform's interests to be a lot more convincing than this...
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Interesting that (a) he didn't feel able to give a categorical 'no' in response to the question & (b) he answered a completely different question to the one he was asked — from which we may draw the conclusion that he did not want to be pressed about _current_ RefUK MPs &/or members & Russian bribes
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Every sample tested contained chemicals, whether from treated or untreated wastewater, surface runoff or agricultural chemicals. Antibiotics used to treat both humans + animals 'at concentrations high enough to suggest that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters'
Flea and tick medication, antibiotics & illicit drugs found in UK freshwater study by Imperial & @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social.
The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
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The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
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Flea meds, antibiotics & drugs found in UK freshwater in citizen science study | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Insecticides, antibiotics and illicit drugs that threaten aquatic life are present throughout UK waterways, research by Imperial and Earthwatch finds.
ow.ly
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Every sample tested contained chemicals, whether from treated or untreated wastewater, surface runoff or agricultural chemicals. Antibiotics used to treat both humans + animals 'at concentrations high enough to suggest that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters'
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Tripling global renewable energy capacity from 2023 to 2030 is the single most important climate action.
"Renewable additions in 2025 are once again expected to surge, putting tripling within reach."
The Ember Report has the data: ember-energy.org/app/uploads/... #energysky
"Renewable additions in 2025 are once again expected to surge, putting tripling within reach."
The Ember Report has the data: ember-energy.org/app/uploads/... #energysky
ember-energy.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Tripling global renewable energy capacity from 2023 to 2030 is the single most important climate action.
"Renewable additions in 2025 are once again expected to surge, putting tripling within reach."
The Ember Report has the data: ember-energy.org/app/uploads/... #energysky
"Renewable additions in 2025 are once again expected to surge, putting tripling within reach."
The Ember Report has the data: ember-energy.org/app/uploads/... #energysky
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Good morning with good news: Global renewable additions in 2025 will be another record high of 793 GW, a rise of 11%
compared to 717 GW in 2024.
Solar additions will rise ~9% & wind 21%.
2025 will be record high years for both new wind & solar.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky
compared to 717 GW in 2024.
Solar additions will rise ~9% & wind 21%.
2025 will be record high years for both new wind & solar.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Good morning with good news: Global renewable additions in 2025 will be another record high of 793 GW, a rise of 11%
compared to 717 GW in 2024.
Solar additions will rise ~9% & wind 21%.
2025 will be record high years for both new wind & solar.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky
compared to 717 GW in 2024.
Solar additions will rise ~9% & wind 21%.
2025 will be record high years for both new wind & solar.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky