Jack
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As a teen I read a lot of classic sci-fi which was generally optimistic about human progress and the future. It didn't prepare me at all well for this shit show.
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The Dutch election proved what we've been saying for ages: that PR voting systems tame extremist parties and expose them.
FPTP in Britain has delivered Reform's agenda without them needing to get anywhere near Number 10.
The Temper Trap author Stuart Donald for @politicshome.bsky.social.
FPTP in Britain has delivered Reform's agenda without them needing to get anywhere near Number 10.
The Temper Trap author Stuart Donald for @politicshome.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Dutch election proved what we've been saying for ages: that PR voting systems tame extremist parties and expose them.
FPTP in Britain has delivered Reform's agenda without them needing to get anywhere near Number 10.
The Temper Trap author Stuart Donald for @politicshome.bsky.social.
FPTP in Britain has delivered Reform's agenda without them needing to get anywhere near Number 10.
The Temper Trap author Stuart Donald for @politicshome.bsky.social.
Monbiot often provides vocabulary I didn't realise I needed. In this case 'epistemic crisis'.
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Monbiot often provides vocabulary I didn't realise I needed. In this case 'epistemic crisis'.
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
The latest BBC controversy has brought out the absolute worst in my BlueSky feed. Otherwise sensible people making angry statements decrying others for having slightly different opinions. This is where I have doubts about what this kind of platform actually does
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The latest BBC controversy has brought out the absolute worst in my BlueSky feed. Otherwise sensible people making angry statements decrying others for having slightly different opinions. This is where I have doubts about what this kind of platform actually does
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Well overdue for Bond to stop a crazy US President from blowing up the UK. Movie opens as he’s suing the BBC for … I dunno … a billion dollars?
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Well overdue for Bond to stop a crazy US President from blowing up the UK. Movie opens as he’s suing the BBC for … I dunno … a billion dollars?
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There's an army of people out there telling us change is impossible.
Only that it is not.
10 years ago electric vehicles plaid almost no role in global car sales.
Today one in five cars sold worldwide is electric.
Only that it is not.
10 years ago electric vehicles plaid almost no role in global car sales.
Today one in five cars sold worldwide is electric.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
There's an army of people out there telling us change is impossible.
Only that it is not.
10 years ago electric vehicles plaid almost no role in global car sales.
Today one in five cars sold worldwide is electric.
Only that it is not.
10 years ago electric vehicles plaid almost no role in global car sales.
Today one in five cars sold worldwide is electric.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
As a teen I read a lot of classic sci-fi which was generally optimistic about human progress and the future. It didn't prepare me at all well for this shit show.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As a teen I read a lot of classic sci-fi which was generally optimistic about human progress and the future. It didn't prepare me at all well for this shit show.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Cutting the insulation schemes that are one of the best ways to permanently reduce energy bills for low income families would be an eyewateringly daft & counterproductive way of seeking to reduce energy bills, as well as driving up emissions & leading to mass job cuts in the insulation sector 🙄
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Cutting the insulation schemes that are one of the best ways to permanently reduce energy bills for low income families would be an eyewateringly daft & counterproductive way of seeking to reduce energy bills, as well as driving up emissions & leading to mass job cuts in the insulation sector 🙄
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We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tesla have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. That's 20 billion times more than a nurse in the UK earns.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Tesla have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. That's 20 billion times more than a nurse in the UK earns.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
This made me laugh out loud while cooking dinner alone
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This made me laugh out loud while cooking dinner alone
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🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export.
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export.
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
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The system is rigged against you. Here's how
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The system is rigged against you. Here's how
Meanwhile at the pre-budget speech the flags at the back seem to be getting bigger. It makes the politicians appear laughably undersized
November 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Meanwhile at the pre-budget speech the flags at the back seem to be getting bigger. It makes the politicians appear laughably undersized
Really enjoyed this episode. At this stage it seems hard to justify keeping FPTP rather than moving quickly to a voting system which can reliably cope with multiple political parties
After years of waving away electoral reform, Labour and the Tories have a reason to question First Past The Post – the prospect of a Reform government. Has PR’s time finally come? @dmk1793.bsky.social joins @rmcunliffe.bsky.social and @nndroid.bsky.social to discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Really enjoyed this episode. At this stage it seems hard to justify keeping FPTP rather than moving quickly to a voting system which can reliably cope with multiple political parties
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Spoiler alert: none of it is going to be 'inherited' by you or me.
A wealth tax is the only way to close the inequality gap and fund our services properly.
A wealth tax is the only way to close the inequality gap and fund our services properly.
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Spoiler alert: none of it is going to be 'inherited' by you or me.
A wealth tax is the only way to close the inequality gap and fund our services properly.
A wealth tax is the only way to close the inequality gap and fund our services properly.
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She is telling an accurate story of recent history - the triple punch of austerity, Brexit and covid. It's spot on. But it is terribly strange to say it now in government when you were not prepared to say it in opposition.
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
She is telling an accurate story of recent history - the triple punch of austerity, Brexit and covid. It's spot on. But it is terribly strange to say it now in government when you were not prepared to say it in opposition.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The Apple aerial screensavers are somewhat transformed with the addition of the Airwolf soundtrack
November 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The Apple aerial screensavers are somewhat transformed with the addition of the Airwolf soundtrack