@mo-ma-wolf.bsky.social
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Facts are essential, but this cannot be fought primarily on facts. Such spooky tales take root in deeper recesses. Progressives must find an emotionally astute response; one that tells a different tale, promises a better future, soothes the same triggered instincts and returns people to reason. 7/7
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Facts are essential, but this cannot be fought primarily on facts. Such spooky tales take root in deeper recesses. Progressives must find an emotionally astute response; one that tells a different tale, promises a better future, soothes the same triggered instincts and returns people to reason. 7/7
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This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
University still pays off – even in lower-wage Britain
This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
tcnv.link
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This isn’t a story about university losing its value. It’s a story about Britain becoming a lower wage economy.
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Indeed, the real issues here are (1) asylum applicants being locked out of legit work (2) resourcing of trading standards after 15 years of #localgov austerity (3) feebleness of Companies House.
The BBC headline with "migrants" is already terrible and plays into the far-right narrative. And the solution to asylum-seekers being exploited by criminals is to allow them to contribute by working legally rather than making them survive on a pittance.
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally
Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Indeed, the real issues here are (1) asylum applicants being locked out of legit work (2) resourcing of trading standards after 15 years of #localgov austerity (3) feebleness of Companies House.
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Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.
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Our story that the Drinking Water Inspectorate has ordered 7 water companies to take action on PFAS in untreated drinking water sources across England featured on the Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, this morning. More via BBC online:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Our story that the Drinking Water Inspectorate has ordered 7 water companies to take action on PFAS in untreated drinking water sources across England featured on the Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, this morning. More via BBC online:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
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A purported ally threatening diplomats and their families with personal consequences if they maintain the positions they’ve been instructed to take is very deeply shocking, extremely hostile, and undermines the norms by which non-violent resolution of international disagreements are possible.
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A purported ally threatening diplomats and their families with personal consequences if they maintain the positions they’ve been instructed to take is very deeply shocking, extremely hostile, and undermines the norms by which non-violent resolution of international disagreements are possible.
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The problem with diagnosing "the electorate have unreasonable expectations around tax and spend" is that those expectations did not develop in a vacuum. They are the product of decades of politicians and the media telling them they can have x services with y tax levels, or not contradicting it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The problem with diagnosing "the electorate have unreasonable expectations around tax and spend" is that those expectations did not develop in a vacuum. They are the product of decades of politicians and the media telling them they can have x services with y tax levels, or not contradicting it.
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needed in public services and trust the state to spend money raised effectively? The bad news for Labour is all of these indicators currently point downward for most voters. Pretty much every major group currently feels they put more into the state than they get out,
November 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
needed in public services and trust the state to spend money raised effectively? The bad news for Labour is all of these indicators currently point downward for most voters. Pretty much every major group currently feels they put more into the state than they get out,
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Helena Kennedy, one of the UK’s top human rights lawyers, just got denied a US visa
Big Brother Trump is watching & he doesn’t like rights defenders 🕵️♂️🚫
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2025/10/human-rights-lawyer-helena-kennedy-denied-a-us-visa
Big Brother Trump is watching & he doesn’t like rights defenders 🕵️♂️🚫
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2025/10/human-rights-lawyer-helena-kennedy-denied-a-us-visa
Human rights lawyer Helena Kennedy denied a US visa
Big Brother Trump is watching. Plus, your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
www.newstatesman.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Helena Kennedy, one of the UK’s top human rights lawyers, just got denied a US visa
Big Brother Trump is watching & he doesn’t like rights defenders 🕵️♂️🚫
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2025/10/human-rights-lawyer-helena-kennedy-denied-a-us-visa
Big Brother Trump is watching & he doesn’t like rights defenders 🕵️♂️🚫
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2025/10/human-rights-lawyer-helena-kennedy-denied-a-us-visa
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Immigration, indecency, and incompetence. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. The ever-more indecent terms of the immigration 'debate' are another failure of Brexit, which links to the ever-more obvious incompetence of Reform in local government: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/immi...
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Immigration, indecency, and incompetence. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. The ever-more indecent terms of the immigration 'debate' are another failure of Brexit, which links to the ever-more obvious incompetence of Reform in local government: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/immi...
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In fact, the UK’s top 10% now have lower post-tax incomes than they did 25 years ago.
(That contrasts to the overall median, which has risen by about 25%)
(That contrasts to the overall median, which has risen by about 25%)
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In fact, the UK’s top 10% now have lower post-tax incomes than they did 25 years ago.
(That contrasts to the overall median, which has risen by about 25%)
(That contrasts to the overall median, which has risen by about 25%)
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NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
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A biodiverse world outside creates a healthy microbiome inside.
The same conditions that let wildlife thrive also keeps people healthy.
Fascinating article from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The same conditions that let wildlife thrive also keeps people healthy.
Fascinating article from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health
Modern life is waging a war against ecosystems around us and inside us. Keeping our own microbes healthy is another reason to demand action to preserve the natural world
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A biodiverse world outside creates a healthy microbiome inside.
The same conditions that let wildlife thrive also keeps people healthy.
Fascinating article from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The same conditions that let wildlife thrive also keeps people healthy.
Fascinating article from @phoebeweston.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Huge congrats to community group Bridestones Rewilded, who this week brought Bridestones Moor in west Yorkshire into community ownership:
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
Find out more about their project here: bridestones.love
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
Find out more about their project here: bridestones.love
'A huge milestone' - Community group takes ownership of Bridestones Moor
Bridestones Moor, the dramatic 114-acre expanse above Todmorden, has been officially brought under community ownership.
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Huge congrats to community group Bridestones Rewilded, who this week brought Bridestones Moor in west Yorkshire into community ownership:
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
Find out more about their project here: bridestones.love
www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environ...
Find out more about their project here: bridestones.love
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Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
British Council ‘selling everything it can’ to survive
Cultural body plans more job cuts, sale of assets and closure in 35 countries to stave off ‘financial peril’
on.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
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More on smart glasses: @hypervisible.blacksky.app talks with @parismarx.com on Tech Won't Save Us about how current marketing trends in smart (read: surveillance) glasses are leveraging luxury branding towards societal division & corporate centralization of power.
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
More on smart glasses: @hypervisible.blacksky.app talks with @parismarx.com on Tech Won't Save Us about how current marketing trends in smart (read: surveillance) glasses are leveraging luxury branding towards societal division & corporate centralization of power.
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
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Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010.
#renewables #climate #windpower
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#renewables #climate #windpower
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010.
#renewables #climate #windpower
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#renewables #climate #windpower
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🌊 The Arctic is melting fast. A cargo ship just sailed from China to the UK via the Arctic for the first time, taking half the usual time.
Of course, what looks like a shortcut is really a warning: climate change is redrawing our planet’s map.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Of course, what looks like a shortcut is really a warning: climate change is redrawing our planet’s map.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Climate change clears northern route for first container ...
The melting ice sheet has opened up a north-east passage – which brings fresh political and environmental dangers along with it
observer.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🌊 The Arctic is melting fast. A cargo ship just sailed from China to the UK via the Arctic for the first time, taking half the usual time.
Of course, what looks like a shortcut is really a warning: climate change is redrawing our planet’s map.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Of course, what looks like a shortcut is really a warning: climate change is redrawing our planet’s map.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
October 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We have reached the point where the *American Bar Association* cannot find attorneys willing to represent them in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and road construction in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Trump to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and road construction in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
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US reality.
"Most insisted on anonymity. Many of the same people wanted to emphasise Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices opposing him publicly. It has felt like trying to report on politics in Turkey or Hungary"
www.ft.com/content/1377...
"Most insisted on anonymity. Many of the same people wanted to emphasise Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices opposing him publicly. It has felt like trying to report on politics in Turkey or Hungary"
www.ft.com/content/1377...
The Trump Supremacy
Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
www.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
US reality.
"Most insisted on anonymity. Many of the same people wanted to emphasise Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices opposing him publicly. It has felt like trying to report on politics in Turkey or Hungary"
www.ft.com/content/1377...
"Most insisted on anonymity. Many of the same people wanted to emphasise Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices opposing him publicly. It has felt like trying to report on politics in Turkey or Hungary"
www.ft.com/content/1377...
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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1/ Here's a useful tool By Friends of the Earth for environmental threats by constituency in England:
groups.friendsoftheearth.uk/near-you
The related press release here: friendsoftheearth.uk/take-action/...
Some highlights naming top 5 constituencies & MPs with regards to various threats below:
groups.friendsoftheearth.uk/near-you
The related press release here: friendsoftheearth.uk/take-action/...
Some highlights naming top 5 constituencies & MPs with regards to various threats below:
Local environmental data | Local action
Whether you’re part of a community group, a council worker or an interested resident, use data from Friends of the Earth’s Near You tool to access information about your local area and drive improveme...
groups.friendsoftheearth.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
1/ Here's a useful tool By Friends of the Earth for environmental threats by constituency in England:
groups.friendsoftheearth.uk/near-you
The related press release here: friendsoftheearth.uk/take-action/...
Some highlights naming top 5 constituencies & MPs with regards to various threats below:
groups.friendsoftheearth.uk/near-you
The related press release here: friendsoftheearth.uk/take-action/...
Some highlights naming top 5 constituencies & MPs with regards to various threats below:
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boy oh boy are we going to see lots of this over the next few decades...
ideas.ted.com/climate-chan...
ideas.ted.com/climate-chan...
From melting steel to “concrete cancer”, our buildings aren’t designed to withstand climate change
Intense heat, high winds and heavy floods are wreaking havoc on buildings and bridges, which weren’t constructed with the climate crisis in mind. Here are some of the potentially disastrous i…
ideas.ted.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
boy oh boy are we going to see lots of this over the next few decades...
ideas.ted.com/climate-chan...
ideas.ted.com/climate-chan...