Ray
@orrell.bsky.social
Enjoy running long and dirty, playing video games and occasionally making paintings.
He/him.
He/him.
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Video has been shared online, apparently by "The New Republican Movement". Allegedly based in Newry, in the video, they threaten Northern Ireland legislators over "flooding their communities with undocumented military-aged men" and "the sexual indoctrination of our children in schools" #Ireland
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Video has been shared online, apparently by "The New Republican Movement". Allegedly based in Newry, in the video, they threaten Northern Ireland legislators over "flooding their communities with undocumented military-aged men" and "the sexual indoctrination of our children in schools" #Ireland
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🧵 UPDATE FOR MY BIRTHDAY:
Hi, so AI killed my career(s) and I'm still barely holding on. Some people tried to get me to start a fundraiser, but that felt weird, so I thought maybe if I was contributing something? So I started making shirts. Can you share this and maybe think about grabbing some?
Hi, so AI killed my career(s) and I'm still barely holding on. Some people tried to get me to start a fundraiser, but that felt weird, so I thought maybe if I was contributing something? So I started making shirts. Can you share this and maybe think about grabbing some?
Stuff, from The Internet
tylerfromtheinternet.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🧵 UPDATE FOR MY BIRTHDAY:
Hi, so AI killed my career(s) and I'm still barely holding on. Some people tried to get me to start a fundraiser, but that felt weird, so I thought maybe if I was contributing something? So I started making shirts. Can you share this and maybe think about grabbing some?
Hi, so AI killed my career(s) and I'm still barely holding on. Some people tried to get me to start a fundraiser, but that felt weird, so I thought maybe if I was contributing something? So I started making shirts. Can you share this and maybe think about grabbing some?
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"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
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Debunked: Enoch Burke was jailed again, but NOT for 'refusing to endorse transgender ideology'
Misleading claims about the arrest were shared in Spanish, French, and Polish, as well as by UK and US figures.
www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-...
Misleading claims about the arrest were shared in Spanish, French, and Polish, as well as by UK and US figures.
www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-...
Debunked: Enoch Burke was jailed again, but not for 'refusing to endorse transgender ideology'
Misleading claims about the arrest were shared in Spanish, French, and Polish, as well as by UK and US figures.
www.thejournal.ie
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Debunked: Enoch Burke was jailed again, but NOT for 'refusing to endorse transgender ideology'
Misleading claims about the arrest were shared in Spanish, French, and Polish, as well as by UK and US figures.
www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-...
Misleading claims about the arrest were shared in Spanish, French, and Polish, as well as by UK and US figures.
www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-...
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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For all those who still believe in water charges
Despite some very stiff challenges the privatisation of water was probably the most disastrous policy of the past 50 years
We really do need to start sending Ministers to prison.
We really do need to start sending Ministers to prison.
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For all those who still believe in water charges
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Perhaps the most important thing to understand about the climate 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 9:27 AM
Perhaps the most important thing to understand about the climate crisis
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The mother of all participation trophies.
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The mother of all participation trophies.
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Tag yourself. I’m the Adderall-addicted dog mom diversity consultant.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Tag yourself. I’m the Adderall-addicted dog mom diversity consultant.
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30years!! It’s not quite as bad as doing nothing, but it’s very close to it. #DerelictIreland dreary, dispiriting, neglected, abandoned, hoarded, crumbling, stagnant, Ireland.
If the owners can’t be found, let the councils take them over, sell them and buy them after when the owner shows up.
If the owners can’t be found, let the councils take them over, sell them and buy them after when the owner shows up.
Last week me & @judesherry.bsky.social told national politicians @oireachtasnews.bsky.social if we continue on our current trajectory it will take 30 years to end #DerelictIreland
Our recommendations included compulsory sales & rental & custodian squatting
Our full statement: lnkd.in/eAWwwPf5
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Our recommendations included compulsory sales & rental & custodian squatting
Our full statement: lnkd.in/eAWwwPf5
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October 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
30years!! It’s not quite as bad as doing nothing, but it’s very close to it. #DerelictIreland dreary, dispiriting, neglected, abandoned, hoarded, crumbling, stagnant, Ireland.
If the owners can’t be found, let the councils take them over, sell them and buy them after when the owner shows up.
If the owners can’t be found, let the councils take them over, sell them and buy them after when the owner shows up.
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We filled a complaint against Ireland to the European Commission today.
Ireland has appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner.
This will be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity.
The European Commission must intervene.
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Ireland has appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner.
This will be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity.
The European Commission must intervene.
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Complaint v Ireland to European Commission re process appointing ex-Meta lobbyist as Data Protection Commissioner
Ireland's appointment process lacked procedural safeguards against conflicts of interest and political interference and may be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity
www.iccl.ie
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
We filled a complaint against Ireland to the European Commission today.
Ireland has appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner.
This will be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity.
The European Commission must intervene.
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Ireland has appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner.
This will be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity.
The European Commission must intervene.
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
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1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
For years, there's been a massive over-emphasis on food miles, and a massive under-emphasis on food type.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
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These are Crimes Against Humanity. Moreover, this is also wanton sadism. And sadism never exists in isolation – it's always accompanied by sociopathy-psychopathy (ASPD). The Republican party is institutionalizing-normalizing Antisocial Personality Disorder.
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
These are Crimes Against Humanity. Moreover, this is also wanton sadism. And sadism never exists in isolation – it's always accompanied by sociopathy-psychopathy (ASPD). The Republican party is institutionalizing-normalizing Antisocial Personality Disorder.
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CW: SA
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i hate to be on my usual fucking bullshit but it really needs to be said that these are rape threats.
they also stripped her and filmed her.
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i hate to be on my usual fucking bullshit but it really needs to be said that these are rape threats.
they also stripped her and filmed her.
Greta Thunberg was beaten and tortured by the Israelis. They learned how to call her a whore in Swedish, and forced her to wear the Israeli flag.
The Swedish foreign ministry abandoned its citizens in Israel, and downplayed what they went through.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
The Swedish foreign ministry abandoned its citizens in Israel, and downplayed what they went through.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
October 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
CW: SA
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i hate to be on my usual fucking bullshit but it really needs to be said that these are rape threats.
they also stripped her and filmed her.
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i hate to be on my usual fucking bullshit but it really needs to be said that these are rape threats.
they also stripped her and filmed her.
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To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
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“I took this gig in good faith, assuming that my head would be chopped off before I even got to the hotel. What I found may surprise you/make you a hypocrite. Right? No? What else what else”
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
“I took this gig in good faith, assuming that my head would be chopped off before I even got to the hotel. What I found may surprise you/make you a hypocrite. Right? No? What else what else”
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wizard frog is insane
October 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
wizard frog is insane
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Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.
It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
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Any reason you’re not posting this fucking insane clip everywhere?
September 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Any reason you’re not posting this fucking insane clip everywhere?
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In theatre there’s a narrative principle attributed to Anton Chekhov that if you introduce a gun in the first act, it has to go off in the third act, otherwise you shouldn’t introduce the gun at all. Elements in the story should be necessary/relevant to the plot.
September 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
In theatre there’s a narrative principle attributed to Anton Chekhov that if you introduce a gun in the first act, it has to go off in the third act, otherwise you shouldn’t introduce the gun at all. Elements in the story should be necessary/relevant to the plot.
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Part of the reason it’s so important that we celebrate the death of this Nazi bitch is it’s time to draw a line in the sand and tell centrists their performative respect for the deaths of the worst people on earth isn’t going to fly any more
"Don't be a ghoul about Charlie Kirk!"
No, white libs. You don't get to tell me that I don't get to talk my shit about a man who on multiple occasions has pushed for an America where folks like me get killed to cleanse the land.
Y'all can kiss my ass with that suggestion.
No, white libs. You don't get to tell me that I don't get to talk my shit about a man who on multiple occasions has pushed for an America where folks like me get killed to cleanse the land.
Y'all can kiss my ass with that suggestion.
September 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Part of the reason it’s so important that we celebrate the death of this Nazi bitch is it’s time to draw a line in the sand and tell centrists their performative respect for the deaths of the worst people on earth isn’t going to fly any more