Tom Barrance
@tombarrance.bsky.social
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That's 90,000 signatures!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
April 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
That's 90,000 signatures!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
"We have to start acting as if we're living in East Germany, and Instagram is the Stasi" - powerful TED talk from the heroic @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
broligarchy.substack.com/p/speaking-t...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/speaking-t...
Speaking truth to tech gods: I return to TED
Six years ago I was sued for libel. This time, I call Silicon Valley collaborators and data rapists. What could possibly go wrong?
broligarchy.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"We have to start acting as if we're living in East Germany, and Instagram is the Stasi" - powerful TED talk from the heroic @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
broligarchy.substack.com/p/speaking-t...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/speaking-t...
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Prediction:
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Prediction:
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
April 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
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A scientifically illiterate fascist who is defunding science, and FRS.
The toadying lickspittles who championed this marketing creep should lose their privileges. What did they want? To brownnose a big boy under the misapprehension that standing near the powerful gifts them power.
The toadying lickspittles who championed this marketing creep should lose their privileges. What did they want? To brownnose a big boy under the misapprehension that standing near the powerful gifts them power.
Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk
Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk
Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’
The Royal Society has decided not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk over his conduct, saying that to do so could cause damage to the academy and science itself.
Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who also owns the social media platform X, was elected a fellow of the UK’s national academy of sciences in 2018, apparently in recognition of his work in the space and electric vehicle industries. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A scientifically illiterate fascist who is defunding science, and FRS.
The toadying lickspittles who championed this marketing creep should lose their privileges. What did they want? To brownnose a big boy under the misapprehension that standing near the powerful gifts them power.
The toadying lickspittles who championed this marketing creep should lose their privileges. What did they want? To brownnose a big boy under the misapprehension that standing near the powerful gifts them power.
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Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!
March 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!
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Delighted to reveal the hard-hitting paperback cover for my book, THE LIE OF THE LAND - an exposé of what the 'custodians of the countryside' have done to nature in Britain.
The paperback's out 8th May - order yours here: lnkfi.re/JhxHno
More upcoming talks here & details below: lnkfi.re/PkfOhd 🧵
The paperback's out 8th May - order yours here: lnkfi.re/JhxHno
More upcoming talks here & details below: lnkfi.re/PkfOhd 🧵
March 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Delighted to reveal the hard-hitting paperback cover for my book, THE LIE OF THE LAND - an exposé of what the 'custodians of the countryside' have done to nature in Britain.
The paperback's out 8th May - order yours here: lnkfi.re/JhxHno
More upcoming talks here & details below: lnkfi.re/PkfOhd 🧵
The paperback's out 8th May - order yours here: lnkfi.re/JhxHno
More upcoming talks here & details below: lnkfi.re/PkfOhd 🧵
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Making economic growth the overriding purpose, to which all else must be sacrificed, not only trashes ecological and social values. It's also spectacularly bad politics. Governments can't control growth, but when it dips, this government, by its own criteria, fails. A rod for its own back.
March 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Making economic growth the overriding purpose, to which all else must be sacrificed, not only trashes ecological and social values. It's also spectacularly bad politics. Governments can't control growth, but when it dips, this government, by its own criteria, fails. A rod for its own back.
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Happy ides of march!
Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻
Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻
March 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Happy ides of march!
Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻
Today it is tradition to give the gift of stabbing to would-be dictators 🫶🏻
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Once again for the love of god just put taxes up, you'll have to anyway before this parliament is out so do it now, cite defence as the reason, lean into the fact the world has changed & govt must too. (Me and @johnharris1969.bsky.social discussed this on the Guardian Politics Weekly pod btw..
revealed: some of the cabinet ministers who spoke up during Tuesday’s cabinet meeting about spending restraint
Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood, Lucy Powell & Ed Miliband
www.ft.com/content/befa...
Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood, Lucy Powell & Ed Miliband
www.ft.com/content/befa...
Rayner and Cooper criticised cuts in ‘tense’ cabinet meeting
‘Large minority’ of ministers protested about planned spending reductions in their own departments
www.ft.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Once again for the love of god just put taxes up, you'll have to anyway before this parliament is out so do it now, cite defence as the reason, lean into the fact the world has changed & govt must too. (Me and @johnharris1969.bsky.social discussed this on the Guardian Politics Weekly pod btw..
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Really important cause here for #UK folk to stop #Musk and people like him polluting our politics with their dirty money. The petition below will be debated on 31 March. Please email your MP and ask them to support a change in the law. Find them here: members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Really important cause here for #UK folk to stop #Musk and people like him polluting our politics with their dirty money. The petition below will be debated on 31 March. Please email your MP and ask them to support a change in the law. Find them here: members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
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This is the crux of it. Leaders *change* public opinion. Trump has *radically* changed public opinion. Democratic consultants who do focus groups aren’t who Democrats should be listening to—they should focus on leading the public and aggressively reshaping views of Trump.
March 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is the crux of it. Leaders *change* public opinion. Trump has *radically* changed public opinion. Democratic consultants who do focus groups aren’t who Democrats should be listening to—they should focus on leading the public and aggressively reshaping views of Trump.
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A lot of very rich people are still wrongly assuming that they will be fully insulated from the deep social dysfunction, economic collapse, and rising authoritarianism being ushered in by Trump. They won’t—but it currently looks like they’re willing to find that out the hard way.
March 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A lot of very rich people are still wrongly assuming that they will be fully insulated from the deep social dysfunction, economic collapse, and rising authoritarianism being ushered in by Trump. They won’t—but it currently looks like they’re willing to find that out the hard way.
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Yes, the UK government SHOULD abandon its Carbon Capture and Storage scheme, which
a. would cause a net *increase* in emissions
b. is unlikely to work
c. uses tens of billions that'd be much better spent on genuinely green projects.
Let's hope it has seen sense.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
a. would cause a net *increase* in emissions
b. is unlikely to work
c. uses tens of billions that'd be much better spent on genuinely green projects.
Let's hope it has seen sense.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions | George Monbiot
The supposedly green project – brainchild of the previous Tory government – will increase emissions, not reduce them, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Yes, the UK government SHOULD abandon its Carbon Capture and Storage scheme, which
a. would cause a net *increase* in emissions
b. is unlikely to work
c. uses tens of billions that'd be much better spent on genuinely green projects.
Let's hope it has seen sense.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
a. would cause a net *increase* in emissions
b. is unlikely to work
c. uses tens of billions that'd be much better spent on genuinely green projects.
Let's hope it has seen sense.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Much of America today
March 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Much of America today
I’ve just sent an email to my MP asking them to speak out about the aid cuts and to put pressure on Keir Starmer to reverse the decision before it’s too late. Will you email your MP too? www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
The more people who take action, the more impact we can all have.
The more people who take action, the more impact we can all have.
Oxfam GB | Demand Keir Starmer reverses aid cuts
www.oxfam.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve just sent an email to my MP asking them to speak out about the aid cuts and to put pressure on Keir Starmer to reverse the decision before it’s too late. Will you email your MP too? www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
The more people who take action, the more impact we can all have.
The more people who take action, the more impact we can all have.
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If you want more money, try a wealth tax.
February 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If you want more money, try a wealth tax.
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Cutting aid to fund defence, Mr Starmer, is both cruel and self-defeating. I agree we need to defend ourselves. But creating a less stable, less humane world is no way to do it.
February 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Cutting aid to fund defence, Mr Starmer, is both cruel and self-defeating. I agree we need to defend ourselves. But creating a less stable, less humane world is no way to do it.
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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
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80% of German VOTERS went for parties that promised to have nothing to do with the AFD...
MEDIA: Huge win for AFD!
MEDIA: Huge win for AFD!
February 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
80% of German VOTERS went for parties that promised to have nothing to do with the AFD...
MEDIA: Huge win for AFD!
MEDIA: Huge win for AFD!
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Yesterday I had the privilege of joining Cwmparc residents on a peaceful march, protesting the blocking of a historic right of way that separates the community from their mountain.
There was rain, mud, a little bit of trespassing, and hypothermic stand-off 🌧️
Here's my report of events. /THREAD 🧵
There was rain, mud, a little bit of trespassing, and hypothermic stand-off 🌧️
Here's my report of events. /THREAD 🧵
February 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Yesterday I had the privilege of joining Cwmparc residents on a peaceful march, protesting the blocking of a historic right of way that separates the community from their mountain.
There was rain, mud, a little bit of trespassing, and hypothermic stand-off 🌧️
Here's my report of events. /THREAD 🧵
There was rain, mud, a little bit of trespassing, and hypothermic stand-off 🌧️
Here's my report of events. /THREAD 🧵
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Thought for the day.
February 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thought for the day.
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If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Hundreds of tractors block Westminster
Farmers from across the UK protesting in London against changes to inheritance tax.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If this were Just Stop Oil, there'd have been dozens of arrests, furious denunciations in the billionaire press and, perhaps, long jail sentences. Farmers have a right to protest, and the police respect it. Other people, it seems, not so much.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
The real #TwoTierPolicing
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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