John Hall
@unlikelyjapan.bsky.social
“It was never going to be very mainstream.”
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The revival of the Klamath River & its watershed over the past 14 months—after the completion of the biggest dam-removal project in US history—is one the most hopeful stories I know in our hope-stripped age.
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
A River Reborn – Ben Goldfarb
Journalist Ben Goldfarb and photographer Kiliii Yüyan trace the monumental effort to restitch relationships between land, salmon, and humans on the Klamath River, after four of its most obstructive da...
emergencemagazine.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The revival of the Klamath River & its watershed over the past 14 months—after the completion of the biggest dam-removal project in US history—is one the most hopeful stories I know in our hope-stripped age.
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
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It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
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The Go-Betweens live at Glastonbury in 1986. Great set by their best line-up, heroically captured in full on a camcorder
youtu.be/156xUlKXvhM
youtu.be/156xUlKXvhM
The Go Betweens Glastonbury 20th June 1986
YouTube video by soundsville
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July 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Go-Betweens live at Glastonbury in 1986. Great set by their best line-up, heroically captured in full on a camcorder
youtu.be/156xUlKXvhM
youtu.be/156xUlKXvhM
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Make America Healthy Again.
E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Make America Healthy Again.
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"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
June 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
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Well I guess that’s mission accomplished for Elon.
May 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Well I guess that’s mission accomplished for Elon.
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Hello—Is A River Alive? is published today in the US by @wwnorton.com.
The beautiful jacket of living, writhing rivers is based on art by the great @stanleydonwood.bsky.social.
I feel deeply committed to the rivers, people & ideas in this book—& can’t wait to come to North America with it next week.
The beautiful jacket of living, writhing rivers is based on art by the great @stanleydonwood.bsky.social.
I feel deeply committed to the rivers, people & ideas in this book—& can’t wait to come to North America with it next week.
May 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hello—Is A River Alive? is published today in the US by @wwnorton.com.
The beautiful jacket of living, writhing rivers is based on art by the great @stanleydonwood.bsky.social.
I feel deeply committed to the rivers, people & ideas in this book—& can’t wait to come to North America with it next week.
The beautiful jacket of living, writhing rivers is based on art by the great @stanleydonwood.bsky.social.
I feel deeply committed to the rivers, people & ideas in this book—& can’t wait to come to North America with it next week.
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It’s still hard for me to believe that after so many years of deranged posts like this, we’ve still never had a serious national conversation about this man’s mental health.
May 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s still hard for me to believe that after so many years of deranged posts like this, we’ve still never had a serious national conversation about this man’s mental health.
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The U.K. fishing industry - weaponised & then betrayed & then abandoned, by Johnson, Farage & the rest of them - is better off under Starmer’s deal than it was under Johnson’s. That’s not an opinion. It’s counting. Anyone claiming otherwise is a liar.
May 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The U.K. fishing industry - weaponised & then betrayed & then abandoned, by Johnson, Farage & the rest of them - is better off under Starmer’s deal than it was under Johnson’s. That’s not an opinion. It’s counting. Anyone claiming otherwise is a liar.
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Guy who got a "free" $400M plane from Qatar was up late tweeting about corruption.
May 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Guy who got a "free" $400M plane from Qatar was up late tweeting about corruption.
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Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.
May 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.
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I’m only a Juris Doctor, but I diagnose Don Jr. as being a soulless moron.
May 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I’m only a Juris Doctor, but I diagnose Don Jr. as being a soulless moron.
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Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
May 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
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We should do this
Portugal is taking online disinformation and fake news seriously. As part of a broader attempt to encourage media literacy, it’s offering 15-18 year olds a free digital subscription to a range of respected newspapers and magazines as well as online upstarts that don’t spread lies. (Monocle)
May 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We should do this
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Got round to reading Farage two page “manifesto” in yesterday’s Mail. Populist slogans/unfunded promises strung together in a piece designed to portray 🇬🇧 as third world. But how about this for nerve from Mr Brexit? “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down”.
May 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Got round to reading Farage two page “manifesto” in yesterday’s Mail. Populist slogans/unfunded promises strung together in a piece designed to portray 🇬🇧 as third world. But how about this for nerve from Mr Brexit? “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down”.
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Song of the day: Life During War Time
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)
YouTube video by forcedcoitus
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May 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Song of the day: Life During War Time
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
"This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around."
My nomination for the soundtrack song of 2025.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...
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This winter I finished writing a full-length choral requiem for the Sycamore Gap tree, called The World Tree.
The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now.
Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK.
www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...
The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now.
Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK.
www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...
Nature writer’s requiem for the Sycamore Gap tree
Robert Macfarlane’s composition The World Tree will performed by the Helsinki Chamber Choir this year
www.thetimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This winter I finished writing a full-length choral requiem for the Sycamore Gap tree, called The World Tree.
The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now.
Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK.
www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...
The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now.
Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK.
www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...