Flameboy
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Here, because I left the hellscape 🇬🇧💚.
If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.
Climate Emergency, Politics, Homelessness, Liverpool FC & Ai
If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.
Climate Emergency, Politics, Homelessness, Liverpool FC & Ai
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Reform council’s Nottingham Post ban a ‘massive attack on local democracy’
Reform council’s Nottingham Post ban a ‘massive attack on local democracy’
Nottinghamshire council’s administration says it will no longer deal with local paper, in unprecedented move
A Reform council leader’s decision to ban his councillors from engaging with a prominent local newspaper is a “massive attack on local democracy” and a sign of things to come should the party form the next government, the outlet’s editor has warned.
In an unprecedented move, Nottinghamshire county council’s four-month-old Reform administration has said it will no longer deal with the Nottingham Post, its online edition and a team of BBC-funded local democracy journalists that it manages. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Reform council’s Nottingham Post ban a ‘massive attack on local democracy’
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The heat above 32°C in southeast England tomorrow will be 100 times more likely due to fossil fuel-driven warming 🌡️📈
Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.
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Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.
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June 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The heat above 32°C in southeast England tomorrow will be 100 times more likely due to fossil fuel-driven warming 🌡️📈
Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.
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Our super rapid study was published this morning. It is just the second time we’ve studied an event in real-time, using forecast data. It's been hot work.
🧵
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Not long ago, MAGA would have said you're supposed to shoot masked guys in keffiyehs who attack you on the street and try to abduct you.
Hell, they even screamed "terrorist scarf" and threatened to boycott when Rachel Ray wore a keffiyeh-inspired wrap in a Dunkin' Donuts ad!
Hell, they even screamed "terrorist scarf" and threatened to boycott when Rachel Ray wore a keffiyeh-inspired wrap in a Dunkin' Donuts ad!
June 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Not long ago, MAGA would have said you're supposed to shoot masked guys in keffiyehs who attack you on the street and try to abduct you.
Hell, they even screamed "terrorist scarf" and threatened to boycott when Rachel Ray wore a keffiyeh-inspired wrap in a Dunkin' Donuts ad!
Hell, they even screamed "terrorist scarf" and threatened to boycott when Rachel Ray wore a keffiyeh-inspired wrap in a Dunkin' Donuts ad!
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Have written up some of my thoughts about the increasingly sinister use of 'non-UK born' and 'white British' in the British press. The obsession with 'white British' citizens over other British citizens harms all of us and needs to be called out.
benansell.substack.com/p/who-counts
benansell.substack.com/p/who-counts
June 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Have written up some of my thoughts about the increasingly sinister use of 'non-UK born' and 'white British' in the British press. The obsession with 'white British' citizens over other British citizens harms all of us and needs to be called out.
benansell.substack.com/p/who-counts
benansell.substack.com/p/who-counts
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A majority of people around the world support a carbon tax — even if they’re paying it #Climate
A majority of people around the world support a carbon tax — even if they're paying it
Even in the U.S., where the policy was least popular, half of those surveyed said they'd support a climate tax that redistributes wealth.
grist.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A majority of people around the world support a carbon tax — even if they’re paying it #Climate
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Just remember, when you see arguments lamenting the ‘cost of the transition’ that cite apparently eye watering figures, that we continue to spend even more each year on the continued expansion of fossil fuel production.
Led by JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup, the world’s 65 biggest #banks committed a total of $869 billion in financing fossil fuel, and $429 billion in fossil fuel production and infrastructure expansion finance in 2024.
earth.org/worlds-large...
earth.org/worlds-large...
June 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Just remember, when you see arguments lamenting the ‘cost of the transition’ that cite apparently eye watering figures, that we continue to spend even more each year on the continued expansion of fossil fuel production.
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I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence
The arrangement puts money in Trump’s pocket in return for the opportunity to change policy — exactly the sort of pay-to-play scheme critics warned about.
www.huffpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
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Four out of every five people globally want their governments to take stronger action to tackle the climate crisis.
(If people saw the graphic below it’d be closer to 100%.)
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(If people saw the graphic below it’d be closer to 100%.)
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
March 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Four out of every five people globally want their governments to take stronger action to tackle the climate crisis.
(If people saw the graphic below it’d be closer to 100%.)
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
(If people saw the graphic below it’d be closer to 100%.)
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
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Despite Elon Musk's claim that the foreign aid freeze hasn't killed anyone yet, Nick Kristof finds ample evidence to the contrary.
In South Sudan, HIV-positive mothers and children who lost access to lifesaving drugs have died. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In South Sudan, HIV-positive mothers and children who lost access to lifesaving drugs have died. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Despite Elon Musk's claim that the foreign aid freeze hasn't killed anyone yet, Nick Kristof finds ample evidence to the contrary.
In South Sudan, HIV-positive mothers and children who lost access to lifesaving drugs have died. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In South Sudan, HIV-positive mothers and children who lost access to lifesaving drugs have died. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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When we warned the threat of American politics affecting abortion access was real, believe us the first time.
February 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When we warned the threat of American politics affecting abortion access was real, believe us the first time.
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The music is not going to play for much longer.
February 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The music is not going to play for much longer.
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“European cities, like Paris, were smart to focus on air pollution rather than climate change. Air pollution is more real for people. You can see it, smell it. People liked what @annehidalgo.bsky.social did.” — My comments on leadership & urban transformation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Bikes, pedestrians and the 15-minute city: How the pandemic is propelling urban revolutions
In Europe, cycling caught on in a big way this year as COVID-19 discouraged cars and crowded public transit. Some cities’ leaders hope to make the habit permanent and make congestion a thing of the pa...
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“European cities, like Paris, were smart to focus on air pollution rather than climate change. Air pollution is more real for people. You can see it, smell it. People liked what @annehidalgo.bsky.social did.” — My comments on leadership & urban transformation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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1. I am of the firm belief that it is now impossible to get H5N1 out of the ecosystem of North America. Bluntly put, there is now simply too much virus present in wild birds and mammals to be able to contain it. There are also likely many more human cases than reported.
January 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
1. I am of the firm belief that it is now impossible to get H5N1 out of the ecosystem of North America. Bluntly put, there is now simply too much virus present in wild birds and mammals to be able to contain it. There are also likely many more human cases than reported.
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the red hand with splayed fingers has become the symbol of the ongoing protests in serbia, as a message to the government: "you have blood on your hands." tonight the ballerinas and the orchestra of the belgrade national theatre took a bow wearing red gloves on their hands
December 25, 2024 at 10:26 PM
the red hand with splayed fingers has become the symbol of the ongoing protests in serbia, as a message to the government: "you have blood on your hands." tonight the ballerinas and the orchestra of the belgrade national theatre took a bow wearing red gloves on their hands
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Some five-word horror stories for Friday the 13th:
Running out of tea bags
Someone talking in a lift
Unexpected knock on the door
Biscuit falling into your brew
Stuck on rail replacement bus
Forgetting to take an umbrella
Missing bin day before Christmas
Say a bit about yourself
Running out of tea bags
Someone talking in a lift
Unexpected knock on the door
Biscuit falling into your brew
Stuck on rail replacement bus
Forgetting to take an umbrella
Missing bin day before Christmas
Say a bit about yourself
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Some five-word horror stories for Friday the 13th:
Running out of tea bags
Someone talking in a lift
Unexpected knock on the door
Biscuit falling into your brew
Stuck on rail replacement bus
Forgetting to take an umbrella
Missing bin day before Christmas
Say a bit about yourself
Running out of tea bags
Someone talking in a lift
Unexpected knock on the door
Biscuit falling into your brew
Stuck on rail replacement bus
Forgetting to take an umbrella
Missing bin day before Christmas
Say a bit about yourself
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Why widening roads and highways to try to reduce traffic congestion is always futile, and traffic never gets better for very long (it commonly ends up worse). And yet it’s always the official stated reason for spending all that public money on the widening. #InducedDemand ggwash.org/view/97803/w...
December 13, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Why widening roads and highways to try to reduce traffic congestion is always futile, and traffic never gets better for very long (it commonly ends up worse). And yet it’s always the official stated reason for spending all that public money on the widening. #InducedDemand ggwash.org/view/97803/w...
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🧵As the Government unveils plans to boost clean power, worth noting how much public sentiment has shifted to seeing clean energy not just as good, but as a no-brainer. All voter groups (inc Reform) are more likely to think renewables will cut cost of living than raise it
December 13, 2024 at 1:29 PM
🧵As the Government unveils plans to boost clean power, worth noting how much public sentiment has shifted to seeing clean energy not just as good, but as a no-brainer. All voter groups (inc Reform) are more likely to think renewables will cut cost of living than raise it
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Australia to reshape manufacturing base as Greens deal excludes fossil fuels from flagship industry policy
reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to...
reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to...
Australia to reshape manufacturing base as Greens deal excludes fossil fuels from flagship industry policy
Greens make last minute commitment to vote for $22 billion Future Made in Australia policy under proviso no support would go to coal, oil and gas.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 29, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Australia to reshape manufacturing base as Greens deal excludes fossil fuels from flagship industry policy
reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to...
reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to...
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Striking how much of the Social Metric Commission's findings on poverty - particularly surrounding the experiences of disabled people and people in poor health - chime with the work @probonoecon.bsky.social is doing on low wellbeing.
November 19, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Striking how much of the Social Metric Commission's findings on poverty - particularly surrounding the experiences of disabled people and people in poor health - chime with the work @probonoecon.bsky.social is doing on low wellbeing.
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Exactly the kind of thinking that UK government need to adopt to ensure transport delivers its fair share of emission reductions by 2030👇
Switching just 1 trip a day from 🚗 to 🚴 or 🚶♂️ = almost 30% less transport CO2 for the ave UK urban resident. If 1 in 5 did this in 🇪🇺 it’d cut emissions from all 🚗 travel in 🇪🇺 by 8%. The potential impact of active travel on CO2 could be huge
November 19, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Exactly the kind of thinking that UK government need to adopt to ensure transport delivers its fair share of emission reductions by 2030👇
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November 11, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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2)Media go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya
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8)EVs go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE
9)Southeast go.bsky.app/AZ6Xw1U
1)Power go.bsky.app/RwCBCab
2)Media go.bsky.app/2TNd1Ya
3)Solutions go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ
4)Science go.bsky.app/7Mbnoge
5)Legal go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE
6)Women go.bsky.app/AGCURBf
7)Nuclear go.bsky.app/5EJY58V
8)EVs go.bsky.app/R4ZUdPE
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Here's a starter pack for electric grid & power systems - lmk if you want me to add your account! (Omissions 100% unintentional, still finding folks here :-) 🔌💡
go.bsky.app/RwCBCab
go.bsky.app/RwCBCab
November 9, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Here's a starter pack for electric grid & power systems - lmk if you want me to add your account! (Omissions 100% unintentional, still finding folks here :-) 🔌💡
go.bsky.app/RwCBCab
go.bsky.app/RwCBCab
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It would be fab if, finally, gas boilers were banned in new UK homes
But delays mean 700,000 homes have been built which will now have to convert to heat pump at cost of £12,000 each
That's £8.4bn households will pay to allow big housebuilders to save a few quid
www.ft.com/content/3a35...
But delays mean 700,000 homes have been built which will now have to convert to heat pump at cost of £12,000 each
That's £8.4bn households will pay to allow big housebuilders to save a few quid
www.ft.com/content/3a35...
Builders face ban on gas boilers in most new homes in England
Industry demands clear guidance and fixed timeframes as concerns over delays to heating reforms mount
www.ft.com
November 11, 2024 at 8:16 AM
It would be fab if, finally, gas boilers were banned in new UK homes
But delays mean 700,000 homes have been built which will now have to convert to heat pump at cost of £12,000 each
That's £8.4bn households will pay to allow big housebuilders to save a few quid
www.ft.com/content/3a35...
But delays mean 700,000 homes have been built which will now have to convert to heat pump at cost of £12,000 each
That's £8.4bn households will pay to allow big housebuilders to save a few quid
www.ft.com/content/3a35...