⚡2026 is a turning point. UK #climate & environmental activists face both crisis & opportunity. Fascism rises, the #climate agenda is under attack, & political representation is urgent. 🧵A longish thread on why we must unite behind @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the @greenparty.org.uk 💚

Results from the Basic Income for Artists scheme in Ireland were published in September, and they showed the scheme was a huge success across every metric. I spoke directly with some of the recipients to get their thoughts on the scheme and how it could be improved moving forward.

The fact that so many ostensibly progressive people still use X is so demotivating. If we as a collective can't even stop using a social media website that was launched two decades ago, we have zero chance of dismantling infinitely more complex power structures that have existed for millennia.

This finding of "hidden" public support for green policies strongly echoes our work on pluralistic ignorance when it comes to non-car travel: most people support non-car travel more than car travel, but at the same time they believe this is a minority view

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

How is AI *really* impacting jobs? Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an: -8% drop in all jobs postings -~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs -22% drop in journalism jobs

Climate and energy is not immune to today's discourse. "From what I've seen firsthand, utility policy advocates working on questions of finance, governance, and operations are primarily cisgender, straight (and mostly, white) men. Women, people of color, and queer people work separately..."

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

When environmental educator Mona Shomali submitted this essay about the misuse of "survival of the fittest" to us at @therevelator.org, I couldn't wait to share it with our readers... Capitalism Loves Competition. Nature Has Other Ideas. therevelator.org/social-darwi...

A Scottish charity wants to reintroduce state-subsidised diners for all—a potentially a big ask in the current political climate. #universalbasicservices www.sower.world/public-diner...

A charity is gaining momentum pushing for state-subsidised diners to be reintroduced across the UK to improve access to affordable, healthy, and climate-friendly food. Not everyone is convinced, however, that there's a chance in the current political climate. My latest for Sower ⬇️

This new reconstruction of global whale biomass shows that countries can successfully tackle environmental problems when they come together But it's a story with an under-recognised hero 🧵 1/

Resharing this since Musk has now said civil war is inevitable in the UK. It takes two minutes to email your MP asking them to demand the government leaves X!

I'm Still On X For The Engagement I Signed Up For StormFront Because That's Where The Influencers Are I'm Staying On TruthSocial Because I Can't Let The Right Fill The Space

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit." Taxing the rich works!

Ada Lovelace, first AI denigrator

“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.

🔥 The never-ending narrative… This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry. Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.

"Recent research shows that for every million dollars, public spending on the military-industrial complex buys five jobs, while education spending creates thirteen and health care investment creates nine."

1/6 We are the most terrifying animal in existence, even for wolves They tested whether wolves (Tuchola Forest, Poland) fear the barking of dogs more than the human voice when speaking. The wolves fled sooner and faster when they heard our voices (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Pretty freaking wild to hear "actually AI is useful for climate change" constantly and from people who should know better when the people deciding how the massive resources it consumes are used are saying stuff like this

Depressing that the IUCN's confirmation that an endangered species is in fact endangered is the closest thing I can provide to "good news." Latest for @mongabay.com shows how a concerted effort by the biomedical research lobby to downgrade the IUCN listing of long-tailed macaques has failed.

Did you or somebody you know take part in the Basic Income for Artists scheme in Ireland? I’m looking to speak to some participants for a piece, anonymous is also fine! DM or email is in bio, please share 🙏 #journorequest

Fully support what Jack is saying here, we need more recognition of collective work and not singling out individuals, especially when they're involved in super collective work. Why not award orgs and coalitions?

LRT “In 2017, Kenyan conservationist Dr Mordecai Ogada published the book The Big Conservation Lie, which criticised ‘white saviours’ like Goodall...Have any African conservationists received a damehood or regular well-paid speaking opportunities across the world for their work?”

"The economic system we live under has nurtured these Great Man narratives because it’s precisely what keeps it propped up. Our system teaches us that those who work hard will rise to the top on the basis of their merit and contribution to the world."

With Jane Goodall's death last week and the Nobel Prize announcements this week, I wrote about why it's a big problem that we lionise individuals for achievements that resulted from the work of collective groups of people.

"No fight against the slaughterhouses will ever be successful if we do not also confront capitalism. Likewise, no fight against capitalism will fully succeed unless we also fight against slaughterhouses." Can't encourage people enough to read this essay, it's incredibly important writing.

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

See also: Jane Goodall. We spend way too much time deifying individuals instead of recognising collective contributions to knowledge or other forms of human creation.

Until people in the climate movement very publicly stop eating meat and flying, we're not going to seem trustworthy. I will die on this hill.

Every month for my newsletter, I round up stories I find of people taking action to make the world a better place in the hopes my readers find inspiration. I also add in music other media recommendations (books, TV, recipes etc) for people looking for something new to enjoy ⬇️

"I stopped eating meat some 50 years ago," wrote Jane Goodall, "when I looked at the pork chop on my plate and thought: this represents fear, pain, death." Best as I can tell, not one obituary or article on her passing mentions this fact. It's worth knowing. news.janegoodall.org/2017/04/28/w...

“Governments are reluctant to push hard on dietary change, livestock emissions, or fertilizer dependence because they trigger cultural sensitivities and risk political backlash," said @jessfanzo.bsky.social.

I may have found my defining quote. Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

“Year after year, land and environmental defenders—those protecting our forests, rivers, and lands across the world—continue to be met with unspeakable violence.” 146 environmental and land defenders were murdered or disappeared in 2024

One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

After receiving a breakdown of my rent recently and seeing how my money helps maintain the communal areas, I was happy – despite realising that I've barely used them myself. I wrote about community spirit, setting up roots as a renter, and what I wish living in my apartment complex looked like ⬇️

People have been shown to display more unethical behaviour when they use AI tools as an intermediary i.e it's not just that tools themselves produce inaccurate information, they actually encourage people to act in a dishonest way.

Reform and other far-right political parties are against immigrants because of xenophobia, for sure, but also because they're more likely to support or vote for progressive policies. We should be giving immigrants more rights, not less, as I argued last week ⬇️

Would gently remind all the people pointing at our potential next government and saying "but that's Illegal/impossible!" that things being illegal and incredibly stupid do not matter to fascists, see also: USA.

Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X

I’m pissed this is even a question. Science writers like myself have been scrabbling for work in a collapsing industry for years. The pond keeps shrinking. And now, rather than supporting *people*, Science is checking out if AI can replace us yet. I will never, ever use genAI in my work.

🔴 NEW - The meat industry has been monitoring thousands of animal welfare activists, gathering information on their biological ties and even their romantic relationships. Vital, shocking exposé from @clarecarlile.bsky.social for @desmog.com

Immigrants in Berlin, ~25% of the population, had no say in the recent opening of a motorway as we can't vote in local elections. If we could vote, it likely wouldn't have been built. An example of why I argue that voting rights for immigrants in Western nations could mean better climate outcomes ⬇️

No.

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"