This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway We don't even have a word or a phrase for this! theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Apparently it is too hard even to measure them and come up with a plan claiming to tackle them.

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

I am delighted to be moving to Brighton which has a plentiful supply of both!

Morbidly curious to hear what the loathsome Jenrick had to say. But I couldn't help thinking on seeing this pic "if you want to find a scary cultural ghetto, look no further"! And the backslapping public joviality I heard at this tory conference was painful...

Wow - two stupid errors in only a few words. Putin's "communists"? And they can't even spell "principles"! The Daily Express continues to embarrass itself.

Do they all have the wrong number of fingers?

What on earth has happened to the Tories? This wouldn't have been acceptable in 1965 let alone 2025. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🧵I was not that surprised to see @economist.com come out against a #wealthtax. But I figured if there was an intellectually credible argument against it, they would be the ones to look to. So I am pleased to see how weak their arguments actually seem to be. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

This is the way it's supposed to work - it is taking longer than we would like for the results to be seen but (if we don't change direction) things should only get better from here?

So looks like the new Labour government in the UK is "winning the immigration battle" mainly by separating newcomer health and care sector workforce from their families? And soon ensuring they can't stay here unless they're better citizens than the rest of us? Grotesque.

We really need to retire "contrarian" as a descriptor for Weiss immediately. The reason she is getting this job right now is because of her *non-contrarian* sensibilities. She espouses views that the US's current power structure likes.

It would be good to have independent verification of some of the more striking claims here but of course the Israeli military has been killing journalists in the region in droves which makes that pretty difficult!

🧵I have a lot of respect in general for @economist.com as a rational centre-right voice so was interested to read its critique of #weathtaxes. And surprised (and relieved) that it turns out to be so weak. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

In principle a worrying idea - but looking at the current compromised Supreme Court in the US, a solution will have to be found.

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

Recently heard a CBC journalist call Trump's "green scam" rant to the UN "unhinged", and I have to say I am there for it. We can still call a spade a spade in Canada... For the moment.

. @janefonda.com is so inspirational www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

If we could have collectively ignored Farage and Trump they might never have risen to prominence, but they aren't the enemy - it's their world views. And ignoring those views and what causes them hasn't worked so well.

Welcome to "parasocial" media!

🗣️ @zackpolanski.bsky.social opens Green Party Conference at 1:30pm today. 💻 Tune in live on YouTube ⤵️

This may only be a public recognition of what thieves already know but regardless it's a sad state of affairs! www.bbc.com/news/article...

We've said it before and we'll say it again: poverty is a political choice. The two-child benefit cap is a political choice. Cutting disability benefits is a political choice. Cutting winter fuel payments is a political choice. We can make different choices.

As someone who sits inside an EV I confess I thought it was quieter on the outside but this makes me think. What is definitely quieter at all speeds they can reach is cyclists and pedestrians....

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*. Yes: free. If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

This is the SMALL bike parking garage next to Utrecht Centraal Station. Free for 24 hours. With a bike repair shop, a few hundred OVfiets rental bikes, and a 24/7 secure, staffed parking lot for 4,200 bikes. The new lot on the other side of the station holds 11,500 bikes.

Fascinating and important piece from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @maybulman.bsky.social on the Tony Blair Institute. "while ... Policy Exchange and the Institute of Public Policy Research had incomes of £4.3m in 2023-24, TBI’s turnover in 2023 was $145.3m." (!) www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Have been listening my way through the @newyorker.com archive of its short fiction read by their authors before it goes behind a paywall. This Anne Enright piece is a crafty political gem that wrong-foots you for all the right reasons. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

Just listened to fascinating CBC interview on the NDP's future - @jaymepoisson.bsky.social talking to allies of @avilewis.ca and @heathermcpherson.bsky.social. Battle lines seem clearly drawn between tame centrist pragmatism and Lewis' principled stand for radical change. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

A 2% tax on the assets of those who with over €100m is catching on. It's a key left demand in France now - championed by Gabriel Zucman - and by the resurgent Greens in the UK. I think even those with a mere €10m could probably afford to chip in, but it's a start! www.politico.eu/article/gabr...

What would the reaction be if Democratic politicians went on TV every week to talk about how scary and dangerous Louisiana was, or how bleak and depressing life in rural Mississippi is, or how Oklahoma ranks last in education and “God, can you imagine being from there?”

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

Great. Excellent perspective for the company taking a “big role” in whatever it is Trump is planning to do with TikTok.

Starmer says past governments have been "squeamish" talking about immigration. Bullshit. Starmer isn't bravely breaking a taboo. He's blaming vulnerable people & deflecting attention from the super rich who hoard power & wealth. Want something better? join.greenparty.org.uk

Just another day in the US.

Minister Lightbound says it’s time for tough choices, but his choices are not about bolster the service, but cutting it back. Other choices could be made: allowing and building out postal banking or recognizing a public service does not need to be profitable, as an example.

CTV puts the big question in the headline: coverage of our launch last night. youtu.be/ILborKiaYCU?...

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

Interesting topic hosted by @akshatrathi.bsky.social at @bloomberg.com and cool passing remarks too. Globally 39% of two and three wheelers and 43% of buses are already electric. And DYK Ethiopia (which has plentiful hydro power) already bans the import of gas powered cars? youtu.be/VaBEWJrRS0M?...

They've lost the 9yos

Taking the whole ROAD ✔️ Distracted (singing) ✔️ No helmets ✔️ No lights ✔️ No reflective vests ✔️ Riding in a pack ✔️ Textbook radical anti-car cyclists.

But when he says "worst" he means worst for his company - great news for patients and the taxpayer! More "bad news" like this please.. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

The only people who benefitted from PFI were the private companies that made billions in profit from public money, while the public sector faced extraordinary bills, hospitals in special measures and mothballed schools. 1/2

One of the things I've noticed about doing urbanist Jane's Walks around the city talking about car dominance is it's hard to be heard on the streets over the cars!

One of the biggest things we want readers to take away from “Life After Cars” is that learning to *see* cars is step one on the path to realizing a better world.

I’m checking out the @london.gov.uk one-day pedestrianization of Oxford Street. Tons of people out enjoying this space. Hoping Sadiq Khan can make it permanent!

Home decarbonization is a no-brainer to meet Canada's GHG targets. That's being undermined by each and the combination of: repeal of the consumer carbon tax, restricting eligibility for heat pump rebates, and termination of Greener Homes loans. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/18/n...