It's been a thoroughly grim week, and its a thoroughly grim time generally. So here's a thoroughly wholesome picture of two absolute legends to help rekindle your faith in the universe.

As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently. I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵

Does Manchester need an underground? Does rail nationalisation =good? Will @zackpolanski.bsky.social kick Farages arse? All this and more on this weeks episode with @garethdennis.uk Listen to the full episode here: bit.ly/47BwXMM or where ever you get podcasts

NEW EPISODE 📣 Lucy and Andrew review Now, the People! Revolution in the Twenty-First Century, by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. They explore Mélenchon's ideas of "the People" and climate change, and whether his focus on population levels is necessary. Plus we ask, is he a degrowther? 🎧 bit.ly/3U0Mlu4

NEW EPISODE 📣 Lucy and Andrew review Now, the People! Revolution in the Twenty-First Century, by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. They explore Mélenchon's ideas of "the People" and climate change, and whether his focus on population levels is necessary. Plus we ask, is he a degrowther? 🎧 bit.ly/3U0Mlu4

Speaking of Starmer's 'island of strangers', weird that it comes from the man who wants BlackRock, an American asset manager, to rebuild - and own - Britain.

We are back! 💥 @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social and Andrew discuss all the big events over the last six months and reflect on the local election results in England. Plus we cover @zackpolanski.bsky.social's leadership bid for the Green Party and whether "eco-populism" can unite the Left. 🎧 bit.ly/3GOfgOu

'The climate movement is experiencing a lull. We must broaden our tactics if we are to maintain popular support and reframe the narrative.' Check out our latest article from writer and community activist, Joe Attlee. Please like and share 🌿 www.gndmedia.co.uk/articles/sab...

“Your cloud is drying my river” - name of a campaign group in Spain calling for a moratorium on new data centres in Spain due to water scarcity. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How is it stable for a country’s economy to live or die on 0.X% changes in growth? Surely that points to a fundamental problem with how we measure economic activity and who are the important players in it? This is why a theme park being built is seen as a win the UK, a log flume won’t cut it mate.

Our Lucy was on @trashfuture.bsky.social this week to discuss the frankly inhumane cuts to PIP and disability benefits coming from government. Liz Kendall longs for the return of the work house. Check it out podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

With Heathrow expanding I look forward to the chancellor making a big announcement on clean plane fuels….. right?….right?

🔥 TWAS THE STRIKE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! 🔥✊ Starbucks baristas are going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting tomorrow in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle... and soon, from coast-to-coast. 🧵

Class struggle isn’t just a binary fight between the world’s workers & ruling class, it manifests itself between the working & middle class too. If the environmental movement continues to brush this to one side, the only outcome on our horizon is abject failure. www.gndmedia.co.uk/articles/the...

"Building on the Lucas Plan, a new approach to industrial strategy could coordinate the repurposing of military production for green manufacturing." ✍️ Khem Rogaly on why a just transition away from military production is essential. Full article ⤵️ www.gndmedia.co.uk/articles/why...

Episode 2 of our series on the #Bhopal Gas Disaster is out. Learning about Bhopal is so important, particularly for those advocating technological quick fixes that involve corporations whose primary horizon is profit rather than planet. Please have a listen #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction

NEW💥 In the second part of this series, we explore the origins of the Bhopal Disaster in India’s so-called “Green Revolution” in farming, and assess how national foreign exchange laws led to Union Carbide cutting corners at its Bhopal plant ☢️ 🎧 bit.ly/4gyQ0s4

I haven't had time to check their new podcast ep out, but knowing GND this'll be good so you should listen too :) www.gndmedia.co.uk/podcast-epis...

This is a thoughtful analysis of the farmers' protests from a revolutionary (eco)socialist perspective via @rs21.bsky.social revsoc21.uk/2024/12/09/a...

A 10 year plan to make 30k jobs, in a region of 2 million people and it cost £7bn quid? That’s £230k per job. Can’t help but think it might be better to give that money directly to people. Why is government investment in the UK so expensive and provides so little for the cost? Is it consultants?

☢️ 40 years ago, an industrial disaster at the Union Carbide India plant in Bhopal exposed more than 500,000 people to the toxic gas methyl isocyanate. In this new series, @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social explores the drivers behind one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes. 🎧 bit.ly/4gelGTG

NEW Keir Starmer has pledged his government will decide at least 150 major infrastructure projects this parliament, while admitting that its target of building 1.5 million homes may be “a little too ambitious”. My latest 👇 www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1898...

☢️ Today marks 40 years since the Bhopal Disaster, when more than 500,000 people were exposed to the toxic gas methyl isocyanate. In this new series, @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social explores the social, political and economic drivers behind one of the world's worst industrial disasters. 🎧 bit.ly/4gelGTG

Absolutely brilliant podcast @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social well done, particularly brilliant to hear from Ruby about her experience as a toddler. Recommended listening for anyone.

My first comment piece in @theguardian.com is on a topic very close to my heart; the threat that the #ClimateCrisis poses to my local community in South Wales. Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵

Solidarity with sixth form college teachers striking this week! Learn more about the strikes from the NEU website here neu.org.uk/advice/membe...

Episode one of what will be an incredible series on the Bhopal Disaster. Give it a listen and check out GND Media's other podcast episodes if they've somehow passed you by.

☢️ Today marks 40 years since the Bhopal Disaster, when more than 500,000 people were exposed to the toxic gas methyl isocyanate. In this new series, @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social explores the social, political and economic drivers behind one of the world's worst industrial disasters. 🎧 bit.ly/4gelGTG

Great new series from @gndmedia.bsky.social, looking forward to giving it a listen!

New limited series starts tomorrow. BHOPAL: stories of an Ecocide. Where @lucyburke Explores the history and impacts of the world’s worst industrial disaster. Listen to the trailer below. Only on GND Media, where ever you get your podcasts.

Is this the first robot trade union?

🚨 NEW Climate campaigners have won the right to appeal against a High Court ruling that backed the government stopping councils setting higher energy efficiency standards in new homes than building regs currently require 🏘️ More 👇 www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1896...

I do wonder how the protesters will be managed today by the Met police. Are farmers eco zealots or concerned citizens? Only the number of riot vans will tell.

Can we have #nuclear power without nuclear weapons? Ads discusses the possibility with @energybants.bsky.social full episode on gndmedia.co.uk #climate #climatechange

My new book with @helenhester.bsky.social will be coming out in February and it is the culmination (and refinement) of around 7 years of work. I'm very happy with it! Pre-order here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/postwork-...

What makes the just transition for energy actually just? Full episode can be found at gndmedia.co.uk

💥 NEW We spoke to the anonymous scientist @Disproof about why they keep their identity secret, how the oil and gas industry is using influencers and politicians to muddy the waters on climate change and what tactics we can use to combat them ✊ 🎧 bit.ly/3C7huWU

What gives the ultra-rich their power? Are they bigger and stronger than the rest of us? No, their power derives from their army of sycophants.