Well, at least my book writing plans are getting firmed up. 🫠

Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.

🔥We need BETTER MEDIA NOW!🔥 Join special guest Tulisa Contostavlos 24th June - Central Hall Westminster alongside fellow campaigners and victims of press wrongdoing as the demand for BETTER MEDIA gets louder and gathers pace! Join for this very special rally! GET YOUR FREE TICKET - tr.ee/GGbCgh

Looking forward to joining this panel to talk about Google’s AI in search, the impact on independent news and the CMA’s recent landmark decision in a couple of weeks.

New: Climate change literacy has not budged in years. Largely the result of a huge coordinated disinformation campaign. The science is crystal clear: ALL of the warming is due to humans… 1/

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

The abhorrent racism aside, Burnham is right that there is something quite desperate about Reform's recent activity. See also Zia 'white people are the biggest victims of racism' Yusuf's recent posts

The Media Democracy Festival is back! 27th June, London. Tickets now available. mediademocracyfestival.co.uk 👈 Join to hear from experts, join in workshops to discuss, participate and shape 'The Future of Public Media' ⭐ THE ⭐ topic of our time.

This reminds me of John Todd from Cape Cod. In some of the moments I'm not busy obsessing about the state of media, (and what to do about it) I'm obsessing about the state of our water. And this is a top 'what-to-do-about-it'. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Access to verified, accurate information is eroding. We can be easily confused and manipulated. We live in silos and struggle to have empathy for each other. It's a recipe for conspiracy. The Conspicists, an amazing documentary is screening tonight in Hackney, and I'm thrilled to host Q&A after.

It's been an honour - and a challenge - to work on the Ethical Reporting Guidelines project with @pressjustice.bsky.social for the last 6 months, and I'm thrilled to be launching V1 of the guides this week. I'm also excited about what comes next, how they form an ethical foundation to build on.

Not much to see here, just my attempt to debate existential questions at @thersaorg.bsky.social with @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @bellingcat.com My uncomfortable efforts to signpost towards a #mediarevolution continue! @media-revolution.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lizpen/p...

It blows my mind too @charliejgardner.bsky.social Seems like another case of obsession with the clown 🤡.... and ignorance of the circus 🎪

A message from our Chair, Stephen Kinsella (@stephenstroud.bsky.social) regarding the recent polling conducted by Opinium in regards to press standards.

X is just as much an enclosed, tiny and echoey silo as Bluesky, it's just that the people on X still seem convinced they're plugged directly into the brain of policymakers and high-powered decision makers like the Matrix chair, and it completely acidifies and collapses their brain

"The thing that they fear the most is what they don't control." Love this quote by AOC in The Persuaders @anandwrites.bsky.social #inspiringbooks

Working behind the scenes with @hackedoff.bsky.social and getting progress for press abuse victims feels positive. And yet I'm skeptical about #PressReform via Labour. We must use political routes AND have strategies that don't depend on them. #MediaRevolution @media-revolution.bsky.social

TONIGHT! 20th November 19:00 - 20:00 GMT bit.ly/4oXOlBi - News Club Live People join together, not just to talk about the news, but to ask what to do about it? Come and see how a club operates and get support for setting up your own! #MediaRevolution #NewsClubs

I say I hate acronyms, but I can make exceptions. Yesterday was a Media Revolution meeting for strategy of the Core Working Group (CWG)...and we met In Real Life (IRL) I kept calling the day the CoWGIRL day. Hardly anyone knew what I was on about. And that's absolutely OK. #NerdAlert

Excited to say I've joined the team at @hackedoff.bsky.social - just in time for The Hack to air on ITV. With any luck (and effort) this could bring renewed interest to the problematic press (there are stronger words) - and their cosy (cough, corrupt, cough) relationship with police and govt.

Oh, I am imagining. We must all imagine the worst and then work towards the best. This isn't humanity.

It was a real pleasure to host a zoom room full of media revolutionaries on Monday. And look, they're so happy!! 🤣 Obviously because they know we need a #MediaRevolution and are part of making it happen! 😜

Imagine if the media refused to platform fossil-fuel-funded think tanks. We’d see disinformation disappear and fake debates vanish. Do you think it’s time for the media to draw a firm line against climate and nature misinformation? #ClimateMediaCharter

Imagine if every newsroom openly declared a climate & nature emergency. Could media leaders be the guiding light in a time of crisis, showing they care about the future we all share? Pledge 1/12 of the Climate Media Charter asks for this commitment. #ClimateMediaCharter

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

The Telegraph has deleted its latest misleading article about #StopFundingHate and agreed to pay our legal costs 🔥🔥🔥 stopfundinghate.info/2025/04/01/t...

🪧 What are the impacts of climate activism? We reviewed 50 studies from the past few years on this exact question, and here's what we found: 1/x

Comparing coverage of #teslatakedown on @bsky.app vs X is very revealing. Also X has a Tesla Take Down WatchDOGE 🤮 @teslatakedown.com

Imagine the Daily Mail as champions of our planet, if they ran the following headline instead. SHAME: TORIES TURN THEIR BACK ON SCIENCE WITH U-TURN ON GREEN TRANSITION. This transformation is our goal. To support us please donate below. shorturl.at/5VVJt

A different world to the one we live in now *is possible*, and transformation is within reach. Today, with @climate-media-c.bsky.social I launched this crowdfunder, to take us on a path to a global media leaders summit. I've never been so clear on, and exciting by the goal.

A whole new type of democracy is thriving in one of the toughest places in the world - despite a media blackout. Women lead. Taxes have been abolished and private property redefined. Prison is being phased out. Everyone gets a say. But now it's hanging by a thread. 🧵

BREAKING: UK's single biggest carbon emitter makes record breaking profits 🤑 Once again, Drax has made BILLIONS in earnings at the expense of our bills, forests, the health of communities and our planet.  ➡️ Join our call tomorrow: actionnetwork.org/events/axe-d... #OurBillsOurFuture #AxeDrax

Plenty more to say about why approving new oil & gas fields isn't the right tactic for a thriving, prosperous future for the UK, but even on the government's own "growth for growth's sake" approach, it doesn't make sense to double down on O&G:

BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK. The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned. This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.

🚨 BREAKING: HOWDEN OCCUPIED 🚨 Students & XR activists have stormed Howden’s lobby, calling them out for profiting from #ClimateChaos 🛢️ No insurance = No fossil fuels Without it, oil & gas can’t afford their dirty business #InsureOurSurvival #EndFossilFuels

This is how to do it, kids: Home insurance is now a climate story. Put it on the front, and put "climate change" at the top. Especially now that deniers will control the federal and state government. www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/hom...

Green tycoon Dale Vince: I’m ready to buy The Observer (I wish he bought the Telegraph and took it in an Eco Populism route) archive.ph/2024.11.29-1...

Just a quick reminder that climate protesters are in prison because a judge thinks that Climate change is "inadmissible evidence". #DefendOurJuries

In the face of the climate and ecological crisis, Health workers and Scientists appeal to lawyers to consider their responsibility to public health and urgently divest from fossil fuel interests. From 2018-2022, 5 law firms were were responsible for over £285 billion of fossil fuel transactions.

Champs, the lot. A good starter pack 💚✨

If you bring central London to a halt to campaign against catastrophic climate change you're treated as a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. But if you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

A handy phrase; *value-action gap* "discrepancy between the stated values of an individual or organisation and their actions" Basically the difference between what people say and what they do. Hence studies show increasing climate concern, but not action. 😵‍💫 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-a...

A quick and powerful read. Lots to unpack here. Like, how do campaigners (like me) empower GenX to take direct action in a meaningful way...?

"Water firms stopped from using customer money for bonuses" About bloomin time too 👍🏼💙 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Rough day? Appreciate swears? Enjoy. Ahhh the power of open source! swearsky.bagpuss.org

Just had my 127th focusmate session - 'Coach Pete' successfully finished his task after our 50 mins agreed time, then left without checking how I'd got on. Reminded me of seggs with my ex.

This gives [Insulate Britain] a cost-effectiveness of the campaign of 0.51 tonnes CO2/£, putting it on a par with the most highly rated climate charities. www.socialchangelab.org/post/what-wa...

Feeling free to express myself on @bsky.app reminds me of the post-break-up phase of a toxic, codependent relationship. Where you finally get to talk to the friends that the controlling, narcissist ex has been stopping you from seeing. 🤔

Yikky podcasty propaganda. Luckily, facts and science exist. sentientmedia.org/musk-rogan-c...