And? So what? Christmas sales growth, means: more micro-plastics in our bodies, fatter humans, more extraction of resources, pollution. Try and find an article about humans caring for their elderly more, or spending more time with their kids. Hard to find. But economic growth, is everywhere.

He's just a blatant liar, pure and simple.

I haven’t quite got my head around it yet, but this is the second time I’ve heard the argument that the US attacked Venezuela to ensure fossil energy is bought in dollars globally, and it seems very compelling.

I've been using Ecosia for almost 6 years. I highly recommend it. Search the internet, plant trees. Easy. www.ecosia.org

Some things never change. The US invades another country and takes their oil. The oil companies and shareholders make a fortune. The cycle repeats. Let's please ensure this cycle never happens in the renewables space, particularly when it comes to lithium. I worry about Chile.

US carrying out strikes in Venezuela, US official says reut.rs/4bdcY8L

I don't think we should focus on what Trump is doing in the energy space. Renewables are on a massive uptrend. The world needs them. He can't stop their growth. We should focus on WHY we need to build all of this energy infrastructure in the first place. Growth. Endless, mindless growth.

It's taken me weeks to fully digest the documentary Greenwashed. Love it or hate it, it's a conversation starter. We need to discuss the issues this film brings up. I have no interest in discussing solutions without talking about population and consumption in the same breath. youtu.be/XjWUKFUaoL4

Pretty sure this is what Orwell warned us about. Orwell was not just warning about communism. He was warning against all authoritarianism. Being arrested for holding a sign has got to be the first step to brutal authoritarianism. We have been warned. What will we do next?

Yes! Spending time in forests and nature is associated with almost endless positive health effects. We must recognise that in Ireland start treating these places are crucial to our health, not just profit.

And once again, it all comes down to consumption. 300 million people flying this Xmas. To bring presents to people, they probably don't like, to sit in a house, which is probably too warm (or too cold, if in Florida), using too much energy and eating too much. I love Xmas. I hate overconsumption.

🧵 1/2. Orwell never disappoints. I have loved George Orwell since reading 1984. I read Down and Out in Paris and London several years ago and liked it even more than 1984. I have now finished The Road to Wigan Pier and I can't recommend it enough... uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

I am often told how amazing natural gas is. It's lowering CO2 levels! When I tell people how damaging methane is they like to mansplain to me that all of the methane is burned off in use. Very few people actually understand how much methane is leaked at every stage of the process.

🧵 1/3 Ever feel like there's something wrong with the modern environmentalist movement and the left in general? Me too. I'm really enjoying Paul Kingsnorth's book, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist. Paul unpacks a lot of ideas, that I have thought myself. Like...

Humans are changing the climate. End of story. We should be focusing on care. Caring for each other and caring for the natural world. But instead, what makes the headlines? Growth! Growth! Growth! GDP, the stock market, box office results. Growth! www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...

Essentially, you're suing the British people? Sweet. Lovely bloke!

If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump. Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com

My favourite movie line. Thank you Rob Reiner.

Want to remove yourself from the machine, but don't know where to start? An easy way is to start with tech. Move from giant tech companies, to smaller, open source ones. Here's a great list.

1) The probiotics market is growing at a phenomenal rate. Humans are realising that the microbes in our guts, are part of us and play an important role in health. Why don’t humans see that old growth forests, soil, oceans and rivers, are vital to health? www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Repor...

Nations can't wait for billionaires to die for them to pay tax. Last @wid.world report couldn't be more timely: @thomaspiketty.bsky.social explained @channel4news.bsky.social Helia Ebrahimi why annual wealth taxes on the super-rich beat inheritance taxes. 📺Full : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeZo...

Best advice I can give to anyone: 1. Read Iain McGilchrist, but don’t idolise him. 2. Understand your mental biases. Yes, we have them! 3. Know that we can’t change anything but ourselves. 4. Be in nature every day. 5. Consume information. Not things. channelmcgilchrist.com/home/

Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Many of us having been calling for more deer culling, as they cause traffic accidents, eat tree saplings, etc. But again, this could be another shift from 1 harmful thing to another, instead of curbing consumption altogether.

Paul Kingsnorth perfectly summing up what my issues are with the modern environmental movement. And the left in general. Hint: it’s all about CONSUMPTION ‼️ youtu.be/Q_s8Vo00Xug Please watch this on FreeTube, so you don’t give money to the machine.

One of my favourite creators on YouTube. Always brings the knowledge. Doing it again: youtu.be/GmrxDTM2zCI Please watch on FreeTube, or Brave Browser, with ads turned off. You can donate to his charity (instead of giving Google money) here: www.healthinharmony.org/donate

Apparently, it's fashionable to blame Marx every time you don't like what the government is doing. Taxing cash, held in UK ISAs, is due to Marxists. 🤷🏽 Just a point, Marx was hostile to taxes. "Taxes are the economic basis of the government machinery and of nothing else." - Karl Marx

Recently, I re-read The Grapes of Wrath, based on what @naomioreskes.bsky.social says about the book in her amazing book, The Big Myth. Here’s a quote: “The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it." -Tenant Farmer, The Grapes of Wrath

Wait, first Trump taxes Americans with tariffs. Then he says he wants to give all middle class and poor Americans a dividend with the tariffs. Now, he’s giving kids $1,000 each, to be invested in particular funds. For someone who hates “lunatic lefties” he certainly acts like one sometimes.

This is great! I've never looked at Star Trek in this way. youtu.be/tdffZu94oV0 As always, please watch this in Brave browser with ads off, or use FreeTube. Buy the creator a coffee instead of giving money to that disgusting, privacy destroying monopoly. 😀

Amazon bought MGM and now Warner Bros is being bought by Netflix. I love the invisible hand of the market. It is so pure and perfect. It would never allow monopolies. Can't wait until a handful of tech billionaires own all major media outlets. Long live democracy!

Excellent! 👌🏻

Steps to remove yourself from the machine: 1. Delete all Meta products. 2. Switch from Gmail to @tuta.com. 3. DuckDuckGo instead of Google. 4. Don't buy new tech. 5. Switch to building society, or ethical bank. 6. Buy high quality used clothes. 7. Don't shop on Amazon. Cancel Prime...

Asimov spoke about overpopulation issues in 1988. Sagan testified about the dangers of global warming in 1985. Two of the most brilliant minds in human history. And yet, we have not listened. youtu.be/qkaobW8UNXo *Please watch this video on Brave, with YT ads disabled, or watch on FreeTube.*

Making America Healthy Again. One forever chemical at a time. Nice work team!

This photo is absolutely going to replace the image of my children as my background photo on my laptop. What a gem! This says so much about the state of politics today. Hint: it’s all a bloody scam!

Wait, pump the brakes. First, Trump taxes his own people, to then offer $2k to every middle class and low income American. Now, he’s openly praising a democratic socialist. My poor MAGA family members must be in a cognitive dissonance tailspin!!! 😂

Wait, I'm not the smartest person in the world, but isn't this socialism? At the very least, it's a leftist idea of wealth re-distribution. Why is it not ok for Mamdani to offer free buses in NYC, but Trump can do this? These people make up their own rules!!! 🤷🏽 youtu.be/Ej6yKVhq2jE

Yes! More of this please. Banks and private equity groups should own all of our housing. What could go wrong? 🤦🏽‍♀️ Sometimes the answer is hard. Sometimes It’s easy. The answer to our housing crisis is easy. Build more homes. And stop allowing this! 👇

Correct! We’ve seen what happens to empires when greed and hedonism win out. They crumble under the weight of the egos that rule. History will repeat itself. This time is not different.

Such a great news day! Blimey. 😊

Proving to be a great news day! 🙌

Excellent!

New analysis confirms there is a massive global pipeline of low carbon industrial projects. www.businessgreen.com/news/4521286...

And still, the FF industry gets billions in subsidies. When people on the right ask me what my solutions are, I always tell them, start with removing FF subsidies and move those subsidies over into renewables. If you don’t like renewables, fine… move the money into regen ag., or silvopasture, etc.

I remember sending the NASA website on climate change to some of my climate denier friends/family. Their argument was, “the Globalists control NASA”. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Sadly, NASA’s response to Kim won’t matter. Truth, is now, what you subjectively believe. Not what is objectively seen and known.

For an administration that is violently anti-socialist/communist, the Trump administration sure likes to get involved in US business. They are pumping $80 billion into Westinghouse, for nuke reactors. The deal involves taking a portion of any profits above a certain amount. Hmm… reminds me of 🇨🇳 🤫

Weird to hear Steve Bannon talking about the need to help the “little guy”. How capitalism is dead and has been replaced by corporatism. And how we need a revolution. He’s speaking like a Marxist for the first few minutes. Then it all goes downhill. 🤦🏽‍♀️ youtu.be/ijf7K_08YWk?...

Brilliant and funny explanation of communism/socialism and capitalism. It's nice to laugh at these things when we can. youtu.be/xe_kFy-n-Rw

I’m currently on a road trip in the USA. Going from Kentucky to Wyoming and back. It’s been a long time since I did a long road trip in my home country. It’s not changed a bit. It’s just as confusing as it’s ever been. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Absolutely! The most effective thing we can do, if we want real, systemic change, is to withdraw funds from the billionaires and move that money elsewhere.