My new business many-hats.org is LIVE. Professional development for freelancers, with workshops led by some amazing people including @ambermb.bsky.social @verybrinteresting.bsky.social @cloreleadership.bsky.social @katbrownwrites.com @mazhedgehog.bsky.social @nadpatel.bsky.social Please share!

@timjackson.org.uk hi Tim I enjoyed your Clore fellowship speech very much. So much so that I’m now writing my final provocation piece for my fellowship on post growth & the arts. Would you have time for a quick conversation? Thanks

@jasonhickel.bsky.social Jason I am just reading your BRILLIANT book - and underlining everything. Do you know of any writers/thinkers who have attempted a defence of growth in the context of climate emergency, explicitly - ie have attempted to reconcile the two? Curious about the counter argument.

China is on track to become the world’s first “electrostate”—with clean electricity driving growth and coal’s decline looking inevitable. As China builds energy self-sufficiency and dominates key tech supply chains, its influence on the future of global energy is only set to grow.

Please read the important blog by Jess Thom of Touretteshero. Ableism and moral bankruptcy from a supposed ‘Labour’ government who keep telling us they want people to get to work while making it impossible for disabled people to do so. Solidarity with Jess www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a...

Following my recent appearance on #GBNews, in which I called out the corruption of the fossil-fuel-owned ‘news’ outlet, I thought it best to do a deep-dive on just why UK energy bills are so high. Read now! rupertsreads.substack.com/p/so-why-are...

‘We’re up to our neck in shit, it’s true, and that’s why we walk with our heads held high’ - Dario Fo

Was feeling a bit low today, so went browsing through @blackwelloxford.bsky.social and found a couple of books to energise me for continued activism and resistance ✊ @ambermb.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙

An open letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission from the Culture Sector, in solidarity with Trans, Nonbinary and Intersex communities. Sign your name here: tinyurl.com/ehrcletter Please share widely, and if you are not able to sign for your organisation, please share with someone who can

The US rep to the IEA said that "pursuing offshore wind power would make countries reliant on China." It's instructive to explore this sort of claim, in particular for what it reveals about those claiming it. Two points:🧵

It’s another week of brilliant opportunities for artists & theatre talent this week, from Sheffield to Doncaster and Newcastle to Basingstoke! Lots here for writers this week, but also stuff going on for actors and other theatre creatives. Good luck if applying! #theatre #theatresky #careers #cpd

Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle #Climate

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Edouard Manet Moss Roses in a Vase, 1882 Oil on canvas

Words to live by.

Can’t express how satisfied I am with myself for this joke. Enjoy! Laugh a bit in the apocalypse

"...the art of resistance asks - what does it mean to be alive right now? Where are the contradictions in how we are living? What does a truly just world look like? What's stopping it from becoming a reality?" - @ambermb.bsky.social

“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.” She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished. 10 of her family were killed with her. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I’m gonna say something that is going to sound crazy, but when has that ever stopped me from saying something publicly: there is a way in which the U.S. chucking its position in the world could actually fast-track energy transition. A few things that have me thinking this way 🧵

‘We should astound catastrophe with the little fear it causes us’ - Victor Hugo

@khosla.bsky.social dear rajat, forgive me for the out of the blue contact. Is there any chance you could suggest a contact at WHO who could advise on a person who has been given permission for medical evacuation of Gaza but is stuck because of Rafah border closure? A friend is suffering there.

As retaliation for the Tariffs we will now be showing any American made TV show without the last five minutes. Good luck finding out how Frasier got out of that one.

V proud of my pal @danzep.bsky.social, whose new book, Overnight, is out now. Among the fascinating stories within - bats, boats, helicopters, healthcare - our sleepless summer sojourn to Le Mans and the Porsche pit garage. What an adventure!

This is the central challenge for artists and creatives now. Our work is shaping the collective imagination.

One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.

The UK grid right now.

Israel has stopped responding to the UN-run notification system set up to ensure that aid workers in Gaza do not get killed, forcing a screeching halt to humanitarian operations. Heba Saleh, @financialtimes.com: on.ft.com/4l3cXHb

Wow renewables are over 60% of UK electricity supply today, I don't think I have seen it this high before? via grid.iamkate.com

I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year

@mindfulnessbell.bsky.social hi there, do you have an app for the journal? Would love to have it on my phone to stop me hitting on my dreaded social media channels!

My obituary for playwright Athol Fugard, in @thestage.co.uk. www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--...

This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed: newrepublic.com/post/192660/...

So proud of this legend 😭😭😭😭

This was such a thoughtful and rigorous conversation with the mighty Nadia Idle of @novaramedia.com, for the ACFM podcast. A real honour to be featured here. The urgency of media outlets like Novara grows by the day... novaramedia.com/2025/03/09/w...

Recharging myself with the world.

In case you were stymied by the New Statesman paywall, here is the piece co-authored by Caroline Lucas and myself on climate popularism:

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

FT Editors almost calling BP a stranded asset "If all the big intl oil & gas producers, and national oil comps like Saudi Aramco, concentrate mainly on fossil fuels and demand declines, only some will survive. Higher-cost producers, such as BP, may not be among them" www.ft.com/content/c7fa...

A minute's silence for each of the children murdered by Israel in Gaza would extend to over 300 hours. Powerful speech to the UN from Daniel Levy, a former Israeli government adviser.

A fascinating & hopeful river-moment: Lewes District Council agrees to recognise a Charter of Rights for the River Ouse. “The Ouse has long been taken for granted…this is the beginning of a journey to give the river a voice & ensure its wellbeing for future generations.” elflaw.org/news/histori...

How do you have a conversation about the planetary emergency in a ‘business as usual’ context without either downplaying it or appearing hysterical to people who haven’t truly faced the magnitude of the moment? I thought I was getting better at this but today reminded me it is so hard.

“Gas generators often have the highest costs … The wholesale cost is set by the last unit of electricity needed to meet demand from consumers. This means that even if gas only generates 1% of power at a given time, gas will still set the wholesale price.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Episode #28: Joy Is Resistance! Featuring Marina Barham from the Al Harah Theatre near Bethlehem and Amber Massie-Blomfield. We talk about theatre and art as a tool for social justice and change!

It's so fun to see where the book has ended up - I had to translate this review in Finnish, thank goodness it's such a positive one!

Mona and her family are now living in the burnt out remains of their house in Northern Gaza. If you are able to spare any money to help her and her family with household expenses, they will all be hugely grateful. Thanks so much. www.gofundme.com/f/help-mona-...

I have a website! Please get in touch for all your arts & climate needs... and tell your pals. ambermassieblomfield.com

More important than thinking of the actions and achievements we want to pass on to future generations, our greatest legacy may be the culture we create for them, enabling them to respond to challenges we cannot imagine with resilience and peace. A beautiful thought to start the day from Plum Village

Always a kick to see my name in the TLS, and a pleasure to write about this excellent play.