Ever so glad a few people got to go on a multi-billion $ ride, meanwhile here on Earth...

Remember, whatever else is going on, it is absolutely essential you get on a plane going *somewhere*

BBC radio news just now reports the deaths of 3 US soldiers and 9 Israeli citizens, as well as two oil tankers being hit. No mention at all of the 150 Iranian children killed by a US-Israeli strike on a primary school because why would anyone care about that.

Think I might go round my neighbours and take their stuff. No reason really, I just want it. I'm stronger than them so what are they going to do anyway? PS I really like the Bible and am a Christian.

Today’s book recommendations for Christmas presents #books #reading

Apparently it's OK to wreck the planet and endanger people's lives if you need to drive to a bus stop and transport a trumpet - yes, a trumpet. Seriously I despair sometimes... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My l'il Advent thread, 2025. 25 short quotes by 25 different essayists, taken from a favourite read this year- 'Scientists on survival' (see 'alt'). With 25 old wintry pics of mine taken around the East Sussex countryside (Winchelsea-Rye) when I worked down there some years ago now. 1/25..

The police as ever adopting their sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut approach to entirely peaceful protest involving people holding small cardboard signs.

Among the many arrested in Bristol at today's @defendourjuries.bsky.social protest in support of Palestine Action - lifelong environmentalist and former director of Friends of the Earth, Jonathon Porritt.

Spotted in Body Shop. I guess it's supposed to evoke the aroma of rebellion, but more likely smells of fear, disappointment and humus.

Bill 'Not Everyone Will Die' Gates is half-right: human wellbeing should be front and centre. But that's why emissions reduction is more urgent than ever. If/when the stable climate and ecosystems we all rely on are gone, no amount of well-meaning billionaire philanthropy will ever bring them back.

Predictable response to the petition against airport expansion: GrOwTH is what matters above all else (you poor misguided fools), other countries are doing it (so more wrongs make a right?) and technology will magic any environmental problems away (yeah and pigs might fly). To oblivion and beyond!

New oil & gas ~ Doesn’t cut bills: prices set by int’l markets ~ Doesn’t lower CO2: even if UK gas is 'cleaner' it's *additional to* not replacing other sources ~ Wrecks any claim to climate credentials of UK govt ~ Locks us into dirty energy & industry for years FFS Ed Miliband stand your ground!

On the off chance that members of parliament still give a flying fuck about climate science and their international climate pledges. This should be an open and shut case to reject the application. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/new...

New oil & gas ~ Doesn’t cut bills: prices set by int’l markets ~ Doesn’t lower CO2: even if UK gas is 'cleaner' it's *additional to* not replacing other sources ~ Wrecks any claim to climate credentials of UK govt ~ Locks us into dirty energy & industry for years FFS Ed Miliband stand your ground!

We’re stepping up to show the government that thousands of us are not backing down on stopping Rosebank. Send your personal message calling for this disaster project to be stopped 👇 actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...

It is plain to see that the enormous Rosebank oil field is not compatible with a safe climate. Every new oil field makes the world a more dangerous place, and Rosebank alone will create more pollution than the world’s 28 lowest income countries produce in a year.

BREAKING🚨: @Equinor has resubmitted its application to open the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK - Rosebank. In the next weeks, the UK gov will decide to reject or approve this disaster project. Equinor hasn’t given up, and neither will we. We’re stepping things up.

The omens not good on this - likely that the 'no new oil & gas' UK govt is going to rip open a loophole (oh this isn't *new* and we didn't mean *all* oil and gas!) and jump right through. That said, please UK people do what you can: protest, write to your MP, whatever. Maybe we can still stop this.

"point out that North Sea oil doesn’t cut UK energy bills, and suddenly you’re censored" This dismal government refuses to hear the truth as it prepares the way to give the green light to new oil and gas fields Despicable and complete madness www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

See 👆 — Conclusion on aviation: "Rather than gambling on future breakthroughs that may never materialise, policymakers should pursue immediate demand-reduction strategies & support a just transition …" @kevinclimate.bsky.social @stucap.bsky.social @cityatlas.bsky.social @parkewilde.bsky.social

Transformative change for a just and sustainable world is possible. The PLOS Biology paper I co-authored with the co-chairs of the @ipbes.net Transformative Change Assessment Karen O'Brien, Lucas Garibaldi and Arun Agrawal explores how to make it happen. plos.io/3VGKknN

"We can no longer pretend that we are sleepwalking into climate catastrophe. We are doing it consciously, with our eyes wide open." @profbillmcguire.bsky.social focuses on politicians, but what about the rest of us? Or did we open our eyes briefly, then decide we'd rather just keep them shut?

This is in line with the govt's commitment to climate action, in much the same way me eating a massive fucking cake every day is in line with my commitment to lose weight. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s easy to despair when Tommy Robinson and 100,000 far-right marchers fill London + Reform is surging in the polls. But the UK — and other countries — have stopped the far right in its tracks in the recent past. Here’s how 🧵

Mandelson Crisis Starmer Acts! The new Private Eye is out now.

FAKE NEWS WELCOMES TRUMP Trump today… Netanyahu tomorrow?

Sir Keir, would you mind awfully closing that stable door please? If you say so, but.. there's no horse in there. Yes, that's because the horse bolted months ago while you were sleeping, and was last seen wandering about in a flag at the UK's largest ever far-right march, cheers anyway though.

I've been working on #climate issues for years, but every now and then I step back & think how unbelievable (and sad) it is that scientists have shown for decades we're literally changing — in a bad way — the climate of the entire planet and yet society refuses to deal with that existential threat.

Odd that a 'unite the kingdom' march seemed to have only union jacks and England flags. Could it possibly be that Wales, Scotland and N Ireland want absolutely nothing to do with this bullshit?

Proof that a rainbow beats a St George's flag any day of the week.

When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?" So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵

If I stop looking at the news will it just go away?

I thought that said “nine hundred arrested” for a second. I then realised it was a march of violent racists bent on trouble as usual, and not a horde of pensioners wanting an end to genocide, and it was actually nine arrested. Thanks Starmer, you utter prick. news.sky.com/story/politi...

Why does he - and all the shits on the extreme right - never ask this question of themselves and arson attacks on migrant hotels, riots, beatings, vandalism etc?

2/3 We have seen in real time how those with resources & determination can redirect politics and popular beliefs against invented scapegoats (the “woke”) and real ones (antiracist activists, transgender people and above all immigrants) …

Someone just cycled at speed into me on the pavement as I was waiting at a bus stop, got off, yelled at me, threatened me and wanted to start on me. Even so, on reflection I think he's still less dangerous than most Range Rover drivers.

But sure, let's go ahead and expand Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton etc etc etc...

⚡Calling all environmental researchers and members of the climate movement - big news! ⚡ We’ve just released our new book, The Psychology of Collective Climate Action - and it’s Open Access! You can download the book from Routledge or on our Wandelwerk page: www.wandel-werk.org/en/materialien

Meanwhile in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Starmer is having disabled Royal Air Force veterans arrested: #UK

Farage has only ever been on the side of his grotesque, braying, monied class cohort. He isn’t really a politician of any kind, but a lobbyist by nature whose ego led him to short circuit the system. There is no excuse at this late stage: normalise him, you’re inviting & enabling catastrophe.

Incredible piece from BBC's political editor. Breathless wonder and awe, unashamedly thrilled to be there. No mention that star guest today, greeted with a standing ovation, was convicted of incitement to racial hatred for calling for asylum seekers to be burned alive. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@healthxr.bsky.social Thank you to brave principled health professionals, current & retired, who stood up today for care & protection for Palestinian people & for activists, supporting our freedom to protest peacefully. healthforxr.com/6th-sept-202...

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Belgium has recognised Palestine and sanctioned Israel. It is possible.

Six people have been charged with terrorism offences over arranging public demonstrations and online meetings in support of Palestine Action. Charged. With terrorism offences. For Zoom calls. About holding cardboard signs. With 7 nonviolent words on. www.lbc.co.uk/article/six-...

It's a mad idea, but just hear me out. What if desperate asylum seekers, trans people and those in need of disability support were not actually the root cause of all our problems? 😵‍💫 🤯

My 10-years old son is walking home from school alone for the first time. Kidnappers, drug dealers, strangers? Not worried. Other parents driving SUVs is what I am terrified of.