My patience for the notion that we need innovation or technology or growth or anything other than a socialist economic model that taxes the fucking rich to solve literally every problem there is is now hovering around 0

Precision fermentation could radically transform our food system — without radically transforming what foods we eat. That's why we're teaming up with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social to make a short film about it, and we need your help to make it happen. ⬇️🐄❌ www.gofundme.com/f/no-cows-ne...

Sososo cool to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social supporting this!!

This is incredibly cool — Pig farming is one of Denmark’s main industries, so reforming it has (inevitably fraught) economic consequences. But the new govt is nonetheless “comprehensively restructuring the entire sector” explicitly to support animals, nature, and people

A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how

So sick of this guy. Tax him into oblivion.

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

If Democrats do not pair their next electoral victory with a strong record of governance, we are going to be right back in the maws of fascism one election later. trib.al/drOzLyC

Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay! 😍

Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos. What could go wrong? | Eduardo Porter

NEW: Industrial insect farming in temperate, high-income countries may not be the presumed #climate solution. Environmental performance varies depending on production systems, energy use, feed inputs and if insect products actually replace meat. 🐜 Read the release: buff.ly/5PPIjQS 🧵 1/2

Three years ago we started a new ERC-funded project called REAL, with three teams of brilliant researchers. Here are ten exciting papers involving my team that we've published so far, so you can see what we've been up to. And there's much more to come... stay tuned! 🧵

Bears repeating again and again:

While we are transfixed by the antics of our supposed "leaders", a catastrophe of astonishing proportions has been creeping up on us. Climate scientists now believe it is more likely than not to happen, and soon. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Between 2018 and 2023, 2,700 greyhounds died and more than 26,500 injuries to greyhounds were recorded." And many people and communitues suffered great harm from gambling www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Am never not astounded by the guys getting freaked out about the stuff they're making potentially wiping out human civilization. If you think it's a demonic force then stop building it

This spring, coyotes may be having litters of pups in your city. We took a look at the welfare threats coyotes might face in cities, and how researchers can help.

Dear Friends, Please send this to your networks. Project Drawdown is offering full-time, paid (with benefits) fellowships to scientists and engineers working on climate solutions in the public interest. Deadline is April 17. drawdown.org/careers/clim...

A billionaire can get what they want with one donation to a political party. The rest of us must fight for years to get even the most basic rights recognised. Money destroys democracy, more than any other cause. The first step towards a better world is to stop the rich buying political outcomes.

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

A study of social media content 18-24-year olds see in #Finland, #France and #Romania shows that algorithms overwhelmingly feed them right-wing political content - whether or not the users are interested. Three country average for right wing content was 58% - in Finland, 67%! yle.fi/a/74-20214134

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Good morning. If you've just woken up, the politics of hope just crushed the politics of fear and hatred (Labour-Reform). It wasn't even close. 40.6% for the Greens. Reform second on 28.7%, Labour third on 25.4%.

This is a big deal! If Reform can replace the Tories, Greens can replace Labour—and beat Reform. The Q is will we learn the right lesson from this, which is: unite behind Greens now if we want any chance of beating Reform. The story must not be about Labour’s failure but about the Greens’ success.

Broadly speaking, there are 2 political factions. Not Labour v Tory/Reform, Republicans v Democrats etc, but an economic elite, operating globally, versus all of us. Though they are small in number, through the power of the political, media and social media systems they control, they keep winning.

I came across this "critique" of degrowth today in Catalyst magazine, by two prominent writers. I was struck by how wildly incorrect it is.

This is the shit that happens when capitalists delude themselves into thinking that vital environmental regulations are the reason we can’t have nice things. As long as production is a product of the growth imperative we will only ever get what’s profitable for rich people instead of what’s needed

Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📢 We're hiring! 📢 We're looking for a Services Coordinator to support our research community, managing community platforms and coordinating programs and events. Learn more and apply by March 2: www.wildanimalinitiative.org/services-coo...

A perfect summary of our moment from armond(dot)needs(dot)rest on IG and Tiktok www.instagram.com/reel/DUU20Vg...

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

This is excellent political messaging. @zackpolanski.bsky.social hits straight to the core of the problem. This system is intolerable and it must be overcome: production should be organized around human well-being and ecology, not around maximizing profits for the rich.

US imperialism has set its sights on Venezuela's billions of barrels of oil

New research highlights from 2025! This thread covers some of our latest work on capitalism, imperialism, post-growth and ecosocialist futures. It's all open access, and free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵

Over and over the US inflicts obscene violence against the global South, in flagrant violation of international law, to maintain the conditions for capital accumulation for its decadent billionaire class. It's disgusting and intolerable. We cannot continue to accept this.

Remember that the US *does not care* about the people of Venezuela. It is not about "narcotrafficking", or "democracy", or whatever propaganda they have going. It is *explicitly* about US control over oil, capital accumulation, and geopolitical power.

This laughable caricature of a Labour government bows down once again to its property developer masters While a completely despicable and utterly spineless climb down, it is honestly no surprise for these big business facilitators www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW: In this short piece (open access!) I describe how ecomodernist visions and "green growth" scenarios rely on fundamentally imperialist assumptions, and have no answer to this problem. brill.com/view/journal...

I write about the food industry, so I see dumb things all the time, but this Farmkind meat-eating offset scheme has got to be the single dumbest fucking thing I have ever seen.

The Countryside Alliance are once again talking out of their (top) hat. 80% of the public, rural & urban, think fox hunting should remain illegal. The ‘rural culture war’ is a myth, as @jon-moses.bsky.social shows here: national.thelead.uk/p/the-rural-... bsky.app/profile/theg...

Genuinely astonishing if true because let me tell you it did not feel like it

Interesting questions we could get in Pluribus: What sacrifices are acceptable when building a better world? Are there ways of existing beyond individualism? How do we know that resistance to building a better world is principled or misanthropic? What we will inevitably get:

Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists. You laugh and then you weep. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK

‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats

Please respond to this consultation if you haven’t already! This is an unusually significant opportunity to make factory farms less nightmarish for the animals who have to live in them. You do not need to live in the EU to respond. Handy guide to filling it out here: act.opencages.org

On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four. I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation. 🧵