I’m telling you, the rise of authoritarianism is directly connected to efforts to keep the fossil-fuel system going. It’s right there for everyone with eyes to see.

The silencing of activists continues. India govt is in effect saying opposing fossil fuels going against Indian interests. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m...

I feel like every European leader is waiting for the Trump storm to blow over. But what happens if the storm invades Greenland, Cuba, Columbia, destroys NATO, abandons Ukraine, shrugs as China takes Taiwan? Can post-Trump Dems put all that right again? Nope. This storm changes everything.

Does Google Maps use validation? How could I possibly walk 8,577km in a year? 🤣 that's like walking a marathon every two days. I mean technically possible for the superhumans amongst us... but not me

Imagine if China swooped in and kidnapped the Taiwanese president...

Back in November, the Venezuelan opposition leader explained the size of the prize to enthusiastic applause at the America Business Forum in Miami: $1.7 trillion in foreign investment opportunity for oil & minerals. https://youtu.be/l2J2JtO8R9Q?si=eQIMqyeNJ2xmj322&t=1024

Even though Maduro is an evil criminal who stole an election, and is probably guilty of the charges in the indictment, the operation to seize him brazenly violated domestic and international law.

It's the 3rd of January and the US has fallen to a new low. What kind of insane country just swoops in and detains another country's president? Destabilisation runs deep in America's bloodstream it seems.. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I don't even live in the US but such a great start to 2026 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Hardly mind-boggling for a genocidal enabler PM

Israel is a genocidal state, intent on ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

I'm visiting Chile at the moment and on election day, I saw a beautifully democracy where most businesses close so people can vote (which is mandatory). Unfortunately the Nazi candidate just won the election... Hope the country's democracy survives.

Europe is paying Libya to torture migrants on its behalf

Human rights lawyer wants to reduce human rights. Cursed timeline. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

First they destroy Gaza and now they target the West Bank. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society: Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.

Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important. We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."

Is this what Reform voters and Labour MPs want? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Neoliberal IFS wants govt to ditch the triple lock on state pension. Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations. UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe. 2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty. How many pensioners does the IFS kill? archive.ph/AaLRa

This hex-map breaks down the share of 15-24 year-olds in Germany and the regional contrast is hard to miss. Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people. #30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2

NEW | Our latest research exposes just how lightly private jet users are taxed — and how much the UK is losing because of it. It’s time the biggest polluters paid their share.

31% of UK children live in poverty. John Roberts is worth £210 million.

Thanks to @josiah.writes.news for covering the #AirPollution funding scandal. The Conservatives provided £225 million in 2020/21, yet last year Labour allocated just £1.5m, despite saying they'd spent £575m. We hope to see the Air Quality Fund reinstated today. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/t...

Defeatist article which doesn't consider why China has become as good as it has. The primary reason is state financial support through agile technocratic, long term planning. This is something we used to do in the west that we now leave to the financial sector to our detriment. on.ft.com/4pDMCRz

This case plus Lammy's new found dislike of trial by jury makes me really worry for the future of the British legal system. The Labour Party is presiding over the death of democracy in the UK www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

Also hard to believe that 10 years ago I could afford to live in the center of Munich on less than minimum wage (PhD salary) and now a salary several multiples higher, I can barely afford to live in zone two London. Just goes to show how captured our economy has become by landlordism

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Almost a third of your water bill pays for dividends for shareholders, and for private water companies to pay off their debt, according to research by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social Will Rachel Reeves end the rip-off and bring down water bills in this Budget? #Budget

Cool to see my old flat in Munich in view in the Der Spiegel cover photo. Not so cool to see how much prices have skyrocketed... There were a lot of warnings about this happening before the CDU/Merkel govt deregulated the housing market. And surprise, surprise... www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/l...

Turn to the far-right for your policy choices and you will be ousted. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵

Where is the EU+UK in all this? China is selling low-cost clean energy to the world and ramping up decarbonisation globally. Meanwhile, the EU+UK is cutting back on overseas and domestic spending, raising central bank interest rates and buying more LNG from Trump. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Tim Cook, the head of Apple, is having a nice dinner with MBS, who regularly orders executions, including for tweets. Apple hosts "a Saudi app that allows men to track the movement of their wives and daughters. In 2019, Mr. Cook said he would investigate the app, but it is still available today."

Meanwhile in Denmark, where the center left is poised to lose its biggest city thanks to its hardline immigration stances that Labour in the UK want to adopt www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Countering the trend towards fascism can take many shapes and forms but it cannot take the form of a blind faith support in the status quo and mainstream elite as has been argued for too long Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...

“These reforms sound tough, but they won’t fix the real problems in the asylum system. Instead, they risk creating more delays, more stress and more inhumane treatment for the very people the system is meant to protect.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

While Iran runs out of water... But sure, let's talk endlessly about punishing asylum seekers.

"The problem is this Labour government, in which Streeting is only a more compelling character with just as few ideas, competencies or materially defining projects." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Right… because the real problem was that big tobacco wasn’t “clear about risks” — not that they were selling an addictive product that harmed the health of both users and non-users.

It's universal public provision of healthcare in 2028 or bust...but where to start politically? We're really proud to publish @philiprocco.bsky.social 's answer to this question today!

Being reminded of 'Children of Men' for all the wrong reasons, today.

not the main point I guess but holy hell, Denmark, wtf

Tip for the Labour Party. If you have to clarify asylum seekers’ wedding rings won’t be seized, your policy is horrific. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy

Who said this? A Reform MP or a Labour MP? Hard to tell protofascist parties apart these days.

A dystopian Labour government with no regards for human rights and no better than Reform 🤮 "The Home Office also announced overnight that AI would be used to assess the ages of people who arrived illegally" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The world's open air prison with genocidal prison guards. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...