How can we survive the Anthropocene? Books: 'There is No Planet B', 'How Bad are Bananas?'
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“a different type of politics – a politics that is more place first rather than party first ... I do think there needs to be reform to the electoral system to enable less point-scoring, more problem-solving"
Correct!
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Please sign and circulate this parliamentary petition, launched today from the National Emergency Briefing calling for a UK-wide, government-backed public briefing from independent experts on climate risks and also the opportunities from urgent action.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
I’m with Rupert and Caroline. Very important the Greens don’t stand. A vote Green will be a vote for Reform and it will rightly haunt them. Conversely standing down could be done with leverage for PR. Andy B ( and the country) will visibly owe them. Do the right thing Zac.
Here are two incredibly powerful very short videos from Save the Children.
youtube.com/watch?v=RBQ-IoHf…
And the follow up:
youtube.com/watch?v=nKDgFCoj…
Antisemitism is totally abhorrent. Of course. Neither less so nor more so than any other form of ethnic discrimination.
Nor, for that matter, is the vileness of any genocide dependent on which ethnic group is being targeted.
Anyone disagree? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy92…
This first installment of the Double Down News weekly round up exposes the increasingly dangerous inadequacy of our mainstream media. What you will watch is truly horrific - but sadly, very credible. If your own media does not tell you this stuff, ask why
youtube.com/watch?v=1kI9plI4…
John Major shows the beginnings of some understanding here but also shows he needs to attend a People’s Emergency Briefing nebriefing.org to understand the extent of his understatement.
John Major creditably tells truth in this clip, about the worse world we are leaving our kids, by virtue of not acting with any seriousness on climate breakdown. WATCH…
#voteGreen
Here's PEB teaser trailer. Go to NEBriefing.org to see a screening near you - or to host one.
youtube.com/watch?v=JaI-dHgh…
Hundreds of screenings of the People's Emergency Briefing already booked in, before the film has even been finished. A phenomenon. Plus hundreds of screenings in hospitals, schools, unis etc.. Find an event near you or sign up to host.
nebriefing.org/screening-map
The relative easy of mis- and disinformation compared to the effort required to point it out is why, as a principle, when we find evidence that someone is deliberately decietful on a matter of policy on just one occassion, we should work to cut out thier political influence.
Marshall, who also owns the Spectator, crammed an impressive 25 dodgy claims into just 340 words
I ran out of space on the actual newspaper, so I went through the letter point-by-point in the doc attached, which includes receipts/sources
2/2
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Mike Berners-Lee retweeted
Marshall, who also owns the Spectator, crammed an impressive 25 dodgy claims into just 340 words
I ran out of space on the actual newspaper, so I went through the letter point-by-point in the doc attached, which includes receipts/sources
2/2
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Get ready for an even wobblier world. (Go to Bluesky for my full post)
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c203…
Mike Berners-Lee retweeted
Just returned the corrected proofs
110 days to publication 🙂
@ChrisGPackham @ScientistsX @XrGlobal @TonyJuniper @MikeBernersLee @mark_lynas @JustStopOilReal @dwallacewells @JohnVaillant @GaryLineker @MrMatthewTodd @RalfLittle @ZackPolanski @BenGoldsmith @jonathonporritt
Peter Oborne's account of biased, corrupted and inadequate media coverage of the Iran war. Please watch and scruinise your own media with renewed energy. (I'm buying his book 'Complicit' )
Peter Oborne DESTROYS Media LIES about Iran War | Patreon
Pls also go to Bluesky
This ITN piece in the suppressed details of the Joint Intelligence Unit’s report to government on the threat to UK security from biodiversity loss is great journalism. Please Do watch. Gov should explain why this was suppressed. (BBC- where were you?) youtu.be/59DZiPdsOc8
Just re-reading bits of @OborneTweets (Peter Oborne's) 2005 excellent book 'The Rise of Political Lying'. Back then he called out so many examples of Peter Mandleson's clear cut lies. Now wee see the concequence of tolerating this. Can we, as a society, learn the lesson in time?
Mike Berners-Lee retweeted
How is political deception degrading democracy & what can you do about it? Join @MikeBernersLee Jennifer Nadel & MP Watch in Oxford next Tuesday
#disinformation
Mike Berners-Lee retweeted
Anyone up for "an open, intelligent conversation about how political deception has shaped our democracy... and what we can do to restore honesty, #accountability and #trust"? @MikeBernersLee and @jenniferdnadel will be @TheNorthWall Oxford Jan 27 & @kentontheatre Henley, Jan 28
Chaplain was on it. The specifics of the tech have moved on a bit and for ‘soldiers’, maybe read ‘workforce slaves’ but apart from that this speech is totally apt for 2026.
