Ian Sinclair @IanJSinclair
Author of 'The March That Shook Blair: An Oral History of 15 February 2003' (Peace News Press, 2013) and co-author of 'A Timeline of the Plague Year' (2021). ianjsinclair.wordpress.com Joined March 2011-
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"The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2% tax on their fast-growing wealth to raise £250bn a year for the global fight against poverty, inequality and global heating, ministers from four leading economies have suggested" theguardian.com/inequality/202…
Interesting: "[UNRWA's] dismissals heightened the misgivings of donor governments, who reasoned that the staff would not have been fired in the absence of a serious problem." theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…
"Hamas would observe a truce with Israel for five years or more and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state was established along the pre-1967 borders" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hamas-…
'The New York Times instructed journalists covering Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip to restrict the use of the terms “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” and to “avoid” using the phrase “occupied territory” when describing Palestinian land' theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt…
This man is such an obsessive liar, he just watches a clip of what he said, and then lies about what he said. His explanation for what he said there makes no sense. Literally none. It’s just a lie, and if this was Boris Johnson, Starmer fans would scream blue murder.
This man is such an obsessive liar, he just watches a clip of what he said, and then lies about what he said. His explanation for what he said there makes no sense. Literally none. It’s just a lie, and if this was Boris Johnson, Starmer fans would scream blue murder.
🚉 "Privatisation of our rail sector has failed." @carla_denyer discusses the need for full public ownership of our railways AND proper investment.
Noticeable that while @OwenJones84 takes the time to respond to some people on Twitter, I don't think I've ever seen him engage with @ElwinWay, who almost always sources his criticisms of OJ x.com/elwinway/statu… @stillawake
Noticeable that while @OwenJones84 takes the time to respond to some people on Twitter, I don't think I've ever seen him engage with @ElwinWay, who almost always sources his criticisms of OJ x.com/elwinway/statu… @stillawake
@OwenJones84 @LonGreenParty Hi Owen. How do you reconcile voting for Khan with your 'red line', which you said was 'support for war crimes and the mass slaughter of civilians'. Khan voted to bomb Iraq in 2014, which led to 'war crimes and the mass slaughter of civilians': amnesty.org/en/documents/m…
Shocking if true. "Unison care officer Mark Turner (@womagic17) told the Star that children's care services in Wales makes, on average, a 22% profit for private companies" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/care-w… @davidnicholson2 @stillawake @BernaMeaden @FromSteveHowell
Beyond satire. "The land of milk and honey" - Jimmy Carr on the United States youtube.com/watch?v=voXqQY…
Worth considering what the response of the US would be if China carried out naval drills close to the US apnews.com/article/us-phi… @medialens
"Getting America more involved and engaged in the world would be a fantastic thing" - Jimmy Carr's politics are... interesting youtube.com/watch?v=voXqQY…
The real benefits scandal - £23bn in welfare benefits went unclaimed last year (19.4.24 @M_Star_Online report by @lizzy_short) @ElwinWay @stillawake @BernaMeaden
Perceptive article from @johnharris1969 - there is a radical politics rooted in the British countryside that has been bubbling away for decades theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Worth remembering Channel 4/Channel 4 News is generally understood to be an alternative to the mainstream of the BBC and ITV channel4.com/press/news/cha…
.@MarkUrban01 is leaving BBC Newsnight. Here is something I wrote in 2017: 'Did the BBC’s Mark Urban act as an advisor to the US military in Afghanistan?' ianjsinclair.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/did… @medialens @stillawake @MarkAmesExiled
"UNICEF estimates that a thousand children in Gaza have become amputees since the conflict began in October" newyorker.com/news/dispatch/… @medialens @CPMacL2008
”About one in every 20 children, women and men in #Gaza are now dead or wounded. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚 .” - @volker_turk speaks at #HRC55 on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The global economic system is no longer fit for purpose – @Sir_David_King "We need a philosophical and cultural transition towards an ecological civilisation." Watch CCAG's latest broadcast here: youtube.com/watch?v=b4-7xI…
(1)Former UK National Security adviser Lord Ricketts says stopping UK -Israel arms sales will put pressure on Israel's armourer, the US . James Ball says it will make no difference. Mmmm who to believe. (Ricketts was also a Lockheed advisor, so maybe knows these onions ?)
(1)Former UK National Security adviser Lord Ricketts says stopping UK -Israel arms sales will put pressure on Israel's armourer, the US . James Ball says it will make no difference. Mmmm who to believe. (Ricketts was also a Lockheed advisor, so maybe knows these onions ?) https://t.co/GFqwEnYCkZ
Matt Kennard @kennardmatt
111K Followers 3K Following co-founder/investigations @DeclassifiedUK. author of Irregular Army & Silent Coup. new book The Racket out in June.Media Lens @medialens
72K Followers 2K Following Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate mediaMark Curtis @markcurtis30
72K Followers 2K Following Director @DeclassifiedUK. Analyst of UK foreign policy. Please join us — https://t.co/f91OPVmZr9Frank Owen's Legendar.. @OwenPaintbrush
59K Followers 4K Following Socialist. Supporter of Jeremy Corbyn's Peace and Justice Project. Anti-Tory of every hue: red, yellow and blue. #FreePalestineChris Williamson @DerbyChrisW
150K Followers 5K Following Former Derby MP and Council Leader | Socialist | Deputy leader @WorkersPartyGB | Host of Palestine Declassified | Vegan | Former Hunt Saboteur.Afshin Rattansi @afshinrattansi
54K Followers 6K Following Host, 📺Going Underground more than 32m views on YouTube. Award-winning Journalist. @GUnderground_TV Retweets≠verified/endorsements! https://t.co/NuKhVTfDvJAndrew Feinstein @andrewfeinstein
69K Followers 5K Following Writer, campaigner, exANC MP, wrote 'The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade' (film @ShadowWorldFilm) & 'After the Party'. Proud Leftie Jew. Views my ownJohn McEvoy @jmcevoy_2
22K Followers 2K Following Investigative journalist @declassifieduk. Working on documentary @BritainOther911. [email protected]Tom Mills @ta_mills
28K Followers 4K Following Public sociologist & socialist. Interested in elites, knowledge & communication. Chair of @mediareformUK. Author of 'The BBC: Myth of a Public Service'.Steve Howell @FromSteveHowell
24K Followers 15K Following "You can cage the singer but not the song." - Harry Belafonte. For Steve Howell books, bio and stuff, see: https://t.co/yYZBxljvBlMorning Star @M_Star_Online
66K Followers 2K Following The only English-language socialist daily newspaper in the world, published six days a week.Thelma Walker @Thelma_DWalker
44K Followers 13K Following Former Labour MP and former headteacher. Founder of @PAL_left .Follows and retweets are not endorsements.David Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg
19K Followers 2K Following Rebel thinker, activist, educator, writer, tour guide. Fan of The Selecter, West Ham, parakeets, beigels,Alex Nunns @alexnunns
54K Followers 4K Following I am fewer than 280 characters. Previously Jeremy Corbyn's speechwriter and I also wrote this book: https://t.co/iD5oLaJbT7Solomon Hughes @SolHughesWriter
14K Followers 1K Following Journalist, Private Eye magazine. Also words in Guardian, Independent, Tribune, Morning Star & more. Shortlisted 2022 Paul Foot Prize. Own views here.The SKWAWKBOX @skwawkbox
73K Followers 20K Following Politics, analysis. Smeared, feared by the Establishment Telegram: https://t.co/1Try5nnMko FB: https://t.co/uVHIw4pvbL Merch: https://t.co/anpxcEFOsdAlfred de Zayas @Alfreddezayas
38K Followers 4K Following Former #UN Independent Expert on the Promotion of a #Democratic & Equitable #International Order: https://t.co/9pB3dCEqRq. RTs & likes do not equal endorsementsBrigitte Darcy @DarBrigitt
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679 Followers 5K Following MY PASSIONATE INTERESTS: Psychology, Sociology, Music, History, Communication, Criminology, Films & Movies, Philosophy, Photography, EducationPaul Rogers @paulrogers002
2K Followers 146 Following Anti/political writer, ex-Alienware aficionado and frustrated traveller. Delendi Civitas. Entrance Not For Everybody.Cassidy Douglas @cassidy_do79702
102 Followers 3K FollowingHalley Yusuf @halley_yus
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32 Followers 51 Following sad man. no like politics. but i cant shut up about it. lovely.Carmelita Lamacchia @CarmelitaL50771
83 Followers 5K FollowingMark Smith @MSmith19171923
11 Followers 43 FollowingSomer Nahari @NahariSom
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48 Followers 337 FollowingKGB @ShiftFalse
735 Followers 4K Following We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know we know they are lying. And still they continue.Rosella Wess @RosellaWes93983
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110 Followers 2K FollowingLiana Edeker @LEdeker20016
32 Followers 5K FollowingЗеленая вед.. @MomentumGrr
3K Followers 5K Following Equality of power, income & wealth. Free speech, not free markets. Momentum was a fraud. Corbyn for ever. No to proxy wars #FreePalestine #peacetalksnowBjarni Guðbjörnsson @bjargud
99 Followers 1K FollowingEbony Turnbill @ETurnbi
73 Followers 5K FollowingLatrice Zaugg @zau_latri
78 Followers 5K FollowingMonika Milewska @MonikaMilewsk13
156 Followers 1K Following Policy & Innovation Officer @IslingtonBC working on community power | ex: new economies & innovation @C40cities | opinions are my ownGina 😷 SARS2 is Ai.. @Saffiya_Khan1
18K Followers 11K Following Against the repeated mass infection of the population with SARS2. Wear a respirator. Campaign for clean air. #GreensAgainstCovid @GrnsAgnstCvdmRNA @Johnfranks22614
1K Followers 5K Following anti WEF - WHO - GAVI - UN - Corrupt Politicians - Gates - Fauci and brain dead that sign up to fight Zionists warsRhys Byrom @rhys_bm
65 Followers 1K Following Teacher, Writer, @NEUnion rep | MA in CW & Ed | looking to publish ‘Plague Pamphlets’: 8 works of autotheory and short satire.Tristram 💙 #BLM We.. @TristramWyatt
4K Followers 5K Following Do follow me back. We need a #ProgressiveAlliance @MakeVotesCount Stop NHS privatization. #NHSblueheart 💙 Likes/RTs ≠ endorsement. @ScientistsXSocialist Health Asso.. @SocHealthLondon
1K Followers 3K Following We're the London branch of Socialist Health Assoc. Campaigning for a comprehensive, publicly funded and publicly provided NHS & social care. ** Do follow us!Neilus @neilus_craigus
192 Followers 984 Following Retired criminal law regulator. All opinions unapologetically plagerised from others.RodHoward @HowardRod32737
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764 Followers 2K Following Wrote report on behaviour change for @theCCCuk https://t.co/Je8n4bAz6w. Co-Leader @BEEP_Imperial. Net Zero co-benefits & P2P learning. Fellow @CGLN_earthRainer Selbstbetrug @RSelbstbetrug
57 Followers 303 FollowingRebecca Coombes @rebeccacoombes
1K Followers 1K Following Head of Journalism, The BMJ [email protected]Sujon Mahmud @Sujon_Italpho
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332 Followers 2K Following BLM LANDBACK FREE PALESTINE CLIMATE ACTION NOW (YESTERDAY)Patrick Hamilton @patbhamilton
4K Followers 4K Following Interests in science/biology/genetics education & environment, spread of misinformation & random ethical issues. Teach Medical Sciences. Attempt art & music.Matt Kennard @kennardmatt
111K Followers 3K Following co-founder/investigations @DeclassifiedUK. author of Irregular Army & Silent Coup. new book The Racket out in June.Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook
141K Followers 83 Following Writer, journalist, self-appointed media critic. Winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism https://t.co/wZxJWVJdJEMedia Lens @medialens
72K Followers 2K Following Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate mediaMark Curtis @markcurtis30
72K Followers 2K Following Director @DeclassifiedUK. Analyst of UK foreign policy. Please join us — https://t.co/f91OPVmZr9Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani
142K Followers 2K Following Co-Founder @novaramedia. Author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Next book on politics and economics of an ageing planet.MintPress News @MintPressNews
219K Followers 386 Following Independent watchdog journalism | Check out The Watchdog with @lowkey0nline & MintCast with @alanRMacLeod & @MnarMuh.Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth
50K Followers 431 Following The land it is the landlord's, the trader's is the sea, the ore the usurer's coffer fills, but what remains for me? Not all clips are endorsements.Afshin Rattansi @afshinrattansi
54K Followers 6K Following Host, 📺Going Underground more than 32m views on YouTube. Award-winning Journalist. @GUnderground_TV Retweets≠verified/endorsements! https://t.co/NuKhVTfDvJJohn McEvoy @jmcevoy_2
22K Followers 2K Following Investigative journalist @declassifieduk. Working on documentary @BritainOther911. [email protected]Tom Mills @ta_mills
28K Followers 4K Following Public sociologist & socialist. Interested in elites, knowledge & communication. Chair of @mediareformUK. Author of 'The BBC: Myth of a Public Service'.Flying_Rodent @flying_rodent
22K Followers 1K Following General smartarse cracks wise in assault-proof environment.Steve Howell @FromSteveHowell
24K Followers 15K Following "You can cage the singer but not the song." - Harry Belafonte. For Steve Howell books, bio and stuff, see: https://t.co/yYZBxljvBlAndrew Fisher @FisherAndrew79
38K Followers 871 Following Columnist for The i Paper https://t.co/FCkd1My1lw Democratic Socialist, Labour member. Former Executive Director of Policy & Research Trade unionist: NUJ & UniteDavid Rosenberg @davidjrosenberg
19K Followers 2K Following Rebel thinker, activist, educator, writer, tour guide. Fan of The Selecter, West Ham, parakeets, beigels,JewishVoiceForLabour @JVoiceLabour
27K Followers 174 Following A Jewish led network for Labour Movement members Priorities: universal human rights & dignity;justice for all;freedom of expression;against racism, antisemitismThe Prole Star @TheProleStar
27K Followers 6K Following Independent media counteracting mainstream media bias. FB page https://t.co/fvNY7muCvHThe Grayzone @TheGrayzoneNews
319K Followers 114 Following Independent news and investigative journalism on politics and empire. Videos: https://t.co/WP6SSkXcjvCarbon Brief @CarbonBrief
158K Followers 7K Following Award-winning journalism focused on #climatechange, science, energy and policy. Subscribe to our free newsletters: https://t.co/EdTgUmy74sBill McGuire @ProfBillMcGuire
30K Followers 3K Following Volcanologist, climate scientist, writer, broadcaster, activist, socialist, best-selling author of HOTHOUSE EARTH: AN INHABITANT'S GUIDE. Born @ 313NatureClimate @NatureClimate
58K Followers 216 Following A monthly journal covering the science of climate change, its impacts and wider implications for the economy, society and policy. Tweets by Bronwynnature @Nature
2.6M Followers 4K Following Research, News, and Commentary from Nature, the international journal of science. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: https://t.co/wGmQlQ8a4DJames Edward Hansen @DrJamesEHansen
27K Followers 97 Following Director of Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions at Columbia University's Earth Institute https://t.co/335VZEDX54 Formerly Director of NASA GISSLeon Simons @LeonSimons8
37K Followers 1K Following Plain climate science & communication. Mission: To understand & protect the home planet. Innovation, energy & health entrepreneur. Board Club of Rome NLZeke Hausfather @hausfath
90K Followers 810 Following "A tireless chronicler and commentator on all things climate" -NYTimes. Climate lead @stripe, writer @CarbonBrief, scientist @BerkeleyEarth, IPCC/NCA5 author.Andrew Male @Andr6wMale
41K Followers 6K Following Writer at MOJO, Guardian, and Sunday Times. Sight & Sound TV columnist. Rife with anomalies. Grounded for dreaminess. You have muted tweets from this account.Futurism @futurism
235K Followers 29 Following Cutting-edge journalism and analysis on the latest emergent science, technology and medicine news changing the world. These are the stories of tomorrow, today.Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff
25K Followers 90 Following Critical psychiatrist, author and researcherArnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
215K Followers 1K Following Entrepreneur. Previously HouseTrip (sold to TripAdvisor), now https://t.co/C4SmZQ8JaE Subscribe if you like what I writeDr Myriam François @MyriamFrancoisC
127K Followers 3K Following Presenter @ajstream • Director “Finding Alaa”•Docs @mpwrproductions• Present-Direct-Write RT≠endorse [email protected]American Political Sc.. @apsrjournal
20K Followers 445 Following The premier scholarly research journal in political science. Read here: https://t.co/XZoPtm7wLBKaty Balls @katyballs
52K Followers 3K Following @Spectator political editor. @theipaper columnist. All views are Balls - [email protected] Podcast 👇Rachel Donald @CrisisReports
8K Followers 2K Following climate corruption reporter investigating why the world is in crisis—and what to do about it • creator https://t.co/n6TWvK8Bf9 with subscribers from 163 countriesThe Real News @TheRealNews
91K Followers 4K Following Independent, viewer-supported news network. No corporate funds or advertising money.☀️ Jon Schwarz �.. @schwarz
44K Followers 2K Following ☀️ I am a longtime high-functioning malcontent ☀️ Old Intercept work here: https://t.co/VEtzg2K0TL ☀️Chiara Benassi @chiarabenax
636 Followers 376 Following Associate Professor in Sociology of Work at the University of Bologna into collective bargaining, unions, skills&training and feminismRebecca Coombes @rebeccacoombes
1K Followers 1K Following Head of Journalism, The BMJ [email protected]J of Peace Research @JPR_journal
8K Followers 385 Following Journal of Peace Research is an interdisciplinary and international bimonthly journal, covering scholarly work in peace research.Steve W @StevenGWalker74
14K Followers 13K Following Lefty, reader and book fiend (history, politics, economics, fiction and whatever). Currently taking up meditation, it sure beats sitting around doing nothing.Epping Forest @CoLEppingForest
10K Followers 2K Following #Conservation #Recreation in London's ancient woodland & largest Open Space. Monitored 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri. 020 8532 1010 (24hr). [email protected]Fossil Free London @fossilfreeLDN
9K Followers 1K Following We organise against fossil fuel companies & their funders. Join us. Sign up via the link in our bio.Bryce Greene @TheGreeneBJ
18K Followers 1K Following Read what you can and think structurally He/Him || IU || Organizer || Freelancer - Words: @FAIRmediawatchWar on the Rocks @WarOnTheRocks
168K Followers 918 Following Experience. Conflict. Commentary. Join our community: https://t.co/OtnJ9e6EckRazor Marone @Streettough
3K Followers 3K FollowingDrLJ 💙 @drlaurajane
6K Followers 3K Following Consultant 🫁 doctor. Interested in Life, Death & some stuff in between. @[email protected]🌱she/herMoon of Alabama @MoonofA
62K Followers 555 FollowingConnor Echols @connor_echols
1K Followers 727 Following Reporter @RStatecraft. Formerly @NonzeroNews, @injusticewatch. Cover image credit @NikitaSPetrov. Send tips to [email protected]The Wanstead Tap @TheWansteadtap
7K Followers 1K Following Voted best cultural venue in Waltham Forest. Follow us on this link to never miss a ticket https://t.co/lqsh3NO0I6 352 Winchelsea road e7 oaqPiers Forster @piersforster
12K Followers 2K Following Climate scientist. Director @PriestleyCentre; IPCC Author; interim Chair @theCCCuk. Protect a tree @UBoCarbon;https://t.co/77yYh1nKTaHip Hop Golden Age @HipHopGoldenAge
259K Followers 71K Following Classic Hip Hop | Real Hip Hop | Write for HHGA: https://t.co/nOyQ1tm6nYDr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron
21K Followers 3K Following Graduate student at @CUSocSci - researching the role of science and scientists in the climate movement. PhD in Ecology. Activism. Climate communications.Climate Change Commit.. @theCCCuk
73K Followers 4K Following The UK’s independent adviser on tackling climate change.☀️👀 @zei_squirrel
243K Followers 0 Following https://t.co/NbtDw6O4K1 | https://t.co/KKP8K845AV | [email protected] | Content that would get me banned here: https://t.co/wljPw2lIp9Raoul Duke @batcountry1980
10K Followers 8K Following Always thinking about music, always got a song stuck in my head. I post stuff so I can talk about it with fellow music geeks.James Özden @JamesOzden
2K Followers 361 Following Future of food grantmaker https://t.co/mwvex8ZjOb. Founder https://t.co/iiextfhvaA, doing social movement research. Prev. grassroots climate & animal organisingGreat Jazz Albums @GreatJazzAlbums
30K Followers 1K Following I listen to one great jazz album a day, and share it with you here. A great place to start learning about jazz. Link below for a list of all previous albums.John Duncan @Johntheduncan
15K Followers 2K Following PhD in Human Rights, social movements, austerity and neoliberalism | trying to YouTube | All my links https://t.co/wYa0PmW5Ch he/himChatham House @ChathamHouse
296K Followers 1K Following The Royal Institute of International Affairs | Independent thinking since 1920 | @CH_Events | @TheWorldToday | @IAJournal_CH | All views individual.Crisis Group @CrisisGroup
230K Followers 3K Following We're an independent, non-profit, non-governmental org, committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. Our staff: https://t.co/Vwe0TwauK2Stereogum @stereogum
360K Followers 5K Following 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌 | Merch: https://t.co/xvlT2D4x4i"The Intercept's been taken over by suits who have abandoned its founding mission of fearless and adversarial journalism...I can’t continue in an environment where fear of funders is more important than journalism itself." A damning verdict on an erstwhile flagship of Alt Media.
Why I'm resigning from The Intercept kenklippenstein.com/p/why-im-resig…
"Everything is now at stake. If you care about anything at all, then ipso facto, whether you know it or not, you care about the #climatecrisis." My new essay for @aeonmag. #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateMajorityProject aeon.co/essays/is-civi…
We are saddened to hear of the passing of author CJ Sansom, author of the popular Matthew Shardlake novels. For those of us in Norfolk, Sansom’s final published novel ‘Tombland’ holds particular significance given its setting (1/2)
🚨 Every year MI5 and MI6 train spies from dictatorships of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, at a UK Army base north of London. We can now reveal King's College London (@KingsCollegeLon) has previously been paid £40,000 to design and deliver this course. 2013 contract with MoD here:
“The UK has the lowest standard of workers’ rights in western Europe. Fair pay agreements are the most moderate proposal that the Labour party could make" - @chiarabenax, Reader in Comparative Employment Relations, King's College London theguardian.com/society/2023/n…
The energy transition is moving faster than we think. "And a faster transition is cheaper" - @DrPaulBehrens
@DrPaulBehrens Shifting to a plant rich diet would massively bring down greenhouse gas emissions from the food system See Clark et al 2020: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Key crop yields in UK down by 20 percent. I would say this is the new normal, but things are going to get much, much, worse. theguardian.com/environment/20…
Piers Morgan says the US is "the defender of freedom and democracy around the world", and John Mearsheimer has to keep himself from laughing in his flabby face as he destroys and humiliates him
Although CPR has become synonymous with medical heroism, nearly 85 per cent of those who receive it in a hospital die. Why has it remained the norm? nyer.cm/uMUvZv3
More on the @Greenpeace-driven Philippines court decision stopping the government-approved use of Golden Rice...
I also stand with @RonaldBailey and the 100 Nobel laureates who in 2016 pressed @Greenpeace to accept the science on #GoldenRice and other GM products with societal benefits. From Ron's @reason post: reason.com/2024/04/25/gre… ~~ The court's ruling reverses the @dacentralph…
A common ingredient in household disinfectants called “quats” may kill some brain cells, according to new research. wapo.st/3vZLamm
Love waking up to The Anti-Empire Project @justinpodur. Conclusion of a three part series on nonviolence: Palestine 2018 proved the futility of anticolonial nonviolence. open.substack.com/pub/justinpodu…
Publication day! Thanks to all the #spycops campaigners for helping to make this happen, and to @avitale and @GreenJennyJones (& others not on X) for the kind endorsements
‘Spycops’ uncovers the controversial and secretive world of undercover policing, raising important questions about ethics, accountability, and civil liberties. An eye-opening read for those interested in #LawEnforcement and #HumanRights. @RaphSchlembach ow.ly/LoIN50R9iyr
I think the key thing is that the papers can’t now build anything helpful, lasting or meaningful, if they ever could. But their ability to rend, tear, burn and destroy is if anything more potent and disastrous than ever, with greater impunity than they’ve ever had.
Tackling the climate crisis has been presented as a massive change, but Stark was at pains to point out that it would not be. “The world that we’ll have in 2050 is extremely similar to the one we have now" Totally and utterly wrong. theguardian.com/environment/20…
The end of an era: 10 years ago coal generated almost 40% of the UK‘s electricity. In less than 6 months the last remaining coal power plant will be shut down. theguardian.com/business/2024/…
Thanks to party donations, an extensive lobbying network, personal connections and the revolving door... the reality we face in this year's election is that of two oily parties - Oily Party Blue or Oily Party Red Our politics has been corrupted by big oil #OilyMoneyOut
New research from @FerretScot has found that 100+ fossil fuel sector reps have taken up senior govt roles under the Tories. The revolving door between the fossil fuel industry and the UK govt is very well oiled... It's no wonder there's so much govt support for new oil and gas.
Such a great book. It really does! The people who said ‘take back control’ generally don’t seem to mind though. Funny that….
This looks absolutely delicious.