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charlie baker

@charliebeeker.bsky.social
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life time co-operator, one time photographer, full time specialist in low carbon buildings and retrofit. founder of red.coop and project/technical lead for yourhomebetter.co.uk working to create a future for my children not an apology

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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Read or Listen to this. Work out how to act. thebiggestlie.wedonthavetime.org
thebiggestlie.wedonthavetime.org
The Biggest Lie Ever Told Is Only Four Words Long
Not carbon dioxide. A lie, spoken calmly in parliaments and boardrooms, only four words long.
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
At least the battle lines are now really clear. Suicidal empathy! WTAF? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Reform accused of targeting the most vulnerable with £50bn benefit cut
Robert Jenrick takes aim at disabled people and foreign nationals after saying UK guilty of ‘suicidal empathy’
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Worth a read: jonathancook.substack.com/p/a-dying-we...
jonathancook.substack.com
A dying West is eating its children. Yet we still can't imagine life without capitalism
Our unwillingness to think about how to change our reality may simply be the noise of capitalism speaking through us. It's time to find value in something more than a new iPhone or pair of jeans
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
so I've put all the pictures from the trip into a gallery. if anyone wants to see the whole thing - www.beeker.co.uk/2026-10-coun...
beeker.co.uk
2026 10 countries in 10 days - charlie
low carbon campaigning: visiting 10 countries in 10 days, cycling 1,200 miles in total - fundraising for Asylum Speakers - donate here if you can https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/10-countries-i...
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
a studied Swiftian rage. be awake to what is happening & work together to prevent it getting worse. Thought ‘we must present our children with a future not an apology’ was solely about climate change, the rise of attendant authoritarianism looks as great a risk. open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
open.substack.com
Requiem for America on the Fourth of July
The con of neoliberalism has gutted our democracy and paved the way for fascism.
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Well that was going to be hard. #climatechaos made it so much harder. But 1000 miles in 10 days. #10countriesin10days & 3½ hours. 20 miles left into Triests. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... To support @asylum_speakers
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This last 50miles of 1,000 of #10countries10days. Just Slovenia to go. Relentless roads, relentless heat. Tired now. But nearly there help Asylum Speakers if you can www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I’m cycling 1000 miles across 10 countries to raise funds for Asylum Speakers to amplify the true stories of asylum seekers. Heavy irony that I’m enduring weather showing the #climatecatastrophe - one the key drivers of displacement. We all share the same planet www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Thanks @cjayanetti.bsky.social
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This is an impressive dataset. It’ll be interesting to know how accurate it is climatetrace.org/explore/#adm...
climatetrace.org
Explore map - Climate TRACE
Explore greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions around the world.
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
open.substack.com/pub/chrished...
open.substack.com
Chris Hedges: On the Precipice of Darkness
Normalizing genocide and the new world order.
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Mostly I specify woodfibre in our #retrofit work, when I have to use foam insulation I don’t use Celotex or Kingspan. Here’s why www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Seven organisations to be investigated over Grenfell Tower fire
All 58 recommendations of the Grenfell Tower public inquiry will be enacted, government says.
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
What does the world look like if the US is an authoritarian dictatorship? www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame
A recent order aimed at destroying independent regulatory agencies isn’t just about taking control of the state—it’s a giant cash-grab in disguise.
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I really like this but wonder what density is needed for it to work. I used to do community focused master planning & shutting off streets in the wrong places caused isolation & ghettoisation often followed
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
One for greater manchester
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Another example of a failure to address workforce creation when making grand plans. And they didn’t even mention #retrofit www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Can we build it? No – because Britain may not have enough workers
Rachel Reeves’s s bold infrastructure plans for Heathrow, transport, housing and more rely on training a new generation of construction professionals before the shovels go in the ground
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charlie baker @charliebeeker.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Hello. So is bluesky the future for this kind of platform?
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