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Dave O Mitchell

@daveomitchell.bsky.social
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Climate, energy, polycrisis, anti-imperialism, solarpunk. Impact lead @ Cascade Institute, co-editor Beautiful Trouble: Toolbox for Revolution & Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South. Self-owned views.

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Dave O Mitchell @daveomitchell.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
What a perfect book for this dark moment. "When I asked about the promised war and how we ought to get ready, she pulled the car over and looked in my eyes. Her kindness was like water over smooth stones. She said Pastor Leake was a decent man who often mistook his worldview for the world," (cont.)
Image of ship in storm accompanied by the text: "That our job always and forever was to refuse Apocalypse in all its forms and work cheerfully against it.” — Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
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Dave O Mitchell @daveomitchell.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
🎥 “Police in London have arrested an 83-year-old woman for holding a sign expressing support for Palestine Action, the activist group was recently proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000. @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
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Dave O Mitchell @daveomitchell.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
New report from @iisd.org: "Restricting oil and gas expansion could effectively mitigate economic risks for Canada's investors, industry, and government, especially as the energy transition accelerates." www.iisd.org/publications...
Figure from report, captioned "Cost curve of undeveloped oil fields, Canada compared to other major global production (shaded areas show interquartile range; black lines show median)." Canada and U.S. are the most exposed to falling prices, with the highest breakeven points.
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Dave O Mitchell @daveomitchell.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The takes are coming in hot.
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Dave O Mitchell @daveomitchell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Yup. Just a patchwork of continental, north/south interconnections. Which wasn't a problem, until...
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Dave O Mitchell @daveomitchell.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
“It is impossible to say why this book is currently going viral at this moment in time and why it may feel particularly relevant to a workforce of millions of people who have suddenly…” www.404media.co/declassified...
Excerpt from manual, reading:

“(12) General Devices for Lowering Morale and Creating Confusion
(a) Give lengthy and incomprehensible explanations when questioned.
(b) Report imaginary spies or danger to the Gestapo or police.
(c) Act stupid.
(d) Be as irritable and quarrelsome as possible without getting yourself into trouble.
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Dave O Mitchell @daveomitchell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
This, but replace “COVID-19” with “having to engage with the latest thing Donald Trump says or does”. theconversation.com/mounting-res...
Screenshot of an article in The Conversation titled “Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including significant drops in IQ scores”
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Dave O Mitchell @daveomitchell.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
New Verso books to illuminate the darkest days of a dark year. #haiku @versobooks.bsky.social
A stack of recent Verso titles: Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula by Laleh Khalili, Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat by Hannah Proctor, Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market by Adam Hanieh, Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton, and The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet by Brett Christophers. Also some Hello Kitty stickers and a toddler’s scribbles on butcher paper.
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