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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just saw 5 seconds of an ad before skipped on YouTube. It said "I have a secret I was scared to tell anyone, so I told this ai chat bot to see how they'd react and-" what in the actual fuck? Just tell us your secrets & harvest your data and... Yeah because in what scenario does that not end badly?!

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just saw the beep beep movie (as @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com brilliantly calls Coyote Vs Acme) and it's very funny and surprisingly moving too, I particularly loved that the scene with DJ Shadow's nobody speaks song, getting that into a kids film is *chef's kiss*

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

HG Wells is alleged to have remarked "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race”. You could see this shocking chart as an index of civilisation. A country which gets this issue so badly wrong is likely to fail in many other ways.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm amazed by Italy on this graph, must remember to not go cycling there then in near future, but Germany is good to go....

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yesyesyeayesyes :D m.youtube.com/watch?v=3oCx... well if I continue to watch zero (fiction) TV in 2026, that'll change in '27!

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Blue Eye Samurai: Season 2 | Official Teaser | Netflix

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I don't think I've internally cheered and wanted someone to succeed as much since watching mark Cavendish finish the tour de france in Paris, everything about this is genuinely delightful and brings me joy :)

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This. I got the message while heading home (from the woods I'm working on making more resilient to future climates) and thought about it and yep, Friday evening, long hot weekend, good timing, every time I chat with a colleague the heat and fire risk is mentioned - and this was before NF broke out

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Fire Brigades Union @fbunational.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In the last 48 hours, we've seen major wildfires in Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, South Wales, and Suffolk. This is not bad luck. This is climate change, and firefighters are on the frontline.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Turned on radio 4 as I got home, not something I do much, to catch the news headlines, first, wildfires in Spain, near Madrid, out of controls and struggling to get them under control, worried 2 fires could merge, people being evacuated. Second, wildfires in France, people being evacuated. .... Um.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Well, 4 years ago they shared a stage together so that bodes well!

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I've read something & it's... Good news? I think there might even be... Hope? Ye Gods I'm not used to this, but it does feel good.... What I really want to know though is if @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social is a fan of @kateraworth.bsky.social 's doughnut economics... Then I'd be really really excited!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Genuinely terrifying. And remarkably similar to how the Nazis began their criminalisation of dissent and their dehumanisation of any who resisted. It's happening. In the US. Right now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Three speeches on a single day signaled a dying American democracy | Robert Shpiner

Stephen Miller warned of a leftwing ‘cancer’ threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosis

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

FFS why put Miliband as foreign sec when he's the best person to have on climate? Chancellor (or PM) are the only other good ones, where he could prioritise climate, I can't see how he can do that as foreign sec, gaaaaahhhh

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

Telegraph headiline:

"Heatwave hysterics wouldn't have lasted a day in 1976", overlaid with a bold “MONK DEBUNKED” stamp.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ed Milliband for chancellor please. (Trusting that he'll prioritise climate in that role). If not, then keep him in his current role and let him do his thing. I don't agree with everything he does, but I can trust he's trying, and more than anyone else.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Like sci fi? @aptshadow.bsky.social is an I credible writer whose books are interesting, funny, and have very apt commentary on today's world. I just recommend you don't read(or listen) to saturation point (which I loved!) in this weather, trust me on this, read it when it's cold!

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

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Tom McEnroe @tommcenroe.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

This cartoon gets more and more relevant with every passing day

A two panel line drawn cartoon. First panel, the internet in 1969. One figure says "Let's create a distributed network so it can survive a nuclear winter". The second panel titled the internet in 2021 a different figure says "Let's host half of it in one company and see how it goes"

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 08/11/2025

The planet is dying. I know the fight against fascism feels so acute, but there will be nothing left to fight for if we don't bring these longer term challenges. Please - will you support our climate litigation?

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Rachael Unsworth @leedstours.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Climate crisis is an *equity* crisis. Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester #R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme

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Today - 07/11/2025 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Great image and message

NO HEALTHCARE
FOR YOU PEASANTS, BUT A BALLROOM FOR THE QUEEN. Trump as Marie Antoinette

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dave @davembmd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

MY GOD, I HAVE A NEW HERO. SHE HAD THEM SO HOOKED AND THEN BAM, SHE ATE THEM, BONES AND ALL.

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 07/05/2025

On the 15th May we will be releasing our new climate film "System Update". It takes a deep dive into why the changes we need haven’t happened & shines a light on the real solutions already within our reach. Trailer 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao-8...

A poster for the new film "System Update" that promises to not be just another climate film.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/04/2025

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK! may I recommend: living alone and coming back home after dinner, having clearly forgotten to turn off the music before you left, and being welcomed into your empty flat by, of all fucking things for the algorithm to play, ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA

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SJ @phyonix.design · 17/04/2025

Trans Women are Women

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Worth it

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Boomer @boomerthemoose.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I heard there was a secret ooze It turned four turtles into dudes But you don't really care for pizza, do ya? They fought like this, Two swords, a stick A couple sai Some nunchuck tricks Those Ninja boys-a callin Cowabunga

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Earnest post for once. Yes things are bad - and getting worse in many ways. But even now, the illiberals are not getting all their own way. Things are being contested and opposed. And if the illiberals are ultimately to be defeated this how things start turning against them. If you can, hold on.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

That number 2 made me want to immediately cry (and that stupid social conditioning meant that I didn't) is yet another glaring neon size that therapy is more than good idea for me.... Need to reframe thing in me to not give up... And that just because of something doesn't mean I am/should....

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Literally me... Minus the neck feathers.... *Remembers beard* then again... 🤣 "And it's not just any stick, it's a *great* stick, heart of oak, carved by my fair hand, sanded smooth it will keep you steady and fend off geese..." :D (See fandabidozi)

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Always wondered how the Star Wars Emperor could start with a battle-hardened army and end up with an "entire legion of his best troops" being beaten to death by teddybears with sticks. Then Hegseth ended up as US Defence Sec. And now yeah that makes sense.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

There is so much to say on civil service/gov workers like Gregg. People work jobs like this for less money because they care, they love it, it matters, but part of the equation of lower pay etc is the job security, that's gone, it's not coming back any time soon, so getting incredible people like...

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23/02/2025

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Anybody who says “this is a crisis and so this will be the outcome” does not know the meaning of a crisis. All sorts of things can happen: some of which may not be to the liking to Trump/Musk; some not to the liking of any sane person; or even nothing dramatic at all - just a silent slow implosion.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

You may be looking to pundits to tell you where all this is going. Well, I have not a clue, other than US is nearing a constitutional crisis. And if so: nobody can know what will happen next. For that is the nature of any genuine crisis: it is a situation the outcome of which cannot be foreseen.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The surprise to which someone can find humans getting along with other humans, when people have said such evils of them. A needed reminder that people lie of such evils, that we all want peace, not to fight, and to be friends. youtu.be/ZQgR1h2Rogg?...

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Peter Capaldi reads a letter from WW1 Captain Reginald John Armes to his wife

YouTube video by Letters Live

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

@octoberbooks.bsky.social I really hope you keep an eye on your bluesky! Can't think why I haven't thought of this before!

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I really really really really like this. I could go on about why. but all I really want to say is that I really really really like this, and want to share it.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I haven't needed spring this badly for some time, eeerruuuggghhh. Just all the incoherent, unintelligible noises.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This. The powerlessness, that's what I'm feeling, and I know we all have power and can do things, just right now I feel exhausted, and guilty for feeling that way, and have so many ideas and things I want to do and feel I should....

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I generally (but not entirely) avoided stuff yesterday, and I had worst sleep in months, in part because others said things. Could really do with some sunshine, very glad had a much needed LWA weekend and can look forward to DND tonight :D

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

in my experience the genuine male feminists are just like, nice to women and treat them normally and don’t start podcasts or seek awards for it. performative behavior should always be a red flag.

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Neil Gaiman, Justin Baldoni, and the End of the Male Feminist

This ignominious crew of famous men seemed to align with women against sexist oppression in public as they mistreated women in private.

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Next year. 2026. I am going to try and go to the ORFC. I say this here now, because I post so rarely it will hopefully work as a good reminder. Because good things are being said there, and that would be good to hear at this time of year, so next year, imma do that. .... Anyone got a spare floor? 😅

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Laughing Johnny @forestyeti.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I was in dire need of some positivity and this is fucking lovely. Felt like I recognised some of the folk in it, you lovely wonderful people you.

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