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Gabriel Smith

@gabriel-smith.bsky.social
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Environmental Policy Adviser. Tofu-munching Wokeratus in my spare time.

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WildDartmoor @tonydartmoor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Whatever the future of this dale, I hope it's created by the people of this place, not imposed on them. And I have a lot of faith in them to find their own way.” Yesterday I listened to the first episode of Another Country, the new James Rebanks doc Some thoughts 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Another Country with James Rebanks - Muker - BBC Sounds
James Rebanks explores the lives of rural workers in and around three English villages.
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Gabriel Smith @gabriel-smith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Progressive policies are no longer disputed on ideological or moral grounds. Climate breakdown and wealth inequality have become too obscene for that to fly. So instead centrists and right-wingers simply say: "we can't afford it." Vital reading to dispel this myth: hostagenation.com
hostagenation.com
Hostage Nation: Britain’s Escape Plan
Britain has the money, the land and the people. What it lost was the nerve. Hostage Nation is the practical plan to escape, ready to implement today
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Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, I for one am an economist who supports rent controls! Here’s why 🧵: Markets only work well if: -buyers & sellers have roughly equal power -producers respond to price signals & expand supply in response to scarcity -buyers can walk away if prices get too high
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1/ People keep saying AI is inevitable. History disagrees. Plenty of technologies were called unstoppable, and societies stopped them or shrank them down to a niche. A thread 🧵
evitable
adjective
uk  /ˈev.ɪ.tə.bəl/ us  /ˈev.ə.t̬ə.bəl/

able to be avoided or prevented:
He believes that world war is evitable.
Inevitable suffering due to persecution is to be distinguished from evitable sickness.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yet another begging bowl email from the Labour Party this morning. ‘There is no pretending about the scale of what we’re up against.’ If only you guys had a massive majority in Parliament and could pass legislation to protect our democracy from ‘what we’re up against’.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/08/2026
New study finds that the rapid growth of electric vehicles in China has prevented over 300,000 premature deaths. Conversely -- and this is just math -- everything done to prevent the rise of EVs in the US leads to more preventable deaths of Americans. It's not an academic debate.
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Reduced urban air pollution and mortality from the transition to new energy vehicles in China - Nature Health
Using satellite data and interpretable machine learning, the widespread adoption of new energy vehicles was shown to reduce particulate matter particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less and carbon mo...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/08/2026
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
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Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis. The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summer. In contrast, the surrounding countryside has become parched and brown. Continue reading...
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“...the victory of fascism was made practically unavoidable by the liberals' obstruction of any reform involving planning, regulation, or control.” Karl Polanyi, 1944
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rob @ok-but-still.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
biden dementia: the fact of the matter is there was NOTHING wrong with aunt diane. i saw that film. the point is it could happen to anyone. i'm sorry trump dementia (wet mouth, whispery tone): the big buford. can they you believe they call it that? it's an arrogant burger.
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The Dark Sky Ambassador @darkskyambassador.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Amber LED street lights could save millions of insects. New research shows 1800K amber LEDs cut insect attraction by ~40% compared to standard white LEDs, emitting almost no blue light. The study tracked 71,000 bugs across 6 German railway stations. #LightPollution #Insects #Wildlife #DarkSkies
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Researchers may have solved a problem caused by artificial street lights
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
male loneliness epidemic is here to stay
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Always this. "Protect our women and children from those people" is pure projection. The beast is the man in the mirror. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse
Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Seven years ago a representative from Google reached out to me in an official capacity to discuss the company's energy use. I told them it would become necessary for major firms in core economies to reduce energy use in order to enable Paris-compliant decarbonisation.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.
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A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family
Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.
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Wild Animal Initiative @wildanimals.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“‘We mostly think of nature as biodiversity, a concept, but this made it so personal, so emotional and so horrific.’” Fascinating study that asked volunteers to imagine — first-hand — what it might be like to live as a wild animal.
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Aoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
If other news was reported like climate change:
A picture of a couple driving and laughing with the text "road fatalities highest in ten years"
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I’m not sure exactly when it happened but at some point political reporting ceased to be about covering politicians and their ideas and turned into a sort of daily horoscope on what ‘the markets’ think about absolutely every single political decision
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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Oh, so just because I'm specifically concerned about the ethnic purity of the German race, suddenly I'm a Nazi?"
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡
theguardian.com
Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens
Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity
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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Thursdays @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"The evidence shows the earth is round but there is a genuine debate about whether it is flat" There isn't. There is reality and then there are malicious lies and fantasies. "Two tier policing" falls into the latter
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote
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Greens suggest they will properly contest byelection in blow to Burnham
Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nothing says "projecting determination" like walking in a straight line down a street
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Please retweet.
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 10/05/2026
“We, the creators of the Torment Nexus, are now suing the writers of the classic science fiction novel ‘Don’t Create the Torment Nexus.’”
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This deserves to be circulated. A former Red Cross staff member got in touch. She testifies about @zackpolanski.bsky.social's role. For transparency: her name is Brea Thibodeau. The whole thing is a desperate smear.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is insane. This is the government’s “independent” advisor on antisemitism. He sees four antisemitic cartoons targeting Zack Polanski. His response? To demand an end to the antisemitic targeting of Polanski? No. It’s to attack the Green Party.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Politicians and media attacking @zackpolanski.bsky.social over antisemitism lack any decency. So says Rabbi Herschel Gluck - who was given an OBE for advancing interfaith understanding.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Once again Reform are spreading misinformation & smears, and the press & the media seem to repeat them.. its really important that the media.. take responsibility so when Reform or Farage says something they don't just keep repeating it"👏👏👏
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 23/02/2026
interesting picture selection in today's Times
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angelicaarcher.bsky.social @angelicaarcher.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Zack Polanski deals with every "gotcha" question with ease when I've seen him interviewed - giving straightforward and honest answers. How refreshing
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Bilbo looking at his phone top

on bottom is ChatGPT

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?

You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.
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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I have today written to the Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee seeking permission to enter the selection process for a candidate for the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. Read my letter here.👇🏻
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
He's the former Health Secretary, mayor of one of the UK's biggest cities and is currently the most popular Labour politician in the country. Whatever you think of Burnham, he pretty easily clears the hurdle for candidate for a winnable Labour seat.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Ceding all forms of autonomy to Trump is now a well-established position within Britain's media and among British media owners.
An opinion piece in the Telegraph by the British white supremacist Tim Stanley, titled "Trump controls the world, and Britain ought to let him have it". Subtitled: "We gain nothing by pretending we're still a world power while our nation rots from the inside"
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 16/01/2026
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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Ariel Ortiz-Bobea @arielob.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
1/ Lots going on these days, but I'm nonetheless happy to share a paper out today in Science Advances together with Simone Pieralli (European Commission Joint Research Centre) titled "Unpacking the growth of global agricultural greenhouse gas emissions". news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
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More productive farming lowers global emissions | Cornell Chronicle
A new analysis shows that improved farm productivity has been the driving force in keeping global greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in check, with implications for how countries support farmer...
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Gabriel Smith @gabriel-smith.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Harriet at breakfast. #TheTraitors
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a man wearing sunglasses sits on a couch and says then maybe you shouldn 't be living here !!!
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses sits on a couch and says then maybe you shouldn 't be living here !!!
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Gabriel Smith @gabriel-smith.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Beautiful, heartbreaking story.
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Rachel Millward @rachelmillward.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Cannot stop thinking about the people I met in Calais. They deserve so much better. @greenparty.org.uk @calaisappeal.bsky.social
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I wish you a Happy Christmas and a coming year of solidarity and resistance. Love and courage to you all.
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Gabriel Smith @gabriel-smith.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Brilliant thread
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Jon Moses @jon-moses.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This Telegraph article is a distillation of the horseshit propping up the idea of a 'rural v urban culture war'. 'BBC ACCUSED OF METROPOLITAN BIAS TOWARD RURAL BRITAIN' it claims, citing a poll commissioned by the Regional Moorland Association (i.e. gamekeepers) www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Tim Recuber @timrecuber.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
All of global politics is really just to distract us from this horrible fact
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