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Gregory Claeys

@gclaeyshistory.bsky.social
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Historian of the future, utopia/dystopia, radicalism & socialism. Anti-totalitarian socialist. Last book: Utopianism for a Dying Planet (Princeton UP, 2022)

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Prominent coverage in UK media - zero Speeches by MPs who give lip-service to the 'climate emergency' - zilch Promises to wind down fossil fuel use to zero ASAP - none meme via earthlyeducation
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"An unelected son-in-law carrying out the will of an autocrat is typical in a kleptocracy. The unusual part is that Kushner is not working for the country for which his father-in-law is president." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor...
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The No World Order
Meir Kahane, Netanyahu, Trump, and the war beyond Iran.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
via Meg Graham
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
(Artificial Intelligence) into “SI” (Super Intelligence) was a CRIMINAL SCAM to enrich himself and his Epstein class friends. They pocketed HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars by buying up and creating tens of thousands of .si web domains in the weeks BEFORE the announcement. x.com/adamemedia/s...
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ADAM (@adamemedia) on X
BREAKING: 🇺🇸 An investigative journalist has just exposed another Trump crime family SCAM Donald Trump’s executive order to change “AI” (Artificial Intelligence) into “SI” (Super Intelligence) was a ...
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Franken-Pattern @franken-pattern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When the orange sh1thead had that debate with Kamala, it was THE worst performance I've ever had the displeasure to witness. When that lump of rancid dough said, "...but I saw it on TEEEVEE!" I knew he lost.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maximum monthly State Pension. Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK £997 Guess which is unaffordable?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#societyofrackets
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Ed Granter @edgranter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do people know how little tax businesses (of all sizes) pay? Do people know companies pay workers below the poverty rate and we the taxpayers top it up? Is this known? Are people HIGH?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
UK politics funded by billionaires, mega-donations surge as the rich buy power. £179m donated by wealthy individuals since 2019. A cap at £100,000 or £500,000 won't do. Only the rich can enter political auctions Can't end political corruption without ending donations.
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UK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surge
Exclusive: A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Iranian schools are safe for now.. 🚨 BREAKING: Democrats have officially blocked Trump's transfer of 40,000 bombs to Israel. x.com/DemzDeliver/...
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🚨 BREAKING: Democrats have officially blocked Trump's transfer of 40,000 bombs to Israel.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a… on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
Al-generated content has surpassed human-written articles
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Exxon is now expecting a 2.5 - 3C rise by 2050 But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline
The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slo...
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sept 16, 1969 – Nobel-prize winning Australian scientist warns about CO2 build-up "Sir Macfarlane said the other requirements included a stabilisation of the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to avoid the possibility of disastrous climatic change." allouryesterdays.info/2022/09/15/s...
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September 16, 1969 - Nobel-prize winning Australian scientist warns about carbon dioxide build-up. Yes, 1969 - All Our Yesterdays
On this day September 16 1969, Sir Macfarlane Burnet, an extremely eminent Australian scientist pointed to carbon dioxide as a serious potential problem. Yes, 1969. Call to keep world at 2,000m MELBOU...
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JBC @jbcarver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AI advocates say we have no right to stop innovation in the free market. Hogwash. We don’t allow corporations to come up with new nuclear weapons or varieties of cocaine or biological pathogens. We protect the public from certain kinds of innovation. We need guardrails on AI before it’s too late.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
„The US President celebrated the AfD’s win on social media, as did the Russian President’s circle.“ — Dave Keating, Brussels correspondent.
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🧵2/2 Government drops plans for solar on new car parks www.cpre.org.uk/news/governm...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/09/2026
WELKER: Do you believe President Trump has committed impeachable offenses at this point? RASKIN: Undoubtedly. We don't have time to remotely scratch the surface.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Former Tory chancellor Kwarteng wants people to pay for private insurance to access NHS services. A plan to deny healthcare to millions. People already pay taxes, NIC. NHS drained by privatisation. Needs investment. Privatisation hikes cost - water, energy, social care.
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Kwarteng says people will need to pay private insurance to access future NHS services
Tory Kwarteng told GMB that private health insurance must "play a part" in the NHS's future, signalling a move away from a free public service
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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Tim Montgomerie thinks it is "unbelievable" that James Orr specialises in ethics, but nevertheless has been caught on camera saying he "won't get caught", whereas the rest of us, who are not idiots, do not find it unbelievable at all. (He also says that it is "tragic", when it is in fact "comic".)
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The Fall of James Orr, the Man Called Farage’s Brain
James Orr, who has ties to Peter Thiel and JD Vance, was suspended from Reform U.K. after he was filmed apparently arranging contributions from a man posing as a foreign donor.
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fascists block the Port of Dover and the police response is to 'engage' with them. But it's ok to arrest pensioners protesting against genocide in Gaza under the terrorism Act. The hypocrisy on display from the Government here is truly contemptible. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
MAGA IS 100% OWNED BY ISRAEL Marco Rubio has officially announced that effective immediately, anyone who dares criticize Israel will not be granted a U.S. visa. x.com/ImBreckWorsh...
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Marco Rubio has officially announced that effective immediately, anyone who dares criticize Israel will not be granted a U.S. visa.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There's just no other way to explain the utter disdain for allies, the pandering to strongman dictators, the zinger-based diplomatic strategy, and the obsession with image over substance. Trump will be remembered as the American Nero.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The House voted to condemn “socialism” earlier this week. Listen, I’ve been in and around politics for over 50 years. I grew up during McCarthyism and the “red Scare” of the 1950s. I’ve seen all of this fear-mongering before. Here’s what’s really going on.
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Republicans want Americans to die. I know that sounds grim and crazy, but the facts back me up.” “What is happening with expensive groceries, our poisoned food supply, the increase in food insecurity, and the increase in deadly illnesses and diseases? it was all written out in Project 2025.”
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.@SuriCrowe: “Republicans want Americans to die. I know that sounds grim and crazy, but the facts back me up.” “What is happening with expensive groceries, our poisoned food supply, the increase in f...
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Paul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The bond markets apparently ‘disapproved’ of Burnham’s talk of public ownership. We live in a world where the financial markets presume to restrict elected governments to a narrow range of free market policies that exclusively favour the wealthy. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Burnham tries to calm bond market fears as sell-off threatens crucial first budget
Prime minister promises his government will make decisions ‘grounded in fiscal responsibility’
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
1 trillion litres of water a year, 20% of all water pumped, lost in England through leaky pipes. 41.4trn litres lost since privatisation. Money siphoned off to investors. At the current rate of investment it will take 700 years to replace water network. Grim future without public ownership.
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The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/09/2026
The hottest summer on record. The worst arable harvest on record. A climate crisis already hitting communities around the world. Andy Burnham must rule out more drilling at Jackdaw and Rosebank.
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Tom Ackers @tomackers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
My pamphlet from last year: “Remaking Home Heating in the UK” Relevant for the heatwave too…
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Not tax the billionaires, or the tax dodging corporations, no Labour picking on the easy targets.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Scientists said the same when we reached 1.4 C that we could get back to 1.1 C with deep emissions cuts But it never happens emissions just keep on rising and temps and co2 levels just keep on rising
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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 01/09/2026
Just got a copy of my book in paperback. Available from 6 October! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🧵 1/13 🔦 What the Government won't tell you on climate. 🔒 It buried its own intelligence report on ecological breakdown 👉 bsky.app/profile/geor... 📈 Now it won't tell us how it sets carbon budgets that let emissions roll on ⚖️ So we are taking it to Court 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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Carbon Reckoning: Holding the Government to Its Own Climate Law
Carbon Reckoning are a science based group, committed to the strongest possible action to require the UK sets climate policy commensurate with the scale of the crisis we face.
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can you spot the difference here? Public "control" or public "ownershp". Which is it, because it matters.
Headline reads more public ownership, now changed to public control.
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MylesC57💙ANTIFA-8647! @mylesc57.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Toxic “forever chemical” rose to 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilots to pump treated sewage into the River Thames. 75m litres of river water a day removed, replaced with treated sewage during drought. Health hazards increase. TW loses 571m litres a day to leaks.
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‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought
Exclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace it with treated effluent
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026
Did I miss the big open letter signed by a hundred academics opposing this?
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Thomas Paine Collected Writings collection is now available worldwide! This is the first major new edition of Paine’s works, bringing together all his writings in six breathtaking volumes. Learn more & save 40% with code PAINE40: press.princeton.edu/collected-wo... #ThomasPaine #History
All six volumes of the Thomas Paine Collected Writings. A comprehensive scholarly edition of the writings and correspondence of Thomas Paine.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
He must be seen to be doing something. It’s an illusion.
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Paul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If we go ahead and build these data centres just as the climate crisis threatens to reach a tipping point, it will prove that the human race is too stupid to survive. There may be a reason why intelligent life forms never spread for enough beyond their own planets to make contact with each other.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
90% of England’s water industry owned by foreign investors, often holed up in tax havens. Customers treated as cash cows £88.4bn paid in dividends since privatisation 1 trillion litres of water a year, 20% of household supply, lost to leaks. 41trn lost since privatisation. Investment neglected.
leftfootforward.org
The case for nationalisation of water companies
England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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