iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

What we should grasp is that this is what Trump is *for*. It's why fossil fuel companies and the ultra-rich backed him. The kleptocracy, the cruelty, the culture wars, all these, while real & grim enough, distract us from seeing the true purpose of his presidency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases

Agreement with RWE is fifth deal Trump team has made with energy companies, offering payouts to give up projects

31783339

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

17170862920

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Absolutely shameful piece. Even if a "Mediterranean" future were desirable - and a third of a million people are currently fleeing an inferno - what about those parts of the world being made uninhabitable? Where do their people go? Heath doesn't want them here. www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026...

telegraph.co.uk

Britain can’t stop climate change. Scrap net zero and embrace Mediterranean life

We’ve lost the war against global warming so let’s learn to handle hotter weather

44413110

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

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.

9840201933

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026

Trump: "Spain is a wasted cause. We don't want to do any trade business with Spain anymore, by the way. I'd like to cut it off. Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. Cut off all trade with Spain, please. Including visits. We don't want anything to do. They're hopeless. Bad people."

5241617603

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

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.

16531831761

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

My memoir, A Mind Of My Own is now available in paperback which means it’s cheaper. Hurrah! If you’d like a dedicated copy repost this and I’ll do a random pick of five winners in the next couple of days. If you’ve already bought/read or listened to the audible version thank you! ♥️📚

Photo of my memoir A Mind of my Own is now available in paperback. Repost for the chance to win a signed copy.

33460362

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

As misleading headlines go, that has to be up there with some of the worst! As is the claim that "Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s." The "shocking new study" does NOT show that at all 🙄 🧵 1/21

Express Headline:

Twenty-seven young foreign workers hired for every one Brit as immigration fuels unemployment crisis.
Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s, according to a shocking new study.

391000532

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Zoe Avison @zoeavison.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

When someone tells you they'll base the country's future energy security off of North Sea gas, they're not being honest with you. 14 years & a policy of 'maxing out' the basin produced only 36 days worth of gas to date www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.com

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Conservatives have ‘so far produced only 36 days worth of gas’

Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on claims new drilling would help cut bills and boost energy security, researchers say

28150

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 11/03/2026

Let's see why clean energy technologies are so much more energy secure than oil. A single solar panel (450W) costs about €100, same as a tank of petrol. How many EV kilometres can the solar panel power compared to the tank of diesel? Take a guess while I work it out on the back of an envelope.

915767

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

New on FT website: Downing Street has refused to say whether Sir Keir Starmer knew Palantir was a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm when they both visited the company in Washington last February — ahead of it winning a £240mn UK government contract. www.ft.com/content/5bba...

ft.com

Starmer faces questions over visit to Palantir office alongside Mandelson

Former ambassador was also shareholder in lobbying group that counted US tech firm as a client

1481480827

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

NEW ANALYSIS: UK household electricity bills have risen over the last 5 years. BUT: Despite frequent claims that net zero is to blame: 2/3 of the increase is because of high gas prices shows new @ukerc.bsky.social report. Arguably without renewable energy the UK would see even higher bills today.

541152446

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 28/01/2026

NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC "Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021." www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...

10241126

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

James Twallin @twallinjames.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

If the gas networks still can't contain methane after more than a century of practice, why should we trust them with hydrogen?

88735

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Crucial thread on the latest blatant falsehoods in the Telegraph, and how they reflect a much wider false narrative.

1225273

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

As a journalist you’re always looking for ways to sum up the now, but the story is really often more incremental. This is from a Derbyshire county council paper. I was, inevitably, looking for “library to close” or “doge identified £Xm”, but the starting point is at least as important

1313338

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Welfare spending is currently 1.2% of GDP *lower* than in 2012-13. Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.

314871

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security. The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government. You won't win him over with another conference on AI

301102430

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 09/09/2025

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

1631675541

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

This would be laughable if it wasn't so serious: yet again, the Tories are claiming that we can get "all our oil and gas" from the North Sea and that we should be doing even more to support the industry to extract. There are several reasons why we should treat this with maximum scepticism:

79458

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

This week’s Sunday @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

6351156

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Imperialism and racism are central to the capitalist world economy. The barbarism is a feature, not a bug.

7286104

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Back in May 2021 I posted on twitter about a journey I'd undertaken to find a tree that I can see from our bedroom window. I've decided to post it verbatim on here as lots of people really enjoyed it. So, here it is…

32674192

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Among his other interesting comments today, President Trump has alleged that there's a century worth of oil & gas drilling left in the North Sea that the UK should incentivise in order to get energy costs down. Let's take a closer look at the veracity of that idea, shall we? /1

12818

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Lots of claims flying around this week (eg Nigel Farage who thinks we can be "self-sufficient" in gas) that the UK can drill its way to energy security. Here's why that's a fantasy, as I explained to Reform's Richard Tice on LBC earlier:

512346

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

The Trump Administration's war on climate science, its mania for fossil fuels and its torching of environmental regulations risk doing far more damage than its tariff policy. Yet the former hardly flickers on the news radar by comparison with the latter.

46740

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/04/2025

Tucked away in South America, out of the spotlight, legal weed, progressive on gender, universal healthcare, great education system, nice climate, lots of beaches, and 100% renewable energy. I dunno y'all ...

theprogressplaybook.com

'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for 10 straight months

Uruguay achieves energy independence by running on 100% renewable energy for 10 consecutive months, setting a global sustainability example.

41951201

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Yet more evidence that party funding rules desperately need reform. British politics is painfully open to capture by wealthy vested interests. And to the oil magnates, tech-bros and right-wing ideologues emboldened by Trump, the sums needed to capture UK parties are not even loose change.

816966

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Pessimists sound clever. Optimists change the world. I love this depiction of the energy transition by RMI.

423864

Reposted by @jforbeserello.bsky.social

Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I can be as critical as anyone of the government's occasionally muddled message on growth but Look! At! This! Chart!! Anything they've done pales next to this GIGANTIC UNFORCED ERROR COMMITTED IN 2016! (fagpacket maths follows) on.ft.com/4hzyvbJ

391896676