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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Uber just announced it will lay off 10% of its workforce, or around 3,300 workers. Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made $35M — 360 times his median employee's pay — and announced a $20B stock buyback program to further enrich shareholders and himself. Textbook corporate greed.
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Gus Moyer (梅子超) @gusmoyer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
According to a landmark report by the sustainability nonprofit #Ceres, #datacenters across seven key states—including Virginia, Texas, and California—indirectly withdraw roughly 3.4 trillion gallons of #freshwater annually just to generate the electricity required to keep them running.
All Data Centers In 7 States* Now Use More Water Than Every City In California Combined.
* AZ CA TX GA VA IL OH
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Utter madness Huge Data Centre planned for Fife Scotland It will use 62 acres of farmland, and energy demand to power it will be equivalent to that used by 1.34 million Scottish households, or half of Scotland’s energy usage www.heraldscotland.com/news/2616758...
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‘This is a national disgrace’: villagers pack village hall over AI data centre plan
HUNDREDS of people packed into a Fife village hall to show their concern over proposals for a massive AI data centre.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
On the 91st anniversary of Social Security, these words from FDR are just as important today:
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
the brainwashing is mind boggling 🤦 #DrFauci #AnthonyFauci #covid #vaccines #science #vaccinessavelives #pandemic #vaccineswork #healthcare
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water
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John Chown @johnchown.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
These are all worth reading and see the predictions and possible lessons that could have been learned.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Denmark just passed a law that every person owns a copyright to their own face, voice, and body. In the age of AI, this places more legal control in a person's hands, and there are real, large consequences and fines for breaking this law. We need to make this worldwide. Use: interactink.vercel.app
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wildfires raging in Europe. Heatwaves breaking records. Forests burning while the Congo Basin & Amazon — our lungs — face ongoing threats. We did not inherit Mother Earth; we borrow her from our children. Protect & restore! #CongoBasin #Amazon
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“The moral of the story is Stephen Miller is a terrible neighbor, on a mission to take away our first amendment rights.” From @FriendsofUSAID: www.instagram.com/reel/Da_jjeu...
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social If Burnham annouces this he will lose Labour's left flank to the Green's and LibDems on his first day in office. How does this politically (let alone morally) make sense? It's mindboggeling how centrists dont understand this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham expected to reverse ban on new oil and gas drilling
Incoming prime minister likely to reverse manifesto pledge and allow new North Sea licences, reports say
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism
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BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X
Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Tony Lastname @rivernewstc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
😎🌵🪴 a long read, but worth the time
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It seems the USA's 'manifest destiny' is to elect the very worst people among them and destroy the democracy they swore to defend.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
'When solar and wind power are combined with battery storage, they can undercut new gas power, challenging one of the fossil fuel industry’s arguments against renewables: that they cannot provide 24/7 electricity when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.' www.euronews.com/2026/05/08/r...
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Why batteries are changing the renewables debate
The cost of battery storage has dropped more than 90 per cent since 2010, bringing the cost of renewable energy down with it.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Someday soon everyone’s going to pretend they never supported him.
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Arvindjadwa @arvindjadwa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Nearly 2 billion people live in the red area. It is becoming completely uninhabitable. What do the climate deniers, who also hate immigration, think is going to happen?
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 25/05/2026
Welsh scientists have developed a new biodegradable plastic made from seaweed that could one day replace fossil fuel-based food packaging
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Welsh researchers create biodegradable plastic from seaweed
Mark Mansfield Welsh scientists have developed a new biodegradable plastic made from seaweed that could one day replace fossil fuel-based food packaging. Researchers at Aberystwyth University say the ...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
"Heat pumps just shift gas burning to the power station." Wrong. Even if 100% of electricity came from gas, a heat pump at SCOP 3.8 uses 51% less gas than a boiler. At a terrible SCOP 2.5, still 25% less. David MacKay made this point in 2008. The maths hasn't changed.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
These are actual Freedom Riders, now elderly, sitting together decades after risking their lives to challenge segregation in the American South. On May 4, 1961, they rode buses south to defy illegal segregation in terminal facilities.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Carl warned us
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Here’s a poem called ‘Life of a Naturalist’.
Life of a Naturalist
 
it’s his birthday
and the sloths are up early for once
the flamingos line up in pink, long-legged salute
the birds of paradise parade in their finest
the elephants blow their trumpets
the blue whales gush with joy
the gorillas act out stories of his visits
the lions lay off the wildebeest for one day
and stand together on the Serengeti plain
the lyre birds sing his voice in tribute
the seals cannot stop clapping
and the ostriches urge us
to listen to him
and not bury our heads in the sand
 

Brian Bilston
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Julianne Wingate @julieannewingate.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Climate Change is here. How will you help protect our earth ?
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
An animal recovering from paralysis shows pure joy, raising the question: can they feel gratitude like us?
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
#Spain receives more sunshine than any country in Europe — and it is building the solar infrastructure that geography always promised. Extremadura, Andalusia, and Castilla-La Mancha became the center where Spain added new solar capacity, racing toward its target of 74% renewable electricity by 2030
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Back in January 2016, a sweet two and a half year old bloodhound named Ludivine was let out by her owner April Hamlin for a quick bathroom break on their farm near Elkmont Alabama She joined the 13.1 mile half marathon and finished seventh 😃 🐕🐕🐕
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Younity @younityuk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Attention community energy groups! 📢 ⚡️ The 2026 Powering Communities Fund is officially OPEN! We’re helping your projects thrive with grants of up to £5,000 per application. More funding = more impact for your community. 🌳 Don't miss out...apply today! 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/1dm9...
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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If we’re serious about clean energy, we need to fix electricity prices. Right now, the gas vs electricity gap is holding back heat pumps, EVs and more. In ep 4 of the Policy Fix podcast, our guests break down the policy levers behind electrification. 🎧: bit.ly/41K0PSY
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TRG @q4nwspunk.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Back to the simple natural order of things…….. not human arrogance based on destruction of our water,air, environment for profit…… for the 1%
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
In just over a decade, Chile went from no utility-scale wind or solar at all to having more electricity from these sources than from all fossil fuels combined: In 2000, wind+solar provided 0% of Chile's electricity, fossil fuels 45%.By 2025, wind+solar had risen to 36%, fossil fuels fallen to 28%.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The richest 1% will get $117 billion in tax cuts this year, thanks to Trump. That’s more than the combined budgets of eight federal agencies, including the Department of Education and the EPA. Meanwhile, the bottom 95% will see their taxes increase. It’s clear who he governs for.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Another triumph for deregulation! By saving a few million in monitoring and enforcement, our governments have landed us with a vast illegal waste dumping problem, new organised crime networks and a clean-up bill that could run to tens of billions. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime | George Monbiot
Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I'm reminded of these wise words from Mr. Fred Rogers on what would have been his 98th birthday. We are all in this together. Let's renew ourselves to the fight for the common good. It's all the more important during these difficult times.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Hinkley Point C now expected to cost £49 billion.
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Albin Boot @albin-boot2.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition. This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 24/01/2026
I am a climate scientist and this is correct. As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open. Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The intensification of the strongest nor’easters | PNAS
Nor’easters are coastal extratropical cyclones that feed upon both thermal contrasts (meridional and land-ocean) and oceanic latent heat release, c...
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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
HOWLING
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Please share. 💔
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I had a preview of the Warm Homes Plan, and one thing that stood out was the clarity of direction it provides. A simple word count already tells part of the story. 🧵
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Daring to Dream @daringtodream.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Space to Talk, our podcast this week with special guest #angelinahall - please share and listen. Angelina reflects on the emotional impact for her of illness and its treatments. Movingly honest & courageous @johnchown.bsky.social @dalilatm.bsky.social daringtodream.wales/2026/01/13/t...
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The Space to Talk – Daring to Dream’s podcast episode two. - Daring to Dream
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Data centres are very energy hungry and generate a lot of waste heat. In principle, using this waste heat makes sense. That’s what I told the i Paper. In Finland it already heats homes; in the UK, schemes are emerging. inews.co.uk/opinion/heat...
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How to heat your home for £40 a month with one change to your garden shed
New technology is turning the heat generated by servers into warm homes
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
“Housing developers in this country have a track record of pushing back against requirements that enhance energy performance of homes. We have seen this with insulation, heat pumps and other technologies. Ultimately, it will be to the detriment of the homebuyer.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England
Critics say removing battery installation requirement will reduce amount homebuyers save on energy bills
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