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Dad who loves meteorology, time in the hills, and our planet.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14h
Putin has not funded disruption and chaos across Europe and the UK solely to weaken his enemies. He also knows that disruption and chaos favour the far right. And the far right loves Putin. It will abandon Ukraine and build him a highway into Europe.
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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well he certainly hasn’t been inactive on climate change - he’s approved more than 35 new coal and gas projects since coming to power, 6 after his own climate risk assessment said even 2°C global warming would be catastrophic for Australia… Nice work champ. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Agreed. I increasingly see this kind of argument invoked to argue against interventions like air conditioning in places where extreme heat events are increasingly leading to mass mortality. We no longer get to choose between adaptation & mitigation--we have to do both at an accelerating pace.
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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 06/09/2026
Contrast the police statements about the Dover blockade yesterday with the Just Stop Oil protests in 2022
No arrests made during Dover protest, Kent Police says
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Kent Police has issued a statement following the disruption in Dover earlier today.
It says officers "responded to a spontaneous protest" during Saturday morning, adding "no arrests were made".
"Traffic is flowing normally, and all involved had dispersed by midday," it addsThe Met Police said 35 people had been arrested in response to the disruption.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the action was "criminality", not protest, and pledged to bring those involved to justice as quickly as possible.
"This was a very significant and co-ordinated effort to cause massive disruption to the entirety of the M25," he added.
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Bettina Struff #Woke #NHS #RejoinEU @bettinastruff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If these were pensioners holding signs opposing genocide in Palestine, the police would have rounded them all up and read them their rights by now. Why the hell is this being tolerated? @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's a death cult. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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JD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’
Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’
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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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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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Kev @kevd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Goodbye European glaciers. Turns out I'll be one of the last generations to see these beauties 🏔️
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is one of the best features I've ever seen on climate impacts in Australia. It's particularly good because it tells the real stories of people already struggling to adapt. www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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‘Never seen so many grown men cry’: The everyday Aussies who can’t afford another disaster
“Adaptation” has not been at the forefront of climate change discussions, but many experts argue it is time to learn to prepare for – not simply react to –  the growing number of climate-linked disast...
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
*2026 El Niño Ahead by a Mile* It’s remarkable for us scientists to witness El Niño’s evolution. If you had asked us if something like this was possible a year ago, it would have been a definitive no. But here we are… already more than 1C (& 3 months) ahead of the next strongest episode in 1997… 1/
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Neoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”
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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This from @henkvaness.bsky.social is a scary read: open.substack.com/pub/henkvane...
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How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 30/07/2026
Wednesday El Niño update - Some notable warming across a large part of the eastern half of the tropical Pacific Ocean during the last 7 days. And an ongoing strong westerly wind burst will continue to strengthen El Niño even further toward record territory. Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1. 🌊
Line graph time series of daily sea surface temperature anomalies in the Nino3.4 region. Years are shown from 1982 to 2025 in shades of blue to light yellow, and 2026 is shown in red. Climatologically, the largest anomalies are during the boreal winter in terms of magnitude. Data is from OISSTv2.1. Map of July 27, 2026 average sea surface temperature anomalies in the ENSO monitoring regions. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1 with anomalies relative to a 1991-2020 baseline.Graphic showing the 1-week change in sea surface temperature anomalies across the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean from July 20, 2026 to July 27, 2026. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🔥 A simple analysis on the European Fires. The temperature and relative humidity departures from normal are astonishing. Since late May France and Spain have a 2-Month temperature anomaly of +10-15°C (up to 27°F) -and- a relative humidity anomaly of approx -25%! 1/
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Rand Paul is the kind of legislative bully I’ve always detested. Fauci accused him of having an “unhinged obsession with me,” which shows that you can still hear the truth in a committee hearing. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
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Fauci Invokes the Fifth Amendment, Refusing to Answer Senate Committee Questions
The panel’s chairman, Rand Paul, has long accused Dr. Fauci of funding research that triggered the Covid pandemic and lying about it to Congress — charges Dr. Fauci denies.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
Telegraph article: John Cleese: I trust Rupert Lowe more than any other leader
Monty Python star backs the Restore Britain founder in a series of social media posts
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The continuing claims by the police that all this is the work of a "rogue unit" or a "few bad apples" are yet more lies piled on top of 50 years of lying. The state surveillance, state rape and state cover-ups are institutional and systemic. It's not over. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding spycop from former partner
Spycops inquiry has revealed how Helen Steel was secretly monitored in her search for undercover officer who deceived her into relationship
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026
I'm not telling anybody anything new here, but this is the absolute central feature of pathological narcissism. The ego is threatened with crumbling at all times & must be constantly bolstered & constantly protected from any wound. Claim all credit, deflect & deny all responsibility. Textbook stuff.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
As long expected. It’s climate science 101. The vapor thirst of the atmosphere increases exponentially with temperature. A law of physics known since the early 19th C (Clausius–Clapeyron law). It causes more drought even if rainfall doesn’t decline. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe
Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generation
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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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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026
We watched Trump's dangerous and deranged speech so you don't have to. Here are the moments you need to know about:
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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We are seeing this play out in real time in Tasmania. Last year, the Boyer Paper Mill applied to HydroTas for a 45MW connection so they could switch from coal boilers to electric - a very good thing! But Hydro Tas turned them down, said they couldn't provide the additional load. 4/
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Paper mill owner told not enough power for coal to electric conversion
Australia's only paper mill uses coal-fired boilers, which its new owner wants to convert to electric, but he says he has been told there is not enough local power in the Tasmanian grid to support thi...
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Robert Lepage, PhD., P.Eng. @rtmlepage.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Alright, we have reached the point in our climate dystopia that different hazards are fighting amongst one another.
Storm Centre screen shot with a highlighted section saying wildfire smoke will damp extreme storms.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Yet another genuinely "record-shattering" heat event, and it's still ongoing--with additional all-time national heat records likely to fall.
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Stephanie Convery @gingerandhoney.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Pauline Hanson's attack on Sarah Martin at the press club just now was abhorrent, but what was absolutely shameful was the journalists in the room applauding it. Where is your workplace solidarity? What the hell do you think this kind of behaviour leads to?
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
1/7 The IPCC just flew 200+ Working Group II authors to Nassau, Bahamas for a 5-day meeting to advance the AR7 climate impacts report. Let's do the science on what one week of this costs the #climate 🧵
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Right. Goodbye Google.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Everything we need to do to stop climate breakdown, we also need to do for national security. Energy saving, more renewables, more electricity storage and interconnectors, electrification of transport, heating, cooking and industrial processes, plant-based diets. We win on all fronts.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The Israeli government is now doing to southern Lebanon what it has done to Gaza. Horror and death on an unimaginable scale. And still our governments supply weapons, intelligence and diplomatic support. #PartyToTheCrime
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Labour MP Clive Lewis, "Keir Starmer is an interim PM" "We need a radical reset, fundamental change" "The tone of Starmer's Labour which I heard on the doorstep: you're not a Labour party I recognise, what happened to you" "Labour under Keir Starmer is like a pound shop Reform UK"
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Farrah Fazal @farrahfazal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
In addition to arresting Don Lemon, the arrest of my courageous friend and Emmy award winning independent journalist Georgia Fort for REPORTING the church protest in Minneapolis is what FASCISM looks like. This is video of Georgia reporting her own arrest as FBI agents were at her door. 1/2
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
It's not that hard folks. Putin ordered Trump to destroy the U.S. from the inside. And that is precisely what he is doing.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 17/01/2026
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It is the source of so many of our evils: the astonishing concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few, and the immense political power that gives them. We cannot solve our problems until we tackle it. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Kev @kevd.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A fantastic and much needed letter from the (former) Director of Adelaide Writers Week: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writers’ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
A dominant theme of Hitler's speeches in the late 1930s is that Germany was surrounded by threats. These threats were imaginary: it was Nazi Germany that threatened other nations. But they were used to justify pre-emptive attacks. Trump is following this script.
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 08/01/2026
I just watched two women get kidnapped right in front of me in Northeast Minneapolis. ICE is still terrorizing our city.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Breathtaking bullshit & disrespect on socials: AI-generated drivel with tens of thousands of mostly unwitting followers - an AI-created dodgy idea of Aboriginal man, featuring stupid behaviour with snakes and spiders, with invented paint-up marks & necklace, wrong habitats, etc. #PoopTsunami
Disrespectful account on Insta and Facebook of a fake AI-invented Aboriginal man in khakis with wrong and stupid AI-generated info on wildlife and culture. Account is called Bushlegend.official and the name attached is Keagan John MasonFake AI-generated Aboriginal man in AI-invented paint-up marks and a venomous snake from the stupid bushlegend.official account.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Wrote a thing: The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
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Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become
1 They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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