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Neil Kingsnorth

@neilkingsnorth.bsky.social
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Sharing stories and thoughts on place, ecology, land & the local. My nonfiction book, 'Finding the Ape', is out in April 2027.

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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am at the DEEPLY nerve-wracking point of my nonfiction book being sent out for testimonials. It's all down to the minds and moods of others now! I wonder what'll happen next... (Suggestions for other names welcome - here's the blurb: neilkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-book)
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The Book: Finding the Ape - Why Our Future Depends on Reclaiming Our Animal Nature
My first non-fiction book, Finding the Ape, will be published by Permanent Publications in April 2027.
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Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk · 07/10/2026
In 2025 alone, wildfires burned ~ 47,000 hectares of land. Britain needs to Rewild to Recover from worsening future wildfire threat, says our new report published today: Rewilding and climate resilience: reducing wildfire risk in a heating climate. 🔥 Read the full report:
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Report: Rewilding and climate resilience: wildfires
Exploring the important contribution that rewilding plays in reducing wildfire risk in a heating climate. Read our comprehensive report.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time wasted fantasising about the ridiculous recreation of an extinct Homo species could be better spent rediscovering the animal nature of our own, and its essential and dependent relationship with the rest of life. #weareapes www.earth.com/science/brin...
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Bringing Neanderthals back from extinction could soon be possible with the help of AI, but scientists are sounding the alarm
Due to the accelerating pace of AI development, Neanderthal de-extinction may become technically possible within years.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This story is a useful reminder that unlike the independent, local bakeries our towns and high streets should have, and still could have, Greggs 'manufacture' their products in 'factories'. #localisation #independentshops #community www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Greggs to shut four factories and cut 740 jobs
The company says it needs to "keep evolving alongside changing customer expectations".
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Like most human needs, energy production should be localised and owned and controlled by local communities, so this is a welcome step. An essential next step, like it or not, is to massively reduce our demand for energy. Less energy use, with what we use owned by us. #localise #communityenergy
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Small, independent shops promoted in the centre of Hwlfordd, Pembrokeshire. Did you know that every penny spent in small, independent businesses pays back a thousand times over through the general betterment of community? And that's a fact...
Sign with logos of independent businesses and a town centre map
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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
2 simple ways to be wonderful: 1. Whilst alive: give your blood: my.blood.co.uk/sign-up 2. When dead: give your organs: register.organdonation.nhs.uk/start [NB: register BEFORE you die...] Weirdly, fewer people are donating their organs. Don't miss your chance to. #organdonation #giveblood
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Give Blood
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
2/2 Meanwhile, back in 2004 an opinion poll we commissioned at CND showed 3/4 of the public were opposed to any form of space weapon. Hard to believe that's significantly changed. What has changed is trust in international cooperation. cnduk.org/poll-shows-g... #spaceweapons #keepspace4peace
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Poll shows general public opposes space weapons, want a treaty to ban them and don’t want trust the
1 October 2004: For immediate release Results of an official ICM opinion poll of 1008 individuals commissioned by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, unveiled today, show an overwhelming opposition to space weapons and a lack of trust in the US’s…
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
1/2 I was campaigning against space weapons 2 decades ago & they were as absurd & incendiary an idea then as they are now. In this blast-from-the-past Guardian letter from my CND days we called for a space weapons treaty. If only... www.theguardian.com/science/2003... #spaceweapons #keepspace4peace
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Letters: War in space
On becoming the third nation to launch a man into space, the Chinese said this was a sign of support for peaceful exploration (Comment, October 16) - no doubt directed at US plans to place weapons in ...
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Scandalous. #devolution
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I love charity shops, although not as much as my wife does. They hint at a different way we could be living. They also offer the lucky-dip-chance of discovering a gem, like this 100-year old wonder we discovered today. #oldbooks #charityshop
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can you believe we allow our laws to be blocked by religious clerics? UK is the only democracy in the world that allows it. Our closest equivalent is Iran. That people should be forced to suffer because of the outdated views of a few zealots with votes remains an outrage. #dignityindeath #secularism
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Last time, the Assisted Dying Bill process gave another kicking to our faith in democracy, blocked by a small group of selfish, unelected Lords and Baronesses. Our elected MPs must bring it back. Call on yours to vote it through tomorrow. humanism.eaction.org.uk/assisted-dyi... #dignity #humanism
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2026 Support the Assisted Dying Bill Again
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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Interesting article Ross.
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Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is the EndGame. For too long, gamebird shooting has been treated as business as usual. We're building towards a moment that could change what happens next. Want to know more? Sign up to our newsletter and be among the first to find out what's coming. Visit www.endgamecampaign.co.uk
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great article by @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social investigating the nature of #intelligence. We let #human exceptionalism blind us to intelligence in the living world, but seem vainly happy to see it in machines that mimic our particular type of intelligence. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
The long read: Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place...
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
'Areas most at risk of extreme warming are those with the least tree cover, green space and waterways.' Once again, the solutions are both obvious and based in the ecology around us.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Interesting research here. We can argue over whether #tofu should be 'the winner', but perhaps more important is who loses. There's no liveable future in which #meat is a main source of our #protein.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As #datacentres threaten our water, energy & communities, worth remembering that for decades, communities across the world (UK included) have seen their water polluted, their air destroyed & their land stolen for #corporate interests. The reassurances are consistently bullshit.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
That my wife @dinakingsnorth.bsky.social can fill a whole venue at a festival on the offer of a (fantastic) talk about soil life and the gut microbiome is a source of not only pride but enormous hope.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Lovely watching the energy and humour of @robinince.bsky.social at Between the Trees festival yesterday. Some great poems and a high octane injection of hope and positive resistance. More people like this please.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is bound to be a good'n. Get in and pre-order now. Details below.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NFU President says that "Building farming’s resilience is crucial" to our food security. Trees have proved themselves (again) in this drought, keeping land cooler and greener. If they meant it, NFU would be demanding policies that drive agroforestry & soil care. #agroforestry #soil #drought
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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This amazing visual from NASA Earth Observatory shows a summer-long "heat tsunami" over Europe. insideclimatenews.org/news/2108202...
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
News from the kin: possibly a large tortoiseshell, possibly a small tortoiseshell. But a tortoiseshell anyway, basking and sparkling in all its remarkable glory on warm stones by the house. #butterflies #insects #local
Image of a tortoiseshell butterfly in sunlight, on stones.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Andy Burnham promised devolution. One month in, a policy that takes power away from the local and shifts it upwards. BBC News - Mayors to get powers to overrule local councils on planning decisions www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mayors to get powers to overrule local councils on planning decisions
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the change was "essential" for helping mayors "effectively deliver new homes".
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just seen the very first published promotion for my forthcoming book, in the latest edition of Permaculture Magazine. Wonderful, and slightly unnerving, to see it for real... #Permaculture #authors #eek #localisation
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
An recent experience of something that felt genuinely wild stirred an unexpected feel - anger. It made me realise that sometimes, we don't have to feel energised to take action. Sometimes we can just let ourselves feel. neilkingsnorth.substack.com/p/nature-fur...
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Nature fury: perhaps it’s OK sometimes, to just feel angry about it all
What we have been denied as a species should motivate action, but sometimes we may just need to feel the loss
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026
This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Decentralisation, devolution.... It's a start, but what people really want is place open.substack.com/pub/neilking...
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Decentralisation, devolution.... It's a start, but what people really want is place
Andy Burnham is right to name centralisation as a cause of our problems. The solution is about a lot more than devolution or even decentralisation though. It's about place.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Happy Apple Day. What on earth could this rough and ready, young, community tradition teach the cosmic philanthropists over at WWF'S Earth Hour? Some thoughts on this juicy question over at WE… neilkingsnorth.substack.com/p/happy-appl...
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Thank you Keir Starmer. My latest substack... open.substack.com/pub/neilking...
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Thank you Keir Starmer
You've helped clarify a few things...
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
"Bentley Motors marks Earth Day with launch of its third Sustainability Report ... reinforcing its commitment to responsible luxury" Could any better example of the vacuousness of "sustainability" and the pointlessness of Earth Day be written?
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Experiments in living - why diversity builds the very fabric of a thriving, resilient society, and what we can learn about all of that from a 19th century philosopher... My latest post in 'We' open.substack.com/pub/neildelf...
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Experiments in Living
Responding to now #3
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
In my substack project, 'We,' I've started a series looking at how we people can affect change in unsettling times, and what that change might look like. Here's the first article - To be like a starling but think like an oak. neildelfryn.substack.com/p/to-be-a-st...
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To be like a starling, but to think like an oak.
Responding to now: #1
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"to reject the fundamental idea of democracy, because the democracy you’re in isn’t delivering, is to go on hunger strike because you didn’t like your dinner." neildelfryn.substack.com/p/humanism-w...
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Humanism – where are you when we need you?
Humanism’s time is now. It urgently needs a shot in the arm.
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
WE - a new substack by me, looking at ways out of our shared polycrisis, through the lens of deep ecology and humanism. Have a look or, dare I say it, subscribe! neildelfryn.substack.com
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WE | Neil, Delfryn | Substack
Investigating deep ecological and humanist ideas that might carve a route out of the chaos we've got into. Click to read WE, by Neil, Delfryn, a Substack publication. Launched an hour ago.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot
Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/01/2025
Dark times call for reckless purchases. store.theonion.com/p...
Visit The Onion Store

Showcasing the "Supreme Court Overturns Right v. Wrong' Headline T-Shirt
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
"London Recruits" is the story of apartheid and the part a team of recruits in London played in helping the ANC movement. It's a remarkable production of a fascinating story, sympathetically told. If it's coming to your area during the 'people's release', I recommend you see it. vimeo.com/398794480
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LONDON RECRUITS TRAILER 2024
This is "LONDON RECRUITS TRAILER 2024" by Barefoot Rascals on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Farage attending the launch of a new staunch climate denial group in the UK that has taken funds from oil giant ExxonMobil ? Not particularly out of character , since Dec 2019 92% of donations to Reform UK were from fossil fuel interest groups or climate deniers , per @desmog.bsky.social .
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
1. This is what it’s really about. Farage, Truss and co have no convictions of their own. They are mere channels for the demands of capital. Here they are, supporting a climate science-denying lobby group funded by oil and oligarchs. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧵
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Farage and Truss attend UK launch of US climate denial group
British arm of Heartland, which has taken fossil and Republican funding, to be led by ex-Ukip head Lois Perry
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Neil Kingsnorth @neilkingsnorth.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Trust in experts should extend only as far as their expertise. Because Brian Cox can explain quantum physics doesn't mean he understands politics. Exploiting space doesn't equate to us stopping the exploitation of Earth. It just means we'll do both. www.facebook.com/reel/1285795...
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22K views · 637 reactions | Leaving the Earth w Professor Brian Cox. #spaceexploration #SolarSystemExploration #FermiParadox #planetaryexploration #spacephenomenon | Tech Topia
Leaving the Earth w Professor Brian Cox. #spaceexploration #SolarSystemExploration #FermiParadox #planetaryexploration #spacephenomenon.
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