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Paul Burgess

@pdburgess.bsky.social
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Scenographer, theatre-maker, folk fiddler & community arts facilitator with a focus on green thinking & queerness. ESL content producer on the side. MSc student. he/him

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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Whether it’s AI going rogue, being used by criminals, or simply flooding social media with slop and disinformation, we need strict, enforceable rules. I’ve signed this petition to demand the UK government introduce an AI Rights Bill with REAL rules, regulations and guardrails. Join me: 38d.gs/5roa
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Put an AI Rights Bill in place NOW, before it’s too late
Another day, another headline about AI gone rogue. It's why I've signed a new petition calling for the UK Gov to introduce an AI Rights Bill - with REAL rules, regulations and guardrails to protect us...
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Stop billionaires from buying UK politics! It’s vile and, who knows, if the petition does well enough it might help Andy Burnham realise that his party is in danger of going extinct.
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Sign the Petition
Stop Big Billionaires Buying British Politics
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This shows the days per year with marginal heat stress in orange, and coral bleaching heat stress in red in the Florida Keys. Both the intensity and longevity of heat stress per summer is increasing.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Of course Cofnas, Thiel and Reform’s Orr are connected. It’s actually quite a small group of people who are responsible for the onslaught of disinformation and far-right bullshit we’re being subjected to, an onslaught that is fracturing our society and robbing us blind. And which killed Arday.
bylinetimes.com
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 18/08/2026
Nigel Farage can manage to convince people to vote for him. He is just no good at standing up for them when they do.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Labour has got this policy so wrong. 1. It favours new homes when we need to be retrofitting the huge amount of empty properties in the UK. 2. It deprioritises brownfield sites, which should be the second choice after retrofitting existing buildings.
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Loosening of planning rules in England to allow more new homes near stations
Angela Rayner to launch guidance for ‘default yes’ on developments near transport hubs, including on green belt sites
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Richard Tice is part of a great tradition, along with Daniel Hannan, Jacob Rees-Mogg and doubtless many others, of being consistently and spectacularly wrong about pretty much everything. It’s actually quite impressive. leftfootforward.org/2026/08/refo...
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Reform UK’s Richard Tice branded ‘out of touch’ for telling the public to ‘enjoy’ the heatwaves
"How out of touch do you need to be?"
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
goodlawproject.org
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The arguments trotted out against leaving fossil fuels in the ground are strikingly similar to the arguments trotted out against ending the slave trade, 230 years ago. 1. If we stop trading slaves / extracting fossil fuels, Britain’s economy will collapse 🧵
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
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Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our criteria for success are disastrously skewed. In my view, a successful person is one who does more good than harm, on any scale. On this measure, most billionaires are massive failures, while humble folk in my neighbourhood who look after other people are highly successful.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I've just signed "Open University, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/op... @StopFundingHate
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I just signed the @stoprosebank open letter Letter to the Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP. Sign here before 3pm today and ask her to #StopRosebank or fail the very first test of the UK's climate leadership: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
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Open Letter to the Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Our new Secretary of State for Energy faces the first big climate test for Andy Burnham's new government -- whether or not to approve new North Sea oil & gas developments. Sign the open letter asking ...
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I was sorting out my photos for the design | stage catalogue and realised that I've never shared any of the artwork I did for Deafinitely Theatre's Barrier(s). Or, at least, not the images in their entirety, as the actual projections used sections from a larger whole.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 25/07/2026
This is a former editor of the Murdoch-owned Sun newspaper commenting over on Twitter...
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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
‼️Breaking: Almost three-quarters of English riverbanks have no right of access. Our new investigation has found that 71% of riverbanks in England have no right of access on either bank. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This week's column explains how successive Environment Secretaries in the UK have been actively facilitating ecocide on behalf of industrial lobbyists. Charged with protecting the living world, one after another has been working for the enemy. This has to change.🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot
Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Every four years, there’s a national theatre design exhibition representing the work of Society of British Theatre Designers members. If you're a theatre designer working in the UK, your work should probably be in it.
A scaffolding structure against a black background supporting range of monitors, drawings and models with an outlandish costume in the foreground, including a huge segmented hat.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well? weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...
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Sign our open letter to Angela Eagle
I’ve signed a letter calling for Angela Eagle and Ofwat to reject the last-ditch deal from Thames Water's creditors. Can you sign and share it as well?
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The MAGA response to wildfire smoke is like a CT scan of their raddled bellicosity open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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Smoke Gets In Your...Hole Where Your Soul Should Be
MAGA may have a set a new mark for belligerent stupidity
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I’ve just signed this petition for a public inquiry into violence at our border. I was shocked when I read about the horrible violence kids and even babies are living through there - and we’re paying for it! Please sign and share. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Violence towards kids just isn’t right
I’ve just signed this petition to get a full public inquiry into the violence at our border. I was shocked when I read about the horrible violence kids and even babies are living through there - and w...
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Very sad indeed to hear of David Hockney's death. His exhibition 'Hockney Paints the Stage' at the Hayward was a huge influence on me as a kid, and his opera designs - both in their visual boldness and in the way they reflect the music - still are. I also met him a few times…
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I wrote a letter as part of our campaign against a Holocaust -denying local councillor. You can read it and join our campaign here: towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2026/06/07/n...
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No Place for Hate in Tower Hamlets - Tower Hamlets Green Party
We are asking residents of the borough to write to their Aspire councillors and Mayor Rahman explaining why they think Abul Monsur’s view make him unfit to represent our borough. Although we have prov...
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Health Secretary James Murray: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/94...
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Health Secretary James Murray: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS
https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/wes-streeting-trigger-the-break-clause-and-get-palantir-out-of-the-nhs/
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new research shows! Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 So I’m joining @oceanauk.bsky.social in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters. Join us! 📩 act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
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🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new Oceana UK research shows
Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 That's why I’m joining Oceana UK in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters.
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Tower Hamlets Green Party @thgreenparty.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Congratulations to our five new counsellors here in Tower Hamlets. Bow East and Bow West are now represented entirely by Greens and we can’t wait for them to get started, working hard to represent the people of Bow.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We acknowledge that more than 90% of the heat from global warming has gone into the ocean but then act surprised when this happens.
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The ocean off California keeps breaking heat records
The marine heat wave of 2026 is simmering the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, and experts are warning that it could lead to a warm, humid and stormy summer.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New study: most climate models underestimate the decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC. The AMOC is on course to slow by more than 50% by the end of the century. 🌊 Very likely the AMOC will then be past the tipping point for full shutdown. 😨 us.cnn.com/2026/04/16/c...
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A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents is weakening and closer to collapse than thought, new studies find | CNN
New research provides alarming evidence this ocean circulation is slowing and could be heading toward a shutdown, which would have catastrophic impacts on the planet’s weather and climate.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Tell your MP to get Palantir out of our NHS. Take action before Thurs. www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...
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Email your MP to demand no Palantir in our NHS
Palantir faces scrutiny for human rights abuses as MPs debate its £330m NHS data contract on 16 April. Urge your MP: no Palantir in our NHS. Act now.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I think what has been proved beyond all doubt - and that most of us pragmatic leftists knew already - is that, even if you dislike all the viable candidates, you should still always use your vote to keep out the unhinged, narcissistic fascist.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I love the coming of spring but I prefer it when it's not a symptom of ecological crisis.
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From early birds to emerging butterflies: UK shows signs of earliest spring on record
Citizen science data reveals early flowering, nesting and insect activity as global heating accelerate seasonal change
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for. That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
No, no and no. #FactoryFarming - food waste on a massive scale - is not the future of a sustainable, secure food system, as well as having awful environmental and #AnimalWelfare impacts www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying
Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Join me and demand business that’s fair to people and planet. ✊🌍 #DoItFair action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/...
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Demand Business That’s Fair to People and Planet
Sign the petition for stronger laws that prevent human-rights abuses and climate harm.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
OK, we’re into the last few days of this. If you’re a performance designer and able to give a few minutes to help my MSc research, please do so by the end of Monday! Thank you! 🙏🏻 👉🏻 forms.office.com/e/yTpdsuVwd7
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I'm honoured to be standing for the Green Party in Island Gardens for the upcoming council election in Tower Hamlets. It's time for some fresh, radical, caring and principled representation. Promoted by Daniel Smith on behalf of the Tower Hamlets Green Party at 10 Arbery Road, London E3 5DD.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I’m not sure if the world is ready for this but here’s me as Green Party candidate in the 1992 Sheredes School mock election, planting a tree. And yes, the rosette is handmade.
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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#RareDiseaseDay thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2026/03/04/h...
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Havering Campaigner Marks Rare Disease Day-A Moving Tribute to Families.
Rare families have to be nothing short of incredible 28 February marks this year’s Rare Disease Day. A disease is classified as rare when fewer than 1 in 2,000 people are affected. 70% of rar…
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Contrary to Reform’s lies, what Thursday’s byelection showed is that the Muslims of Gorton and Denton are the opposite of sectarian. If you want to see sectarianism, try white people voting for white racists.
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This is great news, showing that there is a real appetite for an authentic leftist party with evidence-based policies, that isn’t in the pockets of dodgy donors. Labour tick none of those boxes. But…
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Tower Hamlets Green Party @thgreenparty.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
From Gorton and Denton to Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets Green Party sends our very best wishes to our party’s newest MP Hannah Spencer and our gratitude to the hundreds of supporters who helped her smash all the old political certainties. towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/27/f...
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From Gorton and Denton to Tower Hamlets - Tower Hamlets Green Party
Tower Hamlets Green Party sends our very best wishes to our party’s newest MP Hannah Spencer and our gratitude to the hundreds of supporters who helped her smash all the old political certainties. Han...
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
OK, this is where I really need your help… please read on to learn more. Or jump straight to it: forms.office.com/e/yTpdsuVwd7
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Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Dad's obituary in the Guardian.
theguardian.com
Alan Burgess Obituary
Other lives: Art teacher and painter whose series of 50 great British trees was exhibited across the UK
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Deadline tonight!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It's disturbing to see how Gordon Brown has whitewashed his reasons for reappointing Mandelson, and his own role in eroding democracy. Mandelson's official business was similar to his unauthorised scheming with Epstein. Don't let them rewrite history. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
If there were an election now, a far-right party would have an absolute majority in the UK Parliament, on under a third of the vote. Trumpism would come to the UK without a real democratic mandate.
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Ruth Kettle-Frisby 🍉 ☮️ 🧡 @ruthyphro.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I'm so proud of our little group, some positive news in London! 🌳🌲🚉 🌲🌳 #Havering thehaveringdaily.co.uk/2026/02/10/c...
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Campaigning Success As New Trees Planted Along Push and Pull Railway Line in Hornchurch.
Local environmental activists in Hornchurch have come together to build a hopeful resolution with Network Rail and their contractors, Homegrown Timber, for 40 carefully and collaboratively planned …
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Paul Burgess @pdburgess.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Musk could just ‘secure the future of civilisation’ pretty much single-handedly here on Earth, if he used his obscene wealth to end world hunger and support the transition from fossil fuels.
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