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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Thank you for your very kind words, @ruthozzz.bsky.social. The plan for me is to leave for the UK, and raise awareness about the substantial risk of Medicaid loss for many people such as myself before January!

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

OpenSecrets puts the total money spent by the pro-Israel lobby on the 2024 US federal elections at $78,118,068. www.opensecrets.org/industries/t... That amount is 16.9% of the $461,500,000 spent by corporate lobbies in the 2024 US federal elections, per the chart from @rbreich.bsky.social.

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

You should complain about how the genocidal Israel lobby almost single-handedly destroyed the Democrats' chance to win the presidency in 2024. I left the Democrats in 2024, and wrote-in 'no confidence' because of the genocidal corruption. Denounce Israel, and win back January votes for healthcare.

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hi, everyone! For all the people who just followed me because of my recent posts about the risk of Medicaid loss in January due to Trump's new eligibility requirements, thank you for the follow! Because of epilepsy, I am in fact one of these people who is at risk to lose Medicaid! (Part 1/3)

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 24/08/2026

Attention New Yorkers! Due to Trump’s OBBBA, 450,000 Essential Plan members had their insurance coverage cut on July 1st. This is the last week transitioning enrollees can opt into a Qualified Health Plan. Go to info.nystateofhealth.ny.gov/QualifiedHealthPlans or call 1-855-355-5777 for more info.

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Qualified Health Plans Information | NY State of Health

Qualified Health Plans are available through NY State of Health to individuals who are:

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sent the Monbiot-Hasan interview petition to the NYC-JVP listserv last night, collected multiple signatures at Summer Streets in The Bronx today, and possibly one more in the subway. We are now at 40 signatures! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453

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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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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I am sorry I did not add my voice to speak out against the media vitriol against Jason Arday before he passed. At least I did not add mine to the vitriol against him; he did not deserve this untimely fate.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A fire now the size of 140 football pitches Drought in half of England & all of Wales Heat alerts across the country. Already 3000 dead from the heat. The crisis is here. We can see it, we can smell the smoke. We cannot sit by while government sit on their hands. www.lbc.co.uk/article/new-...

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Drivers told to flee cars ‘if you want to stay alive’ after New Forest fire spreads | LBC

An area the size of 140 football pitches has reportedly been destroyed

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@emfaplay.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@hwk1.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@profontography.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@bournemouth4eu.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@maggiedownie.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@leetaylorbythesea.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@zjohnstone.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@fitzyk.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@charliemw.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@ecameron.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@irishrainforest.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@crs1983.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@carlak.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@cabruce.bsky.social I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@annri.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@climatecassia1.bsky.social, I saw you liked my comment the other day! Could you please sign, and share this petition for George Monbiot (@georgemonbiot.bsky.social) to be on a Zeteo interview with Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social)? We have 20 signatures right now! c.org/qfHWJpbpDd

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Just printed fifty of these from twenty-five sheets for $20.69! Posted some around New York City! Let's make a Zeteo @mehdirhasan.bsky.social interview with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social happen! c.org/DWb7H6YrPb

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Argument: Premise 1: @mehdirhasan.bsky.social has not done an interview with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social. Premise 2: A @mehdirhasan.bsky.social interview with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social would be very good. Conclusion: @mehdirhasan.bsky.social should do an interview with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social!

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Peter Singer, In Animal Liberation, you state: "...philosophical thought, deriving perhaps from doctrines associated with the influential philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, which maintains that we cannot meaningfully attribute states of consciousness to beings without language" (Singer AL40, p. 27).

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

New meta-analysis: 61% of independently funded studies find meat consumption is unhealthy for humans, and 28% of them reach mixed, or neutral conclusions. However, strangely, 75% of meat industry funded studies conclude meat consumption is healthy. How odd! sentientmedia.org/meat-industr...

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The Meat Industry Is Funding Studies That Claim Meat Is Good For You

A whopping 75% of studies with meat industry funding reported “favorable” nutritional results associated with eating meat.

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I seem to be conscious, and other people such as @owenjones.bsky.social, and the people in Lebanon, appear to have all the same faculties that I could say cause my own consciousness. Therefore, I should assume, unless proven otherwise, that they suffer too, and feel pain as I would when attacked.

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Further questions: Are organic biological systems necessary for consciousness, or would digital, or even non-organic matter, such as a computer, or a hyper intelligent program in an extremely sophisticated simulation, be able to produce consciousness? How would we know what causes consciousness?

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A thought I had on AI last night: Artificial Intelligence presumably cannot feel pain unless we give them nervous systems. However, could there be a point in the future when AI would be able to feel emotions? There is not a consensus on whether our human emotions are cognitive, or non-cognitive.

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza, and continues the violate the so called "ceasefire" established in October 2025, last year. The media of the world has a responsibility to speak up on such atrocities.

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I just signed this petition that demands our governments require rich polluters pay their fair share for the climate crisis. Billionaires, and fossil fuel giants profit; our communities pay the price. Stand for justice; sign today. #ClimateJustice #PollutersPay www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

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Oxfam GB | Make rich polluters pay

I just signed a petition demanding governments make rich polluters pay. Billionaires and fossil fuel giants are profiting while communities pay the price. Join me & add your voice. #ClimateJustice #Po...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b

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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project

Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I am now in the hospital for the damage from an epileptic seizure I had on Thursday night/ Friday morning, but at least I have a hospital to go to. Any hate fueled attack against Jews, as is any such attack on LGBTQ+ persons, Palestinians, Romani, and Women, is an attack on everyone; Free Palestine.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I wrote my first Substack about how I had an epileptic seizure on Monday. open.substack.com/pub/caldicot...

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First Substack Post!

I had an epileptic seizure on Monday.

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

What kind of twisted logic does it take to support Israel's actions here? We cannot abide by this atrocity in silence, and still call ourselves just participants in humanity's ever evolving dialogue of conscience.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/01/2025

Nearly 100 Palestinians, including 20 in Jabalia, have been killed as Israel escalates attacks in Gaza since Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/lmgoxr

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

We should feel outrageous indignation about the fact that our world leaders are sending billions to Israel's genocide in Gaza, instead of fighting the climate crisis that will upend the lives of millions upon billions of people.

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Extinction Rebellion Global @xrglobal.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

2024 saw global records broken for both air & sea surface temperatures contributing to extreme floods, heatwaves & wildfires. The 1.5°C limit of climate heating set by the Paris Agreement is gone, but every fraction of a degree matters to save life on Earth, our only home. #RebelForLife, all life.

Map of the Earth. Anomalies and extremes in surface air temperature in 2024
Data: ERA5 1979-2024 • Reference period: 1991-2020 • Credit: C3S/ECMWF

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Richard Caldicott @richcaldicott.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

159 nations voted to support UNRWA in December of 2024. 9 nations voted against. 11 abstained. The US voted against. UNRWA provides critical aid to over 1.9 million Palestinians, and yet US leadership who takes money from AIPAC says the United States shouldn't fund them? Shame on you, imperialists!

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