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Celtic Thatcher

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Lover of the natural world, photography, a stable climate, the EU, cider and critical thinking(sometimes without cider).

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Map of tanker’s route
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
📌 ICYMI — Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started? — @iainoverton.bsky.social There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
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Why Did Polymarket Trading Surge an Hour Before the Iran War Started?
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump's strikes began, new analysis finds
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits. Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts. Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty. Must levy 100% windfall tax.
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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Context: 300k tonnes of diesel = 93 million gallons. US uses 160 to 170 million gallons per day - so 300k tonnes would last 13-14 hours. Total order of 1.8 million tonnes = ~82 hours of US use = ~3 days 10 hours. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky criticises 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president said allowing Russia to sell petroleum products would prolong a war that must be ended.
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
EXTRAORDINARY MOST EXTREME HEAT EVENT IN WORLD HISTORY Dozens of thousands of records are being brutalized with up to 10C margins everywhere in Asia from SAudi ARabia to Indonesia. Mutiple WORLD RECORDS are being shattered We are witnessing something beyond imagination Updates
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 03/10/2026
The world at ~1.5°C above preindustrial. Fossil fuel usage continues unabated, pushing more greenhouse gas pollution into the atmosphere, so heating will continue. We are *firmly* on track to pass 2°C We are *absolutely* not prepared for the associated climate chaos.
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Stop Ecocide International @stopecocide.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Latin America's new Model #EcocideLaw is a milestone for nature, and for the people who protect it. Noticias Tribuna reports on its launch in Mexico City, and the protections it carries for those who report environmental harm Story: tribunanoticias.mx/m... #StopEcocide
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
THIS is why the COP process has long been completely unfit for purpose, and why IPCC report findings must be considered very carefully indeed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Orr. Peter Thiel. Race science. Tech authoritarianism. We've spent years tracing the networks behind Britain’s ‘Dark Enlightenment’. Help us launch an urgent new investigative project to follow the money and map how it operates. #LightUpTheDark subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Thank you, Ireland!
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's increasingly obvious that we're in a battle between democracy and oligarchy I wrote something about this recently and I'm happy to send you a copy if you'd like to read it How the oligarchs create spaces beyond the law to enable their corruption northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/book...
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Beware of oligarchs bearing gifts: book review
Review of Lacunae and Laocoon: For the Triumph of Democracy over Oligarchy by Molly Scott Cato
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The new Tory shadow chancellor has friends in low places. Story and map for @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/09/09/t...
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Falklands have been British longer than California has been American.
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Bhim Adhikari 🇳🇵 @bhimabish.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Nepal emits under 0.1% of global carbon, yet suffers worst from climate disasters: melting peaks, flash floods, and droughts. We demand global Climate Justice and urgent local resilience now! 🚨🌱 #ClimateJustice #NepalCrisis
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump and co see the "Strategic" in "Strategic Petroleum Reserve" and think political strategy
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Yana 🇺🇦 @yanadear.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
only Ukrainian made missiles can save us now the world simply will not, regrettably
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
The Times: Net zero risks blackouts. Below a photo of French wildfires.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 23/07/2026
“A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts & benefits to” #FarageBung archive.ph/2026.07.23-0...
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I've never seen anything like it. Salta, Argentina, has just recorded its hottest night on record during the climatologically coldest time of the year. The minimum overnight temperature did not fall below 26°C (78.8°F), pulverizing the previous monthly record by 7°C.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 07/07/2026
Early morning press conference at the Whitehouse.
"Belgium is two, maybe three months away from developing a nuclear weapon."
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 06/07/2026
Breaking News! Code: y-axis alert! As of July 5th, the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly has now crossed 1.80°C above the 1991-2020 mean. ' The Nino 3.4 SST is now 3.46 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean:
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 07/07/2026
George Cottrell, dark web money launderer for drug traffickers whom he then bribed. A very nasty super-rich piece of work. Serge Costa from the Times 👇 www.tiktok.com/@thetimes/vi...
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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Who is the criminal and crypto gambler secretly funding Nigel Farage?⁠ ⁠ Farage, the leader of Reform, was secretly bankrolled in the run-up to the 2024 general election by an aristocrat...
TikTok video by The Times and Sunday Times
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 03/07/2026
Growing up in Colombia I am grateful that I was exposed to the gold standard early on, so have no doubts as to the proper approach: Cancel EVERYTHING, put TVs and screens out EVERYWHERE, and let every human age 0 to 110 not only watch the entire game but enjoy a respectable recovery. #priorities 😄
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Yana 🇺🇦 @yanadear.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
another test failed? every serial killer is so jealous of putin, he gets to kill thousands a week and get treated like royalty for it this world is so lost
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 26/06/2026
Breaking News! Code UFB!!! CERES just released its April 2026 update on the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI) and the 12 month running mean for the EEI is once again above 14 Hiroshimas per Second or 1.21 million Hiroshimas per Day. Data: ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
England is roasting in record temperatures, there’s only a trickle of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and renewables are booming. But a handful of rightwing media oligarchs and reactionary union bosses want Burnham to turn the heat up higher. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Act on the evidence outside the window’: Andy Burnham urged to stick to net zero targets if he becomes PM
Burnham is coming under pressure from some to ditch net zero targets but this could be highly damaging on many levels
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
An excellent explanation of what's really happening with ponies on Dartmoor and how almost everyone in politics and the media has got it completely wrong.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Confirmation of the utter obscenity that is capitalism A system predicated on greed, short-term, profit, inequality, abuse, exploitation and environmental destruction I look forward to this joke of a company coming ashing down - just like so many of its rockets www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
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SpaceX IPO: Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX shares soar on stock market debut - follow live
The company's shares started trading at $150 each (£112) shortly before noon eastern time, above the company's estimated listing price of $135.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A reminder that Brazil banned Twitter for failing to stop the spreading of disinformation. There is nothing stopping the British government from doing the same.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Misinformation is everywhere. Listening to Hannah Spencer you realise how cynical & targeted it is. Confirmation bias of all who oppose her leads to most believing fake news without even an attempt of double-checking the 'info' they read. All it takes is a screenshot of her shirt & a reverse search.
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Pipe down?? If the Green Party doesn't have the courage to call for X to be banned in the UK, who will? @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Tories underfunded the NHS for 15 years so they can say - look at this mess we need privatisation ... Reform UK, Restore Britain, the far right have been inciting riots for years so they can say - look at this mess we need fascist laws & vigilante justice ... meme via Jeff Shute
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 09/06/2026
If Reform are serious about reversing net zero policies, it will be the third time the populists will have inflicted major harm on us all | East Anglia Bylines
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Net zero: the new enemy for the right
If Reform are serious about reversing net zero policies, it will be the third time the populists will have inflicted major harm on us all
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Big Oil Employees Wrote Paper Behind Kemi Badenoch’s North Sea Fantasy The Conservative leader and her media supporters used a new study as evidence to support her plan to increase drilling in the North Sea, without declaring who was really behind it
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Big Oil Employees Wrote Paper Behind Kemi Badenoch’s North Sea Fantasy
The Conservative leader and her media supporters used a new study as evidence to support her plan to increase drilling in the North Sea, without declaring who was really behind it
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Danny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 08/06/2026
I have resigned from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Independent Standards Board. The Protocol is openly violating its own rules and has effectively delegated forest carbon accounting standards to a secret, industry-led working group. ghgpolicy.org/s/2026-06-08...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 09/06/2026
Normalcy bias alert! I'm looking at forecasts for the coming El Nino, and it's like a fucking comet coming right at us. I've been trying to write about it, but I can't find the words. Maybe tomorrow. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalc...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
How the Establishment Uses Islamophobia to Protect Israel & Smear Progressives Adam Hamawy, a Progressive Dem running to represent NJ's 12th District, is the latest politician being attacked by both Republicans & some Dems for opposing Israel's genocide. thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-the-es...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This is how they’re erasing Palestine.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/05/2026
Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people Who want the y-axis raised again!
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Facts Central @stilldelvingh.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
ITM, one of our French broadcaster (BFMTV) had to issue a message explaining the maps were red because the temperatures were *15 to 17* degrees above average, asking X users to stop insulting and threatening the weather people for daring to report on that “scam” 🤷‍♀️
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 26/05/2026
A complete ban on political donations is simple, clear and enduring. No donations means no loopholes. And no influence.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Fantastic to see @thenerve.news’s investigation trending on UK Twitter. The crypto millions fuelling Britain’s far-right turn (the exact same playbook as Trump) requires much, much more scrutiny.
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death2extremists.bsky.social @death2extremists.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Harborne owns 12% of Tether, the bitcoin associated with Lutnick and the Epstein money. We should be talking about this.
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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
After a short period of mass gain in 2022, related to anomalous snowfall in East Antarctica, Antarctica’s mass balance is negative again. Ice losses are steadily increasing, with the ice sheet losing 56 Gt of ice in 2023 and 82 Gt of ice in 2024. Waiting for 2026 data.
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Ah, I'm with @carolinelucas.bsky.social here. I understand the wish to be able to vote with your heart. But that's why getting Burnham in matters. For the Greens it would be just one seat. For the country it would be an opportunity to get PR in and stop the fascists from ever forming a government.
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Sam @berwickmagpie.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
In England, vote Green to stop Reform 💚 In Scotland, vote Scottish Greens to stop Reform 💚 In Wales, vote Plaid to stop Reform 🌼
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Extremist is the death and destruction that Benjamin Netanyahu government brings on a daily basis. Extremist is them introducing the death penalty for Palestinians. Extremist is this apartheid, genocidal Israeli Government that our Government shamefully supports.
UK green party leader is an "extremist" say Israel's deputy FM
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Vee @veencube.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
They are unhinged. The way they are treating Zack Polanski is atrocious.
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