Reposted by xenoGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Dumping on this scale was not just predictable, but predicted. It's the direct result of: a. 15 years of austerity b. Reining in and defunding the regulators at the behest of lobbyists. But it makes you wonder: were the Tories lobbied by professional crime syndicates? Otherwise, why the hell ...? 1239277
Reposted by xenoDeep Sense of Creeping DreⱯd 2026 @devedy.bsky.social · 08/10/2025A good case for why you should never rely on inflation adjustment back more than a few decades, consumption patterns are just too different for them to be anything but insanely misleading. Like, what's your weekly coal budget 1541670
Reposted by xenoGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Another benefit of Brexit ... the UK has returned to its traditional role as the dirty man of Europe. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data showsCampaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’ 35784349
Reposted by xenoGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/03/2025You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...quaker.org.ukQuakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting HousePolice broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza. 1211803950
Reposted by xenoCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 13/01/2025The UK government's "pivot to AI" is going to be a disaster for the public finances. They'll spend billions on foreign-owned bullshit, give away all our personal data (Palantir is bidding for NHS England's records—biggest medical data trove in history), but that's not the worst bit. /1 11284100