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Historian of the future; utopia/dystopia; radicalism & socialism. Last book: Utopianism for a Dying Planet (Princeton UP, 2022)
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As Noem told us point blank: the troops will remain until Trump can “liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor.” open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

Interesting project! "[The] project investigates the fate of Utopia – as human impulse and literary form – precisely in Eastern Europe"

At 4C scientists predict 90% of the world’s population could die. We’re on track to hit 4C within our childrens’ lifetimes. 7,000,000,000+ avoidable deaths. Waiting for a journalist to ask a politician about this.

Not to forget: the death of Thomas Paine, 8 June 1809, in New York City.

They called her a mad cat woman and tried to destroy her reputation. Then they dragged her through the courts and tried to destroy her life. But @carolecadwalla.bsky.social is standing tall and continues telling the inconvenient truth. A must see. youtu.be/vG7CvbccdVM?...

Last night, the House of Lords defeated the Government for a fourth time by passing an amendment establishing meaningful transparency measures for the use of rightsholders’ works in AI systems, many of which are being used without recognition, permission or remuneration. (1/3)

So sick of Am I Blue Labour. How about some positivity, inspiration and creativity rather than cloning the worst of the opposition? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/27/a-hidden-measure-in-the-republican-budget-bill-would-crown-trump-king

How to get yourself quoted in dozens of lawsuits.

Do please bear in mind that these people are deranged. Yes some of them are billionaires. Yes they control the presidency of the USA. But they are deranged. This is the problem.

Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.

What should frighten us all is that this is not common knowledge. This explicitly anti-life ideology is being successfully enacted in the US right now, and without unified pushback it will spread.

President Donald Trump’s U.K. ambassador holds shares worth hundreds of millions in the key sectors that stand to benefit from last week’s U.K.-U.S. trade agreement. www.levernews.com/live-and-let...

Not really a surprise We are already committed to a 12m+ sea-level rise, sufficient to drown every coastal town and city on the planet The only question is how long will this take www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I still think represents the most shocking void in the UK’s COVID response - when the largest biomedical facility offered to undertake testing (many universities did the same) the government didn’t even answer. The cost would have been minimal. But no profit for private companies… is that it?

I've posted about this before. Now they are a £100 billion+ richer It is obscene and cannot be allowed to continue An 80% wealth tax would raise enough money to transform the lives of most people in the UK - and still leave them with more than a billion www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World should be read in tandem to understand today’s troubled times theconversation.com/nineteen-eig...

Big tech companies want to be able to 'train' their AI models on creative content without the permission of creators. This threatens the livelihoods of the UK's creatives. Labour must not sell out the UK's creative workforce so a few big companies can profit.

If you're in the UK and you're annoyed that you don't know which AI companies are training on your copyrighted work without permission, the reason is now simple: the Labour party. This isn't a political statement - it's a fact. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

He's the latest PNG Courier, for those too time poor to click through to my Substack... substack.com/@mrhenrymorr...

After asset stripping England water companies warn of rationing. 35 reservoirs sold for £26m profit. Southern Water plan to decommission 43 of 93 reservoirs, build one. 1 trillion litres lost through leaky pipes. Companies have 1,135 criminal convictions. End the privatisation scam.

TRUMP PARADE? June 14th a MILLION people should “attend” the parade with the upside down American flag and your NO F’ING KINGS signs. Let’s make it a REALLY memorable birthday for the wannabe dictator!

I really believe that he paid someone to go to school for him. Stupid, stupid,stupid!

An absolute masterclass in how the UK media platforms and normalises far right politics. This is how Farage wins.

Thames Water Prospective Private Equity Owner KKR Donated $1m to Trump Inauguration. Business model: profiteering, price hikes, low investment, high leverage, asset-stripping, excessive returns. In US KKR group sanctioned 217 times, fined $678m for anti-social practices. Can't address water woes.

LIBERTY DEFEATS GOVERNMENT APPEAL AS COURT RULES ANTI-PROTEST LAWS ARE UNLAWFUL The government must now scrap these unlawful regulations before anyone else is wrongly arrested for protesting for simply standing up and making themselves heard on issues they care about

Tony Blair is literally being paid by a man with one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet - Larry Ellison. The founder of Oracle is his biggest funder & these techsolutionist remarks have to be seen for what they are: tech lobbying www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Let’s ‘break it down,’ shall we?! 👇 Enjoy. 😎✨

Private gas-fired stations charge 100 times normal rates for electricity when renewable energy in short supply. Private equity, foreign state-owned companies make huge profits. End the scam. Nationalise UK gas plants & entire energy production. Lower energy bills reduce poverty, business costs.