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stucap.bsky.social
Environmental social scientist | Climate-terrified | Haphazard activist | Recovering academic | World-weary melanchole
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Sociologists of climate people doings have also pointed out that convenience is one of the main things that's prized in (Western) everyday life: far too few supposedly climate-concerned people can be arsed to take trains over planes because CoNvEniEnCe

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Trump seems to have done what no one else has been able to Unite the political left & right - against him

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Guess which of these is real and which a parody. (The real one recently spotted by someone I know in situ) #badvertising

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Purely by chance @georgemonbiot.bsky.social sat across from me on the train yesterday. Had a good chat as we rolled through the countryside about life in a time of environmental crisis, activism, the rise of the far right etc. Cheers George, these are dark times but you're one of the good guys 💚

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I try not to vent on social media these days, what's the use. But seriously Trump and Vance really are the most contemptible shallow amoral sacks of shit. All about whether Zelenskyy says thank you, wears a suit, has the cards. Fuck them and their self-serving far-right empty souls right to hell.

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A whole new type of democracy is thriving in one of the toughest places in the world - despite a media blackout. Women lead. Taxes have been abolished and private property redefined. Prison is being phased out. Everyone gets a say. But now it's hanging by a thread. 🧵

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Can we build the #NetZero future the Climate Change Committee says is possible? 🌍 Today @thecccuk.bsky.social published its latest advice to the Government in its #SeventhCarbonBudget report. Read our CAST response: cast.ac.uk/building-a-n... Key messages thread 🧵

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‘There is a habit of people saying "science should not be political", but science changes our world and our possibilities so it has no choice but to be political. This collection of essays is a vital read in a world so often obscured by those whose only interest is money’ - @robinince.bsky.social

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Scientists On Survival: 25 personal stories of climate action (including one by me) 25% off this weekend! "Beware - this is a dangerous book... Passionate, inspiring and essential." - Caroline Lucas www.waterstones.com/book/scienti...

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Scientists On Survival: 25 personal stories of climate action. 25% off this weekend! "[P]eople who both know exactly what they're talking about and are able to eloquently express the sadness, fury and fear that comes with the climate emergency" - Zadie Smith www.waterstones.com/book/scienti...

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Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?

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Either the current govt are deeply cynical and misinformed on Heathrow and new oil fields, or it's a cunning plan to make everyone climate-concerned vote Green next election.

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We can all help proportionality and justice and care to prevail. Please consider pledging here to back up Dr Pat, appealing his severe sentence for peaceful protest against lies and climate damage www.crowdjustice.com/case/support...

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Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.

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The expansion of #Heathrow isn't only about climate breakdown, it's about fairness too A small minority of people take the majority of flights yet the pollution & climate breakdown affect everyone, especially the poorest

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All bow down before the god of Growth! Bring your offerings of nature and mild summer days. Sacrifice your time and idleness. Growth must be fed, Growth must be appeased above all else! Ask not why - only supplicate yourself to Growth! (Ideally more than 2% and above the G7 average)

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Just spotted the 2024 president-elect in this 1996 Simpsons episode.

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"every fraction of a degree matters" is true as hell. In the same way that releasing CO2 hurts people and planet, avoiding its release saves us from potential harm This isn't some saccharine 'hopeful' message: it's the hard, inarguable physical reality. www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...

submitted 113 days ago • 29 comments

If you've a sympathy towards scientist-activists gluing themselves to things and/or the passion of two brilliant independent film-makers who documented their experiences and perspectives, please take a look at www.gofundme.com/f/plan-z-film and consider chipping into the crowd-funder. Thanks!

submitted 115 days ago • 1 comment

Back in 2015 I joined Twitter as I headed off to COP21, all starry-eyed about the Paris climate talks. 9 years later, COP29's being run by this year's oiligarchy, the far right is in the ascendant, I've gone grey & quit my academic 'career'. So do follow me for more fun times as I set up camp here 🫠

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