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FACTCHECK: Almost all the headlines on Tony Blair / net-zero are wildly inaccurate REALITY: 1️⃣Net-zero is only way to stop warming 2️⃣Blair calls for tech to "turbocharge our path to net-zero" 3️⃣He categorically does not say "net-zero is doomed to fail" 🧵 1/6

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Book publication day in the UK! After years of work, it's always a little nerve-wracking to release a new book. But here are a few people who were kind enough to say lovely things about it in advance 😅:

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1/12 Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town However it’s a bit odd By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵

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Tony Blair Institute report criticising the drive to Net Zero is a decidedly odd dossier. We won’t halt climate breakdown without phasing out fossil fuels & to suggest solution lies in more nuclear & carbon capture rather than renewables is costly & misguided

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It's unclear what caused the power cuts in Spain & Portugal - so why are certain news outlets jumping to blame net zero? It's because they want us to prop up an outdated, insecure fossil fuel industry & energy grid- so they're crying wolf over the blackout. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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totally normal take on the Spain-Portugal black out ... HT @carbonbrief.org

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Newsletter: I am sick and god damn tired of everybody pretending that generative AI is the next big thing. The media is complicit in accepting fantastical nonsense - both in the numbers put out by OpenAI and the silly jobs created by Anthropic - and it has to stop. www.wheresyoured.at/reality-check/

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For people wondering why the UK's Equality And Human Rights Commission is acting counter to human rights, I'll c+p a combination of threads from a couple of years ago. They cover the systemic attack on many marginalised communities by idealogues trying to dismantle human rights law. 1/

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West of England Mayoral Voting Intention: Page (GRN): 27% (+5) Godwin (LAB): 23% (-10) Banks (RFM): 18% (New) Smith (CON): 17% (-12) Henman (LDM): 13% (-3) Scott (IND): 2% (New) Via @yougov.co.uk, 9-23 Apr. Changes w/ 2021 Election.

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Greater Lincolnshire Mayoral Voting Intention: Jenkyns (RFM): 32% Waltham (CON): 30% Stockwood (LAB): 17% Overton (Ind): 8% Hopscroft (GRN): 7% Young (LDM): 4% Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 15-21 Apr.

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Crumbs.

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“Flowing fresh water has been systematically stripped of its spirits, & reduced to what Isaac Newton called “inanimate brute matter”. Thus designated as feedstock for the machine, rivers have been laid open for the slow violence that has been inflicted on them” Powerful @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

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Thread about a weird worldview that apparently is deeply rooted in the US tech community. Conspicuous eroded/perverted values and magical thinking; alienated from the real world; maybe driven by convenience. Reality is hard work.

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Surge in England coastlines, rivers and lakes with unsafe levels of E coli and intestinal enterococci due to sewage dumping. All done to boost profits, dividends, exec pay. Water industry controlled by companies with 1,135 criminal convictions. No director prosecuted. End the scam. Nationalise.

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The implementation of universal basic income will look like this too. People will just like it and wonder why we waited so long.

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Another day, another tantrum. US to impose tariffs of up to 3,521% on solar panels from Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. As the US lacks essential materials for domestic production, home products will cost significantly more. Pity the US consumer.

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“One of the most powerful forms of #Climate communication is just telling people that a majority of other people think climate change is happening, human-caused, a serious problem and a priority for action.” This #EarthDay, can you have one conversation with friends, family & neighbours about this?

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made this argument last month but trump’s retribution campaign is very clearly against the entire american people.

submitted 8 days ago • 139 comments

Unthinkable just 10 years ago: Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear. Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.

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The reason why protest is essential to political change is that only when people see the scale of discontent do they realise they are not alone, and that the tide can turn.

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Curse of Private Equity US Private equity (PE) Sycamore Partners in $10bn (£7.8bn) takeover of the owner of Boots. Boots didn't recover from 2007 PE control. Usual problems - profiteering, price hikes, staff/wage cuts, low investment, asset-stripping, tax dodges. Another victim of greed?

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Aggregate Result of the 232 Council By-Elections (for 237 Seats) Since the 2024 General Election: LAB: 74 (-42) CON: 61 (+23) LDM: 48 (+2) RFM: 14 (+14) INDs: 12 (-1) GRN: 11 (+3) SNP: 10 (+2) PLC: 4 (=) LOC: 3 (-1) electionmaps.uk/council-by-e...

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As I have been saying FOR YEARS - the Online Safety Act and its spawn are all about protecting "the children" but none of those laws have a thing to say about the people who are actually responsible for spreading hate and disinformation at scale: pensioners. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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AMAZING SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH We've brought the dire wolf back from extinction:

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There's been a LOT of post-Brexit passport confusion for Brits travelling to the EU. Turns out that was mainly due to Tory government chaos, meaning the travelling public were given false travel advice for three years. Go figure...

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The right for autistic people with intellectual disabilities (and other disabled people) to live outside of institutions was only granted by the US Supreme Court in 1999.

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Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. Populations get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner. nymag.com/intelligence...

submitted 18 days ago • 179 comments

This is about as good an orientation for where we are and what’s happening as you’re going to get…and it points to the most important thing we can do: build a vision of the world we want

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There was a lot going on this week, so maybe you missed this pod on the current state of global electricity, but it is really worth your time. Tons of insights in here, some of which will surprise you. Perhaps a chain with some charts?

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🚨 Matt Hancock Intervened to Help Conservative Donor’s Pizza Firm Land Covid VIP Lane PPE Contract 2-days before winning the contract, the firm, which had no previous PPE experience, removed ‘pizza’ from its name 👀 My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/04/11/m...

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AHS in Alberta is now referring to measles outbreaks in schools as a “mysterious rash like illness”. In case you were wondering why people here are still voting conservative.

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This is, in addition to very obviously denying people benefits and clearly excluding the vast majority of seniors, a violation of federal law on accessibility, especially since X requires users to log in and agree to the terms of service to see published content.

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"Pete Belton, 44, from Ilkeston says he was shocked to find his forearm featured in a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document used to help identify alleged members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a transnational criminal organisation." www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Trump said he u-turned because 75 countries called to "kiss his ass". But the reality is his 'Liberation Day' tariffs put the US bond market on the verge of a meltdown, wiped TRILLIONS off the stock market and angered his tech broligarchy. He had no choice. Source: @tortoisemedia.bsky.social

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why is every newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been. What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.

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The results from Germany's big 3-year UBI experiment are out! 122 people got €1200/mo for 3 years. All were age 21-40 and employed with incomes between €1100/mo to €2600/mo They were happier, healthier, saved more, gave more, enjoyed more social time, and DID NOT WORK LESS than the control group.

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To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

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NEW: Incredible scenes in Washington DC now. Tens of thousands on the National Mall for the #HandsOff protest against Trump & Musk. There must be over a million people protesting across every US state today. #FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff2025 (🎥 Alejandro Alvarez)

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They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks. #handsoff #50501protests

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Renewables accounted for 93% of global power capacity growth in 2024 Wind, solar, geothermal, hydro and other renewable technologies now comprise 46% of world-wide power generating capacity, up from less than 30% in 2015. theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/26/r...

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