Jana Bacevic

Mad Fascists: Epic Fury Straights Generals always fight the last war.

"So, despite Trump and Bessent whipping up their cult with chants of “Drill, baby, Drill,” a phrase popularized by that known deep thinker, Sarah Palin, they ain’t. Because the oil isn’t there. More details on that here."

The idea the North Sea is some great goldmine waiting to be tapped is entirely at odds with reality.

How much shale gas is there in the UK and what is the status of fracking? - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment This explainer outlines the current and historical status of fracking in the UK, the arguments for and against it, and the UK's reserves of shale gas.

Introducing fracking in the UK is often justified on the grounds it would lower people's electricity bills. London School of Economics has stated, in the UK, fracking is unlikely to lower energy bills:

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Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran.

Iraq lessons must be learned.
Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe.

Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.

Knowing this I am still in shock that we do not have climate change under control one bit - that we have let it get this extreme, and still think that a bright future is possible. I am starting to think that this may not even be the case for 'some', although clearly some will topple before others.

Oil pollution in UK waters far worse than reported, says conservation group ‘Opaque’ recording system means recorded volume of everyday oil pollution over the past decade should be increased by 43%, according to Oceana report

A lot of UK oil extraction is done out at sea, out of sight, out of mind. @oceanauk.bsky.social works to raise awareness of the harm oil pollution is causing to wildlife in our waters.

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The annual social cost of urban road noise in England is £7-£10 billion & the WHO identified environmental noise as the second largest environmental health risk in Western Europe. LTNs & 20mph speed limits can massively improve this.

really a pleasure to contribute to such an important project!

Here is the direct link to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social's paper exploring what we can and cannot know about the future
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/60...

thank you for the shout, @hetanshah.bsky.social!

Global (Dis)Order Evidence Hub In this hub you will find collections of discussion papers commissioned by the British Academy and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on topics and themes relevant to the programme’s workstrea...

Some projects are long in the making because the questions are complex, the process iterative, and the answers not simple. The first batch of interventions from @britishacademy.bsky.social 'Global Disorders' is here - feat. a paper by yours truly 👇: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/g...

Is it still wrong to do it if my anti-cheating measure *works*? We talked about Louise Amoore’s “Machine Learning Political Orders.” www.cambridge.org/core/service...

Appalling that this is the kind of ad (Facebook, logged once in a blue moon) the UK's *ruling party* promotes in order to (try and) beat its alleged opponent, the *checks notes* party that wants free public transport and not exactly killing older people.

Reform much yet, folks?

This Saturday, Manchester will see Britain First’s racist March for Remigration.

Greater Manchester Police have imposed a Section 35 ‘dispersal order’ using the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

This power should not be used to target protesters.

But guess what...

And there was I, thinking for a moment that Thiel meant the Von Trier film

"What Does It Mean to Think Together?" by Jana Bacevic (Keywords: Arendt; Debate; Political Life) "What does it mean to think with others even if, or particularly when, our living conditions may not be conducive to thought?"

yep, I tried by way of an answer: www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/what-do...

Whose union just went and smashed the ballot? Why, @ducu.bsky.social! Let's reclaim our time and fight for decent working conditions ✊🤗

Not to lose the magic, though, we *do* also sometimes just spawn out of thin air in full black bloc 😊🏴🪄💫

"masked anarchists are all interlopers from other places vs our local known neighbours" <-- i think this is the eternal limit of all nationalist political vehicles

Anarchists are your neighbors. Their kid goes to preschool with your kid. They are in class with you at the local community College. They are your coworkers, your friends, and your family members.

We don't just fucking spawn out of thin air if full black bloc gear anytime there's a protest

Group of 6 from Filton 24 anti-genocide group acquitted on all counts Jury clears 6 of the Filton 24 of all charges, as they agree activists entered Elbit to 'prevent violence' in Israel's continued genocide

FINALLY some good news!! 🥳✊⭐🚩🏴 www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

A picture of a white-and-red rescue ship next to a quote from the newsletter: "That’s why Spain’s decision to just give people relief feels so startling. We’re used to life being a series of large setbacks and small moral victories. Now suddenly, we get a glimpse of what real progress looks like. "

Spain just gave 500k undocumented people the right to live and work in the country. That’s what real progress looks like—and it should be a wakeup call for the rest of the West. 

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In which @zackpolanski.bsky.social so easily busts one of the myths perpetuated about @greenparty.org.uk.

It is possible to both push for values-based action whilst being a realist and pragmatic about the world we live in.

Real active hope, in fact, demands it.

my every winter on the northern hemisphere is major Frankie vibes 🤣

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In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

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Half the Battle | Thom Sliwowski Wikipedia is one of a few bazaars of open-source internet idealism left, and LLMs mean it might not be left standing for long.

Wikipedia is one of the internet’s last outposts of open-source idealism. AI companies want to mine it into incoherent oblivion, and right-wing authoritarians are cheering them on. Thom Sliwowski describes this historical battle over knowledge writ large.

yeah, that's been my withdrawal strategy ever since I considered it for the first time (which, I must say, is some years now...😀)

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By (almost) complete accident found out that I had missed Grendel - one of the legendary bands of my early-to-mid-20 clubbing days - *in* bloody Newcastle, when I was (exceptionally for this year) actually in the north-east! 😵 www.bandsintown.com/a/4975

I guess that is a good description of two of the reasons why I hate it 😆