andythegreenie

What an absolute crayon muncher.

"Masculine Christianity"

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.

Is Mindfulness Risky or Even Dangerous? My latest article franticworld.com/is-mindfulne... #anxiety #stress #depression #deepermindfulness #vedana #feelingtone #headspace #ArtOfBreathing #opiods #PTSD #pain #chronicpain

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

“DHS is terrorizing our communities and staging violent spectacles to produce fascist propaganda—and sometimes, for what appears to be purely recreational violence.”

Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Horn of Ulf, on display in York Minster. Gifted to the Minster by a Norse lord named Ulf in around 1030 as a deed of transfer of lands that he had given to the church. It’s an elaborately carved elephant tusk- incredibly exotic & valuable in 11thC.
#hornofulf #hornofulph #yorkminster #anglosaxon

Actual experts who know what they’re talking about know that smart bike-lanes for people on e-bikes or any other bikes aren’t “subsidized.” They have excellent returns-on-investment, support economic development, save public money, etc.

Bad news about car lanes though. HEAVILY subsidized.

Facts.

🚨 The climate & nature crisis is the biggest threat to our future.

On 27 Nov 9am, MPs have a chance to hear the unfiltered science at the National Emergency Briefing, with a UK focus, including solutions.

👉 Check if your MP is going – and urge them to attend: nebriefing.org

In cities, street space is a really scarce (and under-valued) commodity. Increasing vehicle size costs everyone.

And vehicle weight determines your impact on the wear-and-tear of cities.

So this kind of public policy is really just common sense.

Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok

'We urge you to think again': Over 100 MPs call on Tories to rethink 'reckless' push to scrap UK Climate Change Act Coalition of 124 Labour, Lib Dem, Green, and SNP Parliamentarians warn ditching climate legislation would be catastrophic for the UK's economy and standing on the world stage

Over 120 MPs back open letter calling on Kemi Badenoch to rethink her 'reckless' pledge to repeal the Climate Change Act. www.businessgreen.com/news/4519900...

Rain Newton-Smith, chief executive of the CBI, said: “The scientific reality of climate change makes action from both government and business imperative... The Climate Change Act has been the bedrock for investment flowing into the UK.”

Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it

Kemi Badenoch's pledge to scrap the Climate Change Act has now been condemned by Theresa May, Lord Deben (John Gummer), Alok Sharma, the Confederation of British Industry, the Church of England, the Catholic Church - all previously mainstays of the Tory party: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is the *most* British science story.

Rain ☔️
Enthusiastic amateurs.
Quietly recording 1000s of records.
To be mirrored later by the volunteers who digitised each of those original hand written numbers.

Sometimes it’s not the data - it’s the people that make the story.

We want to build back not only better, but sustainably Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Kemi Badenoch, stresses that the net zero transition remains central to the government's long term strategy for the UK

Kemi Badenoch 2025 meet Kemi Badenoch 2020...

"We have always been determined to support the transition to a green economy…combatting climate change and achieving economic growth are not mutually exclusive"

www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4020...

"We're still struggling with the idea that land is finite.
Brownfield land... remains unused
...whilst land-hungry, car-dependent, identikit, unaffordable housing estates without proper infrastructure are taking green fields.
The new planning bill threatens 5,000 of England's most protected areas"

The Conservative party has just nailed the final nail into the coffin of it having any relevance to the future

Time for big names like Alok Sharma and Zac Goldsmith to leave

Shocking figures, with the UK within the 5 countries in Europe losing the most nature & crop land: 604 km² in 2018-2023.

Green MEP: "We are literally cementing over our own future".

...not to mention the future of all the other species whose habitats we've been destroying for a long time...

Global Warming Is Fueling Dengue Fever Outbreaks - Inside Climate News Rising temperatures have caused as many as 4.6 million extra dengue cases each year, and will cause many more by 2050, a new study finds.

Global Warming Is Fueling Dengue Fever Outbreaks

Rising temperatures have caused as many as 4.6 million extra dengue cases each year, and will cause many more by 2050, a new study finds.

insideclimatenews.org/news/1209202...

Will ‘all UK citizens’ have to have digital ID? – Full Fact Culture secretary Lisa Nandy appeared to claim last week that all UK citizens will have to have digital ID—but that’s only true for people who are working in the UK.

It’s not true that “all UK citizens” will be required to have digital ID, as culture secretary Lisa Nandy appeared to claim on Friday.

The government says anyone wanting to work in the UK will need one, but people who aren’t working (like pensioners) won’t.

JD Vance should check out ChatGPT

“I urge all policymakers to attend.” Prof Michael Mann👇

Please enter your postcode here www.nebriefing.org to check if your MP has confirmed for the National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov, and email them if not.

Understanding the threats & solutions is the first step to protecting the public.

15,000 scientists warn of socio-economic collapse. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.

This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.

Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇

Ignoring the legality of Trump’s tariffs, they’re idiotic. Half of US soybeans used to be exported to China; now is zero. Trump will use tariff income to pay US farmers, but soybeans are being grown for nothing, adding to greenhouse gas emissions. Idiotic.

We're about to find out if Silicon Valley owns Gavin Newsom A guide to the AI and tech bills that have passed the California legislature, and await the governor's signature — or veto.

This has been pushed to the background, but pay attention:

Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles

Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform UK in Wales, pleads guilty to taking bribes to make statements to “benefit Russia regarding events in Ukraine”.

Support for Putin's brand of kleptocratic fascism + outright criminality.

How very Reform.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Europe, NATO ready to shoot down Russian jets, Bloomberg reports European diplomats warned Russian officials this week that NATO is prepared to respond to further airspace violations with force, including by shooting down Russian planes, Bloomberg reported Sept. 25...

⚡️Europe, NATO ready to shoot down Russian jets, Bloomberg reports.

European diplomats told Russian officials this week that NATO is prepared to respond in force to further airspace violations, including by shooting down Russian planes, Bloomberg reported Sept. 25.