@brinyblur.bsky.social
Groundwater geologist. Wu wei. 325.54 ppm. Straightener of cheese and cake.
archeology
the science of finding
we're all so human
#senryu
I am finally reading The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber (of blessed memory) and David Wengrow, and loving it so much.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
It is becoming increasingly obvious, in fact, that the role of the media is not only to tell Americans what they should think, but to convince an increasingly angry and alienated public that their neighbors have not come to the same conclusions. The logic is much like that used to dissuade voters from considering third parties: even if the third party challenger states opinions shared by the majority of Americans, Americans are constantly warned not to “waste their vote” for the candidate that actually reflects their views because no one else will vote for that candidate. It’s hard to imagine a more obvious case of a self-fullling prophecy. The result is a mainstream ideology—a kind of conservative centrism that assumes what’s important is always moderation and the maintenance of the status quo—which almost no one actually holds (except of course the pundits themselves), .
Maintaining the status quo is an essential part of the job of the mainstream media.
02.11.2025 15:23 — 👍 58 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 1
Hello new members! We look forward to meeting you. You'll receive a welcome email from us shortly after joining (check your spam folder).
We've also put together a starter pack on the different ways members can get involved
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Want to be part of that #GreenSurge of hope?
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History's best scam: calling a system designed to suppress popular participation "democracy."
youtu.be/IqMLDhe7zxw?...
What will happen when the stock market bubble bursts? youtu.be/Ff4gvI1fr_M?... Might £1 trillion disappear?
02.11.2025 07:12 — 👍 73 🔁 32 💬 2 📌 3
The white collar world is falling apart www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
02.11.2025 07:26 — 👍 105 🔁 45 💬 6 📌 5Wake up! ⏰️
Global Sea Surface Temperatures are likely even higher than the Eemian warm period, 125,000 years ago, when global sea levels were 5-10 meters higher than today.
October 2025 Sea Surface Temperatures still being above pre-2023 records is another indication of higher climate sensitivity👇
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01.11.2025 16:14 — 👍 178 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 2
Let's make this happen. Together.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/pol...
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01.11.2025 11:15 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0If you got rid of the tax benefits for billionaires/millionaires so they had to pay the same amount of tax as everyone else you would save £250bn.
If you got rid of Asylum Seekers you would save £3bn.
Silence about one, rage about the other.
Post is by James Buchan who defected from Reform to the Tories in Dartford Council. Pretty damning stuff...
31.10.2025 18:43 — 👍 294 🔁 115 💬 34 📌 9Hasan Piker discusses his role in politics and whether he'd run for office with Zack Polanski
31.10.2025 19:35 — 👍 195 🔁 53 💬 15 📌 3I've recently rejoined Green Party. In last hour come off a call with various experienced activists and politicians.
I've been in/around fringes and frontline mechanics of left politics on/off since 1980s.
Truly never heard such clarity, candour, self-awareness as in tonight's Green Party meeting.
Hey @zackpolanski.bsky.social, you did something I didn't think was possible - usually I'm the political one but last night my wife joined the green party. She's never been a member of a political party, and I never thought I'd see the day.
*Applause*
I suppose I shall join too*
The great dividers want you to think the problems in society are caused by migrants and refugees.
They’re wrong.
The problems in society are caused by an unjust economic system that protects the interests of the super-rich.
Horrifying reports have emerged that the RSF militia in has brutally massacred more than a thousand people in el-Fasher, Sudan.
The RSF is fighting against the government of Sudan and is backed by the UAE.
For those on the left who are not socialists, or who do not ally with socialist parties, I don't really understand: what exactly is the project? What is the plan?
31.10.2025 18:44 — 👍 588 🔁 99 💬 68 📌 25
He was wrong.
Food has gone up £1,500 since 2020.
We're just getting started.
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
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When the Government ape the language and the rhetoric of the right - such as Starmers island of strangers speech - there are real life consequences.
Huge solidarity with @mothinali.bsky.social and everyone facing racism.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lovely to see straightforward, non-scapegoat truthful arguments cutting through - the other main parties are bankrupt and have nothing good to offer.
30.10.2025 18:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The two party duopoly is dead and buried.
30.10.2025 17:11 — 👍 99 🔁 21 💬 4 📌 0💚 Greens are in second place for (I think) the first time ever in a poll.
🥀 First we replace Labour. Then we overtake Reform.
📩 Help us get there: join.greenparty.org.uk
Heartfelt congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social and all of the @greenparty.org.uk members that are working so hard 💚👏 - this is quite incredible.
30.10.2025 16:46 — 👍 165 🔁 20 💬 5 📌 1
And everyone can find ways to be a part of the "courageous leadership, public engagement, and widespread institutional change" that science says is required to avert existential damage from fossil fuel pollution and ecological overreach.
29.10.2025 22:14 — 👍 24 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
You probably won't hear about it on the news, but the climate scientists just straight up called for political revolution 🚨
"The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink"
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
