Jeremy Lent

It’s called the Jevons Paradox and it’s been proven true ever since the steam engine was invented. It’s a golden rule of capitalism. We need to change the system, not just a few technical fixes.

ICE officials leave government to work at for-profit prisons. Execs at Geo Group leave private detention companies to work at ICE. And they go back and forth, over and over.

It’s a constantly-revolving door of corruption, and it has to stop. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.

Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.

That’s why Trump is attacking the Dept. of Education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.

It's fascism.

Measles Cases Hit Highest Total Since U.S. Eliminated the Disease

I propose changing the name of MAGA to GAMA: Give American Measles Again

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...

Last week, Trump and the GOP passed the most destructive environmental and economic bill in history.

It raises our prices and burns our future — all so billionaires can get richer.

Join @markey.senate.gov and @schatz.bsky.social tonight to talk about where we go from here.

As clock ticks down on Turkey's Sozcu TV, is Erdogan muting opposition? As Istanbul's mayor remains jailed, pressure mounts on opposition-aligned media to soften their criticism, analysts say.

In ~2 hours, SOZCU TV in #Turkey will be forced off air. Move is seen as one of Erdogan's many in recent months to silence opposition. Details: www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

With @jeremylent.bsky.social and the EcoCivilisation Coalition in Delphi, #Greece. Our first in-person meeting. My journey there was wonderful: bus, trains, taxi, coach and boat.

New direct action group 'Yvette Cooper' emerges following Palestine Action ban A NEW direct-action group named after the Home Secretary has apparently emerged, as they have claimed to have targeted a transport firm which they…

The government is going to have to play 'whack-a-mole'.
www.thenational.scot/news/2529139...

Reimagining Education for Deep Transformation with Ecoversities Join me on Tuesday, June 3 as we unlearn education togetherIt's widely understood here in the DTN that the destructive tendencies of the modern world are inculcated in most of us throughout our for...

Join me on the Deep Transformation Network on Tue June 3, at 10 am Pacific, as we unlearn education with Ecoversities.

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Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people

Our book is out and available for purchase in the U.K. Writing this book with @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social was a long and arduous process that has arguably changed us all, and we’d be honoured for y’all to read it!

Trump Froze Funds for a National EV Network. Now We’re Going to Court. Developing a network of EV charging stations is key to modernizing U.S. transportation and staying competitive with the rest of the world.

The Trump administration is illegally freezing billions Congress allocated to build a national EV charging network. Everyone deserves access to EV charging. We’re taking the administration to court to fight for the promised funds.

It is ridiculous that the richest country in the world does not provide universal health care to all of its citizens.

The United States can and must do better than having millions uninsured and millions with crippling medical debt.

An absolutelly must watch, illuminating conversation between @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @afuahirsch.bsky.social
There's hope out there. Get informed, organise.
Give it a watch, you will not regret it:

bsky.app/profile/geor...

A jury convicted TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of financial fraud and tax evasion. They were cheating and stealing to buy luxury cars and clothes.

Then their daughter campaigned for Trump.

This pardon is a get-out-of-jail-free card for the rich & famous who cozy up to Trump.

Any Human Power From the bestselling author of mythic, page-turning, world-building thrillers comes this present-day story of three generations thrown to the forefront of a political crisis and the uprising that foll...

Your regular reminder that Any Human Power is out now in paperback from @septemberbooks.bsky.social
(or audio from @bolindaoriginals.bsky.social )

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#ChangeIsComing

A chart showing the impact that Trump’s Tax Scam would have on taxpayers in Florida.

Republicans want to screw over their constituents in order to give more tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Here’s what Trump’s Tax Scam would mean for your state: itep.org/analysis-of-...

In Gaza, hospitals have collapsed. Babies ran out of formula. Clean drinking water is gone. Meanwhile, trucks filled with aid are waiting idle by the border. Instead of trying to do a Gaza real estate deal, Trump should press the Netanyahu government to open aid routes & stop starving Palestinians.

free mass public transit should be a climate policy supported by anyone who claims to care about the problem

reduce miles driven by those most in need and you reduce emissions while also reducing income inequality

Medicare for All isn't radical.

What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right.

Don’t believe me?

Listen to what these nurses have say:

Can we make this young person the President of the World, please?

Lessons from history for a better future How can the lessons of the past help us navigate the turbulence of the present and future? Social philosopher Roman Krznaric explores why history isn’t just a record of what’s gone wrong — it’s also f...

If you could travel back to any moment in history, where would you go? Here's my answer in my new TED talk, now at +350,000 views (spoiler: Cordoba in Spain in the year 1000) www.ted.com/talks/roman_...

New reports tell us cattle and sheep farming can be sustainable – don’t believe them, it’s all bull | George Monbiot Feeding the world sustainably is an incredibly complex challenge, yet some people are trying to sell us a bucolic fairytale, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The cottagecore, romantic path to starvation and environmental breakdown. This week's column is on the latest delusions about how we might produce our food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I just became a Friend of Standing Together

@jeremylent.bsky.social just chaired a deeply inspiring session with @standing-together.bsky.social and so [1/3] ...

Why does Starmer's Labour Party seem determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right.
As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.

If it wasn’t for you all on BlueSky, I wouldn’t have had the courage to teach my course on Race, Media and international affairs on my own— after Columbia cancelled the class.

More than 500 of you enrolled in 48 hours!!

Confirmation emails coming soon.

Sometimes the internet is an amazing place!

A screengrab of the SoSha toolkit: (around images of Trump) “Trump is historically unpopular — Trump has broken his own record for the lowest presidential approval rating at the 100-day mark.” “Economic pessimism at 24-year high — Trump Slump: For the first time since 2001, a majority of Americans say their financial situation is getting worse.” “Most Americans oppose Trump’s immigration policies — Trump's handling of immigration drops underwater after Democrats fight back against ICE overreach and violations of civil liberties.”

We put together a social toolkit that makes it easy to share the truth about Trump’s failures and most unpopular policies: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/trum...