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Tony Franks

@tony-franks.bsky.social

Folk Singer; Linux & ChromeOS Flex User; Zen Buddhist; Existentialist; Polemicist; Rationalist; Friend; Writer.

124 Followers  |  217 Following  |  19 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024  |  2.0352

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Jason Hickel on Substack β€œThe climate crisis cannot be addressed within capitalism. This may be difficult for some to come to terms with, but is vital that we understand this fact and develop our strategies accordingly, other...

Important commentary:

16.06.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite a feat really...

27.03.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@climatemajority.bsky.social my regular payment to you has been curtailed by you without explanation.
Can you advise?

27.03.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our water system's a mess - environmental laws flouted - so why's the Government ruling out anything but the failed privatised model?

Ask your MP to support @labourlewis.bsky.social's debate on 28th March to put renationalisation back on the table.

Click: mpwatch.org/support-clea...

13.03.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Musk is currently sharing Illuminati Satanist conspiracy theories in between libelling Gordon Brown.

There comes a tipping point and he's way beyond it.

06.01.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1387    πŸ” 282    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 11
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A food apocalypse is coming

"A lot of people assume that somewhere in Britain there are sheds full of food that we’d distribute in a disaster. Surely there is a grain or butter mountain somewhere? Surely the UK government has a plan for such a crisis?

Nope. No sheds. No stores. No mountains of food. No plan"

22.12.2024 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 10

Employees are not Contractors.
Contractors are not Employees.

I saw a meme recently that I enjoyed that said:
"Before returning to work, employees must organise."

06.12.2024 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why am I constantly being bedeviled by god-squad followers?

03.12.2024 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When will Ash be on BlueSky?

03.12.2024 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But where is Ash?

03.12.2024 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can't argue with that

03.12.2024 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't argue with that

03.12.2024 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

This is huge.

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries πŸ‘‡
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

02.12.2024 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 59857    πŸ” 11227    πŸ’¬ 1468    πŸ“Œ 1047
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Massive away win for the little fella.

02.12.2024 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 57903    πŸ” 9561    πŸ’¬ 581    πŸ“Œ 368

It feels to me that for the majority, liberal democracy, which morphed into neo-liberalism, has failed for them, and they don't see any way back, so they vote for the only alternatives available - which will be worse...

02.12.2024 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not only following old and new people and groups here, I'm progressively unfollowing people on x.
Hopefully that's another encouragement for people not yet on BlySky ( e.g. Ash Sakar).

02.12.2024 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps it would have been better to nominate all schools, Grammer schools?

02.12.2024 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You're saying that, en route to the revolution they have to rent, live in poor circumstances and go around in rags?
Anything else is hypocrisy I guess.
Luckily we will all be able to enjoy the sunny workerist uplands, by-and-by.

28.11.2024 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Done!

28.11.2024 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why you should prepare for climate disasters with your neighbours Unsure what you can do about the climate crisis? Community action is key, says the Climate Majority Project.

When people ask me: "What can I do as an individual about the climate?" I reply: "Don’t be an individual - work together with others."

Why you should prepare for #climate disasters with your neighbours - an interview with @euronews.com

26.11.2024 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 8

Nazi was a contraction of National Socialism.
It'd be easy to sell it as such.
I don't even know how to imagine "far-left extremism", that just sounds like fairness to me...

26.11.2024 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Back in the 60s and 70s Liberal Democracy was still bad, but was the least worse.
Fast forward 50 years, and it barely exists. Even Neo-liberalism isn't enough for the capitalist overlords, who have subverted our political environment with the willing applause of the lumpen proletariat.

26.11.2024 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When the farmers lost massive subsidies due to Brexit - not replaced by the Tories, where were the protests then?

24.11.2024 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Energy Prices go up another Β£21 in the UK.
Down 10% in France.
Down 6% in Australia.
Down 4% in the USA.

Ofgem are enabling the Energy Companies theft.

22.11.2024 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2013    πŸ” 793    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 36
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Another account to proactively block.

It may be the real deal, it may be someone else faking it, but what have you got to lose?

Click through to @nigelfaragemp.bsky.social and hit that Block!

22.11.2024 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 4
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World beating UK, energy prices nearly double anywhere else.

Also the UK, every energy firm making 4-10x profits.

I wonder if they are related?

22.11.2024 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4582    πŸ” 1604    πŸ’¬ 218    πŸ“Œ 95
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Energy price cap rises again - with cost of bills expected to stay high for months Costlier bills are the key reason inflation has risen sharply.

Energy prices don't have to keep going up. We need to stop letting fossil fuel markets set the price of green energy made here in Britain - it’s an absurd market mechanism. We need to β€˜Break the Link’.

news.sky.com/story/energy...

22.11.2024 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

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