In 2022 we were warned by meteorologist Laura Tobin that UK summer temperatures could hit 40°C by 2042.
It happened two months later.
Climate scientists have got to stop flying and start leading by example
I wrote about my latest and least successful attempt to get elected and wake people up
Does anyone else feel like we're in this weird calm before the storm?
Last few years of climate have been relatively stable but next few may well see rapid acceleration.
We know the shit is going to hit the fan due to Strait of Hormuz being closed.
Why aren't we doing something?
Why don't you know about Porto Alegre, Brazil? For ≈30 years, it wasn't run by politicians but by its people. Neighbourhood assemblies decided how money was spent. The poor got paved streets and clean water. Corruption fell.
They buried the story; don't let them bury the idea.
In my opinion this should be the main message of the Green Party right now @zackpolanski.bsky.social
When Queen Elizabeth II spoke to Congress just after the Gulf War, this is what she said:
🛒 Teenagers shoplifting for fun.
🚗 Middle-aged men in sports cars.
💰 Politicians who can't see past the next election.
One condition explains all three: a culture that has forgotten initiation - and so forgotten how to serve.
We are a society of permanent adolescents. 🧵