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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 3h

We're having another party 🎉

Join us at The Lamb on 7 Nov to celebrate ISSUE #2, with readings from contributors and special guests followed by drinks!

Come join us 🎈👇
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Adrienne Buller @adriennebuller.bsky.social · 3h

We're having an overdue party in London to celebrate our second issue on Nov 7th!

Come by, listen to some lovely readings & spend time w/friends

Tickets for readings are limited as it's a small space, so get yours quick (plus we'll throw in a copy of the issue)

From 8pm the party is open to all!

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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 1d

climate action is over.

New Zealand's government "slashed targets for reducing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming", by about half.

New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets

Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’

www.theguardian.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 5d

A superb essay by Ashok Kumar from the latest issue of the BREAK–DOWN – a brilliant tour of the political economic terrain of fossil capital, from which springs essential strategic advice for activists. A must read!

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 5d

A superb essay by Ashok Kumar from the latest issue of the BREAK–DOWN – a brilliant tour of the political economic terrain of fossil capital, from which springs essential strategic advice for activists. A must read!

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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 5d

“The consolidation of fossil fuel firms is creating an ever more fragile and exposed system.”

ASHOK KUMAR (@brosef-stalin.bsky.social) finds new points of leverage in a more concentrated fossil fuel industry for ISSUE #2 FRONTIERS.

Read the full essay👇

Merging to Survive

As the fossil fuel industry consolidates into an ever smaller number of vast firms, new strategic openings for disruption emerge.

www.break-down.org

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Adrienne Buller @adriennebuller.bsky.social · 6d

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Adrienne Buller @adriennebuller.bsky.social · 6d

"Where non-aligned countries wanted a seat at the capitalist table in order to flip it, today's polyaligned countries want something different: a larger slice of the pie on the way to a green capitalist future."

Everyone should be reading @iliasalami.bsky.social!

www.break-down.org/a-green-cold...

A Green Cold War

In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed.

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 9d

"Ever since the shift to steam power, society has been bidding a long farewell to climate..."

New on the website: Andreas Malm and Wim Carton on “muscular adaptationism”, the ruling ideology of contemporary climate capitalism.

@the-breakdown.bsky.social

EXTRACT: The Long Heat

An exclusive extract from Wim Carton and Andreas Malm’s latest book, The Long Heat, out 7 October from Verso Books.

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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 6d

*ON SALE NOW*

ANDREAS MALM in conversation with ADRIENNE BULLER

Marking the release of his book 'The Long Heat', Malm leads this vital discussion on the climate crisis and how we can act and come together for change.

@versobooks.bsky.social

TICKETS 👇

Andreas Malm in Conversation with Adrienne Buller | Barbican

Best-selling author and activist Andreas Malm leads a vital discussion on the climate crisis, exploring how we can act and come together with hope for change.

www.barbican.org.uk

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 7d

The Long Heat is a necessary intervention, defining climate politics when it's too late.

For a taste of the book, we have just published an extract: www.break-down.org/extract-the-...

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 7d

The Long Heat is a necessary intervention, defining climate politics when it's too late.

For a taste of the book, we have just published an extract: www.break-down.org/extract-the-...

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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 8d

essential reading

Wim Carton @wimcarton.bsky.social · 8d

The Long Heat is finally out from @versobooks.bsky.social today:

It deals with inter alia the promise of climate reversal, climate tipping points, the political economy of carbon removal and the very many antinomies of solar geoengineering.

www.versobooks.com/products/331...

The Long Heat

The world is crossing the 1.5°C global warming limit, perhaps exceeding 2°C soon after. What is to be done when these boundaries, set by the Paris Agreement, have been passed? In the overshoot era, sc...

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Wrath of God Bot @wrathofgodbot.bsky.social · 9d

Good thing he has a high quality team of thoughtful people with a firm grasp of the issues and how complex governing is

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 9d

Likewise!!!! Energy historians – get on it!

John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 9d

And while you are there, please do consider buying a copy of one of our print issues, or subscribe either in print or digital for just over a pound a month, to help support the best new climate writing around
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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 9d

In it, they take us from the fields of western France, as activists battle against the building of a mégabassine, to the new ideology that says: “these extreme weather events are now a fact of life, but they can be managed if powerful enough technologies are put in place"

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 9d

"Ever since the shift to steam power, society has been bidding a long farewell to climate..."

New on the website: Andreas Malm and Wim Carton on “muscular adaptationism”, the ruling ideology of contemporary climate capitalism.

@the-breakdown.bsky.social

EXTRACT: The Long Heat

An exclusive extract from Wim Carton and Andreas Malm’s latest book, The Long Heat, out 7 October from Verso Books.

www.break-down.org

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 11d

good piece on the heritage of leo strauss and the claremont institute. made me think about how the concept of straussian eso/exoteric readings and hidden truths fits (in a degenerate fashion) online meme culture www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...

Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk and the Claremonsters

Meet the philosophical cabal remaking America

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Bill Berry @whimberry.bsky.social · 11d

What an electrifying read. I followed the inspiring ZAD movement in the 2010s but didn't know about its sequel at Sainte-Soline.

John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 13d

For the @the-breakdown.bsky.social today, we have an exclusive extract from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm's superb latest book, The Long Heat!

@versobooks.bsky.social

EXTRACT: The Long Heat

An exclusive extract from Wim Carton and Andreas Malm’s latest book, The Long Heat, out 7 October from Verso Books.

www.break-down.org

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you, Wim!!

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Wim Carton @wimcarton.bsky.social · 12d

Head over to www.break-down.org for a sneak peak of the first part of The Long Heat!

More importantly, please do subscribe to the magazine! The Break Down is a fantastic source of cutting-edge, critical writing about climate change and capitalism. It deserves your support.

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · 13d

For the @the-breakdown.bsky.social today, we have an exclusive extract from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm's superb latest book, The Long Heat!

@versobooks.bsky.social

EXTRACT: The Long Heat

An exclusive extract from Wim Carton and Andreas Malm’s latest book, The Long Heat, out 7 October from Verso Books.

www.break-down.org

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