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Peter Garbutt

@petergarbutt.bsky.social

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I'm 73, happily married. Vegan. I'm a dad and a grandad. Sheffield, UK. Climate catastrophe. Civilisational collapse. Degrowth will help. Sustainable communities will help. Sortition will help. But capitalism won't, Political Parties won't, the media won't

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · Jun 4

Much though my heart cries out to donate to Palestinians on this platform desperate for food, I'm a pensioner and have a limited income. I give to a charity, and I join protests and vigils to show my solidarity with you.
Your plight often brings me to tears, I feel helpless.

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 5h

The ONLY way to hold back authoritarianism is to sever the means of attaining power.
That means a one-off Party offering the abolition of elections and introduction of government by Citizens Assemblies selected by sortition with a one-third annual turnover.
There's no other way.

Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 5h

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 10h

The answer is 1.62°C.

Here's some more climate data you can quote during your water-cooler conversations:

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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 9h

The Corporate Carve-Up: How Brexit Enabled the Systematic Privatisation of Britain
open.substack.com/pub/european...

The Corporate Carve-Up: How Brexit Enabled the Systematic Privatisation of Britain

An investigation into the network of over 140 enterprise zones transforming Britain into a patchwork of corporate sovereignties

open.substack.com

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 9h

Exactly.
Here's how.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/sor...

Sortition revolution: a bold plan to avert civilisation’s collapse

Can we save the planet and rebuild democracy? A radical proposal to replace political parties with citizens' assemblies might be the answer

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Living in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 9h

Liberals: "I want to get rid of Trump!"

Me: "I want to get rid of the system that created Trump in the first place."

Our goals are not the same. If you remove Trump, but keep the system in place, you'll just end up with another worse Trump in 4-8 years. That's the history of the last half century.

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 10h

It is no wonder we are at peak apathy. Hyper-narcissism was engineered by a psychonomy that recognized, very early on, that selfish consumatrons will buy more stuff while at the same time become politically inactive.This was a double win for the necrocapitalist oligarchy

From my book THE PETRI DISH

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 12h

Two weeks ago I wrote a piece about Reform's links to the Centre for a Better Britain, a think-tank that looks poised to introduce our very own version of Project 2025 in the UK.

This weekend, Reform further solidified their links to CFABB by making Dr James Orr a senior advisor.

Articles Below:

I’m delighted to welcome James Orr to Reform UK.

James is a brilliant academic, theologian, thinker.

He has been a bastion of common sense and patriotism at Cambridge University.

He has become a close friend, and is someone who I believe will have a pivotal role in shaping the future of this country.

James is now a senior member of our team, a senior advisor to
@Nigel_Farage
and he will bring even more talented patriots to the Reform family.

Really proud to welcome
@jtworr
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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 11h

Throughout human time on this planet, people have moved, settled, mingled, moved on, etc.
The problem here is a lack of knowledge of history. A belief that England has always been white, English-speaking protestant. They forget our colonialist past.
And they've lost all compassion.

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Sarah E. Minnis, PhD 🎃 @saraheminnisphd.bsky.social · 12h

The left has consistently been its own worst enemy. Splitting hairs based on the minutiae of ideology rather than coalescing around the beliefs that are common to everyone. Purity tests got us here and will keep us on this path until we agree to fight the bigger fights together. IMO.

Erik @onemerlin.jogle.us · 16h

This precedes postmodernism as IMO the original sin of the left. The left has ALWAYS been “splitters”, prioritizing purity over functionality. If you’re not pure enough, your ideas are dismissed. If you push back, the ideas become anathema rather than examined.

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 13h

Mine is Saltburn, that you featured the other day!

Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 15h

I like York, it's got an interesting array of attractions, but somehow it doesn't really figure high on my "must visit" list.

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 16h

Being a Democrat is like having a My Space or Facebook profile when everyone has moved on to TikTok and Bluesky. You can’t bring down the regime using the same tools that brought it on. Please note the double meaning in “tools” ✌🏽✌🏿✌🏻

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 15h

Oddly, within what we fondly call "democracy", there isn't a single Party that can act on behalf of the people, the demos. They're all captured; by ideology, by corporates, or even by other nations. We desperately need to think outside that box!

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18h

The UK state hands subsidies to corporations, doesn't invest directly in new industries, infrastructure'.

Corporate profits, dividends boom.

UK is left behind
UK invested 18.2% of GDP in productive assets
OECD countries' average 23%
China 40.4%
India 30.5%.

Neoliberalism is destroying the UK

Rachel Reeves’ budget must reduce inequalities and increase spending capacity of the masses

This is how to secure sustained economic growth

leftfootforward.org

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Bad Boy 🔻 of Mandalore 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇷 @dindjarinsway.bsky.social · 19h

Izrahell needs to be stopped. No ceasefire. Invasion & force are the only things these terr0r1sts understand.
#IzrahellIsATerr0r1stState

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G.U.N.K.L.E @gunkle.bsky.social · 1d

Israel breaking a ceasefire?

What a shock.

Israel reportedly halts supply of aid into Gaza as it launches ‘massive wave of attacks’ – Middle East crisis live

Ceasefire close to total collapse as Israeli military says it has launched strikes in response to ‘blatant violation’ of agreement by Hamas

www.theguardian.com

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@gfelljones.bsky.social @20244202.bsky.social · 20h

Bad Boy 🔻 of Mandalore 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇷 @dindjarinsway.bsky.social · 1d

Well worth a watch as some background.

So France 🇫🇷 & Great Britain 🇬🇧 conspired to divide up the middle east to their greatest advantage.....hmmmm sounds like colonialism/theft101...

Nothing complicated about it.

And the zi0s seized the chance to take what they coveted.
youtu.be/QUCeQt8zg5o?...

Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story | Al Jazeera World Documentary

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 18h

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 19h

While a cold front reached Honshu,the suffocating humid heat 24/7 goes on in Okinawa

Tonight an insane Minimum of 28.1C at Kitadaito (well above summer average)
Summer weather will even worsen and extend for weeks and will break all November records!

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

The two Israelis killed today were killed when their bulldozer hit an unexploded bomb, which had been dropped by Israel.

The only side that killed, 44 people today, was Israel.

Please RT to get the message out, over all of the lies.

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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 1d

So in western Alaska, thousands of people are homeless due to flooding rains, one person is dead & two people are missing. But yet, the regime hasn't said a word, no thoughts or prayers, nothing.
Once again, they could care less about Americans, it's about enriching themselves through GREED.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

While the Queen was on the throne, it was a different matter.

With her passing it's time to ask - perfectly reasonably - who the institution of monarchy serves and whether this one family should rule over us all in perpetuity... with almost zero accountability

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

MPs urged to confront royal family over Prince Andrew’s Epstein links

Calls grow for parliamentary rule changes to strip Andrew of titles and ask questions of royals

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 1d

Septle 1583 - 🔥 57 day streak - septle.com

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Guess the hidden word in 8 tries. New puzzles are available each day.

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