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Dr Alan Nixon

@alangnixon.bsky.social

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Eora man on Darkinjung country; Father of 2 boys - #ClimateActionNow; University Teacher and Discipline Lead - Social Sciences. Attempting to start an #antifa garden under the palms and gums of Empire Bay, NSW (Yes, the irony - pic above). Opinions mine.

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · Dec 18

Simply being vocal about #ClimateChange is enough. Supporting those taking action is even better. But obviously taking action yourself is the place of #RealHeroes. Please click the hashtag and search by user to see the many actions people are taking. Support them (re-posts and follows), join them.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2h

In the month since I was elected leader of the Green Party, we have gained a new member equivalent of every single minute. 24/7.

We're all smiling. But we've also got a big job to do.

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Visibly enthusiastic, incredibly articulate and with a winning smile that never left his face, Zack seemed entirely at home

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 2h

#ClimateReality youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...

Inside the planet’s most urgent climate warning | Global Warning E1 | Featured Documentary

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 2h

#TheNerdReich #Hype #Bubble youtu.be/9oP9HPhB-VI?...

Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first?

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 3h

"It’s a three-stage process: first, platforms are good to their users. Then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers. Finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, there is a fourth stage: they die." #Enshittification

HumansOvershot @overshoot.bsky.social · 3h

to good not to share 🎁

“Facebook arose from a website developed to rate the fuckability of Harvard undergrads, and it only got worse after that.”

‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything

The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 3h

#Consequences of #NeoLiberalism and #TheNerdReich.

HumansOvershot @overshoot.bsky.social · 3h

to good not to share 🎁

“Facebook arose from a website developed to rate the fuckability of Harvard undergrads, and it only got worse after that.”

‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything

The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 6h

The race is on to limit the damage from climate change.

As our planet gets hotter, we get closer to climate shifts that are hard to undo. The tipping point for corals might be happening already - but we can still turn things around.

Find out why all is not lost 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

We’re reaching Earth’s climate tipping points, and more are on the way | Natural History Museum

Shifts in Earth’s climate and ecosystems will have untold consequences for billions of people across the world.

www.nhm.ac.uk

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 3h

#ClimateCriminals #Labour, #UK.

Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 3h

UK Labor is launching a full scale attack on what is left of nature in UK
Giving developers a free hand
Limiting legal objections
ministers new authority to issue holding directions to stop local councils from rejecting planning applications
insideecology.com/2025/10/15/u...

UK Planning Bill Amendments: Fast-Tracking Development, Slowing Nature Protections - Inside Ecology

The UK Government has unveiled a sweeping set of last-minute amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, in what ministers describe as a “pro-growth package” designed to “unshackle Britain to ...

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 6h

Self Explanatory.......

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 4h

The fact that he has yet to resign shows how much the Overton window has shifted in just 9 months. "Vermont governor calls for Orleans County senator’s resignation over leaked ‘racist, bigoted and antisemitic’ group chat" vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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HumansOvershot @overshoot.bsky.social · 4h

namely, the “enshittocene”

(Cory Doctorow)

#loveit

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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 3h

#Consequences of #NeoLiberalism and #TheNerdReich.

HumansOvershot @overshoot.bsky.social · 4h

“We’re all living through a great enshittening, in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit.”

(Financial Times, lol)

Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 4h

#ClimateReality #Oceans - It's the end of life in the oceans. Ocean acidification and reef loss combined... that's ocean life gone. Well before us, but still taking out millions.

This is not the end. There is much more to lose. Much more to steal from the future.

Every point of a degree counts.

XRUK-Actions @xruk-actions.bsky.social · 8h

Catastrophic. Coral reefs cross the point of no return.
What is it that so called ‘world leaders’ do not understand?
There’ll be talk of “saving reefs” of limiting the damage but unless the world stops burning #fossilfuels, it’s game over for billions of people and living creatures.
f24.my/BV0e.BS

A propos - Coral reefs cross survival limit, in Earth's first catastrophic climate tipping point

FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Professor Tim Lenton, Founding Director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter, and lead author of the Global Tipping Points report, which…

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Tony Watts @wattsburger.bsky.social · 4h

Built an off grid house 15 years ago without subsidies.

Replaced the system last year and OMG! Absolutely life-changing. And all for the exact same dollar cost - which means, adjusted for inflation, less than half the cost.

Insane.

Anyone who can't see solar as a revolution is blind.

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TrueFeyQueen888 🏳️‍⚧️ (Trainwreck, Trying to Get Better) @truefeyqueen888.itch.io · 8h

This makes me want to walk into the ocean flipping the bird to the surface world like that one Godzilla meme.

And the amount of water waste all to not explain water to kids

fuuuuuck

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Kyle @kylerudy.com · 8h

That is not a teacher anymore than leaded paint is a refreshing beverage. That's way beyond professional malpractice.

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darrensilk3.bsky.social @darrensilk3.bsky.social · 6h

This is perhaps the perfect answer. Scan it in after and attach it to a complaint email. I mean it's truly ridiculous at this point. Typing a prompt for that would take longer than finding a real graph.