Dan Hultgren
@diftol.bsky.social
Humanitarian, environmentalist, union organiser and philosophy/astrophysics nerd. US born / UK living.
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If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
Brazil is drilling in the Amazon while claiming to be a climate champion. I have just asked Brazil to choose to lead the world away from fossil fuels at #COP30.
Add your name to @350.org's petition to pressure the Brazilian government to take the action that's needed! 👇
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
Add your name to @350.org's petition to pressure the Brazilian government to take the action that's needed! 👇
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
Tell Brazil: Lead the World Beyond Fossil Fuels at COP30
Brazil is promising to protect the Amazon while allowing new oil drilling there. Brazil's leaders must choose: help the world move away from oil, or get left behind.
act.350.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Brazil is drilling in the Amazon while claiming to be a climate champion. I have just asked Brazil to choose to lead the world away from fossil fuels at #COP30.
Add your name to @350.org's petition to pressure the Brazilian government to take the action that's needed! 👇
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
Add your name to @350.org's petition to pressure the Brazilian government to take the action that's needed! 👇
act.350.org/letter/cop30...
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"In an age of grotesque and rising global inequality, civil society is ordinary people challenging elites and the governments that are elected to serve them." Amitabh Behar speaking at #ICSW2025
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/ymZYirn...
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/ymZYirn...
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"In an age of grotesque and rising global inequality, civil society is ordinary people challenging elites and the governments that are elected to serve them." Amitabh Behar speaking at #ICSW2025
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/ymZYirn...
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/live/ymZYirn...
Trump must have thought that Elon did such a good job starving kids abroad that he needed to one up him by starving them at home. 🤬
Mike Johnson lies shamelessly: "The president is desperate for SNAP benefits to flow to the American citizens who desperately rely on it ... the SNAP situation has legal impediments."
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trump must have thought that Elon did such a good job starving kids abroad that he needed to one up him by starving them at home. 🤬
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Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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I've been thinking about this topic for a long time and I'm really excited to have finally gotten to do an episode about it!
@tammam.bsky.social speaks with @sana.msf.ca and @pollypw.bsky.social about whether humanitarianism has a marketing problem.
🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
@tammam.bsky.social speaks with @sana.msf.ca and @pollypw.bsky.social about whether humanitarianism has a marketing problem.
🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
How to make people care? Emergency aid's marketing problem | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Podcast Episode · The New Humanitarian · 10/30/2025 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I've been thinking about this topic for a long time and I'm really excited to have finally gotten to do an episode about it!
@tammam.bsky.social speaks with @sana.msf.ca and @pollypw.bsky.social about whether humanitarianism has a marketing problem.
🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
@tammam.bsky.social speaks with @sana.msf.ca and @pollypw.bsky.social about whether humanitarianism has a marketing problem.
🎧: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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In NLR 154, Aaron Benanav develops his framework for a post-capitalist social order:
‘From a technical standpoint, there may be no single optimal answer. But from an economic and political perspective, a choice must still be made.’
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...
‘From a technical standpoint, there may be no single optimal answer. But from an economic and political perspective, a choice must still be made.’
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In NLR 154, Aaron Benanav develops his framework for a post-capitalist social order:
‘From a technical standpoint, there may be no single optimal answer. But from an economic and political perspective, a choice must still be made.’
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...
‘From a technical standpoint, there may be no single optimal answer. But from an economic and political perspective, a choice must still be made.’
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...
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Eyad Amawi, a humanitarian worker in Gaza, has “mixed feelings” as peace talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Egypt.
"The situation [is] worsening" in Gaza, he says.
"The situation [is] worsening" in Gaza, he says.
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Eyad Amawi, a humanitarian worker in Gaza, has “mixed feelings” as peace talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Egypt.
"The situation [is] worsening" in Gaza, he says.
"The situation [is] worsening" in Gaza, he says.
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Why do we have so much stuff but don't meet needs? youtu.be/sPMKp1MkAiA?...
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society asked a question that still matters: how can we live with private luxury alongside public squalor?
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society asked a question that still matters: how can we live with private luxury alongside public squalor?
Why do we have so much stuff but don't meet needs?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Why do we have so much stuff but don't meet needs? youtu.be/sPMKp1MkAiA?...
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society asked a question that still matters: how can we live with private luxury alongside public squalor?
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society asked a question that still matters: how can we live with private luxury alongside public squalor?
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Every time you board a bus, or catch a train, you’re caught in a web of private ownership.
“Public” transport is not public.
Why does transport cost more while our services get worse?
🧵 Let’s look at the facts. (1/11)
“Public” transport is not public.
Why does transport cost more while our services get worse?
🧵 Let’s look at the facts. (1/11)
September 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Every time you board a bus, or catch a train, you’re caught in a web of private ownership.
“Public” transport is not public.
Why does transport cost more while our services get worse?
🧵 Let’s look at the facts. (1/11)
“Public” transport is not public.
Why does transport cost more while our services get worse?
🧵 Let’s look at the facts. (1/11)
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People are exhausted.
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We have to tell an alternative story’: Green leader Polanski chats to Nigel Farage’s constituents
Visit to Clacton-on-Sea part of social media strategy that Zack Polanski feels can rebut Reform’s rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
People are exhausted.
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved.
Blaming migrants won’t fix this.
Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services.
#DrawTheLine
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The obstacle to addressing the climate crisis is not a lack of awareness or a lack of popular will. The problem is that our governments are capitalist, and the climate crisis cannot be addressed within capitalism. Read @jasonhickel on climate solutions. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
Can Socialism Solve the Climate Crisis?
Governments globally are failing to combat climate change because they prioritise profit over the planet — for real change, the capitalist mode of production must be overhauled.
tribunemag.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The obstacle to addressing the climate crisis is not a lack of awareness or a lack of popular will. The problem is that our governments are capitalist, and the climate crisis cannot be addressed within capitalism. Read @jasonhickel on climate solutions. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
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Due to a lack of fuel in #Gaza, people are resorting to dangerous methods that cause serious public health risks and environmental damage.
We're doing our best to deliver critical supplies, but our work is being systematically obstructed.
We're doing our best to deliver critical supplies, but our work is being systematically obstructed.
August 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Due to a lack of fuel in #Gaza, people are resorting to dangerous methods that cause serious public health risks and environmental damage.
We're doing our best to deliver critical supplies, but our work is being systematically obstructed.
We're doing our best to deliver critical supplies, but our work is being systematically obstructed.
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As a general rule, regardless of the topic, the media is at least 50% of any problem.
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Millionaire exodus numbers “fabricated” warns forensic analysis; Tax Justice Network comments - Tax Justice Network
This simply confirms our thorough debunking of these scare stories, and shows how far the opponents of fair wealth taxes are willing to go.
taxjustice.net
July 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As a general rule, regardless of the topic, the media is at least 50% of any problem.
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
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🌍 BREAKING: Climate impunity ends today - by order of the world’s highest court.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
July 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🌍 BREAKING: Climate impunity ends today - by order of the world’s highest court.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
The International Court of Justice has spoken:
✅ States are legally obliged to act
✅ Inaction = human rights violation
✅ Polluters must be held accountable
This is a legal revolution for our planet.
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Time of Monsters: UN Human Rights Chief on Gaza, Immigration, Climate Crisis, and Lack of Solidarity (Full Interview)
Time of Monsters: UN Human Rights Chief on Gaza, Immigration, Climate Crisis, and Lack of Solidarity (Full Interview)
Full interview with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in Geneva, Switzerland.
www.democracynow.org
July 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Time of Monsters: UN Human Rights Chief on Gaza, Immigration, Climate Crisis, and Lack of Solidarity (Full Interview)
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In the last 20 years, USAID has saved 92 million lives. Trump's cuts will kill 14 million people in the next 5 years.
A new study in the Lancet says the closure of USAID could lead to the premature deaths of more than 14 million people in less than five years, including 4.5 million children under the age of 5.
Donald Trump chose this. www.theguardian.com/...
Donald Trump chose this. www.theguardian.com/...
Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths
Former presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush and singer Bono send emotional message to staff as organisation closes
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
In the last 20 years, USAID has saved 92 million lives. Trump's cuts will kill 14 million people in the next 5 years.
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"Following a series of jingoistic statements reaffirming British support for Ukraine & opposition to Russia, Starmer's increase in military spending should be understood as part of a bid for European leadership."
Juliano Fiori in Tribune on Starmer’s grand designs
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/03/the-...
Juliano Fiori in Tribune on Starmer’s grand designs
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/03/the-...
The End of Illusions
Keir Starmer’s cuts to foreign aid represent a historic break with Labour tradition. But restoring international solidarity today needs new institutions of the exploited, not a revival of the dying pr...
tribunemag.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"Following a series of jingoistic statements reaffirming British support for Ukraine & opposition to Russia, Starmer's increase in military spending should be understood as part of a bid for European leadership."
Juliano Fiori in Tribune on Starmer’s grand designs
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/03/the-...
Juliano Fiori in Tribune on Starmer’s grand designs
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/03/the-...
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Mars and the Beehive Cluster. 20 April 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
April 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Mars and the Beehive Cluster. 20 April 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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This new White House executive order says that the US Attorney General is going to prevent states from implementing democratically passed laws regarding climate change and clean energy. It scarcely needs stating at this point that this is wildly, unambiguously unconstitutional. Dictator shit.
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This new White House executive order says that the US Attorney General is going to prevent states from implementing democratically passed laws regarding climate change and clean energy. It scarcely needs stating at this point that this is wildly, unambiguously unconstitutional. Dictator shit.
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Nightmare: "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Nightmare: "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
These cuts will lead to the deaths of more children than COVID, but seem to barely register with most people. We cannot let the world's richest man feed our future "into the wood chipper" at the whim of the little orange tyrant bossing him around!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
#TeslaTakedown
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
#TeslaTakedown
Final Cuts Will Eliminate U.S. Aid Agency in All but Name
The staff of U.S.A.I.D. will be reduced to some 15 legally required positions. The agency employed about 10,000 people before the Trump administration entered office.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
These cuts will lead to the deaths of more children than COVID, but seem to barely register with most people. We cannot let the world's richest man feed our future "into the wood chipper" at the whim of the little orange tyrant bossing him around!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
#TeslaTakedown
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
#TeslaTakedown
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
March 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
The money to fund a better future exists but it is being hoarded by the super-rich.
The government needs to tax extreme wealth and use it to fund renewable energy and better public services for all.
Agree? Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/tax-the... #TaxTheirBillions
The government needs to tax extreme wealth and use it to fund renewable energy and better public services for all.
Agree? Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/tax-the... #TaxTheirBillions
Tax their billions to fund renewable energy for all!
The green economy in the UK is booming. Yet, the government is approving new runways and oil giants like BP are going all-in on new oil and gas. Billionaires are richer than ever. We should be taxing ...
act.350.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The money to fund a better future exists but it is being hoarded by the super-rich.
The government needs to tax extreme wealth and use it to fund renewable energy and better public services for all.
Agree? Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/tax-the... #TaxTheirBillions
The government needs to tax extreme wealth and use it to fund renewable energy and better public services for all.
Agree? Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/tax-the... #TaxTheirBillions