Lord Gid
@gidlord.bsky.social
At work in the ruins. Permaculturer. Land worker. Forest denizen. BSc Ecology.
👉🏼Grow food, repair soil, smash capitalism.
Also party creator & disc jockier. Probably not a lord.
🌱 earthedup.com
🥒 pingleproduce.co.uk
👉🏼Grow food, repair soil, smash capitalism.
Also party creator & disc jockier. Probably not a lord.
🌱 earthedup.com
🥒 pingleproduce.co.uk
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Lord Gid
@gidlord.bsky.social
· Apr 27
Not had much time to post. Meanwhile, in the propagation tunnel...
(This is at the Earthed Up! nursery and these are all perennial vegetables & other useful plants. If you want to see this craziness irl then we're open Fri & Sat, 10 til 2. Link in reply below.)
#permaculture
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(This is at the Earthed Up! nursery and these are all perennial vegetables & other useful plants. If you want to see this craziness irl then we're open Fri & Sat, 10 til 2. Link in reply below.)
#permaculture
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"Nobody wants your crappy machine made theft collage"
from this measured rant by artist /art director Jesper Myrfors is just perfect.
from this measured rant by artist /art director Jesper Myrfors is just perfect.
jesper myrfors, magic’s original art director, providing advice to artists considering using generative ai
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"Nobody wants your crappy machine made theft collage"
from this measured rant by artist /art director Jesper Myrfors is just perfect.
from this measured rant by artist /art director Jesper Myrfors is just perfect.
Our dystopia is so much more dystopian then anything on Netflix
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our dystopia is so much more dystopian then anything on Netflix
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The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry.
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the chemical industry.
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
This is why you always follow the money.
www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/09/17/a...
All of the above (below)
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
All of the above (below)
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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#PublicServiceAnnouncement re: "climate summits":
There's only two possible outcomes to a #COP climate summit:
One: there IS agreement on a deal that doesn't mean anything.
Two: there is NO agreement on a deal that doesn't mean anything.
Both have one thing in common: they don't mean anything.
There's only two possible outcomes to a #COP climate summit:
One: there IS agreement on a deal that doesn't mean anything.
Two: there is NO agreement on a deal that doesn't mean anything.
Both have one thing in common: they don't mean anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#PublicServiceAnnouncement re: "climate summits":
There's only two possible outcomes to a #COP climate summit:
One: there IS agreement on a deal that doesn't mean anything.
Two: there is NO agreement on a deal that doesn't mean anything.
Both have one thing in common: they don't mean anything.
There's only two possible outcomes to a #COP climate summit:
One: there IS agreement on a deal that doesn't mean anything.
Two: there is NO agreement on a deal that doesn't mean anything.
Both have one thing in common: they don't mean anything.
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This is an important and heartfelt letter. Unfortunately there has been a real blindspot among some people on the British and European left. We should oppose imperialism and fascism, wherever they occur.
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
An Open Letter to Zarah Sultana
Galina Rymbu, an activist living in Ukraine, responds to Zarah Sultana's recent remarks on support for Ukraine.
heckle.scot
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is an important and heartfelt letter. Unfortunately there has been a real blindspot among some people on the British and European left. We should oppose imperialism and fascism, wherever they occur.
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
heckle.scot/2025/11/an-o...
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Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
This.
Reducing emissions without phasing out fossil fuels is like being full after a big restaurant meal and telling the waiter to keep delivering new dishes to the table with a promise that your kids and your neighbor who is not even at the table will pay the bill.
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This.
Every time I scroll through the news 😶
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Every time I scroll through the news 😶
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This is an incredibly important graph and post which a large part of the climate science community is intentionally ignoring and trying to hide.
Our climate is in a much more dangerous state than main stream climate scientists are willing to acknowledge.
Important:
Our climate is in a much more dangerous state than main stream climate scientists are willing to acknowledge.
Important:
Warning! This colorful chart is censored by IPCC - mailchi.mp/caa/warning-...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is an incredibly important graph and post which a large part of the climate science community is intentionally ignoring and trying to hide.
Our climate is in a much more dangerous state than main stream climate scientists are willing to acknowledge.
Important:
Our climate is in a much more dangerous state than main stream climate scientists are willing to acknowledge.
Important:
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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However low your expectations are of VdL, she never fails to disappoint. A disaster for the EU, on every level.
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
However low your expectations are of VdL, she never fails to disappoint. A disaster for the EU, on every level.
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Not eating animals is a very robust rule of thumb when it comes to reducing your environmental footprint and the amount of suffering your diet may be producing.
FT investigation:
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Not eating animals is a very robust rule of thumb when it comes to reducing your environmental footprint and the amount of suffering your diet may be producing.
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You know what I’m glad we have studies to prove obvious things because our society is literally whored out to data.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You know what I’m glad we have studies to prove obvious things because our society is literally whored out to data.
"This is my last column. I think the facts speak for themselves."
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"This is my last column. I think the facts speak for themselves."
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Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
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Also a company that has engaged in a massive investment strike on renewable energy so they can get paid big $$ to keep their ultra-polluting coal plants running for another decade
But because they're making vaguely correct-sounding noises on "net zero" they're spared attacks :) :)
But because they're making vaguely correct-sounding noises on "net zero" they're spared attacks :) :)
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Also a company that has engaged in a massive investment strike on renewable energy so they can get paid big $$ to keep their ultra-polluting coal plants running for another decade
But because they're making vaguely correct-sounding noises on "net zero" they're spared attacks :) :)
But because they're making vaguely correct-sounding noises on "net zero" they're spared attacks :) :)
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The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
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Really excellent point that often gets lost in the (deserved) mockery.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Really excellent point that often gets lost in the (deserved) mockery.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
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A literal fire has erupted in the middle of the United Nations conference devoted to stopping the planet from burning.
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
COP30 Is on Fire
Flames have erupted in the “Blue Zone” at the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A literal fire has erupted in the middle of the United Nations conference devoted to stopping the planet from burning.
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
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Data Center Watch worries anti-AI activism is working
making AI haters seem very cool and effective
(send this to an AI data centre hater you know!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbT... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251117-dat... - podcast
time: 6 min 29 sec
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/d... - text
making AI haters seem very cool and effective
(send this to an AI data centre hater you know!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbT... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251117-dat... - podcast
time: 6 min 29 sec
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/d... - text
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Data Center Watch worries anti-AI activism is working
making AI haters seem very cool and effective
(send this to an AI data centre hater you know!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbT... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251117-dat... - podcast
time: 6 min 29 sec
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/d... - text
making AI haters seem very cool and effective
(send this to an AI data centre hater you know!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbT... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251117-dat... - podcast
time: 6 min 29 sec
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/d... - text
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Former Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle is defecting to the Green Party
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Exclusive: Ex Labour MP to defect to the Green Party
Lloyd Russell-Moyle will announce his defection tomorrow
www.newstatesman.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Former Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle is defecting to the Green Party
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.