Henry Sparks
@henrysparks.bsky.social
Musician, retired architect and climate activist but along the way I have done every shit job under the sun and it seems like I still am!
FDOTM: The way things go...nothing works, even those things that could work they make worse! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Have you seen the new BoM website? Everyone is so mad about it | First Dog on the Moon
We just want things to work! Why is that too much to ask at the end of the world?
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
FDOTM: The way things go...nothing works, even those things that could work they make worse! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been endorsed by Sunrise Movement! @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been endorsed by Sunrise Movement! @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
A Green New Deal and aggressive climate action are essential for our future — I promise to fight for both when I’m in Congress and also on the campaign trail.
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The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
Trump’s signals to Zelensky and Europe: Accept this plan or you’re on your own | CNN
The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
Quiet piggy trump!
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Quiet piggy trump!
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Think about it!
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Think about it!
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Sensitive, amusing and perceptive animation! youtu.be/SwvSIAe1oQ8?...
Pageturner
YouTube video by lopmotion
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November 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Sensitive, amusing and perceptive animation! youtu.be/SwvSIAe1oQ8?...
Here we go...piggy is cornered!
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Outrage after Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
US president roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Here we go...piggy is cornered!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
" ...on four cornerstones: money for adaptation, better quality and accountability for climate finance, a clear focus on tackling the biggest sources of climate pollution – fossil fuels and deforestation – and a commitment to drive it all with a just transition." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap
Exclusive: Summit leadership ignores letter from 29 nations threatening to block progress without commitment to transition
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
" ...on four cornerstones: money for adaptation, better quality and accountability for climate finance, a clear focus on tackling the biggest sources of climate pollution – fossil fuels and deforestation – and a commitment to drive it all with a just transition." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We Ain’t Buying It
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November 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
FDOTM say it like it is again... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now? | First Dog on the Moon
Wait … I’m hearing you have worked it out you’re just not doing it
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November 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
FDOTM say it like it is again... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
FDOTM: "Grinding poverty is only as far away as your next run of bad luck!" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Welcome to Barangaroo! We graciously provide affordable housing but you’re not allowed to enjoy it | First Dog on the Moon
No sooking! If you wanted an apartment with a pool(s) you should have been a banking executive or some such
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November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
FDOTM: "Grinding poverty is only as far away as your next run of bad luck!" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A tip from the top in case anyone in the US regime gets any silly ideas following the election of the new mayor of NYC. (Rick in Casablanca)
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A tip from the top in case anyone in the US regime gets any silly ideas following the election of the new mayor of NYC. (Rick in Casablanca)
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/Im26fc2y
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE, the federal agency behind mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. Cancel your Spotify subscription. #DontStreamFascism app.sosha.ai/s/Im26fc2y
"Carson shows us how extremism, when it takes hold, provides these young men with purpose, work, a narrative, hope and clearly defined roles." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A prophetic 1933 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all | Charlotte Higgins
Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross was written and set during the rise of nazism. It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it, says the Guardian’s chief culture write...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"Carson shows us how extremism, when it takes hold, provides these young men with purpose, work, a narrative, hope and clearly defined roles." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yeah! FDOTM says it again...humour is the best way of dealing with the awful state of the world (and fascists)! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s an exciting week for the penguin community, we’re all waiting to see who is the winner … I mean loser | First Dog on the Moon
Bird of the year? Hell no!
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October 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Yeah! FDOTM says it again...humour is the best way of dealing with the awful state of the world (and fascists)! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This was the final XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike. That's all folks: love and rage!
July 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM
This was the final XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike. That's all folks: love and rage!
Please come out and join us for the final 200th XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High street. After 4 years the problem is not solved, far from it! The CLIMATE EMERGENCY is an ever present danger to earth and its inhabitants. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
July 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Please come out and join us for the final 200th XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High street. After 4 years the problem is not solved, far from it! The CLIMATE EMERGENCY is an ever present danger to earth and its inhabitants. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
Join us for XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #199 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High st. We will be talking with passers by about the lack of leadership and concrete action from world wide politicians. Pols say 60% are for climate emergency action in UK. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
July 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Join us for XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #199 12-1pm in the middle of Canterbury High st. We will be talking with passers by about the lack of leadership and concrete action from world wide politicians. Pols say 60% are for climate emergency action in UK. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #198 in the middle of Canterbury High st 12-1pm. We will be talking about the Climate Crisis and the fact that world governments are not telling people the truth about global warming and what to do about it. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
July 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Join us for the XR Canterbury Friday Climate Strike #198 in the middle of Canterbury High st 12-1pm. We will be talking about the Climate Crisis and the fact that world governments are not telling people the truth about global warming and what to do about it. #ClimateStrike #FridayCimateStrike
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We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
July 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”