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James Connelly
@jamescon.bsky.social
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Emeritus Prof, Hull. Writing Collingwood bio / Philosophical Idealism, Environmental politics & ethics, Elections/electoral systems / Minsters Rail Campaign /[email protected] / https://hull.academia.edu/JamesConnelly .. more

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3h
All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 3h
UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told
#Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told
Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate
www.theguardian.com
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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 3h
In a Cabinet of dullards, Ed Miliband's light shines brighter
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site
Tillbridge solar farm will be built in county where Reform UK’s anti-renewables agenda has rising support
www.theguardian.com
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James Connelly @jamescon.bsky.social · 15h
Given that he proudly claims never to use a teleprompter, how would he know it wasn't working?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d
To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 1d
There’s a soul-destroying attitude that I have difficulty explaining but basically when people take the risk of people not liking their art out of art the art is worse
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Reposted by Jonathan Wolff, James Goodwin, James Connelly

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 1d
Reports that a North Carolina congressional redraw is now going to happen, most likely targeting NC-01, the eastern North Carolina district of Black Democrat Don Davis.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 1d
They canceled my work on race and media.

So I built a @resistanceschool.bsky.social instead.

Now we are teaching over 600 students.

Week 2 of Race, Media and International Affairs starts today.

We move ✊🏾💪🏾
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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 1d
Sanity says: “if there is a risk that the AMOC is weakening and heading towards a tipping point, we need to act on that (just like with other major risks). This is not an issue where we can afford to wait until we are certain, or pretend it’s just an academic discussion without major consequences.”
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2d
High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)
The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...
www.realclimate.org
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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 1d
One thing is clear: renewables don’t fit within the political economy of neoliberal capitalism.

We have to choose between the profits of oil producers, and the health and prosperity of entire societies. But our politicians
care more about the former than the latter.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
How the rich world lost the race to renewable energy
Renewables are booming in the global South – but vested interests and corrupt governments are blocking progress in the global North.
substack.com
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Reposted by Steve Peers, James Connelly

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits
Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits
Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government * UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK’s deputy leader has admitted the party cannot deliver the £90bn in tax cuts promised in its manifesto, saying it would concentrate on public spending cuts once in government. Richard Tice said key election pledges such as lifting the income tax threshold would be an “aspiration” and that once in government Reform would concentrate on cutting the civil service and scrapping net zero. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Arthur Geßler, Ben Bond‐Lamberty , and 2 more

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2d
High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)
The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...
www.realclimate.org
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 4d
Pastor struck by ICE disputes Trump administration’s ‘false’ account of protest
Pastor struck by ICE disputes Trump administration’s ‘false’ account of protest
www.independent.co.uk
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 4d
Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 4d
🆕 Research by @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social shows how far-right actors increasingly shape the agendas of mainstream parties—especially around Islam, migration & cultural issues.

📖 buff.ly/PbHSKpC
#politics #communication #mainstreaming”
Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 4d
Excellent panel yesterday on "pathways to a biodiverse future". @guyshrubsole.bsky.social started with a celebration of what we can experience as abundant nature, despite all the bad news and shifting baseline. Sights of (here Devon) temperate rainforest fragments & lichens always cheer me up!
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scottishgreens.org
Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 4d
Solar grew by 31% globally in the first half of 2025, while wind grew by nearly 8%.

Renewable energy is the future, providing safe, clean and cheap power - in sharp contrast to the volatility of fossil fuels.

In Scotland we must continue building on our success in this booming industry.
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Mark Lubell, James Connelly

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5d
The New York Post has been honest brokered.

The IPCC is lucky to have @frediotto.bsky.social as a coordinating lead author.
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
www.eenews.net
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kevinjkircher.com
Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 5d
Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 5d
Fiona Bruce shuts down Zack Polanski's attempt to press Zia Yusuf over Reform UK's links to Putin.

"Bribrary from Russia. Pretty serious for our national security."

"There's other things that the audience wants to talk about", Bruce responds.

Good on @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
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Reposted by Tom Griffin, Aurélien Mondon, James Connelly

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 6d
BREAKING: The National Union of Journalists describe the Conservative Party's banning of Byline Times journalists from covering their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference
The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
bylinetimes.com
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6d
Interesting comments
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7d
Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow
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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 6d
Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference
University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.
www.insidehighered.com
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 6d
“Now it seems a seminal report by the joint intelligence committee on the threats to UK security of the collapse of critically important ecosystems is being swept under the carpet by a government embarrassed by its failure to provide....leadership"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn
Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published
www.theguardian.com
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
theverge.com
The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 7d
The biggest environmental pollution legal action brought in the UK will be filed in the High Court on Wednesday over alleged degradation of the River Wye. Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Biggest UK pollution case to be filed over River Wye
Thousands of people are seeking substantial damages and for the waterway to be cleaned of a ‘mountain of chicken manure’
www.thetimes.com
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 7d
2/ More info on the threat to the Protected Landscapes Duty: www.cnp.org.uk/about/our-wo...

Here's the joint letter I've signed along with 170 other green groups & environmentalists: www.cnp.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 7d
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists

Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups
Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com
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Maebh Ní Fhallúin @maebhnif.bsky.social · 7d
Waste imperialism

"All EU plastic waste exports should be banned to anywhere outside the EU"

#ReduceConsumption

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
www.theguardian.com
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Schauinsland @soweitsogut.troet.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 7d
Go #greens!
Under new leader Zack #polanski, Britain’s Green Party has become the fastest growing political party in #britain in terms of membership.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-walter-young-women-joining-green-party-conference-gaze-refugees?
Natasha Walter: Why young women are going Green
As politics becomes increasingly xenophobic, the Greta Thunberg generation is flocking to join a party with both a strong stance on Gaza and refugee rights
www.thenerve.news
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