Michael Sheldon 🌎
@michaelsheldo.bsky.social
Standing up for diversity, equity, inclusion, climate & social justice. InterBeing. Growing fruit & veggies. Parkrunner. Born at 319 ppm.
Apathy is the greatest ally of the authoritarian.
Silence is consent
Inaction is complicity
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Apathy is the greatest ally of the authoritarian.
Silence is consent
Inaction is complicity
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Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes
The talks are the most significant sign yet that international human rights law could be reinterpreted.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
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"Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity"
The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity"
The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Congratulations to Democrats in Miami & Georgia! 🗳 💙
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Congratulations to Democrats in Miami & Georgia! 🗳 💙
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
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🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
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One thing about climate change: it disproves the capitalist ideology that poor people's suffering is their own fault.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One thing about climate change: it disproves the capitalist ideology that poor people's suffering is their own fault.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
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The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Incredible journalism from Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social on the front lines of the Donbas region, Ukraine.
'I've never seen the frontline like this before'
youtu.be/Jq2RTlhvqbc?...
'I've never seen the frontline like this before'
youtu.be/Jq2RTlhvqbc?...
I've never seen the frontline like this before
YouTube video by Caolan Robertson
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Incredible journalism from Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social on the front lines of the Donbas region, Ukraine.
'I've never seen the frontline like this before'
youtu.be/Jq2RTlhvqbc?...
'I've never seen the frontline like this before'
youtu.be/Jq2RTlhvqbc?...
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We’re launching the Earth Rover Program - trying to make geophysics actually usable for farmers. That means tackling the ridiculous price of equipment and opening up a global, easy-to-use dataset so anyone, anywhere around the globe, can understand what’s happening under their feet.
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We’re launching the Earth Rover Program - trying to make geophysics actually usable for farmers. That means tackling the ridiculous price of equipment and opening up a global, easy-to-use dataset so anyone, anywhere around the globe, can understand what’s happening under their feet.
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The European “patriotic” parties the Trump administration seeks to encourage are exactly those far-right parties which the Kremlin has so amply funded and supported for the last decade
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
From ‘Civilisational Erasure’ to the Fourth Turning: How Bannon and Dugin Captured US Strategy
The newly released National Security Strategy document vows to “cultivate resistance” inside EU states – language that tracks Steve Bannon and Aleksandr Dugin's joint declaration of war on modernity
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The European “patriotic” parties the Trump administration seeks to encourage are exactly those far-right parties which the Kremlin has so amply funded and supported for the last decade
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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This is Gaza City, filmed by the @AP
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing
Gaza will one day recover
The West's moral standing will not
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing
Gaza will one day recover
The West's moral standing will not
Trita Parsi (@tritaparsi)
This is Gaza City, filmed by the @AP.
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing."
Gaza will one day recover.
The West's moral ...
substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is Gaza City, filmed by the @AP
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing
Gaza will one day recover
The West's moral standing will not
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing
Gaza will one day recover
The West's moral standing will not
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A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn't that the same guy that once described his opponent as ‘Sleepy Joe’?
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn't that the same guy that once described his opponent as ‘Sleepy Joe’?
June 23 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen testified to the US Senate stating the greenhouse effect had been detected - the climate was in fact changing.
37 yrs ago.
All this is a political choice.
As a species we decided - profit was more important than life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
37 yrs ago.
All this is a political choice.
As a species we decided - profit was more important than life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 700 as one million evacuated
About 3.2 million people on Sumatra island have been affected, 2,600 have been injured and 504 are missing
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
June 23 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen testified to the US Senate stating the greenhouse effect had been detected - the climate was in fact changing.
37 yrs ago.
All this is a political choice.
As a species we decided - profit was more important than life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
37 yrs ago.
All this is a political choice.
As a species we decided - profit was more important than life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Yes, and we are the only country that has a Luigi as well.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yes, and we are the only country that has a Luigi as well.
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“Over nine months, Sky News’ Data and Forensics team investigated whether X’s algorithms amplify right-wing and extreme content.
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices
centralbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Over nine months, Sky News’ Data and Forensics team investigated whether X’s algorithms amplify right-wing and extreme content.
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
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In fairness, this is also Cybertrucks when there is LESS than an inch of snow 🤷♂️ #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
Cybertrucks when there's an inch of snow. 😆 #Cyberstuck
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In fairness, this is also Cybertrucks when there is LESS than an inch of snow 🤷♂️ #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
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UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
UN compares UK’s Palestine Action ban with human rights restrictions in Russia
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
UN special rapporteur on human rights says the ban is ‘an unnecessary and disproportionate restriction’ on fundamental human rights
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org