Mike Brady
@mikebrady.bsky.social
Elon Musk says he’ll take a million people to Mars as backup against the collapse of civilisation - while he’s installing politicians who’ll kill net zero: Trump, Advance UK (after Reform UK), AfD. What's going on?
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Mike Brady
@mikebrady.bsky.social
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They didn’t question why Musk, the EV guy, backed a climate change liar for President.
Why he said vote Reform UK & AfD when they too will kill net zero.
Or notice how DOGE threats led the FAA to clear his exploding Starships for launch.
Or that Musk fell out with Trump over who is NASA Director.
Why he said vote Reform UK & AfD when they too will kill net zero.
Or notice how DOGE threats led the FAA to clear his exploding Starships for launch.
Or that Musk fell out with Trump over who is NASA Director.
Do MAGA fall for this?
“Trump has accused Maduro's government of using "stolen" oil to "finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping".”
Usually criminals try to launder profits from illegal activities. Trump claims they subsidise them, as if they’re charitable!
“Trump has accused Maduro's government of using "stolen" oil to "finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping".”
Usually criminals try to launder profits from illegal activities. Trump claims they subsidise them, as if they’re charitable!
US seizes vessel in international waters off Venezuela's coast, officials say
The move comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Do MAGA fall for this?
“Trump has accused Maduro's government of using "stolen" oil to "finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping".”
Usually criminals try to launder profits from illegal activities. Trump claims they subsidise them, as if they’re charitable!
“Trump has accused Maduro's government of using "stolen" oil to "finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping".”
Usually criminals try to launder profits from illegal activities. Trump claims they subsidise them, as if they’re charitable!
Remember that Elon Musk dropped the “big bomb” claiming Trump is in the Epstein Files.
As my article for @northwestbylines.co.uk explained, Musk’s post 25 minutes earlier reveals the real reason why he fell out with Trump and wants to replace him with JD Vance.
As my article for @northwestbylines.co.uk explained, Musk’s post 25 minutes earlier reveals the real reason why he fell out with Trump and wants to replace him with JD Vance.
The real reason the Big Beautiful friendship ended
Elon Musk and President Trump have dramatically fallen out, but much of the media has missed the real cause of the Big Beautiful bust-up
northwestbylines.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Remember that Elon Musk dropped the “big bomb” claiming Trump is in the Epstein Files.
As my article for @northwestbylines.co.uk explained, Musk’s post 25 minutes earlier reveals the real reason why he fell out with Trump and wants to replace him with JD Vance.
As my article for @northwestbylines.co.uk explained, Musk’s post 25 minutes earlier reveals the real reason why he fell out with Trump and wants to replace him with JD Vance.
Although @therestpolitics.bsky.social and @rory-stewart.bsky.social aren’t promoting their series on AI on BlueSky it is well worth a listen.
Matt Clifford is an AI optimist.
As a professional translator, I moved into Machine Translation Post Editing. Now even that role has gone.
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Matt Clifford is an AI optimist.
As a professional translator, I moved into Machine Translation Post Editing. Now even that role has gone.
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Trailer
open.spotify.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Although @therestpolitics.bsky.social and @rory-stewart.bsky.social aren’t promoting their series on AI on BlueSky it is well worth a listen.
Matt Clifford is an AI optimist.
As a professional translator, I moved into Machine Translation Post Editing. Now even that role has gone.
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Matt Clifford is an AI optimist.
As a professional translator, I moved into Machine Translation Post Editing. Now even that role has gone.
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🚨The courage, the honor, the truth and candor missing from the U.S. government in this moment has one unadulterated Congressperson who is standing up to the lies: Senator Mark Kelly. Spread this message, this truth, this courage.
December 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🚨The courage, the honor, the truth and candor missing from the U.S. government in this moment has one unadulterated Congressperson who is standing up to the lies: Senator Mark Kelly. Spread this message, this truth, this courage.
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Trump is willing to kill us all with his ignorant vendetta against net zero.
Musk claims personal credit for buying the presidency for Trump, while also using X to catalyse the rise of Reform UK and AfD, who likewise pledge to kill net zero.
See post 2 to understand Musk and how to stop him.
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Musk claims personal credit for buying the presidency for Trump, while also using X to catalyse the rise of Reform UK and AfD, who likewise pledge to kill net zero.
See post 2 to understand Musk and how to stop him.
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‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trump is willing to kill us all with his ignorant vendetta against net zero.
Musk claims personal credit for buying the presidency for Trump, while also using X to catalyse the rise of Reform UK and AfD, who likewise pledge to kill net zero.
See post 2 to understand Musk and how to stop him.
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Musk claims personal credit for buying the presidency for Trump, while also using X to catalyse the rise of Reform UK and AfD, who likewise pledge to kill net zero.
See post 2 to understand Musk and how to stop him.
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Those tree hugging hippies in Hungary now lead the world in the share of electricity generated from solar with almost 25% of their electricity coming from solar in 2024.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Those tree hugging hippies in Hungary now lead the world in the share of electricity generated from solar with almost 25% of their electricity coming from solar in 2024.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.
Using immigration to supplement a declining and ageing population, as @georgemonbiot.bsky.social suggests, is surely a Ponzi scheme.
Immigrants also age and all fertility rates respond to the cost of living.
You will forever be playing catchup.
Details post 2, solution in 3.
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Immigrants also age and all fertility rates respond to the cost of living.
You will forever be playing catchup.
Details post 2, solution in 3.
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Trump thinks immigrants will destroy Europe. The truth is the opposite.
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot
These are the facts: plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapse, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Using immigration to supplement a declining and ageing population, as @georgemonbiot.bsky.social suggests, is surely a Ponzi scheme.
Immigrants also age and all fertility rates respond to the cost of living.
You will forever be playing catchup.
Details post 2, solution in 3.
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Immigrants also age and all fertility rates respond to the cost of living.
You will forever be playing catchup.
Details post 2, solution in 3.
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Listen to the most influential UK political podcast warning Europe and historic US allies that Trump, JD Vance and Musk are out to destroy their governments to put in the far-right who will subjugate these nations to the US America First agenda.
Post 2 explains how to stop them.
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Post 2 explains how to stop them.
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New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - deep dive on the seismic new USA national security strategy- quite something to see them on the same page as Russia on so many issues and openly campaigning for hard right parties in Europe
alastaircampbell.org/2025/12/477-...
alastaircampbell.org/2025/12/477-...
477. How Trump’s Security Strategy Destroys The Old World Order - Alastair Campbell
Has Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy officially upended 80 years of American foreign policy? Why does it warn of Europe’s “civilisational erasure” while downplaying threats from its traditional...
alastaircampbell.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Listen to the most influential UK political podcast warning Europe and historic US allies that Trump, JD Vance and Musk are out to destroy their governments to put in the far-right who will subjugate these nations to the US America First agenda.
Post 2 explains how to stop them.
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Post 2 explains how to stop them.
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Wind power capacity in the UK keeps breaking records. ⬇️
Meanwhile, a Battery Energy Storage System to use the grid connection of the old Fiddler’s Ferry decommissioned coal-fired power station has been blocked by the council.
Meanwhile, a Battery Energy Storage System to use the grid connection of the old Fiddler’s Ferry decommissioned coal-fired power station has been blocked by the council.
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wind power capacity in the UK keeps breaking records. ⬇️
Meanwhile, a Battery Energy Storage System to use the grid connection of the old Fiddler’s Ferry decommissioned coal-fired power station has been blocked by the council.
Meanwhile, a Battery Energy Storage System to use the grid connection of the old Fiddler’s Ferry decommissioned coal-fired power station has been blocked by the council.
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
This guy is a pathological liar.
Understand that and act accordingly.
Understand that and act accordingly.
Trump: "It was a rigged election. It's gonna come out over the next couple months too, loud and clear. Because we have all the information."
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This guy is a pathological liar.
Understand that and act accordingly.
Understand that and act accordingly.
Just a reminder that Ukraine holds all the cards if international law means anything and the US could be trusted to stand by its commitments.
The reality that under Trump these cannot be relied on tells us how we should view him and his ridiculous regime.
The reality that under Trump these cannot be relied on tells us how we should view him and his ridiculous regime.
As Trump plans to meet Putin, remind everyone that Zelensky holds all the cards - if words and treaty commitments mean anything.
Russia and the US (and UK) gave the commitments in this treaty to Ukraine when it surrendered its nuclear weapons.
treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...
Russia and the US (and UK) gave the commitments in this treaty to Ukraine when it surrendered its nuclear weapons.
treaties.un.org/doc/Publicat...
treaties.un.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Just a reminder that Ukraine holds all the cards if international law means anything and the US could be trusted to stand by its commitments.
The reality that under Trump these cannot be relied on tells us how we should view him and his ridiculous regime.
The reality that under Trump these cannot be relied on tells us how we should view him and his ridiculous regime.
Listen to this podcast from the @newsagents.bsky.social ⬇️
Everyone needs to realise that the most outrageous comments from Trump, JD Vance and Musk tell us who they really are.
Don’t laugh, forget these provocations and move on to treat them as allies.
Everyone needs to realise that the most outrageous comments from Trump, JD Vance and Musk tell us who they really are.
Don’t laugh, forget these provocations and move on to treat them as allies.
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Listen to this podcast from the @newsagents.bsky.social ⬇️
Everyone needs to realise that the most outrageous comments from Trump, JD Vance and Musk tell us who they really are.
Don’t laugh, forget these provocations and move on to treat them as allies.
Everyone needs to realise that the most outrageous comments from Trump, JD Vance and Musk tell us who they really are.
Don’t laugh, forget these provocations and move on to treat them as allies.
Reposted by Mike Brady
Reposted by Mike Brady
‘The Chinese will not pause’
Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date www.theguardian.com/business/202...
While the Row is still just thinking, China is just doing
Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date www.theguardian.com/business/202...
While the Row is still just thinking, China is just doing
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
‘The Chinese will not pause’
Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date www.theguardian.com/business/202...
While the Row is still just thinking, China is just doing
Volvo and Polestar bosses urge EU to stick to 2035 petrol car ban
Swedish carmakers push to retain target as Germany lobbies to help its own industry by softening cutoff date www.theguardian.com/business/202...
While the Row is still just thinking, China is just doing
“The government and the Environment Agency have already warned of an England-wide water deficit of 6bn litres a day by 2055.”
Presumably this calculation includes population growth figures. Whereas we could manage the low fertility rate and migration to achieve sustainability. See post 2.
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Presumably this calculation includes population growth figures. Whereas we could manage the low fertility rate and migration to achieve sustainability. See post 2.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“The government and the Environment Agency have already warned of an England-wide water deficit of 6bn litres a day by 2055.”
Presumably this calculation includes population growth figures. Whereas we could manage the low fertility rate and migration to achieve sustainability. See post 2.
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Presumably this calculation includes population growth figures. Whereas we could manage the low fertility rate and migration to achieve sustainability. See post 2.
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We are galloping towards feudalism in the UK and much of the capitalist world.
This report highlighted in @theguardian.com documents how the extremely wealthy concentrate power to further entrench their wealth.
I think instead of being serfs fighting each other for scraps, we should wake up.
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This report highlighted in @theguardian.com documents how the extremely wealthy concentrate power to further entrench their wealth.
I think instead of being serfs fighting each other for scraps, we should wake up.
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Equality Trust report on how 'structural corruption' is undermining democracy: the unelected power of the ultra-rich, a small number increasingly dominating our sources of information from media to google and AI, and using donations to influence politics.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We are galloping towards feudalism in the UK and much of the capitalist world.
This report highlighted in @theguardian.com documents how the extremely wealthy concentrate power to further entrench their wealth.
I think instead of being serfs fighting each other for scraps, we should wake up.
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This report highlighted in @theguardian.com documents how the extremely wealthy concentrate power to further entrench their wealth.
I think instead of being serfs fighting each other for scraps, we should wake up.
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China replacing its diesel trucks with electric models faster than expected, reshaping China's fuel demand and the future of heavy transport, along with global fuel demand
Correcting the headline
As fast as I expected
apnews.com/article/chin...
It will only get faster from now
Correcting the headline
As fast as I expected
apnews.com/article/chin...
It will only get faster from now
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
China replacing its diesel trucks with electric models faster than expected, reshaping China's fuel demand and the future of heavy transport, along with global fuel demand
Correcting the headline
As fast as I expected
apnews.com/article/chin...
It will only get faster from now
Correcting the headline
As fast as I expected
apnews.com/article/chin...
It will only get faster from now
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All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
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"What is the best kept secret in British politics? It must be falling immigration"
My Eastern Eye column this week on the noise and nuance of how we talk and think about immigration
www.easterneye.biz/uk-immigrati...
My Eastern Eye column this week on the noise and nuance of how we talk and think about immigration
www.easterneye.biz/uk-immigrati...
‘Whisper it, migration numbers have fallen’
Expert says political rhetoric is in contrast to public attitudes
www.easterneye.biz
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"What is the best kept secret in British politics? It must be falling immigration"
My Eastern Eye column this week on the noise and nuance of how we talk and think about immigration
www.easterneye.biz/uk-immigrati...
My Eastern Eye column this week on the noise and nuance of how we talk and think about immigration
www.easterneye.biz/uk-immigrati...
Using immigration to the UK to replace retiring workers and to boost the economy is a Ponzi scheme. Unlike under freedom of movement, they will also retire in the UK.
Why not make work pay so people have the children they want and give them the skills - while welcoming refugees needing sanctuary?
Why not make work pay so people have the children they want and give them the skills - while welcoming refugees needing sanctuary?
Stop talking about immigration in isolation
Mike Brady published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Using immigration to the UK to replace retiring workers and to boost the economy is a Ponzi scheme. Unlike under freedom of movement, they will also retire in the UK.
Why not make work pay so people have the children they want and give them the skills - while welcoming refugees needing sanctuary?
Why not make work pay so people have the children they want and give them the skills - while welcoming refugees needing sanctuary?
Budget day in the UK.
It is worth remembering that in the budget of the last Tory Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt: “the figures that Hunt announced – and to which Labour promised to adhere – are based on entirely fictitious future spending plans.”
Labour courageously has to face the reality today.
It is worth remembering that in the budget of the last Tory Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt: “the figures that Hunt announced – and to which Labour promised to adhere – are based on entirely fictitious future spending plans.”
Labour courageously has to face the reality today.
Jeremy Hunt's 2024 spring budget highlights our politicians’ pretence over public spending | Institute for Government
The figures that Hunt announced are based on fictitious future spending plans.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Budget day in the UK.
It is worth remembering that in the budget of the last Tory Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt: “the figures that Hunt announced – and to which Labour promised to adhere – are based on entirely fictitious future spending plans.”
Labour courageously has to face the reality today.
It is worth remembering that in the budget of the last Tory Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt: “the figures that Hunt announced – and to which Labour promised to adhere – are based on entirely fictitious future spending plans.”
Labour courageously has to face the reality today.
A poor outcome from COP 30, but UK Climate Minister, Ed Miliband, and EU climate commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra, got in a reference to the UAE consensus on phasing out fossil fuels.
Nothing, however, on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. That’s how to stop wreckers like Trump and Musk - post 2.
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Nothing, however, on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. That’s how to stop wreckers like Trump and Musk - post 2.
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‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A poor outcome from COP 30, but UK Climate Minister, Ed Miliband, and EU climate commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra, got in a reference to the UAE consensus on phasing out fossil fuels.
Nothing, however, on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. That’s how to stop wreckers like Trump and Musk - post 2.
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Nothing, however, on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms. That’s how to stop wreckers like Trump and Musk - post 2.
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There needs to be greater discussion on the impact of AI. See this article from @johnharris1969.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
And remember, as Elon Musk powers ahead with AI, he posts of his existential dread ⬇️ and plans to escape to Mars to survive the collapse of civilisation (post 2).
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And remember, as Elon Musk powers ahead with AI, he posts of his existential dread ⬇️ and plans to escape to Mars to survive the collapse of civilisation (post 2).
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November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There needs to be greater discussion on the impact of AI. See this article from @johnharris1969.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
And remember, as Elon Musk powers ahead with AI, he posts of his existential dread ⬇️ and plans to escape to Mars to survive the collapse of civilisation (post 2).
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And remember, as Elon Musk powers ahead with AI, he posts of his existential dread ⬇️ and plans to escape to Mars to survive the collapse of civilisation (post 2).
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