Rod McMillan
@morewretchthansage.bsky.social
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How To Tackle the Global Far Right: Expert Panel
How can we turn the tide on the global far right?
Watch our recent "Ask Us Anything" discussion with the editor and contributors to our latest edition of New Internationalist. We were so lucky to…
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How to tackle the global far right - Expert Panel Discussion from #NewInternationalist
Please check it out: some great insights
#FarRight #Fascism #Hope #Rhetoric
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Please check it out: some great insights
#FarRight #Fascism #Hope #Rhetoric
youtu.be/7qG7embBvSw?...
Do moths ever get confused by the reflection of the moon in the water?
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Do moths ever get confused by the reflection of the moon in the water?
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Africa Shows the Way
💪🏿 Coordinated protests against fossil fuels in 10+ countries
☀️ 20 African countries set new solar power records
+🔵 Pacific islanders' long campaign leads to ICJ ruling
Read 'Temperature Check' @dannychivers.bsky.social regular climate action column for New Internationalist:
💪🏿 Coordinated protests against fossil fuels in 10+ countries
☀️ 20 African countries set new solar power records
+🔵 Pacific islanders' long campaign leads to ICJ ruling
Read 'Temperature Check' @dannychivers.bsky.social regular climate action column for New Internationalist:
Temperature check: Power to the planet
From court rooms to solar panels, Danny Chivers gives us a round-up of global climate action.
newint.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Africa Shows the Way
💪🏿 Coordinated protests against fossil fuels in 10+ countries
☀️ 20 African countries set new solar power records
+🔵 Pacific islanders' long campaign leads to ICJ ruling
Read 'Temperature Check' @dannychivers.bsky.social regular climate action column for New Internationalist:
💪🏿 Coordinated protests against fossil fuels in 10+ countries
☀️ 20 African countries set new solar power records
+🔵 Pacific islanders' long campaign leads to ICJ ruling
Read 'Temperature Check' @dannychivers.bsky.social regular climate action column for New Internationalist:
These News Clubs have been such good value - been to a few now - speaking directly with world class journalists and editors on the BIG topics of the day. Inspiring. Check out this one on UN and Ukraine next week -
NOVEMBER NEWS CLUB!
On 13 Nov, contributor Lily Lynch joins us for an exclusive discussion on the UN's role in ending the war in Ukraine.
FREE tickets for NI subscribers, £5 for others. Tickets include FREE access to our recent issue on The UN at 80
#UNDay
www.tickettailor.com/events/newin...
On 13 Nov, contributor Lily Lynch joins us for an exclusive discussion on the UN's role in ending the war in Ukraine.
FREE tickets for NI subscribers, £5 for others. Tickets include FREE access to our recent issue on The UN at 80
#UNDay
www.tickettailor.com/events/newin...
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
These News Clubs have been such good value - been to a few now - speaking directly with world class journalists and editors on the BIG topics of the day. Inspiring. Check out this one on UN and Ukraine next week -
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Despite the latest ‘ceasefire’, Israel’s genocide and engineered famine continues to devastate Gaza. This magazine confronts the history of Israeli violence and the steadfast Palestinian resistance to war, displacement and annihilation.
Read more and subscribe 👉 newint.org/issues/2025/...
Read more and subscribe 👉 newint.org/issues/2025/...
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Despite the latest ‘ceasefire’, Israel’s genocide and engineered famine continues to devastate Gaza. This magazine confronts the history of Israeli violence and the steadfast Palestinian resistance to war, displacement and annihilation.
Read more and subscribe 👉 newint.org/issues/2025/...
Read more and subscribe 👉 newint.org/issues/2025/...
Genuine question: if they are literally forbidden from submitting actual facts in their defence, first - that makes justice impossible, second - how can they be sworn in to tell "The whole truth?"
Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts
Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Genuine question: if they are literally forbidden from submitting actual facts in their defence, first - that makes justice impossible, second - how can they be sworn in to tell "The whole truth?"
Separation Anxiety - Who Watches The Dog Watchers?
My exposé into the dangers of pet sitting apps, this month in 'Dogs Today' magazine.
How loopholes, poor enforcement, and profiteering put pets in danger.
#Dog #Dogs #Pets #Exposé #DogsToday
free2read.dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/dogstoday_37...
My exposé into the dangers of pet sitting apps, this month in 'Dogs Today' magazine.
How loopholes, poor enforcement, and profiteering put pets in danger.
#Dog #Dogs #Pets #Exposé #DogsToday
free2read.dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/dogstoday_37...
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Separation Anxiety - Who Watches The Dog Watchers?
My exposé into the dangers of pet sitting apps, this month in 'Dogs Today' magazine.
How loopholes, poor enforcement, and profiteering put pets in danger.
#Dog #Dogs #Pets #Exposé #DogsToday
free2read.dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/dogstoday_37...
My exposé into the dangers of pet sitting apps, this month in 'Dogs Today' magazine.
How loopholes, poor enforcement, and profiteering put pets in danger.
#Dog #Dogs #Pets #Exposé #DogsToday
free2read.dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/dogstoday_37...
The Fourteenth Book is entitled, “What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?” It doesn’t take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period. This is it: “Nothing.
#SoItGoes
#SoItGoes
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Fourteenth Book is entitled, “What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?” It doesn’t take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period. This is it: “Nothing.
#SoItGoes
#SoItGoes
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
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Hands off socks, Hands on Clocks!
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Hands off socks, Hands on Clocks!
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October 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Hands off socks, Hands on Clocks!
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Hands off socks, Hands on Clocks!
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Our disposable culture & planned obsolescence are the root of many problems - as is isolation from lack of community.
Reduced environmental impact, mutual aid and tackling the cost of living crisis all intersect at Repair Café!
My piece is in the Carluke and Lanark Gazette this week.
Reduced environmental impact, mutual aid and tackling the cost of living crisis all intersect at Repair Café!
My piece is in the Carluke and Lanark Gazette this week.
October 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Our disposable culture & planned obsolescence are the root of many problems - as is isolation from lack of community.
Reduced environmental impact, mutual aid and tackling the cost of living crisis all intersect at Repair Café!
My piece is in the Carluke and Lanark Gazette this week.
Reduced environmental impact, mutual aid and tackling the cost of living crisis all intersect at Repair Café!
My piece is in the Carluke and Lanark Gazette this week.
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"The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"The chat offers an unfiltered look at how a new generation of GOP activists talk when they think no one is listening." www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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“You want to create a slogan that nobody’s going to be against & everybody’s going to be for. Nobody knows what it
means, because it doesn’t mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy?” Noam Chomsky
means, because it doesn’t mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy?” Noam Chomsky
October 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“You want to create a slogan that nobody’s going to be against & everybody’s going to be for. Nobody knows what it
means, because it doesn’t mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy?” Noam Chomsky
means, because it doesn’t mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy?” Noam Chomsky
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This was me in 2016
October 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This was me in 2016
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I took this photo in 2014.
October 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I took this photo in 2014.
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See you on Thusday in #London at #intelligencesquared with #cocokhan It is a good time to talk about Fascism and how we are going to stand against it. No? www.intelligencesquared.com/events/how-t...
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
See you on Thusday in #London at #intelligencesquared with #cocokhan It is a good time to talk about Fascism and how we are going to stand against it. No? www.intelligencesquared.com/events/how-t...
The Trump administration is simultaneously claiming that #Antifa is 100 years old, AND that they have "arrested the girlfriend of one of the founders."
#MakeItMakeSense #Politics
#MakeItMakeSense #Politics
October 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Trump administration is simultaneously claiming that #Antifa is 100 years old, AND that they have "arrested the girlfriend of one of the founders."
#MakeItMakeSense #Politics
#MakeItMakeSense #Politics
Africa needs a just transition. There have been over 330 incidents of violence in the last few years related to mineral extraction. Hear Alaka Lugonzo speak;
#Cobalt #DRC #Africa #Politics
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#Cobalt #DRC #Africa #Politics
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TikTok - Make Your Day
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October 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Africa needs a just transition. There have been over 330 incidents of violence in the last few years related to mineral extraction. Hear Alaka Lugonzo speak;
#Cobalt #DRC #Africa #Politics
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdn8CbRf/
#Cobalt #DRC #Africa #Politics
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdn8CbRf/
From X 👇🏼 Hoping that @bsky.app will be a better digital home soon, for it seems I’ll have to exile myself from X as many have already done.
October 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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f*ck yeah
October 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
f*ck yeah
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A message from Hungary on political realism and the need for Solidarity to fight through #FarRight.
#politics #szikra #green #left
youtube.com/shorts/kAST5...
#politics #szikra #green #left
youtube.com/shorts/kAST5...
Political Realism & Solidarity Against the Far Right
Balász Turcsán of the Green / Left Hungarian Szikra movement, spoke at our recent event on tackling the global far right, talking of the need for solidarity and political realism.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Wow, so much for being 'thrilled' about £4.5 million funding - works out that's less than a tenner per patient per year! 🤬 #LongCovid
youtube.com/shorts/KSgGr...
youtube.com/shorts/KSgGr...
Scottish Government Funding Fails Long Covid & ME Patients | Our 2025 Survey Results #longcovid
This week the Scottish Government celebrated it's funding announcement -Annual funding is welcome, however when £4.5 million divided by the Scots with Long Covid, ME and CFS is only £9.70 per…
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October 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Wow, so much for being 'thrilled' about £4.5 million funding - works out that's less than a tenner per patient per year! 🤬 #LongCovid
youtube.com/shorts/KSgGr...
youtube.com/shorts/KSgGr...
A message from Hungary on political realism and the need for Solidarity to fight through #FarRight.
#politics #szikra #green #left
youtube.com/shorts/kAST5...
#politics #szikra #green #left
youtube.com/shorts/kAST5...
Political Realism & Solidarity Against the Far Right
Balász Turcsán of the Green / Left Hungarian Szikra movement, spoke at our recent event on tackling the global far right, talking of the need for solidarity and political realism.
Subscribe and…
youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Seed of an idea; If they bring in ID cards what if, en mass, we all deed poll our names to Winston Smith in protest?
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Seed of an idea; If they bring in ID cards what if, en mass, we all deed poll our names to Winston Smith in protest?
If you want inspiration, but a break from the news: check out my friends podcast.
Kelly takes you on a tour of Paris, in series one each station tells the tale of the French Resistance hero it is named after.
#Resist #Antifa #Podcast #France #Inspiring
metrostoppodcast.podbean.com
Kelly takes you on a tour of Paris, in series one each station tells the tale of the French Resistance hero it is named after.
#Resist #Antifa #Podcast #France #Inspiring
metrostoppodcast.podbean.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If you want inspiration, but a break from the news: check out my friends podcast.
Kelly takes you on a tour of Paris, in series one each station tells the tale of the French Resistance hero it is named after.
#Resist #Antifa #Podcast #France #Inspiring
metrostoppodcast.podbean.com
Kelly takes you on a tour of Paris, in series one each station tells the tale of the French Resistance hero it is named after.
#Resist #Antifa #Podcast #France #Inspiring
metrostoppodcast.podbean.com
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Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.
Genocide in Gaza is.
June 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.
Genocide in Gaza is.