Peter Lipman
@peterlipman.bsky.social
I've been a teacher, a co-operative worker, a lawyer and external affairs director at UK charity Sustrans, and am the former chair of Transition Network, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Common Cause Foundation.
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How Amazon, from its warehouses to the killing fields of Gaza to our public services, is becoming out technofeudal overlord. And how the Resistance is already beginning! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
Amazon Web Services owns the basic infrastructure for other businesses to operate online, turning even governments into its serfs, says the leader of MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
How Amazon, from its warehouses to the killing fields of Gaza to our public services, is becoming out technofeudal overlord. And how the Resistance is already beginning! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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And thanks for reminders that that's just part of the domestic toll; the human sacrifice that was the dismantling of USAID is said to have resulted in 600,000 deaths so far, 400,000 of them children, and JD Vance smiled upon all this.
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And thanks for reminders that that's just part of the domestic toll; the human sacrifice that was the dismantling of USAID is said to have resulted in 600,000 deaths so far, 400,000 of them children, and JD Vance smiled upon all this.
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Between tearing babies from their parents' arms and traumatizing countless children, abandoning climate action and environmental protection, and loosing RFK on public health, the Trump Administration is engaging in quite a bit of child sacrifice. To their right-mania goals.
Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Between tearing babies from their parents' arms and traumatizing countless children, abandoning climate action and environmental protection, and loosing RFK on public health, the Trump Administration is engaging in quite a bit of child sacrifice. To their right-mania goals.
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Or, kidnapping them from Africa, enslaving them, raping them, and enslaving/raping their children.
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Or, kidnapping them from Africa, enslaving them, raping them, and enslaving/raping their children.
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Or drowning them as witches.
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Or drowning them as witches.
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Christians were the ones burning girls and women at the stake.
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Christians were the ones burning girls and women at the stake.
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Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
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Dept. of your politics are political but our politics are apolitical (which goes all the way up to "our gender ideology is not a gender ideology but yours is").
The spirit of Thanksgiving has infused the White House press office today, bringing us together in a blessed moment of harmony and goodwill.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Dept. of your politics are political but our politics are apolitical (which goes all the way up to "our gender ideology is not a gender ideology but yours is").
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Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Tesla Model Y Is The Most Defective Car This Year, Germany Says - Jalopnik
The report comes from TÜV SÜD, a German auditing, inspection, and certification firm, and is based on data collected from about 9.5 million vehicle inspections.
www.jalopnik.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every year Tesla ranks as the worst for road worthiness amongst ALL brands, not just EV.
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
Every. Single. Year.
💩 🤡 🚗
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Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
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Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
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AI will enable productivity gains, they said…
AI-enabled NIMBYism has come to clean energy deployment. Virtually all the examples mentioned in this piece are wind, solar and transmission projects. 💡🔌
How Scottish campaigners are using AI to battle rural planning applications
Tool allows individuals to send unique, complex objections of about 4,000 words within a couple of minutes
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
AI will enable productivity gains, they said…
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Congratulations to the silicon valley abundance agenda
AI-enabled NIMBYism has come to clean energy deployment. Virtually all the examples mentioned in this piece are wind, solar and transmission projects. 💡🔌
How Scottish campaigners are using AI to battle rural planning applications
Tool allows individuals to send unique, complex objections of about 4,000 words within a couple of minutes
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Congratulations to the silicon valley abundance agenda
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Withdrawing bad goals is good!
Another I think would help is clarifying or withdrawing the network management duty on highway authorities to seek the “avoidance, elimination or reduction of road congestion”.
Most attempts to solve congestion fail, and increase traffic dominance.
We can do better.
Another I think would help is clarifying or withdrawing the network management duty on highway authorities to seek the “avoidance, elimination or reduction of road congestion”.
Most attempts to solve congestion fail, and increase traffic dominance.
We can do better.
This has been the primary goal of UK oil and gas policy for nearly a decade and has stood as one of the clearest and most unequivocal indicators that UK government may well be incapable of addressing the climate crisis effectively. And now it’s gone
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November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Withdrawing bad goals is good!
Another I think would help is clarifying or withdrawing the network management duty on highway authorities to seek the “avoidance, elimination or reduction of road congestion”.
Most attempts to solve congestion fail, and increase traffic dominance.
We can do better.
Another I think would help is clarifying or withdrawing the network management duty on highway authorities to seek the “avoidance, elimination or reduction of road congestion”.
Most attempts to solve congestion fail, and increase traffic dominance.
We can do better.
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thank you to the roundabout near where I live for once again providing a physical representation of the AI economy
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
thank you to the roundabout near where I live for once again providing a physical representation of the AI economy
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Exclusive: Farmers and landowners fear Defra is putting its flagship Landscape Recovery schemes at risk.
While the large-scale projects are intended to last 20-30 years, the government could pull the plug at any time with a year’s notice.
cutcher.co.uk/linklog/2025...
While the large-scale projects are intended to last 20-30 years, the government could pull the plug at any time with a year’s notice.
cutcher.co.uk/linklog/2025...
Nicola Cutcher’s Linklog: Is Defra putting its flagship Landscape Recovery scheme at risk?
cutcher.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Exclusive: Farmers and landowners fear Defra is putting its flagship Landscape Recovery schemes at risk.
While the large-scale projects are intended to last 20-30 years, the government could pull the plug at any time with a year’s notice.
cutcher.co.uk/linklog/2025...
While the large-scale projects are intended to last 20-30 years, the government could pull the plug at any time with a year’s notice.
cutcher.co.uk/linklog/2025...
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Hey, @nature.com, regarding your COP30 editorial, it might be worth acknowledging that countries with a "legitimate concern" about a transition away from fossil fuels have had 30 years. You make it sound like that's somehow a NEW thing.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hey, @nature.com, regarding your COP30 editorial, it might be worth acknowledging that countries with a "legitimate concern" about a transition away from fossil fuels have had 30 years. You make it sound like that's somehow a NEW thing.
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There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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👉NEW -- Did Trump pressure Starmer to ban Palestine Action?
by John McEvoy & Dania Akkad
Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.
by John McEvoy & Dania Akkad
Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
👉NEW -- Did Trump pressure Starmer to ban Palestine Action?
by John McEvoy & Dania Akkad
Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.
by John McEvoy & Dania Akkad
Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.
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Never ending record heat in INDONESIA
Today the Minimum Temperature of 25.9C at Tanjuningpinang was the highest ever recorded in November.
For nearly 3 years ,Indonesia has been breaking records every single day.
Today the Minimum Temperature of 25.9C at Tanjuningpinang was the highest ever recorded in November.
For nearly 3 years ,Indonesia has been breaking records every single day.
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Never ending record heat in INDONESIA
Today the Minimum Temperature of 25.9C at Tanjuningpinang was the highest ever recorded in November.
For nearly 3 years ,Indonesia has been breaking records every single day.
Today the Minimum Temperature of 25.9C at Tanjuningpinang was the highest ever recorded in November.
For nearly 3 years ,Indonesia has been breaking records every single day.
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Colombia is really the only country that is enacting a phase-down plan for fossil production while not being on a long-term downwards trend
Also lol at the idea Norway needs to keep extracting to supply the UK, which has seen a downwards trend of gas and oil cons since 2000
Also lol at the idea Norway needs to keep extracting to supply the UK, which has seen a downwards trend of gas and oil cons since 2000
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Colombia is really the only country that is enacting a phase-down plan for fossil production while not being on a long-term downwards trend
Also lol at the idea Norway needs to keep extracting to supply the UK, which has seen a downwards trend of gas and oil cons since 2000
Also lol at the idea Norway needs to keep extracting to supply the UK, which has seen a downwards trend of gas and oil cons since 2000
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"There is excited talk about “abundance” – which is code for sweeping forests, wetlands, woodlands and local communities out of the path of business, mining and development"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"There is excited talk about “abundance” – which is code for sweeping forests, wetlands, woodlands and local communities out of the path of business, mining and development"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Australian government claims it will meet its 2030 emissions target almost entirely due to an assumption that it will meet its renewable energy target.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Australian government claims it will meet its 2030 emissions target almost entirely due to an assumption that it will meet its renewable energy target.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
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NEW | A single carbon removal project at a biomass power station In the UK could cost £30 BILLION in government subsidies.
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
NEW | A single carbon removal project at a biomass power station In the UK could cost £30 BILLION in government subsidies.
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
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Thankfully the IPCC's models of future climate action do not lean heavily on something so profoundly absurd to allow for a picture of more gradual fossil fuel decline in the future :) :)
*presses finger to ear*
Uh getting some updates here
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Uh getting some updates here
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Thankfully the IPCC's models of future climate action do not lean heavily on something so profoundly absurd to allow for a picture of more gradual fossil fuel decline in the future :) :)
*presses finger to ear*
Uh getting some updates here
*presses finger to ear*
Uh getting some updates here