Tom Jensen
@absurdistworld.bsky.social
Writer of absurdist plays, based in London. Terrified by climate meltdown, and seeking refuge from X for my sanity. Trolls & bots keep out.
http://www.tomjensen.co.uk/
Instagram: @absurdistworld1
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Theatre people, PLEASE stop using tired formulae to advertise your productions!
I do NOT want to see "A play about divorce, friendship and lizards".
Not even "Five neighbours, two vibrators, one dilemma" does it for me.
Surely you can find more imaginative ways to describe what's on??
I do NOT want to see "A play about divorce, friendship and lizards".
Not even "Five neighbours, two vibrators, one dilemma" does it for me.
Surely you can find more imaginative ways to describe what's on??
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⏩It's been 2 years since we called out #greenwashing recycling claims made by Danone, Coca-Cola & Nestlé.
Despite some progress, misleading claims like 'made of 100% recycled plastic' & '100% recyclable' persist on many plastic products🧵
www.beuc.eu/news/recycli...
Despite some progress, misleading claims like 'made of 100% recycled plastic' & '100% recyclable' persist on many plastic products🧵
www.beuc.eu/news/recycli...
Recycling claims still a reality on plastic bottles – time for action
Two years after BEUC denounced greenwashing on plastic bottles, the issue is still present on labels. It's time for the EU to speed up its investigation.
www.beuc.eu
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
⏩It's been 2 years since we called out #greenwashing recycling claims made by Danone, Coca-Cola & Nestlé.
Despite some progress, misleading claims like 'made of 100% recycled plastic' & '100% recyclable' persist on many plastic products🧵
www.beuc.eu/news/recycli...
Despite some progress, misleading claims like 'made of 100% recycled plastic' & '100% recyclable' persist on many plastic products🧵
www.beuc.eu/news/recycli...
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POV: Big Oil explains the weather they caused.
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
POV: Big Oil explains the weather they caused.
Another brilliantly weird play by David Ireland, not to be missed at @sohotheatre.bsky.social: sohotheatre.com/events/most-...
Most Favoured - Soho Theatre
sohotheatre.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Another brilliantly weird play by David Ireland, not to be missed at @sohotheatre.bsky.social: sohotheatre.com/events/most-...
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Carel Weight, Clapham Junction, 1978
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124975
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124975
December 8, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Carel Weight, Clapham Junction, 1978
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124975
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1124975
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Here's Farage parroting Russian propaganda lies that could have come straight out of Lavrov's mouth.
Are we really to believe that Nathan Gill, who spouted the same lies, is the only Russian asset in Reform UK?
Are we really to believe that Nathan Gill, who spouted the same lies, is the only Russian asset in Reform UK?
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Here's Farage parroting Russian propaganda lies that could have come straight out of Lavrov's mouth.
Are we really to believe that Nathan Gill, who spouted the same lies, is the only Russian asset in Reform UK?
Are we really to believe that Nathan Gill, who spouted the same lies, is the only Russian asset in Reform UK?
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On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
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Climate change is worsening the severity of extreme floods and droughts contributing to growing violence over water resources.
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Violence over water resources reaches record levels
The number of violent events over water resources reported in 2024 was nearly 20 percent higher than 2023 and nearly 80 percent higher than 2022.
thebulletin.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Climate change is worsening the severity of extreme floods and droughts contributing to growing violence over water resources.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
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Trump, Putin, Xi & Musk all want the EU to be destroyed, because a divided Europe will be an easy prey to be picked apart and subjugated by the world's authoritarian states. It will become a contested region in which the authoritarian empires will seek to extend their areas of influence and control.
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Trump, Putin, Xi & Musk all want the EU to be destroyed, because a divided Europe will be an easy prey to be picked apart and subjugated by the world's authoritarian states. It will become a contested region in which the authoritarian empires will seek to extend their areas of influence and control.
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Your dog’s dinner might be doing more harm than you think, to animals, the planet, and even them 🐕
Feeding Dogs Shouldn’t Fund Slaughterhouses
Herbiⓥore published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Your dog’s dinner might be doing more harm than you think, to animals, the planet, and even them 🐕
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Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
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Today’s Russian papers are loving the new US national security strategy. One Russian paper on the implications for Europe: “Trump isn’t their Daddy any more.” Kremlin spokesman comments: “The adjustments in the updated strategy correspond in many ways to our vision” #ReadingRussia
“Trump’s not their Daddy any more.” Russian paper on Europe, over new US national security strategy
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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December 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Today’s Russian papers are loving the new US national security strategy. One Russian paper on the implications for Europe: “Trump isn’t their Daddy any more.” Kremlin spokesman comments: “The adjustments in the updated strategy correspond in many ways to our vision” #ReadingRussia
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Hong Kong’s "elections" yesterday were far from legitimate with not a pro-democracy candidate in sight. Five years into its sweeping crackdown, Beijing has seized full control of the LegCo. Read more from @hrw.org here 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
Hong Kong’s Sham Elections Expose Beijing’s Tightening Grip
Hong Kong will hold elections for its Legislative Council on December 7, without a single pro-democracy candidate. The Chinese government’s attempts to present the legislature, known as the LegCo, as ...
www.hrw.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Hong Kong’s "elections" yesterday were far from legitimate with not a pro-democracy candidate in sight. Five years into its sweeping crackdown, Beijing has seized full control of the LegCo. Read more from @hrw.org here 👇 www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...
Theatre people, PLEASE stop using tired formulae to advertise your productions!
I do NOT want to see "A play about divorce, friendship and lizards".
Not even "Five neighbours, two vibrators, one dilemma" does it for me.
Surely you can find more imaginative ways to describe what's on??
I do NOT want to see "A play about divorce, friendship and lizards".
Not even "Five neighbours, two vibrators, one dilemma" does it for me.
Surely you can find more imaginative ways to describe what's on??
a man in a suit and tie is looking out of a window
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is looking out of a window
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Theatre people, PLEASE stop using tired formulae to advertise your productions!
I do NOT want to see "A play about divorce, friendship and lizards".
Not even "Five neighbours, two vibrators, one dilemma" does it for me.
Surely you can find more imaginative ways to describe what's on??
I do NOT want to see "A play about divorce, friendship and lizards".
Not even "Five neighbours, two vibrators, one dilemma" does it for me.
Surely you can find more imaginative ways to describe what's on??
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Playwright David Ireland: from 'The Troubles' to romantic comedy
David Ireland on why Most Favoured @sohotheatre.bsky.social is a contrast to the work for which he is best-known
btguide.libsyn.com/playwright-d...
David Ireland on why Most Favoured @sohotheatre.bsky.social is a contrast to the work for which he is best-known
btguide.libsyn.com/playwright-d...
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Playwright David Ireland: from 'The Troubles' to romantic comedy
David Ireland on why Most Favoured @sohotheatre.bsky.social is a contrast to the work for which he is best-known
btguide.libsyn.com/playwright-d...
David Ireland on why Most Favoured @sohotheatre.bsky.social is a contrast to the work for which he is best-known
btguide.libsyn.com/playwright-d...
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Our next session is Competition Night at 7.30pm on Monday 15th December.
8 plays written under pseudonyms are performed & AWL members vote on their favourites. The writers’ true identities are then revealed & prizes awarded.
Come along & join in the fun! www.actorsandwriters.london/readings/ind...
8 plays written under pseudonyms are performed & AWL members vote on their favourites. The writers’ true identities are then revealed & prizes awarded.
Come along & join in the fun! www.actorsandwriters.london/readings/ind...
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our next session is Competition Night at 7.30pm on Monday 15th December.
8 plays written under pseudonyms are performed & AWL members vote on their favourites. The writers’ true identities are then revealed & prizes awarded.
Come along & join in the fun! www.actorsandwriters.london/readings/ind...
8 plays written under pseudonyms are performed & AWL members vote on their favourites. The writers’ true identities are then revealed & prizes awarded.
Come along & join in the fun! www.actorsandwriters.london/readings/ind...
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Brexit means we are losing out on some of the biggest talent in the world, and some of the UK's biggest talent are emigrating to Europe. We must restore freedom of movement.
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Brexit means we are losing out on some of the biggest talent in the world, and some of the UK's biggest talent are emigrating to Europe. We must restore freedom of movement.
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Good morning. Just a reminder that a relatively recent TA Giga Poll of over 43,000 respondents found that only 10% of British adults agreed with Tice, Farage & Reform U.K. over their ongoing manmade climate denial. I’m advised that no children whatsoever agreed with them 😉.
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Good morning. Just a reminder that a relatively recent TA Giga Poll of over 43,000 respondents found that only 10% of British adults agreed with Tice, Farage & Reform U.K. over their ongoing manmade climate denial. I’m advised that no children whatsoever agreed with them 😉.
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1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
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📢Nike adverts have been banned for greenwashing📢
❗A ruling from the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) agreed with complaints against sportswear giant Nike, saying its claim of using 'sustainable materials' in plastic polyester tennis garments was misleading. 🧵
www.cityam.com/nike-and-sup...
❗A ruling from the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) agreed with complaints against sportswear giant Nike, saying its claim of using 'sustainable materials' in plastic polyester tennis garments was misleading. 🧵
www.cityam.com/nike-and-sup...
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢Nike adverts have been banned for greenwashing📢
❗A ruling from the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) agreed with complaints against sportswear giant Nike, saying its claim of using 'sustainable materials' in plastic polyester tennis garments was misleading. 🧵
www.cityam.com/nike-and-sup...
❗A ruling from the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) agreed with complaints against sportswear giant Nike, saying its claim of using 'sustainable materials' in plastic polyester tennis garments was misleading. 🧵
www.cityam.com/nike-and-sup...
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ducks are born to glide on water, but on factory farms, they endure a life devoid of it. Instead, they face broken bones and immense suffering 🦆
🎥 Animals Australia
🎥 Animals Australia
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ducks are born to glide on water, but on factory farms, they endure a life devoid of it. Instead, they face broken bones and immense suffering 🦆
🎥 Animals Australia
🎥 Animals Australia
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70 years ago today, Rosa Parks became a legend
Tired after a long day at work & fed up with the injustice of it all, one day she sat on a ‘whites-only’ bus seat and, when asked to move, decided on the spot to refuse
She was arrested, and her courage sparked an uprising
Or so the story goes
🧵1/
Tired after a long day at work & fed up with the injustice of it all, one day she sat on a ‘whites-only’ bus seat and, when asked to move, decided on the spot to refuse
She was arrested, and her courage sparked an uprising
Or so the story goes
🧵1/
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
70 years ago today, Rosa Parks became a legend
Tired after a long day at work & fed up with the injustice of it all, one day she sat on a ‘whites-only’ bus seat and, when asked to move, decided on the spot to refuse
She was arrested, and her courage sparked an uprising
Or so the story goes
🧵1/
Tired after a long day at work & fed up with the injustice of it all, one day she sat on a ‘whites-only’ bus seat and, when asked to move, decided on the spot to refuse
She was arrested, and her courage sparked an uprising
Or so the story goes
🧵1/
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"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
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Primates, a primarily herbivorous order of mammals, use canine teeth to display dominance. Males, including humans, typically have larger canines; they are not remotely linked to dietary preferences.
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Primates, a primarily herbivorous order of mammals, use canine teeth to display dominance. Males, including humans, typically have larger canines; they are not remotely linked to dietary preferences.