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Ali Hendessi
@alihendessi.bsky.social
-The Just Transition to a Low Carbon World
-Climate Justice
-Democratic Economics
-Growth-Hegemony Phobe
-Heterodox Ideas
-Animal Liberation
-Environmental Protection

Endorsement ≠ Repost = Interesting Read

#ClimateChange #JustTransition #Degrowth
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Most people think capitalism is markets, trade, businesses, labour...
Whereas these predate capitalism by 1000s of years. Capitalism is the 1st economic system in human history that’s organised around constant expansion. And that’s what makes it so uniquely destructive.
#Climate
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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100 years of changing February sea ice...

Total data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p.... More sea ice reconstructions at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Is there any limit on how low this immoral moron can descend into the cesspit of depravity ⁉️
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Adele Walton’s sister Aimee died at 21 after going on a notorious self-harm forum. But when Adele approached a tech CEO to talk about online safety at a Davos debate, she was threatened with removal

@adelewalton.bsky.social for the Nerve on why it matters when tech companies do not show humanity👇🔗
February 4, 2026 at 2:40 PM
CHOMSKY WTF ⁉️

I’m reminded of “don’t create idols, because you will be disappointed”.

CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/o...
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CounterPunch.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Hi @mrjamesob.bsky.social. Your deference and benefit of doubt giving to Starmer, including discounting all his previous lies n deceptions is very strange. Have you lost your sense of smell for a rat?!
If you haven’t already, you should read the book, Get In.
February 4, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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JK Rowling has not tweeted since openly denying that her team invited the world's most notorious child rapist to a kid's play despite evidence directly disproving her claims
February 3, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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"If you take Wall Street at its word that all money exists in order to be paid back to Wall Street, then of course you’re going to just reject using money in any kind of democratic way with respect to money’s actual design."

moneyontheleft.org/2026/01/02/g...
January 23, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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For those asking about US plans to invade European territory: I have in mind the events of 1975, where the US planned to seize the Azores if communists were elected to government in Portugal.

www.rawstory.com/2010/11/us-p...
US had plans to 'take over' Azores in 1975
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon had contingency plans to "take over" the Azores archipelago in 1975 in the event of a possible communist takeover of Portugal, newly released US government documents showed F...
www.rawstory.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
@mazzucatom.bsky.social
Mariana, your article on the just transition n the auto industry is unfortunately paywalled.
Any chance of sticking it on your Substack?
Warm regards.
January 21, 2026 at 7:45 PM
A.I. - If you’re remotely interested, read this excellent essay.

#AI
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Hotter, drier summers in the UK are shrinking clay-rich soil and destabilizing building foundations. "Well over a million London properties will be at risk of subsidence by 2030 as temperatures rise." Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Multimillion-Pound London Homes Hit by Sudden, Gaping Cracks
Londoners face a dangerous acceleration of subsidence risks, as record temperatures fueled by climate change destabilize the clay foundations on which most of the UK capital’s homes are built.
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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2025 was the hottest year on record for ocean heat content. Unfortunately, we now say this every year. 🥹

"In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global
ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming."

+ #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
+ Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn
January 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Many areas here in the Western Cape have had rough week with fires.

100,000 hectares have burnt. It’s been extremely dry and hot and the winds have been intense.

This was all predicted to intensify as we cross 1.5°C of heating.
January 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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Australia & South Africa share similar latitudes, & similar climates. It's not surprising that both countries are experiencing simultaneous extreme fires & floods at the same time. 400,000+ hectares of bushfire in AU + tropical cyclone in one week. 🇦🇺 🇿🇦 🌏 ♻️ 🌱 #ClimateAction #SouthAfrica #Australia
Victoria Bushfires Rage as Extreme Heat and Cyclone Threat Grip Australia
Australian firefighters are battling two emergency-level bushfires across Victoria as volatile conditions fuel what authorities describe as a rapidly evolving and dangerous crisis. The most severe, th...
theasialive.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Undergraduate essay question: How can Reform be so good at social media yet so bad at social media?
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Indian authorities raided a prominent climate activist Harjeet Singh's home and office, accusing him of using foreign funding to campaign against fossil fuels in ways that could undermine the country’s energy security.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
India arrests top climate activist for campaigning against fossil fuels
Financial crimes agency raids Harjeet Singh’s home and office after accusing him of using foreign funds to promote an international green initiative
www.independent.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
And there goes the argument, they got rid of an illegitimate and undemocratic dictator‼️

#Venezuela #trump
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Venezuela launches wave of repression after US seizure of Nicolás Maduro
Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists arrested as government crackdown on dissent widens
giftarticle.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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#OtD 5 Jan 1915 the revolutionary union @IWW organised 150 hungry unemployed people to storm an elite club in Sioux City demanding work or unemployment relief. The next day the city council created 400 jobs for the unemployed grading roads stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1051...
January 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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Is the BBC going the way of CBS? 🤔
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.

The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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At the height of the British Empire, the conditions of the British Working-Class were atrocious with the riches of Empire going to the Aristocracy

Those in the American Working-Class cheering Trump/Musk should read history & realize that the Wealth plundered from Venezuela won't be going to them
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 AM