Marc Hudson
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Failing/ed academic (socio-technical transitions), climate historian, writer, video maker. Most days I think we're toast. #envhist See also allouryesterdays.info
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· Aug 5
The politics of Tom Lehrer: Noam Chomsky with a Piano?
Tom Lehrer died, aged 97, in late July. Lehrer had written 37 (well, a few more) songs in the 1950s and 1960s, and on the basis of this is still (rightly in my opinion) regarded as one of the…
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Tom Lehrer was a gateway drug for me, I now realise, for Noam Chomsky. Anyone else have the same experience?
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November 23, 1968 – “Hell upon Earth” warning to London audience by Ritchie Calder about environmental destruction, including climate…
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November 23, 1968 - "Hell upon Earth" warning about environmental destruction,inc. climate... - All Our Yesterdays
On this day, November 23, 1968 Lord Ritchie Calder gave a presidential address to the Conservation Society (a British NGO from the mid 60s to the late 1980s). Its cheerful title? Hell Upon Earth. And...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
November 23, 1968 – “Hell upon Earth” warning to London audience by Ritchie Calder about environmental destruction, including climate…
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November 23, 1965 – Walter Orr Roberts “carbon dioxide is clearly rising in the atmosphere”
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November 23, 1965 - Walter Orr Roberts “carbon dioxide is clearly rising in the atmosphere” - All Our Yesterdays
Sixty years ago, on this day, November 23rd 1965, American scientist Walter Orr Roberts gave a speech. In it, this – “Perhaps, through this mechanism, we are already modifying the atmosphere, unknowi...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
November 23, 1965 – Walter Orr Roberts “carbon dioxide is clearly rising in the atmosphere”
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This week I'm hosting two events with campaigner and activist Kate Wilson as she discusses her book ‘Disclosure: Unravelling the Spycops Files’.
Fri 21 Nov, Partisan Collective in Manchester
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Midday Sat 22 Nov at Glossop Labour Club
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Fri 21 Nov, Partisan Collective in Manchester
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Midday Sat 22 Nov at Glossop Labour Club
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November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This week I'm hosting two events with campaigner and activist Kate Wilson as she discusses her book ‘Disclosure: Unravelling the Spycops Files’.
Fri 21 Nov, Partisan Collective in Manchester
spycops-manchester.eventbrite.co.uk
Midday Sat 22 Nov at Glossop Labour Club
spycops-glossop.eventbrite.co.uk
Fri 21 Nov, Partisan Collective in Manchester
spycops-manchester.eventbrite.co.uk
Midday Sat 22 Nov at Glossop Labour Club
spycops-glossop.eventbrite.co.uk
I’m trying to keep a level head, summon Kipling. What was it he said?
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
Then you’ve never watched England play cricket
Have you, my son?
Bwahahah
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
Then you’ve never watched England play cricket
Have you, my son?
Bwahahah
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’m trying to keep a level head, summon Kipling. What was it he said?
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
Then you’ve never watched England play cricket
Have you, my son?
Bwahahah
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
Then you’ve never watched England play cricket
Have you, my son?
Bwahahah
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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Ugh too mad to work. I’m taking a potoo break.
📸Sparkle Motion, Sebastian Lescano, unknown, Melissa Garoo
📸Sparkle Motion, Sebastian Lescano, unknown, Melissa Garoo
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ugh too mad to work. I’m taking a potoo break.
📸Sparkle Motion, Sebastian Lescano, unknown, Melissa Garoo
📸Sparkle Motion, Sebastian Lescano, unknown, Melissa Garoo
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⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⚠️ When “technology will save us” becomes a climate risk!
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
A new paper from great colleagues takes a careful look at techno-optimism — the belief that technology will largely solve climate change — and what it means for real-world climate action.
(1/4)👇
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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November 20, 1988 – Will Thatcher pick up the Green Gauntlet? (spoiler: no, no she won’t)
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November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
November 20, 1988 – Will Thatcher pick up the Green Gauntlet? (spoiler: no, no she won’t)
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Sixty seven years ago today (Nov 19, 1958) – US public health doctor warns of long-term problem of carbon dioxide build-up...
"might even slowly melt the polar ice caps"
Reported in the Times the following day.
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"might even slowly melt the polar ice caps"
Reported in the Times the following day.
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November 19, 1958 - doctor warns of long-term problem of carbon dioxide build-up - All Our Yesterdays
Sixty five years ago, on this day, November 19, 1958, at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting Dr C Leake warns of carbon dioxide build up. This is reported the ...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Sixty seven years ago today (Nov 19, 1958) – US public health doctor warns of long-term problem of carbon dioxide build-up...
"might even slowly melt the polar ice caps"
Reported in the Times the following day.
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"might even slowly melt the polar ice caps"
Reported in the Times the following day.
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My goodness that Russian ransom attack on the British Library has created so much heartache and extra work for everyone.
Sigh.
Sigh.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
My goodness that Russian ransom attack on the British Library has created so much heartache and extra work for everyone.
Sigh.
Sigh.
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The AIpocolypse finally came for me
Google's AI search summary has slashed the number of actual web sites visited in search results by up to 70%. This means the same drop in ad revenue
And so I'll be out of a job by the end of January
Any Cleveland/remote Rails or React jobs around? Let me know!
Google's AI search summary has slashed the number of actual web sites visited in search results by up to 70%. This means the same drop in ad revenue
And so I'll be out of a job by the end of January
Any Cleveland/remote Rails or React jobs around? Let me know!
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The AIpocolypse finally came for me
Google's AI search summary has slashed the number of actual web sites visited in search results by up to 70%. This means the same drop in ad revenue
And so I'll be out of a job by the end of January
Any Cleveland/remote Rails or React jobs around? Let me know!
Google's AI search summary has slashed the number of actual web sites visited in search results by up to 70%. This means the same drop in ad revenue
And so I'll be out of a job by the end of January
Any Cleveland/remote Rails or React jobs around? Let me know!
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November 18, 1953 – future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan tells the truth about committees, after the London Smog of December 1952 killed thousands.
"We cannot do very much, but we can seem to be very busy - that is half the battle nowadays."
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"We cannot do very much, but we can seem to be very busy - that is half the battle nowadays."
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November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
November 18, 1953 – future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan tells the truth about committees, after the London Smog of December 1952 killed thousands.
"We cannot do very much, but we can seem to be very busy - that is half the battle nowadays."
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"We cannot do very much, but we can seem to be very busy - that is half the battle nowadays."
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Doing edits/tidy up on a long-overdue article, which will almost certainly be rejected.
Keeping my spirits up by listening to Motorcycle Emptiness by the Manics. Oh my gosh.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavc...
Keeping my spirits up by listening to Motorcycle Emptiness by the Manics. Oh my gosh.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavc...
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness (Official Video)
YouTube video by ManicStPreachersVEVO
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November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Doing edits/tidy up on a long-overdue article, which will almost certainly be rejected.
Keeping my spirits up by listening to Motorcycle Emptiness by the Manics. Oh my gosh.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavc...
Keeping my spirits up by listening to Motorcycle Emptiness by the Manics. Oh my gosh.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavc...
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A new wave of protests against the Palestine Action ban is starting today in cities across Britain
More than 2,000 people have already been arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding signs, in a campaign of civil disobedience that wasn't predicted by the government
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
More than 2,000 people have already been arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding signs, in a campaign of civil disobedience that wasn't predicted by the government
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too https://theonion.com/megyn-kelly-anxiously-waits-for-everyone-else-to-start-condoning-pedophilia-too/
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Megyn Kelly Anxiously Waits For Everyone Else To Start Condoning Pedophilia Too https://theonion.com/megyn-kelly-anxiously-waits-for-everyone-else-to-start-condoning-pedophilia-too/
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“most widespread civil disobedience in modern UK history”
A hunger strike by prisoners linked to the proscribed group Palestine Action is continuing as new protests are planned in Aberystwyth & Cardiff under the banner of the Lift The Ban campaign.
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A hunger strike by prisoners linked to the proscribed group Palestine Action is continuing as new protests are planned in Aberystwyth & Cardiff under the banner of the Lift The Ban campaign.
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Hunger strike continues as protests planned in Aberystwyth and Cardiff
Campaigners vow “most widespread civil disobedience in modern UK history” A ROLLING hunger strike by prisoners linked to the proscribed group Palestine Action is continuing as new protests are planned...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“most widespread civil disobedience in modern UK history”
A hunger strike by prisoners linked to the proscribed group Palestine Action is continuing as new protests are planned in Aberystwyth & Cardiff under the banner of the Lift The Ban campaign.
pembrokeshire-herald.com/126696/hunge...
A hunger strike by prisoners linked to the proscribed group Palestine Action is continuing as new protests are planned in Aberystwyth & Cardiff under the banner of the Lift The Ban campaign.
pembrokeshire-herald.com/126696/hunge...
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Quick shout out. If you're in a movement, movement adjacent, a worker, worker adjacent or someone interested in history please listen to and support @workingclasshistory.com These guys do grear work and are solely supported by listeners.
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Quick shout out. If you're in a movement, movement adjacent, a worker, worker adjacent or someone interested in history please listen to and support @workingclasshistory.com These guys do grear work and are solely supported by listeners.
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The dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s from algae blooms
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s from algae blooms
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
caused by warming waters and toxic runoff
and you could see the bloodstains in Sudan
from space.
The cobalt is mined by children
and the music is made by robots
and the grownups are wondering
where the fireflies went.
At the beginning of what became known as Partygate Sajid Jarvis dismissed it as a Mirror beat-up
Just had long circular “discussion” w someone (Starmerite? Idk) determinedly denying Labour Party infighting on similar basis
Anything unsettling can be dismissed as “hacks make shit up”.
we’re toast
Just had long circular “discussion” w someone (Starmerite? Idk) determinedly denying Labour Party infighting on similar basis
Anything unsettling can be dismissed as “hacks make shit up”.
we’re toast
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At the beginning of what became known as Partygate Sajid Jarvis dismissed it as a Mirror beat-up
Just had long circular “discussion” w someone (Starmerite? Idk) determinedly denying Labour Party infighting on similar basis
Anything unsettling can be dismissed as “hacks make shit up”.
we’re toast
Just had long circular “discussion” w someone (Starmerite? Idk) determinedly denying Labour Party infighting on similar basis
Anything unsettling can be dismissed as “hacks make shit up”.
we’re toast
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#tdih 1969 2nd anti-war Moratorium with 500,000+ in D.C. & demonstrations throughout U.S. & world.
Marchers carried signs with names of dead U.S. soldiers & of destroyed Vietnamese towns.
Among marchers were Vietnam War veterans.
See lessons & more 📷 ⬇️
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Marchers carried signs with names of dead U.S. soldiers & of destroyed Vietnamese towns.
Among marchers were Vietnam War veterans.
See lessons & more 📷 ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/se...
Nov. 15, 1969: Second Anti-War Moratorium
The second anti-war Moratorium occurred with over 500,000 marching in Washington, D.C. and demonstrations throughout the country and the world.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#tdih 1969 2nd anti-war Moratorium with 500,000+ in D.C. & demonstrations throughout U.S. & world.
Marchers carried signs with names of dead U.S. soldiers & of destroyed Vietnamese towns.
Among marchers were Vietnam War veterans.
See lessons & more 📷 ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/se...
Marchers carried signs with names of dead U.S. soldiers & of destroyed Vietnamese towns.
Among marchers were Vietnam War veterans.
See lessons & more 📷 ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/se...
Here comes the 21st century…
"Iran is facing its worst water crisis in decades. With no end in sight and authorities warning they may even have to evacuate the capital of 10 million people, residents like Ensani are scrambling to respond."
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Taps run dry as water crisis forces Iran to consider evacuating its capital
A prolonged drought along with years of overconsumption, an inefficient agricultural sector and mismanagement have led to the problem, analysts say.
www.nbcnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Here comes the 21st century…
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And in fairness, this is also true for UK voters. Take local elections seriously. Councils matter. Each Reform council is a disaster for daily lives. They aren't a dress rehearsal
I think it is immoral for the Labour Party to wait till after the local elections to deal with their problems with leadership, because this configuration will lead to Reform dominating many councils & we know, for a fact, that they cannot run councils. So the system of local government is in peril >
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
And in fairness, this is also true for UK voters. Take local elections seriously. Councils matter. Each Reform council is a disaster for daily lives. They aren't a dress rehearsal
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