Mike Benson
@mbensonster.bsky.social
Retired rancher, psychologist, happy to be living in Catalonia and making pipes.
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‘Energy demand reductions of ~50% by 2050 compared with today are possible while maintaining essential services and improving quality of life’.
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Use less energy : Demand-led policy scenarios show promise
Demand-side energy reduction has so far received less policy support than supply-side net-zero technologies, despite the fact that, as this ...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
‘Energy demand reductions of ~50% by 2050 compared with today are possible while maintaining essential services and improving quality of life’.
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Bill Gates favors hypothetical new energy tech, including modular #nuclear reactors that Mann says “couldn’t possibly be scaled up over the time frame in which the world must transition off fossil fuels.”
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Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In? - CleanTechnica
Mann offers a roadmap against an "ecocidal agenda" driven by plutocrats, polluters, petrostates, propagandists, and much of the press.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Bill Gates favors hypothetical new energy tech, including modular #nuclear reactors that Mann says “couldn’t possibly be scaled up over the time frame in which the world must transition off fossil fuels.”
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Carbon capture and storage has always been a smoke and mirrors cover for business as usual in the fight against climate breakdown
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
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Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds
Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projects
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November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Carbon capture and storage has always been a smoke and mirrors cover for business as usual in the fight against climate breakdown
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Now something looks like stopping it in its tracks in the UK
Climate breakdown 😊
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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#OtD 30 Nov 1917 @IWW member, stenographer, cook and anarchist, Louise Olivereau, was sentenced to 10 years' jail in the US for producing leaflets against the draft during World War I. After her release, she kept up her activism. More info in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1917 @IWW member, stenographer, cook and anarchist, Louise Olivereau, was sentenced to 10 years' jail in the US for producing leaflets against the draft during World War I. After her release, she kept up her activism. More info in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
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Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that #nuclear power faces the same fundamental challenges as fossil fuels – uncompetitive costs, stranded assets, a polluting legacy and unrivaled competition from #renewables.
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that #nuclear power faces the same fundamental challenges as fossil fuels – uncompetitive costs, stranded assets, a polluting legacy and unrivaled competition from #renewables.
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#OtD 30 Nov 1963 predominantly Black tenants in several buildings in Brooklyn went on rent strike, as part of a wave of rent strikes across the city in protest against slum conditions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1963 predominantly Black tenants in several buildings in Brooklyn went on rent strike, as part of a wave of rent strikes across the city in protest against slum conditions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
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🔴 El PSOE es desentén ara de la comissió sobre l’espionatge a l’independentisme.
🔶 Tota la informació, ací ⬇️
🔶 Tota la informació, ací ⬇️
El PSOE es desentén ara de la comissió sobre l’espionatge a l’independentisme
Les comissions d'investigació al congrés espanyol sobre la guerra bruta contra l'independentisme i sobre els atemptats del 17-A resten aturades per la inacció del PSOE
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November 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🔴 El PSOE es desentén ara de la comissió sobre l’espionatge a l’independentisme.
🔶 Tota la informació, ací ⬇️
🔶 Tota la informació, ací ⬇️
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Coneixes el personatge?
El nuvi li fugí el dia de la boda i no va ser la seua pitjor desgràcia
Per Joan Canela
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El nuvi li fugí el dia de la boda i no va ser la seua pitjor desgràcia
Per Joan Canela
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Elionor de Castella: la reina que va desafiar les constitucions valencianes
El nuvi li fugí el dia de la boda i no va ser la seua pitjor desgràcia
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November 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Coneixes el personatge?
El nuvi li fugí el dia de la boda i no va ser la seua pitjor desgràcia
Per Joan Canela
www.diarilaveu.cat/cultura/el-n...
El nuvi li fugí el dia de la boda i no va ser la seua pitjor desgràcia
Per Joan Canela
www.diarilaveu.cat/cultura/el-n...
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Libre descarga: La naturaleza contra el capital. El ecosocialismo de Karl Marx loquesomos.es/libre-descar...
Libre descarga: La naturaleza contra el capital. El ecosocialismo de Karl Marx - LoQueSomos
Libre descarga, La naturaleza contra el capital, El ecosocialismo de Karl Marx, Kohei Saito, cuadernos científicos naturales, Marx
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November 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Libre descarga: La naturaleza contra el capital. El ecosocialismo de Karl Marx loquesomos.es/libre-descar...
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#OtD 30 Nov 1923 Scottish revolutionary socialist, John Maclean, known as "Scotland's Lenin", died of pneumonia aged 44 following repeated incarceration and force feeding. His funeral (pictured) was attended by thousands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1923 Scottish revolutionary socialist, John Maclean, known as "Scotland's Lenin", died of pneumonia aged 44 following repeated incarceration and force feeding. His funeral (pictured) was attended by thousands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
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Bravo @risingtideaus.bsky.social , @greenpeaceap.bsky.social & the thousands-strong #RisingTide community of activists & supporters💪
Sending this clip in solidarity✊️
The mighty Climate Choir Melbourne (recorded 21 Nov outside Josh Burns' office)
Sending this clip in solidarity✊️
The mighty Climate Choir Melbourne (recorded 21 Nov outside Josh Burns' office)
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Bravo @risingtideaus.bsky.social , @greenpeaceap.bsky.social & the thousands-strong #RisingTide community of activists & supporters💪
Sending this clip in solidarity✊️
The mighty Climate Choir Melbourne (recorded 21 Nov outside Josh Burns' office)
Sending this clip in solidarity✊️
The mighty Climate Choir Melbourne (recorded 21 Nov outside Josh Burns' office)
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“On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the horrors and suffering in Gaza continue, onslaught on the Palestinians of the West Bank, more land theft and expansions of illegal settlements and a demand from the Israeli government
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the horrors and suffering in Gaza continue, onslaught on the Palestinians of the West Bank, more land theft and expansions of illegal settlements and a demand from the Israeli government
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📢 Nuevo artículo de @olgarodriguezfr.bsky.social
"Para protestar contra “la economía de guerra”, el aumento del gasto militar, los recortes sociales, la privatización de servicios públicos y las alianzas europeas con Israel que han facilitado en genocidio en Gaza"
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"Para protestar contra “la economía de guerra”, el aumento del gasto militar, los recortes sociales, la privatización de servicios públicos y las alianzas europeas con Israel que han facilitado en genocidio en Gaza"
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Thunberg, Varoufakis y Albanese participan en la huelga italiana contra el rearme, los recortes y el genocidio en Gaza
La relatora de la ONU, Francesca Albanese, Greta Thunberg o el exministro griego Yannis Varoufakis, entre las figuras internacionales que participan en la movilización en Génova contra "la economía de...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
📢 Nuevo artículo de @olgarodriguezfr.bsky.social
"Para protestar contra “la economía de guerra”, el aumento del gasto militar, los recortes sociales, la privatización de servicios públicos y las alianzas europeas con Israel que han facilitado en genocidio en Gaza"
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"Para protestar contra “la economía de guerra”, el aumento del gasto militar, los recortes sociales, la privatización de servicios públicos y las alianzas europeas con Israel que han facilitado en genocidio en Gaza"
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
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A French historian who spent weeks inside Gaza says he witnessed “utterly convincing” evidence that Israeli forces backed looters attacking aid convoys, The Guardian reports 👇
Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys
A historian who spent more than a month in Gaza at the turn of the year says he saw “utterly convincing” evidence that Israel supported looters who attacked aid convoys during the conflict.
Jean-Pierre Filiu, a professor of Middle East studies at France’s prestigious Sciences Po university, entered Gaza in December where he was hosted by an international humanitarian organisation in the southern coastal zone of al-Mawasi. Continue reading...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A French historian who spent weeks inside Gaza says he witnessed “utterly convincing” evidence that Israeli forces backed looters attacking aid convoys, The Guardian reports 👇
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All on the boycott guide pinned to my feed.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
All on the boycott guide pinned to my feed.
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We don't have to put up with a dangerously impaired president.
We DO need to make demands of our legislators.
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MAKE THE CALLS!
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#bluecrew
#pinks
#HOLDFAST
We DO need to make demands of our legislators.
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MAKE THE CALLS!
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@resist.bot
#bluecrew
#pinks
#HOLDFAST
Urgent: Support 25th Amendment to Remove Cognitively Impaired President
Text SIGN PCZVDE to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We don't have to put up with a dangerously impaired president.
We DO need to make demands of our legislators.
☎️ 202 224 3121
Congressional Switchboard
MAKE THE CALLS!
resist.bot/petitions/PC...
@resist.bot
#bluecrew
#pinks
#HOLDFAST
We DO need to make demands of our legislators.
☎️ 202 224 3121
Congressional Switchboard
MAKE THE CALLS!
resist.bot/petitions/PC...
@resist.bot
#bluecrew
#pinks
#HOLDFAST
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November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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💯... As we made crystal clear at #RemoveTheRegime, "Congress, this is on YOU."
Our lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are complicit in every crime and constitutional violation of this illegal administration unless and until they act to impeach, convict and remove.
Our lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are complicit in every crime and constitutional violation of this illegal administration unless and until they act to impeach, convict and remove.
If you read just one thing today, make it this:
"By not impeaching, or even starting the process of getting there, Congress sends the message that Trump is America, and that it has acquiesced to the Constitution being replaced by Trump’s brand of corrupt evil."
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"By not impeaching, or even starting the process of getting there, Congress sends the message that Trump is America, and that it has acquiesced to the Constitution being replaced by Trump’s brand of corrupt evil."
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Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But f…
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November 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
💯... As we made crystal clear at #RemoveTheRegime, "Congress, this is on YOU."
Our lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are complicit in every crime and constitutional violation of this illegal administration unless and until they act to impeach, convict and remove.
Our lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are complicit in every crime and constitutional violation of this illegal administration unless and until they act to impeach, convict and remove.
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Antarctica’s melt affects everybody but won’t hit every coastline the same.
New maps show where seas could rise the fastest, and why millions of coastal residents should pay attention now 🌊
New maps show where seas could rise the fastest, and why millions of coastal residents should pay attention now 🌊
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Antarctica’s melt affects everybody but won’t hit every coastline the same.
New maps show where seas could rise the fastest, and why millions of coastal residents should pay attention now 🌊
New maps show where seas could rise the fastest, and why millions of coastal residents should pay attention now 🌊
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🌊 Marine researchers find biggest source of microplastics in our ocean is vehicle tyres
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Marine researchers find biggest source of microplastics in our ocean is vehicle tyres
It was found broken down tyres were the largest source of microplastics in New Zealand's coastal waters.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🌊 Marine researchers find biggest source of microplastics in our ocean is vehicle tyres
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Spread the word: Through Q3 2025, Solar & Wind have met *ALL* global demand growth to date. Get the details here. #FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 🧵 ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil fue...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Spread the word: Through Q3 2025, Solar & Wind have met *ALL* global demand growth to date. Get the details here. #FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 🧵 ember-energy.org/latest-insig...