Darran McLaughlin
@mcdarran.bsky.social
Manager of @bookhaus.bsky.social Bristol. Eco-socialist
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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BRISTOL!!! See you in 3 days @bookhaus.bsky.social! For books! And some chat about linguistic anarchism & c.
Bristol pals! I am coming to talk about language, power & dragons to launch BAD LANGUAGE @bookhaus.bsky.social. I'll be talking to the amazing @noreenmasud.bsky.social so it will be AWESOME.
Weds 26 Nov, 6pm
Book your tickets here👇
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e139...
Weds 26 Nov, 6pm
Book your tickets here👇
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e139...
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BRISTOL!!! See you in 3 days @bookhaus.bsky.social! For books! And some chat about linguistic anarchism & c.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
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We can't meet our climate change targets by exporting emissions. That's why we've taken the first formal step in legal proceedings against the Government. goodlaw.social/s87x
We’re challenging Starmer on climate failure
As Keir Starmer heads for Brazil, his government is failing to meet the challenge of global heating – so we’re taking legal action.
goodlaw.social
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We can't meet our climate change targets by exporting emissions. That's why we've taken the first formal step in legal proceedings against the Government. goodlaw.social/s87x
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INTERVIEWER: Any comment on Zohran Mamdani's victory and what it says about immigrants and trans rights?
LABOUR POLITICIAN: (panicking) I've never heard of New York
LABOUR POLITICIAN: (panicking) I've never heard of New York
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
INTERVIEWER: Any comment on Zohran Mamdani's victory and what it says about immigrants and trans rights?
LABOUR POLITICIAN: (panicking) I've never heard of New York
LABOUR POLITICIAN: (panicking) I've never heard of New York
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This is what you get for respecting the Wu-Tang Clan. 👏
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is what you get for respecting the Wu-Tang Clan. 👏
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SOLIDARITY RALLY for the Gloucester Phlebotomists
Support the workers leading the longest strike in NHS history.
17 Nov| 11am | Gloucester Shire Hall, GL1 2TG
RSVP: www.megaphone.org.uk/events/solidarity-rally-with-gloucestershire-phlebotomists
#StrikeMap
Support the workers leading the longest strike in NHS history.
17 Nov| 11am | Gloucester Shire Hall, GL1 2TG
RSVP: www.megaphone.org.uk/events/solidarity-rally-with-gloucestershire-phlebotomists
#StrikeMap
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
SOLIDARITY RALLY for the Gloucester Phlebotomists
Support the workers leading the longest strike in NHS history.
17 Nov| 11am | Gloucester Shire Hall, GL1 2TG
RSVP: www.megaphone.org.uk/events/solidarity-rally-with-gloucestershire-phlebotomists
#StrikeMap
Support the workers leading the longest strike in NHS history.
17 Nov| 11am | Gloucester Shire Hall, GL1 2TG
RSVP: www.megaphone.org.uk/events/solidarity-rally-with-gloucestershire-phlebotomists
#StrikeMap
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This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio.
In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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🧵 Awful awful massacre in Brazil
Gente, é o maior massacre no Brasil desde o Araguaia. Entendo quem quer puxar pra Canudos ou Contestado ou etc, mas não podemos livrar a ditadura de 64 só porque ela escondia melhor seus corpos.
Morreram 41 guerrilheiros comunistas e mais de 1200 camponeses no Araguaia.
Morreram 41 guerrilheiros comunistas e mais de 1200 camponeses no Araguaia.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio.
In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
+
In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
+
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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Bristol pals! I am coming to talk about language, power & dragons to launch BAD LANGUAGE @bookhaus.bsky.social. I'll be talking to the amazing @noreenmasud.bsky.social so it will be AWESOME.
Weds 26 Nov, 6pm
Book your tickets here👇
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e139...
Weds 26 Nov, 6pm
Book your tickets here👇
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e139...
October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Bristol pals! I am coming to talk about language, power & dragons to launch BAD LANGUAGE @bookhaus.bsky.social. I'll be talking to the amazing @noreenmasud.bsky.social so it will be AWESOME.
Weds 26 Nov, 6pm
Book your tickets here👇
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e139...
Weds 26 Nov, 6pm
Book your tickets here👇
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e139...
I just learnt that over £100,000 of NHS funds have been wasted on defending bullying instead of paying frontline staff fairly.
Sign the petition to demand that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust investigate how their CEO, Kevin McNamara, treats NHS staff. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Sign the petition to demand that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust investigate how their CEO, Kevin McNamara, treats NHS staff. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Say no to bullying of NHS staff
Treatment of striking NHS staff
This helps to explain the treatment of NHS workers on strike in Gloucestershire in recent months.
A small but mighty group of workers have been on strike since...
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I just learnt that over £100,000 of NHS funds have been wasted on defending bullying instead of paying frontline staff fairly.
Sign the petition to demand that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust investigate how their CEO, Kevin McNamara, treats NHS staff. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Sign the petition to demand that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust investigate how their CEO, Kevin McNamara, treats NHS staff. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Happy #BookshopDay! I popped down to @bookhaus.bsky.social where I’ll be discussing Britain’s energy past & future with @dominicmhinde.bsky.social on 29 Oct (tix available!) - just 1 of loads of talks they do. My book is out Tuesday @manchesterup.bsky.social - ask your local bookshop to order it ☺️
October 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Happy #BookshopDay! I popped down to @bookhaus.bsky.social where I’ll be discussing Britain’s energy past & future with @dominicmhinde.bsky.social on 29 Oct (tix available!) - just 1 of loads of talks they do. My book is out Tuesday @manchesterup.bsky.social - ask your local bookshop to order it ☺️
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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On the 1st of October 1965, the US collaborated in initiating a coup against Sukarno, the first president of independent Indonesia. The coup-makers installed a brutal right-wing dictatorship that systematically exterminated up to one million people with the direct support of the CIA.
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
On the 1st of October 1965, the US collaborated in initiating a coup against Sukarno, the first president of independent Indonesia. The coup-makers installed a brutal right-wing dictatorship that systematically exterminated up to one million people with the direct support of the CIA.
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Extraordinary stuff.
October 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Extraordinary stuff.
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Videos show torrents of water gushing through the streets of Spain’s Valencia after heavy rainfall, raising fears of a repeat of last year’s floods, the deadliest in decades.
September 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Videos show torrents of water gushing through the streets of Spain’s Valencia after heavy rainfall, raising fears of a repeat of last year’s floods, the deadliest in decades.
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🌱TODAY🌱
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
:events – bookhaus:
Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm
www.bookhausbristol.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🌱TODAY🌱
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
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🌱TOMORROW🌱
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
:events – bookhaus:
Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm
www.bookhausbristol.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🌱TOMORROW🌱
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
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🌱BOOK EVENT🌱
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
:events – bookhaus:
Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm
www.bookhausbristol.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🌱BOOK EVENT🌱
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
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TRUMP JUST PATTED STARMER LIKE A PET DOG!
September 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
TRUMP JUST PATTED STARMER LIKE A PET DOG!
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🌱BOOK EVENT🌱
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
:events – bookhaus:
Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm
www.bookhausbristol.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🌱BOOK EVENT🌱
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance
🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...
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You know how I hate to harp on about this, but nothing is ever going to change until we address it: How can this have happened when all our loudest political commentators stridently agreed *for years* that the public were crying out for these Serious people and these Sensible policies?
Government approval falls to its lowest level since Labour took office, with a net score of -61 (fieldwork 13-15 Sep 2025)
Approve: 11% (-1 from 6-8 Sep)
Disapprove: 72% (+3)
Net: -61 (-4)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-1 from 6-8 Sep)
Disapprove: 72% (+3)
Net: -61 (-4)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
September 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
You know how I hate to harp on about this, but nothing is ever going to change until we address it: How can this have happened when all our loudest political commentators stridently agreed *for years* that the public were crying out for these Serious people and these Sensible policies?