Michael Sheldon 🌎
@michaelsheldo.bsky.social
Standing up for diversity, equity, inclusion, climate & social justice. InterBeing. Growing fruit & veggies. Parkrunner. Born at 319 ppm.
Apathy is the greatest ally of the authoritarian.
Silence is consent
Inaction is complicity
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Apathy is the greatest ally of the authoritarian.
Silence is consent
Inaction is complicity
NO DM'S
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🚨 Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company’s “Brand Ambassador”
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company’s “Brand Ambassador”
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company's “Brand Ambassador”
bylinetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🚨 Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company’s “Brand Ambassador”
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company’s “Brand Ambassador”
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
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All the threats from Trump and his henchmen to Republican state senators in Indiana failed. Mid-decade gerrymandering rejected. This is no small thing. Maybe some other Republicans will finally start to stand up to the Mob Boss.
December 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
All the threats from Trump and his henchmen to Republican state senators in Indiana failed. Mid-decade gerrymandering rejected. This is no small thing. Maybe some other Republicans will finally start to stand up to the Mob Boss.
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Nexus of transnational organised crime - Trump, Netanyahu, Kushner, Putin, Musk, Thiel.
Israel has officially come out in support of Russia. Netanyahu brags about being in daily communication and coordination with Putin. Israel is also invested in attacking the EU due to Europe still upholding international law and the ICC.
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nexus of transnational organised crime - Trump, Netanyahu, Kushner, Putin, Musk, Thiel.
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp
always cool calm & collected, cutting through all the hype.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
always cool calm & collected, cutting through all the hype.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Is it really a super flu year?
We're in the middle of a serious flu wave, but we just can't tell yet how bad it's going to be. Week-on-week comparisons are being used in a misleading way!
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp
always cool calm & collected, cutting through all the hype.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
always cool calm & collected, cutting through all the hype.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.
Absolutely perplexed as to why so many europeans are deciding to stay away from the US.
Maybe we just don't like fascism as much as they seem to like it.
Maybe we just don't like fascism as much as they seem to like it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Absolutely perplexed as to why so many europeans are deciding to stay away from the US.
Maybe we just don't like fascism as much as they seem to like it.
Maybe we just don't like fascism as much as they seem to like it.
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Three men.
75% of Reform UK’s donations.
That’s £23m of £30m since 2019.
This is how politics gets bought.
We need a cap on political donations in the next Elections Bill.
Democracy shouldn’t be for sale.
75% of Reform UK’s donations.
That’s £23m of £30m since 2019.
This is how politics gets bought.
We need a cap on political donations in the next Elections Bill.
Democracy shouldn’t be for sale.
75% of Reform UK's donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform's funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Three men.
75% of Reform UK’s donations.
That’s £23m of £30m since 2019.
This is how politics gets bought.
We need a cap on political donations in the next Elections Bill.
Democracy shouldn’t be for sale.
75% of Reform UK’s donations.
That’s £23m of £30m since 2019.
This is how politics gets bought.
We need a cap on political donations in the next Elections Bill.
Democracy shouldn’t be for sale.
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This is how it works: Murdoch funds the 'research', then 'reports' it, and then the Beeb feels obliged to broadcast it in the interests of 'balance'.
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This is how it works: Murdoch funds the 'research', then 'reports' it, and then the Beeb feels obliged to broadcast it in the interests of 'balance'.
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Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
European nations to begin major talks on ECHR migration rule changes
The talks are the most significant sign yet that international human rights law could be reinterpreted.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy #HumanRightsDay!
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
Starmer has chosen to mark it by... kicking off negotiations on how to water down our human rights 🤯
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The ECHR protects all of us, so we should all be worried about changes that amount to "human rights... except for those people"
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"Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity"
The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity"
The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
The last fling of the parasitic elite - before they drag us all under
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Congratulations to Democrats in Miami & Georgia! 🗳 💙
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Congratulations to Democrats in Miami & Georgia! 🗳 💙
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
Eileen Higgins wins Miami mayoral race, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold. She's also the first female to become their mayor!
AND
Georgia Democrat, Eric Gisler, flips a GA state House seat in a district Trump won by 12 points! 🥳
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🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
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One thing about climate change: it disproves the capitalist ideology that poor people's suffering is their own fault.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One thing about climate change: it disproves the capitalist ideology that poor people's suffering is their own fault.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
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The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Incredible journalism from Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social on the front lines of the Donbas region, Ukraine.
'I've never seen the frontline like this before'
youtu.be/Jq2RTlhvqbc?...
'I've never seen the frontline like this before'
youtu.be/Jq2RTlhvqbc?...
I've never seen the frontline like this before
YouTube video by Caolan Robertson
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Incredible journalism from Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social on the front lines of the Donbas region, Ukraine.
'I've never seen the frontline like this before'
youtu.be/Jq2RTlhvqbc?...
'I've never seen the frontline like this before'
youtu.be/Jq2RTlhvqbc?...
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We’re launching the Earth Rover Program - trying to make geophysics actually usable for farmers. That means tackling the ridiculous price of equipment and opening up a global, easy-to-use dataset so anyone, anywhere around the globe, can understand what’s happening under their feet.
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We’re launching the Earth Rover Program - trying to make geophysics actually usable for farmers. That means tackling the ridiculous price of equipment and opening up a global, easy-to-use dataset so anyone, anywhere around the globe, can understand what’s happening under their feet.
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The European “patriotic” parties the Trump administration seeks to encourage are exactly those far-right parties which the Kremlin has so amply funded and supported for the last decade
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
From ‘Civilisational Erasure’ to the Fourth Turning: How Bannon and Dugin Captured US Strategy
The newly released National Security Strategy document vows to “cultivate resistance” inside EU states – language that tracks Steve Bannon and Aleksandr Dugin's joint declaration of war on modernity
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The European “patriotic” parties the Trump administration seeks to encourage are exactly those far-right parties which the Kremlin has so amply funded and supported for the last decade
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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This is Gaza City, filmed by the @AP
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing
Gaza will one day recover
The West's moral standing will not
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing
Gaza will one day recover
The West's moral standing will not
Trita Parsi (@tritaparsi)
This is Gaza City, filmed by the @AP.
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing."
Gaza will one day recover.
The West's moral ...
substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is Gaza City, filmed by the @AP
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing
Gaza will one day recover
The West's moral standing will not
Complete destruction. This is what Israel, and its backers in the US, UK, and Germany, call "targeting bombing
Gaza will one day recover
The West's moral standing will not