salwarpe
@salwarpe.bsky.social
I am a sheep. Also a Quaker.
I like puns, politics and permaculture, not necessarily in that order.
I love music. Laurie Anderson and The Sisters of Mercy are at the apex.
I like puns, politics and permaculture, not necessarily in that order.
I love music. Laurie Anderson and The Sisters of Mercy are at the apex.
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A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
August 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.
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Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949)
Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949)
In 1949, George Orwell received a curious letter from his former high school French teacher.
Orwell had just published his groundbreaking book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which received glowing reviews fro...
www.openculture.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949)
This week I have been mostly working in a bookshop storage space. Countless art books
December 11, 2024 at 9:36 AM
This week I have been mostly working in a bookshop storage space. Countless art books
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Approximate location of Ambridge
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
November 25, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Approximate location of Ambridge
#TheArchers
#TheArchers
My afternoon listen. Very pleasurable.
November 26, 2024 at 2:24 PM
My afternoon listen. Very pleasurable.
Peruvian surf guitar cumbia cover of Jonathan Richman track - a fine way to start the morning, thanks to Sounds and Colours magazine
youtu.be/4LSmph69JQU?...
youtu.be/4LSmph69JQU?...
Pancho Acosta - Egyptian Reggae
YouTube video by Munster Records
youtu.be
November 26, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Peruvian surf guitar cumbia cover of Jonathan Richman track - a fine way to start the morning, thanks to Sounds and Colours magazine
youtu.be/4LSmph69JQU?...
youtu.be/4LSmph69JQU?...
A fine selection of songs from throughout Laurie Anderson's career.
'The real brilliance here lies in how Earhart’s accounts blur with Anderson’s own voice, reflections and memories. Amelia is a poignant, moving reflection on what our heroes reveal about ourselves'
Flying At Night from Amelia (2024) - The Strange World Of #LaurieAnderson
https://buff.ly/4fUwnKR
Flying At Night from Amelia (2024) - The Strange World Of #LaurieAnderson
https://buff.ly/4fUwnKR
November 25, 2024 at 1:15 PM
A fine selection of songs from throughout Laurie Anderson's career.
The Massive descends on Bluesky...
November 23, 2024 at 6:39 PM
The Massive descends on Bluesky...
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"We treat the future like a distant colonial outpost devoid of people, where we can freely dump ecological degradation, technological risk, nuclear waste and public debt" - Roman Krznaric
The future has no voice.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #COP29 #bbcpm
The future has no voice.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #COP29 #bbcpm
We have an unhealthy relationship with time. We live in a present that is both contrived & confined. We vacation in a fictional past & we talk about the future but we don't go there.
When #COVID19 was in the future, the nearest of futures, we didn't see it, not really, not enough to decisively act.
When #COVID19 was in the future, the nearest of futures, we didn't see it, not really, not enough to decisively act.
November 21, 2024 at 4:18 PM
"We treat the future like a distant colonial outpost devoid of people, where we can freely dump ecological degradation, technological risk, nuclear waste and public debt" - Roman Krznaric
The future has no voice.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #COP29 #bbcpm
The future has no voice.
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #COP29 #bbcpm
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A viciously funny demolition of Musk and the platform be bastardised in his own image. To be on X is to inhale his rancid fumes
I briefly put principles and values aside to make a saltier, crankier case for leaving X: Elon Musk is uniquely insufferable holapapi.substack.com/p/x-out
X Out
A salty, cranky case for letting Twitter die
holapapi.substack.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:25 PM
A viciously funny demolition of Musk and the platform be bastardised in his own image. To be on X is to inhale his rancid fumes
Can we respond to climate breakdown in time?
Can we transition to a much fairer economic system?
Can we change from hard security to human security?
Behind all of this are three core elements that turn these challenges into an immediate triple crisis.
Can we transition to a much fairer economic system?
Can we change from hard security to human security?
Behind all of this are three core elements that turn these challenges into an immediate triple crisis.
"A divided world really is facing limits to growth"
In the latest article for SGR's Responsible Science Journal, Professor Paul Rogers discusses the triple crisis of war, climate breakdown and economic injustice.
In the latest article for SGR's Responsible Science Journal, Professor Paul Rogers discusses the triple crisis of war, climate breakdown and economic injustice.
War, climate breakdown, and economic injustice: tackling the triple crisis
Prof Paul Rogers, University of Bradford, examines the interlinkages between the world’s major crises, and outlines some ways forward. Article from Responsible Science journal, no. 6, Spring 2024 Adva...
www.sgr.org.uk
November 20, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Can we respond to climate breakdown in time?
Can we transition to a much fairer economic system?
Can we change from hard security to human security?
Behind all of this are three core elements that turn these challenges into an immediate triple crisis.
Can we transition to a much fairer economic system?
Can we change from hard security to human security?
Behind all of this are three core elements that turn these challenges into an immediate triple crisis.
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We need to expose the abundance that exists in our highly unequal world. Musk is an amazing target because he got so rich hoarding the benefits of the green transition.
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November 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
We need to expose the abundance that exists in our highly unequal world. Musk is an amazing target because he got so rich hoarding the benefits of the green transition.
(7/8)
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Baku at night. It's a bit like Glasgow -steep hills, big drops from pavement to road, and massive triple lane carriageways right through the middle
November 19, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Baku at night. It's a bit like Glasgow -steep hills, big drops from pavement to road, and massive triple lane carriageways right through the middle
Hello world. salwarpe here. I said "hello world". *taps screen* is this thing on?
November 19, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Hello world. salwarpe here. I said "hello world". *taps screen* is this thing on?