Steve
@socialiststeve.bsky.social
Socialist, Atheist, Grandfather, Disabled. Aged 66. Realist. Doomer.
Long suffering LUFC fan. Animal lover.
Long suffering LUFC fan. Animal lover.
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We live in interesting times.
Here's another view of the record low Arctic sea-ice thickness, showing all the monthly values since January, 1979, as well as the 12-month moving average.
Here's another view of the record low Arctic sea-ice thickness, showing all the monthly values since January, 1979, as well as the 12-month moving average.
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We live in interesting times.
Here's another view of the record low Arctic sea-ice thickness, showing all the monthly values since January, 1979, as well as the 12-month moving average.
Here's another view of the record low Arctic sea-ice thickness, showing all the monthly values since January, 1979, as well as the 12-month moving average.
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This is exciting polling - not just for London, though.
Right across England and Wales - people are ready to vote Green for the very first time.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Right across England and Wales - people are ready to vote Green for the very first time.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This is exciting polling - not just for London, though.
Right across England and Wales - people are ready to vote Green for the very first time.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Right across England and Wales - people are ready to vote Green for the very first time.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Somehow this is the worst part.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Somehow this is the worst part.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
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This is very funny.
Only yesterday Starmer was swatting away hacks at a press conference who believed they had questions to answer over it.
The mainstream media, the Tories, and Farage accused Reeves of doing something wrong, again, and were proved wrong, again.
It’s marvellous.
Only yesterday Starmer was swatting away hacks at a press conference who believed they had questions to answer over it.
The mainstream media, the Tories, and Farage accused Reeves of doing something wrong, again, and were proved wrong, again.
It’s marvellous.
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is very funny.
Only yesterday Starmer was swatting away hacks at a press conference who believed they had questions to answer over it.
The mainstream media, the Tories, and Farage accused Reeves of doing something wrong, again, and were proved wrong, again.
It’s marvellous.
Only yesterday Starmer was swatting away hacks at a press conference who believed they had questions to answer over it.
The mainstream media, the Tories, and Farage accused Reeves of doing something wrong, again, and were proved wrong, again.
It’s marvellous.
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You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
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1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
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People say “the scars of the 1910 fire are still visible.”
Look closer: the scars aren’t from the fire—they’re from the roads and salvage logging that followed.
Yellowstone burned in 1988 with the same intensity.
Because it wasn’t salvaged, most visitors have no idea a fire ever happened.
Look closer: the scars aren’t from the fire—they’re from the roads and salvage logging that followed.
Yellowstone burned in 1988 with the same intensity.
Because it wasn’t salvaged, most visitors have no idea a fire ever happened.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
People say “the scars of the 1910 fire are still visible.”
Look closer: the scars aren’t from the fire—they’re from the roads and salvage logging that followed.
Yellowstone burned in 1988 with the same intensity.
Because it wasn’t salvaged, most visitors have no idea a fire ever happened.
Look closer: the scars aren’t from the fire—they’re from the roads and salvage logging that followed.
Yellowstone burned in 1988 with the same intensity.
Because it wasn’t salvaged, most visitors have no idea a fire ever happened.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Here's a new graphic that shows the running average for Arctic sea-ice extent, 1989-Present. The record low was set in 2021. As you can see, extent is just barely into "Code Yikes!" territory.
Will we see "Code UFB!!!" in 2026? The Climate 8-ball is sitting on its hands.
Will we see "Code UFB!!!" in 2026? The Climate 8-ball is sitting on its hands.
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Here's a new graphic that shows the running average for Arctic sea-ice extent, 1989-Present. The record low was set in 2021. As you can see, extent is just barely into "Code Yikes!" territory.
Will we see "Code UFB!!!" in 2026? The Climate 8-ball is sitting on its hands.
Will we see "Code UFB!!!" in 2026? The Climate 8-ball is sitting on its hands.
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
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There cannot be fair trials where the Government is the plaintiff and the only person who decides is a Judge chosen and paid by the Government.
Such as in the case of Palestine Action.
This will be a fix, not justice.
Such as in the case of Palestine Action.
This will be a fix, not justice.
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
There cannot be fair trials where the Government is the plaintiff and the only person who decides is a Judge chosen and paid by the Government.
Such as in the case of Palestine Action.
This will be a fix, not justice.
Such as in the case of Palestine Action.
This will be a fix, not justice.
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Your 'moment of doom' and 'doom quote' are going to take a few days to re-charge their respective doom batteries.
Meanwhile, the Climate 8-ball is drinking those moments when the blackness would hit it and the void would be calling ...
Meanwhile, the Climate 8-ball is drinking those moments when the blackness would hit it and the void would be calling ...
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Your 'moment of doom' and 'doom quote' are going to take a few days to re-charge their respective doom batteries.
Meanwhile, the Climate 8-ball is drinking those moments when the blackness would hit it and the void would be calling ...
Meanwhile, the Climate 8-ball is drinking those moments when the blackness would hit it and the void would be calling ...
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If your invasive-species strategy depends on sewage and industrial runoff, you don’t have a strategy. “Protection” by pollution is a coffin, not a barrier. 💀🌊
apple.news/AGzJjUt1USra...
apple.news/AGzJjUt1USra...
Invasive Scud Is Threatening the Great Lakes. Pollution Might Be Helping to Keep It Back. — Inside Climate News
Long-polluted waterways near Chicago are part of a system of natural and manmade barriers keeping invasive crustaceans at bay, a recent study suggests.
apple.news
December 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If your invasive-species strategy depends on sewage and industrial runoff, you don’t have a strategy. “Protection” by pollution is a coffin, not a barrier. 💀🌊
apple.news/AGzJjUt1USra...
apple.news/AGzJjUt1USra...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I don't think I've seen a more compelling political speech, and I trust Zarah will persevere against all the negativity that has dogged Your Party's inception, and go on to become our PM one day. And not a day too soon.
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Zarah Sultana Calls For Capitalism To Be Replaced | Your Party Speech
YouTube video by Turn Left
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December 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I don't think I've seen a more compelling political speech, and I trust Zarah will persevere against all the negativity that has dogged Your Party's inception, and go on to become our PM one day. And not a day too soon.
youtu.be/zBu95--J-cE?...
youtu.be/zBu95--J-cE?...
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Africa didn’t avoid human-driven extinctions.
Turnover pulses at ~1.8 Ma, ~1.4 Ma, and again by ~125 ka include losses of elephant-like proboscideans, giant bovids, and other megaherbivores. Africa had already lost ~50% of its megafauna before the Holocene.
Turnover pulses at ~1.8 Ma, ~1.4 Ma, and again by ~125 ka include losses of elephant-like proboscideans, giant bovids, and other megaherbivores. Africa had already lost ~50% of its megafauna before the Holocene.
Humans (Homo) existed for the entire Pleistocene, with human-driven extinctions likely only in the final 1% of that time. Even for Homo sapiens specifically, the oldest plausible human-driven extinctions are about ~30 kyr, the final 10% of the timeline of our existence.
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Africa didn’t avoid human-driven extinctions.
Turnover pulses at ~1.8 Ma, ~1.4 Ma, and again by ~125 ka include losses of elephant-like proboscideans, giant bovids, and other megaherbivores. Africa had already lost ~50% of its megafauna before the Holocene.
Turnover pulses at ~1.8 Ma, ~1.4 Ma, and again by ~125 ka include losses of elephant-like proboscideans, giant bovids, and other megaherbivores. Africa had already lost ~50% of its megafauna before the Holocene.
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Jason Stanley’s new book Erasing History goes into detail about how authoritarians make taking down educational institutions their first priority. Which we really all should know by now.
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Jason Stanley’s new book Erasing History goes into detail about how authoritarians make taking down educational institutions their first priority. Which we really all should know by now.
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Trump once again shows his total hypocrisy by calling Maduro the 'head of a terrorist organisation'. From where I sit, Trump is presiding over terror in the form of ICE dragging people off streets, out of cars and buildings in order to deport them.
##HandsOffVenezuela
##HandsOffVenezuela
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Trump once again shows his total hypocrisy by calling Maduro the 'head of a terrorist organisation'. From where I sit, Trump is presiding over terror in the form of ICE dragging people off streets, out of cars and buildings in order to deport them.
##HandsOffVenezuela
##HandsOffVenezuela
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Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.