Vanessa Spedding
@vanessaspedding.bsky.social
Writer. Envisioning a carefully-placed twist in the tale of humanity.
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I think The Express needs to find their Xmas spirit.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
December 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I think The Express needs to find their Xmas spirit.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
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Starmer's wretched government can't be allowed to let these courageous people die. #HungerStrike
December 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Starmer's wretched government can't be allowed to let these courageous people die. #HungerStrike
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The people should just create their own debt jubilee and stop paying. The system has been rigged so a small criminal elite could steal everything. The 99% is more powerful - start making new rules.
US STUDENT LOAN CRISIS WORSENS: SERIOUS 90-DAY DELINQUENCIES HIT RECORD 14%
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The people should just create their own debt jubilee and stop paying. The system has been rigged so a small criminal elite could steal everything. The 99% is more powerful - start making new rules.
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The sun is spent, and now his flasks
Send forth light squibs, no constant rays;
The world's whole sap is sunk;
The general balm th'hydroptic earth hath drunk,
Whither, as to the bed's feet, life is shrunk,
---John Donne, A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day
#poetry #solstice #winter #literature
Send forth light squibs, no constant rays;
The world's whole sap is sunk;
The general balm th'hydroptic earth hath drunk,
Whither, as to the bed's feet, life is shrunk,
---John Donne, A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day
#poetry #solstice #winter #literature
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The sun is spent, and now his flasks
Send forth light squibs, no constant rays;
The world's whole sap is sunk;
The general balm th'hydroptic earth hath drunk,
Whither, as to the bed's feet, life is shrunk,
---John Donne, A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day
#poetry #solstice #winter #literature
Send forth light squibs, no constant rays;
The world's whole sap is sunk;
The general balm th'hydroptic earth hath drunk,
Whither, as to the bed's feet, life is shrunk,
---John Donne, A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day
#poetry #solstice #winter #literature
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Thanks to all that shared and contributed - they reached their initial target last night! The stretch target is still in play so please do what you can do spread the word. These fine folks face serious risk of being imprisoned for a considerable amount of time, such is the state of UK protest law.
Please share, and chip in if you can.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/6-clima...
www.crowdjustice.com/case/6-clima...
6 medics face trial for climate action at time of record temperatures
We need your help to defend 6 health workers facing trial. They acted out of a duty to protect public health & planet, as politics and corporations fail to deliver their climate commitments.
www.crowdjustice.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Thanks to all that shared and contributed - they reached their initial target last night! The stretch target is still in play so please do what you can do spread the word. These fine folks face serious risk of being imprisoned for a considerable amount of time, such is the state of UK protest law.
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Closing the year with one of our highest ever polls.
Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year.
We're all just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year.
We're all just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
🚨 NEW | Poll shows Greens ahead of Labour
➡️ REF: 25% (-1)
🔵 CON: 22% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 19% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 18% (=)
🟠 LD: 10% (-1)
Via @LordAPolls, 11-15 Dec (+/- vs 17 Nov)
➡️ REF: 25% (-1)
🔵 CON: 22% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 19% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 18% (=)
🟠 LD: 10% (-1)
Via @LordAPolls, 11-15 Dec (+/- vs 17 Nov)
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Closing the year with one of our highest ever polls.
Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year.
We're all just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Thank you everyone so much for your support and determination this year.
We're all just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Looks like I'm sticking with the Green Party then. Quite frankly, Labour is dead to me.
December 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Looks like I'm sticking with the Green Party then. Quite frankly, Labour is dead to me.
The Pentagon’s planned cobalt stockpile “could be used instead to produce 80.2 gigawatt hours of battery capacity — more than double the existing energy storage capacity in the US”.
Our research manager Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com.
Our research manager Lorah Steichen wrote for the @financialtimes.com.
Critical minerals should not be stockpiled for military use
The US is funnelling materials such as cobalt and graphite into national defence rather than new climate technologies
www.ft.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Transition Security Project
transitionsecurity.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Outstanding and compelling visual essay by Eleanor Shearer @cmmonwealth.bsky.social - superb research and storytelling. I learned a lot.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Visualising Extractive Capitalism
From the formation of the plantation slave economy to the modern-day climate crisis, we map how empire and extractive capitalism shaped Barbados, Britain and the wider world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Outstanding and compelling visual essay by Eleanor Shearer @cmmonwealth.bsky.social - superb research and storytelling. I learned a lot.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
Even in this damning, comprehensive report on the ongoing global corporate poisoning of all living systems and human health, the solutions have to be profitable.
(OK I get the company's raison d'être, but still, so much good work, hijacked by a deadly system)
www.systemiq.earth/reports/invi...
(OK I get the company's raison d'être, but still, so much good work, hijacked by a deadly system)
www.systemiq.earth/reports/invi...
Invisible Ingredients | Systemiq
The report provides the most comprehensive global assessment to date of how four major chemical groups—phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides, and PFAS—affect human health, ecosystems, and economic stabil...
www.systemiq.earth
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Even in this damning, comprehensive report on the ongoing global corporate poisoning of all living systems and human health, the solutions have to be profitable.
(OK I get the company's raison d'être, but still, so much good work, hijacked by a deadly system)
www.systemiq.earth/reports/invi...
(OK I get the company's raison d'être, but still, so much good work, hijacked by a deadly system)
www.systemiq.earth/reports/invi...
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🌾Oxford Real Farming Conference 2026 tickets are now on sale! 🌾
Join thousands of farmers, activists, policy experts, and scientists who share your vision for a fairer food and farming system on 8-9 January 2026.
In-person and online tickets available: orfc.org.uk/book-orfc-20...
Join thousands of farmers, activists, policy experts, and scientists who share your vision for a fairer food and farming system on 8-9 January 2026.
In-person and online tickets available: orfc.org.uk/book-orfc-20...
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🌾Oxford Real Farming Conference 2026 tickets are now on sale! 🌾
Join thousands of farmers, activists, policy experts, and scientists who share your vision for a fairer food and farming system on 8-9 January 2026.
In-person and online tickets available: orfc.org.uk/book-orfc-20...
Join thousands of farmers, activists, policy experts, and scientists who share your vision for a fairer food and farming system on 8-9 January 2026.
In-person and online tickets available: orfc.org.uk/book-orfc-20...
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🚜🌾✊🏽 ORFC - Oxford Real Farming Conference @orfc.bsky.social
📅 8 & 9 January 2026
📍Oxford (UK) + Livestream 🛜
💢 In Person Programme: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in...
🔴 Online Programme: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-on...
📷 Media Centre: orfc.org.uk/media-centre
👉 +infos: orfc.org.uk
#ORFC #ORFC26 #ORFC2026
📅 8 & 9 January 2026
📍Oxford (UK) + Livestream 🛜
💢 In Person Programme: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in...
🔴 Online Programme: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-on...
📷 Media Centre: orfc.org.uk/media-centre
👉 +infos: orfc.org.uk
#ORFC #ORFC26 #ORFC2026
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚜🌾✊🏽 ORFC - Oxford Real Farming Conference @orfc.bsky.social
📅 8 & 9 January 2026
📍Oxford (UK) + Livestream 🛜
💢 In Person Programme: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in...
🔴 Online Programme: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-on...
📷 Media Centre: orfc.org.uk/media-centre
👉 +infos: orfc.org.uk
#ORFC #ORFC26 #ORFC2026
📅 8 & 9 January 2026
📍Oxford (UK) + Livestream 🛜
💢 In Person Programme: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-in...
🔴 Online Programme: orfc.org.uk/orfc-2026-on...
📷 Media Centre: orfc.org.uk/media-centre
👉 +infos: orfc.org.uk
#ORFC #ORFC26 #ORFC2026
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Want to see billionaire brainwashing in action?
Seven out of ten Brits are big fans of renewable energy and want to see lots more of it.
But they think the majority of people DON’T support it.
That disconnect isn’t an accident. 🧵
Seven out of ten Brits are big fans of renewable energy and want to see lots more of it.
But they think the majority of people DON’T support it.
That disconnect isn’t an accident. 🧵
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Want to see billionaire brainwashing in action?
Seven out of ten Brits are big fans of renewable energy and want to see lots more of it.
But they think the majority of people DON’T support it.
That disconnect isn’t an accident. 🧵
Seven out of ten Brits are big fans of renewable energy and want to see lots more of it.
But they think the majority of people DON’T support it.
That disconnect isn’t an accident. 🧵
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We’re told degrowth is “unelectable”. The science says otherwise.
~75% of people in the US & UK support degrowth principles once people hear what it really means. This is a messaging challenge, not a dead end.
~75% of people in the US & UK support degrowth principles once people hear what it really means. This is a messaging challenge, not a dead end.
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We’re told degrowth is “unelectable”. The science says otherwise.
~75% of people in the US & UK support degrowth principles once people hear what it really means. This is a messaging challenge, not a dead end.
~75% of people in the US & UK support degrowth principles once people hear what it really means. This is a messaging challenge, not a dead end.
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“We will like see tens of millions of unnecessary deaths due to environmental degradation & extreme weather, with climate change being the most noteworthy, but by no means the only environmental reason behind these deaths.” #degrowth
- @mattorsagh.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/degrowth...
- @mattorsagh.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/degrowth...
Climate Change Will Bring More Death Than We are Used to Seeing
We will get used to it.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“We will like see tens of millions of unnecessary deaths due to environmental degradation & extreme weather, with climate change being the most noteworthy, but by no means the only environmental reason behind these deaths.” #degrowth
- @mattorsagh.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/degrowth...
- @mattorsagh.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/degrowth...
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Climate change, fueled by big agribusiness and fossil fuels, is pushing food prices up.
Agriculture makes up 12% of EU emissions, yet agribusiness lobbyists block real climate action, like controlling harmful and dangerous levels of industrial animal production.
#FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
Agriculture makes up 12% of EU emissions, yet agribusiness lobbyists block real climate action, like controlling harmful and dangerous levels of industrial animal production.
#FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
December 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Climate change, fueled by big agribusiness and fossil fuels, is pushing food prices up.
Agriculture makes up 12% of EU emissions, yet agribusiness lobbyists block real climate action, like controlling harmful and dangerous levels of industrial animal production.
#FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
Agriculture makes up 12% of EU emissions, yet agribusiness lobbyists block real climate action, like controlling harmful and dangerous levels of industrial animal production.
#FeedPeopleNotAgribusiness
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The UN's Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social advances a #postgrowth approach including an extreme wealth line: www.neep-poverty.org/roadmap-for-...
I am part of a consulting group about how to implement this roadmap that meets next week
I am part of a consulting group about how to implement this roadmap that meets next week
Roadmap - New Economies for Eradicating Poverty
www.neep-poverty.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The UN's Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights @deschuttero.bsky.social advances a #postgrowth approach including an extreme wealth line: www.neep-poverty.org/roadmap-for-...
I am part of a consulting group about how to implement this roadmap that meets next week
I am part of a consulting group about how to implement this roadmap that meets next week
Thoughtful observations from @brettscott.bsky.social on the yawning gap between the hierarchy and the "under-archy" (and the fact we all rely on life's foundations at ground level, whether or not we trade millions in our skyscrapers) open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
Scraping the Sky
Life on the tip of the economic pyramid
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thoughtful observations from @brettscott.bsky.social on the yawning gap between the hierarchy and the "under-archy" (and the fact we all rely on life's foundations at ground level, whether or not we trade millions in our skyscrapers) open.substack.com/pub/brettsco...
"ceasefire"
Israel says it struck Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, adding pressure to a US-brokered ceasefire.
Israel launches new wave of air attacks on Lebanon, straining fragile truce
Israel says it struck Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, adding pressure to a US-brokered ceasefire.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"ceasefire"
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In the last year, Israel averaged nearly two daily attacks on Syria and grabbed more land in the occupied Golan Heights.
Israel attacked Syria more than 600 times over the past year
In the last year, Israel averaged nearly two daily attacks on Syria and grabbed more land in the occupied Golan Heights.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In the last year, Israel averaged nearly two daily attacks on Syria and grabbed more land in the occupied Golan Heights.
Do you mean "ceasefire"
Official urges mediators to stop Israeli attacks, numbering 738 since ceasefire began, Gaza authorities say.
Hamas says no Gaza truce phase two while Israel ‘continues violations’
Official urges mediators to stop Israeli attacks, numbering 738 since ceasefire began, Gaza authorities say.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Do you mean "ceasefire"
UN Global Environment Outlook report warns "the planet is on track for deeper climate shocks, accelerating biodiversity loss, worsening land degradation and deadly pollution — unless countries drastically transform how economies are powered, fed and governed." news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
New report warns of mounting planetary crises — and pathways to hope
A new report details how climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are converging — and identifies pathways to tackle these planetary crises.
news.mongabay.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
UN Global Environment Outlook report warns "the planet is on track for deeper climate shocks, accelerating biodiversity loss, worsening land degradation and deadly pollution — unless countries drastically transform how economies are powered, fed and governed." news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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The first major study into public attitudes toward degrowth – the notion that high-income economies should prioritise wellbeing over growing production – reveals significant public support for its key ideas across both the UK (74-84%) and the US (67-73%).
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The first major study into public attitudes toward degrowth – the notion that high-income economies should prioritise wellbeing over growing production – reveals significant public support for its key ideas across both the UK (74-84%) and the US (67-73%).
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Interesting paper that reports that many degrowth policies are popular with the public, especially when degrowth isn't named. This is an important finding as much in the degrowth world seems to be obviously necessary—whatever your preferred politics.
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Interesting paper that reports that many degrowth policies are popular with the public, especially when degrowth isn't named. This is an important finding as much in the degrowth world seems to be obviously necessary—whatever your preferred politics.