Varyl Thorndycraft
@varylt.bsky.social
Geographer - Geomorphologist - Experimental music.
He/him. Born 330ppm Dad 416ppm.
He/him. Born 330ppm Dad 416ppm.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
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Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
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Delighted to be supporting the launch of @togetheralliance.bsky.social
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Delighted to be supporting the launch of @togetheralliance.bsky.social
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
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"Asserting democratic control over corporate investment decisions is key to an anti-capitalist climate agenda…Imagine if we had collectively decided to build wind turbines and flood gates instead of data centers. Imagine that we could." 👀
Today, @madisoncondon.bsky.social makes the case that we should stop thinking of climate change as an externality.
The latest in our series on @alybatt.bsky.social's *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.*
The latest in our series on @alybatt.bsky.social's *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.*
Is Climate Change an Externality?
Environmental harms are often cast as externalities, even by those seeking to emphasize their urgency. Yet the major modern environmental statutes, written before America'
lpeproject.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Asserting democratic control over corporate investment decisions is key to an anti-capitalist climate agenda…Imagine if we had collectively decided to build wind turbines and flood gates instead of data centers. Imagine that we could." 👀
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A new campaign against the far right - to bring us TOGETHER against division and racism.
Could not be more urgently needed 🙏❤️
Could not be more urgently needed 🙏❤️
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A new campaign against the far right - to bring us TOGETHER against division and racism.
Could not be more urgently needed 🙏❤️
Could not be more urgently needed 🙏❤️
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
My 4yo surprised us at dinner last month when she asked us if we knew about Rosa Parks. When we visited the classroom a couple of weeks later we saw each child had done a collage of a bus with photos of themselves sat on a bus with Rosa Parks.
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My 4yo surprised us at dinner last month when she asked us if we knew about Rosa Parks. When we visited the classroom a couple of weeks later we saw each child had done a collage of a bus with photos of themselves sat on a bus with Rosa Parks.
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Police stopped me at Gatwick airport. I saw my name on the paper (the only name lol). They took all my details, address in the UK and Lebanon, phone number and email.
Police said that it was suspicious that I’m going to Lebanon as a Lebanese so I had to tell them my life story
They let me go
Police said that it was suspicious that I’m going to Lebanon as a Lebanese so I had to tell them my life story
They let me go
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Police stopped me at Gatwick airport. I saw my name on the paper (the only name lol). They took all my details, address in the UK and Lebanon, phone number and email.
Police said that it was suspicious that I’m going to Lebanon as a Lebanese so I had to tell them my life story
They let me go
Police said that it was suspicious that I’m going to Lebanon as a Lebanese so I had to tell them my life story
They let me go
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How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide
How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide
Extreme weather has killed nearly 1,000 people across southern and south-eastern Asia as cyclones turbocharged rain systems across the region
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide
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Just realised the ‘mansion tax’ on a £2m property is only fractionally more a month than the service charge we used to have to pay on our small two bed leasehold flat.
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Just realised the ‘mansion tax’ on a £2m property is only fractionally more a month than the service charge we used to have to pay on our small two bed leasehold flat.
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To frame this as being overcome by sentiment (whatever that means) is disingenuous. It’s the same thing as arguing that ‘we’ need to be ‘realistic‘ when ‘we’ aren’t the ones paying the price for a ‘realism’ that is not, in fact, ‘objective’. It is riddled with ideology.
Starmer’s employment rights U-turn is an improvement, but should have been done long ago: @the-independent.com Editorial www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
To frame this as being overcome by sentiment (whatever that means) is disingenuous. It’s the same thing as arguing that ‘we’ need to be ‘realistic‘ when ‘we’ aren’t the ones paying the price for a ‘realism’ that is not, in fact, ‘objective’. It is riddled with ideology.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Curlew
Little grebe
Gannet
Redshank
Lapwing
Curlew
Little grebe
Gannet
Redshank
Lapwing
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Resplendent quetzal
Ohlone tiger beetle
Blue whale
Northern elephant seal
Southern sea otter 🦦
Resplendent quetzal
Ohlone tiger beetle
Blue whale
Northern elephant seal
Southern sea otter 🦦
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Curlew
Little grebe
Gannet
Redshank
Lapwing
Curlew
Little grebe
Gannet
Redshank
Lapwing
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Under the Labour government,
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Under the Labour government,
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
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The National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social in Westminster today is a call to action for politicians.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social started with “let’s work on creating hope, where there isn’t much of it left”
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social started with “let’s work on creating hope, where there isn’t much of it left”
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social in Westminster today is a call to action for politicians.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social started with “let’s work on creating hope, where there isn’t much of it left”
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social started with “let’s work on creating hope, where there isn’t much of it left”
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The 2025 Lancet Report on Health and Climate Change and the recent Cradle to Grave Report spell out the tremendous harm and suffering caused by fossil fuel burning and resulting climate changes. Millions are dying every year.
drtomharris.substack.com/p/breathless...
#climatechange #health
drtomharris.substack.com/p/breathless...
#climatechange #health
Breathless: The Toll of Fossil Fuels and a Changing Planet
The 2025 Lancet Report on Health and Climate Change and the recent Cradle to Grave Report spell out the tremendous harm and suffering caused by fossil fuel burning and resulting climate changes.
drtomharris.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The 2025 Lancet Report on Health and Climate Change and the recent Cradle to Grave Report spell out the tremendous harm and suffering caused by fossil fuel burning and resulting climate changes. Millions are dying every year.
drtomharris.substack.com/p/breathless...
#climatechange #health
drtomharris.substack.com/p/breathless...
#climatechange #health
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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What if I told you that the entire point of the COPs is, at root, to single out their key export
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What if I told you that the entire point of the COPs is, at root, to single out their key export
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Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Entitled to lower bills.
Entitled to a liveable planet.
Entitled to make hope normal again.
Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Entitled to a liveable planet.
Entitled to make hope normal again.
Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Entitled to lower bills.
Entitled to a liveable planet.
Entitled to make hope normal again.
Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Entitled to a liveable planet.
Entitled to make hope normal again.
Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Tax wealth and cut bills. Reduce inequality and ensure a safer future.
join.greenparty.org.uk
join.greenparty.org.uk
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Tax wealth and cut bills. Reduce inequality and ensure a safer future.
join.greenparty.org.uk
join.greenparty.org.uk
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I awoke to the headline this morning that Ottawa and Alberta are reportedly “close” to a deal that includes a new heavy oil pipeline to the northwest coast of BC…
It feels timely to share that my book is out now with UBC Press, available open access
www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
It feels timely to share that my book is out now with UBC Press, available open access
www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance
Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance - Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure; Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance reveals how and why social movements have frustrated major pip...
www.ubcpress.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I awoke to the headline this morning that Ottawa and Alberta are reportedly “close” to a deal that includes a new heavy oil pipeline to the northwest coast of BC…
It feels timely to share that my book is out now with UBC Press, available open access
www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
It feels timely to share that my book is out now with UBC Press, available open access
www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
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We are in despair after the Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday.
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We are in despair after the Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday.
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
As an organisation helping couples and families survive the immigration system, we struggle to accept plans that make it easier to deport families and children.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
Shell mounds, toxic fire and boat - Essex coast is always interesting psychogeographically
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Shell mounds, toxic fire and boat - Essex coast is always interesting psychogeographically