Tim Chatterton

Don't be fooled: renewables are NOT REPLACING fossil fuels, they're ADDING to them. Emissions are at record levels and rising, and global warming is accelerating. What matters for the climate is fossil fuel consumption, not how fast renewables are growing.

Jeez. Labour MP’s have just voted to give police unprecedented powers to ban recurring protests turning a fundamental freedom into a privilege granted by the state. No protest movement has ever brought about change through one single march or action - it’s precisely the cumulative nature of protest that has resulted in progressive change and held governments to account. More than 40 civil society groups including the TUC joined forces to oppose this draconian crackdown by the government on our rights to freedom of expression and assembly but the government has driven it through anyway. How did it come to this?

did you know: every day the @WSJ opinion editors have an internal contest to see who can commission the most sociopathic editorial. Here's the latest entry

NHS staff have been told they might lose their jobs if they criticise NHS England’s controversial £330m contract with IDF-contractor Palantir. According to the FT, an analytics officer who had raised concerns about Palantir’s Federal Data Platform (FDP) was told by a senior NHS official: “If you criticise the FDP one more time, you are going to lose your job.” “I know I am not the only one inside the NHS who has been warned off criticising the tool publicly,” the analytics officer added. In January 2024, Palantir announced a strategic partnership with the Israeli government to support “war-related missions”, meaning its tools are being used in a genocide. It also provides technology to immigration enforcement in the US, and founder Peter Thiel has provided financial backing to Donald Trump. Citing ethical concerns, the British Medical Association (BMA) has instructed union members not to adopt Palantir’s Federal Data Platform. In February, BMA chair Tom Dolphin told the British Medical Journal: “Given Palantir’s track record, including controversies in the US involving immigration enforcement and the risks to patient trust, data security, and NHS independence, we believe there must be a complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS and no further contracts awarded.” But staff told the FT that NHS organisations are under pressure to sign up voluntarily to the Palantir data system. Technicians working on alternative systems have been told to stop in their tracks. “When letters go out saying, ‘Sign this or we’ll call your chief executive’, that doesn’t build goodwill,” said an analytics official. “It creates compliance, not commitment.” Palantir boasts contracts across British public services, with its technology already embedded in the police and the military. Last month, two anonymous Ministry of Defence officials told journalists at the Nerve that Palantir’s deepening knowledge of the British state poses “a national security threat to the UK”. 123 out of 205 NHS hospital trusts have already adopted Palantir’s data system.

研究によると、マーモットがキャベツを丁重にお断りする様子を見ることでストレスレベルが最大65%低下することが示されているらしい

- @AlexCrawfordSky is doing something fascinating and it is drawing a lot of heat. She is reporting on Arabs as if they were white people.

@molmutius What is the risk and what are the consequences of a rogue state like the US or Israel bombing them?

I calculated that one (1) of these three new small modular reactors will give out the same average annual energy as 40 square miles of solar panels. And they work at night. And in winter. And when it is cloudy.

Nail on head time. Today govt announced that 6 water companies are getting to walk away from 20 separate criminal prosecutions, that's up to 5 years in jail, unlimited fines and the proceeds of crime legislation applies, you can start seizing houses, cars etc. Take Severn Trent, annual revenues £2.4 billion. Today for a payment of £4.6 million they get to walk away from 6 separate prosecutions. Bargain as they say.

🚨 AOC JUST WENT THERE: “I thought that fascist takeover attempts were going to be architected by evil geniuses. I was not expecting how unearned, nepotistic, mediocre and just dumb so many of the people architecting this were going to be.”

“The bill introduces sweeping new offences. It criminalises denying Israel’s existence - while no law criminalises denying France's right to exist - and outlaws comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany.” Critics of Israel could face 5 years in prison if their insane bill passes.

Couldn't someone else run the genocide, so he can go on trial?

In case people missed this story over the weekend ... you may well have, as it has not been touched by the media. Reform UK engineered a competition in which they are treating an entire street in Wigan to around £80,000. It's DEFINITELY just a coincidence that the winners are long time Farage fans, Ray and June — who ALSO nominated Lee Moffitt for the branch chair position of Reform Wigan. Moffitt is in the promo videos thanking June, by the way. DEFINITELY just a coincidence though. 🤷‍♂️

A perfect image of the Trump era: A grandmother has to work at DoorDash in order to get by, while the president decorates his office in gold accent pieces.

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. wired.com/story/the-inte…

1.2 million people displaced in Lebanon 400,000 children And @AP still won’t say who displaced them

These Motherfuckers are Insane.

Compare and contrast.

#Offshoring is an outrage - especially when it comes to the surplus from public services...

Studies show that watching a beaver eating cabbage lowers stress levels by 15%

No one could have predicted this /s