Lee Hall 🍉
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They • them • Lee's Aspiring self-rewilder At CounterPunch: Counterpunch.org/author/lee-hall-2/ Studio for the Art of Animal Liberation: Patreon.com/leehall Occasionally on Mastodon: Mstdn.social/@leehall
Best wishes on the autumnal equinox. May we reflect upon the seasons and the role we play in them. www.patreon.com/leehall/post...
Leaning Into the Equinox Tilt | Lee Hall
The autumnal equinox will occur tonight (8pm PHL/NY/Toronto; overnight at 1am British Summer Time). The Earth’s tilt in relation to the sun
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Glad we made it to Bordeaux by taxi last night and are now in the TGV train to Paris!
This new documentary can inform #disability studies. It can call us to accompany those addressing #racism, pursuing #reparations, respecting #animals and #biodiversity, doing authentic #sustainability work, and addressing the colonial mindset. Gratitude to one and all involved in this powerful film.
Marcus Rediker@marcusrediker.bsky.social · 3mo agoHere is an excellent review of our film *Becoming Benjamin Lay* by climate and animal rights activist Lee Hall (@leehall.bsky.social), aptly entitled, “Whose History? Our History.” Thank you, Lee! www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/24/w...
Committed to peace, Benjamin Lay nevertheless insisted that “a tongue is for saying no when a no is required.” And for that, @marcusrediker.bsky.social tells the audience, Benjamin Lay was the most disowned Quaker of the 18th century. www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/24/w...
Whose History? Our History. A Review of the Documentary Becoming Benjamin Lay
Becoming Benjamin Lay isn’t a documentary about an actor portraying dwarfism, actor Mark Povinelli explains. It’s about portraying one of the great
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The House will vote on an amendment that would block funding to Israel. It should be a no brainer: Our tax dollars should not fund a genocide. We cannot continue to be complicit in Israel’s crimes against humanity.
We call on the people of Britain and the United States to insist on a shift away from the disastrous war drive, and into actions that address clear and present dangers: increasing inequality, biodiversity loss, and climate breakdown. www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/23/t...
The Declaration of Independence From America
Sarah Swift of the Menwith Hill Accountability Campaign in Britain says: “Now is the time to call for Independence From America.” What prompted this call?
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“The No ICE in the Cup campaign came about because many people in the U.S. were moved to take action against the presence of ICE in our cities and communities,” Zou said. billypenn.com/2026/06/15/i...
'ICE Out' protest art in Philly ramps up amid World Cup spotlight
Anti-ICE protest art in the city embraces Philly's long tradition of blending art, activism and community-building.
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Now reading: The Half Has Never Been Told - Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist
"We are in this land of scorching sun and heat, searching for a large Amazon solar installation in rural San Bernardino County, California. This is the home of the endangered desert tortoise and Joshua trees, but more recently, it’s become a plaything for greedy Silicon Valley entrepreneurs."
Vampire Planet: Data Centers, Far Bigger Disasters Than You Even Thought
The road is dusty and trash-strewn. My friend and collaborator Colby Groves is hanging out the car window as I drive, gazing at a patchwork of solar panels lined up behind a chain-link fence. “This ha...
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The Earth’s got a memory of the days of untamed figs. Before we speared, harnessed, bred things, before everything known was named. www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/05/b...
Buried Days
Buried Days I have a memory, in daylight and in sleep. We leap easily over streams, make love in arboreal dreams. A big-toothed cat pursues our scent
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Yes. As long as no remaining bits of untamed Earth are paved over for it.
Harvey J. Miller@mobileharv.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe best time to expand our bike infrastructure was decades ago. The second best time is now.
And they claim it's an improvement. I remember when you could type in key phrases and up would come the essay or article from which they came, so you could actually read the original rather than some nitwit summary of conventional wisdom.
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 5mo agoGoogle is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
You can't make this up. Or maybe you can. CC: @marcusrediker.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...
Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.
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Good advice for those who can. No matter the price of fuel, walking, riding a bike, and using social transit are the right picks. If we'd avoid private cars all along, even when fuel is cheap, countless harms could be averted.
pipeorgan75.bsky.social@pipeorgan75.bsky.social · 5mo agoToday's price locally. Time to reconsider using fossil fuels which are also bad for the environment. Walking, riding bikes, using mass transit, limiting trips will help.
Imagine if we and the media spent as much time discussing real solutions to this fuel crisis as we do on the continued obsession with aviation and maintaining business as usual.
“It shouldn’t be the default choice to have to get in the car,” she (Dr Caoimhe Clarke) said, adding that Ireland is the second most car-dependent country in the EU.
Campaigners highlight gulf between numbers of boys and girls cycling to school
Research commissioned by insurer finds that only 3% of Irish population cycles daily
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This is exactly the OPPOSITE of what we should be doing.
Ireland to seek cut in EU tax on imported US aviation fuel to ease airline cost crisis
Move comes as Aer Lingus announces plans to cancel or reschedule 2% of flights
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`Obviously, it’s fine to target the leaders of countries we don’t like. What do you mean, you don’t like the US?' — @normalisland.co.uk www.normalisland.co.uk/p/huge-relie...
Huge relief as America's no. 1 rapist, paedophile, and war criminal survives another shooting
Americans sighed in relief after their most popular rapist, paedophile, and war criminal survived a shooting at the White House Correspondent’s dinner last night.
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The logical conclusion of the private car? Ride bikes, take trains, for real.
Anil Dash@anildash.com · 6mo agoIf you think AI surveillance cameras aimed at drivers’ faces is a good idea (no matter how well intentioned the justification), you are a naive fool. This data will be harvested, sold to fascists, and used to imprison activists. Oh, and car companies will 100% use it for ads you can’t turn off.
Why do your letter forms to write to representatives ask for a gendered pronoun? If I'm not a Dr., I have to choose Mr, Miss, Ms, or Mrs? @theactionnetwork.bsky.social I'd suppose you're losing a lot of #nonbinary, 2-Spirit, and intersex signatures.
The two-week ceasefire is meant to give negotiators in Pakistan time to hammer out a permanent deal based on Tehran’s 10-point plan that has been sitting on the table from the beginning, meaning all this fighting was for nothing. NOTHING. www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/power-plan...
"Power Plant and Bridge Day" became the most humiliating military climb down in US history
Yesterday brought a new meaning to the term “doom scrolling” as we anxiously waited for Trump to fulfil his threat to end a 6,000 year old civilisation (and possibly the world).
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He forgot his role as “liberator” when he justified his threats to reporters by saying “they’re animals”. Yesterday, he went even further...“a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again”. It left many wondering if he would use nukes. www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/power-plan...
"Power Plant and Bridge Day" became the most humiliating military climb down in US history
Yesterday brought a new meaning to the term “doom scrolling” as we anxiously waited for Trump to fulfil his threat to end a 6,000 year old civilisation (and possibly the world).
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Name one thing Trump has done that he shouldn't be impeached for.
`Let’s be honest, Iranian schoolgirls don’t count as human, but the people who bomb them do. Everyone was frantic with worry that those pilots, who were innocently bombing civilian infrastructure, might become hostages.' — @normalisland.co.uk open.substack.com/pub/normalis...
Trump looking forward to launching Power Plant Tuesday from British military bases
President Trump says he is looking forward to launching Power Plant Tuesday from military bases in the UK, unless Iran opens the Strait that is only closed because Trump started this war.
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