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For anyone who goes along with the idea that climate change is an elite-driven conspiracy designed to expand government control and restrict individual freedoms, Jonathan Freedland this week is a good retort.

Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland

Delegates at an ‘anti-woke’ conference disparaged Ed Miliband’s net zero policies. But even they could not ignore the sweat on their foreheads, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland

Grace Blakeley@graceblakeley.substack.com · 2mo ago

If you've been struggling to cope with the heat in Europe this week, in a home that's not cut-out for record breaking high temperatures, think how much harder it must be for people who can't afford fans, have no nearby access to green spaces, or can't even get out of the house.

Across Europe, the toxic combination of extreme weather and inequality is resulting in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths. But politicians are too busy cashing cheques from big oil to respond. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/europes-he...

Dr Jon Sutton@jonsutton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just imagine.

This Mojave 3 beauty is a limited edition of 1500, with foil numbering. FOIL. Imagine getting number 3.

It’s crazy that resistance today is just about reminding the world of its values,” she said. “And that doing so seems like a radical stance.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth

US defence secretary cancelled appearance at D-day event in Legrune-sur-Mer after protest by residents

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Every day feels more and more like we're living in a dystopian novel. We are sleep walking into some horror.

It’s a Trumpian World Cup for racism and cynicism – why don’t those who condemned Qatar 2022 say so? | Jeremy Corbyn

Horrific indeed. This has been going on far too long. Where I live in Shropshire it's no different. Thank you @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for bringing this to everyone's attention.

Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot

What miles we've travelled since Shirley Valentine! In these days where everyone is a product, and neoliberalism sells the idea of perfection, maybe eventually Zac Barnett will be proved right: 'I think what audiences are going to want to see more and more is the truth, which is imperfections.'

‘The face doesn’t move’: Hollywood’s obsession with cosmetic surgeries has led to stiffer looks – and performances

Grace Blakeley@graceblakeley.substack.com · 3mo ago

No politician, however well-meaning, can enter the institutions of the capitalist state and escape unchanged. They will be pushed and pulled, until their original ambitions have been warped and contorted – an inevitable consequence of trying to get things done in a highly unequal society.

We're facing the second lost decade of the century. The far-right will blame migrants. Liberals will tell us the economy is working just fine. Meanwhile, bosses will keep making record profits - unless workers figure out how to take them back.

The headline for this piece is distracting. Ken Loach has many important things to say and it's worth everyone listening. 'The people who have nothing are always blamed, and the people who got rich on the system escape.'

‘They lost a historic opportunity’: Ken Loach laments Your Party infighting

Yes. Like other New Labour characters, Wes Streeting quickly adopted the art of spin to sell a good story about himself. Most people who work in the NHS are well aware of the cans he has kicked down the road.

Wes Streeting vowed to fix ‘broken’ NHS but critics say he failed to deliver

Horrific indeed. This has been going on far too long. Where I live in Shropshire it's no different. Thank you @georgemonbiot.bsky.social for bringing this to everyone's attention.

Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot

What miles we've travelled since Shirley Valentine! In these days where everyone is a product, and neoliberalism sells the idea of perfection, maybe eventually Zac Barnett will be proved right: 'I think what audiences are going to want to see more and more is the truth, which is imperfections.'

‘The face doesn’t move’: Hollywood’s obsession with cosmetic surgeries has led to stiffer looks – and performances

Grace Blakeley@graceblakeley.substack.com · 3mo ago

No politician, however well-meaning, can enter the institutions of the capitalist state and escape unchanged. They will be pushed and pulled, until their original ambitions have been warped and contorted – an inevitable consequence of trying to get things done in a highly unequal society.

We're facing the second lost decade of the century. The far-right will blame migrants. Liberals will tell us the economy is working just fine. Meanwhile, bosses will keep making record profits - unless workers figure out how to take them back.

The headline for this piece is distracting. Ken Loach has many important things to say and it's worth everyone listening. 'The people who have nothing are always blamed, and the people who got rich on the system escape.'

‘They lost a historic opportunity’: Ken Loach laments Your Party infighting

Yes. Like other New Labour characters, Wes Streeting quickly adopted the art of spin to sell a good story about himself. Most people who work in the NHS are well aware of the cans he has kicked down the road.

I Am I - Earth @iami.earth · 3mo ago

Wes Streeting vowed to fix ‘broken’ NHS but critics say he failed to deliver

That's the hard bit because community organising is slow, local, and doesn't scale the way policy does. But it's also the only thing that makes policy stick. Without the organised base, reforms get reversed the moment political winds shift.

Myown take: AI can't yet feel. Ergo, it can't yet write.

I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathan

Grace Blakeley@graceblakeley.substack.com · 3mo ago

A neat summary of where we're at. For me, as a critical and community psychologist, I think this is the hardest bit: 'we need community organising to deliver the kind of mutual aid that has always protected workers from crises caused by capital.' I just don't know how to do this!

Unemployment hurts governments. Inflation kills them. Starmer believed that his government was the exception - and did nothing to support those struggling during the cost of living crisis. This weekend, he was punished for his hubris. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...