A Quiet Resistance
@aquietresistance.bsky.social
46 years, one child, and an awakening: we can't keep doing the same shit and expect to survive. So our little family's doing things differently instead. A quiet resistance.
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TFA: a forever chemical which may harm fertility + the development of unborn children, detected in rivers + groundwater at multiple sites in England.
Our investigation, with @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social out now:
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Our investigation, with @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social out now:
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Forever chemical linked to fertility issues found in rivers in England
Data shared exclusively with The i Paper reveals trifluoroacetic acid has been detected in areas that supply drinking water
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October 7, 2026 at 9:52 AM
TFA: a forever chemical which may harm fertility + the development of unborn children, detected in rivers + groundwater at multiple sites in England.
Our investigation, with @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social out now:
share.google/gafS56WsWlah...
@luciemheath.bsky.social @ellieodonnell.bsky.social
Our investigation, with @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social out now:
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@luciemheath.bsky.social @ellieodonnell.bsky.social
So, the UK govt is happy to spend £millions planning for a disaster that it could help prevent or mitigate.
#degrowth seriously. Less GDP, more thinking outside the economy box
#degrowth seriously. Less GDP, more thinking outside the economy box
We need to be less hysterical about potential AMOC collapse in 2100 and way more hysterical about the actual mega El Niño in 2027.
A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
www.politico.eu
October 8, 2026 at 1:09 AM
So, the UK govt is happy to spend £millions planning for a disaster that it could help prevent or mitigate.
#degrowth seriously. Less GDP, more thinking outside the economy box
#degrowth seriously. Less GDP, more thinking outside the economy box
We need better solutions to waste than just dumping and burying it.
⚠️ 7.4 tonnes an hour
Estimated methane emissions from Silivri landfill, Turkey’s largest landfill and its worst landfill super-emitter, according to satellite analysis. An uncomfortable backdrop as Turkey prepares to host COP31
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Estimated methane emissions from Silivri landfill, Turkey’s largest landfill and its worst landfill super-emitter, according to satellite analysis. An uncomfortable backdrop as Turkey prepares to host COP31
www.theguardian.com/environment...
Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
We need better solutions to waste than just dumping and burying it.
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The failure to change course has to do with power and its misuse, with ideas, supremacies, with disconnection from life and living systems, with trauma, and with incentives that are shaped from those wounds and misunderstandings.
October 5, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The failure to change course has to do with power and its misuse, with ideas, supremacies, with disconnection from life and living systems, with trauma, and with incentives that are shaped from those wounds and misunderstandings.
Bring it on. But have we got the politicians big enough to withstand the political pressure?
*LAUGHS IN U-TURN*
How do we *make* them ban the production of PFAS?
*LAUGHS IN U-TURN*
How do we *make* them ban the production of PFAS?
European water utilities say it's incredibly hard to remove PFAS once it's in the environment & the course has to be stopping production.
There are promising remediation techniques but, even if we halt production today, the cost of the clean up will likely be huge.
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There are promising remediation techniques but, even if we halt production today, the cost of the clean up will likely be huge.
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Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe
Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled
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October 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Bring it on. But have we got the politicians big enough to withstand the political pressure?
*LAUGHS IN U-TURN*
How do we *make* them ban the production of PFAS?
*LAUGHS IN U-TURN*
How do we *make* them ban the production of PFAS?
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Children in the UK deserve the same protections from harmful chemicals in toys as children in the EU.
Read the full article: buff.ly/rZTweBJ
Read more on the call for evidence: buff.ly/89ryaVY
Read the full article: buff.ly/rZTweBJ
Read more on the call for evidence: buff.ly/89ryaVY
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October 5, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Children in the UK deserve the same protections from harmful chemicals in toys as children in the EU.
Read the full article: buff.ly/rZTweBJ
Read more on the call for evidence: buff.ly/89ryaVY
Read the full article: buff.ly/rZTweBJ
Read more on the call for evidence: buff.ly/89ryaVY
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Toby Perkins, MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, was on Radio 4 last night to discuss our findings about PFAS in people's blood in Lancashire.
Here, he outlines the sort of PFAS regs he'd like to see in the UK - somewhat akin to the proposed ban on non-essential PFAS use in the EU 👇🏾
Here, he outlines the sort of PFAS regs he'd like to see in the UK - somewhat akin to the proposed ban on non-essential PFAS use in the EU 👇🏾
September 25, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Toby Perkins, MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, was on Radio 4 last night to discuss our findings about PFAS in people's blood in Lancashire.
Here, he outlines the sort of PFAS regs he'd like to see in the UK - somewhat akin to the proposed ban on non-essential PFAS use in the EU 👇🏾
Here, he outlines the sort of PFAS regs he'd like to see in the UK - somewhat akin to the proposed ban on non-essential PFAS use in the EU 👇🏾
None of those egos that thought these companies' products were a great addition to government processes are about to fall on their swords and admit they were wrong.
The easiest way to fix this is to immediately terminate all contracts and ban it in the respective countries, no business, no money, no access, ever again.
Prosecute those responsible for actioning it with extreme prejudice.
If it happens again bring charges of international espionage against him.
Prosecute those responsible for actioning it with extreme prejudice.
If it happens again bring charges of international espionage against him.
OpenAI says governments among ‘dozens’ of organisations hacked by its agents ft.trib.al/USplJso
September 26, 2026 at 12:29 AM
None of those egos that thought these companies' products were a great addition to government processes are about to fall on their swords and admit they were wrong.
I'll use Wankpanzer if I remember. Monbiot at his most pompous, but I'm inclined to agree. We get all those fools in the Lake District for weekends away and summer time, though I've never seen 'smoke towers' yet.
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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September 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I'll use Wankpanzer if I remember. Monbiot at his most pompous, but I'm inclined to agree. We get all those fools in the Lake District for weekends away and summer time, though I've never seen 'smoke towers' yet.
The contamination of our land and our water sources is seemingly never ending. Is it any wonder that 'modernity' is plagued by cancers and toxicity?
How 47,000 tonnes of mercury-contaminated waste were buried beneath rural Lancashire
Beneath rural Lancashire lies 47,000 tonnes of mercury-contaminated waste, raising questions over its long-term safety and what happens if it…
www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The contamination of our land and our water sources is seemingly never ending. Is it any wonder that 'modernity' is plagued by cancers and toxicity?
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I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
September 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
Problem with this idea is that we don't have to consider how to #slowdown and change the way we do things in Western society.
At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job
billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
Facts on the ground
Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries)
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September 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Problem with this idea is that we don't have to consider how to #slowdown and change the way we do things in Western society.
So now they're attacking lifeboat volunteers. Very patriotic, I'm sure 🙄🙄🙄
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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RNLI steps up security after attacks by far-right agitators over small boat rescues
Volunteers told to consider not wearing charity-branded clothing and to shut lifeboat stations if they feel in danger
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
So now they're attacking lifeboat volunteers. Very patriotic, I'm sure 🙄🙄🙄
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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"Rather than a media pile-on, this was predatory propaganda. Fighting propaganda is not simply a matter of determining whether each individual claim is true or false. It is first and foremost a struggle over who has the power to define reality ... 1/2
September 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
"Rather than a media pile-on, this was predatory propaganda. Fighting propaganda is not simply a matter of determining whether each individual claim is true or false. It is first and foremost a struggle over who has the power to define reality ... 1/2
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Amazingly, nowhere in this article is the obvious answer: Israel has committed countless war crimes
September 2, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Amazingly, nowhere in this article is the obvious answer: Israel has committed countless war crimes
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Art from Killtopia by @davecook.bsky.social and @craigpaton.bsky.social provides the latest feature banner for Libreture. 💜
Killtopia is the award-winning cyberpunk comic series set in Neo Tokyo. High-tech bounty hunters compete in the Killtopia bloodsport by destroying mecha for money and fame.
Killtopia is the award-winning cyberpunk comic series set in Neo Tokyo. High-tech bounty hunters compete in the Killtopia bloodsport by destroying mecha for money and fame.
September 1, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Art from Killtopia by @davecook.bsky.social and @craigpaton.bsky.social provides the latest feature banner for Libreture. 💜
Killtopia is the award-winning cyberpunk comic series set in Neo Tokyo. High-tech bounty hunters compete in the Killtopia bloodsport by destroying mecha for money and fame.
Killtopia is the award-winning cyberpunk comic series set in Neo Tokyo. High-tech bounty hunters compete in the Killtopia bloodsport by destroying mecha for money and fame.
This process also well described by Sellafield which recently applied for a licence to extract water from a hole they were digging next to the UK's most contaminated building, and then, during a judicial review process, announced they no longer needed the licence as they'd already done the job!
Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
This process also well described by Sellafield which recently applied for a licence to extract water from a hole they were digging next to the UK's most contaminated building, and then, during a judicial review process, announced they no longer needed the licence as they'd already done the job!
Brilliant piece on MySociety, talking to a guy who's continued the resistance against the appalling toxic waste dumping in Wales farmland by chemical companies like Monsanto. #Brofiscyn
www.mysociety.org/2026/09/01/b...
www.mysociety.org/2026/09/01/b...
Buried with Michael Sheen: how FOI helped uncover a toxic waste scandal
Are you one of the many who has watched the BBC's two-parter Buried with Michael Sheen? If so, you may have experienced increasing levels of outrage as the actor helps to uncover the scandalous dumpin...
www.mysociety.org
September 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Brilliant piece on MySociety, talking to a guy who's continued the resistance against the appalling toxic waste dumping in Wales farmland by chemical companies like Monsanto. #Brofiscyn
www.mysociety.org/2026/09/01/b...
www.mysociety.org/2026/09/01/b...
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A few years ago we asked @bpgregory.bsky.social about Flora & Jim, the setting, the characters, the inspiration for this survivalist horror.
To add to the terror, instead of just an email reply, B.P. created a PowerPoint presentation... and FILMED IT!
Enjoy our author interview with B.P. Gregory.
To add to the terror, instead of just an email reply, B.P. created a PowerPoint presentation... and FILMED IT!
Enjoy our author interview with B.P. Gregory.
Interview with horror author B.P. Gregory
The Terror Teller of Australia elucidates us on the ideas, inspirations and horrific facts of her post-apocalyptic novella, Flora & Jim... and albino penguins!
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August 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
A few years ago we asked @bpgregory.bsky.social about Flora & Jim, the setting, the characters, the inspiration for this survivalist horror.
To add to the terror, instead of just an email reply, B.P. created a PowerPoint presentation... and FILMED IT!
Enjoy our author interview with B.P. Gregory.
To add to the terror, instead of just an email reply, B.P. created a PowerPoint presentation... and FILMED IT!
Enjoy our author interview with B.P. Gregory.
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Sharing important climate science is a dream job for me, and I always want to share my work with new people.
So today, I am launching a youtube channel to share my favourite @carbonbrief.org projects and articles.
In my first video, I dig into biases in climate research!
So today, I am launching a youtube channel to share my favourite @carbonbrief.org projects and articles.
In my first video, I dig into biases in climate research!
Why is climate research skewed towards the global north?
YouTube video by Ayesha Tandon
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July 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Sharing important climate science is a dream job for me, and I always want to share my work with new people.
So today, I am launching a youtube channel to share my favourite @carbonbrief.org projects and articles.
In my first video, I dig into biases in climate research!
So today, I am launching a youtube channel to share my favourite @carbonbrief.org projects and articles.
In my first video, I dig into biases in climate research!
summer is just itchy now
July 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
summer is just itchy now
Seeing this right across the board. Financialisation, and false promises of solutions to waste that are really just excuses enabling industry to keep making more waste, sucking up public money, & handing out construction jobs
👀 nuclear and AI data centres shuffling awkwardly around the corner there
👀 nuclear and AI data centres shuffling awkwardly around the corner there
2/7 We support Monbiot’s central point.
UK carbon capture is not chiefly about cleaning up unavoidable industrial emissions. It is being used to justify a major new expansion of fossil-fuel infrastructure, underwritten by decades of public subsidy - when it is not needed.
www.lut.fi/en/news/rese...
UK carbon capture is not chiefly about cleaning up unavoidable industrial emissions. It is being used to justify a major new expansion of fossil-fuel infrastructure, underwritten by decades of public subsidy - when it is not needed.
www.lut.fi/en/news/rese...
Researchers agree: The world can reach a 100% renewable energy system before 2050 | LUT University
Research from LUT University and 14 additional leading international universities suggest that the new system would be based largely on solar and wind energy, energy storage, sector coupling, and dire...
www.lut.fi
July 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Seeing this right across the board. Financialisation, and false promises of solutions to waste that are really just excuses enabling industry to keep making more waste, sucking up public money, & handing out construction jobs
👀 nuclear and AI data centres shuffling awkwardly around the corner there
👀 nuclear and AI data centres shuffling awkwardly around the corner there
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And across all of it, I kept seeing the opposition and even those in the middle presenting the same false choice to the public:
You can have a healthy environment, or you can have a healthy economy. Pick one.
I watched that framing do enormous damage. And I watched it get used deliberately.
6/10
You can have a healthy environment, or you can have a healthy economy. Pick one.
I watched that framing do enormous damage. And I watched it get used deliberately.
6/10
May 30, 2026 at 1:36 AM
And across all of it, I kept seeing the opposition and even those in the middle presenting the same false choice to the public:
You can have a healthy environment, or you can have a healthy economy. Pick one.
I watched that framing do enormous damage. And I watched it get used deliberately.
6/10
You can have a healthy environment, or you can have a healthy economy. Pick one.
I watched that framing do enormous damage. And I watched it get used deliberately.
6/10
So, AI writing has another tell.
It's the use of the words 'lands' or 'landed' in the context of learning something new, or realising something.
E.g.
The final call is still yours. But "let's try this" lands differently than "no," even when the answer is pretty close.
It's the use of the words 'lands' or 'landed' in the context of learning something new, or realising something.
E.g.
The final call is still yours. But "let's try this" lands differently than "no," even when the answer is pretty close.
Just Say No Campaign Message
ALT: Just Say No Campaign Message
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July 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
So, AI writing has another tell.
It's the use of the words 'lands' or 'landed' in the context of learning something new, or realising something.
E.g.
The final call is still yours. But "let's try this" lands differently than "no," even when the answer is pretty close.
It's the use of the words 'lands' or 'landed' in the context of learning something new, or realising something.
E.g.
The final call is still yours. But "let's try this" lands differently than "no," even when the answer is pretty close.