Robin Boardman
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Robin Boardman
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· Nov 28
After the dark billionaire circus of robots and censorship, it’s time to join the light, Bluesky.
Hi I’m Robin - the youngest cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and a disabled writer on revolution, strategy and community.
Here’s a thread all about how fossil fuels flipped my life upside down 🧵
Hi I’m Robin - the youngest cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and a disabled writer on revolution, strategy and community.
Here’s a thread all about how fossil fuels flipped my life upside down 🧵
Poignant letters from a worried teen to climate prisoners.
Keep writing, questioning and resisting.
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Keep writing, questioning and resisting.
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The teenager writing letters to jailed climate activists | Documentary
A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists.
Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ►…
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September 24, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Poignant letters from a worried teen to climate prisoners.
Keep writing, questioning and resisting.
youtu.be/_1KeUYv9GqY?...
Keep writing, questioning and resisting.
youtu.be/_1KeUYv9GqY?...
Poignant letters from a worried teen to climate prisoners.
Keep writing, questioning and resisting.
youtu.be/_1KeUYv9GqY?...
Keep writing, questioning and resisting.
youtu.be/_1KeUYv9GqY?...
The teenager writing letters to jailed climate activists | Documentary
A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists.
Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ►…
youtu.be
September 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Poignant letters from a worried teen to climate prisoners.
Keep writing, questioning and resisting.
youtu.be/_1KeUYv9GqY?...
Keep writing, questioning and resisting.
youtu.be/_1KeUYv9GqY?...
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"But there is only 1 person who has..called me to see how I am for 6 yrs: my #partner. Most other #connections have sadly withered with my body & mind. My soul perseveres, trapped. Waiting for a cure..to unleash its full splendour.": buff.ly/Wgea6uX
by @robinboardman.com
#ChronicIllness #spoonie
by @robinboardman.com
#ChronicIllness #spoonie
🛌 90 Degrees Down: A New Perspective
Even when lying down, the revolution doesn't end; it simply changes form, becoming a quiet act of survival measured in breaths between the pain.
robinboardman.com
September 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"But there is only 1 person who has..called me to see how I am for 6 yrs: my #partner. Most other #connections have sadly withered with my body & mind. My soul perseveres, trapped. Waiting for a cure..to unleash its full splendour.": buff.ly/Wgea6uX
by @robinboardman.com
#ChronicIllness #spoonie
by @robinboardman.com
#ChronicIllness #spoonie
If you’re in Australia and have been looking for a copy of Suicide, Bower Books has it in stock.
You can order directly from them here:
bowerbooks.com/products/sui...
You can order directly from them here:
bowerbooks.com/products/sui...
'Suicide: The Political and Legal Implications of Creating Endless Mass Death' by Roger Hallam with Robin Boardman
Written from prison after climate activist and Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger Hallam received a five-year sentence for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. Hallam writes that contemporary…
bowerbooks.com
September 7, 2026 at 7:03 PM
If you’re in Australia and have been looking for a copy of Suicide, Bower Books has it in stock.
You can order directly from them here:
bowerbooks.com/products/sui...
You can order directly from them here:
bowerbooks.com/products/sui...
Notice: I'm struggling this month with chronic illness flare-up, mental health, and my personal + org bank accounts being shut down. All very distressing.
Won't be posting/responding much.
I want to be honest about the hard stuff, not just the highlights. Thanks for understanding 💜
Won't be posting/responding much.
I want to be honest about the hard stuff, not just the highlights. Thanks for understanding 💜
August 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Notice: I'm struggling this month with chronic illness flare-up, mental health, and my personal + org bank accounts being shut down. All very distressing.
Won't be posting/responding much.
I want to be honest about the hard stuff, not just the highlights. Thanks for understanding 💜
Won't be posting/responding much.
I want to be honest about the hard stuff, not just the highlights. Thanks for understanding 💜
"Like all chronic conditions, you could spend a lot of money on trying to find a fix: supplements, acupuncture, hypnosis, antidepressants (not as a cure but a way to cope). But the most common advice is to just try to ignore it. To learn to live with it."
I’d heard ringing in my ears before. This time, it didn’t stop
Miranda Luby was only 36 years old when her tinnitus arrived in the middle of the night, without warning and for no clear reason
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
"Like all chronic conditions, you could spend a lot of money on trying to find a fix: supplements, acupuncture, hypnosis, antidepressants (not as a cure but a way to cope). But the most common advice is to just try to ignore it. To learn to live with it."
Reposted by Robin Boardman
Thanks to @robinboardman.com for sharing Robin Cavendish's story, and also his own:
aroundrobin.substack.com/p/90-degrees...
aroundrobin.substack.com/p/90-degrees...
🛌 90 Degrees Down: Living and Breathing the Disability Revolution
Even when lying down, the revolution doesn’t end; it simply changes form, becoming a quiet act of survival measured in breaths between the pain.
aroundrobin.substack.com
August 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Thanks to @robinboardman.com for sharing Robin Cavendish's story, and also his own:
aroundrobin.substack.com/p/90-degrees...
aroundrobin.substack.com/p/90-degrees...
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Huge climate demonstration i Stockholm today. Media report at least 50 000 while organisers say between 50000-100000 people. This is ahead of elactions in september in which most parties have totally ignored the climate issue in favour of law and order and racist immigration policies…
August 23, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Huge climate demonstration i Stockholm today. Media report at least 50 000 while organisers say between 50000-100000 people. This is ahead of elactions in september in which most parties have totally ignored the climate issue in favour of law and order and racist immigration policies…
Extinction Rebellion is a leaderful movement with 100s of leaders and chapters around the world. Here are some of the most prominent thinkers, movers and shakers behind the global civil disobedience movement against climate collapse.
go.bsky.app/A5y76rX
go.bsky.app/A5y76rX
August 23, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Extinction Rebellion is a leaderful movement with 100s of leaders and chapters around the world. Here are some of the most prominent thinkers, movers and shakers behind the global civil disobedience movement against climate collapse.
go.bsky.app/A5y76rX
go.bsky.app/A5y76rX
"It is similar to if you are already sick and then you get an infection"
A third of the Amazon is already wrecked. Now fires rage and food runs short. This is the tipping point of its survival.
Only a revolution can save our planet's lungs. Rebel for life!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A third of the Amazon is already wrecked. Now fires rage and food runs short. This is the tipping point of its survival.
Only a revolution can save our planet's lungs. Rebel for life!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
El Niño may peak at the worst time for the Amazon – and it should worry us all
Delay to rainy season in forest already damaged by human-driven heating could trigger powerful ‘Godzilla’ El Niño
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"It is similar to if you are already sick and then you get an infection"
A third of the Amazon is already wrecked. Now fires rage and food runs short. This is the tipping point of its survival.
Only a revolution can save our planet's lungs. Rebel for life!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A third of the Amazon is already wrecked. Now fires rage and food runs short. This is the tipping point of its survival.
Only a revolution can save our planet's lungs. Rebel for life!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Help upgrade democracy & get paid! 🇬🇧
We're hiring 8 roles for the UK AI Citizens' Assembly this Nov.
Apply for Regional Mobiliser (7 spots): tinyurl.com/hz5pfc2v
Share with anyone who wants to build the future 🗳️
We're hiring 8 roles for the UK AI Citizens' Assembly this Nov.
Apply for Regional Mobiliser (7 spots): tinyurl.com/hz5pfc2v
Share with anyone who wants to build the future 🗳️
August 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Help upgrade democracy & get paid! 🇬🇧
We're hiring 8 roles for the UK AI Citizens' Assembly this Nov.
Apply for Regional Mobiliser (7 spots): tinyurl.com/hz5pfc2v
Share with anyone who wants to build the future 🗳️
We're hiring 8 roles for the UK AI Citizens' Assembly this Nov.
Apply for Regional Mobiliser (7 spots): tinyurl.com/hz5pfc2v
Share with anyone who wants to build the future 🗳️
Reposted by Robin Boardman
The Economist personal hit pieces are surely just embarrassing for them.
What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress?
It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.
What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress?
It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.
August 9, 2026 at 8:28 AM
The Economist personal hit pieces are surely just embarrassing for them.
What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress?
It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.
What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress?
It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.
The talks happened. The voices were powerful. Now we need to get them OUT.
Green Gathering featured Clive Lewis MP, Roger Hallam, Zack Polanski & more on climate & justice. We recorded it all, but need £5k to edit & release 🎬
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-ampli...
Green Gathering featured Clive Lewis MP, Roger Hallam, Zack Polanski & more on climate & justice. We recorded it all, but need £5k to edit & release 🎬
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-ampli...
Help Amplify the Green Gathering Speakers’ Forum
Help take Green Gathering’s Speakers’ Forum beyond the festival with talks, podcasts and social clips released all year
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
August 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The talks happened. The voices were powerful. Now we need to get them OUT.
Green Gathering featured Clive Lewis MP, Roger Hallam, Zack Polanski & more on climate & justice. We recorded it all, but need £5k to edit & release 🎬
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-ampli...
Green Gathering featured Clive Lewis MP, Roger Hallam, Zack Polanski & more on climate & justice. We recorded it all, but need £5k to edit & release 🎬
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-ampli...
Reposted by Robin Boardman
1/ 🚨New piece out co-authored with Ben Shread-Hewitt on the EU's adaptation framework and the risk of a 3°C world.
Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. Here's a 🧵on some key points.
Thanks @climate-risk.bsky.social for publishing this article.
Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. Here's a 🧵on some key points.
Thanks @climate-risk.bsky.social for publishing this article.
How the EU adaptation framework vastly underplays the risk of a 3°C world
Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable - but it makes it seem so
strategicclimaterisks.substack.com
August 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
1/ 🚨New piece out co-authored with Ben Shread-Hewitt on the EU's adaptation framework and the risk of a 3°C world.
Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. Here's a 🧵on some key points.
Thanks @climate-risk.bsky.social for publishing this article.
Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. Here's a 🧵on some key points.
Thanks @climate-risk.bsky.social for publishing this article.
Reposted by Robin Boardman
"I would like for people like Richard Madeley, and for people like Nick Ferrari and Piers Morgan, to be disowned by the young people in their lives."
Righteous fury from @claretotty.bsky.social, beautiful and energising
Righteous fury from @claretotty.bsky.social, beautiful and energising
I'm so angry I'm almost on fire
We warned the media liberals about climate collapse. Their cowardice is the greatest threat to life on earth.
clarejfarrell.substack.com
August 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM
"I would like for people like Richard Madeley, and for people like Nick Ferrari and Piers Morgan, to be disowned by the young people in their lives."
Righteous fury from @claretotty.bsky.social, beautiful and energising
Righteous fury from @claretotty.bsky.social, beautiful and energising
Reposted by Robin Boardman
The UK Gvt is forcing through data centres against wishes of local communities and regardless of environmental impact. We must resist. Imposing one on the vibrant community in Brick Lane is shocking.
Meta tried to build a 200-megawatt data centre on farmland in Zeewolde. Twice the electricity of the entire town.
20 rebels occupied the council. "We want Greta, not Meta."
They won, and then the Dutch banned hyperscale centres over 70MW. Direct action works!
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/the-...
20 rebels occupied the council. "We want Greta, not Meta."
They won, and then the Dutch banned hyperscale centres over 70MW. Direct action works!
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/the-...
The data center fight is going global
As local communities around the world unite around a shared enemy — AI data centers — a powerful new direction for climate action is emerging.
wagingnonviolence.org
August 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The UK Gvt is forcing through data centres against wishes of local communities and regardless of environmental impact. We must resist. Imposing one on the vibrant community in Brick Lane is shocking.
Reposted by Robin Boardman
We want Greta, not Meta 😎
Meta tried to build a 200-megawatt data centre on farmland in Zeewolde. Twice the electricity of the entire town.
20 rebels occupied the council. "We want Greta, not Meta."
They won, and then the Dutch banned hyperscale centres over 70MW. Direct action works!
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/the-...
20 rebels occupied the council. "We want Greta, not Meta."
They won, and then the Dutch banned hyperscale centres over 70MW. Direct action works!
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/the-...
The data center fight is going global
As local communities around the world unite around a shared enemy — AI data centers — a powerful new direction for climate action is emerging.
wagingnonviolence.org
August 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
We want Greta, not Meta 😎
Reposted by Robin Boardman
A first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible.
0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024.
The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade.
The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates.
We're not remotely ready!
0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024.
The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade.
The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates.
We're not remotely ready!
August 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
A first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible.
0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024.
The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade.
The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates.
We're not remotely ready!
0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024.
The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade.
The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates.
We're not remotely ready!
Reposted by Robin Boardman
Oh look... they solved the climate crisis! 🦄
.00000000001% of annual emissions* will be removed by unscalable but very PR-friendly technologies and we will drink the excess CO2 in refreshing beverages! [No burping allowed 😉]
#Climate Denial now comes in delicious lychee flavor! 1/ #ClimateSky 🔌💡
.00000000001% of annual emissions* will be removed by unscalable but very PR-friendly technologies and we will drink the excess CO2 in refreshing beverages! [No burping allowed 😉]
#Climate Denial now comes in delicious lychee flavor! 1/ #ClimateSky 🔌💡
DRINK MISAN
A new lychee-flavored sparkling water, carbonated with CO2 pulled directly from the air.
www.drinkmisan.com
August 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Oh look... they solved the climate crisis! 🦄
.00000000001% of annual emissions* will be removed by unscalable but very PR-friendly technologies and we will drink the excess CO2 in refreshing beverages! [No burping allowed 😉]
#Climate Denial now comes in delicious lychee flavor! 1/ #ClimateSky 🔌💡
.00000000001% of annual emissions* will be removed by unscalable but very PR-friendly technologies and we will drink the excess CO2 in refreshing beverages! [No burping allowed 😉]
#Climate Denial now comes in delicious lychee flavor! 1/ #ClimateSky 🔌💡
Meta tried to build a 200-megawatt data centre on farmland in Zeewolde. Twice the electricity of the entire town.
20 rebels occupied the council. "We want Greta, not Meta."
They won, and then the Dutch banned hyperscale centres over 70MW. Direct action works!
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/the-...
20 rebels occupied the council. "We want Greta, not Meta."
They won, and then the Dutch banned hyperscale centres over 70MW. Direct action works!
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/the-...
The data center fight is going global
As local communities around the world unite around a shared enemy — AI data centers — a powerful new direction for climate action is emerging.
wagingnonviolence.org
August 1, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Meta tried to build a 200-megawatt data centre on farmland in Zeewolde. Twice the electricity of the entire town.
20 rebels occupied the council. "We want Greta, not Meta."
They won, and then the Dutch banned hyperscale centres over 70MW. Direct action works!
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/the-...
20 rebels occupied the council. "We want Greta, not Meta."
They won, and then the Dutch banned hyperscale centres over 70MW. Direct action works!
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/the-...
Those in power have knowingly set in motion the destruction of civilisation, and anyone who responds with adaptation, technical fixes, or managed decline instead of revolution is complicit in the mass death that is now locked in.
August 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Those in power have knowingly set in motion the destruction of civilisation, and anyone who responds with adaptation, technical fixes, or managed decline instead of revolution is complicit in the mass death that is now locked in.
Reposted by Robin Boardman
3,400 people die on a single extremely hot day in India. 30,000 in 5 days. Most of the poor aren't even counted.
The study calls that a conservative estimate.
Mass death is here. My heart is breaking.
www.euronews.com/2026/06/10/h...
The study calls that a conservative estimate.
Mass death is here. My heart is breaking.
www.euronews.com/2026/06/10/h...
Extreme heat causes 3,400 excess deaths per day in India - study
Experts warn that official heatwave death figures are grossly underestimated.
www.euronews.com
June 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
3,400 people die on a single extremely hot day in India. 30,000 in 5 days. Most of the poor aren't even counted.
The study calls that a conservative estimate.
Mass death is here. My heart is breaking.
www.euronews.com/2026/06/10/h...
The study calls that a conservative estimate.
Mass death is here. My heart is breaking.
www.euronews.com/2026/06/10/h...
Reposted by Robin Boardman
Dear @frediotto.bsky.social, I write to you as a parent and activist about your interview on Today this morning (I will be writing elsewhere about Dharshini David's appalling line of questioning).
I understand there is a strong social pressure not to frighten the horses in these interviews...
I understand there is a strong social pressure not to frighten the horses in these interviews...
July 31, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Dear @frediotto.bsky.social, I write to you as a parent and activist about your interview on Today this morning (I will be writing elsewhere about Dharshini David's appalling line of questioning).
I understand there is a strong social pressure not to frighten the horses in these interviews...
I understand there is a strong social pressure not to frighten the horses in these interviews...
“Worse than expected” appeared 10+ times in just five months of climate news in 2026.
Emissions 15% higher than reported. Sea level rise affecting 68% more people than modelled. Amazon tipping point arriving sooner than projected.
The models were always conservative. This is uncharted territory.
Emissions 15% higher than reported. Sea level rise affecting 68% more people than modelled. Amazon tipping point arriving sooner than projected.
The models were always conservative. This is uncharted territory.
July 31, 2026 at 7:58 PM
“Worse than expected” appeared 10+ times in just five months of climate news in 2026.
Emissions 15% higher than reported. Sea level rise affecting 68% more people than modelled. Amazon tipping point arriving sooner than projected.
The models were always conservative. This is uncharted territory.
Emissions 15% higher than reported. Sea level rise affecting 68% more people than modelled. Amazon tipping point arriving sooner than projected.
The models were always conservative. This is uncharted territory.