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Ash Daibach
@whimberry.bsky.social
· Dec 14
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
A beautiful and helpful analogy
Ha I knew he was dodgy but didn't know the details. A lifetime of lies.
The BBC have produced a clear, balanced online report. His disgrace comes from risk of bringing a libel trial (1987) but he would almost certainly have got away with it without London Mayoral candidacy of 1999-2000, leading to his false alibi being exposed & perjury
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jeffrey Archer obituary
Politician and best-selling author whose career was mired in scandal and disgrace.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Ha I knew he was dodgy but didn't know the details. A lifetime of lies.
I completely missed that the Anthropocene had been Plutoed two years ago. I'm no geologist, but to me it had seemed like such a powerful insight that we're poorer without.
What became of the Anthropocene epoch? In 2024, more than a decade of evidence and serious procedural objections were met with a 2.5 page press statement. Our new commentary in Earth's Future asks for the record to be released and an independent review of the process.
doi.org/10.1029/2025EF007638
doi.org/10.1029/2025EF007638
Science or Strategy? The Rejection of the Anthropocene Epoch Demands Transparency
The Anthropocene Working Group’s case cannot be meaningfully evaluated until the grounds for its rejection are fully transparent
Questions remain over voter eligibility, quorum, document access, ...
doi.org
October 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I completely missed that the Anthropocene had been Plutoed two years ago. I'm no geologist, but to me it had seemed like such a powerful insight that we're poorer without.
I miss the stars. Sometimes I forget they were even there to miss. We have lost so much, to mourn and to win back.
I’ve become obsessed with the disappearing night sky. I miss going outside wherever I was and seeing the stars!
Glad to be able to write about this for @us.theguardian.com. Thanks to the kind readers who have already sent me emails about their own night skies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Glad to be able to write about this for @us.theguardian.com. Thanks to the kind readers who have already sent me emails about their own night skies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels like
If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I miss the stars. Sometimes I forget they were even there to miss. We have lost so much, to mourn and to win back.
Glaciers are not only retreating but collapsing, the Alps becoming an iceless rockscape.
![[Glaciologist Matthias] Huss said scientists were increasingly seeing glaciers collapse from the inside – the result of internal streams beneath the ice that excavate caverns – rather than simply retreating from surface heat.
“You have huge holes like cheese in the middle of the ice that have collapsing roofs,” said Huss. “These are processes that tear the glaciers apart and make them retreat even faster.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlurodsarq33bckamhtncdps/bafkreiaxlni4p2amjvdzk3muygdnwb2pq5ha2ien2zo5hszlkzsiexlglm)
October 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Glaciers are not only retreating but collapsing, the Alps becoming an iceless rockscape.
AI doesn't need to be super intelligent to kill us all.
I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons.
That was an "existential threat" to humanity
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That was an "existential threat" to humanity
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
AI doesn't need to be super intelligent to kill us all.
Yes! It is! That's quite the insight, I am now racking my brains for counter examples
October 1, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Yes! It is! That's quite the insight, I am now racking my brains for counter examples
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There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
September 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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"We hear you. You were right. You're under arrest."
Gestures matter and I'm really glad he's saying this, but it's pretty brutally incongruous with the mass arrests of Palestine Action / @defendourjuries.bsky.social supporters outside the conference. Nice words, now do actions.
Gestures matter and I'm really glad he's saying this, but it's pretty brutally incongruous with the mass arrests of Palestine Action / @defendourjuries.bsky.social supporters outside the conference. Nice words, now do actions.
September 28, 2026 at 5:54 PM
"We hear you. You were right. You're under arrest."
Gestures matter and I'm really glad he's saying this, but it's pretty brutally incongruous with the mass arrests of Palestine Action / @defendourjuries.bsky.social supporters outside the conference. Nice words, now do actions.
Gestures matter and I'm really glad he's saying this, but it's pretty brutally incongruous with the mass arrests of Palestine Action / @defendourjuries.bsky.social supporters outside the conference. Nice words, now do actions.
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If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc.
This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
The Labour Party’s women’s conference on 26/9/26 was an embarrassing farce, with only 200 delegates of the 1,000 normal attendance (no major unions) in protest of the Labour Party’s shameful abandonment of trans people following the legally absurd ruling of the Supreme Court in FWS in April 2025.
September 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc.
This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
map of a genocide
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
September 28, 2026 at 9:34 AM
map of a genocide
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BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue.
The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
September 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue.
The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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On BBC payscales it costs the same to employ ten "normal" journalists as it costs to employ one Chris Mason.
Unrelated: there's an all-staff call tomorrow for BBC Local to find out where the next round of cuts are happening.
Unrelated: there's an all-staff call tomorrow for BBC Local to find out where the next round of cuts are happening.
they should study him in a lab. I don’t think I could write this badly on purpose. still, glad this has higher billing than coverage of last night’s far right escalation
September 23, 2026 at 8:28 AM
On BBC payscales it costs the same to employ ten "normal" journalists as it costs to employ one Chris Mason.
Unrelated: there's an all-staff call tomorrow for BBC Local to find out where the next round of cuts are happening.
Unrelated: there's an all-staff call tomorrow for BBC Local to find out where the next round of cuts are happening.
If someone you love drowns at sea, thank a fascist. And their enablers in the government, police and media.
Video of the fascist Danny Tommo slashing a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) boat rescuing migrants at sea
www.instagram.com/reel/DdmJaD4...
www.instagram.com/reel/DdmJaD4...
September 22, 2026 at 7:34 PM
If someone you love drowns at sea, thank a fascist. And their enablers in the government, police and media.
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I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
September 22, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
Thank you, jackdaws, for reminding me that I am behind on harvesting this year's apples. For this you are being amply remunerated. In apples. #ukgardening
September 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Thank you, jackdaws, for reminding me that I am behind on harvesting this year's apples. For this you are being amply remunerated. In apples. #ukgardening
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Will keep boringly saying this (no disrespect to OP): it's not a health surcharge. It's not hypothecated to the NHS; you can't choose not to pay it and thereby eschew healthcare. You could equally call it an education or roads surcharge. It's using the NHS's sanctified status to rip off immigrants.
The UK government is making upwards of £4.9bn in profit from visa fees, citizenship fees & the immigration health surcharge. Meanwhile, people are getting into thousands of pounds of debt or going without food just to afford to these immigration fees.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Government makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…
Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Will keep boringly saying this (no disrespect to OP): it's not a health surcharge. It's not hypothecated to the NHS; you can't choose not to pay it and thereby eschew healthcare. You could equally call it an education or roads surcharge. It's using the NHS's sanctified status to rip off immigrants.
Remember the BNP? They're back, running Restore Britain. And getting the same anti-fascist treatment this time around.
Restore Britain’s fascist campaigners chased out of Holborn and St Pancras
⭐️It came after an investigation by Stand Up To Racism exposed known fascists at the heart of Restore Britain’s campaign in the by-election 👇
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
⭐️It came after an investigation by Stand Up To Racism exposed known fascists at the heart of Restore Britain’s campaign in the by-election 👇
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
Restore Britain’s fascist campaigners chased out of Holborn and St Pancras
It came the day after a Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) investigation exposed known fascists at the heart of Restore Britain’s campaign.
socialistworker.co.uk
September 22, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Remember the BNP? They're back, running Restore Britain. And getting the same anti-fascist treatment this time around.
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This is correct: 18 year olds have never known a country where there was a credible belief that next year might be better than the one that preceded it, rather than it being dumber, uglier, nastier and more cruel. And that’s not a force of nature, it has been quite deliberately inflicted.
September 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM
This is correct: 18 year olds have never known a country where there was a credible belief that next year might be better than the one that preceded it, rather than it being dumber, uglier, nastier and more cruel. And that’s not a force of nature, it has been quite deliberately inflicted.
"a pragmatic approach to the energy transition"
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a world of fire for my daughters and their generation
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a world of fire for my daughters and their generation
Absolutely horrifying. How can our government be planning to drill for new oil and gas when we know these are the consequences?
We have to keep the pressure on this Labour Government to keep all fossil fuels in the ground and secure a safe future for our children and grandchildren.
We have to keep the pressure on this Labour Government to keep all fossil fuels in the ground and secure a safe future for our children and grandchildren.
September 21, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"a pragmatic approach to the energy transition"
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a world of fire for my daughters and their generation
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a world of fire for my daughters and their generation
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Replacing television and film with Whatever All This Is has gone so well. The bright future that the disrupters came up with (a version of having a very big hard drive of indifferent content you can’t navigate and don’t value) has worked about as well as it did for music. We’re all so much poorer.
Disney+ has altered its user agreement to clarify that ads will be allowed on all subscription tiers. https://bit.ly/4hhOjBo
September 21, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Replacing television and film with Whatever All This Is has gone so well. The bright future that the disrupters came up with (a version of having a very big hard drive of indifferent content you can’t navigate and don’t value) has worked about as well as it did for music. We’re all so much poorer.
Andy, Don't Burn' em! Stop Rosebank and Jackdaw!
Was good to take part in this demo
Was good to take part in this demo
🐝 Today Zero Hour campaigners handed in our petition to Andy Burnham at No.10 North in Manchester, with a clear message: it's time to Secure Our Future.
📝 11,000+ of you signed, urging Andy not to 'fan the flames' of the climate and nature crisis.
💚 Find out more: www.zerohour.uk/news/AndyPet...
📝 11,000+ of you signed, urging Andy not to 'fan the flames' of the climate and nature crisis.
💚 Find out more: www.zerohour.uk/news/AndyPet...
September 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Andy, Don't Burn' em! Stop Rosebank and Jackdaw!
Was good to take part in this demo
Was good to take part in this demo
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Here is the thing: if this is obvious to everyone, there are a few options for what's happening.
A) they like and support the far right,
B) the Westminster court is so incestuous and self involved, and so dominated by the right wing press, that politicians don't understand this.
A) they like and support the far right,
B) the Westminster court is so incestuous and self involved, and so dominated by the right wing press, that politicians don't understand this.
The maddening thing is that there is nothing but political reward in Burnham saying. We back and support the RNLI anyone who impinges on the RNLI will face the full force of the law.
September 18, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Here is the thing: if this is obvious to everyone, there are a few options for what's happening.
A) they like and support the far right,
B) the Westminster court is so incestuous and self involved, and so dominated by the right wing press, that politicians don't understand this.
A) they like and support the far right,
B) the Westminster court is so incestuous and self involved, and so dominated by the right wing press, that politicians don't understand this.
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Any lives lost due to this closure should be laid firmly at the feet of the far-right agitators who caused this. The way in which anti-asylum activists are putting more and more people at risk should be a wake up call that it is time to genuinely combat them, rather than pandering to their ideology.
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
September 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Any lives lost due to this closure should be laid firmly at the feet of the far-right agitators who caused this. The way in which anti-asylum activists are putting more and more people at risk should be a wake up call that it is time to genuinely combat them, rather than pandering to their ideology.
If you think work can be frustrating and tedious, try job-hunting.
September 17, 2026 at 11:26 AM
If you think work can be frustrating and tedious, try job-hunting.