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Posts by Bill Spence

A tweet-style image with the handle "@ecomarxi" at the top. The text reads: "The interesting thing about capitalism is that it's entirely incompatible with the future, so we've just decided to get rid of the future and keep capitalism for a short while."

A tweet-style image with the handle "@ecomarxi" at the top. The text reads: "The interesting thing about capitalism is that it's entirely incompatible with the future, so we've just decided to get rid of the future and keep capitalism for a short while."

Capitalism doesn't work.

@ecomarxi.bsky.social

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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Sound familiar?

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No, you’re not crazy.

They are deporting brown people and importing white people.

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The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.

That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.

Shame on you, Keir Starmer.

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Sam introducing the workshop

Sam introducing the workshop

Last week, I attended an excellent workshop at @lancasteruni.bsky.social hosted by @samuelfinnerty.bsky.social on "Higher Education's Role in the #Climate Crisis: Bridging Research Culture and Action".

Here's a thread on some papers that came up in our discussion🧵

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The Trump-Vance State Department just approved $3.01 billion in arms & equipment sales to Israel

$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers

Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review

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To Exist As I Am by Grace Spence Green | Waterstones Buy To Exist As I Am by Grace Spence Green from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

It’s out on June 5th, but as a new author, pre-orders massively help with visibility so I'd be so grateful if you'd considering ordering ahead of publication!! www.waterstones.com/book/to-exis... 5/5

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On the 25th October 2018, from my hospital bed, I began to write. 1/5

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Israel killed 70 Palestinian children in five days, Gaza civil defence says Officials say Israeli forces killed at least 70 children in Gaza in five days as Natanyahu sends negotiators to Doha.

Gaza's civil defence agency says Israel has killed at least 70 Palestinian children in attacks across the besieged enclave in the last five days.

🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

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"Some [some!] attributed the intensity of the fires to climate change."

Oh just some randos over there, like ... all the world's climate scientists.

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Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses (the guardian). This is the water company that USS invested nearly £1 billion of our pension money. And no one has taken responsibility for the mistakes or financial losses.

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How Sunday Morning News Shows Promote an Anti-Palestinian Agenda for Washington Since October 2023, NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, and CNN’s State of the Union have not featured a single Palestinian guest.

A survey of of Palestine-Israel coverage by four Sunday morning news shows reveals a startling statistic: With the exception of one interview, thesw shows went 12 months without speaking to a single Palestinian or Palestinian American.

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Good morning

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two enormous precisely engineered cardboard pylons

two enormous precisely engineered cardboard pylons

buying a big weirdly shaped electronic gizmo is a humbling reminder this is a cardboard engineer's world and we're just living in it

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‘They’re political prisoners’: Parents of Palestine activists slam pre-trial detention Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol.

👉NEW -- ‘They’re political prisoners’: Parents of Palestine activists slam pre-trial detention

by Daniel Tester

Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol.

www.declassifieduk.org/theyre-polit...

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Crude Capitalism This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Cr...

This excellent book shows how the powerful fossil fuel industry is central to capitalism, how it plans to continue to focus on extracting oil, to dominate the climate debates and to lobby governments to fund their supposed “solutions”.

www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

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The MSCI Net-Zero Tracker A periodic report on progress by the world’s listed companies toward curbing climate change risk.

MSCI studied the carbon emissions of ~9,000 major listed companies - and they are on track for 2.8 degrees of warming! Solving the climate crisis continues to be “unprofitable” under our economic system. #climate #greensky #climateemergency

www.msci.com/research-and...

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Campbell’s witty response to this homophobe makes me want to enjoy some of their delicious chicken noodle soup right now! 🍜 🏳️‍🌈

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Global map showing surface air temperature anomalies for the September to November 2024 period across the entire planet. Most all areas were warmer than average, especially in the Arctic. This data set is from NOAA's NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0 using anomalies with a 1971-2000 climate baseline. Red is shown for warmer than average temperatures, and blue is shown for colder than average temperatures.

Global map showing surface air temperature anomalies for the September to November 2024 period across the entire planet. Most all areas were warmer than average, especially in the Arctic. This data set is from NOAA's NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0 using anomalies with a 1971-2000 climate baseline. Red is shown for warmer than average temperatures, and blue is shown for colder than average temperatures.

Looking back at temperatures over the last 3 months - find your location...

🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average

Dataset described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...

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Billie Eilish: Tiny Desk Concert The pop star effortlessly illustrates in her music what it means to love and lose simultaneously.

The pop star effortlessly illustrates in her music what it means to love and lose simultaneously.

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America's 12 richest men now worth a combined $2 trillion Their net worth is less than $2 trillion short of the wealth of the bottom half of the U.S.

The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people just passed $2 TRILLION.

12 people. $2 trillion.

The bottom half of America collectively holds $3.5 trillion.

Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

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Wealth, shown to scale Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.

the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:

eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...

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Israel’s attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital and Nuseirat home in northern Gaza The strike comes as Gaza’s health system is collapsing amid repeated attacks by the Israeli military.

Israel killed at least 26 Palestinians and injured more than 60 others, including children, in an air attack on a home in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, according to Al-Awda Hospital ⤵️

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Tel Aviv University is co-hosting a 'Defence Tech Summit', in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence. Speakers include government officials and army generals, and the whole thing is sponsored by the arms industry. A direct, undeniable, cooperation and participation in genocide.

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Which countries recognise Palestine in 2024? The State of Palestine is recognised as a sovereign nation by 146 countries, representing 75 percent of UN members.

Palestine is recognised as a sovereign state by 146 countries, representing 75% of UN members. So, which nations recognise it in 2024? ⤵️

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Dying in ‘Hell’: The fate of Palestinian medics jailed by Israel One of Gaza’s most prominent doctors may have been raped to death, recent revelations show. He’s not the only one.

One of Gaza’s most prominent doctors, Dr Adnan Al-Bursh, may have been raped to death in an Israeli prison, recent revelations show. He’s not the only one ⤵️

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I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era. To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.

He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.

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This graphic shows four line graph time series and each are monthly from January 1984 through October 2024. The first graph is a 12-month running mean of global mean surface temperature anomalies. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1991-2020 baseline using ERA5 data. The second graph is monthly carbon dioxide abundance. The CO2 graph is the Keeling Curve. Current levels are 422 ppm. The third graph is monthly global methane abundance. Current levels are 1921 ppb. The fourth graph is monthly global nitrous oxide abundance. Current levels are 338 ppb. The three greenhouse gases show seasonal cycles and long-term increasing trends using data from NOAA ESRL. The global mean surface temperature anomaly record also exhibits decadal variability and a long-term increasing trend. All graphs are rising and shown in four different colors, including white, yellow, orange, and pink.

This graphic shows four line graph time series and each are monthly from January 1984 through October 2024. The first graph is a 12-month running mean of global mean surface temperature anomalies. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1991-2020 baseline using ERA5 data. The second graph is monthly carbon dioxide abundance. The CO2 graph is the Keeling Curve. Current levels are 422 ppm. The third graph is monthly global methane abundance. Current levels are 1921 ppb. The fourth graph is monthly global nitrous oxide abundance. Current levels are 338 ppb. The three greenhouse gases show seasonal cycles and long-term increasing trends using data from NOAA ESRL. The global mean surface temperature anomaly record also exhibits decadal variability and a long-term increasing trend. All graphs are rising and shown in four different colors, including white, yellow, orange, and pink.

My November climate indicator update...

Graphic available at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... ⚒️🧪🌊

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Pictures of a street crossing with multiple bikes blocking the crossing

Pictures of a street crossing with multiple bikes blocking the crossing

Picture of a narrow pavement with three bikes parked in a row blocking entry to the pavement

Picture of a narrow pavement with three bikes parked in a row blocking entry to the pavement

Another day, another street cluttered with bikes to the point I can’t use the pavement…

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