The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity
Posts by ProfRGWilkinson
Your 'moment of doom' for Mar. 21, 2026 ~ holy smoke!
"Unofficially, there are currently 273 stations that have broken their daily high record, 40 that are tying it, and 91 that are near it."
coolwx.com/record/
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
For only the second year since 1982, global sea-surface temperatures have hit 21.10°C (preliminary).
The all-time record was on April 24, 2024, when SSTs peaked at 21.173°C. Will this record be broken later this year? The Climate 8-Ball says: "f&%kery ahead!"
So let’s be clear: this type of corporate bullying is designed to rob us of our rights and freedoms.
But we will not be silenced.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
The Sience Museum putting on an exhibition showing the damage of climate changed caused by using fossil fuels while it takes money from BP oil and from the coal mining company Andani is hypocritical in the extreme.
Biodiversity collapse that to future food supplies - a must read.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
X's AI chatbot Grok appears to be making sex abuse images of women and children - and Elon Musk thinks he can get away with letting it! I’m calling for a full ban on X here in the UK and you should too - add your name to the petition now: 38d.gs/ban_x_df
A vertical bar graph showing FTSE 100 CEOs grabbing £150,576 almost 4 times the average annual wage (£39,039) over the 12 Days of Christmas.
📢 THANK YOU for your support this year ♥️ Below is a reminder of the gross #inequality that ruins the UK every day. Figures are based on the High Pay Centre’s findings that, in 2024/25, the AVERAGE FTSE 100 CEO gouged a “salary” of £4,580,000. Divide by 365 and you get a daily pay out of £12,548 🤮🤮🤮
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The world is watching @cop30brazil.bsky.social. Show leadership and add the fossil fuel phase-out roadmap to the #COP30 agreement. Listen to @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social and follow the 80+ countries that want justice!
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
NHS dentistry is a mess: rising costs and appointments few and far between. We can’t go on like this - the Government must properly fund our dental care. Will you join me and sign the 38 Degrees petition to pile on the pressure? 38d.gs/supf
In November's Budget, the Chancellor can reform taxes on wealth to achieve three wins - raising revenue, tackling inequality and boosting growth. Find out more at fairnessfoundation.com/win-win-win
Please, please watch and repost this - the reality of the appaullingly misnamed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and its role in Israel's brutal poicy. Everyone must recognise this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ID...
How do we promote human #wellbeing while also safeguarding our planet?
To achieve both, we must drastically reduce #inequality, writes @profkepickett.bsky.social @equalitytrust.bsky.social on @lseinequalities.bsky.social.
Put simply, we cannot afford the consumption patterns of the #SuperRich.
The decision to suspend the whip from four MPs for opposing cuts to welfare payments for disabled people is wrong - and has to be reversed.
Sign the petition to demand their reinstatement: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
BREAKING: New polling from @yougov.co.uk shows 75% of Brits support taxing extreme wealth.
But today Keir Starmer once again brushed off calls for higher taxes on the super-rich.
When will the PM stop siding with billionaires and listen to the British public instead? 350.org/tax-their-bi...
They're doing this because they're scared.
Roberto De Vogli has written a very good book: Managing and preventing pandemics: lessons from COVID-19. It reviews the successes and failures of different countries in responding to COVID. Well reviewed in The Lancet
www.thelancet.com/callback?red...
Petition the Speaker to block Trump from addressing Parliament during his unprecedented second State Visit. Join me actionstorm.org/petitions/du...
This assault alters 80 years of post-WWII diplomacy and alliances. And for what? To ally with the murderous Putin? To turn America, once a democratic beacon to the world, into a pariah state, an outcast among democratic nations and decent people everywhere?
www.americaamerica.news/p/can-americ...
More than 100.000 people in Germany 🇩🇪 in the streets today, like here in Berlin, protesting the rise of far right politics, like the AfD nazi party promoted by Elon Musk.
MPs second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
Prime duty of MPs is to serve the people, not corporations or their bank accounts.
Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...