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15 Oct, 4 tweets, 3 min read
I'm really upset that @TEDCountdown decided to invite fossil fuel CEOs to their kickoff conference for #COP26. And glad this happened to the head of @Shell.

“On a conference about the future of our climate, it is unacceptable to include fossil fuel CEOs.”
gizmodo.com/shell-ceo-roas…
Not only did @TEDCountdown invite the leader of @shell — one of the most-polluting companies in world history, the roster is full of status quo tech bros & people from the global north.

So many worthy voices were left on the sidelines, like @KameaChayne:
kamea.substack.com/p/ted-countdow…
We've got to quickly move beyond the status quo, and inviting the same old people isn't the way to get there.
It's not possible to collaborate with the forces behind the fossil fuel industry. They need to be held accountable for lying to us to increase their profit and put the planet in peril. They should be in prison, not on stage.

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16 Oct
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The system isn't broken, it's working exactly how it was made to: to protect the status quo at all costs.

We need fundamental, structural, systemic change. Change on a scale that matches the existential crisis we are in.

At this point, we have no other choice.
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This week marks the one-year anniversary of The Phoenix — a newsletter for climate revolutionaries.

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I was under contract with Substack until yesterday. Today I left.

Substack has refused restrict harmful speech — on gender, Covid & climate — on their platform.

I refuse to believe that any of us should have to accept a world where the status quo is trying to actively kill us.
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This fucking sucks @ametsoc
I don't want to speculate but it's almost like there are some important defense contractor sponsors that you don't want to alienate? What other possible reason would you have for a willfully dangerous policy like this?
Or, I dunno, maybe the fact it's in Houston means there are some important guests in the energy industry that can't be bothered to have an extra incentive to care for the basic decency and well-being of other attendees?
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