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24 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Congratulations to Ruth Tingay's brussel sprout on becoming an Accredited Game Shot. We believe this might be the first occasion on which a brussel sprout has achieved this distinction. Its accredition is all the more impressive given @Gameandwildlife's *rigorous* checking system
The thorough testing Ruth's brussel sprout underwent to achieve this qualification is proof that @Gameandwildlife is ABSOLUTELY NOT a bullshit front for the shooting lobby. It is a highly respectable body upholding the most rigorous standards of brussel sprout certification.
I'm so glad they've identified the problem.
Now the only outstanding issue is how the digested brussels sprout will pin this prestigious badge to its label.

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24 Nov
Here’s my column on the huge but scarcely-known scandal of the UK’s illegal waste mafias. In hiding, burying and burning millions of tonnes of dangerous rubbish, they are poisoning our land, water and air. But the government looks the other way. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
PS: it's not just about fly-tipping. In fact that's just the visible, er, tip of the problem. We're talking about huge, organised, illegal dumps, all over the country.
What are advertised as independent "man with van" operations are often in reality members of major criminal syndicates, shifting industrial quantities of waste to secret dumps. The four governments of the UK, and their regulatory agencies, are turning a blind eye.
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23 Nov
So what's it all for?
The ultra-rich are trashing the planet, and they're still miserable.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
It's the promise that instills obedience: work hard, be smart, and one day you too will drown in money. Then you'll be happy.
But extreme universal wealth is
a. politically impossible: great wealth depends on exploitation.
b. ecologically impossible
c. no formula for happiness.
The promise of capitalism, universal wealth, cannot be fulfilled.

The purpose of this promise is to buy our consent. We obey because we believe we are temporarily embarrassed millionaires. One day it'll be our turn.

It's time to stop believing this fairytale, and stop obeying.
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22 Nov
My friend in British Columbia has sent me more dispatches from the front line of climate catastrophe. Many communities are surrounded by floodwater, which has now frozen, probably for the entire winter. God knows what they will do.
Here are some photos.
I guess it's kind of inevitable that one of the worst-afflicted places is a town called Hope.
This river has now been forced out of its bed by the sediments deposited in the floods, and is instead flowing down a street in the town of Merritt.
All this is happening in a place that until this year seemed relatively safe from climate breakdown.
castanet.net/news/Kamloops/…
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19 Nov
In our somewhat self-flaggelating style, we on the left have been obsessed with GB News, while often overlooking the astonishing (much greater) success of new channels that challenge power, such as @DoubleDownNews and @BylineTV. We should do more to celebrate this blossoming.
I'm very interested in new outlets challenging an established broadcast media that has let us down very badly, esp on environmental issues. Over the past year I've been involved in two new ventures that've worked well: @rivercide_live and @COP26_tv. There's lots more to be done.
I think the promise of new media - that we could use them to mount a serious challenge to business as usual - is beginning to materialise. I'm surprised it took so long, but we now seem to be in the take-off phase. Let's celebrate our successes so far, and keep innovating.
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19 Nov
There is a point beyond which our grief about the gathering collapse of Earth systems can no longer be suppressed. I now realise that I've protected myself all these years by intellectualising the problem. But as governments keep failing, I can’t keep stifling the sense of loss.
I'm being told on Twitter to "toughen up". But it isn't tough to pretend that all is well when it so obviously isn't. It's tougher to face it.
In my mind, there is no contradiction between accepting the grief and a determination to fight the forces of destruction. On the contrary, it drives me on.
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18 Nov
Some prominent people are now arguing that, for climate movements to succeed, they have to reach across the political spectrum, appealing to conservative as much as radical and liberal values. I believe this reflects a mistaken theory of change. This thread seeks to explain why.
The big shift in the past year is the emergence of a truly global climate movement, and the sense that its leadership is now coming from the Global South. This is as it should be: poor nations are hit hardest by climate breakdown and their voices have for too long been unheard.
This is where hope lies. A global crisis demands a genuinely global response, led by those on the front lines of the disaster, and this is what is happening, at great speed. It’s hard to see the necessary shift happening any other way.
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