George Monbiot often irritates me with his writing. This is enlightening though and really lays clear the foundations for the modern demagogue and their similarities to those who repeat endlessly through history but with the cause now being Neoliberalism. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

X is not a Town Square. It’s a set of trenches from which people throw out their ‘entrenched’ opinions, often explosive, and then duck back down. How will we make space for dialogue and mutual understanding? I find Bluesky equally sad for this.

How is this a town square, where all voices are equal, when one man alone has a megaphone?

the biggest and most obvious question

Whilst I find it distasteful that Elon Musk is shatting all over British politics without really having a clue what life is like here, we British have very much liked to laugh and point fingers at Trump, Republicans and the MAGA movement, and express regular righteous outrage too

Hilarious that Elon Musk is entirely keeping Donald Trump out of the news on his certification day….🤣🤣

Love that the US is about to ban Tik Tok for fear of foreign interference when it already has X run by a South African billionaire massively influencing democracy and culture there. Classic.

"The population was gradually led into the demoralising temptations of arcades, baths and sumptuous banquets. The unsuspecting Britons spoke of such novelties as 'civilisation,' when in fact they were only a feature of their enslavement." Tacitus circa 100AD. Still relevant.

This is hilarious tribune.com.pk/story/2526904/…

The Dartington Forest Garden is threatened with destruction by landlords the Dartington Trust. It took >30 years to grow, and is a wonderful example of a radically different approach to food & fibre production. Please sign the petition, and share. agroforestry.co.uk/save-dartingto…

How odd is it that the right wing anti-climate change, anti-renewables, anti-EV, pro fossil fuels mob are now rabidly the defenders of Tesla, the leading EV company in the world, defending it as one of their own… Talk about cognitive dissonance