An urgent appeal from Wayland Prison As you may know, I received a five-year sentence for making a 20-minute Zoom speech calling for civil disobedience in July. I was not at all involved in any actions or their planning. I was there to explain, as I have done hundreds of times

Tiktok has been banned in the US on the grounds that China could use it "to manipulate and control Americans by spreading propaganda and misinformation." In other words, China *might do* exactly what Elon Musk *has done* with X. It's a blatant double standard.

One day to go before the #Xodus. Tomorrow afternoon, UK time, January 20, join me in leaving this platform for Bluesky.

“Trump’s election was response to cruel failures of neoliberalism, but it will also be their ultimate expression. It was response to corruption of political system by private money. And it will be the system’s ultimate corruption” ⁦George Monbiot⁩ 👏 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

4 BILLION DEATHS ... but not enough to make headlines. An urgent appeal from Wayland Prison chuffed.org/project/rev21?… "At 3C or more of heating by 2050, there could be more than 4 billion deaths, significant sociopolitical fragmentation worldwide, failure of states (with

This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it. I’m now posting at georgemonbiot.bsky.social. Since Elon Musk bought this

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Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the government says: "On our current path, civilisation as we know it will disappear. If we meet current commitments only – net zero by 2050 – perhaps some form of humanity will survive ... " Guardian 27 May 2024.

Five years in prison for nonviolent climate protest: it’s plain wrong, and Keir Starmer knows it. Caroline Lucas in The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘Multi-year’ droughts have become more frequent, drier and hotter over past 40 years | Yanine Quiroz w/ comment from Dr. Dirk Karger Ruth Cerezo-Mota🌦️ Dr Maral Habibi Read here: buff.ly/4aEqGPS

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The latest from Just Stop Oil HQ… From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

🚨Global Warming Has Accelerated 🌡📈 This shows how much Earth's Energy Imbalance has increased. The rate of global heat uptake is now likely more than double what was between 1971-2008. NASA CERES satellite data puts the average of the past four years at +1.4 W/m²!

European leader after European leader TONIGHT stating publicly that they stand with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський and Ukraine against Russia It seems Emperor Trump and his sidekick are the ones out of step....

Your 'doom quote' for today: "We’re dumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere like it’s an open sewer, and the consequences are piling up: stronger storms, deeper droughts, entire ecosystems collapsing." imdb.com/title/tt049711…

The fierce heat wave continues and worsens in SE Asia with >40C every day in several provinces of THAILAND and high humidity and stifling hot nights. It will get worse and worse. And the heat will spread to India and Pakistan with widespread 40C and early heat.

Your 'doom quote' for today: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever... The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred." goodreads.com/book/show/6143…

The Price Is Wrong — Brett Christophers on saving the planet ⁦Net Zero Watch⁩ ft.com/content/0b8a1c…

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says. ⁦Net Zero Watch⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Gaza’s children are being starved -- and EU leaders plan to relax on holiday? We won’t let them hide. We’ll bring the roar of justice to their doorstep. Join us now! secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/ga…