Yet another Nigella recipe that can easily be rendered vegan, in this instance by swapping the honey out for some agave syrup.
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Yet another Nigella recipe that can easily be rendered vegan, in this instance by swapping the honey out for some agave syrup.
Given the fascist direction of travel in America generally, and specifically with corporations ditching their environmental and other progressive commitments left, right and center, I am surprised McDonalds are even bothering with this blatant greenwashing.
We've been brainwashed by our Rightwing media into believing that we have to "tolerate" fascists' intolerance. We don't.
As the saying goes, when a boot is on your neck it doesn't matter whether it's the Left or the Right one. The Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems have all, for some time, been *completely* captured by corporate and oligarchical interests, and should all therefore be consider the enemy.
It's galling that Trump is bringing his entire court of oligarchs and business titans to the UK with a view to carving it up between them and Starmer is facilitating this with alacrity. Hopefully, the youth revolution unfolding in Nepal will spread to the rest of the world, ideally sans violence.
Per the attached quote by Kurt Vonnegut, the "merciful" need to get their finger out and do something about this dreadful situation because the "cruel" have all but won at this point.
Elites mean to take over the UK, and at the present rate they'll be successful. Farage will be Prime Minster in 2029, or much sooner, should Starmer call a snap election, and the UK will then officially be a vassal state of the fascist ecocidal American empire.
Farage will in turn take power and the fascists will completely be in charge. And the US elites may not even be prepared to wait until the next general election in 2029 and bribe venal knave Starmer to call a snap election.
I agree with everything you said, especially the point that these elites are coming to the UK to buy and otherwise take over our country, and Starmer, along with almost all our politicians and media class, are going along with this, with alacrity.
The BBC has entirely been captured by capital and its role is to propagandise for oligarchs, investment banks and Big Oil. In England especially, I find that having a posh voice is far too often conflated with having actual intelligence, and this is particularly true re presenters at the BBC.
Should Rayner resign that will conveniently get rid of Starmer's token working-class deputy PM, and not that I'm suggesting for a second that Angela was anything other than a class-traitor careerist. Starmer's cabinet sure is full of white, upper-middle-class sorts. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I suspect it may well be that the next General Election is a competition between a Tory/Reform alliance against a Green/Your Party alliance. That, of course, is assuming Jeremy Corbyn's hubris does not trip him up again, and he has the sense to purse such a progressive coalition.
“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” A quote from Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray".
It is crucial that more people be made aware of James Hansen's team's findings and what they mean, especially re his new paper "Seeing the Forest for the Trees", i.e. that we have significantly underestimated the severity of anthropogenic climate change. jimehansen.substack.com/p/seeing-the...
David Greaber I think was right regarding BS jobs. We need to immediately radically reshape our society for the tidal wave that is climate collapse, something that is now locked in.
We need wider public acceptance of the fact that the US, UK and Germany are willing, and moreover *enthusiastic*, accomplices in this genocide. Sadly, most of the public are highly susceptible to the firehose of propaganda they're exposed to around the clock, so I'm not optimistic.
Similarly, the trans community has made an excellent whipping boy. And because nigh on the entire media apparatus is owned by fascist ghouls, scapegoating vulnerable minorities thus, sadly, has actually proven a very effective gambit, and I say this as someone who identifies as transfeminine.
Labour are essentially laying the groundwork for fascism, and they're doing it knowingly and deliberately. Given the UK is little more than an American vassal state at this point, and wherever the US leads the UK is sure to follow, that means we need to prepare for unchecked fascism under Farage.
"We have to transform the UK into a police state, cos secret evidence." We must accept that Labour, Conservatives and Lib Dems are squarely under the control of elites and are implementing their neoliberal plans regardless, and will palm off the public every time with lies and sophistry.
Elites will not relinquish their control over things without some form of resistance from the public. Those protesting today with "Palestine Action" signs are upholding a fine British tradition of refusing to accept unjust laws and IMO are unquestionably heroes.
It should concern us all that elites, especially in America, are increasingly and unashamedly being open about their fascist opinions and allegiances, e.g. Musk publicly performing a Nazi salute.
“It’s too late. We've lost.” -- Dr Peter Carter, expert IPCC reviewer and Director of Climate Emergency Institute More mainstream climate scientists are thankfully beginning to acknowledge and accept that we're in climate and societal collapse. youtu.be/vtiQqP21Ppc
You're remarkable, George, for being one of the few journalists to actually stand up to power and authority when the time came. Hopefully, your example today with inspire others in your profession to follow suit.
We are now living in a police state. Gangs of racist, violent thugs can rampage and police make only a handful of arrests, but hold up a sign opposing genocide (and soon it will be *any* sort of resistance against this insane capitalist ecocidal system) and you'll be arrested without hesitation.
Starmerites are really using antisemitism to pick off the few remaining Leftwing politicians in the Labour party. Diane Abott should join Jeremy Corbyn's new party for a genuine socialist alternative.
I hope you're right, Owen, and the people who facilitated this genocide face justice, though I personally fear that with the arrival of climate collapse and rising fascism that what's occurring in Gaza will fade into the noise of a world turned to savagery and darkness.
We're witnessing in real time the rich raiding the coffers and making off with as much of the family silver as possible before climate collapse really bites. Reeve's masters at the investment banks know full well what's on the horizon, and "Rachel from Accounts" is happy to sacrifice the rest of us.
The mainstream media is presently awash with "starry eyed" BS pieces specifically designed to persuade the masses not to trust the evidence of their own eyes that the world is burning and to instead place their faith in our leaders and corporations who like totally have this.
Well done, George, and everyone else participating in this important demonstration. 30C is a high temperature to be engaging in this sort of thing, and I hope all attendees manage okay with that.
Did you ever think that bankers would ever actually "do the right thing" re the climate and broader environment?
I'm normally pretty good at Alt text as I spend a lot of time on the Fediverse. It's pretty intuitive to do on here and I used Alt text in my most recent Toot bsky.app/profile/spro...
Money beats people every time within our intentionally rigged system is my concern, and it doesn't matter how much we protest or organise because money will always ultimately win out. pnhp.org/news/gilens-...
My apologies. I will make more of an effort henceforth.
A combination of the two. This is addressed in the video.
I was reading about shifting baseline syndrome and how each generation accepts the situation they were raised in as normal and "right". Obviously, this is a problem in the polycrisis and the narcissism type fallacy you describe touches on this. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
I was just watching an interesting video that discusses what has happened to nature in the UK over the last 10,000 years. The TLDW is that we now eat far too much meat in our modern diets and have to consequently devote a huge amount of land to animal agriculture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx16...
These roasted tomatoes would be perfect, as you say, for zhuzhing up some pasta, or even in a cheese toasty. Ah, the delicious tomatoey possibilities.
"Why do you willfully go against the medical community's advice at every turn?", is what I'd ask him.
Everyone connected to the intellectual dark web movement, like Pinker, have turned out to be highly problematic individuals, especially in terms of their far Rightwing views on things like white supremacy. All these ghouls all feeling emboldened at the moment with the ascendance of Musk.
Well done, George, and to all the other signatories of this letter.
Many Labour donors who are pushing for harsh neoliberal policies know that this will inevitably pave the way for Farage, and they welcome that. Starmer meanwhile is happy to play his part in the installation of fascism because he will be looked after in the new Reform order.
The cynic in me suspects Starmer has some gentleman's agreement with the oligarch class that he will continue the nonsensical stage managed decline, thereby giving Reform an easy victory at the next general election.
We need to urgently begin preparations for what the likes of James Hansen says is coming down the pipeline, and that includes preparing our young people for what sort of world awaits them. Collapse can be sudden, unexpected and painful, or it can be controlled and as dignified and fair as possible.
I was so interested in this subject, i.e. the supply chain, I did a Masters in it 15 years ago, and it just confirmed my suspicion that it is indeed very easily disrupted, which climate change is going to do. We need to ensure we can feed ourselves within our borders, which we presently can't.
I believe you said previously that worst case scenario we will hit 2C by 2034? Also, Leon, I was wondering, do you think it would be worth you or somebody writing an "explain it like I'm 5" short explainer of where we're at and where you and James Hansen think we're headed?
Rich Rightwingers are especially dangerous simply because the rich generally side with the rich in other countries and in preference to citizens of their own nation. The Athenian elites betrayed Athens to Sparta ultimately, for instance, so this is not a new phenomenon
I'm pleased to see somebody in the mainstream media is finally addressing the issue of collapse, be it environmental or societal. Musk is an accelerationist monster who is trying to control how the American project ends, all so he can be king of the castle, or more likely CEO of his own city state
I finally managed to find it. I think I've managed to add the pudding to my collection
Elites want us to feel powerless and without agency. The fact remains, however, something which they're acutely aware of, scared of even, is that there are far more of us than there are of them
A disgusting tale of disgusting people doing unconscionable things at the behest of the British state. I think it speaks volumes the way this particular officer's conduct has been actively rewarded, and as you say by a range of institutions, which I am saddened to see includes a Scottish university
Humanity is pinning all its hopes on seemingly impossible technologies being invented, i.e. magic, that will allow us to have our cake and eat it
I often see people deride others for being "stupid" etc., but in most instances it is in fact close mindedness and ignorance at play. Incidentally, being open to changing one's mind in light of new evidence is a very good thing, but some thinkers can become entrenched in their thinking and positions
I think it's worth drawing a distinction between hope and naive optimism. Our leaders are utterly starry eyed when they assure us that some new magical technology will solve our problems and we should in the interim maintain the status quo
Carpenter has such a great filmography. What is your favourite? Assault on Precinct 13? Big Trouble in Little China?
We tick off quite a few of the warning signs of fascism, and things are only set to get far worse
"I suppose it’s a bit like the time, when I was a small child, I admitted to stealing money from my nan’s purse in the hope she wouldn’t notice that I had battered her budgie to death with a claw hammer." I LOLed at this
Evidently, young women have enough sense not to swallow the lies of charlatans
There's an argument we need to embrace more traditionally feminine values and priorities, generally. Toxic masculinity has historically been at the heart of our problems. We cannot afford its resurgence. Young people of all sexes and genders have every right to be angry at the world though
Young men look around at the state of the world and none of the main political parties address their, often quite valid, concerns. They then turn to conmen peddling easy answers to complex problems. They learn to hate the scapegoats. They embrace fascist ideas
Has Reeves "fallen for the con"? Is it not more likely that Reeves and Starmer are looking to their futures beyond politics and juicy sinecures in the PE industry would suit them nicely
Really, 2019 is a different world to today. And things continue to deteriorate on multiple fronts, including an ongoing erosion of democracy and an actual acceleration of climate collapse flowing from the misguided removal of sulphur from shipping fuel 4/4
Emissions have continually gotten worse in the intervening time. Their goal of a citizens’ assembly to hear evidence and devise policy to tackle the climate crisis likewise is nowhere close to being materialised 3/4
For example, we're still not remotely being told the truth by our governments and mainstream mendia about the scale and severity of the climate crisis. Indeed, one could argue there's actually significantly more climate disinformation today that there was in 2019 2/4
I'm reflecting on this Guardian article from 2019 which analysed to what extent the XR's demands had then been achieved? Really, none of their core aims were close to being realised, but what's striking is how much worse things have only gotten since then. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 1/4
My meal today comprised vegan spicy ramen with a side of kimchi at Maki and Ramen. This is an Edinburgh based chain that specialise, per the name, in sushi and ramen, though the one I was in only did ramen. Likely, the best vegan ramen I've had. The broth was phenomenal www.makiramen.com/our-menu/
The public are so downtrodden that they're numb to the news we're in climate collapse. And our elites want us apathetic so that when the excrement well and truly does hit the fan no one kicks up any sort of fuss
I like that Talk Talk record. Good choice
That's a good synopsis of the process of privatisation
Your adventures in Ayia Napa, which I've encountered previously, are hilarious and would make for a great TV adaptation
Depressing
knowyourmeme.com/editorials/g...
*doffs hat with a flourish*
People are already discombobulated and it's only going to get worse now that the techbros have effective control of the US government. They're going to flood the zone with excrement, as Steven Bannon said
David, are you aware that some Onlyfans male model has seemingly commandeered your Twitter profile?
I'm interloping over here from the relative safety of Mastodon. Otherwise, the Highlands of Scotland
Oil and gas are arguably a gift from the devil. They're the ultimate Faustian bargain, really www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is the important part of W. H. Auden's poem, September 1, 1939. It's obviously especially applicable to the Gaza genocide, today
Adam, do you think these minds are capable of understanding the unprecedented and civilisation destroying nature of what is about to happen to us, and thereafter conjuring the radical response thereto that is urgently required?