"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/20/trump-elon-musk-salute

https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/bring-thames-water-into-public-ownership

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n01/t.j.-clark/a-brief-guide-to-trump-and-the-spectacle

The new #Imagine2200 stories are now available! I worked with Grist last summer to help choose these stories, and I can’t wait to hear what you think of them. Give them a read and let me know!

#solarpunk #hopepunk #ClimateHope #ClimateFiction #ecofiction #ecopunk

https://grist.org/imagine2200-climate-fiction-contest-2025/

Next Up! The Direction of Travel: Part 1
https://open.substack.com/pub/bernardmccarty/p/the-direction-of-travel-part-1?r=26nda&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

"In the case of the climate crisis, which is the deepest problem our civilization confronts, that consists of claiming that global warming is a hoax, and that its main solution—clean energy—is expensive and ineffective."

-Bill McKibben
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/for-reality

https://youtu.be/2n3lVl0dZ9g?si=5HmSmZivNge100yU

https://2073.film/

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/energy-hub-green-energy/8555/

Taxing billionaires works, even better than anyone imagined. The Massachusetts "Fair Share" tax generated $2.46 billion in revenue, well over estimates...which means the MBTA and other transit now has funding. #MBTA #mapoli #TaxBillionaires
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/01/14/gov-healey-to-make-major-announcement-on-transport-funding-tuesday

https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/total-information-collapse?r=26nda&selection=9536805c-705c-4563-ae18-8defd2103f98&utm_campaign=post-share-selection&utm_medium=web

Billionaire Proofing the Internet from @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/#everybody-samba

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Billionaire-proofing the internet; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 4); and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/

#Pluralistic

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Careful With Those Axes, Eugene - getting our bearings.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bernardmccarty/p/careful-with-those-axes-eugene

*Picks and Shovels* is a new, standalone technothriller starring Marty Hench, my two-fisted, hard-fighting, tech-scam-busting forensic accountant. You can pre-order it on my latest Kickstarter, which features a brilliant audiobook read by Wil Wheaton:

http://martinhench.com

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No. 8: Tax The Rich
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241231-seven-proven-ways-to-help-the-planet

Future Pathways installation guide here: https://open.substack.com/pub/bernardmccarty/p/future-pathways-installation-guide

https://youtu.be/AqGpWg_6ytk

The Renters' Rights Bill report stage will be on the 14th January, we need your help to make this Bill as strong as possible. Please write to your MP using this link and tell them to support these amendments:
https://acornuk.good.do/englandcampaigns/

Have you ever wondered what futures are still possible - and which ones we’ve already lost? Over the holidays I’ve been building a "Future Pathways" visualization tool that aims to map humanity’s potential paths based on civilization "growth", CO2e emissions, and material use.

You can read about it here (and download the github to play with):

Civilization Trajectories: Mapping Possible Futures: https://bernardmccarty.substack.com/p/civilization-trajectories-mapping

I hope you find it useful!