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Our "leaders" are going to keep making empty promises. It makes them feel good. It gets the activists to act like zombie kittens. If you want to have some self-respect and perhaps make a difference (actual facts may vary), then find a functioning group that cares about your skills and knowledge - what you have, what you want. One useful group might be www.climateemergencymanchester.net - you can email them on contact@climateemergencymanchester.net-
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Category Archives: humour
Video: “From Toy Story 3 to Noam #Chomsky” – #Manchester University students ranted at by #climate guy
A few weeks ago I was invited to participate in a debate in front of a bunch of second year Geography Students, on the theme of “Can Development End Poverty?” I spoke second…. There’s a Q and A session too, … Continue reading
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Repost: Environmental protest group disbands in chaos after all members revealed to be undercover police
From this very reliable news source. Environmental protest group disbands in chaos: all members revealed to be undercover police Some officers struggled with the ‘convincingly blending in’ aspect of going undercover. A Dunstable based environmental protest group disbanded in chaos when … Continue reading
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New Co-op scandal flowers in #Manchester, unwittingly discovered by Manchester Evening News
In thirty years time, we may very much care that mutualism had to be re-invented because of clowns running the Co-operative Bank into the arms of hedge funds. I don’t think we will be too worried about the crystal methodist … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, humour
Tagged shameful, shameful click-baiting, shameless, shameless click-baiting
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Good News Saturday: #Manchester #graphene to trap man-made emissions #climate
Okay, the title of this post is mildly smutty click-bait. So sue me… Sir Richard Leese positively gushes about the economic potential of the wonder-material graphene (atom-thick sheets of carbon atoms; super-light, super-strong). Here’s a suggestion he hasn’t put forward … Continue reading
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Tagged childish puns, emissions gag #94, smut and nothing but
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Geographical miracle! #Manchester City Centre is now “south” Manchester #AfSL #epicfail
Like in that film “Inception”, Manchester’s geography is so fluid that an event called “Eco South Manchester” is held in… the Northern Quarter. After that triumph of re-branding, the award-winning charity “Action for Sustainable Living” might want to have a … Continue reading
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Tagged Action for Sustainable Living, extreme pettiness, get a life, pettiness
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#climate cartoon – History repeats
Dark genius from Tom Toles. (Hat-tip to Sam)
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#Fracking perfectly safe claims local expert in #Balcombe
This, from newsthump, is very very funny. (I haven’t screengrabbed the whole article. It gets funnier…)
#Tesco #Labour and #climate – every little helps? From #PrivateEye
Before I breach their copyright and get a letter from Lord Gnome’s learned friends (I believe it’s Peter Carter Ruck these days, yes?), I should point out that it’s a fantastic publication, Ian Hislop is an Adonis and you can … Continue reading
Humour: Is economics a science? “Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal” #brilliance
From here. Watch out though, some of the smbc cartoons are definitely nsfw…
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Humour @TheOnion – “Proud species commits suicide rather than be driven to extinction”
From the Onion. Last line is the best…
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