Rupert Read π π₯
@GreenRupertRead
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Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project @CMP_voice | Emeritus Philosophy Prof. β¦I mute people who compose their tweets using AI.
Norfolk
Joined April 2009
WATCH: The awkward moment when the fossil-fuelled #GBNews charade got exposed...live on GBNews. Full video: https://t.co/gVUt48JVMa
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To get the government to respond to our petition calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan, we need 10,000 of you to help us. We are over halfway now! If you haven't already, please sign it and encourage others to do so as well βοΈ π https://t.co/Jaf6rS5XiC
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From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that...
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Point 1: Obviously it is evil to massacre civilians for being Jewish. Point 2: Obviously Israel's genocidal atrocities must continue to be opposed, and will continue to be opposed. Today the worst people in the world are trying to pretend Point 1 and Point 2 are contradictory.
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It doesnβt matter what you βthinkβ about global warming like it doesnβt matter what you βthinkβ about gravity if you jump out of the window.
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A dangerous escalation: Israel has imposed a new mechanism forcing humanitarian imports into Gaza to be purchased exclusively from Israeli suppliers, under full Israeli oversight. This tightens control over Gazaβs population, blocks Palestinian and West Bank markets, and turns
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This is a sick man.
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Just so Tragic. This is on you, Israel, the USA, the U.Kβ¦
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β I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, but the faith and the love are all in the waiting.β WATCH: βTest of faithβ:
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This is as beautiful as it is necessary. WATCH/Listen: https://t.co/FlbmqsKblN
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This time of year, we tend to consume more than usual. Help us begin to offset holiday overconsumption by signing our petition and helping us get to 10k by January 1st! Every signature counts, so please share the link around. https://t.co/Uinc02VLrO
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This is as beautiful as it is necessary. WATCH/Listen: https://t.co/FlbmqsKblN
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TOMORROW (16th): I'll be speaking at the third Off The Record #meetup in #Norwich. We'll be at the Edith Cavell from 6.30pm. The main topic will be #NetZero with time for a Q&A and discussion following my talk. More details below. #OTR3
https://t.co/xtzBv6ufD1
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ICYMI!: https://t.co/bk18rIAJ5W My review-essay of Paul Kingsnorthβs remarkable new bookβ¦
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Looking forward to speaking at the third Off The Record #meetup in #Norwich next week (16th). We'll be at the Edith Cavell from 6.30pm. The main topic will be #NetZero with time for a Q&A and discussion following my talk. More details below. #OTR3
https://t.co/xtzBv6ufD1
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Extremely worried for the awful situation of the Palestine Action activists on hunger strike. Still awaiting trial, some for over a year. Green MPs and peers have written to David Lammy, calling for urgent action and fair treatment.
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They're in prison without trial - on hunger strike for Palestine. The media has been suppressing this story. Their lives are at risk. Listen here to their loved ones. Let them be released on bail, close Israeli arms makers, reverse the ban on Palestine Action.
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Level headed truth telling in the face of a self-terminating culture.
I was invited on to @TimesRadio to talk about the (so-called) "stealth tax on long haul flights". Not very stealthy in my opinion but I do offer a better, fairer alternative. Listen now. Full interview: https://t.co/db79BhKyyO
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β I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope, for hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love, for love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, but the faith and the love are all in the waiting.β WATCH: βTest of faithβ:
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Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. But soon there may be no turtle doves left. Their numbers have declined by 99% since the 1960s. Thatβs why Iβm backing the @Natures_Voice's calls for proper, sustained funding for nature-friendly farming.
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π» Weekend listening suggestion: I joined host Matthew Sweet in the #FreeThinking studio in #London for #BBC Radio 4's round-table discussion about the history of ideas. https://t.co/x466wa8cRn
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Matthew Sweet and guests ask who makes history and debate arguments in the Reith lectures
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I am most concerned about #climate-induced droughts / food shortages. That is what keeps me up at night. The prospect of these multiplying dramatically within a generation, unless we move fast to prevent, mitigate, adapt, and restore. BUT:
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