Eddy Canfor-Dumas

Eddy Canfor-Dumas

@ec-d.bsky.social

Co-founder of The Centre for Creative Conversation creativeconversation.org, Co-author of 'The Talking Revolution', Green Party ADRC, @samaritans.bsky.social, Woodland Trust.

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Eddy Canfor-Dumas
@ec-d.bsky.social

How about joining the talking revolution, where you are, right now? www.creativeconversation.org/post/we-need...

creativeconversation.orgWe need a talking revolutionWe’ve got a big problem, we human beings. Bigger than plastic in the oceans and toxins in the air, bigger even than climate change. It’s how we talk and listen to each other.It’s the basis for everything we do – and will need to do – together . Yet so much of our communication washes around in a sea of confusion, conflict and dysfunction – at home, at work, in society and in the world.‘That’s life,’ some will say. ‘It’s normal.’ But it needn’t be. We can do better. We have to do better. Because

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Doug Parr
@dougparr.bsky.social

European nations asked to prepare for 3C of climate warming Good luck My suspicion is combined disruption to food production & supply chains, building unusability with heat & flooding, increased migration etc means civilisation as we know it would collapse by 3C www.euronews.com/2026/10/27/e...

euronews.comEU wants capitals to adjust to warming of 3°CAs Brussels warns that Europe must prepare for increasingly extreme weather, new EU rules will require governments to clarify who is responsible for climate preparedness – but no new funding is being ...
Eddy Canfor-Dumas
@ec-d.bsky.social

Question: Is Russia’s hybrid war another name for asymmetric war i.e. a tacit acknowledgement that it cannot win any form of conventional war against the West?

Mark Youngman@threatologist.com

Eurovision News, a collaboration between public service broadcasters created under the aegis of the European Broadcasting Union, has published an interactive map tracking hybrid recent activity across Europe.

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to £7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut. CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay. Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth £150,000 for £1m profit shared. £899m shared. 108 govt contracts in 2026, worth £650m. Friends in high places.

cityam.comDeloitte hikes pay for top boss while headcount shrinksBig Four giant Deloitte hiked pay for one of its chief executives last year by almost half while overall headcount at the firm fell, with some of being due to targeted job cuts.

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frapacioli.bsky.social
@frapacioli.bsky.social

Dear oh dear. One day the stranglehold that the household analogy has on economic commentators will be broken and we’ll have a sensible debate about what real resources can be deployed by the UK government, how, where and with what trade-offs. Till then… 🤦🏼‍♂️

Financial Times@financialtimes.com

Britain needs ‘chainsaw economics’ ft.trib.al/EiiXMTd

ft.trib.alBritain needs ‘chainsaw economics’Shock therapy can liberate the country from a cycle of low growth, rising debt and an expanding state

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Sam Freedman
@samfr.bsky.social

Incredible. Student List are candidates selected by groups of students to form an anti-corruption party. Another youth-led movement overthrowing an authoritarian government in Europe.

Europe Elects@europeelects.bsky.social

Serbia: The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS-EPP) has admitted defeat in today's parliamentary elections. The Student List (SL-*) has won a majority of votes. #Serbia #Srbija #Izbori2026

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

UK lacks essential electricity transmission/storage systems. Billions paid to solar & wind turbine farms to switch off during periods of high sunshine/winds, expected to cost £8bn a year by 2030. National Grid pays dividends. What is the Govt doing? Watch the Minister's reply.

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Prof Bill McGuire
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social

#FOTW Daily Post 20 As well as the atmosphere and oceans, a changing climate can wake the solid Earth When ice melted after the last ice age, the pressure release triggered quakes and eruptions. The ground responds to what we do to the sky Pls share + tag 2 #FateOfTheWorld

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Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes.bsky.social

This is one of the most holy sh*t stories I’ve ever read in my life. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

vanityfair.comThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in TransfersAn exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former sen...

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MMTAction
@mmt-action.bsky.social

"There's a black hole in the public finances." A black hole is a forecast gap against self-imposed fiscal rules. Westminster issues the pound. The real limit is real resources, not a spreadsheet. Build your Budget rebuttal with Argument Builder. #MMT #UKGreenParty #Economics #UKPolitics

mmtaction.comArgument Builder — MMTAction — Economics for PeoplePaste the economic claim you're struggling to counter and get a fact-based rebuttal, built on Modern Monetary Theory. Free, no account needed.

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Prem Sikka
@premnsikka.bsky.social

UK govt can get information about your bank accounts if you get universal credit, pension credit, employment support allowance. Court order not needed. You won't be told, can't appeal. Same won't apply to enablers of illicit financial flows. No financial privacy for old, poor, sick, unfortunate.

independent.co.ukDWP reveals exact information banks have to share about benefit claimantsMore details have been shared on how the new powers work

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MMTAction
@mmt-action.bsky.social

Cut benefits to "fund" job support? Wrong. The government that issues the pound doesn't rob one young person to pay for another. Nearly 1 million Neets is a policy choice. Offer a real job at a living wage. #MMT #UKGreenParty #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

theguardian.comWho exactly will be affected by the UK review of benefits for young people? | Young people | The GuardianAround one in eight 16- to 24-year-olds are ‘Neet’ – and Alan Milburn is hinting that the overhaul of their support may be controversial
Eddy Canfor-Dumas
@ec-d.bsky.social

Is Prem Sikka the only leftwing Labour member of the House of Lords? Why don’t we hear more Labour peers making these basic points?

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Target pensions or welfare, don't tax banks, neoliberal IMF tells UK Chancellor. Silence on corporate welfare, bank subsidies and profiteering; poverty, equitable distribution of income and wealth. Sacrificing the old, poor, sick to the gods of fiscal rules, so that banks are not inconvenienced.

theguardian.comTarget pensions or welfare, not banks, IMF tells John HealeySupporters of planned tax, however, say banks were bailed out by taxpayers during the financial crisis and can afford to pay more now

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

No one who has seen and heard these accounts can ever unsee them. The absolute, inhumane, psychopathic barbarism of the people making these decisions beggars belief. #Gazagenocide www.theguardian.com/film/video/2...

theguardian.comNAZA: the film Israel does not want you to see - videoOscar-winning filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor discuss their documentary NAZA, which exposes the AI systems the Israeli military uses to rain down strikes on Gaza, killing thousands of civilia...

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Stop the Money Pipeline
@stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social

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So what do we do about this industry-wide scandal? Here in America, we have the chance to fight back and prevent a new financial crisis. Campaigns to win "Insure Our Communities" policies are sprouting up across the US. These policies are our best defense against the future described in the memo.

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Stop the Money Pipeline
@stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social

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3: EVERYDAY PEOPLE WILL PAY FOR THIS. BIG TIME. Playing down climate change in the finance, housing, and insurance sectors has created a massive tinderbox. The impact from insurance companies’ schemes has the potential to spark a global economic crisis.

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Stop the Money Pipeline
@stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social

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"Modellers like me are coming under pressure to reduce their projected losses. In the most basic terms, we are collectively fudging the numbers and taking on more risk than we should for a lower price than the expected loss demands." -an insurance industry climate modeler in the Guardian

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Stop the Money Pipeline
@stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social

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1: THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY KNOWS EXACTLY HOW DAMAGING THE CLIMATE CRISIS WILL BE. The industry’s own climate loss projections are rising. Rather than adapting and preparing its clients (aka: all of us), it’s responding by raising rates and withdrawing coverage, often with little or no warning.

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Stop the Money Pipeline
@stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social

BREAKING: A bombshell memo published from senior insurance professionals sounds the alarm on the industry’s deliberate tweaking of climate loss models. They warn that insurers are creating conditions that may cause another global financial crisis. And it gets worse.🧵

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Nelly Probin
@lillmagill.bsky.social

Pensioners arrested And authors effectively gagged. Not a great look for a democracy.

theguardian.comSally Rooney says she can no longer sell books in UK due to Palestine Action supportIrish writer of Normal People says she can no longer receive royalties from British sales and she cancelled UK trip due to fear of arrest
The Scales ⚖️@shakethescales.bsky.social

More than 3,700 people have been arrested in the UK for holding placards saying: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.” About 2,500 of those people have so far been charged under the Terrorism Act. Andy Burnham hasn't changed a thing... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.ukAndy Burnham rules out deal with Green PartyThe prime minister branded the recent motion passed by the Green Party conference that ‘zionism is racism’ as antisemitic

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ChrisO_wiki
@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

1/ Russian advertisers are the latest group to report costly impacts from Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centres. They can't control their advertising campaigns any more and are racking up costs. Meanwhile, other users are finding that their data isn't backed up. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/anto...

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

Russians continue to complain about disruptions to Yandex services following attacks on its data centers. Several experts have warned that some user data stored on Yandex Disk may be permanently lost. Yandex Bank customers are also reporting problems accessing their money,

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Eddy Canfor-Dumas
@ec-d.bsky.social

‘This ceasefire, Donald – is it in the room with us now?’

Euronews@euronews.com

Trump insists Russia-Ukraine 'energy ceasefire' is in place

l.euronews.comTrump insists Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire is in placeTrump insisted an energy ceasefire was in place between Russia and Ukraine despite reported Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy sites. A Russian drone hit a Kyiv apartment block, killing one woman and injuring at least five.

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Yair Wallach
@yairwallach.bsky.social

Israel's minister of finance, yesterday: "we need to wipe out Gaza. Not to commit genocide god forbid, but to wipe out Gaza, because it is a terrorist entity, with 1.8 million Nazis who have been educated for generations to hate Jews ... it should not exist."