Raglan Niall  

I'm not up to reading but can veg in front of videos or listen to podcasts. Can someone offer a good explanation of the fabled 'Atlas network' which has our Government in its thrall?This ABC article would be great if it were audio or video.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/atlas-network-mont-pelerin-society-neoliberal-think-tanks/105700628

#Atlas #AtlasNetwork #Incapable

A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how

A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network. 

Feb 25 at 3:14amWeb
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Feb 25
@Niall
@pinhman I know most of your info is printed, and it's a long shot, but if you don't mind my tagging you, perhaps you could help here? ⬆️
Show threadGordon J HoltslanderFeb 25

@SnowyCA @Niall Australian senator Peter Whish-Wilson does a good verbal summary of Atlas Network and their offshore wind misinformation. Apply this to any issue conservatives wish to deny and dismiss, Atlas will do it

All it takes is well curated and managed anger & ignorance and good ideas are defeated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32tqyZTBIQw

and this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqDvx9HMhs

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reKQTQ2TWOE

#AtlasNetwork

at least10 Canadian politicians

https://mstdn.ca/@pinhman/116117472778015698

https://www.desmog.com/atlas-economic-research-foundation/

https://web.archive.org/web/20201104184753/https://www.atlasnetwork.org/partners/global-directory/australia-and-new-zealand

https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033620/https://www.atlasnetwork.org/partners/global-directory

Offshore Wind Farm Disinformation & the Atlas Network

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Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️Feb 25

@pinhman
thanks, Gordon. I knew you would be able to help . : )

@Niall

Show threadGordon J HoltslanderFeb 25

@SnowyCA @Niall

A 2 hour I haven't watched through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlQOw6qpblY

#AtlasNetwork

The Atlas Network: Big oil, climate disinformation and constitutional democracy

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Show threadTinkerbellumFeb 25
https://omny.fm/shows/drilled/s14-ep2-welcome-to-the-rapture-how-rightwing-populism-and-accelerationism-intersect-with-climate
How Rightwing Populism and Accelerationism Fuels Climate Denial - Drilled

Jesse Bryant (Yale University) and Dieter Plehwe (University of Kassel) examine the growing connection between right-wing populism, climate change denial, and resistance to climate policy. They explore how rising authoritarian politics in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe are reshaping public discourse and obstructing meaningful climate change. Additional resources: Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment 

Show threadanyGouldFeb 25
@Niall Just read the article, and the abridged takeaway is: rich people figured out that if you fake "research", you can make media talk about it until your terrible idea sounds respectable, and then politicians can use you as cover for doing the terrible thing.
Show threadRaglan Niall  Feb 25
@anyGould thanks. So it's the same old same old FUD. Fear Uncertainty Denial.
Show threadanyGouldFeb 25
@Niall Possibly a more refined/outsourced version - while you might not believe me, CEO of EvilCo, that I should be allowed to grind up baby puppies to power my factory, you can't deny that the media is all about these new studies showing how much more environmentally friendly puppy-grinding, and this other study about how the country needs puppy-grinding for national security... and now politicians are getting asked about why they're so oldfashioned, etc etc.