Any university AI policy that doesn't also include the range of real and documented environmental consequences from its use does a disservice to students who may not know how harmful it is. IME, many do use it differently when they're expected to make informed decisions vs just following rules.

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

If you're watching the situation in Chicago from afar & want to help, on the off chance you have spare $$, you can give to the Midwest Immigrant Bond Fund, which posts "bond for individuals held in the custody of ICE w ties to IL, IN, KY & WI who cannot afford to pay"
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow

in "'Just trust me, bro: The consummative mood of reactionary decarbonization' i think through the overlap between everyday tech bro masculinities and decarbonization advocacy.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The length at which «AI» vested interests go to protect its assets from stranding reminds me of the on-going wild fight of fossil vested interests to protect its fossil assets from stranding.

It does not bode well.

New research from Oxfam and Care shows how rich countries are profiting from the climate crisis

🌍 2/3 of climate finance to the Global South comes as loans
💸 For every $5 received, $7 is paid back – a 42% profit for creditors

www.oxfamamerica.org/press/two-th...

X/ “Where Is the African Urbanist” is published (though still behind a paywall).
I argue for the need to decenter and pluralize global urban thought
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Who owns Scotland's offshore wind assets?

Our new interactive map with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social lets you explore who really owns ScotWind projects – and who stands to benefit

Highlights in 🧵
Explore the map 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/scotwind

📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!

The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.

Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.

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New from @the-breakdown.bsky.social ISSUE 2

Photojournalist Garry Lotulung documents the exlosion of nickel mining, largely for batteries, in Halmahera, Indonesia—speaking with workers, locals & members of the island's Indigenous community

Photographed: Daniel Totabo

Thanks, Ben!

Applications for the Tanya Baker-Asad Scholarships for Palestinian women pursuing PhDs in the humanities and social sciences are now open.

Please help spread the word.

www.parc-us-pal.org/tanya-baker-...

My Global Corridor newsletter #4 featuring stories, data, opinion + academic work from digital cables to Artic sea routes to private equity funds to AI supply chains....Out now

globalcorridor.substack.com/p/global-cor...

Really sorry to hear about the sudden passing of Kaleb Horton, a fantastic writer. Only seems fitting to share what he wrote for David Lynch kalebhorton.ghost.io/death-is-jus...

No.
etcetera.com.mx/opinion/mode...

No, it doesn't, unless "the left" includes former president Salinas de Gortari and his Solidaridad project.

I came out of this film yesterday to news is Assata’s death. The film’s opening scene is an attack on the Otay Mesa detention center to free those locked inside. Thinking today about Assata & about the women & men who broke her out of prison. #FreeThemAll

Yes! 🌭🌭🌭🌭🌭

Our back to school finance training was popular, so we’re having a follow up next week! debtcollective.org/event/school...

For @dispatchmedia.bsky.social i went on the trail of the Totley Communists and the radical history of Sheffield.

dispatch-media.com/the-commune-...

🚨 Join us at the Labour Party Conference!

We’ll be hosting a panel & drinks reception, exploring insights from our new project — Who Owns Britain? — where we investigate who owns our essential services & how we can rebuild the country.

RSVP 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/who-owns-b...

Bank of England urged to do more to tackle climate crisis
10 think tanks and NGOs call for a review of monetary policy given the increasing frequency of climate-related shocks, for which monetary policy is "ill-equiped"...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...