Lucy Bailey
@labailey.bsky.social
Producer on BBC World Service radio's Newshour. Background / interest in science, politics & law esp. international / human rights. NUJ (union) rep. Jazz / garden / nature / food enthusiast now living in Tunbridge Wells. [email protected]
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Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul, partnering with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will unveil a plan to expand free or affordable child care for New Yorkers across the state.
Hochul and Mamdani to Announce Road Map to Expand Child Care
Governor Kathy Hochul will appear with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lay out a plan to expand free and subsidized child care in New York, which had been a central focus of his campaign.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul, partnering with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, will unveil a plan to expand free or affordable child care for New Yorkers across the state.
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As everyone talks about Greenland, don't forget its actual global significance--a two mile thick sheet of ice that if melted would raise the sea level 23 feet (and long before that choke off the currents of the Atlantic)
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Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset'
A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people)
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:28 PM
As everyone talks about Greenland, don't forget its actual global significance--a two mile thick sheet of ice that if melted would raise the sea level 23 feet (and long before that choke off the currents of the Atlantic)
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MUST READ: Trump Orders Sweeping Withdrawal From International Institutions
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Trump Orders Sweeping Withdrawal From International Institutions
Seeing the list in full makes the reality unavoidable: United States is stepping away not from one institution, but from the architecture.
www.onestnetwork.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:18 AM
MUST READ: Trump Orders Sweeping Withdrawal From International Institutions
www.onestnetwork.com/post/trump-o...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/trump-o...
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Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private space telescope
Lazuli, a Billionaire-Funded Private Space Telescope, Signals a New Strategy for Astronomy
Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private space telescope
www.scientificamerican.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private space telescope
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??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
January 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
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So little was known 18 years ago when I started researching climate comms. I'm blown away by how much we now know. This study, led by the incomparable Jan Voelkel with his all-star band, and released today in @natclimate.nature.com confirms that many distinct message strategies can work...
A registered report megastudy on the persuasiveness of the most-cited climate messages - Nature Climate Change
How to effectively communicate climate change to the public has long been studied and debated. Through a registered report megastudy, researchers tested the ten most-cited climate change messaging str...
www.nature.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
So little was known 18 years ago when I started researching climate comms. I'm blown away by how much we now know. This study, led by the incomparable Jan Voelkel with his all-star band, and released today in @natclimate.nature.com confirms that many distinct message strategies can work...
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Timothy Heath delves into the claims that China's military can beat the U.S. military, and finds that its ability to outfight the U.S. military is seriously overstated. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Chinese Military Is Built for Politics, Not Fighting Wars
China’s military possesses some dangerous weapons, but its ability to outfight the U.S. military is seriously overstated.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Timothy Heath delves into the claims that China's military can beat the U.S. military, and finds that its ability to outfight the U.S. military is seriously overstated. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Reports: Sen Maj Leader John Thune says he’s ok with lack of prior congressional notification, including Gang of Eight, given sensitivity of Venezuela operation.
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Reports: Sen Maj Leader John Thune says he’s ok with lack of prior congressional notification, including Gang of Eight, given sensitivity of Venezuela operation.
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“Fewer children will be vaccinated, and children will be harmed because of this decision,” says @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social about today's vaccine schedule change.
U.S. Axes Number of Recommended Childhood Vaccines in Blow to Public Health
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the recommended number of vaccines for children to those that protect against 11 diseases instead of the protections against 17 illnesse...
www.scientificamerican.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
“Fewer children will be vaccinated, and children will be harmed because of this decision,” says @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social about today's vaccine schedule change.
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A good detailed report by Farnaz Fassihi on the ongoing protests in #Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...
Iran’s Dual Challenge: Unrest at Home, Threat of Strikes From Abroad
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
A good detailed report by Farnaz Fassihi on the ongoing protests in #Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/w...
BBC News - from Jeremy Bowen: Trump's action could set precedent for authoritarian powers across globe
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Trump's Maduro raid could set precedent for authoritarian powers across globe
Trump seems to believe he makes the rules and others cannot have the same privileges.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
BBC News - from Jeremy Bowen: Trump's action could set precedent for authoritarian powers across globe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Techbros are having a very hard time selling AI slop to regular people so they’re now just begging regular people to stop calling it AI slop.
It is still and will always be slop.
It is still and will always be slop.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Techbros are having a very hard time selling AI slop to regular people so they’re now just begging regular people to stop calling it AI slop.
It is still and will always be slop.
It is still and will always be slop.
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The Supreme Court’s Ker-Frisbie doctrine:
A U.S. court constitutionally may try a defendant who has been seized illegally, such as by abduction.
Ker v. Illinois (1886)
Frisbie v. Collins (1952)
A U.S. court constitutionally may try a defendant who has been seized illegally, such as by abduction.
Ker v. Illinois (1886)
Frisbie v. Collins (1952)
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The Supreme Court’s Ker-Frisbie doctrine:
A U.S. court constitutionally may try a defendant who has been seized illegally, such as by abduction.
Ker v. Illinois (1886)
Frisbie v. Collins (1952)
A U.S. court constitutionally may try a defendant who has been seized illegally, such as by abduction.
Ker v. Illinois (1886)
Frisbie v. Collins (1952)
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A sober assessment of Trump's kidnapping of Maduro, why it breaks new ground, even compared to Noriega, and that Trump recognises no legal limits to him just doing what he wants
The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation
A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
www.newyorker.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A sober assessment of Trump's kidnapping of Maduro, why it breaks new ground, even compared to Noriega, and that Trump recognises no legal limits to him just doing what he wants
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Powerful Guardian editorial on urgent need for #climate adaptation & for “real plans, real finance, real justice”. And good to see shout out to work of @climatemajority.bsky.social & GlacierTrust showing adaptation as both essential in itself & as a spur to greater decarbonisation👇
The Guardian view on adapting to the climate crisis: it demands political honesty about extreme weather | Editorial
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at how the struggle to adapt to a dangerously warming world has become a test of gl...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Powerful Guardian editorial on urgent need for #climate adaptation & for “real plans, real finance, real justice”. And good to see shout out to work of @climatemajority.bsky.social & GlacierTrust showing adaptation as both essential in itself & as a spur to greater decarbonisation👇
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By me: It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope - my swan song for @theguardian.com, at least for now
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope | Nina Lakhani
I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
By me: It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope - my swan song for @theguardian.com, at least for now
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze
Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm project
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm project
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze
Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm project
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze
Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm project
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm project
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is #AI to the #climate?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is #AI to the #climate?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Palestinian Academic Dr Ashjan Ajour Honored with Europe’s Emma Goldman Award for Research on Feminism and Inequality
Palestinian Academic Dr Ashjan Ajour Honored with Europe’s Emma Goldman Award for Research on Feminism and Inequality
Palestinian sociologist Dr Ashjan Ajour who is based in the United Kingdom has been awarded the 2025 European Emma Goldman Award in recognition of her groundbreaking research on feminism and social…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Palestinian Academic Dr Ashjan Ajour Honored with Europe’s Emma Goldman Award for Research on Feminism and Inequality
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How to see clearly in 2026, from Gillian Tett @financialtimes.com
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Why we should know what we don’t know
Cognitive blind spots are undermining our ability to see the world as it is, rather than as we would like it to be
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January 2, 2026 at 8:56 AM
How to see clearly in 2026, from Gillian Tett @financialtimes.com
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Immigration salience has less to do with aggregate Immigration numbers than
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Immigration salience has less to do with aggregate Immigration numbers than
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
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From something I'm writing...
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
From something I'm writing...