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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · Aug 22

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Aug 15

@prof-carolynsnell.bsky.social and @luciemidd.bsky.social argue that while #NetZero policies are vital for tackling #ClimateChange, they must be shaped around everyday realities and social inequalities to ensure they enhance rather than diminish people’s lives: buff.ly/nFn4lI0

A just climate future for Jim and beyond - Transforming Society

Carolyn Snell and Lucie Middlemiss, authors of 'Just Climate Futures', argue that while Net Zero policies are vital for tackling climate change, they must be shaped around everyday realities and…

www.transformingsociety.co.uk

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jul 27

We are in Paris! Just watched them in Montmartre coming down the hill in the rain. Brilliant.

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · Jul 17

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

After many requests, I finally accessed what turned out to be the saddest and smallest library I have ever seen. I was surprised to find that the books were not categorized by author or Dewey number but size. I tried to find a book before my allotted time ended and picked a cooking book; the second time I got a novel. I began flipping through the pages in search of solace, as books have always been my safe haven. To my surprise, I discovered handwritten notes scattered throughout the book, dated and written by various detainees over time. These messages were filled with reminders of hope, strength, and the assurance that this, too, shall pass. Tears welled up in my eyes as I read their heartfelt expressions. It’s incredible how human beings can find ways to uplift each other, transcending time, space, and borders if they want to and if they choose to. I continued to turn the pages, holding on to the hope of finding brighter moments in this terrifying situation—all thanks to the kindness of people I had never met.

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Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds @envleeds.bsky.social · Jul 21

Well done to @luciemidd.bsky.social and @profmarkdavis.bsky.social, who were awarded Best Paper by Energy Research & Social Science! 👏

Their paper investigates how social relations impact public decision-making and action around energy use.

Read more: environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Sustainability research team wins Best Paper Award

Professors Lucie Middlemiss and Mark Davis have been honoured with the Best Paper Award by Energy Research & Social Science for their groundbreaking research.

environment.leeds.ac.uk

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jul 15

@matthannon.bsky.social @anneowen.bsky.social and Stephen Hall. Watch this space for further work to come, from this team and beyond. We look forward to our methodology taking flight with other scholars. If you are inspired please do get in touch!

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jul 15

This paper was mainly written at my kitchen table with @profmarkdavis.bsky.social, but with a stellar list of co-authors from the Whole Person Whole Place team: @drdonalbrown.bsky.social‪ @ruthbookbinder.bsky.social Iain Cairns, @giuliamininni.bsky.social @mcbrisbois.bsky.social ...

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jul 15

The originality here is in how we apply interdisciplinary ideas from relational sociology to the energy social sciences, in our detailed explanation of the ontology and epistemology of a relational approach, and in our practical articulation of how other scholars can take up the approach.

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jul 15

In the paper we document a new subfield: ‘relational energy research’. We bring insights from relational sociology into energy demand research, offering methodological guidance for a new focus in the energy social sciences: social relations and the way that they shape energy demand.

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jul 15

Our paper “Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide” has won a prize: the Energy Research & Social Science Best Paper Award! You can read it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... thanks to funding from @ukerc.bsky.social

Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide

In a recent review of research on the role of social relations in shaping energy demand, authors documented increasing interest in relational approach…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jul 7

Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · Jul 7

Very interesting new report on emissions from private jets.

They account for just about 3% of total aviation emissions, and they are overwhelmingly concentrated in the US (65% of flights) theicct.org/publication/...

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thanks for the follow Julian and really looking forward to hearing from you at this event!

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JUST @justcentre.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨Join us for the International Launch of the JUST Centre, with keynote remarks from Prof. Julian Agyeman and a discussion with Centre Director Prof. Sherilyn MacGregor, Co-Investigators Prof. Lucie Middlemiss, Prof. Stefan Bouzarovski and Prof. Rebecca Willis.

Register here: tinyurl.com/5bxfdb2z

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jun 19

Interested in #health #equity and #buildings join Doug's new 'HESTIA' network!

Douglas Booker @douglasbooker.bsky.social · Jun 19

This Clean Air Day, I am delighted to announce a new EPSRC funded network, HESTIA.

In HESTIA we are co-developing a health-equity-centred approach to home design & retrofit, integrating existing + emerging building technologies to ⬆️ human & environmental health co-benefits, + ⬇️ health inequalities

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(Just) transitions?
The UK housing stock is undergoing an unprecedented transformation to reduce carbon emissions
The impacts of these changes on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), physical and mental health and wellbeing, and equity are less well known

There is also a picture of a row of houses that have been retrofitted, with one that has not.

Integrated technologies

Delivering low-carbon, healthy, and equitable homes through design and retrofit will need multiple different technologies
Current efforts focus primarily on building fabric or system upgrades, yet there are significant opportunities through replacement technologies, smart devices, and consumer products

The picture shows a house with a range of different technologies varying from building fabric and systems upgrades, to consumer products.

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jun 3

There is no direct policy on energy poverty in China, but energy 5 year plans and poverty alleviation policy have nevertheless worked to address it in the last 20 years. Lin maps the existing and missing policy in China, documenting which aspects of this problem are not currently addressed. Enjoy!

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Prof Lucie Middlemiss @luciemidd.bsky.social · Jun 3

Very pleased to be a co-author on this new paper by @linzhang55.bsky.social which summarises the policy context in #China in relation to #EnergyPoverty.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Analysing policy responses to energy poverty in China: A perspective on socio-spatial vulnerability lens

Millions of Chinese households suffer from varying degrees of energy poverty, threatening their access to sufficient energy services. China lacks a na…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · May 28

The case for using "global majority" by institutions should be rejected unless + until it can be shown
- most people understand what it means (most don't)
- most people it is about would like it used (most don't)

I find it a deeply incoherent fiction + a highly regressive term in some many ways

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Reuters @reuters.com · May 24

Diary of a Gazan family's descent toward starvation reut.rs/4jB7Dcd

Diary of a Gazan family's descent toward starvation

Mervat Hijazi and her nine children didn't eat at all on Thursday - save her underweight baby who had a sachet of peanut paste.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Apr 19

Back-to-back life on Leeds streets caught on camera. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Back-to-back life on streets of Leeds caught on camera

Photographer Ricky Adam says the red brick terraces of Leeds are

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · Apr 9

UPDATED: As of Tuesday night, California universities are reporting at least 92 revoked student visas.

— 50 at UC campuses. New: UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine and a jump at UC Berkeley to 19 total
— 36 at CSU campuses, including San Diego State
— 6 at Stanford

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Caught off-guard, California colleges scramble to determine scope of student visa cancellations

More universities are discovering that international student visas were cancelled last week, causing growing concern and confusion at UCLA and other California campuses.

www.latimes.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Apr 9

The rationale for this cancellation is climate denial.

There is no dressing it up, there is no tiptoeing around it.

Yet climate change doesn’t care if we believe it. It will destroy our homes, multiply insurance rates, wreak economic havoc and more — regardless of our opinions or voting record.

A screen capture of the text of the link below, explaining why they will no longer support cooperative modeling of the earth’s climate system.

Another screen capture explaining why they no longer support sub seasonal to seasonal predictability research. That’s weather, folks. They don’t support weather research.

A third screen capture explaining why a regional coupled model project is being canceled, as it includes alleged changes to precipitation patterns and sea level rise.

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Prof Cath Noakes @cathnoakes.bsky.social · Apr 7

Interested in residential air quality and environmental justice? Check out this new paper from @douglasbooker.bsky.social and others in the HEICAMM network exploring ten key research questions in this area www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality and its environmental justice implications

Humans spend a large proportion of their time at home, where exposure to poor indoor air quality has detrimental – and often inequitably distributed –…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Prof Cath Noakes @cathnoakes.bsky.social · Apr 7

Having a bit of a reminisce today. Five years ago an email arrived that changed my life - a request to produce a paper on what we knew about the environmental transmission of covid-19 for the UK SAGE committee. 1/

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Apr 1

This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.

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Viktoria Spaiser @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social · Mar 27

Come to our exciting event "Accelerating Social Change in Response to the Climate and Ecological Crisis", 6th June, London, register here: forms.office.com/e/4A078QseKL
For more infos here: bit.ly/41O8EIe

Event details (place, time, organisers, links, contact details) and schedule

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