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Regular reminder that the FT finds itself often to the left of Keir Starmer, just by simply asking the obvious questions.
A reminder of what Mandelson said to the FT's questions about Epstein in February this year
September 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Regular reminder that the FT finds itself often to the left of Keir Starmer, just by simply asking the obvious questions.
No, environmental quality has not improved with growth.
"...models also indicate no limits to growth and show how environmental quality can improve with growth... (John and Pecchenino, 1994; Stokey, 1998)." www.economicsobservatory.com/degrowth-is-...
"...models also indicate no limits to growth and show how environmental quality can improve with growth... (John and Pecchenino, 1994; Stokey, 1998)." www.economicsobservatory.com/degrowth-is-...
Degrowth: is there any consensus on whether it might be a good idea? - Economics Observatory
Faced with the threat of climate change and other environmental damage, some say that the solution is a reversal of our collective commitment to continued economic growth. But the idea of degrowth has...
www.economicsobservatory.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No, environmental quality has not improved with growth.
"...models also indicate no limits to growth and show how environmental quality can improve with growth... (John and Pecchenino, 1994; Stokey, 1998)." www.economicsobservatory.com/degrowth-is-...
"...models also indicate no limits to growth and show how environmental quality can improve with growth... (John and Pecchenino, 1994; Stokey, 1998)." www.economicsobservatory.com/degrowth-is-...
Be like Water: Becoming Nature Again with the River Dôn Project and Jonny Douglas podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Be like Water: Becoming Nature Again with the River Dôn Project and Jonny Douglas
Podcast Episode · Accidental Gods · 23/07/2025 · 1h 30m
podcasts.apple.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Be like Water: Becoming Nature Again with the River Dôn Project and Jonny Douglas podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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The Reform conference is *very literally* being sponsored by a fossil fuel lobby group, the Heartland Institute.
Some pretty grim fringe sponsors at Reform UK conference this weekend. Big tobacco, climate deniers and more. Oh and the Telegraph of course.
September 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Reform conference is *very literally* being sponsored by a fossil fuel lobby group, the Heartland Institute.
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“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.”
Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size.
It’s about space & safety.
Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size.
It’s about space & safety.
Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.”
Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size.
It’s about space & safety.
Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size.
It’s about space & safety.
Incredible listening to #MikeCooley speaking about the market for #HeatPumps in 1978 (14 minutes) as part of the Lucas Plan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgQ...
Lucas Plan documentary: 'The Story of the Lucas Aerospace Shop Stewards Alternative Corporate Plan'
YouTube video by STEPSCentre
www.youtube.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Incredible listening to #MikeCooley speaking about the market for #HeatPumps in 1978 (14 minutes) as part of the Lucas Plan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgQ...
Legal conceptions for the #NewCommons www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/law/...
www.ncl.ac.uk
August 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Legal conceptions for the #NewCommons www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/law/...
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Important to note that the UK government's £22bn carbon capture scheme was the outcome of intense lobbying by the fossil fuel industry.
July 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Important to note that the UK government's £22bn carbon capture scheme was the outcome of intense lobbying by the fossil fuel industry.
Open Letter to Docville against the screening of Not in My Country notinmycountry.eu
Not in my country - Open Letter
An open letter written by a coalition of artists, cultural workers, and academics addressing the troubling screening of ‘Not In My Country’ at the DOCVILLE film festival.
notinmycountry.eu
July 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Open Letter to Docville against the screening of Not in My Country notinmycountry.eu
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It's great how we can't organize a substantive answer to this, and no one talks about it -- a lesson from Covid, I guess.
Here's what's coming east, 48 hours out. Also a heat wave.
Here's what's coming east, 48 hours out. Also a heat wave.
July 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It's great how we can't organize a substantive answer to this, and no one talks about it -- a lesson from Covid, I guess.
Here's what's coming east, 48 hours out. Also a heat wave.
Here's what's coming east, 48 hours out. Also a heat wave.
About time.
"French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza."
stunning.
apnews.com/article/fran...
stunning.
apnews.com/article/fran...
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.
apnews.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
About time.
The UK's plan to flip 32 million car users to electric would require 10% of global copper production. www.mining.com/web/copper-t...
Copper, the most critical metal
We gotta find more copper.
www.mining.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The UK's plan to flip 32 million car users to electric would require 10% of global copper production. www.mining.com/web/copper-t...
City of Graphite www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/bus...
The batteries in your favorite devices are literally covering Chinese villages in black soot
There’s a trace of graphite in many of today’s consumer devices. In these Chinese villages near the factories that produce it, it’s everywhere — in their water, inside their homes and on their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
City of Graphite www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/bus...
It Narratives. www.combinedacademic.co.uk/978168448470...
The Secret Life of Things- Combined Academic
Enriching and complicating the history of fiction between Richardson and Fielding at mid-century and Austen at the turn of the century, this collection focus...
www.combinedacademic.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It Narratives. www.combinedacademic.co.uk/978168448470...
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Remember me telling you the university redundancy situation was far worse than it looked? Well, here's the evidence - not renewing contracts, forcing people to 'retire' and the like may not show up in the stats, but it cd double the losses number. (1/2) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
UK university job cuts put at 20,000 after full impact ‘hidden’
Number of roles affected could be almost double previous estimates when voluntary schemes and hiring freezes factored in, say researchers
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Remember me telling you the university redundancy situation was far worse than it looked? Well, here's the evidence - not renewing contracts, forcing people to 'retire' and the like may not show up in the stats, but it cd double the losses number. (1/2) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
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Today's newsletter: The Wall Street Journal says ChatGPT had a "stunning moment of self reflection." NBC says Grok "issued an apology." This lazy language isn't just bad writing — it's helping tech companies dodge responsibility for real harm. www.readtpa.com/p/stop-prete...
Stop Pretending Chatbots Have Feelings: Media's Dangerous AI Anthropomorphism Problem
When AI causes harm, headlines blame the bot instead of the billion-dollar companies that built them. This anthropomorphic coverage is tech journalism at its worst.
www.readtpa.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today's newsletter: The Wall Street Journal says ChatGPT had a "stunning moment of self reflection." NBC says Grok "issued an apology." This lazy language isn't just bad writing — it's helping tech companies dodge responsibility for real harm. www.readtpa.com/p/stop-prete...
On the syncretism of Eternal Fascism. Pay heed #DesignStudies dabbling in resurgent Celtic mysticism.
"Add a cult of Celtic mythology and the Grail mysticism (completely alien to official fascism) and you have one of the most respected fascist gurus, Julius Evola." www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
"Add a cult of Celtic mythology and the Grail mysticism (completely alien to official fascism) and you have one of the most respected fascist gurus, Julius Evola." www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
Ur-Fascism | Umberto Eco
I think it is possible to outline a list of features that are typical of what I would like to call Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism. These features cannot be organized into a system; many of them contra...
www.nybooks.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On the syncretism of Eternal Fascism. Pay heed #DesignStudies dabbling in resurgent Celtic mysticism.
"Add a cult of Celtic mythology and the Grail mysticism (completely alien to official fascism) and you have one of the most respected fascist gurus, Julius Evola." www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
"Add a cult of Celtic mythology and the Grail mysticism (completely alien to official fascism) and you have one of the most respected fascist gurus, Julius Evola." www.nybooks.com/articles/199...
The Legacy of Mike Cooley: The Future of Work and the Just Transition www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxtG...
'The legacy of Mike Cooley: the Future of Work and the Just Transition'
YouTube video by Áras an Uachtaráin
www.youtube.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Legacy of Mike Cooley: The Future of Work and the Just Transition www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxtG...
Super insufficient to come across a feminist design history book claiming *Eileen* Gray is English. #EnemyFeminisms
July 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Super insufficient to come across a feminist design history book claiming *Eileen* Gray is English. #EnemyFeminisms
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Our partners at @thegeckoproject.org released a YouTube video on our investigation into a major supplier to the electric vehicle battery industry: youtu.be/QGOPi2AmYBc?...
The company knew for over a decade that its nickel operations in Indonesia were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical
The company knew for over a decade that its nickel operations in Indonesia were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical
Poisoned Water, Clean Cars: A Nickel Titan’s Toxic Secret
YouTube video by The Gecko Project
youtu.be
May 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Our partners at @thegeckoproject.org released a YouTube video on our investigation into a major supplier to the electric vehicle battery industry: youtu.be/QGOPi2AmYBc?...
The company knew for over a decade that its nickel operations in Indonesia were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical
The company knew for over a decade that its nickel operations in Indonesia were polluting water with a carcinogenic chemical
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When the most Jewish city in the country, second largest Jewish city in the world, votes overwhelmingly for a guy the right doesn't like:
Well, at least we can retire that faded and false line, "antisemitism has no place in New York City."
June 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
When the most Jewish city in the country, second largest Jewish city in the world, votes overwhelmingly for a guy the right doesn't like:
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Also my most randomly controversial opinion is that "Digital and Technologies" should stop being viewed as a sector but as an infrastructural component of all the other sectors. Pureplay "tech" as a sector is, to slightly misquote Margaret Mitchell in the FT, mostly "snake oil and vibes" anyway
June 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Also my most randomly controversial opinion is that "Digital and Technologies" should stop being viewed as a sector but as an infrastructural component of all the other sectors. Pureplay "tech" as a sector is, to slightly misquote Margaret Mitchell in the FT, mostly "snake oil and vibes" anyway