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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 8h

🚨New report: how the fossil fuel industry duped successive UK governments into pumping money into costly CCS schemes to ensure continued reliance on oil and gas.

InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 9h

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

influencemap.org

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · 9d

The book's not bad either!

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · 9d

Last chance to see More than Human, which closes on Sunday. It's been such a privilege seeing people fit this show into their mental landscape and responding in ways that are emotional, philosophical and practical. Don't miss it

designmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, Heartland started pushing fear of lithium mining explicitly in 2023.

This was a key response to their propaganda, and includes a link to the Heartland piece.

www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-f...

A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy

Transitioning to clean energy would reduce the volume and harm of mining dramatically

www.distilled.earth

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · 14d

Crazy. I met Yu Kongjian last year at a symposium on landscape design. His ‘sponge cities’ concept is an important one. Sad news

AP美联社新闻摘要实时更新｜非官方 @apnewscn.nzcow.com · 14d

📢 Brazilian authorities say a small aircraft has crashed in Brazil, killing four people including distinguished Chinese architect and urbanist Yu Kongjian.

Chinese architect Yu Kongjian killed in plane crash in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands

apnews.com

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · 21d

Nice to see my talk at World Design Congress quoted in this roundup.

“The challenge is that we have to work at two speeds simultaneously: with immediate urgency, and with the vision to begin the slow project of reimagining our relationship with the living world”

www.dezeen.com/2025/09/16/w...

Six key messages from the World Design Congress

The World Design Congress saw the world's leading designers gather to discuss the planet's future. Here we pick the most prominent themes from the event.

www.dezeen.com

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Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · 22d

"There is no point growing the economy if it is not done sustainably and with regeneration at its heart"
#design

www.dezeen.com/2025/09/16/w...

Six key messages from the World Design Congress

The World Design Congress saw the world's leading designers gather to discuss the planet's future. Here we pick the most prominent themes from the event.

www.dezeen.com

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Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · 22d

A smart Judith Butler response to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Kafka-land at UC Berkeley

The 160 members of the university notified that their names were forwarded to the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights were not informed of any specific allegations against them.

www.thenation.com

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · 26d

Very much looking forward to the More than Human symposium tomorrow, with speakers including Emanuele Coccia, David Abram, Marcus Coates, Andres Jaque, Paulo Tavares, Daisy Ginsberg and Lucia Pietroiusti
futureobservatory.org/programme/ev...

More than Human Symposium

Join designers, architects, artists and researchers in a symposium that explores our creative relationship with design for animals, environments and landscapes

futureobservatory.org

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Sep 6

Unless Israel is stopped, by the end of October Gaza city would be reduced to rubble.

Live from Palestine 🇵🇸🍉 @fatima-al-dahdouh.bsky.social · Sep 6

A moment ago, an occupation building in Al-Suweiri Tower in western Gaza was completely destroyed.

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Ah Paul, the Dolphin Embassy drawings are in the More than Human show at the Design Museum

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adamshatz.bsky.social @adamshatz.bsky.social · Aug 16

In the LRB, I write about the complicity, denial and evasiveness that have characterized Germany’s response to the destruction of Gaza. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Adam Shatz · Berlin Diary

Throughout my stay in Berlin, I kept hearing from Germans quietly critical of Israel that ‘cracks’ had begun to...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · Aug 18

Interesting: “a vision of abundance”

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Dan HIll @cityofsound.bsky.social · Aug 16

"The global history of energy is not a story of substitution, but of accumulation. There has never been a true "transition" away from coal, oil, or even wood. In 2024, wood still generated twice as much energy as nuclear power" (I'm enjoying this book; here's a primer) www.dezeen.com/2025/04/22/e...

"There has never been a true 'transition' away from coal, oil – or even wood"

Earth Day this year is focused on shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy but the concept of the energy transition is deeply flawed, writes Jean-Baptiste Fressoz.

www.dezeen.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Aug 2

Yesterday, @washingtonpost.com Washington Post published an image of Gaza City which looked like Hiroshima.
It seems that this is one of the *least damaged* areas in the Gaza Strip. Short thread:

@leloveluck.bsky.social

Photograph by Heidi Levine / the Washington Post

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · Aug 2

They are saying very clearly what they intend to do.

Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Aug 2

Bezalel Smotrich on French, British, Canadian recognition of a Palestinian state: "we just need to make sure there's nothing to recognise" (30 July 25)

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · Jul 21

Where are you?

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · Jul 18

Even the tawdry timeline we inhabit has some bring spots--from my piece in the NYT this morning
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · Jul 16

More than Human is the topic of today’s Thought for the Day by Rev Lucy Winkett. Did not see that coming!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thought for the Day - Rev Lucy Winkett - BBC Sounds

16 JUL 25

www.bbc.co.uk

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Roo Stenning @mrroobkk.bsky.social · Jul 12

"Today we are again beginning to understand not only that everything is connected, but also that there is no nature that has not somehow been affected by us, whether indirectly or through deliberate intervention."

@edwinheathcote.bsky.social: on.ft.com/3TB9frK

Can an octopus appreciate art? The answer could change how you see the world

[FREE TO READ] From bird-safe glass to sculptures for insects, designers are increasingly thinking beyond humans

on.ft.com

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · Jul 12

Are you still half asleep? Perhaps you had a little too much last night in the heat? Perfect state to consider @edwinheathcote.bsky.social's question of the weekend: Can an octopus appreciate art? on.ft.com/3TB9frK

Can an octopus appreciate art? The answer could change how you see the world

[FREE TO READ] From bird-safe glass to sculptures for insects, designers are increasingly thinking beyond humans

on.ft.com

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · Jul 12

‘Now that we have changed everything, might we consult, or at least consider, the many millions of other species on Earth?’ Characteristically thoughtful piece by @edwinheathcote.bsky.social
on the More than Human exhibition
www.ft.com/content/7b36...

Can an octopus appreciate art? The answer could change how you see the world

From bird-safe glass to sculptures for insects, designers are increasingly thinking beyond humans

www.ft.com

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · Jun 27

"Al Pacino decided not to take the role of Han Solo in Star Wars." A sentence that can never be unread
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Bee Wilson · Where could I emote? Looking for Al Pacino

Knowing that the question Al Pacino was asking himself as an actor, from a young age, was ‘where could I emote?’...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Justin McGuirk @justinmcguirk.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thanks John. Yes that is phase 2 it’s referring to. We’ve been funded until 2028

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