Tim Gray
@upwardology.bsky.social
Writer, editor. Communication fancier. Better world navigator. Future peerer.
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Tim Gray
@upwardology.bsky.social
· Nov 29
My book 'Why Don't We Make the World Better?' is about why and how our brains derail change, and how to find a way through. It combines insights from personal development and social change, reworking blogs and ebooks I've written since 2012.
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The mission of Coventry Cathedral is an enduring symbol of 🇬🇧🇩🇪 reconciliation.
President Steinmeier was greeted there by HRH The Duke of Kent and laid a wreath in an act of solidarity and remembrance.
This was followed by a service conducted by Bishop Jelley and Dean Witcombe.
President Steinmeier was greeted there by HRH The Duke of Kent and laid a wreath in an act of solidarity and remembrance.
This was followed by a service conducted by Bishop Jelley and Dean Witcombe.
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The mission of Coventry Cathedral is an enduring symbol of 🇬🇧🇩🇪 reconciliation.
President Steinmeier was greeted there by HRH The Duke of Kent and laid a wreath in an act of solidarity and remembrance.
This was followed by a service conducted by Bishop Jelley and Dean Witcombe.
President Steinmeier was greeted there by HRH The Duke of Kent and laid a wreath in an act of solidarity and remembrance.
This was followed by a service conducted by Bishop Jelley and Dean Witcombe.
The US seeking to lock in to higher energy costs and 'energy exports' that nobody wants.
The new National Security Strategy uses the "energy dominance" frame and explicitly calls for promoting fossil fuels and also nuclear energy. It rejects "disastrous 'climate change' and 'Net Zero' ideologies." Not even lip service to an "all of the above" energy strategy. #EnergySky
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The US seeking to lock in to higher energy costs and 'energy exports' that nobody wants.
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Hope amid chaos: Inside Your Party’s inaugural conference
Hope amid chaos: Inside Your Party’s inaugural conference
The event was a messy, fractious and, at times, tense display of the kind of true democracy missing from UK politics
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December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hope amid chaos: Inside Your Party’s inaugural conference
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The true pleasure of Bluesky.
"When I look around, I see people who often took a big professional risk because they would not comply. In many cases, they had profiles they had built up for years. They let it go. They did this because they refused to extinguish their moral character."
"When I look around, I see people who often took a big professional risk because they would not comply. In many cases, they had profiles they had built up for years. They let it go. They did this because they refused to extinguish their moral character."
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The true pleasure of Bluesky.
"When I look around, I see people who often took a big professional risk because they would not comply. In many cases, they had profiles they had built up for years. They let it go. They did this because they refused to extinguish their moral character."
"When I look around, I see people who often took a big professional risk because they would not comply. In many cases, they had profiles they had built up for years. They let it go. They did this because they refused to extinguish their moral character."
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Long Eaton North (Derbyshire) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 28.1% (-7.7)
🌳 CON: 27.2% (+4.2)
🌹 LAB: 21.8% (-2.7)
🌍 GRN: 11.8% (+4.5)
🔶 LDM: 5.8% (-3.6)
🏘️ DCP: 5.3% (New)
Reform HOLD.
Changes w/ 2025.
➡️ RFM: 28.1% (-7.7)
🌳 CON: 27.2% (+4.2)
🌹 LAB: 21.8% (-2.7)
🌍 GRN: 11.8% (+4.5)
🔶 LDM: 5.8% (-3.6)
🏘️ DCP: 5.3% (New)
Reform HOLD.
Changes w/ 2025.
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Long Eaton North (Derbyshire) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 28.1% (-7.7)
🌳 CON: 27.2% (+4.2)
🌹 LAB: 21.8% (-2.7)
🌍 GRN: 11.8% (+4.5)
🔶 LDM: 5.8% (-3.6)
🏘️ DCP: 5.3% (New)
Reform HOLD.
Changes w/ 2025.
➡️ RFM: 28.1% (-7.7)
🌳 CON: 27.2% (+4.2)
🌹 LAB: 21.8% (-2.7)
🌍 GRN: 11.8% (+4.5)
🔶 LDM: 5.8% (-3.6)
🏘️ DCP: 5.3% (New)
Reform HOLD.
Changes w/ 2025.
Local election result from round the corner. Broxtowe Alliance is a group that left Lab, and IIRC controls Broxtowe Council (in Notts).
Stapleford South East (Broxtowe) Council By-Election Result:
🏘️ BA: 34.6% (New)
➡️ RFM: 21.9% (New)
🔶 LDM: 13.3% (-10.6)
🌹 LAB: 11.4% (-17.6)
🌳 CON: 9.6% (-11.6)
🙋 Ind: 9.2% (New)
No Ind (-14.7) or GRN (-11.1) as previous.
Broxtowe Alliance GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🏘️ BA: 34.6% (New)
➡️ RFM: 21.9% (New)
🔶 LDM: 13.3% (-10.6)
🌹 LAB: 11.4% (-17.6)
🌳 CON: 9.6% (-11.6)
🙋 Ind: 9.2% (New)
No Ind (-14.7) or GRN (-11.1) as previous.
Broxtowe Alliance GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Local election result from round the corner. Broxtowe Alliance is a group that left Lab, and IIRC controls Broxtowe Council (in Notts).
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⏰ It's time for change on immigration policy - We all agree on that much!
Labour so far have got it all wrong, chasing hostile headlines that will only make our system crueller, society more divided & immigrants easier to exploit.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY!!
My 9-point plan for a system that works👇
Labour so far have got it all wrong, chasing hostile headlines that will only make our system crueller, society more divided & immigrants easier to exploit.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY!!
My 9-point plan for a system that works👇
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
⏰ It's time for change on immigration policy - We all agree on that much!
Labour so far have got it all wrong, chasing hostile headlines that will only make our system crueller, society more divided & immigrants easier to exploit.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY!!
My 9-point plan for a system that works👇
Labour so far have got it all wrong, chasing hostile headlines that will only make our system crueller, society more divided & immigrants easier to exploit.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY!!
My 9-point plan for a system that works👇
It's only one pollster, but still those Grn vs Lab numbers are something.
📊 Ref lead of 11pts
Westminster voting intention
REF: 31% (-)
CON: 20% (+2)
GRN: 18% (+1)
LAB: 14% (-1)
LDEM: 11% (-1)
via @FindoutnowUK, 03 Dec
Chgs. w/ 26 Nov
britainelects.com
Westminster voting intention
REF: 31% (-)
CON: 20% (+2)
GRN: 18% (+1)
LAB: 14% (-1)
LDEM: 11% (-1)
via @FindoutnowUK, 03 Dec
Chgs. w/ 26 Nov
britainelects.com
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December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It's only one pollster, but still those Grn vs Lab numbers are something.
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Polanski: "A woman said to me 'we aren't obsessed with immigration in Dover, we want to talk about the NHS, our libraries, our schools.'
"So we're having a #bbcqt immigration special: when are we going to have a Cost Of Living Special, or a Climate Special, or a Tax The Rich Special?"
Damn right.
"So we're having a #bbcqt immigration special: when are we going to have a Cost Of Living Special, or a Climate Special, or a Tax The Rich Special?"
Damn right.
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Polanski: "A woman said to me 'we aren't obsessed with immigration in Dover, we want to talk about the NHS, our libraries, our schools.'
"So we're having a #bbcqt immigration special: when are we going to have a Cost Of Living Special, or a Climate Special, or a Tax The Rich Special?"
Damn right.
"So we're having a #bbcqt immigration special: when are we going to have a Cost Of Living Special, or a Climate Special, or a Tax The Rich Special?"
Damn right.
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The arms race is undermining the green transition as critical minerals are diverted for the military.
Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report
Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfare
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The arms race is undermining the green transition as critical minerals are diverted for the military.
Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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What's worrying is that I've heard this "overdiagnosis" line from perfectly rational people, who have been primed to a) be frightened of neurodivergence in their own kids and b) assume everyone else is on the make while they're the sucker playing fair.
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
What's worrying is that I've heard this "overdiagnosis" line from perfectly rational people, who have been primed to a) be frightened of neurodivergence in their own kids and b) assume everyone else is on the make while they're the sucker playing fair.
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Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
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Wes Streeting orders inquiry into mental health ‘overdiagnosis’
Health secretary wants clinical review of the rise in conditions such as ADHD and autism that cause people to drop out of the workforce
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December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
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Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Wes Streeting’s exercise in thought control
The Guardian reports this morning that:
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports.
Streeting is understood ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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Being a class member against Anthropic is nice and all I guess but I don’t want settlement money, I want the book I carved out of my trauma as a warning against unregulated tech to be taken out of the machine that pollutes small towns to encourage people to kill themselves
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Being a class member against Anthropic is nice and all I guess but I don’t want settlement money, I want the book I carved out of my trauma as a warning against unregulated tech to be taken out of the machine that pollutes small towns to encourage people to kill themselves
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This will be unbelievably controversial but *if* it's a genuine clinical review getting at all the unanswered questions about what's driving anxiety/depression/mh in young people, (incl relationships to phones, access to services & much more) then cd be useful www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Wes Streeting orders inquiry into mental health ‘overdiagnosis’
Health secretary wants clinical review of the rise in conditions such as ADHD and autism that cause people to drop out of the workforce
www.thetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This will be unbelievably controversial but *if* it's a genuine clinical review getting at all the unanswered questions about what's driving anxiety/depression/mh in young people, (incl relationships to phones, access to services & much more) then cd be useful www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Left: Financial Post, "Canada reaches deal to join EU's flagship defence program"
Right: Bloomberg, "Talks for UK to Join Flagship EU Defence Fund End in Failure"
Labour's 'make Brexit work' disaster #...
Right: Bloomberg, "Talks for UK to Join Flagship EU Defence Fund End in Failure"
Labour's 'make Brexit work' disaster #...
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Left: Financial Post, "Canada reaches deal to join EU's flagship defence program"
Right: Bloomberg, "Talks for UK to Join Flagship EU Defence Fund End in Failure"
Labour's 'make Brexit work' disaster #...
Right: Bloomberg, "Talks for UK to Join Flagship EU Defence Fund End in Failure"
Labour's 'make Brexit work' disaster #...
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One of the most common replies in any discussion of universal basic income is "but how do we pay for it?" and not once do those same people ever question the costs incurred by not doing UBI. We spend $1.5 trillion every year on the costs of child poverty alone. Poverty ain't free, folks. WE ALL PAY.
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One of the most common replies in any discussion of universal basic income is "but how do we pay for it?" and not once do those same people ever question the costs incurred by not doing UBI. We spend $1.5 trillion every year on the costs of child poverty alone. Poverty ain't free, folks. WE ALL PAY.
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No guarantee a sandwich would stop hunger pains, stomach told.
No guarantee a basic income would wipe out poverty, committee told
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By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
No guarantee a basic income would wipe out poverty, committee told - Halifax Examiner
Deputy minister for Nova Scotia’s Department of Opportunities and Social Development says the government is not considering possibility of a guaranteed basic income right now.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
No guarantee a sandwich would stop hunger pains, stomach told.
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UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show
Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly share
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
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Our 2025 highlights, including books on the Global South, Palestine, Marxist theory, and more.
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Highlights from Verso’s publishing, including books on the Global South, Palestine, Marxist theory, and more!
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December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our 2025 highlights, including books on the Global South, Palestine, Marxist theory, and more.
Through the rest of the year, save up to 50% on these and all titles site-wide.
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Today on Volts: while some blue states hedge on their green commitments, Illinois is doubling down, passing its third major energy bill in a decade. Among other things, this one empowers the state's utility regulator to directly procure clean energy. I get into it w/ two of its architects.
How Illinois passed its third big clean-energy bill in a decade
Kady McFadden and John Delurey join me to talk about why "fast and cheap" is the new winning message for climate policy.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today on Volts: while some blue states hedge on their green commitments, Illinois is doubling down, passing its third major energy bill in a decade. Among other things, this one empowers the state's utility regulator to directly procure clean energy. I get into it w/ two of its architects.
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Oh look, another techbro in his 50’s who’s suddenly decided he’s the only one who can save the world. The simultaneous midlife crises of the techbros are a crucial reason we are where we are.
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Oh look, another techbro in his 50’s who’s suddenly decided he’s the only one who can save the world. The simultaneous midlife crises of the techbros are a crucial reason we are where we are.
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I … I don’t think the guy building a giant surveillance state mechanism gets to state what “truly progressive” is? Right?
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data management company’s chief executive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I … I don’t think the guy building a giant surveillance state mechanism gets to state what “truly progressive” is? Right?
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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