Tessera
Folgen

Antje Otto

@angie0.bsky.social

PhD Candidate postgrowth & business, nature enthusiast & explorer, German in Northern Ireland

80 Posts272 Follower658 Folgt
Antje Otto@angie0.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Economists have spoken. Poverty is manufactured embedded in a socially and ecologically unsustainable economic system. More than 550 signatories to date call on governments to adopt indicators beyond economic growth to enable human and environmental flourishing to dismantle poverty.

CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre@cusp.ac.uk · 2mo ago

"Poverty is manufactured. That is the bad news – and the good news. What has been manufactured can be dismantled and replaced." → www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... — cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy

Cllr Brian Smyth@briansmyth99.bsky.social · 2mo ago

chuffed.org/project/1854... Anaka Women's Collective are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast. Every penny raised will go to transport, emergency accommodation and urgent supplies for families. If you can help, please do.

Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks

We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.

chuffed.org

Antje Otto@angie0.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How we ought to evaluate company performance 👇 #beyondpounds #integratedvalue #netpositive #socialvalue #environmentalvalue

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University @rsmerasmus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔍 A new report by RSM, Nyenrode, and ftrprf reveals that around 80% of the financial value created by large Dutch and German companies comes at a cost to society and the environment. The report weighs financial performance against social and environmental impact: https://ow.ly/LuiH50YXzqf

Full Fact@fullfact.org · 3mo ago

The Conservatives’ Alternative King’s Speech claimed the welfare bill is higher than income tax receipts “for the first time ever”. We’ve heard this a few times recently, but it’s not true. Welfare spending (including pensions) has been higher for years.

Welfare payments have not exceeded income tax ‘for the first time ever’ – Full Fact

Welfare spending, which includes state pensions, has been higher than income tax for at least 13 years, contrary to a claim in the Conservatives’ Alternative King’s Speech.

fullfact.org

Antje Otto@angie0.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I still don’t understand why Belfast remains so poorly developed in walking & cycling infrastructure. With the vast longterm benefits, surely there must be a solid business case for investment.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

Antje Otto@angie0.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Ask a techbro to make a business case for AI energy consumption: you’ll get an energy consumption equation from a hypothesis that human intelligence is the result of food intake. Alrighty Sam, you absolutely must eat for a good few more years. (… and the comments are priceless)

X2Y@x2y.tech · 6mo ago

SAM ALTMAN: “People talk about how much energy it takes to train an AI model … But it also takes a lot of energy to train a human. It takes like 20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time before you get smart.”

Antje Otto@angie0.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Despite sustainble developm. & green growth efforts, the research indicates fossil fuel combustion, industrial activ., land-use change & deforestation, are major force behind accelerating climate change. In 2024, global energy-related CO2 emissions rose by 0.8%. Can we afford more economic growth?

Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 6mo ago

‘Point-of-no-return’: Lock-in of a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, warn scientists - Continued global heating could set an irreversible course by triggering tipping points, but the public and politicians are largely unaware #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Antje Otto@angie0.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Who needs science? 🤷‍♀️ Who needs health science? Who needs Disease control & prevention or food and drug administration research? We live in desperate times.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This map shows the number of dentists per 10,000 residents in Europe. The stereotype of British people having bad teeth is mirrored in the low number of dentists per capita. Is there a stereotype regarding Swedish teeth?! HT @Maps_interlude

Bild
Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“Over nine months, Sky News’ Data and Forensics team investigated whether X’s algorithms amplify right-wing and extreme content. Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”

The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias

Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices

centralbylines.co.uk

Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Death toll soars in Gaza, ministry reports 69,785 killed - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-soars-gaza-ministry-reports-69785-killed

Death toll soars in Gaza, ministry reports 69,785 killed

<article data-history-node-id="431966" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-soars-gaza-ministry-reports-69785-killed" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-soars-gaza-ministry-reports-69785-killed" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Death toll soars in Gaza, ministry reports 69,785 killed</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Death toll in Gaza since the start of Israel's genocidal war on 7 October 2023 has risen to 69,785, as&nbsp;170,965 others have been wounded, Gaza's health ministry said on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p> <p>The ministry said that&nbsp;scores of&nbsp;victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defence teams are still unable to reach them.</p> <p>At least 357 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire was declared on 10 October, the ministry said in a statement on Telegram.&nbsp;</p> <p>During the same period,&nbsp;596 bodies have been recovered.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

middleeasteye.net

Antje Otto@angie0.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Lemmings come to mind

a group of people are jumping off a cliff into a body of water

ALT: a group of people are jumping off a cliff into a body of water

media.tenor.com

Eoghan Daltun 🌍@irishrainforest.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat. Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Antje Otto@angie0.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Let that sink in, we are talking about education providers which are in essence public service providers. So shrinking public sector services is very much on the agenda, underinvesting/underfunding education service in my book does nothing to the so desperately pursued policy on 'economic growth'

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'

Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · 8mo ago

How is this not the top story on every news bulletin? This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government

theguardian.com

Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🔴Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison

Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel

Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison

bylinetimes.com

Antje Otto@angie0.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A German word of wisdom: “Papier ist gedultig”, meaning as much as promises written on paper don’t mean much in themselves. Consumers better not take company promises at face value when actions are in contradiction of commitments. It’s the design/implementation gap also referred to as #greenwashing

Bild
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 11mo ago

Jerry Greenfield says he could no longer ‘in good conscience’ continue working for a company that had been ‘silenced’.