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Professor of Physical Geography at Loughborough University

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Multinational corporations dodge $500bn tax by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Stifle social development. Need a simple change - must pay tax where they actually create profit, instead of where they pretend to on paper. UK can collect extra $16.9bn a yr. Must check corporate abuse.

Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - Tax Justice Network

UN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax...

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Burnham’s early on mistakes. Giving landlords and data centres the power to displace communities is not how you bring growth to every postcode.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

A case you should keep an eye on @royalsociety.org

Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · last wk.

“Teens sue Musk's xAI over Grok's pornographic images of them *** Two of the teenagers behind the lawsuit are under the age of 18…” 3/16/26 … 1/ www.bbc.com/news/article...

Reasons to back Spain 🇪🇸 for the World Cup ⚽️ final: 🇪🇸 wants a Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇪🇸 will never bend the knee to Trump 🇺🇸 🇪🇸 calls out genocide & refuses to turn away Viva España 🇪🇸 🇪🇸 💚 🇵🇸

there still seem to be far too many people who don't know/care that JKR has been funding and promoting anti-trans bigotry for the past several years. It's not a "difference of opinion" - LOOK, she is now even trying to take down Amnesty, for fuck's sake. www.erininthemorning.com/p/terf-activ...

TERF Activist J.K. Rowling Threatens To Finance Wave Of Attacks On Amnesty International Over Report On Anti-Trans Groups

“They have sued organizations into the ground.”

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Right-wing terror threat neutralised.

Twelve arrested over threat to an Islamic event in Suffolk

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says the police's response "undoubtedly saved lives".

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Short answer: none. Left leaning centrists are still centrists with no vision to change the world. Unless Burnham takes on lobbies of oil, AI, defense, real estate, water and transport, inequality will continue to rise. @zackpolanski.bsky.social offers a vision for a just world.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

What impact will Andy Burnham have on Zack Polanski and the Greens?

This speech is worth your time. It's too bad Zohran Mamdani can't be our president.

Zohran Mamdani rebukes Trumpism with pro-immigrant speech for US’s 250th birthday

New York mayor’s speech cut ideological counterpoint to policies of president, who will deliver his own remarks later today

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A wild claim by an executive director at Wellcome that science "[..] cannot and should not decide the trade off between fairness, cost, growth, security, liberty and social cohesion." Science IS to deliberate on tradeoffs, ideally through a social and democratic process and activism is a part of it

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · last mo.

As someone in this picture I find it a little odd that @natureportfolio.nature.com chose this image to illustrate the point. We were very careful when choosing a slogan for our signs that it be scientificly defenceable. "Science says New Oil & Gas = Death" is a plain statement of fact 🧵

40 Pounds (~49 Euros), the cost of a monthly pass to use any train in the Netherlands, may not even get you from Nottingham to London or Bristol on a regular weekday afternoon.

Dutch News@dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · last mo.

Cheap summer train pass draws 175,000 in two weeks www.dutchnews.nl?p=269787

This week I was interviewed by CNN who picked up my conversation piece about the impacts of climate change on children edition.cnn.com/2026/06/28/c...

‘As soon as I see the sun, I’m frightened’: The parents paying the heart-breaking price of soaring temperatures | CNN

Drowning deaths spike every heat wave as people seek relief in water which often contains hidden dangers, and many victims are children. These tragedies are only likely to increase as temperatures con...

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“Your wages will rise... weekly food shops will get cheaper… You and your family will benefit from a resurgent economy... Politicians both local and national will become more accountable..." A quick reminder of how Brexit was sold to us ten years ago today

Tesla presented self-published and inflated “Full Self-Driving” safety statistics directly to government regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands as it lobbied for European approval, according to correspondence obtained by Reuters through public records requests. /1

Tesla presented misleading 'Full Self-Driving' safety data to European regulators

Tesla presented inflated 'Full Self-Driving' safety statistics to regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands, claiming FSD could save 32,000 lives based on flawed data comparisons.

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New publication on ethically informed urban planning, co-authored by Professor @trivikrama.bsky.social, in flagship journal 'Annals of the American Association of Geographers' @geographers.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/2469...

Ethically Informed Urban Planning: Measuring Distributive Spatial Justice for Neighborhood Accessibility

Studies in urban accessibility have advanced our understanding of social and spatial inequalities in the distribution of urban resources in cities worldwide. In response, prominent discourse is shi...

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Glad to see this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine that could be ready for trials in months

The rare species of Ebola involved - known as Bundibugyo - kills around a third of those infected and has no proven vaccine yet.

bbc.co.uk

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com

If this is what Israel is doing to white Westerners on camera: What the hell do you think they're doing to Palestinians off camera?

On 9-13th Nov. 2026, we are going to host a *workshop on urban segregation computation with R*. Together, we want to identify and prioritise the methodological and technical developments needed to address big theoretical questions in the field of urban segregation. erc-segue.nl/Workshop

If you would like to be part of this, please register before 30th June 2026. Admission results will be communicated mid-July 2026. We expect to invite between 10 and 20 participants to this workshop. erc-segue.nl/Workshop

Immigration make Britain brilliant

NEW PROFESSORSHIP in Climate and the Environment 🌎 Lead world-class research on climate and the environment, enhancing our understanding of global change and associated hazards to inform or promote societal responses. 🚨 Post closes this week. Apply today:

Sir Anthony Habgood Professor of Climate and the Environment - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

A tremendous opportunity to advance your academic career and steer exceptional climate/environmental research.

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The Northern Ireland government has just spent £11 million giving GenAI licences to every teacher in every school. A government actively promoting a tool that is more than likely to undermine the knowledge and skills of their teachers is unbelievably dumb. www.education-ni.gov.uk/news/givan-a...

Givan announces roll out of AI tools and training for Northern Ireland teachers

Education Minister Paul Givan has today announced the roll out of system aware generative AI tools, alongside training and guidance to support their safe and effective use by teachers.

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‘We’re at the beginning of a new chapter for the Green Party - we are a serious force in British politics’ @RachelMillward discusses Green Party wins on BBC Politics South East. 💚Get involved in this journey by joining the Green Party now ⤵️

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