Trivik Verma
@trivikrama.bsky.social
Professor at Loughborough Occasionally with NatGeo cities, inequalities, and justice https://trivikverma.com/
If you issue a public apology and offer pro bono IT services, you can not only get away with cybercrime but also monetize it through institutional lock-in techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/o...
OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites | TechCrunch
The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.
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The Dutch government has been holding community role plays for emergency preparedness & an advice app which works even without internet. Emergency hubs and support points have been set up. The UK needs to learn from others & go beyond telling us to buy some canned goods… www.ft.com/content/127a...
Europe prepares for life ‘between war and peace’
Dutch lead civilian drills to withstand Russian sabotage and natural disasters
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DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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For the Monday morning crowd, here’s something you can bring to your anxious colleagues
Rogue AI didn’t breach Hugging Face, human decisions did
At the core of the Hugging Face hacking incident were a series of human choices that traded security for speed.
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Martin Wolf: a threat to democracy in FT clothing www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09...
Martin Wolf: a threat to democracy in FT clothing
Martin Wolf has written in the Financial Times today about the difficult choices facing John Healey as he prepares for his October Budget. Wolf argues that the Chancellor needs to be bold. I agree, bu...
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The hottest summer on record. The worst arable harvest on record. A climate crisis already hitting communities around the world. Andy Burnham must rule out more drilling at Jackdaw and Rosebank.
Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026
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Vital thread 👇
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last mo.Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Devi Sridhar
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Just one more climate risk assessment in the Himalayas, with some nice drone data will solve the problem. #Nepalflood
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond
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"Jason’s life ended in tragedy, and while our stories bear many similarities, at least I am privileged to leave academia on my own two feet and not in a body bag. May Jason know peace now, something he was not allowed to feel in the last weeks of his life."
Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · last mo.I'm always glad when @thrasherxy.bsky.social weighs in. lithub.com/steven-thras...
Read every post in this thread and weep again at the death of Professor Jason Arday. Jason knew the truth, his friends, family and work colleagues knew too. And this thread shows the truth was there to be found, but the grim, relentless and racist media hounding continued unabated.
Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · last mo.One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
So moving to see real results for children so quickly from the London ULEZ 👏💚 Let us never forget what a political knife edge this policy faced before it came in. We need a new national Clean Air Act - Ella’s Law - to reduce health risks from air pollution everywhere. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
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Well, if the UK govt needs a little help beyond the 20 people, we have a small but might research team and can deliver a tailored heat action plan to every postcode before Burnham's hundred days are up.
Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2mo agoCody Dahler takes on the UK govt's silence on climate collapse and the 5th heatwave of the year, with a shout-out to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social !
10 urgent climate policies the UK should implement now - From rejecting oil drilling licences to preparing communities for heat, drought and wildfires, here’s how Andy Burnham can deal with the climate emergency #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
10 urgent climate policies the UK should implement now
From rejecting drilling licences to preparing communities for heat, drought and wildfires, here’s how Burnham can ready the UK for a hotter, drier climate
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Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Private equity backed European education group eyes takeovers of UK universities. Govts created crisis. Froze fees, limits on foreign students. 40% of unis in financial distress. What will PE cut - staff, wages, research, subjects? Takeover will be funded by student loans. archive.ph/lPWC1
European education group eyes takeovers of UK universities
Britain ‘an appealing market’ for long-term investment, says Galileo chief
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Economic growth does not eradicate inequality. It’s a myth reproduced by wealthy to accumulate more wealth. The shortsightedness of the umpteenth UK government is setting up young people to fail in life and be exposed to an unbearably expensive and devastating planet.
Campaign against Climate Change@campaigncc.bsky.social · 2mo agoGatwick chief executive claims the process "carefully tested and scrutinised every aspect of our expansion plans". <government waves hands, sprinkles technofix fairy dust over massive climate impact, chants "economic growth" three times and closes their eyes to ignore heatwaves, wildfires & floods>
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
Ronny Chieng on @thedailyshow.com calmly explains global temperature rises to visual learners.
The UK is a very normal and well-functioning state where if you have enough money you can destroy the rights of minorities by throwing endless lawsuits at the government until they do what you want
Government says they're focused on "providing stability" through oil and gas. An absolute dereliction of first duty to keep us safe. It won't boost the economy for the people but further obscene profits for fossil fuel companies & their shareholders. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PM faces pressure as Jackdaw licence consultation closes
A consultation on Jackdaw, a gas field 150 miles east of Aberdeen, will close on Monday.
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They should rebrand it as a 'Genuine UK trans experience for cis people'
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEW: Lumo is running services between London and Scotland lasting more than five-and-a-half hours despite having no available toilets 🚨
We assume that the AI boom is the result of market demand. In reality, it is the result of investment decisions made by concentrated capital, which is reshaping the economy on its own terms.
Nobody Asked for AI
We tend to think that markets reflect consumer choice. But the artificial-intelligence boom has been powered by the investment decisions of concentrated capital rather than by consumer demand.
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📢 Job alert: University Teacher in Human Geography Expertise in political and social geography, as well as an ability to teach across a range of human geography themes would be advantageous. Part-time (0.5 FTE) and fixed term for 34 months. Closing date 18/08/2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM963/u...
University Teacher in Human Geography at Loughborough University
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