Richard Tutton
@drfuturity.bsky.social
Professor | Department of Sociology and @satsu-york.bsky.social | @york.ac.uk | Interests in STS of outer space | sociology of futures |futures of sustainable travel | EASST Council member | Senior Fellow Higher Ed Academy
This is such an interesting read 👇 “For many, the key intelligence lesson from Ukraine was stark: do not rule things out, just because they might once have seemed impossible.”
A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...
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“Savour life, be happy, value what truly matters, flee from toxicity and show empathy … lots of empathy”
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
theguardian.com
📜 New article! 👉 As part of our 'Forum on Tech Oligarchy," @Jonathan Roberge, Nicolas C., and Victor Galaretta analyse the crystallisation of tech oligarchy during the tumultuous months following the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the US 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
DOGE Blitzkrieg: on Musk's artificial intelligence statecraft
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
About the Conference
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Delighted to receive this in the post - 'Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry' by @drjamielewis.bsky.social and Andy Bartlett. This book is in the finest STS tradition of showing how an apparently marginal or obscure scientific practice opens up an entire epistemological world.
“For every inch yielded, there’s going to be another inch demanded,” he said. “Where does it stop? For example, the focus right now is on migrants, in large part. But who is it going to be about next time around?”
‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists
theguardian.com
Edmund Coleman-Fountain, Silvia Falcetta, @patriciahamilton.bsky.social, @drfuturity.bsky.social , Rodrigo Campos, Jade Gilbourne, @rossolb.bsky.social & Phoebe Murphy have published an article reflecting on trialing problem-based learning in sociology in ‘Sociology’ ( @britsoci.bsky.social )
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The Call for applications for the EASST Fund is now open until 31 December 2025. Find all the details and how to apply on the website. easst.net/fund/
EASST Fund - Call for applications OPEN!
EASST Fund aims to promote national and cross-national community building within EASST, advance new questions, topics and perspectives in science and technology studies, as well as enable collaboratio...
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A good line here: “Some people think we don’t have the political will but as I like to remind people, political will is a renewable resource.”
Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate
Exclusive interview with ex-US vice-president at Cop30 also reveals his hope around much-maligned climate summit
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Wildfires have consumed vast chunks of Ukraine. Is Russia deliberately fuelling the flames?
In 2024, nearly a million hectares of Ukraine’s land burned. Heat, mines and shelling contributed, but footage of drones targeting firefighters has raised the question of war crimes
theguardian.com
There are some excellent points made here exposing what is happening in the UK at the moment.
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Ma...
theguardian.com
My new piece is up: Silicon Valley billionaires use science fiction to justify dystopia, AI overlords, space colonies, escape plans. I call this “science fiction materialized”. But radical science fiction offers blueprints for resistance + rebuilding and new worlds. untoldmag.org/silicon-vall...
How Silicon Valley Billionaires Use Sci-Fi to Rule – and How We Can Resist - Untold
Tech billionaires use science fiction to justify a dystopian future of AI rule and space colonization – but radical sci-fi still gives us tools to resist and rebuild.
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“Does this still look like dystopian fiction to you? Perhaps a better way of framing the question is to go back two decades, pretend that the ethnic cleansing of the United Kingdom was your ultimate goal, and ask how satisfied you would be with how things had turned out.”
What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew
The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
theguardian.com
Just watched the final ever ITV highlights episode of the #TourdeFrance. End of an era. Twenty years of watching the best coverage of this amazing event. Julys won’t be the same again.
Some sound advice here but no discussion of how the car park companies should surely have some responsibility to remove these fake QR codes and to adapt their business processes to limit opportunities for fraud.
‘Pay here’: the QR code ‘quishing’ scam targeting drivers
How to avoid costly double whammy as rise in app- and phone-based parking payment opens new frontier in fraud
theguardian.com
If true, this is a terrible mistake, especially with the prospect that solar panels would be optional. The failure to have a clear vision and get the basics right is demoralising and irresponsible. No wonder the young people I teach feel angry at politicians on climate change action.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Wood-burning stoves to be allowed in new-build homes in England despite concerns
I admire this guy’s style and courage in the face of police brutality.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Huge protests as Istanbul mayor jailed on day of likely presidential nomination
The Guardian view on China’s EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on China's EV breakthrough: helped by the kind of strategic state Elon Musk despises | Editorial
Editorial: BYD, a Chinese carmaker once dismissed by Tesla’s CEO, claims to have outpaced western rivals with charging tech that’s as fast as filling petrol engines
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“It is one small department in one university. But it will reverberate across the entire country.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education
A demand for the university’s administration to place the Middle Eastern studies department under receivership could signal a broader crackdown across the United States.
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The secret history of Australian women in the Space Age A Bluesky version of my International Women's Day talk for the Shire of Berrigan, NSW. (Many thanks to them for the invitation and support). 🧪#WomenInSTEM #IWD25
International Women's Day Luncheon
Celebrate International Women's Day 2025 with Us! Join us for an inspiring luncheon to honor this special day. Alice Gorman - Author: Dr Space Junk vs the Universe: Archaeology and the Future
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“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy, the beginning of a long-term disaster that every American, every U.S. ally, and anyone who cares about the future of democracy will have to endure.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
theatlantic.com
In 1973, a group of feminist activists protested NASA's exclusion of women from space, except in menial or decorative roles. #WomenInSTEM 🧪
From Moon Maids to Astronauts: How Feminists Transformed the Space Race | American Experience | PBS
Protests taking place inside NASA’s Mission Control were only the tip of the iceberg.
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What does Elon Musk believe? www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
What does Elon Musk believe?
The man given free rein by Trump to crusade against the federal government supported Democrats until 2022. But some of Musk’s longstanding positions lead a straight line to his far-right sympathies
theguardian.com
Something interesting behind the world record story: “Supporting the project is Grant Romundt, from Canada. Both he and Koch have grander visions linked to the libertarian -- and at-times controversial -- "seasteading" movement that envisions ocean-based communities outside government control.”
Seeking a new way of life under the sea - and a world record
There are probably easier ways to set a world record, but Rudiger Koch has found his method 11 meters (36 feet) under the sea.
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