podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t.... Listening to this. 2016. Worse now. Racism overt everywhere and climate denial and inaction continues.

Naomi Klein: Let Them Drown

Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 01/06/2016 · 1h 27m

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Watched the Southbank Show on Ballard from 2006. Very interesting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=le0t...

The South Bank Show: J.G. Ballard (ITV, 2006)

YouTube video by Tomás Olano

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Beautiful clouds over Ally Pally today.

I like the references to cycling…hubs, wheels, cycles etc…subtle nods to the role of good cycling infrastructure in addressing the climate crisis. @londoncycling.bsky.social @cyclist.co.uk

Involve@involveuk.bsky.social · last yr.

🌟 The wait is over! The LCE Resource Hub is live—your one-stop shop for climate engagement best practice. Take a look here 👇 www.lce.org.uk

Not just residential streets. West Green Road in Tottenham is horrendous- you can taste the pollution, the buses can’t get through because of parking both sides of the road - and random illegal parking adds to the horror. @mikehakata.bsky.social

Cycleway, my arse!@issaddlethereis.bsky.social · last yr.

Councils like Haringey are hellbent on maintaining two-sided on-street parking on almost every residential street, whilst also maintaining two-way traffic on what little space remains. Resulting in awful cycling conditions for all. Made worse by giant SUVs. @mikehakata.bsky.social

@sciencewise.bsky.social comprehensive dialogue on mtDNA diseases for HfEA useful background here sciencewise.org.uk/projects/mit...

Eight healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from three people

Genetic material from mother and father transferred to healthy donor egg to reduce risk of life-threatening diseases

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Went to an art history taster today @citylit.bsky.social, run by @sarahj.bsky.social, who is clearly passionate about her subject. Five mini-lectures in 2 hours, going from 13th century Iranian tiles to Yoko Ono, through the lenses of iconography, materiality, historiography and more. Fascinating.

Superb end to the @sciencewise.bsky.social & @ukri.org dialogue on ultra processed foods. Newham participants, I salute you for a long, thoughtful and broad list of where @ukri.org needs to focus future food research funding. And a wonderful job from Hopkins Van Mil! Looking forward to the report.

Good morning from the stylish scarecrows of Calke Abbey 🌿

Scarpa and Kilda, 14 weeks old, sleeping. Welcome to the house, kittens.

Are you a scientist or other relevant academically qualified expert? Please join other experts & sign this letter confirming the fact that sex is not binary, to the UK Minister for Women & Equalities ▪️Please repost so everyone is aware & share with any expert you know:

Trump has told the UK that if we want tariff relief we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US. We don’t want crap food here. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves. It’s dangerous and unnecessary. Sign deals with the EU, for god’s sake!!

Doomed to fail, presumably.

Bob From Accounts 🚲@bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · last yr.

Never has an icon been so ineffective at public relations, keeping up with the times, and competing effectively, while actively alienating customers.

Walking and gardening while listening to Canadian music - God Speed You Black Emperor and Joni Mitchell - make my happy place. 🇨🇦

My desk is surrounded by a jungle because of this - and other people giving me clippings adds to the green. I will soon be able to hide in there.

Post a warning

Aidan McGlynn@aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · last yr.

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Just weeks after the Telegraph published an article falsely suggesting that #StopFundingHate had received government funding (we haven’t, and wouldn’t), it seems they’re putting together another hostile piece about the campaign… (1)

SIGN UP: Stop Funding Hate

Stop Funding Hate is transitioning a new legal entity — and this means we need to rebuild campaign’s supporter list from scratch. Sign up to continue the fight against media hate.

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Our cat got stuck in sheds all the time when she was young. I hope you find her.

Mivart@bobjim.bsky.social · last yr.

The shed thing's a good call. We recently had a cat with a heavy limp in our garden, begging for food, etc. We let her live in our shed for a few days (left the door open) until we found the owner. I hope Katniss gets a similarly happy reunion.

Darn, I caved in and looked it up. It IS a type of cream.

Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · last yr.

I refuse to learn what “cloture” means and you can’t make me.

Have Marks & Spencer stopped supporting the racism & misogyny then? I haven’t seen their name in your more recent lists.

Stop Funding Hate@stopfundinghate.bsky.social · last yr.

Today's GB News TV advertisers include *All Clear Travel *The National Lottery *Freshpet *Boxt *Raging Bull Snacks *Retirement Villages *Aegean Islands *Dormeo *5 Star Windows *Salus Mortgages *Polish Tourism Organisation *Belgica *TrailFinders www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/time...

This is horrendous. Don’t go to the States if at all possible, certainly it on holiday.

Jenny Kleeman@jennykleeman.bsky.social · last yr.

If the US decides you have the wrong visa, you could be handcuffed and locked up indefinitely. Becky is a dear friend of my family and I cannot imagine what she’s going through at the moment www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“…I would like us to insist, with as much force as necessary, that parity with men is not a treat benevolently bestowed upon us, nor a kindness that can now be rescinded.”

Charlotte Lydia Riley@lottelydia.bsky.social · last yr.

“And yet, the demand to empathise with the boys and men propagating this hatred must surely be exceeded by a justified anger on behalf of the girls and women who are the actual subjects of said hatred. If anything, it is obscene that we women are not more furious and more frightened.”

I’d settle for just being treated as a person much of the time. And your post made me think of Donna Haraway too: I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess. But your sentiment is nonetheless appreciated: cheers to men who celebrate this day.

Dr Robert Bohan@robertbohan.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy International Women’s Day to all who celebrate. Everyone deserves to be treated as a goddess! Danu (2022) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan

From what I hear, closer links with Europe - maybe even rejoining- would reduce red tape significantly.

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last yr.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a renewed push for Britain's watchdogs to rip up red tape and boost the economy.

Woke as f**k.

This needs to be bigger, more people, more noise.

Dr Zubaida Haque@zubhaque.bsky.social · last yr.

“Everything is political, especially the things that people tell you are not political. Those are the most political of all. There is some truth in that when it comes to science...” Thought-provoking piece about Royal Society and Elon Musk by @kityates.bsky.social

And nodding along.

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · last yr.

Standing there proudly in a Union Jack suit, while your leader vigorously defends a foreign politician who has just dismissed Britain as a "random country" that hasn't fought a war in forty years, is quite something

Interesting thread. Flashbacks to this old debate... www.theguardian.com/science/blog...

Science and politics need counselling, not a separation | Jack Stilgoe

Jack Stilgoe: Brian Cox and Robin Ince say they're fighting for the status of science, but they're picking the wrong fight

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Kit Yates@kityates.bsky.social · last yr.

Today the Royal Society will meet to discuss “Fellows’ behaviour”. Without doubt the fellow they will primarily be discussing is Elon Musk. The behaviour may range from his public dissemination of unfounded conspiracy theories to his attacks on the science 🧵 1/38