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Michael Holms Coats

@m-holms-coats.bsky.social

architect, educator, European citizen. politics cannot be avoided. respecting named people, blocking misinformation.

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Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The news I'm getting from the University of Sussex is that the overwhelming majority of the students are delighted and consider it a victory. Maybe the "Office for Students" might like to take the actual students into account.

Phil Tinline@philtinline.bsky.social · last mo.

(2/3) The BBC is our biggest bulwark v. big tech. But I spent 20 years there, watching its confidence ebb. ngl I've been wary of writing about this, but now's the time. Delighted to be asked to do so for @theobserveruk.bsky.social Here’s what I think it can do. observer.co.uk/style/featur...

The BBC vs the algorithm: how the broadcaster can survive the YouTube age

Social media is destroying the broadcaster’s place at the heart of national life. The key to its survival lies in the revival of its original mission

observer.co.uk

National Emergency Briefing@nebriefing.bsky.social · last mo.

The first job of government is to keep the public safe. That means levelling with the public about the threats from climate change & nature loss. Does your MP support a televised emergency briefing? Enter postcode: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... It's #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing

Check here to see if your MP has signed

For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.

nebriefing.org

Michael Holms Coats@m-holms-coats.bsky.social · last mo.

it's the 'privat­isa­tion of cap­it­al­ism'. sharp and clear warnings from Will Hutton on how private equity is displacing public companies ... and how we, the public are losing out. more action needed. @hettieobrien.bsky.social @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/columni...

A feeding frenzy by private firms is in danger of renderi...

It is in Britain’s interests to have a strong PLC sector conforming to high standards, but our own failure to invest in them is sounding their death knell

observer.co.uk

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.

Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built

Bar chart comparing 2025 national grid CO2e emissions (grey bars) with two Amazon fossil‑fuelled AI data centres (red bars), showing the Amazon sites at about 33 and 17.5 megatonnes CO2e—higher than many countries' entire power grids.
Michael Holms Coats@m-holms-coats.bsky.social · 2mo ago

housebuilding agenda hits stark reality of lack of water - ‘We cannot magic up more water’ - these supply problems are putting #housing targets in England at risk. @environment.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk

Council leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes

theguardian.com

The Observer@theobserveruk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As wildfires rage, the right’s denial of the climate crisis has gone up in smoke The effects of extreme weather, be it fires or drought, are all too real. The need for an environmental consensus is one that transcends politics, writes Will Hutton https://bit.ly/4brP2xU

As wildfires rage, the right’s denial of the climate cris...

The effects of extreme weather, be it fires or drought, are all too real. The need for an environmental consensus is one that transcends politics

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Michael Holms Coats@m-holms-coats.bsky.social · 2mo ago

government needs to step in and save The Mackintosh Building at Glasgow School of Art. please sign the petition on 38 Degrees to ... Fully and Faithfully Restore ‘The Mack’: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Fully and Faithfully Restore ‘The Mack’

The future international credibility of Glasgow and Scotland in the fields of architecture, education and culture will depend on the delivery of an accurate, faithful and honest restoration of Mackint...

you.38degrees.org.uk