Niall Winters
@nwin.eurosky.social
Towards a socially-just creative technology culture. #convivialtech
Maybe this will finally get politicians to care about climate change: “The brutally hot summer is set to cost the EU economy €180 billion this year — that’s equivalent to roughly 1 percent of GDP, which is all the growth the bloc was expected to generate in 2026, according to new analysis.”
Europe’s scorching summer is erasing its economic growth, says report
Dutch growth is set to be almost entirely wiped out, and France could be pushed into a contraction.
politico.eu
The Guardian once asked me 'what one change would you make to achieve Black equality in Britain?' and it feels appropriate to share my answer again
Two great blogposts on authorship in the time of the LLM. 👇👇
If you know you know@privatechand.bsky.social · 2w agoI keep thinking about this gorgeous essay about how LLMs- so often trained by inheritors of colonial English- has now rendered the kind of language that is natural to us (“fancy” vocabulary, passive voice, reduced relative clauses) artificial and suspect. marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
Not a word from Dragsted here on changing Denmark’s horrifically inhumane immigration policy. All he says is he’s against “reimmigration”. Extremely telling*. *Happy to be wrong. Perhaps I missed it elsewhere & as part of the gov negotiations immigration policies have been watered down?
Grace Blakeley@graceblakeley.substack.com · 2w ago"Centering class, focusing on bread-and-butter policies, and delivering tangible changes in the daily lives of working people is the way forward for the left. We need to show that it is socialists — not fascists — who are delivering for working people." tribunemag.co.uk/2026/07/rise...
Africa is smashing all the solar records. The continent installed more grid-connected solar in the first half of 2026 than in all of 2025, and with projects under construction the year could finish at triple the previous record. buff.ly/NirgzLn #ShareGoodNewsToo
African 2026 on-grid solar additions surpass those of 2025 | African Energy
The latest analysis from African Energy Live Data shows despite a slow 2025, solar capacity additions in 2026 have already surpassed each previous year. Falling costs and several recent agreements…
buff.ly
Glad to see so much uptake of this story which was first reported by Shamim, but please be aware this is entirely typical and unsurprising behaviour by the DOJ. It’s particularly cruel when the students are from Gaza but it’s also part of a pattern of unjustified visa refusals
Shamim Malekmian@shamimmalekmian.eurosky.social · 2w agoDozens of people from Gaza seeking visas to study in Ireland are denied entry. It was Haneen Eshraim's only “realistic opportunity at this stage to leave Gaza safely and continue my education”, she said. More here www.dublininquirer.com/dozens-of-pe...
We are pleased to announce that access to EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) ethos.bl.uk an open access discovery platform for UK doctoral theses, managed by @britishlibrary.bsky.social has now been restored. Find out more at tinyurl.com/mvtunxvt
Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning songwriter and lead singer with Dublin band The Frames has died aged 56. jrnl.ie/7116253
The Irish DoJ says Gazans w/ full scholarships were rejected b/c of: “not supplying original bank statements, a failure to account for gaps in their education, and a failure to supply strong evidence that they will return home once their course of study is completed.” www.rte.ie/news/educati...
Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan students
Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September.
rte.ie
💥‼️ WOW ‼️💥 “In 1985, two women artists, a generation younger, invited me to a meeting to start a new kind of feminist project… We decided to call ourselves the Guerrilla Girls” Joyce Kozloff reveals she was one of the founding members! artjournal.collegeart.org?p=19775
Feminist Interview Project: Joyce Kozloff interviewed by Helena Reckitt and Maura Reilly - Art Journal Open
A new installment of the Feminist Interview Project celebrates activist and artist Joyce Kozloff
artjournal.collegeart.org
Lovely article on the joys of online learning. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... The best way to spend the summer? Studying St Augustine
The best way to spend the summer? Studying St Augustine
Or medieval magic, Mesopotamian demons or K-pop — the online courses opening up a whole world of art, history, philosophy and, yes, teen idols
giftarticle.ft.com
I don’t really follow much sport but like the passion shown here… rivalling Brazilian football commentary!
Gavan Reilly@gavreilly.com · 2w ago“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa
J’espère que nous ne reverrons plus jamais ce type de une après l’été que nous sommes en train de vivre, et que l’ensemble des journalistes vont enfin prendre ce problème au sérieux.
102 new Ebola cases and 45 deaths reported by DRC over past 24 hours. For context: Many Ebola outbreaks in the past have remained small. These numbers mean the DRC has reported more cases overnight than were reported IN TOTAL during each of about two dozen smaller Ebola outbreaks. 🧪
Je repense à cette Une du Figaro Magazine de mai 2026.
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
Savage cuts to the UK aid budget continue: "Malawi embodies the cuts. A country where three-quarters of the population still has no access to electricity will see its £50.2m allocation fall to £5m by 2028-29." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Andy Burnham could easily ignore the UK’s falling aid commitment. He would be wise not to | Halima Begum
The FCDO’s annual report was quietly released just as Starmer was leaving office – it continues a long-term shift from supporting countries most in need to seeking something in return, writes Halima B...
theguardian.com
According to the UN, Venezuela needs $37b for earthquake recovery but the FT asks the question where is the $17b in Venezuelan oil revenues the US has held onto? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?
Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going
giftarticle.ft.com
Burnham learning nothing from the Drop the Debt campaign I see and continuing the Trumpian policy of killing international development funding.
Paper (PDF) supporting the claim made below that climate change decreases the number of mild says per year ➡️ oar.princeton.edu/bitstream/88...
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Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · 4w agoWe are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.
Parts of "The Odyssey" were filmed in occupied Western Sahara, defying requests from the Sahawari people. Advocates are now calling for a boycott of the film and what they say is its complicity with Morocco's occupation and cultural genocide.
Lifelong activist, organizer, educator and the first woman elected to the Young Lords Central Committee, Denise Oliver-Vélez, has died at the age of 78.
Denise Oliver-Vélez, Pioneering Young Lord & Black Panther, Dies at 78
Lifelong activist, organizer and educator Denise Oliver-Vélez has died at the age of 78. She was a central figure in the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s and was the first woman elected to the Young Lords Central Committee, a radical Puerto...
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Dude just hits different. Really different. It would be a travesty to call it a 'breath of fresh air'. It seems to be entirely new air.
Mayor Mamdani watches World Cup with Rikers Island inmates
More than 100 inmates were rewarded with a special viewing of the World Cup semifinal match Wednesday between England and Argentina because of their model behavior behind bars.
abc7ny.com
Credit where credit is due. Good on Leo for doing this, esp given his previous position.
Tony - Pod Guy - Groves@tonygroves.bsky.social · 4w agoIt’s 2026 and Leo Varadkar is defending immigrants against David McWilliams and Nick Delehanty.
