Good news, and interesting job alert: Oxfordshire's Climate Cafes are expanding to include a new cafe at the East Oxford Community Centre on Cowley Road, and another in South Oxford. We wrote about them last year. oxfordclarion.uk/what-on-eart...

What on Earth is a Climate Café?

At the end of a hot, dry summer where the impact of climate change has been visible from day to day, how do Oxford residents and their families come to terms with the changing world? Karen Dauncey, a ...

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On Tuesday, activists from ‘Raise the Colours’ erected flags along Abingdon Road in broad daylight. We ask who is behind it – and why the campaign is so controversial. oxfordclarion.uk/raise-the-co...

The dark side of Raise the Colours

Early on Tuesday evening, amid rush-hour traffic, a ‘Highway Maintenance’-branded van was openly stationed on Abingdon Road affixing St George’s flags to lamp-posts. We ask who is behind it – and why ...

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This is a really good article about searching. Lots of things I didn't know about. (And I'd normally flatter myself at being better at this than the average person.)

Christopher Hilton@chilton-bb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Some great tips here on making Google work for you rather than serve up stuff tailored to existing biases and sponsored links: open.substack.com/pub/cardcata....

A very interesting open letter to Donald Trump was published today by one of Dubai's most prominent figures. @KhalafAlHabtoor is richer than Trump +his family will ever be, even after White House enrichment, and he packs a LOT of clout. Here's the translation.

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Inner Climate Response Alliance (ICRA)@innerclimate.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The version of the national security report on nature that was published last month omitted the most serious forecasts. The full report may feel overwhelming to take in. But if we don’t acknowledge and process emotions around news like this... [1/3]

My team at Grist launched a new project today: a column we're calling Ask a Climate Therapist, tackling your questions about climate + mental health with licensed therapist @lesliedavenport.bsky.social Check out Leslie's first column here! grist.org/culture/ask-...

Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I deal with friends and family who won't stop polluting?

Your climate values are conflicting with your closest relationships. Here's some advice on how to cope, from therapist Leslie Davenport.

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Hazel comes from the Anglo-Saxons, who named the tree hæsel, linked to a word for “hat”, because its nuts appear to wear little caps. In place names such as Hesleden — once hæsel-denu — old words endure. Denu means valley, while hæsel recalls its early inhabitants: hazel trees.

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “The times are urgent, we have to slow down.”

How to turn your most aggravating student emails into a chance to spread joy: Faced with a flurry of grade complaints at the end of each semester, Danny Oppenheimer found a way to respond that generated positivity for students and himself. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-t...

How to turn your most aggravating student emails into a chance to spread joy

Faced with a flurry of grade complaints at the end of each semester, Danny Oppenheimer found a way to respond that generated positivity for students and himself. Read on to find out what he did

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Nick Stone@typejunky.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Morning

I found #Hamnet immersive and visceral, but I did struggle with the biographical element. I had a similar problem with the novel, though the film takes that element even further. This @theconversation.com article by Amy Walters and Kate Flaherty was very helpful: theconversation.com/it-takes-man...

It takes many ghosts to make a story: how Maggie O'Farrell’s Hamnet takes from – and mistakes – Shakespeare

Was the premature death of Shakespeare’s only son really the inspiration for Hamlet?

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As people seem to be sharing starter packs for the new arrivals on Bluesky (welcome to you all), I can’t do better on climate than suggest you go to @katharinehayhoe.com ‘s comprehensive list of starter packs. She has them on every conceivable climate topic, including climate psychology (my field).

Sharing our starter pack for those new or recently come back to bluesky. As ever, let us know of any omissions. go.bsky.app/Gf6AWuT

As people seem to be sharing starter packs for the new arrivals on Bluesky (welcome to you all), I can’t do better on climate than suggest you go to @katharinehayhoe.com ‘s comprehensive list of starter packs. She has them on every conceivable climate topic, including climate psychology (my field).

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

“American imperialism is a tradition; removing someone does not lead to predictable results; dispensing with international law is not only wrong but undesirable; foreign military actions can be about domestic regime change.”

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so. snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

Are you interested in doing a PhD about what humans infer about animal minds? Check out this opportunity @northumbriapsy.bsky.social with me, @mdconstable.bsky.social and Lee Shepherd! Deadline 23 Jan 2026 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Bridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Bridging the Species Divide: Animal minds and the human-animal relationship (Ref: RDF26/HW/PSY/RENNER) at Northumbria University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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A thread describing what climate cafés are all about.

Rebecca Nestor@rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 11mo ago

For anyone in Oxford looking for a place where your feelings about the climate crisis can be heard

Could you, or someone you know, be one of our new co-chairs? publicinterest.org.uk/chair/

Join Us as Our New Co-Chairs of Trustees – PIRC

We are looking for two enthusiastic new Co-Chairs of Trustees to work with us as we navigate an exciting period of change and growth.

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🚨Clarion morning read 🚨 Increasing numbers of people in Oxford are struggling to put food on the table, in this, one of the UK's most unequal cities. Phil Perry from Oxford Mutual Aid writes about the growing community that's stepping up to help. @oxfordmutualaid.bsky.social

Oxford’s hidden food emergency – and the community filling the gaps

“What are your plans for next week?” asks Dave. Maria tells him that it's her birthday.  As a volunteer for Oxford Mutual Aid (OMA), which delivers food to people across the city, Dave calls Maria ev...

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For anyone in Oxford looking for a place where your feelings about the climate crisis can be heard

Rebecca Nestor@rebeccaclimate.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join the Oxfordshire Climate Cafés team this Sunday at a climate café, a gentle facilitated space where we share our feelings and thoughts about the climate crisis. 
What’s different about climate cafés? 🤝Facilitated – so you can be sure that there will be space for you to speak. 🧵

Join the Oxfordshire Climate Cafés team this Sunday at a climate café, a gentle facilitated space where we share our feelings and thoughts about the climate crisis. 
What’s different about climate cafés? 🤝Facilitated – so you can be sure that there will be space for you to speak. 🧵

Okay not *only* about oil, also about showing dominance and probably some sort of petty grievance in there too. But definitely ALSO helpful to some US oil majors (notably Exxon and Chevron)

Amy Westervelt@amywestervelt.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hi hello the Venezuela stuff is entirely about oil, both in Venezuela and in Guyana (where Venezuela is laying claim to the oil in what is now Exxon’s largest oilfield, which Chevron has also bought into). It is the bidding of US oil majors and it’s not remotely subtle.

The towpath between Port Meadow and Botley Road is flooded, and closed say Oxford City Council, warning other areas of the towpath in the city may also start to flood over the next few days. Last winter, two people drowned in the city in separate incidents after entering flooded towpaths.

Pleased to see this paper published and free to read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks to A/prof Theresa Petray @theresapetray.bsky.social & Dr Ailie McDowall #sociology #climatechange #youth #activism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘It’s not a future issue, it’s a now issue’: young climate activists’ changing habitus in the face of climate change

Young people traditionally face social expectations about how they should behave according to their position in society. However, these expectations can clash with the realities of a rapidly changi...

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🌳 If you are aged 18-25 and would like to build resilience while living in the knowledge of the climate crisis, join our listening circle to spend time with others who get it. Facilitated by trained CPA facilitators. Free but booking essential: www.eventbrite.com/e/174813...

“Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.” ― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

Delighted that Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown is now available free online under a Creative Commons licence. Thank you and congrats to Judith Anderson for making this climate psychology book widely available @climatepsychol.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Being-a-Ther...

Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown

This book introduces readers to the known psychological aspects of climate change as a pressing global concern and explores how they are relevant to current and future clinical practice. Arguing that ...

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Delighted that Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown is now available free online under a Creative Commons licence. Thank you and congrats to Judith Anderson for making this climate psychology book widely available @climatepsychol.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Being-a-Ther...

Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown

This book introduces readers to the known psychological aspects of climate change as a pressing global concern and explores how they are relevant to current and future clinical practice. Arguing that ...

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What do you feel about the climate crisis? Sometimes it’s hard to put feelings into words. Try exploring them through sound and music instead in a Climate Café Listening & Music Circle. No musical experience needed. Oxford, UK - 15 November 2 pm meetu.ps/e/PzNQC/H43G...

Climate café listening and music circle, Sat, Nov 15, 2025, 2:00 PM | Meetup

What do you FEEL about the climate crisis? It can be hard translating our feelings around this huge issue into words - language can feel clunky and slow while feelings migh

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