"We brought a bit of the mattress back and started to grow tomatoes in it!" At the South Yorks Sustainability Centre's research summit, we learned how visits to a Jordanian refugee camp helped @granthamcsf.bsky.social find new ways to tackle the climate crisis in #Sheffield ✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social

Flappy hands, models own

Fox launches his bid to become Health Secretary.. 🤮

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

‘Free parking’ is *never* free! It is paid for in 2 ways: 1) Direct financial subsidy from the taxes of everyone who doesn’t use it (eg bus passengers) 2) External costs paid by society at large - the extra pollution/casualties/spatial implications & other harms induced by the ‘incentive to drive’

There are numerous valid reasons for the Labour NEC blocking Burnham's request to stand in the by-election. To me the most important would beg not giving ReformUK the sniff of another, and arguably outside London the most important, Mayoralty.

“Better” cars just isn’t enough. As I put it recently in my advice to Irish cities, “Your goal SHOULDNT be to replace a million fossil fuel vehicles with a million electric vehicles. It should be to replace a million fossil fuel vehicles with 250K electric vehicles. The answer HAS to be FEWER cars."

ICYM - Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem, writes @jheydon.bsky.social #airpollution theconversation.com/wood-burning...

Potential headline: Incoherent, rambling American president backs down on military force on Greenland and pleads for talks, in moment of humiliation for the US

How do we transform our food systems without losing our cultural heritage, or negatively impacting communities? Our Co-Director, Rachael Rothman, and our Sustainability Assessment team discuss the social and cultural sustainability in food systems in their new article. ➡️ tinyurl.com/4ys2en6p (p62)

Vital information for those who like a decent cup of tea

Maybe Greenland could invade us instead?

As Bill Gates recommends a “strategic pivot” away from climate change, the Gates Foundation made record investments in fossil fuel companies in 2024, despite its 2019 pledge to divest. No one should ever listen to Gates about climate change again.

"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"

Morning.

Today in men making things worse news www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

1. The tariffs are paid by US consumers 2. Greenland isn't for sale 3. Go f**k yourself

Just had the “try our updated app” email from Trainline. If it wasn’t so depressing it’d be hilarious. What’s the ONE thing you want with travel information…?

It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Earlier this month, I rode a float in the Rose Bowl Parade in order to celebrate Star Trek's 60th Anniversary. I can't believe it's been so long. So much has changed, but our message of holding space for everybody remains at the forefront. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for Paramount+)

You will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯

Today our new Grantham Scholars had their first Journal Club plus took part in a sustainability quiz! It's been fantastic meeting our new, enthusiastic cohort of scholars and we're excited to see how they progress over the next three years! 🌱 Read more about our scholarship ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2eps3cd8

GOOD LUCK to the pedestrians constantly trying to cross to the main entrance of Sheffield Children’s Hospital. 🤞 From the main car park. Or the city centre. Or the tram stop. 🕊️ You can add your own luck with our stickers here: gosquabs.square.site

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10

Slovenia is smaller and more densely populated than Scotland. But despite its small size and relatively populous countryside, it's home to nearly 1,000 brown bears, over 120 wolves and a growing population of around 50 reintroduced lynx.

"Almost without exception, recruits from the Tories to Farage have all come from the more shifty, opportunist wing of the party" 👏👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Lackluster response from the Government to the Environmental Audit Committees conclusion that Airport Expansion is not compatible with Climate goals, and the economic benefit is not evidenced. www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

"𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬, 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜" True in many areas of life, but in this part of a statement from the US Academic Alliance for the IPCC which is worth a read.

“Overnight the pavements were emptied of cars”. Scotland shows how this can be done. And the life-changing effect it has had. It has already been done in other places. The world didn’t stop turning. It works. People in England and Wales are left far behind by this weak shrug from Westminster.

It's hard to put into words the damage that is being wrought upon the world www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

📢 We're thrilled to announce the 14 successful sustainability research projects awarded funding from our Grantham Amplification Fund (GA Fund) initiative! In total we’ve committed £500,000 to projects that will generate real-world impact within South Yorkshire and beyond: tinyurl.com/ba9b85e3 1/3

It's the 17th anniversary of the Atheist Bus Campaign today, and a kid who was born on its launch date of 6th January 2009 would be nearly an adult now. The campaign is all but forgotten, but it really pissed a lot of people off at the time, and here's why. arianesherine.substack.com/p/6-its-the-...

Christmas gift already broken? You’re not alone. 🎁😢 Dr Stuart Walker from our Sustainability Assessment Team volunteered at a repair café to help fix people's faulty gifts. Read his @uk.theconversation.com article to find out how these community hubs are tackling waste ⬇️ tinyurl.com/5x5dzhkf

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

As we see so regularly , it is always the teenage girls fault , mix that with political cowardice that is driven by “but what will the Daily Mail say if we do something humane” and we have a system desperate to appease the worst of us, and to utterly ignore those who dare to empathise

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Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.

'Rewilding' presented as merely another investment opportunity. Capitalism is like a highly corrosive acid, relentlessly seeking to corrupt and neutralise everything that offers ways out of the dead end nightmare IT is creating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Love Santa? Love Venn diagrams? Love this #Christmas edition. #MerryChristmas

Last book review of the year (probably) www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.

Astonished at the number of creative intelligent discerning people who casually use “I asked Chat GPT” when talking about their daily lives. AI is bad, the work of bad people, who hate you, normalised with bad intent. You wouldn’t say “I wrote to the Daily Mail” I wish people had more shame.

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Terrifying how ordinary this was. Not a monster, Paul Doyle is an ordinary man, driving an ordinary car, on an ordinary street. With an ordinary view that people in a street were “fucking pricks” who must “get out the fucking way”. The unusual part is he acted on it. metro.co.uk/2025/12/15/l...

The Desert Gardens project has helped thousands of Syrian refugees grow fresh food in the Jordanian desert. Our Co-Director @neofossil-tony.bsky.social is back visiting the Zaatari refugee camp to help install new hydroponic systems 🥬 Find out how you can support the project ➡️ tinyurl.com/2xnhmxr9

Kid, born after legalisation of gay marriage, has gay friends and classmates with gay parents and never occurred to them that this might be strange/wrong. We can create new social norms fast if we want