"But once these factors are no longer predictable, all bets are off — life becomes uninsurable and the world becomes unsafe." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Where we are in 2026. God help us! heatmap.news/climate/smok...

Very struck by @pvh.ca ‘s remark at @localfirstconf.com that ‘research can be an act of service’. So true, particularly now when research is being cut and undermined.

'The climate of the 20th Century has now gone': UK Met Office warns weather extremes are 'new normal'. www.businessgreen.com/news/4532829...

Updated list of useful links from @localfirstconf.com here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Acoustic buzz volume as a proxy for intellectual energy - currently buzzing @localfirstconf.com

'Partial or full shutdowns of nuclear facilities across France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Romania, and other countries ... Highlighting need for a re-evaluation of nuclear's role in sustainable energy landscape.' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“Research as an act of service.” @pvh.ca

Before, during, and after a disaster, the wealthy 🎩 always fare best while those living paycheck to paycheck suffer economically, physically and mentally for years. Here is a pretty revolting example: www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Great idea. A whole new paradigm A/X = agent experience (c.f. U/X). Via conversation with @gordon.bsky.social

I know this has been heavily linked to, but Evans’ “Ways to think about token pricing” - https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2026/7/9/ways-to-think-about-token-pricing - is really very good and everyone making a bet on #genai should bloody well read it with close attention.

Also for @localfirstconf.com attendees, an updated list of Local First @bsky.app accounts here (any omissions please let me know): bsky.app/profile/did:...

All the links I collected from Day One of the excellent @localfirstconf.com - will keep adding to it as we go. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

@jenson.org talking about Alan Kay’s methodology. @localfirstconf.com

Gather round for the story of the Very Hungry Data Centre... 🧵 (1/4) #datacentre #ai

Many people in the climate movement think that political action against the environment is ‘stupid’. It’s not stupid. The people involved know exactly what they’re doing. They benefit from their actions via fossil fuel political donations and media support. It’s disgusting. But it’s not stupid.

Can we get a comment from William ‘3°C of warming is optimal’ Nordhaus?

I’m not a doomer but it feels like we’re pretty far to the right side already.

This is our local health food store this afternoon. Our civilisation is not equipped to deal with the damage we’re inflicting on our environment. The bill is coming due. And soon. Now tell me again why Net Zero is too expensive. 🔥🌍🔥

Time to remind everyone that William Nordhaus won the Nobel prize for Economics with work that suggests 3ºC of warming will be optimal. How do we all think that's going to go? 🔥🌍🔥 theintercept.com/2023/10/29/w...

Extraordinary project. Brilliant! @anitaroy1000.bsky.social 🦦😎 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's #ShowYourStripes Day, and we're sharing Oxford's warming stripes that show how the city's average temperature has changed since measurements first began at the Radcliffe Meteorological Station in 1814. Read more here: oumnh.ox.ac.uk/show-your-st... @morethanadodo.bsky.social

The solar #geoengineering techno juggernaut rolls on, with what seems to be a complete disregard for what the damage might be to the planet ... (Guardian)

My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/climatec...

Very good to see some countries standing up for climate science at the UN Climate talks. But where on earth is the UK in this? Not involved? @ed-miliband.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2026/06/17/s...

Well worth a read. About so much more than football. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Oxfam warned that Musk’s imminent ‘government-backed trillionaire’ status marks “a dark day for democracy.” Musk would be richer than the poorest 46% of the world population, or 3.8 billion people, combined. 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑 @oxfaminternational.bsky.social www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

Keir Starmer talking about AI: 'We're on the precipice of something truly extraordinary' He's right about 'precipice' but not in the way he thinks he is. God help us!

“Donald Trump has signed an executive order making it easier to fire thousands of the best-paid workers in the US government aspart of a broader drive by his administration to overhaul the federal workforce.” ‘Overhaul’ is one word for what he’s doing. 🤯 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

It seems we are now entering a new phase of the rise of inequality in the US. It's not just wealth and billionaires — it's a broader acceleration. Here's who benefited from economic growth in 2025, according to the latest estimates available on realtimeinequality.org

Reform UK wants to shut this down. If it did so, it would throw a million people out of work. Why? because it is beholden to the fossil fuel industry. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

From the excellent Robert Hack on Instagram.

This is a new low even for the current administration. They are actively working to destroy their children's futures (and ours). Let's hope it will be quickly reversed and the proponents duly punished. 🤞 www.eenews.net/articles/hou...

Your 'moment of doom' for May 29, 2026 ~ Near death experience. "By exposing shallow coastal waters to intense sunlight, the melting ice has accelerated a process that destroys nitrate, the foundational fertiliser required for marine life to survive." oceanographicmagazine.com/news/arctic-...

"Such intense concentration was not inevitable. It’s a product of decades of failure to enforce anti-merger laws that have been on the books since 1890." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...

This is a key part of our crisis. We need to act now before the situation gets much worse.

I think about this a lot.

Strategically Applied Biochar Systems Enhance Soil Water Retention by Up to Forty Percent to Combat Global Desertification Learn More 👉

Sustainable Bioplastics from Organic Waste Offer Significant Potential for Carbon Reductions and Process Efficiency Learn More 👉

This. All of this. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Research funded by big bamboo, probably: A new method for creating high-strength bamboo molecular plastics with exceptional mechanical strength, thermal stability, and biodegradability that outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics while being cost-competitive and recyclable.

I'm no supporter of Palestine Action but this is absolutely outrageous. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Like a folklore dance of old, the dancers show their disdain for their prime minister, but with tweeted resignation letters instead of kerchiefs.

This is insane. No-one voted for this. Palantir have demonstrated over and over again that they can’t be trusted. We are governed by imbeciles. www.digitalhealth.net/2026/05/pala...

Scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany warned that if deforestation, which decreased in 2025, increases again, the Amazon could suffer “widespread rainforest dieback” and cross a tipping point in the 2030s. By @alecluhn.com for @NewScientist.com

Move along, nothing to see here, folks! 🤑 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Smart glasses’ more like ‘creep glasses’ Why does the government allow products like this to be sold? And/or what if the woman in this case could sue the manufacturers? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BREAKING: 🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 Archaeologists in the Holy Land just uncovered a 3,000-year-old Israelite tablet… It reads: “Iran is 12 days away from developing a nuclear weapon.”