A Gini coefficient above 0.7. 😶

Clamping down on legitimate protest is not helping to protect Jews, if anything, the opposite. Attacking British Jews is not helping Palestinians, if anything, the opposite.

Award winning poet, Mosab Abu Toha’s aunt was shot in the chest in Jabalia camp, while sitting with her young children, holding her one month old baby, and it fighting for her life. This, under a “ceasefire” #Gaza

MSF warns humanitarian conditions in #Haiti have severely deteriorated in recent years and people are paying the price. Our teams routinely hear gunfire as they respond to overwhelming needs, while access to medical care continues to collapse. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/haiti-the-co...

While we have your attention about the safety of journalists in harm’s way… Say her name: Amal Khalii. She was killed by US-Israel this week. She is one of 14 Lebanese journalists killed, and among nearly 300 killed in the Middle East since 2024.

Beth worked as a doctor for years until a transphobe turned up. Now, she's had to leave her job, leave her home, move to the other side of the world and is still being hounded and harassed by the media and cult. She did nothing but exist as trans in the orbit of Sandie Peggie.

Sizeable quake of coast of Honshu, Magnitude 7.4, 35km depth.

I am very much saddened to report that my friend, @nearlylegal.co.uk passed away this weekend. nearlylegal.co.uk/2026/04/gile...

This is very sad news. I've always enjoyed chatting with @nearlylegal.co.uk on here. He'll be badly missed by the housing world. nearlylegal.co.uk/2026/04/gile...

Localisation? What localisation.

Keir Starmer in 2020: "I had 8,000 staff as Director of Public Prosecutions and when they had victories I celebrated on their behalf and when they made mistakes I carried the can. "I never turn on my staff. You should never turn on your staff"

Emergency

DO NOT vote for Scottish Labour.

BBC News - At least 30 feared dead in crush at Haitian tourist site

Mediterranean migrant deaths mounting towards 1,000 in 2026: UN https://aje.news/15tq0h

Here's a devastatingly powerful book. Highly recommended. @unicefusa.org @unicefmedia.bsky.social @unicefireland.bsky.social @unicef.org @nipnlg.bsky.social @sallyhayd.bsky.social

Dozens of people are missing and at least two confirmed dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya. It set sail with more than 100 people on board.

Indeed, “fit for purpose” has been part of English contract law since at least the Sale of Goods Act 1893. The political application of the phrase may have been a novelty, but the phrase itself was certainly not invented in 2006.

The @washingtonpost.com describes the deaths of an estimated 750,000 people to date as "messy"

Exactly this. It's time for some leadership.

In a world energy crisis it is not the job of government to allow everyone to carry on with unchanged behaviours. It's the job of government to ensure we all do our bit, and to help those in real need.

Some science cuts in Trump's proposed FY27 budget ❌ NIH: -$5B, including all of NIEHS, NIMHD, FIC & NCCIH. ❌ EPA: -4.6B ❌ NSF: -3.8B ❌ NASA Science: -3.4 Billion ❌ NOAA: -1.8B, including the entire Oceanic and Atmospheric Research budget ($605M) ❌ AHRQ: All of it. -$296M, 100% And there's more.

I believe the term is gaslighting.

"Obviously we have no intention of giving trans people safety or respect, or even allowing them to use public toilets, but it's OK to destroy people's lives as long as we mouth these platitudes while we're doing it." www.thepinknews.com/2026/04/03/w...

This post would make more sense – by which I mean any sense – only if Labour wasn't hurtling towards electoral oblivion. But since it is, it doesn't remotely stand up even under its own 'logic'.

I know that getting entry level jobs is really really hard. But for anyone applying for apprenticeships, don't start each of your answers with: "Here is a polished version under **300 words (approx. 260–280 words)** that sounds strong, focused and competitive:"

That UK government ever considers asserting its contractual rights against a major supplier is rare and welcome. And here, this is especially welcome. This will not be easy but it can be done, but it is good it is being seriously considered at all. www.ft.com/content/2d2b...

This is positive - and there does seem a shift - but a small climb down isnt enough. The entire proposal - including the asylum changes which are utter immoral madness - need dropping. And the Home Secretary needs to resign. Any credibility is gone given the scale of this misjudgement.

This is a really stupid move

This is totally bonkers proposal, it goes in the exact opposite direction to where we need to go 🤦 Restricting timber in construction further would mean we burn through the remaining carbon emissions much quicker. It needs a robust rebuttal during consultation.

Five fully funded scholarships for Palestinian students (resident in Palestine) at Goldsmiths, including living costs stipend, visa costs and flights. 2 undergrad, 3 postgrad. Application deadline 31st March

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

Don’t buy a cow, or a car, and expect your city to give you someplace to park it. #UrbanTruth

what if human beings with human empathy in charge of policy how would go

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

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The city of Tyre is now being asked to evacuate, which is just utter madness. Tyre is 1.5 hours by car from Beirut. x.com/AvichayAdrae...

Rotting in hell is too good for them. They’ve got to roast.

just plainly evil.

It’s enormously concerning that, at the very moment when we need to be driving forward with deep decarbonisation and mobilising all our productive forces to deliver heavy investment in global warming adaptation, most British politicians are losing their nerve.

I'm hiring a degree level structural engineering apprentice in my team at Buro Happold. A brilliant opportunity for a clever, creative student who like a challenge, wants to earn while they learn and is interested in design and the built environment.

Yes, yes, please do. It's the answer. Don't drive. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...

Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock (like the current one) and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Pritzker Prize was awarded Thursday. "In every work, he is able to answer with radical originality, making the unobvious obvious," said fellow Chilean architect and prize chair Alejandro Aravena. n.pr/4lsQQdM

What is “the E-Bike Effect?” “Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.” Fewer car trips. Via @lloydalter.bsky.social

I am much more interested in the value of infrastructure getting trashed right now than I am in the value of bombs being used to trash that infrastructure....

We are quantifying this exact pattern and find: Israelis double as likely to be described using humanizing frames. Palestinians overwhelmingly described wrt infrastructure damage. Palestinians 6X more likely to be discussed in relation to their govt. Israelis paired with govt 5% of the time.