Elia Kabanov
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Science writer covering cities, nature and AI. Location: Deptford. š¶ kabanov.org
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Another river clean-up with Friends of Brookmill Park and
@lawrencebc.bsky.social
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Ghost signs of Sheffield.
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St Mary Magdalene Church, Boveney.
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Ghost signs of Henley.
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One of my highlights of 2025 was working on Meridienās story about the Ramesses II statue ā and then getting to talk it through with Susanna Thomas. Her book Ramesses, Loved by Ptah was one of my main sources while writing. I canāt recommend it enough!
mrdn.world/susanna-thom...
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Susanna Thomas on Ramesses the Greatās Colossal Statue ā Meridian
Egyptologist Susanna Thomas reveals the secrets of the colossal statue of Ramesses II at the Grand Egyptian Museum
https://mrdn.world/susanna-thomas-interview/
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Don't watch "A Merry Little Ex-Mas" for the cheesy romance. Watch it for the sustainability messages, which shine as bright as LED Christmas lights.
grist.org/culture/netf...
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This Netflix holiday rom-com is secretly an environmentalist fantasy
Don't watch "A Merry Little Ex-Mas" for the romance. Watch it for the sustainability messages, which shine as bright as LED Christmas lights.
https://grist.org/culture/netflix-holiday-rom-com-merry-little-ex-mas-environmentalist-fantasy/
8 days ago
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Have you played my Brookmill Park Birds game? Try it here:
deptford.org/birds/
Itās supposed to be fun and educational (and itās free!).
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Birds of Brookmill Park Game
Merge birds from mallards to the elusive kingfisher
https://deptford.org/birds/
9 days ago
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Next year, white storks will return to London for the first time since 1416. Theyāll be released in Barking and Dagenham in east London on a landscape thatās been steadily restored from old gravel pits into wetlands.
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šæļø Little wildlife stories that give me hope
My last couple of weeks went into building a small wildlife game, but the real-world updates are even better: red squirrels are back on the move, an Essex wetland is booming, and London is about to we...
https://hypertextual.substack.com/p/little-wildlife-stories-that-give
10 days ago
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Oxfordshireās rural vibes.
11 days ago
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Rename this, motherfucker.
12 days ago
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Waiting for High Noon at The Harold Pinter Theatre
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Ghost signs of London, Lewisham edition.
13 days ago
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After years of procrastination, I finally did what I should have done a long time ago. Iāve started a series of interviews with fellow science communicators and journalists about their careers and the challenges facing our field. Read the first issue:
hypertextual.substack.com/p/on-jargon-...
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š¬ On jargon and the limits of science storytelling: My conversation with Mohamed Elsonbaty
This weekās interview is with Mohamed Elsonbaty, a science journalist and communicator. We talk about jargon, trust, AI, and why science communication often fails.
https://hypertextual.substack.com/p/on-jargon-and-the-limits-of-science
13 days ago
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My little Deptford game made it into the London Minute newsletter ! š¦ Play it here:
deptford.org/birds/
15 days ago
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Red squirrels are quietly reclaiming the Scottish Highlands. A decade-long reintroduction effort has shifted hundreds of animals into carefully chosen forests, and their range has grown by more than a quarter since 2016.
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16 days ago
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How many glaciers will disappear by 2100: 79% on our current trajectory (2.7°C) 91% if countries don't meet their emissions targets (4°C) 63% if we meet the Paris goal (2°C)
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
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The world will soon be losing 3000 glaciers every year
Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the worldās glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508713-the-world-will-soon-be-losing-3000-glaciers-every-year/
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Ghost signs of London, Deptford edition.
17 days ago
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At 42, I made my first video game. One morning, I saw two mallards trailing a moorhen in a neat little row and realised it looked like a sliding-tile puzzle. A few hours later, the first version of a Brookmill Park bird game was online. Play here:
deptford.org/birds/
23 days ago
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So glad Deptford High Street got a starring role in the new Netflix Christmas flick Jingle Bell Heist.
23 days ago
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28 days ago
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Why Deptford continues to stand out in south east London:
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2566366...
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The south east London neighbourhood blending history with modern life
Deptford is a place where centuries of maritime history sit alongside street markets, creative spaces and a thriving food scene.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/25663668.deptford-continues-stand-south-east-london/
29 days ago
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Ghost signs of Sheffield.
about 1 month ago
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Waiting for End at the National Theatre.
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Love this 1987 poster for the Deptford High Street party by Gill Day.
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O127593...
about 1 month ago
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Good news for future astronauts: researchers in Kent have shown that tea can grow in lunar soil. Mars is still a lost cause ā plants in simulated Martian soil didnāt sprout at all.
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š± 7 things I learned last week
This time, Iāve got Yorkshire wine, lunar tea, bamboo plastic, lucid dream chats, and a few shifts in what people read.
https://hypertextual.substack.com/p/7-things-i-learned-last-week
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Cherwell rubbish dump has made it to the front page of The New York Times.
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Yesterday, I found myself listening to John Major talk at the LSE. The former prime minister is now at the venerable-elder stage of his career, but he looks sharp, speaks clearly and still lands jokes. 1/2
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Ghost cars of Brockley.
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How did the Egyptians move an 83-tonne statue? Workers once hauled Ramesses IIās 11-metre colossus 800 km down the Nile using sledges, wet sand, and sheer willpower. Three millennia later, archaeologists found it lying face down in the desert:
mrdn.world/ramesses-the...
about 1 month ago
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My granddad wouldāve turned 90 today. I still wonder what heād be doing now if he hadnāt died in 2006. Heād definitely be shouting at whoever runs the country ā that was his speciality. I seem to have inherited that, though I wish Iād got his talent for fixing anything.
about 1 month ago
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Fuck no indeed.
www.ft.com/content/6ad5...
about 2 months ago
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Iāve always wanted to sneak an advice column into my newsletter, and a question from my friend Julia finally gave me the chance. She asked what cleaning products really do to the environment. The science is far more dramatic than the labels suggest!
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š§½ Want a cleaner home? Start with fewer cleaning products
Iāve always wanted to sneak an advice column into this newsletter, and a question from my friend Julia finally gave me the chance. She asked what cleaning products really do to the environment. Turns ...
https://hypertextual.substack.com/p/want-a-cleaner-home-start-with-fewer
about 2 months ago
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English swimming spots are in murky waters. In 2024, only 64% were rated excellent, well below the EUās 85%. And with 8.4% classed as poor, England now leads Europe in the number of polluted bathing sites.
hypertextual.substack.com/p/9-facts-ab...
about 2 months ago
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Net-zero measures could prevent 207,000 premature deaths and save $2.2 trillion in air-pollution costs by 2030, according to new modelling.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Pharaohs were the original micromanagers. Ramesses II personally picked the quarry for his 83-tonne statue. Imagine being the sculptor when your boss is a god. The whole saga ā including 3,000 years of travel, collapse, and rediscovery ā is wild:
mrdn.world/ramesses-the...
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Ramesses the Great at the Grand Egyptian Museum ā Meridian
In 2025, the Grand Egyptian Museum opened its doors. At its heart stands Ramesses the Greatās colossal statue. Hereās the epic backstory.
https://mrdn.world/ramesses-the-great/
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Billionaires and multimillionaires ā the wealthiest 0.1% of the US population ā burn carbon like thereās no tomorrow: 4,000 times more than the worldās poorest. Each releases 2.2 tonnes of COā a day, about the weight of a rhinoceros.
hypertextual.substack.com/p/9-facts-ab...
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Another river clean-up with Friends of Brookmill Park and
@lawrencebc.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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I love how Michael McFaul once overheard a bit of Russian in Barcelona and has spent the last three years treating it as a universal law of geopolitics.
about 2 months ago
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Waiting for Hamlet at the National Theatre.
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Shared my thoughts on British nature with The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you live in a major city, chances are your local museum holds one of the artefacts, āborrowedā from Egypt. There are about 2 million Egyptian objects in public collections worldwide. Weāve mapped 50 museums that hold the largest number of artefacts:
mrdn.world/artefacts-map/
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After months of work, hereās our inaugural feature on Ramesses II. Explore our maps, 3D models, and data visualisations to see how one pharaoh became Egyptās timeless icon.
mrdn.world/ramesses-the...
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āAfter the Berlin Wall fell, they found 35 microphones hidden in the walls of our flat and office.ā
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Inside the Cold War newsroom: My interview with Marcus Ferrar
Over the past few years, Iāve had many long conversations with Marcus Ferrar about whatās happening in the world, and Iāve always come away inspired by his perspective.
https://hypertextual.substack.com/p/inside-the-cold-war-newsroom-my-interview
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Russian āMinistry of Justiceā just labelled the International Center for Journalists as an āundesirable organisation.ā Undesirable? Look in the mirror, you clowns. My fellowship at ICFJ in 2019 was one of the milestones of my career. I wish every journalist had a chance like that.
2 months ago
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The worldās largest capitals now face 25% more extremely hot days than in the 1990s. In Rome and Beijing, the number of days with temperatures above 35°C has doubled; in Manila, it has tripled. Even in cooler cities like London, days above 30°C have doubled.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At this rate, by the next UK general election, there wonāt be a single cabinet member left untainted by a property scandal.
2 months ago
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āThe chancellor is meant to be delivering growth but the only thing she appears to be growing is the governmentās list of scandals.ā
www.ft.com/content/0780...
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Reeves admits breaking housing rules while renting out family home
Labour MPs express dismay at chancellorās error as Tories demand her sacking
https://www.ft.com/content/07800ae3-777b-41e8-aae6-91ae488711c6
2 months ago
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Ukraine is increasingly a country held together, behind the military lines, by women. They are fundraising for the army, or sometimes serving in it. They are running civil society organisations, advocating for their country abroad and becoming activists.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Wives, mothers, fighters, activists: the millennial women keeping Ukraine going
Born into an independent Ukraine, the lives of these young women changed for ever when Russia invaded their country, forcing them to shoulder huge burdens of responsibility
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/30/ukraine-women-wartime-wives-mothers-fighters-activists
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Ghost signs of Kent, Walmer edition.
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In the 19th century, long-distance walking was a popular sport known as pedestrianism. In 1879, 10,000 people packed Madison Square Garden to watch 13 athletes walk 450 miles. The winner kept going, covering 530 miles in six days.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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In 20 years, SUVs in English cities jumped from 3% to 30% of all cars. In London, they take up as much space as Kensington and Chelsea. Nationwide, theyād cover Manchester.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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