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
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Layers of Deptford.
about 6 hours ago
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Herons of Brookmill Park.
4 days ago
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Ghost signs of Birmingham.
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āFor too long, political parties without a vision for growth have allowed the Treasury tail to wag the political dog.ā Lib Dems would replace the Treasury and the Department for Business with a new Department for Growth to create a long-term economic vision.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
11 days ago
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Possibly the best pub name ever.
11 days ago
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Waiting for Shadowlands at Aldwych Theatre.
12 days ago
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Ghost signs of London, Limehouse edition.
12 days ago
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āSome people will say, āNot another [general election]!ā⦠I have some sympathy. Iāll need new trainers for door-knocking; the wetsuit will come out of storage; Iāll have to check my bungee guy isnāt already booked up for the summer.ā
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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13 days ago
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Pulled this tent out of the Ravensbourne during our regular river clean-up in Brookmill Park. Dear Londoners, can we stop dumping tents in rivers? And, while weāre at it, everything else too.
15 days ago
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Isnāt it ironic that Keir Starmer could lose his job because he and his āadvisersā scrapped Tim Barrowās appointment as the UK ambassador to the US? He that mischief hatches, mischief catches.
16 days ago
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Isnāt it ironic that Keir Starmer could lose his job because he and his āadvisersā scrapped Tim Barrowās appointment as the UK ambassador to the US? He that mischief hatches, mischief catches.
16 days ago
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Ghost signs of Birmingham.
22 days ago
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Ghost signs of Birmingham.
28 days ago
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I spent a week living in a traditional Dubai house in 2022. It was quite literally cool, despite the outside heat. Now, working with the Architectural Heritage Society, our team put together a short piece explaining how these houses deal with heat.
special.mrdn.world/architectura...
about 1 month ago
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I spent a week living in a traditional Dubai house in 2022. It was quite literally cool, despite the outside heat. Now, working with the Architectural Heritage Society, our team put together a short piece explaining how these houses deal with heat.
special.mrdn.world/architectura...
about 1 month ago
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Layers of Deptford.
about 1 month ago
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Layers of Deptford.
about 1 month ago
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A month ago, I released my first browser game. Since then, people have played it more than 1,150 times. Iāve only made it all the way to the kingfisher once. Honestly, that may be my greatest achievement to date. Play it here:
deptford.org/birds/
about 1 month ago
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At last, some good news for a change: the likelihood of a collision between the Milky Way and its neighbouring galaxy Andromeda may be smaller than previously thought.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
about 1 month ago
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Stephen Frost
9 months ago
Interesting article summarising the environmental, health, liveability and equity benefits of less car centric cities. Presents a hierarchy of interventions to achieve this and the approach needed to avoid unintended negative impact on certain groups through policies aimed at reducing car dominance
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Reducing car dependence: benefits, strategies, unintended consequences, and future directions of post-car urban transitions
This paper presents the state of the art of post-car urban transitions. It begins with an overview of the impact of automobility on planetary and human well-being. The benefits of post-car cities a...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02697459.2025.2507325
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Deptford texture.
about 2 months ago
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In 1796, British PM William Pitt the Younger gave a speech promoting the benefits of child labour: āExperience has already shown how much can be done by the industry of children, and the advantage of employing them early.ā
about 2 months ago
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25 things I learned in 2025:
kabanov.org/25facts
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š 25 things I learned in 2025
Not sure anyone was waiting for this, but I couldnāt resist: hereās a partial list of facts I learned last year.
https://kabanov.org/25facts
about 2 months ago
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Somewhere in Deptford.
about 2 months ago
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Somewhere in Lewisham.
about 2 months ago
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Street art of London, Deptford edition.
about 2 months ago
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One of my favourite discoveries of 2025 is a brand-new geometric shape: the noperthedron.
hypertextual.substack.com/p/7-discover...
about 2 months ago
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We won silver at the Information is Beautiful Awards this year. Looks good on a CV. But the real value was studying other entries. I learned more about visualisation and map-making from winners and shortlists than from polishing our own work.
about 2 months ago
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My biggest project of 2025 didnāt come with deadlines. It came with a lot of miles. My wife and I have walked almost the entire south of England: the Pilgrimsā Way to Canterbury and the Thames Path from source to Woolwich. Thereās more left to explore. Weāll get to it.
about 2 months ago
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Where are all the Venezuela experts when we need them most? Oh, wait, theyāre here.
about 2 months ago
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Ghost signs of London, Deptford edition.
about 2 months ago
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We won silver at the Information is Beautiful Awards this year. Looks good on a CV. But the real value was studying other entries. I learned more about visualisation and map-making from winners and shortlists than from polishing our own work.
about 2 months ago
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My biggest project of 2025 didnāt come with deadlines. It came with a lot of miles. My wife and I have walked almost the entire south of England: the Pilgrimsā Way to Canterbury and the Thames Path from source to Woolwich. Thereās more left to explore. Weāll get to it.
about 2 months ago
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The best way to start 2026? Playing my birds game, of course.
deptford.org/birds/
about 2 months ago
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Ghost signs of Sheffield.
about 2 months ago
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St Mary Magdalene Church, Boveney.
about 2 months ago
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Ghost signs of Henley.
about 2 months ago
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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/
about 2 months ago
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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/
2 months 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/
2 months 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.
hypertextual.substack.com/p/little-wil...
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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
2 months ago
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Oxfordshireās rural vibes.
2 months ago
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Rename this, motherfucker.
2 months ago
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Waiting for High Noon at The Harold Pinter Theatre
2 months ago
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Ghost signs of London, Lewisham edition.
2 months 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
2 months ago
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My little Deptford game made it into the London Minute newsletter ! š¦ Play it here:
deptford.org/birds/
2 months 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.
hypertextual.substack.com/p/little-wil...
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Alec Luhn
2 months ago
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.
2 months ago
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