Research quietly released by OpenAI shows Big Tech Chatbot owners could stem the flow of synth/info pollution from false 'hallucinations'. threeworlds.campaignstrategy.org?p=3492 argues this could tip politics in favour of regulating AI LLM chatbots as tragedy>> scandal @ajpendleton.bsky.social

This would be a regressive step. Shows a poverty of thinking inside No10 Why? 🧵🧵 1. There are ways of bringing bills down and keeping costs lower whilst continuing to build out clean power. 2. The problems the renewables build out addresses haven't gone away www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

NEW: UK taxpayers are losing £22 billion every year from losses at the Bank of England - the same as the entire Home Office annual budget. This is the result of a flawed implementation of the BoE's quantitative easing programme. We propose two steps to fix this leak. (1/4)

🩹 | NEW REPORT: After decades of failed reforms, it's time for a bold new vision for social care. Our latest paper sets out why change is urgent—and how to finally make it happen. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/thi...

AI now making up dates (Gemini on Google). The prompt was ‘set out of office until 14 July).

Will be interesting to see if certain media outlets just ignore the report from the Spanish government confirming the key role of thermal power plants in the Iberian power outage or still try to erroneously spin it as a failure of renewables. www.businessgreen.com/news/4515109...

Peak oil is about demand and not supply.

"The effects of moving to an area with worse air pollution are not confined to mental health. "A 10-year study in southern California also showed that lung growth improved for children that moved to areas with less particle pollution." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📢 We've joined forces with Lord Jim O'Neill to call on Treasury to take a big bet on northern growth 🚨 The North missed out on £140bn in transport spending over the last 10yrs 🚉 But we've got a plan - Great Northern Rail 📚 www.ippr.org/articles/on-...

I think the word "important" is overused when it comes to the publication of words. It should be used sparingly. This new piece of research from @teraallas.bsky.social and co-author Dimitri Zenghellis *is important*. www.productivity.ac.uk/news/mind-th... It explains weak UK productivity. 1/

It’s Bluebell Time in the UK, the global HQ of these wonderful evocative magical flowers. It’s said the bells rang to summon faeries to their parties. We should have a national Bluebell Day. @themarshtit.bsky.social @ajpendleton.bsky.social @craigbennett3.bsky.social @celiarichardson.bsky.social

Much appreciation for my council Hammersmith & Fulham’s new rain garden on King Street, which has just been planted up in time for spring! Special thanks to Cllr Wes Harcourt, Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Ecology 🌱🙌

Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation www.theguardian.com/environment/... blimey. ~ This rivals climate change for seriousness. If only they had a common source … err @thehorsman.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @ajpendleton.bsky.social

Huge scramble to beat Trump tariffs on imports in the US.

🚨 Extraordinary exchanges at the SIT committee today, as X official Wifredo Fernandez was questioned on the platform's content/moderation policies He was confronted with a series of malicious, racist, anti-semitic and misogynistic posts Watch his response 👇 www.politics.co.uk/parliament/m...

Very important this from CBI and @eciu.net. The future of the UK economy is green and growth is impossible without it. In fact the CBI's chief economist says: “It is clear, you can’t have growth without green..."

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Great news for young people’s careers, jobs, UK economy & envt. Hope CBI and @eciu.net repeat this every year. @ajpendleton.bsky.social

This is Vance's Munich Security Conference speech. Make yourself watch it. It's chilling, but not to be dismissed or underestimated. It's based in some degree of truth - leaders distant from people, the need to allow free speech - as all extremism is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCOs...

Those tofu-scoffing eco loons in the *checks notes* pensions and investment industry want much bolder climate action. www.businessgreen.com/news/4409751...

Predictions of growth from airport expansion are based on faulty forecasts. Airport expansion won't create real economic growth, @alchap.bsky.social told the transport select committee this morning. 1/

I concur.

Much better would be to say. "We have been surprised by the UK economy's weakness. We expect most of this to dissipate in 2025 and growth thereafter to be stronger than we previously thought. That improvement will not fully recover the lost output we have experienced, but the differences are small"

Yes. Yes. Yes. Why do we visit this on ourselves in a world in which capital markets are as sensitive to the feels as they are to the detail.

Air pollution clouds the mind and makes everyday tasks challenging #AirPollution www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ai...

Heat pumps are vastly more efficient than gas heating systems. With the right policies they can also be significantly cheaper from a total cost of ownership perspective. Our new paper on how to make heat pumps the cheapest option.👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Visual @ember-energy.org

There's something very Day Today about being on a massive trade war footing in the morning and agreeing to send a few thousand troops to the border in the afternoon.

The UK desperately needs investment, but pushing for airport expansion suggests the government haven’t done their home work because it will not lead to the the sort of economic growth they want. 1/3

I can be as critical as anyone of the government's occasionally muddled message on growth but Look! At! This! Chart!! Anything they've done pales next to this GIGANTIC UNFORCED ERROR COMMITTED IN 2016! (fagpacket maths follows) on.ft.com/4hzyvbJ

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

"There is something cosy & appealing about settling down next to a roaring fire in winter but, every year, nearly 61,000 premature deaths in Europe are caused by #airpollution.. [from] people burning wood or coal to heat their homes." @johnwenger9.bsky.social theconversation.com/wood-burning...

Most people aren’t aware of the health harms associated with wood burning. Initiatives like #CleanAirNight are important to raise awareness among Londoners and empower them to make informed choices for their health & the environment. Find out more ➡️ cleanairhub.org.uk/clean-air-night

Thanks @danielsantini.bsky.social for this inspiring look at free public transport in Brazil. In 116 municipalities! This shows how it can be done. From Daniel's zoom talk at a @farefreelondon.bsky.social event. theecologist.org/2024/dec/09/...

On the same day that Google forced Gemini down my throat and my kid discovered AI in Google docs, the news is released that atmospheric CO2 concentrations are rising faster than ever. Our entire economy runs on climate denial. It's a ponzi scheme where we steal from the future and call it GDP.

Community analysis of Breathe London data reveals #airpollution impacts of fee paying schools. Investigations from King's College London indicated larger catchments than state schools. Should this cause us to question the sustainability of fee paying schools? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Really good stuff from @e3g.bsky.social on electricity costs and prices. Couple this with the nuance on shifting policy costs from @nestauk.bsky.social and (I'd add) wall batteries for everyone, starting with low income homes, and you have a policy agenda for cheap and clean home electrification

"Streets to Schools" - A map showing all the streets closed in Paris as part of Mayor Hildago's "rues aux ecoles" program, making child safety our city's top priority. #paris #urbanism #15minutecity #schools #streetstoschools #safestreets #thewaroncars capgeo.sig.paris.fr/Apps/RuesAux...

Nesta CEO @raviguru.bsky.social has a new fortnightly blog, and pleased that he’s started with one of our coolest projects: Start at Home for heating engineers ravigurumurthy.substack.com/p/the-overco...

The peer-reviewed science shows that the primary factor behind the increase in wildfire extent in the western U.S. is increased aridity and fuel load due to human-caused warming. Via #AAAS #SciLine: www.sciline.org/climate/clim...

This by @alphaville.ft.com is a useful outline of some of the underlying fiscal problems the UK is facing. As a Forest fan, I was incandescent about the Liverpool-Arsenal title race analogy, until I got right to the end www.ft.com/content/c0bf...

Similarly huge financial benefits were seen in US studies that looked a a future low-carbon world. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@davidallengreen.bsky.social I read your important FT piece. There’s growing, but unfocused, concern among civil society orgs. open.substack.com/pub/andrewpe...

In our first @moreincommonuk.bsky.social voting intention of 2025, Labour & Tories remain at 26%. Reform is at 22% - the highest figure we’ve recorded for them 🌳CON 26% (nc) 🌹LAB 26% (nc) ➡️ REF UK 22% (+3) 🔶 LIB DEM 12% ( -1) 🌍 GREEN 7% (-1) 🟡 SNP 3% (nc) N = 2,011 6 - 8 Jan, Change w 10 Dec

2024: The year the global temperature passed 1.5°C. From floods to fires, the climate crisis is here. Every fraction of a degree threatens more lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems. The time for governments to act is now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Children remain at risk online – we need to strengthen internet safety policy ✍️ Gregor Poynton

Did you know how different countries regulate indoor CO2 levels? Here's a quick rundown: #IndoorAirQuality #CO2Levels

The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded, writes @ericholthaus.com - the conditions for a January LA firestorm have never existed until now #climatecrisis #LAfires www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

BlueSky is all very nice and everything, but there seem to be as many crypto bot accounts and so forth as there are on X

Regulation matters

This is a really good point. Zuckerberg is tacitly admitting the voluntary approach has failed. He’s actually making the case for more robust regulation stronger still.