Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #CO2 #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalWarming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

HAPPY #WorldBookDay!!! #Reading is the best life skill to have. Nurture and treasure it. Use it every day to learn new things about the world around you. #Books #Literature #BookCommunity #BookX #ReadingCommunity #ReadingForPleasure #LoveReading #WorldBookDay2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026

Vegetarians have ‘substantially lower risk’ of five types of cancer #Cancer #CancerResearch #Vegetarianism #Vegetarians #NonMeatEaters #WorldCancerResearchFund www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

“Over the past 20 years, children and young people’s enjoyment of reading and their daily reading habits have fallen steeply to their lowest levels on record, with the drop especially pronounced for teenagers."children — Jonathan Douglas, NLT chief executive #Children #Reading tinyurl.com/wupnmhy

AI is making the future of many jobs increasingly insecure #AI #ArtificialInteligence #JobSecurity #Jobs #Work #EmployeeWellbeing #Employment #Technology #Careers #AITechnology #WorkingLife The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Environment #FossilFuels #GreehouseGasses #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #Economy #GDP #WorldFinance #UN www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says #Autism #AutismDiagnosis #Children #AutismResearch #AutisminChidren #MentalHealth #AutismAwareness #AutismSpectrumDisorder #UnderstandingAutism #Neurodivergence #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

You may not agree with everything #RebeccaSolnit writes in this article, but she shares some interesting thoughts which, I think, are worth reading. #AI #Technology #HumanResilience #HumanRelationships #Nature www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

‘Wake up to the risks of AI, they are almost here,’ Anthropic boss warns #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Business #Jobs #Careers #Employment #Technology #InformationTechnology #Skills #DangerofAI #PowerofAI #ArtificialIntelligenceDevelopment #TechRevolution www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Today, 27th January, is #InternationalHolocaustMemorialDay Let's always #remember those who lost their lives in the #Holocaust and #neverforget the horrors they suffered. #HolocaustMemorialDay #WeRemember #Auschwitz #Birkenau #WWII #History #HistoryMatters

My favourite #pudding / #dessert ..... How to make a clootie dumpling – recipe #BurnsNight #ClootieDumpling #ScottishFood #Food #Recipe #ScottishRecipe #ScottishTradition #Scotland www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ja...

IMO this is absolutely shocking ..... A generation of overexposed children are being used by their parents for social media clout. What happens when they start to speak out? #Children #HumanRights #ChildrensRights #YoungPeople #Teenagers #ChildProtection #Parents www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘It’s about making reading as natural as breathing’: Malorie Blackman backs the National Year of Reading www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... #Books #Reading #ReadingForPleasure #NationalYearOfReading2026 #LoveBooks #LoveReading #Education #BookCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Children #YoungPeople

#Antarctic #penguins have radically shifted their breeding season in response to #climatechange www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #Climate #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #CO2 #ClimateEmergency #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’ #UN #GlobalCooperation #UnitedNations #UNSecretaryGeneral #AntonioGuterres #UN80thAnniversary #UN80 #GlobalPeacekeeping #UK www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record. #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #CO2 #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateImpact #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming #HumanActivity #Weather www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Interesting! #Art #Mondrian #PietMondrian #GeometryInArt #Creativity #ModernArt #MarloweMoss #Constructivism www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Interesting! ‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: The rise of UK Bible sales #Christianity #Spirituality #Bible #BibleStudy #Religion #Faith #YoungPeople #UK www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #CO2 #ClimateEmergency #Environment #FossilFuels #Oceans #OceanWarming #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #Extremeweather www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Absolutely shocking, imo ..... Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops #Books #Reading #BookCommunity #Children #Schools #ReadingCommunity #LoveBooks #LoveReading #Education #Literature www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Celebrating World Introvert Day * Reflect on Your Strengths * Practice Self-Awareness * Embrace Your Inner World * Challenge Common Myths About Introversion #WorldIntrovertDay #Introverts #Mindfulness #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness www.calendarr.com/united-kingd...

Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of #climatebreakdown #Climate #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #CO2 #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow #ClimateJusticeNow #Environment #Biodiversity #GreenhouseGasses #FossilFuels #GlobalWarming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

2026 is NATIONAL YEAR OF READING encouraging everyone — children & adults — to make reading for pleasure as vital as breathing & eating ..... Make a habit of always carrying a book & reading if you're waiting in a queue or at a bus stop ..... literacytrust.org.uk/reading-for-... #Books #Reading

National Year of Reading 2026: time to start a healthy habit for life www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #NationalYearofReading2026 #Reading #Children #Libraries #ReadingCommunity #Books #BookLovers #BookCommunity #Literature #LoveReading #Schools #Parents #YoungPeople

Climate crisis demands political honesty about extreme weather #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #FossilFuels #Environment #ClimateEmergency #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather #COP29 #COP30 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The pioneering light boxes helping #Orkney islanders avoid #seasonalaffectivedisorder #SADAwareness #MentalHealth #EmotionalWellness #SelfCare #MindBodyBalance #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalWellbeing #Winter #WinterBlues www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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What a great initiative! ‘Bills keep going higher’: community ‘warm spaces’ on the rise in the UK #Austerity #BrokenBritain #CostOfLivingCrisis #Food #UK #CommunitySupport #FoodAffordability #FoodCrisis #FoodInsecurity #London #Poverty #SafeSpaces #WarmSpaces www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Environment #FossilFuels #Arctic #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalWarming www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #CO2 #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CarbonEmissions #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’ #COP30 #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #CO2 #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #COP30 #CO2 #COP30Brazil #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming #ParisAgreement www.theguardian.com/environment/...

9th – 15th November 2025 is #InternationalWeekofScienceandPeace Science is essential to understanding our world & building a better future. Explore the vital connection between science, technology & peace. www.un.org/en/observanc... #Science #Peace #Technology #Climate #ClimateChange #HumanRights

SHOCKING!! How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – then kept drilling #Brazil #Brazil #COP30 #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Environment #CO2 #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells #Cop30 summit #Belém #Brazil #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #CO2 #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say #Belém #Brazil #COP30 #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #Environment #CO2 #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Paris Agreement helping to avert dozens of hot days each year, scientists say #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice #Environment #ParisAgreement #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalWarming #GlobalWarming www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/16/p...

What do unpublished #stories found in Harper Lee’s apartment tell us about the To Kill a Mockingbird author? #Books #BookCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Reading #ToKillAMockingbird #HarperLee #BooksonBluesky #BookSky #BooksWorthReading #ClassicLiterature #BookLovers www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

NEW ON MY BLOG ..... BOOK REVIEW: Michel Foucault, the State and the Social Sciences, by Arnault Skornicki (Author), Andrew Brown (tr.) @hss.springernature.com #Books #Academia #MichelFoucault #SocialScience #Philosophy #ReadingCommunity #BookCommunity carolahuttmann.blogspot.com/2018/06/book...

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGasses #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming #CarbonEmmissions #CO2 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured #Academia #OxfordUniversity #EduChat #Māori #Indigenousscholar #Indigenouscommunities www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Autism should not be seen as single condition with one cause, say scientists #Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismSupport #ADHD #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #Health #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalWellbeing #Anxiety #Depression #Neurodiversity #SelfCare #Wellbeing www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

#Meat is a leading #emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #CimateChange #ClimateJustice #EmissionsSources #Environment #FossilFuels #GreenHouseGasses #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#WritingCommunity! Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct! Submit free via Submittable 👇 nws.submittable.com/submit

#LAUNCHEDTODAY in honour of the 3rd anniversary of her death, #OTD 22 September 2022. The #HilaryMantel #Prize for #DebutAuthors is open for submissions of #adultfiction until 31 December 2025. amheath.com/hilary-mante... #Writing #amwriting #Books #Fiction #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

NEW ON MY BLOG Mental Health for All carolahuttmann.blogspot.com/2018/06/ment... To coincide with the publication of Scotland's Mental Health Partnership Manifesto for 2026, this is my own personal overview of the current state of #mentalhealth services in #Scotland and my hope for the future.

NOW PUBLISHED & AVAILABLE ..... smhp.scot Scotland’s Mental Health: It’s Time for Action, partnership manifesto for urgent & lasting change. 17 organisations. One call: bold action to end Scotland’s #mentalhealthemergency. #ItsTimeForAction #MentalHealthScotland #MentalHealth #MentalWellbeing

Google’s huge new #Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of #CO2 a year #Climate #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Carbon #CarbonEmissions #CarbonFootprint #CarbonDioxcide #CarbonDamage #Environment #Pollution #Google #GoogleDataCentre #UK www.theguardian.com/technology/2...