@4everalearner.bsky.social
Enjoying my learning journey and hoping to discover so much more about our amazing world …….
Time to focus on the “sprinters’ of global warming? Will the aggressive cuts to slow global warming by mid century be made? Can #30by30 be achieved?
theconversation.com/the-fast-fix...
theconversation.com/the-fast-fix...
The fast-fix for global warming that the UN climate summit can’t ignore
Removing so-called ‘short-lived climate pollutants’ from the atmosphere could reduce global warming – fast.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Time to focus on the “sprinters’ of global warming? Will the aggressive cuts to slow global warming by mid century be made? Can #30by30 be achieved?
theconversation.com/the-fast-fix...
theconversation.com/the-fast-fix...
Does this answer a few of those niggling questions that have been cropping up in your head too …?
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
How the rich world is fortifying itself against climate migration
Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Does this answer a few of those niggling questions that have been cropping up in your head too …?
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
With the UN Security Council vote in mind; a little reminder that
unchecked power and unbounded ambition lead to tragedy. For ongoing stability in the Middle East a sustainable peace is required …..
www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
unchecked power and unbounded ambition lead to tragedy. For ongoing stability in the Middle East a sustainable peace is required …..
www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
The Fantasy of a New Middle East
Israel cannot destroy its way to peace.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
With the UN Security Council vote in mind; a little reminder that
unchecked power and unbounded ambition lead to tragedy. For ongoing stability in the Middle East a sustainable peace is required …..
www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
unchecked power and unbounded ambition lead to tragedy. For ongoing stability in the Middle East a sustainable peace is required …..
www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
Increasingly difficult to attain, often the source of rising inequality, precarious work and environmental degradation, is it time to rethink our dependency on ‘growth’?
@dhnnjyn.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-the-uk-s...
@dhnnjyn.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-the-uk-s...
Why the UK should look beyond growth to a ‘new economics’ that works for all
Traditional economics can’t respond to global crises like inequality and climate change.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Increasingly difficult to attain, often the source of rising inequality, precarious work and environmental degradation, is it time to rethink our dependency on ‘growth’?
@dhnnjyn.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-the-uk-s...
@dhnnjyn.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-the-uk-s...
Looking beyond the collateral damage of war; how the challenges ahead will go beyond the humanitarian and political. It’s crucial that environmental issues are addressed too ….
globalvoices.org/2025/11/06/t...
globalvoices.org/2025/11/06/t...
The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but few are ready for the climate cost
The ceasefire may have silenced the bombs, but it has not ended the damage to the land, the water, or the atmosphere we all share.
globalvoices.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Looking beyond the collateral damage of war; how the challenges ahead will go beyond the humanitarian and political. It’s crucial that environmental issues are addressed too ….
globalvoices.org/2025/11/06/t...
globalvoices.org/2025/11/06/t...
Emphasising the importance of strengthening public involvement in decision making ….. ensuring all have a say in how their future will look …. #COP30
@dhnnjyn.bsky.social
globalvoices.org/2025/11/14/t...
@dhnnjyn.bsky.social
globalvoices.org/2025/11/14/t...
The letter from São Paulo’s peripheral neighborhoods to COP30
In total, about 30 proposals appear in the "Letter from the Peripheries on Commitments for the Climate – The Atmosphere is Tense!,” signed by 50 collectives and 1,000 community leaders
globalvoices.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Emphasising the importance of strengthening public involvement in decision making ….. ensuring all have a say in how their future will look …. #COP30
@dhnnjyn.bsky.social
globalvoices.org/2025/11/14/t...
@dhnnjyn.bsky.social
globalvoices.org/2025/11/14/t...
Reposted
One thing that was miles better in 1975 was the the progressivity of taxation
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
One thing that was miles better in 1975 was the the progressivity of taxation
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This is the real threat to BBC impartiality. A weekend read by me setting the shambles of the last fortnight in proper context www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The real threat to BBC impartiality
The BBC has suffered a week of mistakes, resignations and the threat of a $1bn lawsuit. But the biggest risks of bias are in the boardroom, not the ne...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is the real threat to BBC impartiality. A weekend read by me setting the shambles of the last fortnight in proper context www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Are we really going to follow Denmark and become a nation that was once proud of its welfare state and human rights commitments? Is no one considering the moral, ethical or legal challenges this would present?
theconversation.com/think-twice-...
theconversation.com/think-twice-...
Think twice before copying Denmark’s asylum policies
A migration researcher based in Denmark explains the downsides of its “zero asylum” policy and returns system.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Are we really going to follow Denmark and become a nation that was once proud of its welfare state and human rights commitments? Is no one considering the moral, ethical or legal challenges this would present?
theconversation.com/think-twice-...
theconversation.com/think-twice-...
Systemic problems, political agendas and blind spots ….. a C21st recipe for litigation?
theconversation.com/bbc-bias-the...
theconversation.com/bbc-bias-the...
BBC bias? The Prescott memo falls well short of the standards of impartiality it demands
The Prescott memo contained no research questions or objectives, method, sample, time frame or, crucially, analytical framework for examining output.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Systemic problems, political agendas and blind spots ….. a C21st recipe for litigation?
theconversation.com/bbc-bias-the...
theconversation.com/bbc-bias-the...
Thankfully it appears that ….’the majority of the public are much more balanced and less exercised about these issues than the political, media and, particularly, social media discussion suggests.’ Phew!
Maybe it’s time for changes at more than just the BBC then….
Maybe it’s time for changes at more than just the BBC then….
🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bo...
bylinetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thankfully it appears that ….’the majority of the public are much more balanced and less exercised about these issues than the political, media and, particularly, social media discussion suggests.’ Phew!
Maybe it’s time for changes at more than just the BBC then….
Maybe it’s time for changes at more than just the BBC then….
Just one of the points raised at last nights meeting @keeleworldaffairs.bsky.social with @dhnnjyn.bsky.social ….
That kind of money is several million times the pay of a typical Tesla engineer and is equal to the GDP of Switzerland.
Tesla’s US$1 trillion gamble on Elon Musk’s ‘visionary’ leadership
That kind of money is several million times the pay of a typical Tesla engineer and is equal to the GDP of Switzerland.
tcnv.link
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Just one of the points raised at last nights meeting @keeleworldaffairs.bsky.social with @dhnnjyn.bsky.social ….
Another ‘big fat myth’ …. Only this time minus a bus, thankfully 😉
Here's the report that I mention that estimates that the number of super-rich living in London actually *increased* by 10% last year. So much for an exodus!
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/w...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/w...
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Another ‘big fat myth’ …. Only this time minus a bus, thankfully 😉