Antje Otto
@angie0.bsky.social
PhD Candidate postgrowth & business, nature enthusiast & explorer, German in Northern Ireland
Despite sustainble developm. & green growth efforts, the research indicates fossil fuel combustion, industrial activ., land-use change & deforestation, are major force behind accelerating climate change. In 2024, global energy-related CO2 emissions rose by 0.8%.
Can we afford more economic growth?
Can we afford more economic growth?
‘Point-of-no-return’: Lock-in of a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, warn scientists
- Continued global heating could set an irreversible course by triggering tipping points, but the public and politicians are largely unaware
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Continued global heating could set an irreversible course by triggering tipping points, but the public and politicians are largely unaware
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Despite sustainble developm. & green growth efforts, the research indicates fossil fuel combustion, industrial activ., land-use change & deforestation, are major force behind accelerating climate change. In 2024, global energy-related CO2 emissions rose by 0.8%.
Can we afford more economic growth?
Can we afford more economic growth?
The power of money
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The power of money
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Britain is the world’s worst offender for letting fossil fuel companies drill in protected areas.
Protected areas oil exploration 'shocking, irresponsible'
Britain is world’s worst offender for letting fossil fuel companies drill in protected areas.
theecologist.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Britain is the world’s worst offender for letting fossil fuel companies drill in protected areas.
Imagine what life would be like if…
In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood.
12K people
6K homes
1.8K social rental homes
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes
21.5K bike parking spaces
250 shared cars
2 parcel hubs
Parking structures on the edge.
12K people
6K homes
1.8K social rental homes
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes
21.5K bike parking spaces
250 shared cars
2 parcel hubs
Parking structures on the edge.
Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week
Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The ar...
nltimes.nl
January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Imagine what life would be like if…
Wow …
BREAKING: The European Parliament suspended work on a trade deal between the 27-member bloc and the US following Trump's repeated requests to take control over Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory reut.rs/4bbpqGm
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Wow …
Who needs science? 🤷♀️ Who needs health science? Who needs Disease control & prevention or food and drug administration research? We live in desperate times.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Who needs science? 🤷♀️ Who needs health science? Who needs Disease control & prevention or food and drug administration research? We live in desperate times.
As a wee side note, UK govt published this today.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
As a wee side note, UK govt published this today.
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This map shows the number of dentists per 10,000 residents in Europe. The stereotype of British people having bad teeth is mirrored in the low number of dentists per capita. Is there a stereotype regarding Swedish teeth?! HT @Maps_interlude
January 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This map shows the number of dentists per 10,000 residents in Europe. The stereotype of British people having bad teeth is mirrored in the low number of dentists per capita. Is there a stereotype regarding Swedish teeth?! HT @Maps_interlude
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So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
So I have come across this site with alternative digital service providers in Europe: european-alternatives.eu/de but naturally it doesn’t include brexitland. Is there something similar out there promoting #digitalsovereignity for UK
European Alternatives
Wir helfen Ihnen bei der Suche nach europäischen Alternativen für digitale Dienstleistungen und Produkte, wie Cloud-Dienste und SaaS-Produkte.
european-alternatives.eu
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
So I have come across this site with alternative digital service providers in Europe: european-alternatives.eu/de but naturally it doesn’t include brexitland. Is there something similar out there promoting #digitalsovereignity for UK
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“Over nine months, Sky News’ Data and Forensics team investigated whether X’s algorithms amplify right-wing and extreme content.
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices
centralbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“Over nine months, Sky News’ Data and Forensics team investigated whether X’s algorithms amplify right-wing and extreme content.
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
Their findings were clear: Elon Musk’s X is boosting right-wing and extreme content, as well as politicians Musk favours.”
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Death toll soars in Gaza, ministry reports 69,785 killed - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-soars-gaza-ministry-reports-69785-killed
Death toll soars in Gaza, ministry reports 69,785 killed
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Death toll in Gaza since the start of Israel's genocidal war on 7 October 2023 has risen to 69,785, as 170,965 others have been wounded, Gaza's health ministry said on Wednesday. </p>
<p>The ministry said that scores of victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defence teams are still unable to reach them.</p>
<p>At least 357 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire was declared on 10 October, the ministry said in a statement on Telegram. </p>
<p>During the same period, 596 bodies have been recovered. </p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Death toll soars in Gaza, ministry reports 69,785 killed - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-soars-gaza-ministry-reports-69785-killed
Lemmings come to mind
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Lemmings come to mind
Let that sink in, we are talking about education providers which are in essence public service providers. So shrinking public sector services is very much on the agenda, underinvesting/underfunding education service in my book does nothing to the so desperately pursued policy on 'economic growth'
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Let that sink in, we are talking about education providers which are in essence public service providers. So shrinking public sector services is very much on the agenda, underinvesting/underfunding education service in my book does nothing to the so desperately pursued policy on 'economic growth'
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How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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🔴Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🔴Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Most effective land use, particularly useful for Southern Europe experiencing extreme heat and draughts.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
China is halting the expansion of the gobi desert by planting goji berries beneath solar panels.
The shade reduces heat and water stress on the plants.
Excellent
China is halting the expansion of the gobi desert by planting goji berries beneath solar panels.
The shade reduces heat and water stress on the plants.
Excellent
China enlists solar panels in war to halt desert sands
In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Most effective land use, particularly useful for Southern Europe experiencing extreme heat and draughts.
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A German word of wisdom: “Papier ist gedultig”, meaning as much as promises written on paper don’t mean much in themselves. Consumers better not take company promises at face value when actions are in contradiction of commitments. It’s the design/implementation gap also referred to as #greenwashing
September 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A German word of wisdom: “Papier ist gedultig”, meaning as much as promises written on paper don’t mean much in themselves. Consumers better not take company promises at face value when actions are in contradiction of commitments. It’s the design/implementation gap also referred to as #greenwashing
The most dangerous people are the people you can't reason with.
I don't think it's that helpful to only think of the fascists in charge as "the dumbest people around." They have won? They have enormous amounts of power? I think this framing as the most dominant one underestimates them, their strategy, and their ability to keep going.
August 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The most dangerous people are the people you can't reason with.
What looks like sci-fi but also highly likely? The dark triad, power that comes with extreme wealth, undermining democracy and an unfair economic system which needs inequality to thrive will be our undoing, unless... Luke Kemp writes: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
What looks like sci-fi but also highly likely? The dark triad, power that comes with extreme wealth, undermining democracy and an unfair economic system which needs inequality to thrive will be our undoing, unless... Luke Kemp writes: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yeah, let’s have some more of this.
I would go further and ban advertising altogether.
I would go further and ban advertising altogether.
July 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yeah, let’s have some more of this.
I would go further and ban advertising altogether.
I would go further and ban advertising altogether.
Some hopeful news from across the pond.
33-year-old socialist Zohran Mamdani has dealt a stunning blow to Andrew Cuomo, winning New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary in a major political upset
jrnl.ie/6742934
jrnl.ie/6742934
Zohran Mamdani pulls off major upset by defeating Andrew Cuomo in New York mayoral primary
Once seen as a political comeback, Andrew Cuomo’s bid has ended in defeat to a 33-year-old newcomer that few outside the US have heard of.
jrnl.ie
June 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Some hopeful news from across the pond.
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The 2024 Planetary Boundaries report showed 6/9 boundaries breached with the 7th, Ocean Acidification, in danger. A new study shows that this too has now been crossed. The implications are huge!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#climatechange #oceanacidification #planetaryboundaries #oceans
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#climatechange #oceanacidification #planetaryboundaries #oceans
Ocean Acidification: Another Planetary Boundary Crossed
In this study, employing a detailed analysis of ocean carbonate system observations, models and biological assessments, we demonstrate that by year 2020, the average global ocean conditions had alrea...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The 2024 Planetary Boundaries report showed 6/9 boundaries breached with the 7th, Ocean Acidification, in danger. A new study shows that this too has now been crossed. The implications are huge!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#climatechange #oceanacidification #planetaryboundaries #oceans
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#climatechange #oceanacidification #planetaryboundaries #oceans