Antje Otto
@angie0.bsky.social
PhD Candidate postgrowth & business, nature enthusiast & explorer, German in Northern Ireland
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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
Reposted by Antje Otto
🔴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
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🫁 Cleaner air ➡️ longer lives
A new study models air pollution deaths across 1,366 European regions under five climate scenarios.
Ambitious climate action could cut deaths from 315,000 to just 67,000/year by 2100. Weak action? Still 279,000.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#SciComm #AirQuality 🧪
A new study models air pollution deaths across 1,366 European regions under five climate scenarios.
Ambitious climate action could cut deaths from 315,000 to just 67,000/year by 2100. Weak action? Still 279,000.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#SciComm #AirQuality 🧪
High resolution assessment of air quality and health in Europe under different climate mitigation scenarios - Nature Communications
This study quantifies premature mortality from air pollution in 1366 regions of Europe for different scenarios, finding that the share of the European population meeting WHO guideline value for PM2.5 ...
doi.org
June 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🫁 Cleaner air ➡️ longer lives
A new study models air pollution deaths across 1,366 European regions under five climate scenarios.
Ambitious climate action could cut deaths from 315,000 to just 67,000/year by 2100. Weak action? Still 279,000.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#SciComm #AirQuality 🧪
A new study models air pollution deaths across 1,366 European regions under five climate scenarios.
Ambitious climate action could cut deaths from 315,000 to just 67,000/year by 2100. Weak action? Still 279,000.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#SciComm #AirQuality 🧪
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Check out the latest edition of my @financialtimes.com newsletter. (1/2)
The UK doesn't have a "productivity puzzle". Its problem is policymaking:
on.ft.com/4kifegH
The UK doesn't have a "productivity puzzle". Its problem is policymaking:
on.ft.com/4kifegH
June 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Check out the latest edition of my @financialtimes.com newsletter. (1/2)
The UK doesn't have a "productivity puzzle". Its problem is policymaking:
on.ft.com/4kifegH
The UK doesn't have a "productivity puzzle". Its problem is policymaking:
on.ft.com/4kifegH
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A sobering look at some key #climate indicators from last year -
CO2 Emissions in 2024 - Record High
Coal - Record High
Gas - Record High
Oil - Record High (tied 2019)
🧵1/9
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...
CO2 Emissions in 2024 - Record High
Coal - Record High
Gas - Record High
Oil - Record High (tied 2019)
🧵1/9
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...
May 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A sobering look at some key #climate indicators from last year -
CO2 Emissions in 2024 - Record High
Coal - Record High
Gas - Record High
Oil - Record High (tied 2019)
🧵1/9
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...
CO2 Emissions in 2024 - Record High
Coal - Record High
Gas - Record High
Oil - Record High (tied 2019)
🧵1/9
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...
When you miss to look at the bigger picture, or is it to stop Reform UK to make gains amongst voters? Foolish regardless
Trump’s repression of free speech & disappearing of foreign students from campuses push academics to look for options elsewhere.
Europe’s reaction? Come here!
UK meanwhile? Hiking fees & cutting foreign student rights to make UK less attractive cos all that matters is lower immigration numbers 🙄
Europe’s reaction? Come here!
UK meanwhile? Hiking fees & cutting foreign student rights to make UK less attractive cos all that matters is lower immigration numbers 🙄
April 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When you miss to look at the bigger picture, or is it to stop Reform UK to make gains amongst voters? Foolish regardless
Another brexit benefit, NI has been banking on tourism related economic growth
Titanic Belfast lost 2,000 bookings in one phone call: how new Brexit visa rules are hitting Northern Ireland tourism. From this month, holiday visitors to UK from EU member states other than the Republic must apply for £16 visa. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... @IrishTimes.com
Titanic Belfast lost 2,000 bookings in one phone call: how new Brexit visa rules are hitting Northern Ireland tourism
From this month, holiday visitors to UK from EU member states other than the Republic must apply for £16 visa
www.irishtimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Another brexit benefit, NI has been banking on tourism related economic growth
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Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
Follow the money …
🚨NEW🚨
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department.
👀 But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org/health-secre...
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department.
👀 But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org/health-secre...
Health secretary keeps taking donations linked to private health | Good Law Project
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department. But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org
April 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Follow the money …
Reposted by Antje Otto
🚨NEW🚨
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department.
👀 But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org/health-secre...
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department.
👀 But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org/health-secre...
Health secretary keeps taking donations linked to private health | Good Law Project
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department. But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🚨NEW🚨
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department.
👀 But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org/health-secre...
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department.
👀 But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org/health-secre...
This is why #degrowth is a political project
A damning confirmation of how tax-payer money, in the form of government subsidies, tends to support the most envrionmentally harmful activities.
"Economic sectors that drive nature decline are heavily subsidized and produce large environmental externalities."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Economic sectors that drive nature decline are heavily subsidized and produce large environmental externalities."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The costs of subsidies and externalities of economic activities driving nature decline - Ambio
Economic sectors that drive nature decline are heavily subsidized and produce large environmental externalities. Calls are increasing to reform or eliminate subsidies and internalize the environmental...
link.springer.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is why #degrowth is a political project
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Help me make it sense
“6️⃣ The Gov could correct this market failure with a much bigger tax on oil and gas, and tax relief for renewables”. (NORWAY DOES)
“Yet incredibly, the UK still gives 84% tax relief for investment in oil & gas—but not renewables.
A huge incentive for N Sea companies to work 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 our interests.”
“Yet incredibly, the UK still gives 84% tax relief for investment in oil & gas—but not renewables.
A huge incentive for N Sea companies to work 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 our interests.”
Despite warnings from scientists, Labour is continuing with Conservative plans to build new gas power stations & dirty ‘blue hydrogen’ factories—instead of accelerating the shift to renewables.
How could they get this so wrong? The reason is astounding….
How could they get this so wrong? The reason is astounding….
March 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Help me make it sense
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
‘Phonetic overlap’ sounds like satire to me.
Devs protesting in code
Apple to fix iPhone dictation bug that replaces word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Apple to fix iPhone dictation bug that replaces word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Apple to fix iPhone dictation bug that replaces word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’
Tech company blames ‘phonetic overlap’ for problem where US president’s name appears
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
‘Phonetic overlap’ sounds like satire to me.
This a worrying account on restrictions imposed on scientific research:
"words that must not be used include bias, biased, women or female, and it’s impossible to see how scientifically valid research can be conducted without these words"
"words that must not be used include bias, biased, women or female, and it’s impossible to see how scientifically valid research can be conducted without these words"
“We have been handed a huge list of words that may lead to a grant being pulled, including advocacy, biased, gender, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender), diversity, inclusion, marginalised, and underserved.”
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Anger, despair, and defiance from a voice within the US federal research system
People around the world are watching with disbelief as the new US government closes down its aid programme, withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris agreement on climate change...
www.bmj.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This a worrying account on restrictions imposed on scientific research:
"words that must not be used include bias, biased, women or female, and it’s impossible to see how scientifically valid research can be conducted without these words"
"words that must not be used include bias, biased, women or female, and it’s impossible to see how scientifically valid research can be conducted without these words"
I think that's an ok'ish wishlist
What would a left version of this level of ruthlessness look like? Or is that the wrong question?
February 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I think that's an ok'ish wishlist