Richard Tutton
@drfuturity.bsky.social
Professor | Department of Sociology and @satsu-york.bsky.social | @york.ac.uk | Interests in STS of outer space | sociology of futures |futures of sustainable travel | EASST Council member | Senior Fellow Higher Ed Academy
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Delighted to receive this in the post - 'Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry' by @drjamielewis.bsky.social and Andy Bartlett. This book is in the finest STS tradition of showing how an apparently marginal or obscure scientific practice opens up an entire epistemological world.
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Delighted to receive this in the post - 'Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry' by @drjamielewis.bsky.social and Andy Bartlett. This book is in the finest STS tradition of showing how an apparently marginal or obscure scientific practice opens up an entire epistemological world.
“For every inch yielded, there’s going to be another inch demanded,” he said. “Where does it stop? For example, the focus right now is on migrants, in large part. But who is it going to be about next time around?”
‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists
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December 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
“For every inch yielded, there’s going to be another inch demanded,” he said. “Where does it stop? For example, the focus right now is on migrants, in large part. But who is it going to be about next time around?”
I am reminded of Douglas Rushkoff’s story at the start of Survival of the Richest of how the wealthy worry about how they will maintain authority over their security guards after “the event”. Is this solution to that particular problem?
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I am reminded of Douglas Rushkoff’s story at the start of Survival of the Richest of how the wealthy worry about how they will maintain authority over their security guards after “the event”. Is this solution to that particular problem?
Congratulations Alondra. Exciting times.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Congratulations Alondra. Exciting times.
Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future – an astonishing look at how tech is changing disabled people’s lives
Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future – an astonishing look at how tech is changing disabled people’s lives
Prepare to have your perspective shattered by the comedian’s visits to our US tech overlords. The upcoming advancements for those with disabilities are life-changing
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November 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Edmund Coleman-Fountain, Silvia Falcetta, @patriciahamilton.bsky.social, @drfuturity.bsky.social , Rodrigo Campos, Jade Gilbourne, @rossolb.bsky.social & Phoebe Murphy have published an article reflecting on trialing problem-based learning in sociology in ‘Sociology’ ( @britsoci.bsky.social )
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November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Edmund Coleman-Fountain, Silvia Falcetta, @patriciahamilton.bsky.social, @drfuturity.bsky.social , Rodrigo Campos, Jade Gilbourne, @rossolb.bsky.social & Phoebe Murphy have published an article reflecting on trialing problem-based learning in sociology in ‘Sociology’ ( @britsoci.bsky.social )
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The Call for applications for the EASST Fund is now open until 31 December 2025. Find all the details and how to apply on the website.
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EASST Fund - Call for applications OPEN!
EASST Fund aims to promote national and cross-national community building within EASST, advance new questions, topics and perspectives in science and technology studies, as well as enable collaboratio...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Call for applications for the EASST Fund is now open until 31 December 2025. Find all the details and how to apply on the website.
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A good line here: “Some people think we don’t have the political will but as I like to remind people, political will is a renewable resource.”
Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate
Exclusive interview with ex-US vice-president at Cop30 also reveals his hope around much-maligned climate summit
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November 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
A good line here: “Some people think we don’t have the political will but as I like to remind people, political will is a renewable resource.”
There are some excellent points made here exposing what is happening in the UK at the moment.
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik
It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Ma...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
There are some excellent points made here exposing what is happening in the UK at the moment.
Seen your paper on reactionary futurism - can’t wait to read it and think it may feature in an undergrad class of mine in a couple of weeks.
September 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Seen your paper on reactionary futurism - can’t wait to read it and think it may feature in an undergrad class of mine in a couple of weeks.
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My new piece is up: Silicon Valley billionaires use science fiction to justify dystopia, AI overlords, space colonies, escape plans. I call this “science fiction materialized”. But radical science fiction offers blueprints for resistance + rebuilding and new worlds. untoldmag.org/silicon-vall...
How Silicon Valley Billionaires Use Sci-Fi to Rule – and How We Can Resist - Untold
Tech billionaires use science fiction to justify a dystopian future of AI rule and space colonization – but radical sci-fi still gives us tools to resist and rebuild.
untoldmag.org
August 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
My new piece is up: Silicon Valley billionaires use science fiction to justify dystopia, AI overlords, space colonies, escape plans. I call this “science fiction materialized”. But radical science fiction offers blueprints for resistance + rebuilding and new worlds. untoldmag.org/silicon-vall...
“Does this still look like dystopian fiction to you? Perhaps a better way of framing the question is to go back two decades, pretend that the ethnic cleansing of the United Kingdom was your ultimate goal, and ask how satisfied you would be with how things had turned out.”
What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew
The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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September 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“Does this still look like dystopian fiction to you? Perhaps a better way of framing the question is to go back two decades, pretend that the ethnic cleansing of the United Kingdom was your ultimate goal, and ask how satisfied you would be with how things had turned out.”
The Peripheral. Cancelled on Amazon.
a woman is riding a bike down a street with a license plate that says t4nz
ALT: a woman is riding a bike down a street with a license plate that says t4nz
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September 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Peripheral. Cancelled on Amazon.
Just watched the final ever ITV highlights episode of the #TourdeFrance. End of an era. Twenty years of watching the best coverage of this amazing event. Julys won’t be the same again.
July 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just watched the final ever ITV highlights episode of the #TourdeFrance. End of an era. Twenty years of watching the best coverage of this amazing event. Julys won’t be the same again.
“Send them to Mars”
‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk
Campaign group say piece responds to tech billionaires’ ‘dangerous’ mission to make humans interplanetary
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June 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“Send them to Mars”
We saw them in 2023 and they were wonderful. Have a great night.
June 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We saw them in 2023 and they were wonderful. Have a great night.
Some sound advice here but no discussion of how the car park companies should surely have some responsibility to remove these fake QR codes and to adapt their business processes to limit opportunities for fraud.
‘Pay here’: the QR code ‘quishing’ scam targeting drivers
How to avoid costly double whammy as rise in app- and phone-based parking payment opens new frontier in fraud
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Some sound advice here but no discussion of how the car park companies should surely have some responsibility to remove these fake QR codes and to adapt their business processes to limit opportunities for fraud.
I did think the same!
April 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I did think the same!
Yes, I was somewhat aware that these issues have been discussed for a long time. It’s just today this caught my eye.
April 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Yes, I was somewhat aware that these issues have been discussed for a long time. It’s just today this caught my eye.
This is a helpful read. Thank you.
For some more detail see 'New building regulations will probably mean fewer solar panels are installed on new buildings in England!' davidtoke.substack.com/p/new-buildi...
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is a helpful read. Thank you.
If true, this is a terrible mistake, especially with the prospect that solar panels would be optional. The failure to have a clear vision and get the basics right is demoralising and irresponsible. No wonder the young people I teach feel angry at politicians on climate change action.
Wood-burning stoves to be allowed in new-build homes in England despite concerns
Wood-burning stoves to be allowed in new-build homes in England despite concerns
Campaigners condemn decision as studies reveal harm to health and climate caused by heating appliances
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Wood-burning stoves will be allowed to heat new-build homes in England despite growing evidence showing their significant contribution to air pollution and carbon emissions.
The government is writing its future homes standard, a set of rules for developers, aimed at decarbonising England’s housing stock. Heating the UK’s 28m homes accounts for about 18% of greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If true, this is a terrible mistake, especially with the prospect that solar panels would be optional. The failure to have a clear vision and get the basics right is demoralising and irresponsible. No wonder the young people I teach feel angry at politicians on climate change action.