Kevin Burden
@kevinburden.bsky.social
Media trainer and consultant, specialising in climate change, the environment and social affairs. Live in Cardiff, work globally. Sais yng Nghymru.
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It’s now quite hard to sustain that ex-mining, pro-Brexit, Labour-to-Reform swing seats (via levelling up) have been overlooked or forgotten by Westminster. They’ve been the axis of politics 15 years. Why it hasn’t worked is the question
This is fine as a snapshot of how things are in the place, but...what do we do?
Whatever it is will almost certainly need spending not tax cuts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whatever it is will almost certainly need spending not tax cuts.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inside Horden, the County Durham town failed by politics
In Horden, County Durham, Westminster slogans have long been left unmet as the population has plummeted.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 9:25 AM
It’s now quite hard to sustain that ex-mining, pro-Brexit, Labour-to-Reform swing seats (via levelling up) have been overlooked or forgotten by Westminster. They’ve been the axis of politics 15 years. Why it hasn’t worked is the question
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Next week! Join us for a webinar on the climate solutions that could buy us time and the lack of media coverage. New research reveals which emergency brake solutions (like methane cuts) are ignored despite potential impact. 👉 https://bit.ly/4klUGov
@skylarknight.bsky.social
#SolutionsJournalism
@skylarknight.bsky.social
#SolutionsJournalism
Emergency Brakes in the News: Is mainstream media under-reporting the most urgently needed climate solutions?. After registering, you will receive a confirm...
Emergency brake climate solutions are among the most important to implement today. By rapidly reducing potent pollutants, such as methane, or preventing large pulses of emissions from entering the atm...
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February 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Next week! Join us for a webinar on the climate solutions that could buy us time and the lack of media coverage. New research reveals which emergency brake solutions (like methane cuts) are ignored despite potential impact. 👉 https://bit.ly/4klUGov
@skylarknight.bsky.social
#SolutionsJournalism
@skylarknight.bsky.social
#SolutionsJournalism
Anyone know if this sort of flexible pricing is legal and/or practised in the UK for grocery shopping, for example? It sounds like Clubcard on steroids...
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 17, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Anyone know if this sort of flexible pricing is legal and/or practised in the UK for grocery shopping, for example? It sounds like Clubcard on steroids...
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Unexpected and interesting
Italy / Africa Summit: "We have launched a broad initiative on debt conversion for joint development projects. To this, we are adding the introduction of debt‑suspension clauses for those nations affected by extreme climate events," she [PM Meloni] added." uk.news.yahoo.com/italian-pm-m...
Italian PM Meloni offers climate‑shock debt suspension for African states
MILAN, Feb 14 () - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that Italy and its African partners had focused their latest talks on the continent's debt burden, with Rome offering countries a chanc...
uk.news.yahoo.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Unexpected and interesting
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Tremendous coverage from @channel4news.bsky.social on the science of #AMOC collapse 👏
Do take the time to watch this and take it in.
This story needs to be shared and absorbed.
#EmergencyOnPlanetEarth
Do take the time to watch this and take it in.
This story needs to be shared and absorbed.
#EmergencyOnPlanetEarth
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Tremendous coverage from @channel4news.bsky.social on the science of #AMOC collapse 👏
Do take the time to watch this and take it in.
This story needs to be shared and absorbed.
#EmergencyOnPlanetEarth
Do take the time to watch this and take it in.
This story needs to be shared and absorbed.
#EmergencyOnPlanetEarth
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FREE TO READ 🔓 Editor-at-large @arusbridger.bsky.social
on Jeff Bezos and the decline of the Washington Post
buff.ly/goLE4YZ
on Jeff Bezos and the decline of the Washington Post
buff.ly/goLE4YZ
February 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM
FREE TO READ 🔓 Editor-at-large @arusbridger.bsky.social
on Jeff Bezos and the decline of the Washington Post
buff.ly/goLE4YZ
on Jeff Bezos and the decline of the Washington Post
buff.ly/goLE4YZ
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There’s a house on our block with a camera that actually talks at you, every time you pass by, to remind you that you’re being recorded, and that family is sitting on the world’s largest archive of my wife’s middle finger, in case anyone is looking for an art project
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
There’s a house on our block with a camera that actually talks at you, every time you pass by, to remind you that you’re being recorded, and that family is sitting on the world’s largest archive of my wife’s middle finger, in case anyone is looking for an art project
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Yes! Kill the Ring camera. Kill it dead.
Remove Your Ring Camera With a Claw Hammer
Home and life improvement.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Yes! Kill the Ring camera. Kill it dead.
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Just beyond parody at this point
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Just beyond parody at this point
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Such courage from Narges Mohammadi, as so many Iranian women, and men, are displaying such courage in standing up against the regime
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to seven more years in prison
Women’s and human rights activist, arrested at a demonstration in December, is said to be on hunger strike
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Such courage from Narges Mohammadi, as so many Iranian women, and men, are displaying such courage in standing up against the regime
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
The Long Ukrainian Winter
How You Can Help
snyder.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
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Epstein has, from beyond the grave, exposed the make-it-up-as-you-go-along nature of the monarchy and the House of Lords www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
Jeffrey Epstein has exposed the rotten state of the UK’s constitution
The late sex offender had a ruthless capacity for exploiting grifters
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Epstein has, from beyond the grave, exposed the make-it-up-as-you-go-along nature of the monarchy and the House of Lords www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
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BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
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What? Sorry? Pardon?
The billionaire who prides himself on logistics when it comes to inanimate objects cannot get his own staff, who he has sent off to war zones to report on events around the world, safely home?
WTF.
I’d help support legal action so he can have the pants sued off him
The billionaire who prides himself on logistics when it comes to inanimate objects cannot get his own staff, who he has sent off to war zones to report on events around the world, safely home?
WTF.
I’d help support legal action so he can have the pants sued off him
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
What? Sorry? Pardon?
The billionaire who prides himself on logistics when it comes to inanimate objects cannot get his own staff, who he has sent off to war zones to report on events around the world, safely home?
WTF.
I’d help support legal action so he can have the pants sued off him
The billionaire who prides himself on logistics when it comes to inanimate objects cannot get his own staff, who he has sent off to war zones to report on events around the world, safely home?
WTF.
I’d help support legal action so he can have the pants sued off him
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Bravo.
Good #Journalism speaks truth to power.
That independent editorial approach, once standard among the broadsheets, is hard to find in the current climate.
Today is a good day to subscribe to @scotnational.bsky.social, if you don't already.
www.thenational.scot/subscribe/
Good #Journalism speaks truth to power.
That independent editorial approach, once standard among the broadsheets, is hard to find in the current climate.
Today is a good day to subscribe to @scotnational.bsky.social, if you don't already.
www.thenational.scot/subscribe/
February 6, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Bravo.
Good #Journalism speaks truth to power.
That independent editorial approach, once standard among the broadsheets, is hard to find in the current climate.
Today is a good day to subscribe to @scotnational.bsky.social, if you don't already.
www.thenational.scot/subscribe/
Good #Journalism speaks truth to power.
That independent editorial approach, once standard among the broadsheets, is hard to find in the current climate.
Today is a good day to subscribe to @scotnational.bsky.social, if you don't already.
www.thenational.scot/subscribe/
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
www.thenational.scot
February 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone.
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein
We have published it in full.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
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All the people asking why Bezos would destroy an award-winning newspaper, renowned for it's political reporting, exposés, and international news...
...are answering their own question.
That's why he destroyed it. And why billionaires & oligarchs are buying up the free press all around the world.
...are answering their own question.
That's why he destroyed it. And why billionaires & oligarchs are buying up the free press all around the world.
February 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
All the people asking why Bezos would destroy an award-winning newspaper, renowned for it's political reporting, exposés, and international news...
...are answering their own question.
That's why he destroyed it. And why billionaires & oligarchs are buying up the free press all around the world.
...are answering their own question.
That's why he destroyed it. And why billionaires & oligarchs are buying up the free press all around the world.
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Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
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The Telegraph who hate illegal immigrants, advising Brits how to be illegal immigrants.
February 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The Telegraph who hate illegal immigrants, advising Brits how to be illegal immigrants.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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Why is no one talking about the IPBES Plenary in Manchester?
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
February 5, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Why is no one talking about the IPBES Plenary in Manchester?
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
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The awfulness of Epstein risks overshadowing the fact that what Mandelson did would have been wrong whichever financier he was sending stuff to. thecritic.co.uk/pete...
February 2, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The awfulness of Epstein risks overshadowing the fact that what Mandelson did would have been wrong whichever financier he was sending stuff to. thecritic.co.uk/pete...
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Peter Mandelson – the great genius at the heart of New Labour.
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
The "coincidence" of Epstein's cash payments to Peter Mandelson's partner/husband in 2009/10 and the then industry secretary's lobbying within cabinet for a softer post-crash policy towards bankers looks on the face of it like outright corruption. Certainly demands police investigation.
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Peter Mandelson – the great genius at the heart of New Labour.
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?