Lily Tomson
@lilymtomson.bsky.social
Responsible investment, climate, debt decarbonisation and index construction @Jesus College, University of Cambridge. Winter swimming, jazz bass clarinet, ethnography.📍Berlin. She/her
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did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
The Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
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November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
Our news is out! @cambridgeuni.bsky.social and the UN's pension scheme will move up to $750 million to track the world’s first global corporate bond index for investors aiming to reduce their investments in fossil fuel expansion. More info: shorturl.at/PHb8v Press: shorturl.at/2U1lx
Cambridge, UN pension scheme back novel climate-focused bond index
Cambridge University and the U.N. pension scheme will move up to $750 million of their investments to track a novel bond index that will exclude or limit exposure to companies helping to expand production of climate-damaging fossil fuels, executives told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our news is out! @cambridgeuni.bsky.social and the UN's pension scheme will move up to $750 million to track the world’s first global corporate bond index for investors aiming to reduce their investments in fossil fuel expansion. More info: shorturl.at/PHb8v Press: shorturl.at/2U1lx
Important reminder. I remember learning this as 'history' in school - but it feels close right now.
The world has been through anti-science cycles before, to disastrous results
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
January 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Important reminder. I remember learning this as 'history' in school - but it feels close right now.
Staggeringly brave and important.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Staggeringly brave and important.
Not on my 2024 bingo card: my favourite podcast was about a 1336pg, 50yo biography of a man I'd never heard of! But @romanmars.bsky.social &
@elliottkalan.bsky.social taught me so much about power, politics and beautiful bureaucracy.* (one day I might even read it..!)
99percentinvisible.org/club/
@elliottkalan.bsky.social taught me so much about power, politics and beautiful bureaucracy.* (one day I might even read it..!)
99percentinvisible.org/club/
January 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Not on my 2024 bingo card: my favourite podcast was about a 1336pg, 50yo biography of a man I'd never heard of! But @romanmars.bsky.social &
@elliottkalan.bsky.social taught me so much about power, politics and beautiful bureaucracy.* (one day I might even read it..!)
99percentinvisible.org/club/
@elliottkalan.bsky.social taught me so much about power, politics and beautiful bureaucracy.* (one day I might even read it..!)
99percentinvisible.org/club/
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A guide to political framing and rebuttal through the medium of (not) eating babies. It’s good. You’ll get the message.
As a PR pro, we used to tell people to get ahead of various online controversies by making statements that refute them. It turns out this is the absolute worst way to respond to criticism or correct errors of any kind. Social media has made this worse. When you respond, it kick-starts issues again.
January 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A guide to political framing and rebuttal through the medium of (not) eating babies. It’s good. You’ll get the message.
All of these are choices that we can make otherwise
December 25, 2024 at 6:30 PM
All of these are choices that we can make otherwise
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‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, we were *checks notes* posting about the potential leakage effects of locating Santa’s workshop in a remote place that surely also needs lots of year-round space heating
You are ignoring the Product carbon footprint (PVF) of all his presents. Off shoring our carbon to Lapland looks good for NDCs but is not inline with 1.5 degree. #bahhumbug
December 25, 2024 at 1:17 AM
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, we were *checks notes* posting about the potential leakage effects of locating Santa’s workshop in a remote place that surely also needs lots of year-round space heating
Pre-christmas cross-continent train travel is painful. But: the crinkling into joy of an elderly lady's wrinkles as I passed around gingerbread on the packed train near Aachen. All the sweet solidarity of missed connections. Now, the owl hooting outside my Brussels hotel window. Partial redemptions.
December 21, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Pre-christmas cross-continent train travel is painful. But: the crinkling into joy of an elderly lady's wrinkles as I passed around gingerbread on the packed train near Aachen. All the sweet solidarity of missed connections. Now, the owl hooting outside my Brussels hotel window. Partial redemptions.
After many years of investor engagement, the sector seems surprised that if you only ask companies to set climate targets, they are more likely to do this than to change their current practice (e.g. emissions)..? 🤔
Analysis looks at whether climate improvements made by listed companies are the result of collaborative CA100+ stewardship efforts, or simply a reflection of a broader global trend
CA100+ drives climate targets but not decarbonisation, finds research
Analysis looks at whether climate improvements made by listed companies are the result of collaborative stewardship efforts, or simply a reflection of a broader global trend
buff.ly
December 14, 2024 at 10:13 PM
After many years of investor engagement, the sector seems surprised that if you only ask companies to set climate targets, they are more likely to do this than to change their current practice (e.g. emissions)..? 🤔
This thread crisply articulates some examples of the idea of 'the future' as an organising principle - something I try to think about (or 'with') a lot. It's also a great concept for thinking about climate-related organising. Thanks @sjshancoxli.bsky.social !
i've been thinking lately about the loss of the future--not in the historical sense, because the future just keeps on coming--but the loss of the future in the ideological sense, the loss of the future as an organizing principle of politics
this is as true of liberals as it is of the left
this is as true of liberals as it is of the left
December 11, 2024 at 11:56 PM
This thread crisply articulates some examples of the idea of 'the future' as an organising principle - something I try to think about (or 'with') a lot. It's also a great concept for thinking about climate-related organising. Thanks @sjshancoxli.bsky.social !
What impact will the coming Trump perspective have on institutional investors driving decarbonisation?
@lindsey-stewart.bsky.social at THE IPE conference in Prague: "There is an inevitable transition away from fossil fuels... it is vital that long term investors retain this perspective."
@lindsey-stewart.bsky.social at THE IPE conference in Prague: "There is an inevitable transition away from fossil fuels... it is vital that long term investors retain this perspective."
December 3, 2024 at 3:13 PM
What impact will the coming Trump perspective have on institutional investors driving decarbonisation?
@lindsey-stewart.bsky.social at THE IPE conference in Prague: "There is an inevitable transition away from fossil fuels... it is vital that long term investors retain this perspective."
@lindsey-stewart.bsky.social at THE IPE conference in Prague: "There is an inevitable transition away from fossil fuels... it is vital that long term investors retain this perspective."
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Folks talking about "overpopulation" aren't in the climate movement. They're in, uh, a different movement (derogatory).
🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.
'Overpopulation' Is A Racist Trope. It's Time We Laid It To Rest
A new movie satirises the myth that climate change is a consequence of too many people. In the real world, our overpopulation obsession must be euthanised.
climatelaundry.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Folks talking about "overpopulation" aren't in the climate movement. They're in, uh, a different movement (derogatory).
🚨 Job Alert: Positive Money Europe is hiring a new Executive Director in Brussels! 🌍 [I have the honour of a UK director]
📢 Join us in reshaping the financial system for a fairer and greener future.
👉 Apply by Jan 12, 2024: positivemoney.org/vacancy/eu-e...
#Hiring #ExecutiveDirector #Sustainability
📢 Join us in reshaping the financial system for a fairer and greener future.
👉 Apply by Jan 12, 2024: positivemoney.org/vacancy/eu-e...
#Hiring #ExecutiveDirector #Sustainability
EU Executive Director
Shifting power from big banks to people.
We collaborate with policymakers, the public and economists around the world so we can redesign our economic system for a better world and a healthy planet.
positivemoney.org
November 26, 2024 at 9:39 PM
🚨 Job Alert: Positive Money Europe is hiring a new Executive Director in Brussels! 🌍 [I have the honour of a UK director]
📢 Join us in reshaping the financial system for a fairer and greener future.
👉 Apply by Jan 12, 2024: positivemoney.org/vacancy/eu-e...
#Hiring #ExecutiveDirector #Sustainability
📢 Join us in reshaping the financial system for a fairer and greener future.
👉 Apply by Jan 12, 2024: positivemoney.org/vacancy/eu-e...
#Hiring #ExecutiveDirector #Sustainability
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Grace Lee
Boggs: “It’s never about critical mass, but critical connections.”
Boggs: “It’s never about critical mass, but critical connections.”
November 20, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Grace Lee
Boggs: “It’s never about critical mass, but critical connections.”
Boggs: “It’s never about critical mass, but critical connections.”
Annual highlight of UK social media: being reminded of the amazing names the Scottish snow ploughs have 🌨️🙌🚒
experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...
experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...
Experience
experience.arcgis.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Annual highlight of UK social media: being reminded of the amazing names the Scottish snow ploughs have 🌨️🙌🚒
experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...
experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...
I'll be getting this for various (younger) friends and family!
It's sad to read that "while 64% of primary schools teach French, just 3% provide German". This language and the cultures of the people that speak it have given me, Britain and also Europe, so much.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It's sad to read that "while 64% of primary schools teach French, just 3% provide German". This language and the cultures of the people that speak it have given me, Britain and also Europe, so much.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
November 20, 2024 at 12:12 AM
I'll be getting this for various (younger) friends and family!
It's sad to read that "while 64% of primary schools teach French, just 3% provide German". This language and the cultures of the people that speak it have given me, Britain and also Europe, so much.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It's sad to read that "while 64% of primary schools teach French, just 3% provide German". This language and the cultures of the people that speak it have given me, Britain and also Europe, so much.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It's amazing how good some folks are at time travel
November 18, 2024 at 11:32 PM
It's amazing how good some folks are at time travel
'Lola Rennt' was probably the first film I watched in German, in my northern England state school GCSE class. Mrs Stevenson died a few years ago. I still think of her.
Thanks in part to her wit, warmth and great film choices, I live near this intersection today. May we all send such good echoes.
Thanks in part to her wit, warmth and great film choices, I live near this intersection today. May we all send such good echoes.
1. Manni is about to rob the supermarket Bolle in the film ‘Lola Rennt’ (1998)’
2. I dropped by the film location at the corner of Osnabrückerstr./Tauroggerstr. a couple of years back.
3. Google Street View today reveals that the film location – the supermarket – is gone forever.
2. I dropped by the film location at the corner of Osnabrückerstr./Tauroggerstr. a couple of years back.
3. Google Street View today reveals that the film location – the supermarket – is gone forever.
November 18, 2024 at 10:26 PM
'Lola Rennt' was probably the first film I watched in German, in my northern England state school GCSE class. Mrs Stevenson died a few years ago. I still think of her.
Thanks in part to her wit, warmth and great film choices, I live near this intersection today. May we all send such good echoes.
Thanks in part to her wit, warmth and great film choices, I live near this intersection today. May we all send such good echoes.
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Pressed onto the road by passing cars, these fallen leaves become frozen ghosts of themselves: a perfect pattern of autumn in all its finery.
November 17, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Pressed onto the road by passing cars, these fallen leaves become frozen ghosts of themselves: a perfect pattern of autumn in all its finery.
I think about this surprisingly often. So wonderfully humbling to remember all that we don't know.
Shared this with a marine biologist friend and apparently this is a legitimate mystery?
hakaimagazine.com/features/the...
hakaimagazine.com/features/the...
November 17, 2024 at 11:27 PM
I think about this surprisingly often. So wonderfully humbling to remember all that we don't know.
The #Spreebogen is one of my favourite spots in the city
November 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The #Spreebogen is one of my favourite spots in the city
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I love Germans for their habit of lurking around the corner from a venue so they can show up bang on time. Turns out my years here are shaping me: I've been doing that with Bluesky! It's time to start posting, now this corner of the internet is starting to feel a little like community 👋
November 16, 2024 at 6:20 PM
I love Germans for their habit of lurking around the corner from a venue so they can show up bang on time. Turns out my years here are shaping me: I've been doing that with Bluesky! It's time to start posting, now this corner of the internet is starting to feel a little like community 👋