Paolo "lo spread" Craviolatti
@paolocraviolatti.bsky.social
Infrastructure transaction adviser. Climate action advocate. Based in E. Africa and Scotland. Loves: arts, coffee + trees. Former HMG economist. Former EU official. Former farmer. Still formering. Unis: Reading/ Oxford/ Sussex/ Cambridge. No DM!
Finally!
Great stuff!
Great stuff!
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Finally!
Great stuff!
Great stuff!
Totally
Europe's leaders look pathetic chasing and flattering Trump. It's actually a strategy — that so far isn't working.
Europe’s Flattery of Trump Is a Strategy. It Isn’t Working.
As Russia gets more aggressive and the US slips away, old demons may revisit the continent.
bloom.bg
September 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Totally
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Ed Davey's LibDem conference speech was pretty much everything Labour's change was meant to be
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ed Davey's LibDem conference speech was pretty much everything Labour's change was meant to be
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I am disgusted by Reform UK's threats to people who have built a life in this country.
They are coming for our neighbours. They are coming for our colleagues. They are coming for our friends.
We are at a dangerous moment. This hatred cannot be appeased. It must be defeated.
They are coming for our neighbours. They are coming for our colleagues. They are coming for our friends.
We are at a dangerous moment. This hatred cannot be appeased. It must be defeated.
September 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I am disgusted by Reform UK's threats to people who have built a life in this country.
They are coming for our neighbours. They are coming for our colleagues. They are coming for our friends.
We are at a dangerous moment. This hatred cannot be appeased. It must be defeated.
They are coming for our neighbours. They are coming for our colleagues. They are coming for our friends.
We are at a dangerous moment. This hatred cannot be appeased. It must be defeated.
Shabana is giving me the strangest feeling ever...
How is it possible she makes me miss Priti??
How is it possible she makes me miss Priti??
September 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Shabana is giving me the strangest feeling ever...
How is it possible she makes me miss Priti??
How is it possible she makes me miss Priti??
They should
‘We’re not panicking’ – Baroness Smith on Labour’s unpopular polling
www.channel4.com/news/were-no...
www.channel4.com/news/were-no...
‘We’re not panicking’ – Baroness Smith on Labour’s unpopular polling
We spoke to the women and equalities minister Baroness Jacqui Smith, who was out promoting the expansion of free childcare to 30 hours a week for working parents during term time.
www.channel4.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
They should
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According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Just the start.
Common sense.
Just the start.
Common sense.
August 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Just the start.
Common sense.
Just the start.
Common sense.
Same amount as the proposed nuclear power plant. Sure that would over a decade but if we add the useless £20bn of CCS technology and few other big ticket items....
Rachel Reeves must raise taxes to cover £41bn gap, says think tank
Sir Keir Starmer defended the government's handling of the economy but failed to answer a question about taxes.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Same amount as the proposed nuclear power plant. Sure that would over a decade but if we add the useless £20bn of CCS technology and few other big ticket items....
So let me understand: the UK will not recognise the Palestinian state if there is a ceasefire.
Odd. Sad. Headscratching. And more sad.
Odd. Sad. Headscratching. And more sad.
July 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So let me understand: the UK will not recognise the Palestinian state if there is a ceasefire.
Odd. Sad. Headscratching. And more sad.
Odd. Sad. Headscratching. And more sad.
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🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
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The single most amazing fact about the Universe
The Universe is full of amazing facts, but the most amazing fact of all is that it exists in a way such that it can be understood.
Everything else, literally everything, is built atop that foundation.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#physics #science
The Universe is full of amazing facts, but the most amazing fact of all is that it exists in a way such that it can be understood.
Everything else, literally everything, is built atop that foundation.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#physics #science
The single most amazing fact about the Universe
No matter what it is that we discover about reality, the fact that reality itself can be understood remains the most amazing fact of all.
bigthink.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The single most amazing fact about the Universe
The Universe is full of amazing facts, but the most amazing fact of all is that it exists in a way such that it can be understood.
Everything else, literally everything, is built atop that foundation.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#physics #science
The Universe is full of amazing facts, but the most amazing fact of all is that it exists in a way such that it can be understood.
Everything else, literally everything, is built atop that foundation.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#physics #science
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Humanity’s third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, is arriving now
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is now being measured and characterized for the first time.
Here's what we've learned about it so far, including comparisons to 'Oumuamua and Borisov.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is now being measured and characterized for the first time.
Here's what we've learned about it so far, including comparisons to 'Oumuamua and Borisov.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro
Humanity's third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, is arriving now
First 'Oumuamua, then Borisov, and now ATLAS have shown us that interstellar interlopers are real. Here's what the newest one teaches us.
bigthink.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Humanity’s third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, is arriving now
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is now being measured and characterized for the first time.
Here's what we've learned about it so far, including comparisons to 'Oumuamua and Borisov.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is now being measured and characterized for the first time.
Here's what we've learned about it so far, including comparisons to 'Oumuamua and Borisov.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #astro
Of course. there are NO other ways to improve public finance other than cutting benefits 🙄🙄
Raise taxes for very wealthy (could easily raise £20bn): nope
Abandoning >£20bn CCS technology for fossil fuel: nope
Abandoning >£40bn nuclear plant: nope
Oh yes I nearly forgot: joining Common market: no
Raise taxes for very wealthy (could easily raise £20bn): nope
Abandoning >£20bn CCS technology for fossil fuel: nope
Abandoning >£40bn nuclear plant: nope
Oh yes I nearly forgot: joining Common market: no
Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, Bridget Phillipson says
Bridget Phillipson does not commit to scrapping the two-child benefit cap, saying it will "come at a cost".
www.bbc.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Of course. there are NO other ways to improve public finance other than cutting benefits 🙄🙄
Raise taxes for very wealthy (could easily raise £20bn): nope
Abandoning >£20bn CCS technology for fossil fuel: nope
Abandoning >£40bn nuclear plant: nope
Oh yes I nearly forgot: joining Common market: no
Raise taxes for very wealthy (could easily raise £20bn): nope
Abandoning >£20bn CCS technology for fossil fuel: nope
Abandoning >£40bn nuclear plant: nope
Oh yes I nearly forgot: joining Common market: no
Same here when I check my electricity bills
Thanks Chancellor for the tearful cost of living
😰😰😰🤣🤣🤣
Thanks Chancellor for the tearful cost of living
😰😰😰🤣🤣🤣
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Same here when I check my electricity bills
Thanks Chancellor for the tearful cost of living
😰😰😰🤣🤣🤣
Thanks Chancellor for the tearful cost of living
😰😰😰🤣🤣🤣
Privatisation without (proper) regulation = disaster
Electricity, water, transportation
Electricity, water, transportation
Heathrow shutdown caused by problem found seven years ago
An investigation has been launched by the energy regulator into National Grid after finding issues at a substation were not fixed.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Privatisation without (proper) regulation = disaster
Electricity, water, transportation
Electricity, water, transportation
Nope. The moral imperative is to provide equitable access to welfare (esp to the most in need).
The how? is the challenge but then again
£40+bn in unnecessary nuclear power... vs. welfare provision
decision decision
#Labour
#starmer
The how? is the challenge but then again
£40+bn in unnecessary nuclear power... vs. welfare provision
decision decision
#Labour
#starmer
Sir Keir Starmer says fixing welfare system is a 'moral imperative'
The prime minister described the benefits system as "broken" a day after he was forced to U-turn on plans for reforms.
www.bbc.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🏴 Economists and analysts at Cambridge Econometrics found that, by 2035, the UK is anticipated to have three million fewer jobs, 32% lower investment, 5% lower exports and 16% lower imports, than it would have been. The report states that the UK will be £311bn worse off by 2035 due to leaving EU. 🏴
June 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🏴 Economists and analysts at Cambridge Econometrics found that, by 2035, the UK is anticipated to have three million fewer jobs, 32% lower investment, 5% lower exports and 16% lower imports, than it would have been. The report states that the UK will be £311bn worse off by 2035 due to leaving EU. 🏴
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Is the Hubble tension real? Exclusive interview with Wendy Freedman
Famed astronomer Wendy Freedman thinks that the Hubble tension might not be real.
This is the most in-depth interview with her, about that topic specifically, that you'll ever see.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #cosmology
Famed astronomer Wendy Freedman thinks that the Hubble tension might not be real.
This is the most in-depth interview with her, about that topic specifically, that you'll ever see.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #cosmology
Is the Hubble tension real? Exclusive interview with Wendy Freedman
Different methods of measuring the Universe's expansion rate yield high-precision, incompatible answers. But is the problem robustly real?
bigthink.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Is the Hubble tension real? Exclusive interview with Wendy Freedman
Famed astronomer Wendy Freedman thinks that the Hubble tension might not be real.
This is the most in-depth interview with her, about that topic specifically, that you'll ever see.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #cosmology
Famed astronomer Wendy Freedman thinks that the Hubble tension might not be real.
This is the most in-depth interview with her, about that topic specifically, that you'll ever see.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #cosmology
Great stuff!!!!
(Why am I still paying 240/Mwh?? 🤔)
(Why am I still paying 240/Mwh?? 🤔)
Lazard 2025 levelized cost of energy out
Solar and wind win again. Coal and nuclear lose big.
Utility solar $58 (38-78)/MWh
Onshore wind $61.5 (37-86)
Fossil gas $78.5 (48-109)
Coal $122 (71-173)
Nuc $181 (141-220)
www.lazard.com/media/eijnqj...
Solar and wind win again. Coal and nuclear lose big.
Utility solar $58 (38-78)/MWh
Onshore wind $61.5 (37-86)
Fossil gas $78.5 (48-109)
Coal $122 (71-173)
Nuc $181 (141-220)
www.lazard.com/media/eijnqj...
www.lazard.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Great stuff!!!!
(Why am I still paying 240/Mwh?? 🤔)
(Why am I still paying 240/Mwh?? 🤔)
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Energy efficiency is the unsung hero of Europe’s industrial competitiveness.
Without efficiency gains since 2000, industry would use 1/3 more energy—costing tens of billions more every year.
It’s not just energy prices that matter, but how smartly we use energy.
Without efficiency gains since 2000, industry would use 1/3 more energy—costing tens of billions more every year.
It’s not just energy prices that matter, but how smartly we use energy.
June 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Energy efficiency is the unsung hero of Europe’s industrial competitiveness.
Without efficiency gains since 2000, industry would use 1/3 more energy—costing tens of billions more every year.
It’s not just energy prices that matter, but how smartly we use energy.
Without efficiency gains since 2000, industry would use 1/3 more energy—costing tens of billions more every year.
It’s not just energy prices that matter, but how smartly we use energy.
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🤡 The new deal on Gibraltar demonstrates beyond all Brexit unicorns that:
Britain 🇬🇧 wallowing in brexit 🦄 sovereignty accepts EU rules in practice to preserve borderless status of Gibraltar’s economy.
Spain and the EU hold the cards: geography always wins.
🧵
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
Britain 🇬🇧 wallowing in brexit 🦄 sovereignty accepts EU rules in practice to preserve borderless status of Gibraltar’s economy.
Spain and the EU hold the cards: geography always wins.
🧵
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
Brexit pushes Gibraltar into EU customs union and Schengen area
The Rock’s government has sought such a deal for years — complaining that border crossings have become more onerous since the U.K. left the EU.
www.politico.eu
June 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🤡 The new deal on Gibraltar demonstrates beyond all Brexit unicorns that:
Britain 🇬🇧 wallowing in brexit 🦄 sovereignty accepts EU rules in practice to preserve borderless status of Gibraltar’s economy.
Spain and the EU hold the cards: geography always wins.
🧵
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
Britain 🇬🇧 wallowing in brexit 🦄 sovereignty accepts EU rules in practice to preserve borderless status of Gibraltar’s economy.
Spain and the EU hold the cards: geography always wins.
🧵
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
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Global renewable energy capacity jumped from 0.8 to 3.9 TW between 2000–2023.
China led with a 1,817% increase, adding more than Africa, Europe, and North America combined. The US (+322%) and India (+604%) also saw big gains.
Renewables include solar, wind, hydro, bioenergy, geothermal & marine.
China led with a 1,817% increase, adding more than Africa, Europe, and North America combined. The US (+322%) and India (+604%) also saw big gains.
Renewables include solar, wind, hydro, bioenergy, geothermal & marine.
June 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Global renewable energy capacity jumped from 0.8 to 3.9 TW between 2000–2023.
China led with a 1,817% increase, adding more than Africa, Europe, and North America combined. The US (+322%) and India (+604%) also saw big gains.
Renewables include solar, wind, hydro, bioenergy, geothermal & marine.
China led with a 1,817% increase, adding more than Africa, Europe, and North America combined. The US (+322%) and India (+604%) also saw big gains.
Renewables include solar, wind, hydro, bioenergy, geothermal & marine.
Asylum hotels are foreign aid appropriate?...under Labour?
What has happen #douglasalexander? When you were SoS, you wouldn't have allowed this....
#ukaid
What has happen #douglasalexander? When you were SoS, you wouldn't have allowed this....
#ukaid
UK government struggles to cut foreign aid spent on asylum hotels
New figures show the Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of overseas development assistance for 2025/26 - only marginally down on last year.
www.bbc.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Asylum hotels are foreign aid appropriate?...under Labour?
What has happen #douglasalexander? When you were SoS, you wouldn't have allowed this....
#ukaid
What has happen #douglasalexander? When you were SoS, you wouldn't have allowed this....
#ukaid
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The men who exposed the horrors of Leopold’s Congo
The men who exposed the horrors of Leopold’s Congo
www.brusselstimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The men who exposed the horrors of Leopold’s Congo
Hi @startswithabang.bsky.social Ethan
Would be great to hear what you think of this explanation/ hypothetical beginning.
Would be great to hear what you think of this explanation/ hypothetical beginning.
How does the universe go from nothing to everything?
YouTube video by New Scientist
youtube.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hi @startswithabang.bsky.social Ethan
Would be great to hear what you think of this explanation/ hypothetical beginning.
Would be great to hear what you think of this explanation/ hypothetical beginning.