Prof Phoebe Barnard
@phoebebarnard.bsky.social
The world doesn't have to be this way. Climate & biodiversity risk and resilience, societal/planetary futures. Prof Univ Washington; research assoc African Climate & Development Initiative/ Fitztitute, UCapeTown, building global futures program in France
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#hansen | Phoebe Barnard
🎯 Many of us have been predicting this for years, not least James #Hansen and Sir David King - I remember the time in 2005 when I realized that reality was starting to be worse than the worse case sce...
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We have to choose. Right now, by lunchtime. Bleakness? Or human agency and a future? If you’re anything like me, you’ll fight for the latter and not capitulate to the lazy and grim former. Read it: www.linkedin.com/posts/phoebe...
#climateemergency #civilization #futures @nickoldridge.bsky.social
#climateemergency #civilization #futures @nickoldridge.bsky.social
We have to choose. Right now, by lunchtime. Bleakness? Or human agency and a future? If you’re anything like me, you’ll fight for the latter and not capitulate to the lazy and grim former. Read it: www.linkedin.com/posts/phoebe...
#climateemergency #civilization #futures @nickoldridge.bsky.social
#climateemergency #civilization #futures @nickoldridge.bsky.social
#hansen | Phoebe Barnard
🎯 Many of us have been predicting this for years, not least James #Hansen and Sir David King - I remember the time in 2005 when I realized that reality was starting to be worse than the worse case sce...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We have to choose. Right now, by lunchtime. Bleakness? Or human agency and a future? If you’re anything like me, you’ll fight for the latter and not capitulate to the lazy and grim former. Read it: www.linkedin.com/posts/phoebe...
#climateemergency #civilization #futures @nickoldridge.bsky.social
#climateemergency #civilization #futures @nickoldridge.bsky.social
#ClimateRepair, #ClimateRestoration, and the future(s) of civilization - a 🧵:
1. Our 2025 documentary series #TheClimateRestorers is now broadcasting on CBC (GEM) Canada - adding to our broadcast schedule in the USA, Australia and Italy.
Our conclusions?
www.theclimaterestorers.com/news
1. Our 2025 documentary series #TheClimateRestorers is now broadcasting on CBC (GEM) Canada - adding to our broadcast schedule in the USA, Australia and Italy.
Our conclusions?
www.theclimaterestorers.com/news
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#ClimateRepair, #ClimateRestoration, and the future(s) of civilization - a 🧵:
1. Our 2025 documentary series #TheClimateRestorers is now broadcasting on CBC (GEM) Canada - adding to our broadcast schedule in the USA, Australia and Italy.
Our conclusions?
www.theclimaterestorers.com/news
1. Our 2025 documentary series #TheClimateRestorers is now broadcasting on CBC (GEM) Canada - adding to our broadcast schedule in the USA, Australia and Italy.
Our conclusions?
www.theclimaterestorers.com/news
Read this series "Antidote to Autocracy." Highly recommended.
Jed Emerson is the thoughtful benign philosopher and practitioner of blended value and the purpose of an economy to support society, rather than the other way around. When he speaks, I listen and when he writes, I read.
Jed Emerson is the thoughtful benign philosopher and practitioner of blended value and the purpose of an economy to support society, rather than the other way around. When he speaks, I listen and when he writes, I read.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Read this series "Antidote to Autocracy." Highly recommended.
Jed Emerson is the thoughtful benign philosopher and practitioner of blended value and the purpose of an economy to support society, rather than the other way around. When he speaks, I listen and when he writes, I read.
Jed Emerson is the thoughtful benign philosopher and practitioner of blended value and the purpose of an economy to support society, rather than the other way around. When he speaks, I listen and when he writes, I read.
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To clarify a few key points regarding where we are in our process of moving from a democracy to what lies ahead.
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#4: Past as Future: Key Concepts and Terms
We have been here before!
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October 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
To clarify a few key points regarding where we are in our process of moving from a democracy to what lies ahead.
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The choice is ours - forward or backward? Public good or fetid corruption and inertia?
@nickoldridge.bsky.social nebriefing.org
@nickoldridge.bsky.social nebriefing.org
Understandably over the moon that the incredible Chris Packham agreed to not only open the National Emergency Briefing, but also to do a series of high profile interviews about the initiative 👊🔥💚
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The choice is ours - forward or backward? Public good or fetid corruption and inertia?
@nickoldridge.bsky.social nebriefing.org
@nickoldridge.bsky.social nebriefing.org
What kind of a society are we when globally we too-often favor luddites and comfortable plump senators of Rome over the future of civilization and all life on Earth?
@ukgovernment.bsky.social please ensure that you are out in force for this crossroads-of-civilization briefing. nebriefing.org
@ukgovernment.bsky.social please ensure that you are out in force for this crossroads-of-civilization briefing. nebriefing.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What kind of a society are we when globally we too-often favor luddites and comfortable plump senators of Rome over the future of civilization and all life on Earth?
@ukgovernment.bsky.social please ensure that you are out in force for this crossroads-of-civilization briefing. nebriefing.org
@ukgovernment.bsky.social please ensure that you are out in force for this crossroads-of-civilization briefing. nebriefing.org
It could be wonderful.
And what I did, mostly.
“In essence, cutting air cargo removes the turbocharger that lets globalised fashion behave like it’s local. The disruption wouldn’t just be logistical; it would be psychological. Consumers would relearn patience.”
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And what I did, mostly.
“In essence, cutting air cargo removes the turbocharger that lets globalised fashion behave like it’s local. The disruption wouldn’t just be logistical; it would be psychological. Consumers would relearn patience.”
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The End of Air Travel
It could be wonderful.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It could be wonderful.
And what I did, mostly.
“In essence, cutting air cargo removes the turbocharger that lets globalised fashion behave like it’s local. The disruption wouldn’t just be logistical; it would be psychological. Consumers would relearn patience.”
open.substack.com/pub/taraapie...
And what I did, mostly.
“In essence, cutting air cargo removes the turbocharger that lets globalised fashion behave like it’s local. The disruption wouldn’t just be logistical; it would be psychological. Consumers would relearn patience.”
open.substack.com/pub/taraapie...
Jules Pretty's YouTube channel is a rich treasure trove on civilizational shift, via the recovery of our climate and planet. Strongly recommended for all!
#naturerecovery #ecosystemrestoration #biodiversity #climaterepair #climaterestoration #socialreconnection
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
#naturerecovery #ecosystemrestoration #biodiversity #climaterepair #climaterestoration #socialreconnection
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
Story for Climate and Nature Recovery
Story is a simple device common to every human culture. It has some 50,000 years of history, yet has often come to be both misunderstood and misused in the modern era.
Put simply, the patterns of goo...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Jules Pretty's YouTube channel is a rich treasure trove on civilizational shift, via the recovery of our climate and planet. Strongly recommended for all!
#naturerecovery #ecosystemrestoration #biodiversity #climaterepair #climaterestoration #socialreconnection
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
#naturerecovery #ecosystemrestoration #biodiversity #climaterepair #climaterestoration #socialreconnection
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
We need nothing less than a profound humbling - a change of mindset and values, and a service relationship with Nature and each other if we are to survive.
I don’t say this lightly.
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I don’t say this lightly.
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The World's Forests Cannot Wait: Why COP30 Must Center Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities' Leadership
As world leaders prepare to gather in Brazil for COP30 next week, they will convene in the heart of the Amazon — a fitting location for what must become a turning point in how the world addresses the ...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
We need nothing less than a profound humbling - a change of mindset and values, and a service relationship with Nature and each other if we are to survive.
I don’t say this lightly.
www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/the-...
I don’t say this lightly.
www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/the-...
An unashamed democratic socialist had won control of the capital of capitalism.
…largest voter turnout in the city in more than 50 years. Achieved on the back of more than 100,000 volunteers: the greatest field operation by any political campaign in NYC history.
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…largest voter turnout in the city in more than 50 years. Achieved on the back of more than 100,000 volunteers: the greatest field operation by any political campaign in NYC history.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How Mamdani built an ‘unstoppable force’ that won over New York
The mayor-elect built the greatest field operation by any political campaign in the city’s history – by getting New Yorkers to talk to eachother. Can Democrats learn from his success?
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November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
An unashamed democratic socialist had won control of the capital of capitalism.
…largest voter turnout in the city in more than 50 years. Achieved on the back of more than 100,000 volunteers: the greatest field operation by any political campaign in NYC history.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
…largest voter turnout in the city in more than 50 years. Achieved on the back of more than 100,000 volunteers: the greatest field operation by any political campaign in NYC history.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#BiodiversityEarlyWarningSystems and focused ecological research are helping thwart the extinction tide, at least in areas where governments and societies still watch science and value Nature. Which kind of country do you live in?
Please pass on this opportunity to young professionals you know
Please pass on this opportunity to young professionals you know
🚨Looking for a PhD project on 🐝? look no further! ✅
"Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under pesticide pressure"
Hosted @bristolbiosci.bsky.social and University of Swansea, with myself, @harrysiviter.bsky.social, and Miguel Lurgi
Full details:
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"Metapopulation dynamics of pollinating bees under pesticide pressure"
Hosted @bristolbiosci.bsky.social and University of Swansea, with myself, @harrysiviter.bsky.social, and Miguel Lurgi
Full details:
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#BiodiversityEarlyWarningSystems and focused ecological research are helping thwart the extinction tide, at least in areas where governments and societies still watch science and value Nature. Which kind of country do you live in?
Please pass on this opportunity to young professionals you know
Please pass on this opportunity to young professionals you know
In destabilizing times, especially, people need Nature to keep it together.
Green spaces are essential for humanity.
www.sei.org/features/nat...
Green spaces are essential for humanity.
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Nature within reach: can pocket parks bridge Bangkok’s green gap?
SEI research on Bangkok's pocket parks shows how these small green spaces shape community life, access to nature and resilience in a fast-growing city.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
In destabilizing times, especially, people need Nature to keep it together.
Green spaces are essential for humanity.
www.sei.org/features/nat...
Green spaces are essential for humanity.
www.sei.org/features/nat...
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Let them eat from dumpsters! This is heinous. Using the urgent needs of citizens to compel politicians to bend to Republicans' will. The illusion of democracy is so blatantly false now that we now must ask, how tight am i willing to let the screws be turned on our imperfect union?
The mean-spirited vindictiveness of this government is truly a crime against humanity.
And it needs to be called out as such.
And it needs to be called out as such.
The shutdown is fun for Trump because he gets to throw lavish Gatsby-themed parties for his millionaire friends AND invent new and innovative ways to hurt poor people.
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Let them eat from dumpsters! This is heinous. Using the urgent needs of citizens to compel politicians to bend to Republicans' will. The illusion of democracy is so blatantly false now that we now must ask, how tight am i willing to let the screws be turned on our imperfect union?
The mean-spirited vindictiveness of this government is truly a crime against humanity.
And it needs to be called out as such.
And it needs to be called out as such.
The shutdown is fun for Trump because he gets to throw lavish Gatsby-themed parties for his millionaire friends AND invent new and innovative ways to hurt poor people.
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The mean-spirited vindictiveness of this government is truly a crime against humanity.
And it needs to be called out as such.
And it needs to be called out as such.
If you absorb one message on the future this year, make it this: Nature remains the only real game in town to stabilize the climate, planet and future. So experiment with tech, sure - but first, massive scale conservation +restoration investment. #globalrestorationcollaborative #theclimaterestorers
Watch Prof Jem Bendell reveal why saving forests and oceans is the frontline of climate action. Deep insights, urgent solutions, and a call for global collaboration—don’t miss this essential video for our future! @paulhbeckwith.bsky.social #ClimateAction #DeepAdaptation youtu.be/PW9qYpm2xaE
Beyond Carbon: Healthy Oceans and Forests Could Be Key to Climate
YouTube video by Climate Emergency Forum
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November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you absorb one message on the future this year, make it this: Nature remains the only real game in town to stabilize the climate, planet and future. So experiment with tech, sure - but first, massive scale conservation +restoration investment. #globalrestorationcollaborative #theclimaterestorers
I have to say, moving to #Europe is a breath of fresh air (no bad-taste pun intended) when you’ve been surrounded by industry lobbying corruption in the USA for some years.
#nicotinelobby #corruption #cigarettes #Italy #lobbyists #truthinadvertising #tellthetruth #climateemergency
#nicotinelobby #corruption #cigarettes #Italy #lobbyists #truthinadvertising #tellthetruth #climateemergency
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I have to say, moving to #Europe is a breath of fresh air (no bad-taste pun intended) when you’ve been surrounded by industry lobbying corruption in the USA for some years.
#nicotinelobby #corruption #cigarettes #Italy #lobbyists #truthinadvertising #tellthetruth #climateemergency
#nicotinelobby #corruption #cigarettes #Italy #lobbyists #truthinadvertising #tellthetruth #climateemergency
#Faithcommunities are emotionally powerful allies for science and society in civilizational shift, indeed we likely cannot shift without them. So I encourage you to consider attending this meeting next year, virtually or in person. mindful-dialogue.org/about-us/ and mindful-dialogue.org/schedule/
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#Faithcommunities are emotionally powerful allies for science and society in civilizational shift, indeed we likely cannot shift without them. So I encourage you to consider attending this meeting next year, virtually or in person. mindful-dialogue.org/about-us/ and mindful-dialogue.org/schedule/
Times are changing, even in the most routine of ways…. It’s time to talk about that.
@climatemajority.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
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@rupertread.bsky.social
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rupertread on Instagram: "For too long, climate adaptation has been the unmentionable. But no-one can credibly pretend any longer that we don’t need to take …"
For too long, climate adaptation has been the unmentionable. But no-one can credibly pretend any longer that we don’t need to take it super-seriously. With a solid research-base, this report sets out why we need to talk about #adaptation and how more and more of us already are…Link to the report @climatemajorityproject and @theglaciertrust #climatemajority #extremeweather #climatecrisis #climateemergency #ecocide #actnow #gulfstream #oceanwarming #deforestation #climatescience #ukpolitics
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November 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Times are changing, even in the most routine of ways…. It’s time to talk about that.
@climatemajority.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
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@climatemajority.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
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Watch out soon for this - an unflinching and restorative look at the global climate movement. Thanks Matthias of the high-trust members' circle of #ClimateBridges for the heads-up.
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The Wild Defending Itself | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Partager C'est Sympa
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October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Watch out soon for this - an unflinching and restorative look at the global climate movement. Thanks Matthias of the high-trust members' circle of #ClimateBridges for the heads-up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwT...
“I don’t know…. an antidote to our cultural consensus trance.”
I feel mildly vindicated because I’m quite fine about saying it all the time. As the future is not yet written. And we have entered the unknowable. But we can shape it.
Thanks @natehagens.bsky.social 🎯
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I feel mildly vindicated because I’m quite fine about saying it all the time. As the future is not yet written. And we have entered the unknowable. But we can shape it.
Thanks @natehagens.bsky.social 🎯
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The Three Most Important Words We’re Taught Not to Say | Frankly 111
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
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October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“I don’t know…. an antidote to our cultural consensus trance.”
I feel mildly vindicated because I’m quite fine about saying it all the time. As the future is not yet written. And we have entered the unknowable. But we can shape it.
Thanks @natehagens.bsky.social 🎯
youtube.com/watch?v=m8tC...
I feel mildly vindicated because I’m quite fine about saying it all the time. As the future is not yet written. And we have entered the unknowable. But we can shape it.
Thanks @natehagens.bsky.social 🎯
youtube.com/watch?v=m8tC...
I actually worked on this project with Dan Efseaff, parks director of the town of #ParadiseCalifornla, my colIeagues at the @consbio.bsky.social and #TheNatureConservancy. The world doesn’t have to be this way, or keep burning this way. We can change it with imagination and learning collaboratively.
Aaaand finally, we have my interview with the director of the Paradise, California, Recreation and Park District who is using his limited power and funding to prevent a catastrophe from striking the town again heatmap.news/the-aftermat...
The ‘Buffer’ That Can Protect a Town from Wildfires
Paradise, California, is snatching up high-risk properties to create a defensive perimeter and prevent the town from burning again.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I actually worked on this project with Dan Efseaff, parks director of the town of #ParadiseCalifornla, my colIeagues at the @consbio.bsky.social and #TheNatureConservancy. The world doesn’t have to be this way, or keep burning this way. We can change it with imagination and learning collaboratively.
Just love @jessedamiani.bsky.social’s pithy, deeply humble style:
“(Bryan Johnson is) a mirror of the system that produced him—a world that demands endless growth, endless self-optimization, endless extraction...the capitalist death drive disguised as vitality.”
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“(Bryan Johnson is) a mirror of the system that produced him—a world that demands endless growth, endless self-optimization, endless extraction...the capitalist death drive disguised as vitality.”
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"Don't Die"? What Bryan Johnson Gets Wrong
Bryan Johnson wants to live forever, but that kind of thinking is why life on Earth is at risk of extinction. Here's my humble proposal for the type of "don't die" we should consider instead.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Just love @jessedamiani.bsky.social’s pithy, deeply humble style:
“(Bryan Johnson is) a mirror of the system that produced him—a world that demands endless growth, endless self-optimization, endless extraction...the capitalist death drive disguised as vitality.”
open.substack.com/pub/damiani/...
“(Bryan Johnson is) a mirror of the system that produced him—a world that demands endless growth, endless self-optimization, endless extraction...the capitalist death drive disguised as vitality.”
open.substack.com/pub/damiani/...
Drastic emissions reduction is not only needed now “as soon as possible,” but this year. This month. Every single one of us needs to make cuts wile those of us working on systemic change get a move on, faster and more urgently. And that means legal+mindset change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Drastic emissions reduction is not only needed now “as soon as possible,” but this year. This month. Every single one of us needs to make cuts wile those of us working on systemic change get a move on, faster and more urgently. And that means legal+mindset change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A population of 8.2 billion, soaring unemployment, social unrest and ideologues seeding division. What could possibly go wrong spreading an energy-hungry, profit-boosting, climate-wrecking set of AI technologies into the mix?
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No, I won't train AIs in my areas of expertise.
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No, I won't train AIs in my areas of expertise.
AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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October 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A population of 8.2 billion, soaring unemployment, social unrest and ideologues seeding division. What could possibly go wrong spreading an energy-hungry, profit-boosting, climate-wrecking set of AI technologies into the mix?
youtu.be/dthbi4lzO58?...
No, I won't train AIs in my areas of expertise.
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No, I won't train AIs in my areas of expertise.
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If you're in, or near, London, Luke is giving a talk at Kairos on 28 October (www.kairos.london/events/).
In history, civilizational collapse usually benefits the 99%, not the dominating 1%. Enjoy this powerful interview of @lukekemp.bsky.social by @racheldonald.bsky.social, both my colleagues, on his book Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMbt...
Collapse for the 99% | Luke Kemp
YouTube video by Planet: Critical
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October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you're in, or near, London, Luke is giving a talk at Kairos on 28 October (www.kairos.london/events/).