Sharanjit Paddam
@sharanjit.bsky.social
Climate Actuary’s personal opinions on things
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UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Just a reminder that Itamar Ben Gvir is a terrorist.
Ben Gvir passes out sweets to Knesset members after the first reading for the new law to execute Palestinian prisoners is approved.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Just a reminder that Itamar Ben Gvir is a terrorist.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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"there is not enough land to meet the global goal of net zero emissions using nature-based solutions alone."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"there is not enough land to meet the global goal of net zero emissions using nature-based solutions alone."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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From the latest big Foreign Affairs energy piece, by Jason Bordoff & Megan O'Sullivan.
They're comparing one scenario published in 2024 with a completely different type of scenario (to be) published in 2025 - to say oil demand will rise and therefore problems of supply crunch/concentration loom.
They're comparing one scenario published in 2024 with a completely different type of scenario (to be) published in 2025 - to say oil demand will rise and therefore problems of supply crunch/concentration loom.
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
From the latest big Foreign Affairs energy piece, by Jason Bordoff & Megan O'Sullivan.
They're comparing one scenario published in 2024 with a completely different type of scenario (to be) published in 2025 - to say oil demand will rise and therefore problems of supply crunch/concentration loom.
They're comparing one scenario published in 2024 with a completely different type of scenario (to be) published in 2025 - to say oil demand will rise and therefore problems of supply crunch/concentration loom.
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I don’t even have words for this.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I don’t even have words for this.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
Are they fleeing yet?
Media attacks Mamdani ahead of NYC mayoral election:
- 'Mamdani and the Left’s Alliance With Radical Islam' (WSJ)
- 'Even for Some Mamdani Supporters, His Thin Résumé Is Cause for Concern' (NY Times)
- 'Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor: poll' (NY Post)
- 'Mamdani and the Left’s Alliance With Radical Islam' (WSJ)
- 'Even for Some Mamdani Supporters, His Thin Résumé Is Cause for Concern' (NY Times)
- 'Nearly a million New Yorkers ready to flee NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor: poll' (NY Post)
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Are they fleeing yet?
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November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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“Northwestern Ontario bore brunt of province's wildfire season with evacuations, outages and a record blaze” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC Thunder Bay
#DeerLakeFirstNation #ONFire #Ontario #Wildfires
#DeerLakeFirstNation #ONFire #Ontario #Wildfires
Canada had one of its worst wildfire seasons ever. Here's how one key region is already planning ahead | CBC News
The province's 2025 wildfire season officially ended Friday, with northwestern Ontario experiencing the most activity. The region, with the largest wildfire on record, faced several community evacuati...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“Northwestern Ontario bore brunt of province's wildfire season with evacuations, outages and a record blaze” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC Thunder Bay
#DeerLakeFirstNation #ONFire #Ontario #Wildfires
#DeerLakeFirstNation #ONFire #Ontario #Wildfires
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It’s particularly baffling given its role in removing the border that enabled the end of the civil war in our own country.
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It’s particularly baffling given its role in removing the border that enabled the end of the civil war in our own country.
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How glib and superficial and frankly ignorant can you be to dismiss this. How dare you suggest that France and Germany being close allies and friends is a small or even (in the words of many British colleagues) “weird“ and dispensable achievement.
I have had enough of it.
I have had enough of it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
How glib and superficial and frankly ignorant can you be to dismiss this. How dare you suggest that France and Germany being close allies and friends is a small or even (in the words of many British colleagues) “weird“ and dispensable achievement.
I have had enough of it.
I have had enough of it.
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Mockery of human rights. High Court rules indefinite detention of refugees unlawful. Govt packs refugees back to Nauru indefinitely. Janet Pelly reports #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/nauru-refuge...
michaelwest.com.au/nauru-refuge...
Nauru refugees. Indefinite detention a definite breach of High Court ruling - Michael West
Despite High Court ruling declaring indefinite detention of refugees unlawful, the Government is sending refugees back to Nauru.
michaelwest.com.au
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Mockery of human rights. High Court rules indefinite detention of refugees unlawful. Govt packs refugees back to Nauru indefinitely. Janet Pelly reports #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/nauru-refuge...
michaelwest.com.au/nauru-refuge...
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coALCOHOLICS
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
coALCOHOLICS
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Fig 3 from our Year in Fire report. Here we show structure loss over the past decade. We are lost more than 2000 homes per year in 5 of the last 10 years. That's too many houses burning down. We MUST do better if we want to have affordable electricity, affordable insurance, and affordable housing.
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Fig 3 from our Year in Fire report. Here we show structure loss over the past decade. We are lost more than 2000 homes per year in 5 of the last 10 years. That's too many houses burning down. We MUST do better if we want to have affordable electricity, affordable insurance, and affordable housing.
Eat the rich
The richest 10% consumed half of all global energy in the last
decade while the poorest 50% consumed just 8%, yet face the worst climate impacts.
The math is clear: the super rich and historic polluters must pay for a just transition. #MakeBigPollutersPay today @ oxfam.org.au/mbpp.
decade while the poorest 50% consumed just 8%, yet face the worst climate impacts.
The math is clear: the super rich and historic polluters must pay for a just transition. #MakeBigPollutersPay today @ oxfam.org.au/mbpp.
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Eat the rich
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Who could have predicted this? Actually, quite a few people did. When are we going to take COVID seriously? I know everyone was traumatised by the pandemic, but ignoring it now multiplies the harm. www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Covid raises risk of heart issues in children more than vaccination
Getting covid-19 for the first time slightly increased the risk of heart inflammation, blood clots and bleeding disorders among children, whereas being vaccinated against the virus was much safer and ...
www.newscientist.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Who could have predicted this? Actually, quite a few people did. When are we going to take COVID seriously? I know everyone was traumatised by the pandemic, but ignoring it now multiplies the harm. www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
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Seems fitting an island strip-mined to the bedrock for its supplies of fossilized bird shit will now house a machine for strip-mining humanity itself.
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Seems fitting an island strip-mined to the bedrock for its supplies of fossilized bird shit will now house a machine for strip-mining humanity itself.
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2026 applications are now open for several financially supported places for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori senior medical students and pre-vocational doctors to attend next year's ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Auckland. #ASM26AKL More info: bit.ly/4nEZzck
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
2026 applications are now open for several financially supported places for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori senior medical students and pre-vocational doctors to attend next year's ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) in Auckland. #ASM26AKL More info: bit.ly/4nEZzck
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Good point: the national informal vote was 5.6. Maybe we should get crudely sketched male genitalia to determine conservative climate policy.
What should be a routine reminder: the national party got 3.8% of the national vote. Tail, meet dog.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Good point: the national informal vote was 5.6. Maybe we should get crudely sketched male genitalia to determine conservative climate policy.
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Dingoes ARE NOT domestic dogs, multiple lines of evidence demonstrate this.
Dingoes ARE NOT ideal pets, they require extensive and special care.
Dingoes ARE very important to First Nations peoples, and Australia's ecosystems.
This proposed change is a very bad idea www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Dingoes ARE NOT ideal pets, they require extensive and special care.
Dingoes ARE very important to First Nations peoples, and Australia's ecosystems.
This proposed change is a very bad idea www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Queensland considers changes that could see dingoes in dog parks
People could be allowed to keep dingoes as pets in Queensland under proposed changes to biosecurity regulations, but experts say the native animal is fundamentally different to domestic dogs.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Dingoes ARE NOT domestic dogs, multiple lines of evidence demonstrate this.
Dingoes ARE NOT ideal pets, they require extensive and special care.
Dingoes ARE very important to First Nations peoples, and Australia's ecosystems.
This proposed change is a very bad idea www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Dingoes ARE NOT ideal pets, they require extensive and special care.
Dingoes ARE very important to First Nations peoples, and Australia's ecosystems.
This proposed change is a very bad idea www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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So Zohran #Mamdani has forebears who left India 200 years ago for a British colony (Uganda), a few decades before mine.
A reminder, if it's needed, that people like us are here (in Western nations) because imperial colonisers were there (in Eastern ones).
And no, we're not 'fresh off the boat'. 🤷♂️
A reminder, if it's needed, that people like us are here (in Western nations) because imperial colonisers were there (in Eastern ones).
And no, we're not 'fresh off the boat'. 🤷♂️
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
So Zohran #Mamdani has forebears who left India 200 years ago for a British colony (Uganda), a few decades before mine.
A reminder, if it's needed, that people like us are here (in Western nations) because imperial colonisers were there (in Eastern ones).
And no, we're not 'fresh off the boat'. 🤷♂️
A reminder, if it's needed, that people like us are here (in Western nations) because imperial colonisers were there (in Eastern ones).
And no, we're not 'fresh off the boat'. 🤷♂️
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
While this is all positive news, what grieves me the most is that this could have been Australia, not China.
While this is all positive news, what grieves me the most is that this could have been Australia, not China.
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 AM
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
While this is all positive news, what grieves me the most is that this could have been Australia, not China.
While this is all positive news, what grieves me the most is that this could have been Australia, not China.