Tim Gray
@upwardology.bsky.social
Writer, editor. Communication fancier. Better world navigator. Future peerer.
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Tim Gray
@upwardology.bsky.social
· Nov 29
My book 'Why Don't We Make the World Better?' is about why and how our brains derail change, and how to find a way through. It combines insights from personal development and social change, reworking blogs and ebooks I've written since 2012.
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The arms race is undermining the green transition as critical minerals are diverted for the military.
Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report
Study reveals US earmarked billions to stockpile critical minerals for military use, including precision-guided weaponry and AI-driven warfare
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The arms race is undermining the green transition as critical minerals are diverted for the military.
Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
Our briefing on the Pentagon’s return to stockpiling from Lorah Steichen in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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What's worrying is that I've heard this "overdiagnosis" line from perfectly rational people, who have been primed to a) be frightened of neurodivergence in their own kids and b) assume everyone else is on the make while they're the sucker playing fair.
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
What's worrying is that I've heard this "overdiagnosis" line from perfectly rational people, who have been primed to a) be frightened of neurodivergence in their own kids and b) assume everyone else is on the make while they're the sucker playing fair.
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Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
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Wes Streeting orders inquiry into mental health ‘overdiagnosis’
Health secretary wants clinical review of the rise in conditions such as ADHD and autism that cause people to drop out of the workforce
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December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
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Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Wes Streeting’s exercise in thought control
The Guardian reports this morning that:
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports.
Streeting is understood ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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Being a class member against Anthropic is nice and all I guess but I don’t want settlement money, I want the book I carved out of my trauma as a warning against unregulated tech to be taken out of the machine that pollutes small towns to encourage people to kill themselves
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Being a class member against Anthropic is nice and all I guess but I don’t want settlement money, I want the book I carved out of my trauma as a warning against unregulated tech to be taken out of the machine that pollutes small towns to encourage people to kill themselves
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This will be unbelievably controversial but *if* it's a genuine clinical review getting at all the unanswered questions about what's driving anxiety/depression/mh in young people, (incl relationships to phones, access to services & much more) then cd be useful www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Wes Streeting orders inquiry into mental health ‘overdiagnosis’
Health secretary wants clinical review of the rise in conditions such as ADHD and autism that cause people to drop out of the workforce
www.thetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This will be unbelievably controversial but *if* it's a genuine clinical review getting at all the unanswered questions about what's driving anxiety/depression/mh in young people, (incl relationships to phones, access to services & much more) then cd be useful www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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Left: Financial Post, "Canada reaches deal to join EU's flagship defence program"
Right: Bloomberg, "Talks for UK to Join Flagship EU Defence Fund End in Failure"
Labour's 'make Brexit work' disaster #...
Right: Bloomberg, "Talks for UK to Join Flagship EU Defence Fund End in Failure"
Labour's 'make Brexit work' disaster #...
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Left: Financial Post, "Canada reaches deal to join EU's flagship defence program"
Right: Bloomberg, "Talks for UK to Join Flagship EU Defence Fund End in Failure"
Labour's 'make Brexit work' disaster #...
Right: Bloomberg, "Talks for UK to Join Flagship EU Defence Fund End in Failure"
Labour's 'make Brexit work' disaster #...
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One of the most common replies in any discussion of universal basic income is "but how do we pay for it?" and not once do those same people ever question the costs incurred by not doing UBI. We spend $1.5 trillion every year on the costs of child poverty alone. Poverty ain't free, folks. WE ALL PAY.
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One of the most common replies in any discussion of universal basic income is "but how do we pay for it?" and not once do those same people ever question the costs incurred by not doing UBI. We spend $1.5 trillion every year on the costs of child poverty alone. Poverty ain't free, folks. WE ALL PAY.
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No guarantee a sandwich would stop hunger pains, stomach told.
No guarantee a basic income would wipe out poverty, committee told
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By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
No guarantee a basic income would wipe out poverty, committee told - Halifax Examiner
Deputy minister for Nova Scotia’s Department of Opportunities and Social Development says the government is not considering possibility of a guaranteed basic income right now.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
No guarantee a sandwich would stop hunger pains, stomach told.
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UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show
Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly share
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
Drax burns wood, the most expensive electricity, biggest UK polluter.
Drax is highly profitable. Received subsidies for years, will receive £458.6m a year between 2027 and 2031. Govt doesn't take any equity stake.
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Highlights from Verso’s publishing, including books on the Global South, Palestine, Marxist theory, and more!
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December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our 2025 highlights, including books on the Global South, Palestine, Marxist theory, and more.
Through the rest of the year, save up to 50% on these and all titles site-wide.
Through the rest of the year, save up to 50% on these and all titles site-wide.
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Today on Volts: while some blue states hedge on their green commitments, Illinois is doubling down, passing its third major energy bill in a decade. Among other things, this one empowers the state's utility regulator to directly procure clean energy. I get into it w/ two of its architects.
How Illinois passed its third big clean-energy bill in a decade
Kady McFadden and John Delurey join me to talk about why "fast and cheap" is the new winning message for climate policy.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today on Volts: while some blue states hedge on their green commitments, Illinois is doubling down, passing its third major energy bill in a decade. Among other things, this one empowers the state's utility regulator to directly procure clean energy. I get into it w/ two of its architects.
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Oh look, another techbro in his 50’s who’s suddenly decided he’s the only one who can save the world. The simultaneous midlife crises of the techbros are a crucial reason we are where we are.
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Oh look, another techbro in his 50’s who’s suddenly decided he’s the only one who can save the world. The simultaneous midlife crises of the techbros are a crucial reason we are where we are.
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I … I don’t think the guy building a giant surveillance state mechanism gets to state what “truly progressive” is? Right?
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data management company’s chief executive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I … I don’t think the guy building a giant surveillance state mechanism gets to state what “truly progressive” is? Right?
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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It's just that cultural & social forces are fuzzy, difficult to define, & impossible to quantify, so the Cleverest Boys who dominate political commentary ignore them. After all, if the best political analysis comes from wisdom & judgment, heck *anyone* can do it & there goes their precious guild.
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's just that cultural & social forces are fuzzy, difficult to define, & impossible to quantify, so the Cleverest Boys who dominate political commentary ignore them. After all, if the best political analysis comes from wisdom & judgment, heck *anyone* can do it & there goes their precious guild.
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We've somehow made the "vibecession" into a deep mystery, but it's only mysterious if you insist that discontent is a mechanical outgrowth of material circumstances! In our real lives, we understand that discontent has *many* sources, *most* of which are cultural or social.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We've somehow made the "vibecession" into a deep mystery, but it's only mysterious if you insist that discontent is a mechanical outgrowth of material circumstances! In our real lives, we understand that discontent has *many* sources, *most* of which are cultural or social.
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I've come to think that one of the most important & ubiquitous analytical errors in politics is trying to translate all expressions of angst or discontent in the populace into economic terms. "If people are upset, the *real* reason must be changing material circumstances" is a quasi-religious tenet.
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've come to think that one of the most important & ubiquitous analytical errors in politics is trying to translate all expressions of angst or discontent in the populace into economic terms. "If people are upset, the *real* reason must be changing material circumstances" is a quasi-religious tenet.
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This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
"Rich kids are gaming disability accommodations to gain an unfair advantage" is actually very different from "America has an extra-time-on-tests problem" — and the author hasn't proved that either! Rich kids might just be more likely to be diagnosed.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
In other news, the Telegraph has published an article frothing about Dungeons & Dragons being woke, and the gaming community is ripping it to pieces for being stupid (and disingenuous).
Even by the standards of anti-woke journalism this is lazy dreck. The first piece of "evidence" that older gamers are mad about wokeness is a random Reddit comment — that isn't a complaint about wokeness.
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2025/11/2...
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In other news, the Telegraph has published an article frothing about Dungeons & Dragons being woke, and the gaming community is ripping it to pieces for being stupid (and disingenuous).
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Bank of England warns of AI bubble risk, "sharp correction" in the value of major tech companies.
Repetition of dotcom mania, binge funded by banks.
Govt response - deregulation and lower capital requirements for banks.
Strategy for avoiding the crash?
Repetition of dotcom mania, binge funded by banks.
Govt response - deregulation and lower capital requirements for banks.
Strategy for avoiding the crash?
Bank of England warns of AI bubble risk
The central bank says US stock price valuations are their most stretched since the dotcom bubble burst.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Bank of England warns of AI bubble risk, "sharp correction" in the value of major tech companies.
Repetition of dotcom mania, binge funded by banks.
Govt response - deregulation and lower capital requirements for banks.
Strategy for avoiding the crash?
Repetition of dotcom mania, binge funded by banks.
Govt response - deregulation and lower capital requirements for banks.
Strategy for avoiding the crash?
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UK Govt bends to Trump's imperialism. NHS to pay 25% more (3bn) for drugs after UK–US tariff deal.
Money will buy less, higher taxes or longer healthcare queues as Trump wants bigger profits for US companies.
Build your supply chains or be blackmailed. Whatever happened to 'take back control'?
Money will buy less, higher taxes or longer healthcare queues as Trump wants bigger profits for US companies.
Build your supply chains or be blackmailed. Whatever happened to 'take back control'?
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
UK Govt bends to Trump's imperialism. NHS to pay 25% more (3bn) for drugs after UK–US tariff deal.
Money will buy less, higher taxes or longer healthcare queues as Trump wants bigger profits for US companies.
Build your supply chains or be blackmailed. Whatever happened to 'take back control'?
Money will buy less, higher taxes or longer healthcare queues as Trump wants bigger profits for US companies.
Build your supply chains or be blackmailed. Whatever happened to 'take back control'?
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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BREAKING: Pope Leo announces that the Catholic Church supports Palestinian statehood. He went on to call out Netanyahu for refusing to recognize Palestinian statehood.
I launched this global petition calling on the USA to recognize Palestinian statehood. Please do sign & share: c.org/zqgdSZKDVn
I launched this global petition calling on the USA to recognize Palestinian statehood. Please do sign & share: c.org/zqgdSZKDVn
Sign the Petition
Demand the United States Recognize Palestinian Statehood
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November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
BREAKING: Pope Leo announces that the Catholic Church supports Palestinian statehood. He went on to call out Netanyahu for refusing to recognize Palestinian statehood.
I launched this global petition calling on the USA to recognize Palestinian statehood. Please do sign & share: c.org/zqgdSZKDVn
I launched this global petition calling on the USA to recognize Palestinian statehood. Please do sign & share: c.org/zqgdSZKDVn
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So often the story on climate leaves us in despair.
But for Prof Jules Pretty, there's plenty of good news after COP30. Solar costs are plunging, EV adoption is soaring and countries choosing renewables are saving billions. The story is turning. Read the good news here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
But for Prof Jules Pretty, there's plenty of good news after COP30. Solar costs are plunging, EV adoption is soaring and countries choosing renewables are saving billions. The story is turning. Read the good news here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
After COP30, what now? It’s actually good news
It’s the shape of story across all ages and human cultures. You’re in a hole. Then you get out
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
So often the story on climate leaves us in despair.
But for Prof Jules Pretty, there's plenty of good news after COP30. Solar costs are plunging, EV adoption is soaring and countries choosing renewables are saving billions. The story is turning. Read the good news here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
But for Prof Jules Pretty, there's plenty of good news after COP30. Solar costs are plunging, EV adoption is soaring and countries choosing renewables are saving billions. The story is turning. Read the good news here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk