Franklin Steves
@franklinsteves.bsky.social
Husband, father, Senior Policy Adviser, International Financial Architecture Reform at Climate Think Tank @E3G.
In that order.
All views my own.
In that order.
All views my own.
Indeed. Same here.
Not sure of his thinking, but feels like @ottoenglish.bsky.social--for whom I have massive respect--might have gone a bit off the deep end on this...
Not sure of his thinking, but feels like @ottoenglish.bsky.social--for whom I have massive respect--might have gone a bit off the deep end on this...
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Indeed. Same here.
Not sure of his thinking, but feels like @ottoenglish.bsky.social--for whom I have massive respect--might have gone a bit off the deep end on this...
Not sure of his thinking, but feels like @ottoenglish.bsky.social--for whom I have massive respect--might have gone a bit off the deep end on this...
Does anyone have any idea what Pence is talking about? Given - as others have pointed out - Israel only came into existence in 1948?
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Does anyone have any idea what Pence is talking about? Given - as others have pointed out - Israel only came into existence in 1948?
"Dating women is gay. Having sex with women is gay." WTAF?
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Dating women is gay. Having sex with women is gay." WTAF?
Is there more context to this "he hates this city so much"?
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Is there more context to this "he hates this city so much"?
Why does Glasman have a spokesperson? Who pays for them?
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Why does Glasman have a spokesperson? Who pays for them?
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Weary? Or wary?
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Weary? Or wary?
A fired private high school teacher who, judging by his emails, was functionally illterate and innumerate.
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A fired private high school teacher who, judging by his emails, was functionally illterate and innumerate.
Took me all of 30 seconds to work out that that's a 29% increase in real terms - to say nothing about stagnant real wage growth over those 23 years.
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Took me all of 30 seconds to work out that that's a 29% increase in real terms - to say nothing about stagnant real wage growth over those 23 years.
The problem with 6-7 years old is that they have a tendency to become teenagers...
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The problem with 6-7 years old is that they have a tendency to become teenagers...
Sorry, distracted by real life things like COP30, what is "that cynical little meme'?
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Sorry, distracted by real life things like COP30, what is "that cynical little meme'?
Why are you following me, if you have literally no idea what I do?
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Why are you following me, if you have literally no idea what I do?
No one is talking about not addressing the root cause? And climate impacts aren't a secondary effect, they're a primary effect.
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
No one is talking about not addressing the root cause? And climate impacts aren't a secondary effect, they're a primary effect.
I have a degree in philosophy, of which formal logic was a significant component, and I work in a think tank. But thanks for your advice on logic and learning to think.
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I have a degree in philosophy, of which formal logic was a significant component, and I work in a think tank. But thanks for your advice on logic and learning to think.
I wish that were true, but it's not. 2C of warming is already baked in, and we all need to adapt urgently - particularly those most exposed to climate impacts, who are least able to finance their adaptation needs.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I wish that were true, but it's not. 2C of warming is already baked in, and we all need to adapt urgently - particularly those most exposed to climate impacts, who are least able to finance their adaptation needs.
Travelled on a new BYD bus a few days ago in London. I wonder whether TfL has carried out cybersecurity tests - this refusal to answer a FOI question on the subject suggests not...
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/tr...
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/tr...
tfl.gov.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Travelled on a new BYD bus a few days ago in London. I wonder whether TfL has carried out cybersecurity tests - this refusal to answer a FOI question on the subject suggests not...
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/tr...
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/tr...
"You go to London right now and it is largely Muslim. Women are completely covered up."
15% of the population of London is Muslim. 7.5% Muslim women. The vast majority of whom do not wear the veil.
15% of the population of London is Muslim. 7.5% Muslim women. The vast majority of whom do not wear the veil.
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"You go to London right now and it is largely Muslim. Women are completely covered up."
15% of the population of London is Muslim. 7.5% Muslim women. The vast majority of whom do not wear the veil.
15% of the population of London is Muslim. 7.5% Muslim women. The vast majority of whom do not wear the veil.
White stucco walls and red tiled roofs? Definitely South Wales.
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
White stucco walls and red tiled roofs? Definitely South Wales.
#1 should be distilling large amounts of information, e.g., long textual reports, into succinct and readable summaries. Although ofc need checking against the originals.
October 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#1 should be distilling large amounts of information, e.g., long textual reports, into succinct and readable summaries. Although ofc need checking against the originals.