My latest blog post, inspired by the clarion call of pro Scottish independence actor Alan Cumming.

"Just get your boots off our neck, Westminster"

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My latest blog piece on the new Scottish Languages Act granting official status to Gaelic and Scots and why these languages are national languages of Scotland.

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There is more than enough to go around. We just need to organise that.
This is how a matriarchal world order would arrange things:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800925003027

"Conventional economics – with its reliance on GDP growth – cannot respond to the global 'polycrisis'. This is the overlap between climate change, biodiversity loss, energy and food insecurity and extreme inequality – all amplified by geopolitical instability."

Why the UK should look beyond […]

My co-written piece in this weeks MJ on #COP30, energy demand, and the role of universal public services https://www.themj.co.uk/climate-transition-local

I really think that people who haven’t been poor should not give money or frugality advice to poor people. The problem with poor people isn’t money management or knowledge, it’s the insufficiency of money. This goes for anyone who wants to help people on food stamps navigate this situation […]

We keep seeing startups who want to replace something valuable (therapy, counseling, tutoring, artistic expression) with some tech bullshit under the banner of democratization. But why do we need to invest so much in bad tech that doesn't work instead of just giving people access to what they […]

Of all the best and kindest humans to ever live, Jane Goodall is near the top of my list.

Rest in Peace, you beautiful soul.

On behalf of the earth, I thank you […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

QUESTION to bean growers who dry them on the vine

I'm a first time bean dryer, growing black beans. Goal is to have dry beans for use later.

A few of the pods are feeling "dry" but I'm not sure.

? What do you look for when dried beans are ready to harvest

? Is […]

[Original post on dice.camp]

The BIG problem is because of massive car manufacturing influence, most media and political energy is going to EVs, with not NEARLY enough going to fewer cars and less driving. But the priority HAS to be the latter, since it’s the part of the solution that will actually do much more public good.

It's just 70 days now until the publication of my next book. It's available for preorder at all good bookshops. (And Amazon.) I'd much rather you didn't use Amazon 🙂

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-heart-s-awakening-108-steps-to-a-life-of-love/22444189 […]

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Sorry to burden you with another jaw-dropping scandal. But what the government intends to do to chemicals regulation in the UK is chilling. Its consultation was slipped out so quietly that most of us missed it. When I read it, I saw why.
This week's column:
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People are saying we should write jumble words to mess up the training of AIs; I say we should just write sentences like those of the length Jane Austen would write, that have such non-local structure and nested clauses that, what with the drift of attention and the window of tokens, the LLMs […]

I explore one of its themes in more depth here: the widespread but unfounded belief - which would be nothing short of catastrophic if implemented - that we can abandon high-yield farming.
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.

Sound efficient?

HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social