Kirsty Collins
@kirstyc.bsky.social
Sustainability and IR for FTSE & ASX corps, exploring stewardship and sustainable investment. Now in Oz, previously London. Not interested in repeating bin-fire of Twitter. Blocks with abandon. Views my own, reposts not endorsements etc.
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Thanks @financialtimes.com for choosing #ScienceUnderSiege as one "Best Books of 2025"
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Best books of 2025: Environment, Science and Technology
Pilita Clark, Clive Cookson and John Thornhill select their must-read titles
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thanks @financialtimes.com for choosing #ScienceUnderSiege as one "Best Books of 2025"
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"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
[FREE TO READ] Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
as.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
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Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’ on.ft.com/4rUTJqC
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
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December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’ on.ft.com/4rUTJqC
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“Those who protest that human rights have gone too far often do not like human rights in the first place,” writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“Those who protest that human rights have gone too far often do not like human rights in the first place,” writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.
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Adopt far-right policies to stop the far right gaining influence - continues to be the stupidest idea in European politics today.
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Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Adopt far-right policies to stop the far right gaining influence - continues to be the stupidest idea in European politics today.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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The ignorance and data denialism of FDA intent of putting a black box on Covid vaccines when the evidence of benefit is overwhelming, even among children
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December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The ignorance and data denialism of FDA intent of putting a black box on Covid vaccines when the evidence of benefit is overwhelming, even among children
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Women patted on shoulder or pushed to one side
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Women patted on shoulder or pushed to one side
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
cnn.it
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
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It's the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement tomorrow. One thing that needs a huge correction comes from the late Pete Betts in his book The Climate Diplomat: There are no "architects" of Paris.
It was the work of years of negotiations among thousands of diplomats. That is also its strength.
It was the work of years of negotiations among thousands of diplomats. That is also its strength.
December 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It's the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement tomorrow. One thing that needs a huge correction comes from the late Pete Betts in his book The Climate Diplomat: There are no "architects" of Paris.
It was the work of years of negotiations among thousands of diplomats. That is also its strength.
It was the work of years of negotiations among thousands of diplomats. That is also its strength.
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The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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Just in: A new US national security strategy is calling for 'cultivating resistance' in Europe, warning that the continent is subverting democracy, blocking peace in Ukraine and facing 'civilisational erasure' from high migration and falling birth rates. on.ft.com/3Y7XP0G
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Just in: A new US national security strategy is calling for 'cultivating resistance' in Europe, warning that the continent is subverting democracy, blocking peace in Ukraine and facing 'civilisational erasure' from high migration and falling birth rates. on.ft.com/3Y7XP0G
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Buckle up
Preparing for politicised dollar liquidity - on.ft.com/4pPdCOz via @FT
Preparing for politicised dollar liquidity
The time to act is now
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October 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Buckle up
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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This will annoy all the right people, no notes
🔺BREAKING: Sarah Mullally announced as new Archbishop of Canterbury
The Bishop of London will replace Justin Welby and be the first woman to take the role in its 1,400-year history
The Bishop of London will replace Justin Welby and be the first woman to take the role in its 1,400-year history
Sarah Mullally announced as new Archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally announced as new Archbishop of Canterbury
www.thetimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This will annoy all the right people, no notes
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The leader of the Catholic church said there was 'no room for indifference or resignation', just days after the US president described climate change as a 'con job' on.ft.com/4ntNEyx
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The leader of the Catholic church said there was 'no room for indifference or resignation', just days after the US president described climate change as a 'con job' on.ft.com/4ntNEyx
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OpenAI spent more on marketing and equity options for its employees than it made in revenue in the first half of 2025. 🎉 on.ft.com/46wGkwc
two men shoveling a pile of money in front of a fire
ALT: two men shoveling a pile of money in front of a fire
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September 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
OpenAI spent more on marketing and equity options for its employees than it made in revenue in the first half of 2025. 🎉 on.ft.com/46wGkwc
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"The current war on science, and who’s behind it -- A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar/write a book" | A nice review of #ScienceUnderSiege by Diana Gitig for @arstechnica.com: arstechnica.com/science/2025...
The current war on science, and who’s behind it
A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book.
arstechnica.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"The current war on science, and who’s behind it -- A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar/write a book" | A nice review of #ScienceUnderSiege by Diana Gitig for @arstechnica.com: arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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I don’t know about you, but I’m still sort of processing that the US president stood up in the UN and declared that London is about to be under Sharia law, and the response has been “actually, that won’t happen” rather than “Jesus, that is insane.”
September 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I don’t know about you, but I’m still sort of processing that the US president stood up in the UN and declared that London is about to be under Sharia law, and the response has been “actually, that won’t happen” rather than “Jesus, that is insane.”
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Doubtless preliminary and early days, but this sounds very exciting indeed.
This is very exciting! A small clinical trial using gene therapy for Huntington's disease has been successful. microRNAs were used to edit the Huntington mRNA, stopping it making mutant protein that can damage neurons. Huge hopes now for treating such a devastating condition
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Doubtless preliminary and early days, but this sounds very exciting indeed.
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Such a wonderful triumph for medical science www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Such a wonderful triumph for medical science www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...
MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk
September 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...