Keith Baker
@stumpysheep.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Fuel Poverty & Energy Policy, Glasgow Caledonian Uni; Director, www.commonweal.scot; 1/2 of www.pattiesmuir.com; Director, www.sgr.org.uk; Co-founder, www.energypovertyresearch.org
This very moving article is by one of my wonderful students, a #ClimateChange refugee from the Philippines: commonweal.scot/articles/magaz…
https://commonweal.scot/articles/magaz…
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This very moving article is by one of my wonderful students, a #ClimateChange refugee from the Philippines: commonweal.scot/articles/magaz…
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Of course, every system will be gamed if possible... #AcademicSky
Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review
Some studies containing instructions in white text or small font — visible only to machines — will be withdrawn from preprint servers.
www.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Of course, every system will be gamed if possible... #AcademicSky
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July 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If anyone out there has submitted a journal paper & thinks AI has been used to review it please DM or email me. I have a journalist at the Times Higher interested.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
July 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If anyone out there has submitted a journal paper & thinks AI has been used to review it please DM or email me. I have a journalist at the Times Higher interested.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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Scotland is one of four European countries selected to pilot Circular Construction Hubs.
“There are huge opportunities in having an economy where reuse and recycling are the default choice,” says net zero secretary @gillianamartin.bsky.social.
Pictured: @iaingulland.bsky.social
“There are huge opportunities in having an economy where reuse and recycling are the default choice,” says net zero secretary @gillianamartin.bsky.social.
Pictured: @iaingulland.bsky.social
Scotland to model Circular Construction Hub
Scotland is to pioneer a new initiative that aims to increase uptake and accessibility of reused construction materials and showcase the sector as a lucrative investment opportunity. The nation is one...
www.scottishconstructionnow.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We @Common_Weal are proud to be founding partners of The #OceanRights Coalition. Here's the brilliant @GirvanMichaela explaining what it's all about & why you should join us in supporting them too.
(& @nickhobson25.bsky.social deserves some serious credit for kicking this off 🤗)
(& @nickhobson25.bsky.social deserves some serious credit for kicking this off 🤗)
April 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We @Common_Weal are proud to be founding partners of The #OceanRights Coalition. Here's the brilliant @GirvanMichaela explaining what it's all about & why you should join us in supporting them too.
(& @nickhobson25.bsky.social deserves some serious credit for kicking this off 🤗)
(& @nickhobson25.bsky.social deserves some serious credit for kicking this off 🤗)
Our company doesn't have an account here yet, but we're running our Introduction to Carbon Management and Achieving Net Zero course again in March, with new guest lecturers Magdalena Blazusiak (RGU, SEDA, CIAT) & Dr Ron Mould (Bield, Common Weal)
napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…
napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…
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At Edinburgh Napier University, we nurture talent and create knowledge that shapes communities all around the world.
https://napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…
February 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our company doesn't have an account here yet, but we're running our Introduction to Carbon Management and Achieving Net Zero course again in March, with new guest lecturers Magdalena Blazusiak (RGU, SEDA, CIAT) & Dr Ron Mould (Bield, Common Weal)
napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…
napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…
Our company doesn't have an account here yet, but we're running our Introduction to Carbon Management and Achieving Net Zero course again in March, with new guest lecturers Magdalena Blazusiak (RGU, SEDA, CIAT) & Dr Ron Mould (Bield, Common Weal)
napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…#AcademicSkyky
napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…#AcademicSkyky
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At Edinburgh Napier University, we nurture talent and create knowledge that shapes communities all around the world.
https://napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…
February 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Our company doesn't have an account here yet, but we're running our Introduction to Carbon Management and Achieving Net Zero course again in March, with new guest lecturers Magdalena Blazusiak (RGU, SEDA, CIAT) & Dr Ron Mould (Bield, Common Weal)
napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…#AcademicSkyky
napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/…#AcademicSkyky
Pookie has good taste in books 😊
January 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Pookie has good taste in books 😊
January 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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With the kind permission of Lucy Hunter-Blackburn who commissioned it, and in advance of #BurnsNight2025, I give you 'Gen Z Addresses A Haggis'.
#Scotland #Parody #Poetry #Pastiche
#Scotland #Parody #Poetry #Pastiche
January 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
With the kind permission of Lucy Hunter-Blackburn who commissioned it, and in advance of #BurnsNight2025, I give you 'Gen Z Addresses A Haggis'.
#Scotland #Parody #Poetry #Pastiche
#Scotland #Parody #Poetry #Pastiche
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With the stroke of a pen, the US has once again left the Paris Agreement 🔥🌍
This is just the start.
Read more from Stuart Parkinson on what we can expect on global security issues during the 2nd Trump presidency👇
🧪🔌💡
This is just the start.
Read more from Stuart Parkinson on what we can expect on global security issues during the 2nd Trump presidency👇
🧪🔌💡
Trump's back: a climate-sceptic who asked for ‘more usable’ nuclear weapons and picked hardline militarist Pete Hesgerth as Defense Sec.
As Stuart Parkinson writes for @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social, there is much that can be done to reduce the risks.
rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/01/13/t...
🧪
As Stuart Parkinson writes for @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social, there is much that can be done to reduce the risks.
rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/01/13/t...
🧪
Trump's Presidency: Risks to Global Security and Climate Action
The return of Donald Trump to the US presidency undermines efforts to tackle urgent global security risks such as nuclear weapons and climate change. Dr Stuart Parkinson gives an overview of the pr…
rethinkingsecurity.org.uk
January 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
With the stroke of a pen, the US has once again left the Paris Agreement 🔥🌍
This is just the start.
Read more from Stuart Parkinson on what we can expect on global security issues during the 2nd Trump presidency👇
🧪🔌💡
This is just the start.
Read more from Stuart Parkinson on what we can expect on global security issues during the 2nd Trump presidency👇
🧪🔌💡
We played Trivial Pursuit, & the cat....
December 25, 2024 at 9:17 PM
We played Trivial Pursuit, & the cat....
Currently on this 😍
December 25, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Currently on this 😍
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1/7 Looking for something to read during the holidays?
Here are a few SGR approved suggestions!
Kicking off with the latest edition of Badvertising:
www.plutobooks.com/978074535029...
🧪💙📚
Here are a few SGR approved suggestions!
Kicking off with the latest edition of Badvertising:
www.plutobooks.com/978074535029...
🧪💙📚
Badvertising
**An Independent Book of the Month**
'Brilliant ... if you thought your brain was being gently warmed by the advertising industry, read this book and you'll...
www.plutobooks.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:13 AM
1/7 Looking for something to read during the holidays?
Here are a few SGR approved suggestions!
Kicking off with the latest edition of Badvertising:
www.plutobooks.com/978074535029...
🧪💙📚
Here are a few SGR approved suggestions!
Kicking off with the latest edition of Badvertising:
www.plutobooks.com/978074535029...
🧪💙📚
Well that's my last project updates sent to my teams (except for the one I live with), most of my marking done, & my out of office reply up (& tested).
This is how I intend to spend most of the next 2 weeks.
This is how I intend to spend most of the next 2 weeks.
December 20, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Well that's my last project updates sent to my teams (except for the one I live with), most of my marking done, & my out of office reply up (& tested).
This is how I intend to spend most of the next 2 weeks.
This is how I intend to spend most of the next 2 weeks.
Paul Watson is free 🤗🤗
December 17, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Paul Watson is free 🤗🤗
@leicsecularsociety.bsky.social has joined us 🤗 Please give them a follow.
I'm a member & former director 😊
I'm a member & former director 😊
December 5, 2024 at 1:13 AM
@leicsecularsociety.bsky.social has joined us 🤗 Please give them a follow.
I'm a member & former director 😊
I'm a member & former director 😊
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Clear explanation of the huge global impacts of food production.
November 27, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Clear explanation of the huge global impacts of food production.
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Elon is not the world's greatest inventor, he is the greatest capitalist. He uses success in one industry to seek colossal funding for a related sector, links the two companies up and creates an overwhelming monopoly.
This is a thread on the true powers and dangers of Elon Musk 🧵
This is a thread on the true powers and dangers of Elon Musk 🧵
November 27, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Elon is not the world's greatest inventor, he is the greatest capitalist. He uses success in one industry to seek colossal funding for a related sector, links the two companies up and creates an overwhelming monopoly.
This is a thread on the true powers and dangers of Elon Musk 🧵
This is a thread on the true powers and dangers of Elon Musk 🧵
Starlink has partners in 8 countries. It works with existing phones.
It is also forging deals with rail companies, starting with Scotland.
This means that he is now starting to have access to a tremendous and unprecedented amount of data, on top of his already extraordinary access to capital.
It is also forging deals with rail companies, starting with Scotland.
This means that he is now starting to have access to a tremendous and unprecedented amount of data, on top of his already extraordinary access to capital.
November 27, 2024 at 10:59 AM
On my way to speak about district heating with @ronmould.bsky.social at the Scottish Federation of Housing Assocs Energy 2024 conference. 12 years ago I 1st set out the case for a Heat Supply Act but Scot Gov are still refusing to accept 45 years of evidence from Denmark.
November 27, 2024 at 10:55 AM
On my way to speak about district heating with @ronmould.bsky.social at the Scottish Federation of Housing Assocs Energy 2024 conference. 12 years ago I 1st set out the case for a Heat Supply Act but Scot Gov are still refusing to accept 45 years of evidence from Denmark.
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Anybody interested in finding out out more about why @theguardian.com journalists are striking next week to save the Observer can find out all the latest at @gdnobsnuj.bsky.social. Please follow, share and encourage others to if you care about the future of journalism. Thanks loads
November 26, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Anybody interested in finding out out more about why @theguardian.com journalists are striking next week to save the Observer can find out all the latest at @gdnobsnuj.bsky.social. Please follow, share and encourage others to if you care about the future of journalism. Thanks loads
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The astonishing growth of renewable energy - at recent rates of growth renewable energy (mostly wind and solar) will make up all energy supplies by 2050 davidtoke.substack.com/p/the-astoni...
The astonishing growth of renewable energy
Renewable energy is taking over the world!
davidtoke.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:51 PM
The astonishing growth of renewable energy - at recent rates of growth renewable energy (mostly wind and solar) will make up all energy supplies by 2050 davidtoke.substack.com/p/the-astoni...
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SGR is a small organisation challenging powerful lobbies which fuel militarism, pollution, climate denial and delay, and misinformation.
We rely on financial help from our supporters.
Every contribution makes a difference, and will be doubled by the Martin Ryle Trust!
tinyurl.com/sgr-appeal-24
We rely on financial help from our supporters.
Every contribution makes a difference, and will be doubled by the Martin Ryle Trust!
tinyurl.com/sgr-appeal-24
November 20, 2024 at 8:58 AM
SGR is a small organisation challenging powerful lobbies which fuel militarism, pollution, climate denial and delay, and misinformation.
We rely on financial help from our supporters.
Every contribution makes a difference, and will be doubled by the Martin Ryle Trust!
tinyurl.com/sgr-appeal-24
We rely on financial help from our supporters.
Every contribution makes a difference, and will be doubled by the Martin Ryle Trust!
tinyurl.com/sgr-appeal-24