Tom White Photo
@tomwhitephoto.bsky.social
Originally from Yorkshire. Currently in SE Asia. Photographer, writer, editor, educator: visual/media literacy, photojournalism, documentary arts, cinema, planetary health, environment, society & politics. Outdoors when possible: Run/Hike/Bike/Climb.
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Tom White Photography
Tom White is a British freelance photographer, educator, editor and curator currently based in Southeast Asia.
www.tomwhitephotography.com
#introduction
I'm a #photographer and #Educator from #Yorkshire. My fields are #Documentary #Journalism #ImmersiveMedia and #PlanetaryHealth. Also #Music #Arts & #Culture. No echo chambers, trying to listen. I #Hike, #Run, #Climb & #Cycle. Outdoors as much as possible.
www.tomwhitephotography.com
I'm a #photographer and #Educator from #Yorkshire. My fields are #Documentary #Journalism #ImmersiveMedia and #PlanetaryHealth. Also #Music #Arts & #Culture. No echo chambers, trying to listen. I #Hike, #Run, #Climb & #Cycle. Outdoors as much as possible.
www.tomwhitephotography.com
The doughnut has become such a useful tool for organising ideas around the complexity of interacting systems. rdcu.be/eLT6G
Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance
Nature - A revised ‘Doughnut’ providing a visual assessment of trends in social deprivation and planetary degradation over the past two decades shows more than doubling of global GDP...
rdcu.be
October 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The doughnut has become such a useful tool for organising ideas around the complexity of interacting systems. rdcu.be/eLT6G
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It took decades to install the first 700 GW of solar PV. Now the world installs them in a year.
It’s official, it’s in pv magazine USA, BloombergNEF projects 698 GW of new capacity in 2025.
I’m gonna write an article that it may actually break 800 GW due to influence by @robcarlson.bsky.social.
I’m gonna write an article that it may actually break 800 GW due to influence by @robcarlson.bsky.social.
BloombergNEF expects up to 700 GW of new solar in 2025
BloombergNEF says global solar installations could reach 700 GW in 2025, with additions rising to 753 GW in 2026 and 780 GW in 2027.
www.pv-magazine.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It took decades to install the first 700 GW of solar PV. Now the world installs them in a year.
On the 15th and 23rd March Parallax Photo Journal and Pictures of the Year Asia are hosting three conversations on professional practices. I'll be moderating, join us!
More info on the Parallax Website: parallax.asia
And in our newsletter: parallaxasia.substack.com/p/were-passi...
More info on the Parallax Website: parallax.asia
And in our newsletter: parallaxasia.substack.com/p/were-passi...
We're passing the mic to the pros🎙️
We and Pictures of the Year Asia are hosting 3 conversations with leading photographers and picture editors, and the Pictures of the Year contest chiefs. Join us!
parallaxasia.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
On the 15th and 23rd March Parallax Photo Journal and Pictures of the Year Asia are hosting three conversations on professional practices. I'll be moderating, join us!
More info on the Parallax Website: parallax.asia
And in our newsletter: parallaxasia.substack.com/p/were-passi...
More info on the Parallax Website: parallax.asia
And in our newsletter: parallaxasia.substack.com/p/were-passi...
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A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“…trying to instantiate an anti-constitutional theory of executive power that would make the president supreme over all other branches of government […] in service of a plutocratic agenda of austerity and the upward redistribution of wealth.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“…trying to instantiate an anti-constitutional theory of executive power that would make the president supreme over all other branches of government […] in service of a plutocratic agenda of austerity and the upward redistribution of wealth.“
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Replacing a creaking government infrastructure with more efficient AI? Sure, what could possibly go wrong? www.axios.com/2024/12/13/a...
OpenAI and other frontier AI models try to "scheme" users
Researchers find that as LLMs evolve they could be more likely to deceive users.
www.axios.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Replacing a creaking government infrastructure with more efficient AI? Sure, what could possibly go wrong? www.axios.com/2024/12/13/a...
“…the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“…the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump’s war on DEI #Climate
The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump's war on DEI
Researchers and activists are archiving websites and data because “policymakers and the public need good information to make the best policy."
grist.org
February 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump’s war on DEI #Climate
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
State Capture - A coup in all but name. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies (Gift Article)
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
State Capture - A coup in all but name. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Bankers and policymakers simply don't understand that we risk a 50% GDP loss in our children's lifetimes due to #ClimateChange, because current economic climate models are not even "roughly right," but "precisely wrong."
My latest for @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
My latest for @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It.
A new study suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly underestimated. Will it finally break through the religion of infinite growth?
newrepublic.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bankers and policymakers simply don't understand that we risk a 50% GDP loss in our children's lifetimes due to #ClimateChange, because current economic climate models are not even "roughly right," but "precisely wrong."
My latest for @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
My latest for @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
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Taps sign:
January 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Taps sign:
Carole Cadwalladr writing in her substack about how none of this social media lurch toward a deregulated free for all & power mad CEOs is at all surprising if you have been paying attention. Unfortunately it seems a lot of people have not been paying attention.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Carole Cadwalladr writing in her substack about how none of this social media lurch toward a deregulated free for all & power mad CEOs is at all surprising if you have been paying attention. Unfortunately it seems a lot of people have not been paying attention.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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New reports marks 2024 as the first full calendar year with more than 1.5C of human-caused global warming above pre-industrial levels. The past 2 years averaged together also exceeded 1.5C, intensifying concerns about extreme climate impacts. insideclimatenews.org/news/0901202...
Global Warming Surges Well Past 1.5-Degree Mark in 2024 - Inside Climate News
International agencies coordinate release of annual climate data to highlight the past year’s “exceptional”—and dangerous—climate conditions.
insideclimatenews.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
New reports marks 2024 as the first full calendar year with more than 1.5C of human-caused global warming above pre-industrial levels. The past 2 years averaged together also exceeded 1.5C, intensifying concerns about extreme climate impacts. insideclimatenews.org/news/0901202...
If you have not read Maria Ressa’s books “How to Stand up to a Dictator”, I highly recommend it. It’s a harrowing account of how unregulated online vitriol, lies and misinformation can have devastating consequences. www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1...
Maria Ressa's 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator' is a memoir and manifesto
In 2013, Ressa laid out her forward-looking vision for the future of public service journalism to me. Her book traces a humbling, harrowing journey from social media advocate to democracy defender.
www.npr.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
If you have not read Maria Ressa’s books “How to Stand up to a Dictator”, I highly recommend it. It’s a harrowing account of how unregulated online vitriol, lies and misinformation can have devastating consequences. www.npr.org/2022/12/15/1...
People say "freedom of speech" when what they really mean is freedom from consequence or responsibility.
January 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
People say "freedom of speech" when what they really mean is freedom from consequence or responsibility.
Just took a long haul flight and the amount of people obviously sick, but not wearing a mask is staggering. Have we learned nothing?
January 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just took a long haul flight and the amount of people obviously sick, but not wearing a mask is staggering. Have we learned nothing?
Latest Parallax newsletter is out - wrapping up 2024 and a recap of our conversation with Stephanie Syjuco. Read it here!
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And that’s a wrap for ‘24!
We did a bunch of things in 2024! Also, our chat with Stephanie Syjuco left me wondering about what stories the internet will tell about us in the future
open.substack.com
December 28, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Latest Parallax newsletter is out - wrapping up 2024 and a recap of our conversation with Stephanie Syjuco. Read it here!
open.substack.com/pub/parallax...
open.substack.com/pub/parallax...
A Brocken Spectre in the low cloud and fog shrouding the valley of Wharfedale.
December 28, 2024 at 7:34 PM
A Brocken Spectre in the low cloud and fog shrouding the valley of Wharfedale.
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Guest Blog: Courting the Heat: Heatwaves, Remedy, and Climate Justice
Guest Blog: Courting the Heat: Heatwaves, Remedy, and Climate Justice - Climate Law Blog
Introduction It was forty-three degrees Celsius or 109.4 Fahrenheit in Dhaka, Bangladesh on a hot April day and the tin homes of the community members in the informal settlement of Khorail were steadi...
blogs.law.columbia.edu
November 16, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Guest Blog: Courting the Heat: Heatwaves, Remedy, and Climate Justice
#introduction
I'm a #photographer and #Educator from #Yorkshire. My fields are #Documentary #Journalism #ImmersiveMedia and #PlanetaryHealth. Also #Music #Arts & #Culture. No echo chambers, trying to listen. I #Hike, #Run, #Climb & #Cycle. Outdoors as much as possible.
www.tomwhitephotography.com
I'm a #photographer and #Educator from #Yorkshire. My fields are #Documentary #Journalism #ImmersiveMedia and #PlanetaryHealth. Also #Music #Arts & #Culture. No echo chambers, trying to listen. I #Hike, #Run, #Climb & #Cycle. Outdoors as much as possible.
www.tomwhitephotography.com
Tom White Photography
Tom White is a British freelance photographer, educator, editor and curator currently based in Southeast Asia.
www.tomwhitephotography.com
November 16, 2024 at 2:35 AM
#introduction
I'm a #photographer and #Educator from #Yorkshire. My fields are #Documentary #Journalism #ImmersiveMedia and #PlanetaryHealth. Also #Music #Arts & #Culture. No echo chambers, trying to listen. I #Hike, #Run, #Climb & #Cycle. Outdoors as much as possible.
www.tomwhitephotography.com
I'm a #photographer and #Educator from #Yorkshire. My fields are #Documentary #Journalism #ImmersiveMedia and #PlanetaryHealth. Also #Music #Arts & #Culture. No echo chambers, trying to listen. I #Hike, #Run, #Climb & #Cycle. Outdoors as much as possible.
www.tomwhitephotography.com