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The University of Birmingham is under investigation by the Health and Safety Executive ‘Since 2020, stress has been the largest cause of illness-related absence at the Univ, with over 500 staff off sick directly as a result of stress & over 17,000 days stress-related absence’ birminghamucu.org/2024/10/16/uni…

This is a great illustration of what the new energy order looks like: ➡️large to small ➡️centralised to decentralised ➡️large grids to microgrids ➡️one-directional to bi-directional ➡️passive consumers to active prosumers Of course this is simplified and highly stylised but it

Wasn't a particular fan, but was highly enjoyable watching him run rings around most & a time when the rise of indy saw various features embedded in the British state - war mongering, nuclear power & weapons, elitism etc - for once not seen as inevitable. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

🚨NEW REPORT The military industry — which produces huge social & ecological damage — contains technological capacity that can be repurposed for green manufacturing. We spoke to military industry workers that were open to a transition, building on the historic Lucas Plan.

The ongoing ever increading budget of Sellafield and NWS. And we will be paying for it for years to come, so why spend money on creating new reactors. Dr Paul Dorfman Phil Johnstone foe Cumbria Network Friends of the Earth Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Greenpeace UK

This graphic is going viral. This is how it was calculated... let's get geeky🤓...

“Is there a universe in which the United States could afford to lose its nuclear base in Scotland?” “No”. The basic plot mechanism of Netflix’s The Diplomat. You may now understand the media-political lock-out of a nuke-free Scots Indy

It’s almost as though booming stock markets and growing GDP don’t inevitably lead to rising living standards 🤔

Institute of Development Studies have just revamped their #ParticipatoryMethods website 👇 Easier to navigate, up to date, more user friendly. Would love to hear what other #ParticipatoryResearchers think about it.

They lost because there wasn't enough centrist expert podcasts explaining the facts to people. With just a bit more 'content', more facts, more mocking, all those who feel their lives are worse and not benefiting from 'the transformation' would surely address their irrationality.

Meanwhile, the German government coalition is falling apart while the polls look like this: AfD ahead of all government parties.

Yes, In Britain all to easy to pretend it's all fine (thanks to illusion created by FPTP). Also, remainers like to glamourize the EU as a safe haven despite the far right ascending everywhere often with even more extreme anti-migrant rhetoric than in the states. It's global.

How is artificial intelligence going be deployed? We know historically that when machinery came into production, John Stuart Mill said, machinery should lighten the load of labor, I cannot understand why when machinery is actually employed, it is doubling the load of labor. [1/8]

One of the core arguments of my book is the green transition promised manufacturing jobs but delivers installation jobs. The transition economy will be even more of a services based one; deindustrialisation is a global phenomenon.

🚨New Blog: 📑'Introducing the National Security & Defence Documents Dataset 1987-2024'📃 @AndrewWNeal explains how the new online collection reveals trends in public security discourse & threat perceptions, and how the dataset can be used by scholars. rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2024/11/14/nat…

"these levels of secrecy are unprecedented during the 24 years [NIS has] been operating. Whatever your position on nuclear weapons, the current information black hole is antithetical to good governance, and fundamentally unacceptable in a democracy." nuclearinfo.org/comment/2024/1…

Our research shows that 5.5% of global emissions can be attributed to the military. G20 leaders meet today against a backdrop of wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, stalled COP29 negotiations, and terrifying climate headlines. Military emissions must take centre stage. UN Environment Programme

We learn more from reading on paper than on screens. 54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative. The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.

NEW RECORD: 2024 is the first year in history when wind, solar and hydropower generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the UK.

What could a sustainable mining system look like? New paper by Phil Johnstone DeepTransitionsLab offers a novel approach to challenge current practices and stimulate imaginative thinking ➡️bit.ly/3Cjk7p2 #SustainableMining #MiningFuture