David Behringer told us, '“If you’re drinking water, you’re drinking a lot of TFA, wherever you are in the world … China had a 17-fold increase of TFA in surface waters in a decade, the US had a sixfold increase in 23 years.”'
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Recommended read for all those concerned about the rise of book banning in the UK.
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
No repeat performances this year. Understood?
Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.
This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.
44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
Worrying
Kafka understood that an even greater indignity than being turned into a giant insect was still being required to go to work afterward.
Proto-monopoly? Game board with the walls and gates, with the major buildings of Bologna, each marked with a different throw of the dice. 1691 (British Museum)
Ohhhhh
To build on this priceless piece of trivia, you need to read London Clay by the brilliant Tom Chivers
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And Tigger
I think of Pangloss SO often these days.
Even with climate change, we have enough water if we manage resources right. We need a well funded, well staffed regulator empowered to enforce rules, an overhaul of business use of water, repairs to leaking pipes, + to act to drinking water sources from forever chemical contamination.
We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.
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What happens when the one “friend” who listens is built to keep you hooked?
AI companions don’t just chat – they shape behaviour.
Our article asks who’s in control.
Closing date 31 January: applications are now invited for the Society's new Applied History Fellowships with
@ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson: bit.ly/4ijiuII
Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months #Skystorians
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark, didn't mess about in a letter to Farage explaining Parliamentary procedure...
Nice to see you here, Lucy.
They do this in the eaves of our house just above my study window.
A 'No Through Road' sign with the first 'O' missing
"... How I love thee, and thy sumptuous tarmac."
I've recommended your book many times this year, and often talked to people about it. Both the book and experiences you've shared online since publication contain important teaching for those of us working to make publishing more equitable.
I hope you find rest & joy over the holiday period.
My big plan is to engage people in conversations about books more online & offline. Reading is a huge part of my life, but I very rarely talk about the books I'm reading except to colleagues or close family. That's changing!
So glad I'm not the only person who forgets characters' names!
I think the amount you are angsting about this tells you to err on the side of caution.
And I'm spending part of Monday in your office. Would prefer you not to be ill 🤣
My calculations on this kind of thing are based around can I afford the lost time if I make a bad choice. I hate food waste, but I also don't take risks.
I'm in awe of the faith you have in all of us out here in the ether...
