Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

The alarm is going off in the background again www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Govt should think clearly about what it's trying to achieve with housing policy, and then develop the right tools for the job - rather than being swayed by calls to further deregulate the system

2. Under our current system developers can only build market homes at the pace that people will buy them

The govt's current approach is less 'build, baby, build' and more 'permit, baby, permit'

A better approach would be diversifying planning permissions to deliver homes for a range of households

While planning reform is welcome & necessary, it alone is not the way out of this pickle, and neither is a deregulatory approach, for several reasons:

1. deregulation treats the symptoms not the causes! Planning delays are often reflective of failures elsewhere in the system

The govt is not the 1st to approach the housing crisis by pledging ambitious housing targets, but:

In its drive to boost housing numbers, govt runs the risk of adopting a deregulatory approach (the 'curry night' took place days after govt reduced affordable housing targets in London)

Will planning reform make housing more affordable? | IPPR Far too many people lack an affordable, safe, secure, decent place to call home. Far too many homes are disconnected from the spaces and services that make

In our piece we highlight the perversity in housing policy: increasing market supply is supposed to improve affordability, but that could only happen by bringing down prices (bad for the 7.5m households with mortgages!)

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This news story makes me think of this piece that me and @rosegrayston.bsky.social published a few weeks ago that looked at the current govt's housebuilding agenda and whether it's approach is working

As a cis woman it is hard to find the words to articulate how I feel about my safety being used as a pretence for this egregious bullying of children

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🚨New policy study🚨

There must be an alternative: Against mainstream defeatism and towards the rejuvenation of the democratic public space

We make seven key recommendations to turn the tide

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Solar panels and flood barriers: is this how Labour can stop Reform? A think tank close to Sir Keir Starmer warns that failing to tackle the immediate effects of climate change risks losing ground to the right

New paper from @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social & me on the political threat and opportunity of climate adaptation

Progressives have ignored the need to protect people from extreme weather - and that leaves an opening for the populist right. 🧵

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The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

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I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.

I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion

People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it

Thanks for taking the time to chat about it with me! Such a useful convo!

Finally - as a proud Bristolian, I knew Bristol used to have trams, but never knew it was this many!

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As @aditisriram.bsky.social explains below, there are structural barriers

We call for greater fiscal devolution to allow mayors to get on with delivering the transport systems their regions need

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We find that despite generous commitments from central government over the past year for transport infrastructure, there are still projects that sit languishing on shelves, rather than being delivered.

Mayors are still limited by their access to funds and ability to approve projects

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Two illustrations. On the left, "dispersed density" shows two roads with single homes around it. On the right, "articulated density" showing two tram tracks, with office buildings, high rise flats and shops around them.

We find that the transport projects that deliver growth are those that result in land use change - these projects revitalise high streets, delivering jobs, and allowing businesses to grow - & driving productivity gains

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Our new report is out today! Me and @aditisriram.bsky.social looked at the links between transport and growth, and tried to answer the evergreen question of why Leeds still doesn't have a tram (among other things)

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“By removing writing from reporters’ workloads, we’ve effectively freed up an extra workday for them each week.”

A newspaper editor actually said this! @theonion.com is cooked.

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It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.

i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts

For it to be relevant in the slightest you'd have to believe that in the brief moments leading up to him being killed, the ICE goons on the scene recognized him. That seems *extremely* unlikely. I'd caution people about making a connection here.

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

Agree on your (4) feels like there is a risk in allowing the switch of S106 from social/affordable to market, without enforcing standards at the building stage, might lead to some potentially perverse incentives?

They watched Israel do this with every Palestinian they killed for two years and so they never imagined it wouldn't work

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

“That’s roughly a girl or a boy killed here every day during a ceasefire,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva. “These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones,” he said, speaking from Gaza City. “They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from [remote-controlled] quadcopters.” Mr. Elder pointed out that more children have also died of hypothermia in the last few days, as harsh winter conditions expose the most vulnerable Gazans.

UNICEF: a child has been killed every day in Gaza by Israel since the start of the 'ceasefire.'

“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero

1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!

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Really interesting thread on the politics and communication of climate and action on net zero 👇