Join us for the 2024 Mary Cartwright Lecture, with Bethany Marsh (Mathematics at Leeds), taking place online on 20th November from 2pm (GMT). The lecture aims to celebrate the achievements of distinguished women mathematicians a ➡️ lms.ac.uk/events/mary-ca…

Nice to see that the (social) media are truly impartial and bipartisan. Nothing to see here!

Simple Ideas, Big Impacts 🧵 1. Mesh drains in Australia prevent water bodies pollution. Should be a worldwide standard.

2024 is on track to be the hottest year ever recorded. This year, we’ve suffered the hottest day, and the hottest seas, in the history books. The climate crisis is here. We can’t postpone protection. We must adapt – now.

Doubling down on fossil fuels is absurd. The clean energy revolution is here. No group, no business, and no government can stop it. Leaders at #COP29 can and must ensure it is fair and fast enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

Many people ask how STEM teaching can possibly be 'decolonised/diversified' - surely it's just science. Here is a short thread with examples. Firstly, it is NOT about removing science from the curriculum, it is about giving students wider context (see: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…)

Climate finance is not charity, it’s an investment. #ClimateAction is not optional, it’s an imperative. Both are indispensable to a liveable world for all humanity and a prosperous future for every nation on Earth. My remarks at #COP29: un.org/sg/en/content/…

My response following the statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury on his resignation You can read this here 👇 archbishopofyork.org/news/latest-ne…

I told leaders at #COP29: All countries must take urgent #ClimateAction. But the G20 - as the largest emitters with the greatest capacities & resources - must lead. They must bring their technological know-how together – with developed countries supporting emerging economies.

I’m very aware people think the threat of climate change is hysterical and overblown. But then there’s this. This is fact. A graph from the University of Reading. Does this look okay to you?

This is exactly what Musk did in the U.K. during the riots in August. Trying to inflame a situation to stir up division and disrupt government. This has to stop.

So we analysed Companies House data to plot each suspicious corporate PSC onto a map. Here, for example, is the Isle of Man. Over a thousand companies hiding their ownership by unlawfully listing an Isle of Man company as their PSC, instead of showing the actual individual

Now that would have made an interesting dataset for a hackathon! ASA #Datafest 🤣