Unlikely candidate for one of the most succinct takes on the generational divide in the UK.

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Read advait on why embracing the state is so integral to addressing climate breakdown, and why the global bias toward the private sector is increasingly self-defeating. break-down.org/post/downward-…

The Physical Infrastructure Design of Neighbourhood Public Square will make 3ºC Neighbourhood and Endowing The Future tangible through co-building regenerative, distributive-by-design neighbourhood civic infrastructure at the heart of Ladywood, Birmingham. bit.ly/PublicSquareDe…

There are now 2 distinct visions of GB Energy: The incremental but crucial return of public ownership, or an investment vehicle derisking the private sector to the detriment of the public sector balance sheet GBE will be a key indicator of a future Labour govts climate ambition

Last year, 234,400 new homes were completed — not actually that far off the magical 300,000 per year figure the bulldoze and blitz proponents often call for. But of those new homes, just 4% were genuinely affordable social rent homes. Another 23% were other “affordable products”

Great thread with useful trends, but it misses *the key* issue with renewable installs. Almost all new energy produced by renewables is just going to *new* energy demand. That not a transition - that’s a side hustle.

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The line up for next week from the 3rd - 8th September is looking sublime, there’s far too many people to tag but here’s a few Indy Johar, Dr Nathaniel Adam Tobias C———, Anasuya Gupta, Jack Minchella, Alys Fowler, seetal solanki, Seth Amani Scafe-Smith, Akil Scafe-Smith and so many more, but come and join to

Short term cost-benefit analysis is killing us all. We need to design a way beyond this.

Revealed: Three-quarters of prisons in England and Wales face ‘high risk’ of overheating | Josh Gabbatiss 🎨 Tom Prater ➡️ buff.ly/4dbpfrW

Its time for Doughnut Economics for University Courses! We cannot wait to publish these 7 slide decks - join the launch on Weds 6 November to hear from students & lecturers on why more resources like these are so urgently needed. Pls RT! Rethinking Economics doughnuteconomics.org/globaldonutday… 1/2

Feel like at this point AI is just a means of eroding our intelligence.

Reminder: Victory for Trump is likely to all but end global hopes of staying below 1.5C, our analysis found in March carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump…

From the same article "inequality still exists – and is arguably becoming more pronounced" A single focus on grades (under the myth of meritocracy) allows us to believe wider social and educational progress is being made. It isn't.

"You're not building a following (as a content creator), you're renting that following from the socials platform you're using"

For reference, to be in the top 1% globally you'd need a net worth of around £500k ($750k).

Paris could see temperatures of 45°C next week, taking into account the heat island effect, with tropical nights also. Europe and the Mediterranean are experiencing the fastest warming in recorded human history. Hard not to ask: what will 2035 look like at this rate?

Reaching net-zero targets will be cheaper than ignoring them (OBR). *with the added benefit of making life more bearable on a rapidly warming planet and reducing the inequality being driven by climate breakdown.