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It was an honour to represent Freelancers Make Theatre Work at today's Oberto conference. Here is our provocation in full, either as four pictures or a very long thread... I am so proud to be a small part of this amazing team (mostly volunteers!) and to share the research that we are doing.

Pippa Crerar The most imminent cost was on landlords and was designed to reduce energy bills and fuel poverty for tenants, which is hardly a bad thing. All the other efficiency and heat pump rules were to be phased in as costs come down and were meant to be backed by incentives.

Is reaching #NetZero actually expensive? We asked University of Oxford & INET Oxford's Prof Doyne Farmer, who answered based on his peer-reviewed, published and widely cited research. More:oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/decarboni…

Yesterday, I asked the guys who are doing construction near my office where their burritos were from because they always smell *so* good. They told me that the foreman's mom makes them for them, which was disappointing until this morning when the foreman came running over to

So, today Civitas has published a great new report, publishing the "realisistic" costs of Net Zero. Apparently, it’s a whopping £4.5 trillion, or £6,000/home/year. Wow. However, how do these numbers stack up? (tl;dr: no. but stick around for the 🧵, because it's fun). 1/12

Why do you think Britain is a nation of drivers?

The one word voters most associate with the Conservative party, according to new @savanta polling

At the Conservative party conference, energy secretary Claire Coutinho said Labour seems “relaxed about taxing meat”. Ms Coutinho has not provided evidence to support this claim, and we’ve not found any. Taxing meat is not Labour policy. buff.ly/46qtk8y

Someone tell Suella Braverman that the Pope's gone woke

has he considered that a lot of people view university education as an opportunity to learn more about a subject they’re genuinely passionate about rather than simply preparation for making as much money as they possibly can

Will never forget Ocean Vuong's comments on competitiveness in the arts. He used the metaphor of a racetrack, calling the race “synthetic." Remove all the man-made elements--the track, the fences, the jockeys and numbers--and you have “horses running together in a field.” 💚

Students: "I wanted to email an academic to compliment their article, but I'm not sure it's appropriate" Academics receiving praise of any type in any form at any time:

In 2021, I was asked to contribute to Critical Hits, an anthology of writers on video games. I began unraveling thoughts about Red Dead Redemption, Arthur, the uncertainty of afterlife, & power. Anthology is out next month. You can read my essay today: theparisreview.org/blog/2023/10/1…

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Hello—Johnny Flynn & I made another album together. It’s called The Moon Also Rises & it came out this w/e from Transgressive. Songs of love & loss & paths & ghosts & sun & moon & seasons & hope in the dark. We’d love it to reach ears & hearts. Here: transgressive.lnk.to/themoonalsoris…

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Farewell then & good riddance to the least competent, least ecologically literate, least committed, most anti-nature & most river-knackering Environment Secretary since (god help us) Owen Paterson: Therese “the rain came from the wrong direction” Coffey.

Oil and gas companies accounted for 1% of investment in low and zero-carbon technologies last year.

The New School of the Anthropocene is a radical, trans-disciplinary, low-fee experiment in higher ed. I teach there & find it a true convivium. Applications are now open for 24-25; virtual/in-person. Learn more about New School of the Anthropocene's ethos & apply here: nsota.org/intro