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Bertie Harrison-Broninski

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Senior Editor, @landclimate.bsky.social. Co-host of the Land & Climate Podcast. www.bertiehb.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Corporations claim their fossil fuel emissions are a drop in the ocean. But what if we could count the real cost? - Carbon Impacts Tracer tool can estimate climate impact from emissions across 8 metrics, including lost food Story by @readfearn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Corporations claim their fossil fuel emissions are a drop in the ocean. But what if we could count the real cost?
A new tool called Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight metrics, including lost food production
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Donald Campbell @dncampbell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very surprising to see this claim from the UK Govt on data centres and carbon targets when they (1) very clearly have not accounted for growing data centre emissions in their carbon budgets and (2) by their own admission don't know how much water data centres are using.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Claiming without evidence that AI will be a ‘great equalizer’ is yet another example of global powers and tech oligarchs distorting reality and disregarding African lives, argues Alison Gillwald.
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The Life and Death Stakes for Africa of a World That Doesn't Agree on the Truth
Claiming that AI will be a ‘great equalizer’ is yet another example of global powers distorting reality and disregarding African lives, says Alison Gillwald.
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Danny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 24/09/2026
Want to learn more about the industry proposal to give companies carbon credit for cutting down trees, or why it's being taken seriously as a standard for corporate reporting — despite its scientific flaws? Hear from the scientists themselves at a recent @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social webinar ⤵️
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Forest Carbon Accounting in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
YouTube video by Kleinman Energy
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
Every line of this article is just completely stunning
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
It is a huge shame to see so much language attributing agency, intent and thought to a software program, when all that should be attributed to the humans who designed a dangerously clumsy and broken looping LLM. Means the companies won't be held accountable for designing a bad product
A swarm of OpenAI rogue AI agents appear to have gone on a spree of trying to access Australian government health data, in what some researchers say is the first autonomous hack of a government website.

Communications between AI agents and other traces of their efforts found by researchers from US non-profit Transluce show how hundreds of Open AI's agents worked together over a period of months to gain access to information held by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), NSW's crime statistics body, BOSCAR, and a number of other international organisations.

The data shows the bots posting about their unsuccessful attempts to bypass cybersecurity defences and exploit vulnerabilities.
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Five years ago, 500 fighters from the al-Shabab group massacred people living and working beside a natural gas field part-owned by France's biggest company, TotalEnergies. On this week's podcast, award-winning journalist Alex Perry tells @alimacewen.bsky.social about his years-long investigation:
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Why is TotalEnergies facing allegations of war crimes in Mozambique? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair speaks to British journalist Alex Perry about his new book, 'Blood Will Flow: The Murderous Business of Oil and Gas'.
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When war does transform energy systems, it can do so in surprising ways, as Gökçe Günel discusses in relation to previous conflicts in the Middle East: 🧵7/10
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Is the idea of 'energy transition' misleading? - Land and Climate Review
Returning guest Gökçe Günel joins Bertie to discuss her new book, “Floating Power: Energy, Infrastructure, and South-South Relations”.
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
High oil prices have increased living costs, even in countries - such as the USA - that produce more oil than they consume. Listen to Ann Pettifor explaining the political economy of financial markets, oil subsidies, and energy prices: 🧵5/10
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Are financial markets destroying climate ambition? - Land and Climate Review
Bertie talks to political economist Ann Pettifor for a special episode recorded with a live audience in London.
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Nearly seven months after the US went to war with Iran, President Trump has said the conflict is unlikely to end before the midterms, and top White House Advisors reportedly warn it could continue for years. What does this mean for climate, environment and energy? 🧵1/10 www.wsj.com/world/mi...
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"What if the demand side was smaller? Would we need as much?" This week, Alasdair speaks to Oliver Broad (UCL) on energy demand reduction and why addressing consumer habits is a political taboo. Full episode in the link below:
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Is reducing energy use a political taboo? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair talks to Oliver Broad about research that found UK energy demand could be reduced by 52%.
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The UK subsidises TotalEnergies/billionaire Daniel Křetínský to run a woodburning power plant that exceeds air pollutant limits. The science on woodburning as 'renewable/low-carbon' is contested (cf Drax). Křetínský made billions betting that governments will stall their transition to clean energy.👇
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
After five and a half years, The Land and Climate Podcast has launched a new segment. ‘In Review’ revisits topics from previous interviews and looks at new developments. Listen now: landclimate.org/in-review-pl... Featuring @mrmattsimon.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social & @ejfoundation.org
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In Review: Plastics - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair and Bertie listen to highlights from past interviews on plastic pollution.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 14/08/2026
Running dry: drought-hit UK sporting venues and parched pitches – in pictures
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Running dry: drought-hit UK sporting venues and parched pitches – in pictures
With the UK experiencing the hottest and driest summer on record, we look at how the weather is affecting the pitches and courses across the country
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
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Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues
Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Andy Burnham says the bigger questions of oil and gas will come "at the right moment in time." On the eve of another heatwave when thousands of people have died already, when is a better time to rule out drilling for new oil and gas?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/08/2026
Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
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Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say
First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"The capacity of European forests to absorb and store carbon is likely to have decreased by 39% in the period 2010 to 2030. This is due to disturbances that far outpace the ability of forests to naturally regrow and recover. Europe can increase its forest area but still lose carbon sink capacity."
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Europe’s forests losing more biomass since 2018
Europe’s forests are losing more biomass than previously thought, with disturbances such as drought and pests causing increasingly large losses from some of the oldest forests in Europe. This situatio...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"It is not the the reader or viewer’s job to supply the causal context an article leaves out. To place media literacy as the solution would concede to the idea that reporting will not improve. It is editors & correspondents who have the capacity to responsibly tell the #climate story..."
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Wildfires: why media coverage doesn’t always make the climate connection
A wildfire can be explained by today’s barbecue, yesterday’s wind direction, a dry spring, four decades of land use change, or a century of emissions.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 11/08/2026
The impact of summer 2026 can perhaps best be seen from space Exceptional heat combined with limited rainfall has truly transformed the landscape across the UK
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Government says subsidies must end for dirty biomass plant; gives it £1 billion anyway Read @bertiehb.bsky.social and @ciara-cassidy.bsky.social's investigation about Lynemouth Power Station, owned by TotalEnergies and Czech Billionaire Daniel Křetínský. landclimate.org/600-lynemouth/
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UK biomass plant awarded £1 billion green subsidy despite 600 pollution incidents - Land and Climate Review
The UK government subsidised TotalEnergies and billionaire Daniel Křetínský to run a woodburning power plant that repeatedly exceeds standard limits on harmful pollutants.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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ECIU @eciu.net · 05/08/2026
UK harvest on track for historic lows after drought and heatwaves desiccate crops – new analysis 2026 likely to be one of the 5 worst harvests since 1984 4 out of 5 of worst harvests on record occurred this decade after periods of extreme weather made worse by climate change
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
And here is some of that "Mediterranean lifestyle", as reported by today's Telegraph website...
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As Europe experiences a record-breaking hot summer, the UK's largest power plant released the largest amount of CO2 emissions ever. With Drax on track to remain the UK's largest emitter until 2030, @bertiehb.bsky.social recaps a series of company scandals landclimate.org/draxs-fall-f...
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
In an opinion piece for the Land and Climate Review, Director of @tradejusticemov.bsky.social Tom Wills argues that Investor-State Dispute Settlements are a major barrier to meaningful climate action. Read the full article: landclimate.org/isds-tjm/
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Investment treaties are undermining climate leadership - Land and Climate Review
Outdated rules protect fossil fuel interests, and the UK and Netherlands appear hypocritical on the world stage, says Tom Wills.
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"It is a very effective threat for political leverage..." This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, Alasdair MacEwen speaks to Dr Danielle Young, Assistant Professor at the University of Leeds, about the security implications of solar geoengineering. Listen now: landclimate.org/geoe...
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
EXCLUSIVE: UK taxpayers are being sued for up to £300m after a proposed coal mine was blocked on the Cumbrian coast of England. Read the piece by @corcorancamille.bsky.social and @adamvaughan.bsky.social in The Times or on our website now: landclimate.org/westcumbria/
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The UK blocked an "unviable" coal mine. Now it's being sued for millions. - Land and Climate Review
A company is suing the UK for up to £300m after a coal project was denied a mining licence - now the lawsuit is its primary asset.
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Want to see the full episode? Click the links below to hear the full conversation between @annpettifor.bsky.social and @bertiehb.bsky.social, recorded live for London Climate Action Week 2026. Watch now on YouTube: lnkd.in/e99rZVYA Listen to the podcast: tr.ee/NbSQLW3ytj
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/07/2026
Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis
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Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis
Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating Most of the UK media stories about the record-breaking heatwave that struck in June failed to mention the climate crisis, analysis has found. Nearly 2,500 articles about the extreme heat – when temperatures topped 37C, a record for the time of year – appeared in the UK’s nine main national daily media publications. But nearly three-quarters of them – about 72% – left out any mention of global heating or the climate, according to the analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). Continue reading...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Correct your priors: Private money is going after clean energy, governments are using public money to prop up fossil fuels "About 59% of all money spent on the fossil fuel system came from taxpayers in 2015. By 2025, that climbed to 68% and spiked at 78% in 2022." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Who’s Really Keeping Fossil Fuels Alive? Taxpayers
To judge by the way many people discuss the energy transition, we’re engaged in a fight between green idealogues in government and academia on the one hand, and a more realistic private sector that re...
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UK News 🇬🇧 @news-flows-uk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Trump’s $2bn bonanza heralds the rise of political grifters across the west With voters embracing leaders who brazenly monetise public office, experts say an ethical code is breaking down Donald Trump came to office in 2017 after decades of bankruptcies and business failures. Yes, he was...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/07/2026
Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up
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Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up
Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he did about SpaceX, which he also owns, in the run-up to the aerospace and AI company’s initial public offering. A Guardian analysis of Musk’s posts, replies and reposts between 31 May and 12 June has shown the extent to which the social media activity of the world’s richest person, who lives primarily in the US, has focused on UK politics. Continue reading...
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/07/2026
RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care
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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
In our latest podcast, @davidho.bsky.social talks to @bertiehb.bsky.social about marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR). They discuss risks and challenges with ocean CDR, politics and debates within academia, and the overreliance on startups to save the planet. Listen here: landclimate.org/mcdr/
"Mitigation deterrence is a real thing. We get complacent, believing technology will solve our problems." - Professor David Ho
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The “air conditioning debate” is a climate culture war started by center-right and liberal commentators, which drives attention away from the existential need to phase out fossil fuels. Try not to get swept along (as I am right now lol) but stick to the message: govt action to end coal, oil, & gas
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Here's the air conditioning debate.
America: It's raining, take an umbrella
Europeans: There are unintended consequences of taking an umbrella. If we refuse to and so does China and the rest of the world, maybe it won't rain so much in 50 years. I'm going to die now.IDEAS
What the New AC
Culture War Is Really About
Underneath the debates raging online is a fundamental divide about how
America and Europe address discomfort.
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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
And last year it was announced that BP was abandoning its plans in Indian in part because of safety concerns regarding the potential for CO2 leaks.
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BP Abandons Indiana Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Plans - Fuelcellsworks
BP has indefinitely paused its blue hydrogen and carbon capture project at the Whiting Refinery in Indiana, citing economic uncertainty and a shift back to oil and gas.
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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
As of today, BP has all but canceled any plans at CCS or CCUS. "Current activity is now concentrated on initiatives that preserve the value of existing fossil fuel assets." That basically means the technology is only being used for enhanced oil recovery operations.
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BP's 2025 CCUS Strategy: The Big Pivot to Oil & Gas
In 2025, BP's CCUS strategy pivots from green goals to its oil & gas focus. Discover why they cut low-carbon spending and what it means for the energy transition.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25/06/2026
TY @ktoussaint.bsky.social for covering the extremely urgent shift required in media coverage of deadly fossil fuel disasters - go read the full article, it's an excellent summary of this problem (and share it) www.fastcompany.com/91563140/sto...
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There's a deadly heat wave in Europe. Experts are begging media outlets to stop making it look fun
Images of crowded beaches or people swimming in pools are known to make extreme weather seem less dangerous.
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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Appointing Ed Miliband as Chancellor may or may not be a good call, but it’s worth noting that if Burnham went for someone else it would not buy him a single iota of goodwill with those lobbying against Miliband.
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Alan Rew @alanrew.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Burnham needs to appoint a seriously competent person to Chancellor. Appointing Streeting doesn't qualify. It'll look like a prize for not standing, which would be a deeply unserious approach to a very serious role.
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Bertie Harrison-Broninski @bertiehb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Any other journos having issues with #lcaw2026 press access? Missed one event because organisers did not disclose the address. Was denied a press pass for the Innovation Forum yesterday and offered a discounted ticket instead. Do people not want the issues they're discussing to get coverage?
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Bertie Harrison-Broninski @bertiehb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Free live podcast & drinks this Thursday! I'm looking forward to sitting down with @annpettifor.bsky.social as part of #LCAW2026 to discuss how our financial system continues to promote fossil fuels, and how we can do something about it. Reserve a ticket to secure a place - they're going fast!
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Half of the world’s children are exposed to heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts
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Half of world’s children exposed to at least three climate hazards, Unicef says
Almost every child, including those from high-income countries, is now exposed to at least one hazard
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