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Daniel Yeo

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Figuring out how to live in service of the whole. umami.works 🇲🇾🇨🇳, born in 🇬🇧, live in 🇫🇷, left my ❤️ in 🇪🇹. #greengrowth #resilientdevelopment #credibleclimateaction #climaterisk #water #watersecurity #energy #338ppm gravatar.com/dkcyeo

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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 14h
This is such shitbag subediting. The story should be that Jack Smith speaks truth to power and says what no one else has been willing to say. This sort of journalism is complicit in the collapse of the rule of law. Do better @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘You make me want to throw up’: Republicans attack ex-special counsel Jack Smith at Senate hearing
GOP senators lash out on Smith, who led criminal cases against Trump, with invective and inaccurate information
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Karl Olson 🌻 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 01/04/2024
A terminology proposal:
Disgusted face/interest face meme with the following scenario:

disgusted face: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)

interested face: PLAGIARIZED INFORMATION SYNTHESIS SYSTEM (PISS)
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
[Expression of interest] A year-long accelerator program to identify, train, and seed the next generation of place-based capital orchestrators docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Expression of Interest - Accelerator for Place-Based Capital Orchestration
A joint initiative by Climate KIC and the TransCap Initiative We're exploring the potential to launch a year-long accelerator program to identify, train, and seed the next generation of place-based ca...
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The classic civic tech arc was to make a lot of assumptions about how quickly and easily some government function could be fixed, spend at least a year with government, learn why the quick and easy assumption was wrong, reassess, and re-engage in deeper work with a longer timescale.”
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 29/09/2026
Honestly, it gives me hope that he hasn't just given up on an impossible difficulty policy. We need it. Care in the UK is in an awful state.
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 25/09/2026
This. My journey in this space has led me to focus on getting actual infrastructure projects financed and built. I can't solve it all but I can do what I can. And I'm also not sure that telling others what to do is the best use of my time and energy.
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Marc Kodack @ridden6570.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Commuters understand where the system works and where it fails. The question is not whether this knowledge should replace scientific, technical or gov't knowledge. It should not. The question is why it is so often treated as less authoritative theconversation.com/south-africa...
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South Africa’s minibus taxi industry has lessons for policymakers on how informal systems work
South Africa’s minibus taxi industry contains extensive knowledge, organisation and social practices developed by the people who work in and depend on it.
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Michael Utz @theutz.com · 22/09/2026
LLM's don't hallucinate, they generate errors. But they are unusually good at making humans hallucinate. We imagine the LLM like the Velveteen Rabbit that just needs a little love to come alive. A nice story. Not a good basis for policy. pluralistic.net/2026/09/21/s... @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Pluralistic: The Claude Delusion (21 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 22/09/2026
This is huge. I know it's just a game but the Destiny community has made Sony/Bungie sit up and pay attention. It's our game now. Eyes up Guardians! www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Ar...
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The Next Chapter for Bungie
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 22/09/2026
100% this. The instinct towards protectionism is so basic - smart policy would provide the right insulation to incubate novelty and help carmakers transition to a new world.
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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cool (well, very hot to be exact). Thermal batteries are starting to be deployed at scale, allowing industries to take power from grid when it is cheap or free, while maintaining continuous operations. @janrosenow.bsky.social
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Thermal batteries aren’t coming. They’re already here.
Half of all operating thermal batteries came online since 2025. Policy, not technology, is now the main constraint.
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Joe Boomgard-Zagrodnik @joeboomzag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I built a statistical model to forecast ski conditions using seasonal climate models. Summit at Snoqualmie in Washington has the worst ski forecast in the western US this winter. Makes sense given the “El Niño on steroids” model signal. Go south for better skiing ⛷️ Try it out: where2.ski
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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 17/09/2026
I'm convinced that open social protocols like #atproto have a crucial role to play in the future of science. Excited to share MOSAIC - our best effort at articulating the thesis, why it matters, and how to build and fund it (in collab w/ @exgenesis.ingroup.social ) 🧵
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MOSAIC — Modular Open Science, AI & Collective Intelligence
MOSAIC is an R&D program to build a new medium for large-scale, AI-augmented networked research.
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We’re hiring a Policy Fellow in Green Industrial Strategy & Green Finance at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social !
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 16/09/2026
I used to love this quote from Spiderman: Civil War. But more and more I think this sums up the American problem and the nightmare we find ourselves in today.
A panel from the Captain America comic. 
"Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right."

"This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world -- No, YOU move."
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you’re working at the intersection of public policy, green industrial strategy, finance and economic transformation, we’d love to hear from you. Apply here by 25 Sep 2026: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hey @ericlipton.nytimes.com 👋 AI is not “evolving” on its own. *People* are choosing how to build it. *People* are choosing how to train it. *People* are choosing how to run it. Maybe the problem is that they are the *wrong people* to make these choices.
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Chinese commercial lending in Africa is not just about banks and borrowers but it's also about a network of brokers who help connect African businesses to Chinese lenders, and more. chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/how...
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The Brokers Behind Chinese Commercial Lending in Africa
By Tianyi Wu The portfolio of financiers participating in China's overseas development finance is changing. Between 2000 and 2019, development finance institutions (DFIs), primarily the Export-Import…
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 09/09/2026
One more totally fucking nuts graph for today, care of a request by @leonsimons.com. Not only is the current standard deviation for the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature above 4SD over the 1982-2011 mean for the first time on record, but no previous year even reached 3SD.
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 08/09/2026
I tell you, the match between #atproto and open academic publishing is made in heaven. If we have learned anything from the for-profit-publishing, AI slop, and Twitter/X polycrisis, the future of academic publishing is decentralized eprints on #atproto, an it may well begin right here.
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 07/09/2026
Um. Essentially yes. LLMs predict next word based on training data and previous words. It's predictive text. Given the right training data, it can appear to be intelligent but there is no more reasoning or cognition than your Nokia 6210.
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 04/09/2026
Not the most advisable strategy for replication but shows the power of decentralised power.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So much of Reform is driven by the moneyed, old establishment elite who want to take back power from the proles who dared to rise above their station post-war.
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 03/09/2026
I swear his biggest contribution is gonna be in climate transition. Not sure that's worth paying for in blood and shame but there we are.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026
Trade xkcd.com/3290/
Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 02/09/2026
They were never fit for purpose. 2 degrees, 1.5 degrees. All are pointless in the face in insufficient action. NDCs never really risked actually remaining within 2 degrees.
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 02/09/2026
Some instant reactions: 1. Good to see a small number of very clear missions. 2. These do feel like the things that most ordinary people worry about. 3. I think the 'how' is almost as interesting as the 'what'. Clarity of common purpose coupled with empowerment of mayors and local authorities.
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Alex Ries @alexries.com · 02/09/2026
But then they DO support it, right? If you perform the act demanded of you, you have literally supported it.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"we should rename Mar-a-Lago something funny, make Google display that" My brother in Christ, the Ontario legislature can declare Google's workers in Ontario to be unionized and assign their collective labour rights to whichever union will be most militant, think bigger
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 29/08/2026
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods have occupied the 'worst nightmare' slot in my brain for years now. But it looks like the Nepal tragedy was not that: www.science.org/content/arti... This is terrifying and horrific. Awful for everyone in its path. And an actual GLOF is likely to be many times worse.
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How scientists unraveled the cause of the devastating flood in Tibet and Nepal
Global cooperation revealed a landslide, not a glacial collapse, likely initiated the cascade of events
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 29/08/2026
Whilst I do agree with the sentiment that the system is broken, I think it's wrong to dismiss that there are some Americans that support Trump for a variety of reasons - some are racists, some are mad, but some are pissed off with the system and feel left behind.
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 28/08/2026
A whole new class of space cadets.
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 28/08/2026
This. Mainly this.
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
ICYMI, recent NBER paper: heat stress is associated with higher yield spreads for both municipal and corporate bonds, as well as higher conditional expected returns for stocks www.nber.org/system/files...
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Richard Hebditch @richard.hebditch.org · 28/08/2026
New tool from UCL showing how much of shipping emissions come from in-voyage and how much when in port. Big variations across globe but overall 10% from in-port, which would could be tackled from electrification. www.shippingandoceans.com/post/new-res...
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New research shows a sizable share of shipping emissions can be reduced through electrification
A new interactive tool developed by UCL enables IMO member states to better understand the shipping activity and emissions associated with international shipping serving their country.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lake Ontario renamed Lake Epstein
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I had to say thank you.
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In Praise of Dolly Parton, 1946-2026, Our Goddess of Kindness
We will always love her, and there will never be another like her, this artist who came out of deep rural poverty in the 1960s to become not just a staggeringly great performer and songwriter but phil...
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 26/08/2026
She was, and just quietly went about it for the good of others and not her own ego. We should all aspire to be more Dolly
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I know a lot of people today have been sharing their stories and tributes to Dolly Parton and all the wonderful things she did in life. I didn't know much about her to be honest. I just know that every new thing I learn about her, all of it, points back to 1 thing: she was an incredibly good person.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This will be Canada soon! Porcupine strategy against the unreliable aggressive hegemon on its border with expansionist aims...
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 25/08/2026
Please read this and do something about it. I'm not American but this matters for the whole world. We need you to act 🙏
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Tired of shitting yourself because the GOP's trying to steal votes? Here's info from a veteran. I live in the US capitol of ballot fraud! The good ol' NC-09. I've personally been hit by two (2) NATIONAL NEWS-level GOP attempts to steal elections. BOTH 👏 FAILED 👏 because we WORKED. Here's how.
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Thorsten Sterk @thorstensterk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Citizens' assemblies are used in many places around the world. Here is an overview of the 314 mini publics on climate action that we know of. #CitizensAssembly #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
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Climate assemblies worldwide
Citizens' assemblies are used in many places around the world. Here we provide an overview of mini publics on climate action that we know of.
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Jack Copley @jackcopley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My piece on political economy of decarbonizing cement w/ @phenomenalworld.bsky.social A 'senior industry figure I spoke to said[:] “I mean, how are you going to get somebody to lend you money for the investments required if you aren’t making any money in your core business?”' tinyurl.com/c2f9z35s
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Jack Copley | Cement's Stubborn Emissions
Fierce competition and overcapacity crises are impeding efforts to decarbonize cement production
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 23/08/2026
I can't help but feel that we're living through the last days of Rome. An empire, global in reach and once unassailable, is falling off a cliff, ignorant to its own arrogance, driven by a fool emperor. Simultaneously distraught and strangely privileged to be living through such dark history.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026
"So securing critical software for the AI era arrived, in practice, as a queue of tickets landing on unpaid volunteers who were already drowning." patrik.re/where-was-my...
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Where was Mythos when WordPress fell?
Anthropic scanned more than 1,000 open-source projects with Mythos and never said which. WordPress wasn't one of them, and a pre-auth RCE in core sat there waiting.
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Daniel Yeo @dkcy.com · 23/08/2026
This is gold. "you don’t sign contracts with a bloke whose own Supreme Court keeps tearing them up, whose own Chamber of Commerce is begging him to stop, and whose own voters are ten weeks away from taking the keys off him and locking them in the shed."
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