Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 22hwww.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comBritons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefingNine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health 001
Reposted by Graham JefferyHuw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Also purged from the free speech absolutist Battle of Ideas: 1103
Reposted by Graham JefferyMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Still thinking about this and trying to get to the bottom of it. 2118446
Reposted by Graham JefferySimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 12/10/2026HEAT PUMPS: Following today's Guardian pre-budget story saying the boiler upgrade scheme will be trimmed, it's worth looking back to last year's pre-budget Guardian story saying the scheme would be trimmed. Last time it was not, in fact, trimmed. Let's see what happens this time. 25514
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comMarco Rubio is promoting troubling ideas about ‘Western civilization’ | Ted WidmerIn a recent visit to Greece, the secretary of state suggested that Europe must rediscover the values of conquest and expansion 000
Reposted by Graham JefferyCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take offtheguardian.comMinisters preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spendingExclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say 21559196
Reposted by Graham JefferyThe Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 12/10/2026Gaza is "becoming an increasingly unlivable place for humans" due to Israel's large-scale military operations, a senior official from the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has said.ebx.shUNRWA warns Gaza is becoming an increasingly unlivable placeGaza faces persistent shortages of medical supplies due to delivery restrictions. Hygiene conditions also remain dire. 22112
Reposted by Graham JefferyDr Stuart McKie @bigfridge224.bsky.social · 12/10/202630,000 job losses in one of the few sectors we are still genuinely world-leading, and zero national conversation beyond tuition fees and loans. UK Higher Ed is sinking and apparently no-one has noticed. 610462
Reposted by Graham JefferyNick Gray @path-dependent.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Today, the Telegraph can exclusively reveal that people who've got nowt often live near each other in less well off neighbourhoods. More as we get it. 1622743
Reposted by Graham JefferyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/10/2026If you are wondering why Anthropic aren't coming out and opposing statements like this, it's because they very genuinely do not care about climate responsibility and will burn absolutely whatever they can get their hands on to keep the grift going. www.capitalbrief.com/article/anth... 13616203
Reposted by Graham JefferySteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Imagine how much coverage this would get if Gove were Green - or if she were Black 21449198
Reposted by Graham JefferyAarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026”A new analysis says that heat pumps avoided a staggering €9.7 billion in import costs alone last year.” #EnergyCrisis www.euronews.com/2026/06/22/e...euronews.comHeat pumps are saving Europe billions by lowering gas importsA new analysis says that heat pumps avoided a staggering €9.7 billion in import costs alone last year. 417361
Reposted by Graham JefferyDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 12/10/2026just wait for the oligarchs to start talking about a new Geneva convention to protect data centers. suddenly they’ll be really into intl law. lol. but also not lol. 3655
Reposted by Graham JefferySpooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Michael Gove recently split up with his girlfriend Lola Salem. We wonder why? 194
Reposted by Graham JefferyEuan @euan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026imagining what the second headline would be if she had so much been in the same room once with a left-wing politician 27117
Reposted by Graham JefferyDamon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 10/10/2026“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.” These titans of business. These masters of the universe.businessinsider.comMy personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.Shane Mac, the CEO of XMTP Labs, got a rude shock when one of his AI agents posted his monthly bank audit in a company Slack channel. 1012908640
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"Burnham’s Government faces a challenge and a choice.:... living standards are projected to decline on their watch...the lowest-income households bearing the worst of the impact. The choice is whether to act sufficiently or let that happen." @andyburnham.bsky.social www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi...jrf.org.ukHow big is the living standards challenge facing Andy Burnham?As the pressure of the cost of living crisis mounts, the Government has the opportunity to return incomes to growth for low- and middle-income households. 001
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 11/10/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Some aren’t going to make it’: how pressure on farmers threatens UK food securityFood producers are adding their voices to the chorus of warnings about the vulnerability of British supply chains 000
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 10/10/2026this looks like it will be an amazing and extremely important resource www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comThatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved onlineProject lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture 000
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 10/10/2026some wisdom / insight here - worth a read www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘Would I sit down with Tommy Robinson? It’s not a definite no’: lessons from people who fought the far right in the 70s, 80s and beyondExtremists are on the rise globally – but UK activists have seen them off in the past in everything from football, politics, music and more. How did they do it? 000
Reposted by Graham JefferyMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026GIL SCOTT-HERON in 1982 showing the side of Washington D.C. that tourists never got to see and politicians tried to imagine didn’t exist. 862864818
Reposted by Graham JefferyPeter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026‘Overall visa applications in the crucial three-month July-to-September recruitment period are down by 24.7 per cent on 2022 levels, with 230,300 students applying in this window this year compared with 305,800 five years earlier.’timeshighereducation.comUK student visa applications fell sharply in SeptemberLatest Home Office statistics show student visa bids hit five-year low for pivotal recruitment month 231
Reposted by Graham JefferyEd Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#BBCPMtaxpolicy.org.ukTory IHT cut could cost £11bn - almost twice the advertised priceOur modelling suggests Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut could cost £7.7bn-£10.9bn a year and shift £60bn-£110bn from savings and investments into housing. 264
Reposted by Graham JefferyChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Social science figures, in one way or another, in just about every public debate (prisons, immigration, housing etc. etc.) Notably, even those who insist it is nonsense, unscientific, woke or whatever invariably rely upon their own 'social science' claims, even if not expressed or examined as such. 2274
Reposted by Graham JefferyChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026UK has c.30K SocSci academics, supported by taxpayers, c.900K SocSci students & many UK unis are highly globally ranked for SocSci. Surely it's not too much to expect the BBC to devote 30 minutes a week, for part of the year, to it? [Disclosure, FWIW: I've appeared on TA a couple of times] 1325
Reposted by Graham JefferyChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Coming on top of the axing of The World Tonight it really seems as if #BBC are determined to wreck R4. Especially depressing that Thinking Allowed will go - SFAIK it's the only programme in UK media dedicated to (mainly academic) social science research. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBBC to cut raft of Radio 4 programmes including You and YoursThe corporation said it would be investing in a new consumer programme, while announcing more cuts. 1713957
Reposted by Graham JefferyPatrick Hurley @patrickhurley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I have today written to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport about the future of the BBC. 84517
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Also last chance for apply for a part time lectureship in art @uniwestscotland.bsky.social - details here, again please share. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTB030/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Art at University of the West of ScotlandAyr Campus with travel to Paisley (Deployment on other campuses may be required) Part time: 17.5 hours per week Fixed term: 24 months This role may be... 000
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTE389/l... unlike lots of other bits of UK higher education , we are actually recruiting and looking for an enthusiastic and committed colleague to join a very high quality, industry facing team — details at link above, please share.jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Television Production at University of the West of ScotlandAyr Campus Full time: 35 hours per week This role may be eligible at this time for visa sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If requiring visa... 010
Reposted by Graham JefferyResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 01/10/2026Over the past two decades, pensioner incomes have grown by 20 per cent, while those of working-age families have grown by just 7 per cent ➡️ buff.ly/FY93tV6 154
Reposted by Graham JefferySky News @news.sky.com · 01/10/2026'Devastating year' as Swiss glaciers shed 5% of ice amid record-breaking heatwavesnews.sky.com'Devastating year' as Swiss glaciers shed 5% of ice amid record-breaking heatwavesGlaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of their ice volume in 2026 after a "devasting year" marked by intense heatwaves and low snowfall, according to a study. 02327
Reposted by Graham JefferyDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026that's about £28m a day renewables have saved the UK sending to petrostates since the start of the US-Israel war in Iran 15929
Reposted by Graham JefferyDr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Church of Thatcherism and the Cult of the Blessed Margaret. 082
Reposted by Graham JefferyThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The UK Government are facing renewed calls to end the proscription of Palestine Action, following Ed Miliband's admission that people opposing genocide in Palestine 'were right' 🗣️ 'That acknowledgement will ring hollow as long as Labour maintains the ban'thenational.scot'You were right': Ed Miliband comments fuel calls to end Palestine Action ban 56942
Reposted by Graham JefferyJosie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform [topics that are central to Woolf’s work] are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by [Facebook's] automatic system” and are filtered out." Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminismTheatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism 67153
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comSixteen English councils spend more than 80% of core funding on social careCouncils collectively spent record 71.9% of core spending on adult and children’s care last year, analysis shows 000
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comEdinburgh joins UK universities heading for strikes as cuts spread through entire sectorStudents at Edinburgh, Dundee and Nottingham face a term without any teaching as sector struggles with rising financial uncertainty 000
Reposted by Graham JefferyJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's even worse than this, as they don't then do the self-styled 'pragmatism' right. The argument is you can do another wave of fossil fuel development - be it drilling or runways - and still reach net zero, but they won't put proper legal guardrails in place or invest properly in carbon removals. 1122
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...europeanmovement.co.ukAsk your MP to stand up for our future in EuropeOn 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate? 000
Reposted by Graham JefferySam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh... 22696195
Reposted by Graham JefferyMike Lydon @mikelydon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Final point: the Ruelles Vertes is not just green infrastructure, it’s social infrastructure, cultural infrastructure, traffic-calming infrastructure etc. Montreal shows us that an any city’s alley system can be repurposed into something much greater than a place to store the garbage. 121
Reposted by Graham JefferyJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026These sound like non-trivial problems. 60940224
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Horrendously dystopian, but absolutely on point for the Blair brandwagon www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comTeachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their workExclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ monitoring system 050
Reposted by Graham JefferyAmnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026OUTRAGEOUS scenes outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool yesterday! But it’s nothing new... In the UK, OVER 3,500 people have been arrested, with MORE THAN 2,250 formally charged under TERROR LAWS for PEACEFULLY PROTESTING the ban on Palestine Action. 88559
Reposted by Graham Jefferyjon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine MaxwellIdeapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. 181274556
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thames Water is an utter disgrace. Incompetent, complacent, greedy, and they take the public for fools. Renationalise it now and make the investors who have taken billions from customers, and delivered appallingly substandard 'infrastructure' pay. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comSchools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water 000
Reposted by Graham JefferyJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Rayner is correct: these proposals are economically damaging and politically counterproductive. Pretty clear that view is now almost universal in the Cabinet/Labour Party and the informed public. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comAngela Rayner condemns Labour’s migrant visa crackdownSpeaking before the party conference, the housing secretary says Shabana Mahmood’s immigration plans would affect care workers 21677183
Reposted by Graham JefferyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/09/2026Q: Mr Sununu, would you have voted for a war powers resolution in the Senate? JOHN SUNUNU:🚶🚶🚶 Q: Would you admit that Trump’s war was a bad decision, or are you just going to do everything that Trump tells you to do? JOHN SUNUNU:🚶🚶🚶 2152589655