Reposted by Tom NewbyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9352163194
Reposted by Tom NewbyRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A satellite image of southern Gaza shows an apocalyptic scene—not a single building appears to be left standing. 16936
Reposted by Tom NewbyJonathan 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 22675182
Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 24/09/2026Love this. BCFC have bought one million bricks; cleaned, sorted and restored from the former City Hospital. They will be used to build the twelve towers of their new stadium. The bricks were originally made on the site of the stadium. Truly #CircularEconomybbc.co.ukPowerhouse stadium to be built with bricks from former hospitalBirmingham City Football Club have purchased a million restored bricks from the former City Hospital. 000
Reposted by Tom NewbyArchitects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 19/09/2026Fresh fears have been raised over the future of London’s Central YMCA building after a bid to have the 49-year-old building listed was rejected.architectsjournal.co.ukFears mount over future of Brutalist YMCA building after listing bid rejectedFears mount over future of Brutalist YMCA building after listing bid rejected 034
Reposted by Tom NewbyHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/09/2026as.ft.com/r/f257abde-7... Morning all 1239969
Reposted by Tom NewbyWalter Menteth @waltermenteth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I would suspect it’s only going to get worse. As ppl start to think it’s viable to do this for ‘cost efficiencies’. Challenging value engineering will begin to look like a doddle. 082
Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 18/09/2026This is pretty terrifying. An architect generated structural engineering calculations using AI. The calculations looked convincing to a non expert but were fundamentally wrong, and unsafe.cross-safety.orgInappropriate use of artificial intelligence (AI) in structural designConcerns are raised about the unverified use of AI-generated structural design outputs to justify the installation of heavy plant on an existing building roof. 814463
Reposted by Tom NewbyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/09/2026Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiottheguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 1011329
Reposted by Tom NewbyGabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour 3257501533
Reposted by Tom NewbyRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers. 1062353687
Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 16/09/2026I did this as a child growing up near Eindhoven. Each year we'd also be sent off in small groups with a map to find out own way and cycle to school camp. 000
Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 13/09/2026Excellent from the Guardian about this absolutely critical work that must go ahead.theguardian.comMapped: the £150bn megaproject that aims to protect Britain from energy shocksThousands of miles of new power lines are needed to deliver climate targets and energy security, but bills will rise in the short term and opponents are mobilising 011
Reposted by Tom NewbyDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below. 145136954892
Reposted by Tom NewbyArchitects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 06/09/2026OPINION When the planning system and the economic environment are stacked against making the right choice on building retention, we cannot halt the bulldozers, argues Alexander Buck.architectsjournal.co.ukWhy we just can’t kick our demolition habitWhy we just can’t kick our demolition habit 001
Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 06/09/2026"Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies" Causes, not faces.bbc.co.ukFlyers might have to face more disruption with hotter skiesAre people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify? 000
Reposted by Tom NewbyMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026'The number of students taking A-level music is at a record low: under 5,000, a drop of nearly half from 15 years ago....Music GCSE entries have also fallen. It has the widest attainment gap for disadvantaged students of any subject.'theguardian.comThe Guardian view on music and drama education: reversing elitism starts at school | EditorialEditorial: The number of students taking creative subjects at A-level and GCSE is at a record low. The arts must not become the preserve of the most privileged 68144
Reposted by Tom NewbyLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFive Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance 3923951157
Reposted by Tom NewbyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026I know we're all supposed to be herding onto the anti-data center bandwagon, but man, I worry a *lot* that it's going to overspill its borders & become a more generalized anti-wind & solar, anti-battery, anti-grid-infrastructure, anti-transmission, anti-anything mega-glonzo that leaves us worse off. 1291030124
Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 05/09/2026theguardian.com‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrikeExclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic 000
Reposted by Tom NewbyEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A new video from Syria shows M4000 chemical bombs being disassembled. These bombs were used in 3 attacks in 2017, including the notorious Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack. After that attack I pieced together their identity back in 2017 using open source evidence www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/04... 9729231
Reposted by Tom NewbyProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The government simultaneously telling people to stock up on food, and going ahead with extracting more fossil fuels from the North Sea www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The fact that they are incapable of connecting the two, shows they haven't a clue about what climate breakdown actually meansbbc.co.ukJackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources sayThe government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands. 1114981
Reposted by Tom NewbyStoic Thinker @stoicthinker2025.bsky.social · 03/09/2026By the limited media coverage, you'd never know this is an existential crisis. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/c...nytimes.comU.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate TargetCarbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns. 28445232
Reposted by Tom NewbyMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I think the Telegraph misspelled “the highly respected leader of Camden Council” in the headline. 862517549
Reposted by Tom NewbyAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026ICYMI this is what the BBC were up to while Channel 4 were investigating Reform for allegedly breaking the law on party donations 8308123
Reposted by Tom NewbyPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026IT IS UK GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT CREATES THE SMALL BOATS. THE UK GOVERNMENT IS TO BLAME FOR THE SMALL BOATS. THEY COULD STOP SMALL BOATS TOMORROW. 164
Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 04/09/202670,000 pints of Guinness and a packet of of crispstheguardian.comThieves steal more than 70,000 pints’ worth of Guinness from depot in CheshirePolice say two lorries were driven into industrial estate in Runcorn and attached to trailers holding about 800 barrels 1162
Reposted by Tom NewbyRob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy. 26035401064
Reposted by Tom NewbyTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I do wish any of these pieces that criticise tax rises in favour of "welfare reform," would engage in the 16 year long experiment in welfare reform that has culminated in marginal savings and an increase (until recently) in child poverty. Truly, a mugs game. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comAndy Burnham warned over ‘stupid’ tax raid on capital gainsLord O’Neill of Gatley, who declined a role as the PM’s economic adviser, says raising taxes in the budget would show ministers were not serious about growth 22445115
Tom Newby @tomnewby.co.uk · 29/08/2026Wilem Frischmann. What a legacy of incredible buildings.theguardian.comWilem Frischmann obituaryStructural engineer who worked with the architect Richard Seifert on striking modernist buildings 010
Reposted by Tom NewbyPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I mean it's a slight over-simplification, but yes, that's more or less what transport policy *should* be like and sometimes is, certainly in urban areas. 1641165
Reposted by Tom NewbyCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Unbelievably disappointing u-turn from the PM - where is the serious culture change at Westminster we were promised? Our democracy should not be for saletheguardian.comBurnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donorsPM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour 107990310
Reposted by Tom NewbyDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"If you commute on an e-bike 20km a day, five days a week, your charging cost would be about $20 – annually."theconversation.comThe world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carsElectric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most. 271005361
Reposted by Tom NewbyTim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 26/08/2026Tribute to my late colleague Michael Edwards, who was an inspiration in every way and a powerful model as I have learned to be a scholar. "What set Michael apart was his refusal to keep scholarship and active citizenship separate." www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/new...ucl.ac.ukTribute to Professor Michael EdwardsWe are sad to announce that Michael Edwards, Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, passed away on 5 August 2026. 2103
Reposted by Tom NewbyFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Even with headphones/earbuds, a person on a bike is far more aware of their surroundings than a driver in a soundproofed car. This is a distraction from the real issue of safe, mode separated infrastructure. Much like the helmet debate, it puts the burden on the rider instead of the infra design. 1725
Reposted by Tom NewbyAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We know exactly what works: • Rapid fossil fuel phase-out • Massive renewable expansion • Nature restoration • Fair climate finance Emissions are still rising, but the tools to reverse this exist. The only missing ingredient is political will. Demand better. Vote better. Act better. 32971450
Reposted by Tom NewbyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/08/2026One big lie behind the data centre gas build out: "It's just a transition fuel leading to a grid connection" Okay - but what happens once connected? You have a LOT of new fossil fuel infra that needs to burn stuff for decades to make $$ www.bloomberg.com/podcasts/ser... 26715
Reposted by Tom NewbyEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21/08/202613 years since the huge Sarin attacks in Damascus. It's really hard to underestimate what a huge catalyst that was for a denialist network that has spent the last 13 years twisting themselves into knots to find ways to deny the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime. 121496390
Reposted by Tom NewbyUN Humanitarian @unocha.org · 16/08/2026So far this year, at least 8 aid workers have been killed in #Gaza. 185 were killed in 2025. Statements of concern do not protect aid workers. All parties to conflict must uphold international humanitarian law. Those who break the rules must be held to account. #ActForHumanity 098
Reposted by Tom NewbyR1ch1e5 @r1ch1e5.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Perhaps fossil fuel bills should be forced to state the monthly toll of deaths associated with their continued use. #ClimateEmergency #FossilFuelnytimes.comIn One Week During Europe’s Record Heat Wave, Deaths Increased by 16,000 (Gift Article)Deaths spiked in northwest Europe in June, where countries were unprepared for extreme heat that hit much of the continent. 714463
Reposted by Tom NewbyFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The visual definition of a "cyclist" completely changes the second you stop designing infrastructure exclusively for middle-aged men riding for sport. 8611150
Reposted by Tom NewbyLondon Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 10/08/2026There's been extensive research on floating bus stops, where cycle tracks pass bus stops on a main road. They need to be designed well - but the claims they're dangerous just don't match the evidence. Without them, cycling won't be inclusive & safe for everyone. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...standard.co.ukDisability campaigners call on mayor to scrap floating bus stopsThe stops, first introduced in 2013, involve a cycle lane running between a bus stop and the pavement 1616340
Reposted by Tom NewbyTom Holbrook @thomholbrook.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Well said Sadiq: www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSadiq Khan calls on Andy Burnham to commit to climate action as pressure grows over North Sea oilLondon mayor points to ‘terrifying scenes’ this summer amid speculation Burnham may back Jackdaw and Rosebank projects 0126
Reposted by Tom NewbyAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The IMF says we pay $5T/year to subsidize fossil fuels — that's $13M per MINUTE to destroy our future. Meanwhile solar & wind fight for scraps. We don't have a funding problem. We have a priority problem. 31926523