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Trivik Verma

@trivikrama.bsky.social
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Professor at Loughborough Occasionally with NatGeo cities, inequalities, and justice trivikverma.com

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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is getting a lot of quotes, so I feel I should correct this a bit (sorry @anildash.com!) “AI” was 100% born toxic! The first AI workshop was born from the field of “automata studies”, and…1/ (Pictured: the folks who convened for the first workshop. Notice anything notable here?)
A group of white men, sitting on the grass and smiling at the photographer. Black and white photo (1956).
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
I suppose in the same way that eugenics was also the "biggest idea"?
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blair @blairaf.com · 30/09/2026
If you issue a public apology and offer pro bono IT services, you can not only get away with cybercrime but also monetize it through institutional lock-in techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/o...
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OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites | TechCrunch
The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to assess the impact of the events.
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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Why don’t you join the Green Party, Clive
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Dutch government has been holding community role plays for emergency preparedness & an advice app which works even without internet. Emergency hubs and support points have been set up. The UK needs to learn from others & go beyond telling us to buy some canned goods… www.ft.com/content/127a...
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Europe prepares for life ‘between war and peace’
Dutch lead civilian drills to withstand Russian sabotage and natural disasters
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

LOGOS:
The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For the Monday morning crowd, here’s something you can bring to your anxious colleagues
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Rogue AI didn’t breach Hugging Face, human decisions did
At the core of the Hugging Face hacking incident were a series of human choices that traded security for speed.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Martin Wolf: a threat to democracy in FT clothing www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09...
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Martin Wolf: a threat to democracy in FT clothing
Martin Wolf has written in the Financial Times today about the difficult choices facing John Healey as he prepares for his October Budget. Wolf argues that the Chancellor needs to be bold. I agree, bu...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Re-upping this...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/09/2026
The hottest summer on record. The worst arable harvest on record. A climate crisis already hitting communities around the world. Andy Burnham must rule out more drilling at Jackdaw and Rosebank.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Vital thread 👇
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/08/2026
From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
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From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Devi Sridhar
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Sahil Mathew @sahilmathew.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just one more climate risk assessment in the Himalayas, with some nice drone data will solve the problem. #Nepalflood
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/08/2026
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
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‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
Holyrood ‘inching towards moratorium’ amid concerns over massive proposed developments in Auchtertool and beyond
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Jason’s life ended in tragedy, and while our stories bear many similarities, at least I am privileged to leave academia on my own two feet and not in a body bag. May Jason know peace now, something he was not allowed to feel in the last weeks of his life."
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Read every post in this thread and weep again at the death of Professor Jason Arday. Jason knew the truth, his friends, family and work colleagues knew too. And this thread shows the truth was there to be found, but the grim, relentless and racist media hounding continued unabated.
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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So moving to see real results for children so quickly from the London ULEZ 👏💚 Let us never forget what a political knife edge this policy faced before it came in. We need a new national Clean Air Act - Ella’s Law - to reduce health risks from air pollution everywhere. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Well, if the UK govt needs a little help beyond the 20 people, we have a small but might research team and can deliver a tailored heat action plan to every postcode before Burnham's hundred days are up.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
10 urgent climate policies the UK should implement now - From rejecting oil drilling licences to preparing communities for heat, drought and wildfires, here’s how Andy Burnham can deal with the climate emergency #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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10 urgent climate policies the UK should implement now
From rejecting drilling licences to preparing communities for heat, drought and wildfires, here’s how Burnham can ready the UK for a hotter, drier climate
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Private equity backed European education group eyes takeovers of UK universities. Govts created crisis. Froze fees, limits on foreign students. 40% of unis in financial distress. What will PE cut - staff, wages, research, subjects? Takeover will be funded by student loans. archive.ph/lPWC1
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European education group eyes takeovers of UK universities
Britain ‘an appealing market’ for long-term investment, says Galileo chief
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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Economic growth does not eradicate inequality. It’s a myth reproduced by wealthy to accumulate more wealth. The shortsightedness of the umpteenth UK government is setting up young people to fail in life and be exposed to an unbearably expensive and devastating planet.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ronny Chieng on @thedailyshow.com calmly explains global temperature rises to visual learners.
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Dr. Catherine Strickson @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The UK is a very normal and well-functioning state where if you have enough money you can destroy the rights of minorities by throwing endless lawsuits at the government until they do what you want
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Government says they're focused on "providing stability" through oil and gas. An absolute dereliction of first duty to keep us safe. It won't boost the economy for the people but further obscene profits for fossil fuel companies & their shareholders. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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PM faces pressure as Jackdaw licence consultation closes
A consultation on Jackdaw, a gas field 150 miles east of Aberdeen, will close on Monday.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 07/08/2026
They should rebrand it as a 'Genuine UK trans experience for cis people'
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We assume that the AI boom is the result of market demand. In reality, it is the result of investment decisions made by concentrated capital, which is reshaping the economy on its own terms.
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Nobody Asked for AI
We tend to think that markets reflect consumer choice. But the artificial-intelligence boom has been powered by the investment decisions of concentrated capital rather than by consumer demand.
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Geography and Environment at Loughborough University @lborogeog.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
📢 Job alert: University Teacher in Human Geography Expertise in political and social geography, as well as an ability to teach across a range of human geography themes would be advantageous. Part-time (0.5 FTE) and fixed term for 34 months. Closing date 18/08/2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM963/u...
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University Teacher in Human Geography at Loughborough University
Searching for an academic job? Explore this University Teacher in Human Geography opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Geography and Environment at Loughborough University @lborogeog.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📣 We're hiring a Professor of Physical Geography 📣 We’re looking for an outstanding physical geographer or environmental scientist who combines scholarly distinction with a collaborative, creative and ambitious approach. Closing date: 22/09/2026 Apply now: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM837/p...
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Professor of Physical Geography at Loughborough University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Professor of Physical Geography on jobs.ac.uk!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Multinational corporations dodge $500bn tax by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Stifle social development. Need a simple change - must pay tax where they actually create profit, instead of where they pretend to on paper. UK can collect extra $16.9bn a yr. Must check corporate abuse.
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Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - Tax Justice Network
UN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax...
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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Burnham’s early on mistakes. Giving landlords and data centres the power to displace communities is not how you bring growth to every postcode.
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A case you should keep an eye on @royalsociety.org
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
fields. Instead, he apparently laced into the company. According to the Financial Times, Eggers told the staff:

“The effect of ChatGPT on educators’ lives is catastrophic. Whether you intended to do it or not, you’ve made every teacher’s life infinitely more difficult than it was two years ago. So, just let that settle in… If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them. They’ll never have the ability to say their truth and tell their own story. And that’s silencing an entire generation or two.”
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Reasons to back Spain 🇪🇸 for the World Cup ⚽️ final: 🇪🇸 wants a Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇪🇸 will never bend the knee to Trump 🇺🇸 🇪🇸 calls out genocide & refuses to turn away Viva España 🇪🇸 🇪🇸 💚 🇵🇸
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Helen Zaltzman @helenzaltzman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
there still seem to be far too many people who don't know/care that JKR has been funding and promoting anti-trans bigotry for the past several years. It's not a "difference of opinion" - LOOK, she is now even trying to take down Amnesty, for fuck's sake. www.erininthemorning.com/p/terf-activ...
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TERF Activist J.K. Rowling Threatens To Finance Wave Of Attacks On Amnesty International Over Report On Anti-Trans Groups
“They have sued organizations into the ground.”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Right-wing terror threat neutralised.
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Twelve arrested over threat to an Islamic event in Suffolk
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says the police's response "undoubtedly saved lives".
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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Short answer: none. Left leaning centrists are still centrists with no vision to change the world. Unless Burnham takes on lobbies of oil, AI, defense, real estate, water and transport, inequality will continue to rise. @zackpolanski.bsky.social offers a vision for a just world.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This speech is worth your time. It's too bad Zohran Mamdani can't be our president.
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Zohran Mamdani rebukes Trumpism with pro-immigrant speech for US’s 250th birthday
New York mayor’s speech cut ideological counterpoint to policies of president, who will deliver his own remarks later today
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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A wild claim by an executive director at Wellcome that science "[..] cannot and should not decide the trade off between fairness, cost, growth, security, liberty and social cohesion." Science IS to deliberate on tradeoffs, ideally through a social and democratic process and activism is a part of it
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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
40 Pounds (~49 Euros), the cost of a monthly pass to use any train in the Netherlands, may not even get you from Nottingham to London or Bristol on a regular weekday afternoon.
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Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️‍🌈🌍🇪🇺 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This week I was interviewed by CNN who picked up my conversation piece about the impacts of climate change on children edition.cnn.com/2026/06/28/c...
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‘As soon as I see the sun, I’m frightened’: The parents paying the heart-breaking price of soaring temperatures | CNN
Drowning deaths spike every heat wave as people seek relief in water which often contains hidden dangers, and many victims are children. These tragedies are only likely to increase as temperatures con...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Your wages will rise... weekly food shops will get cheaper… You and your family will benefit from a resurgent economy... Politicians both local and national will become more accountable..." A quick reminder of how Brexit was sold to us ten years ago today
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Andrea Basso @a4xrbj1.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Tesla presented self-published and inflated “Full Self-Driving” safety statistics directly to government regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands as it lobbied for European approval, according to correspondence obtained by Reuters through public records requests. /1
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Tesla presented misleading 'Full Self-Driving' safety data to European regulators
Tesla presented inflated 'Full Self-Driving' safety statistics to regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands, claiming FSD could save 32,000 lives based on flawed data comparisons.
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Geography and Environment at Loughborough University @lborogeog.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
New publication on ethically informed urban planning, co-authored by Professor @trivikrama.bsky.social, in flagship journal 'Annals of the American Association of Geographers' @geographers.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/2469...
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Ethically Informed Urban Planning: Measuring Distributive Spatial Justice for Neighborhood Accessibility
Studies in urban accessibility have advanced our understanding of social and spatial inequalities in the distribution of urban resources in cities worldwide. In response, prominent discourse is shi...
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