Tarandeep Kang

The mission of Coventry Cathedral is an enduring symbol of 🇬🇧🇩🇪 reconciliation.

President Steinmeier was greeted there by HRH The Duke of Kent and laid a wreath in an act of solidarity and remembrance.

This was followed by a service conducted by Bishop Jelley and Dean Witcombe.

You and Dr Montano always complaining about FEMA being inside DHS! Well, this just proves it it's better that way. Yes, don't worry I'm being sarcastic, you know we Brits can't help it. :-)

Exploring disaster impacts on adaptation actions in 549 cities worldwide - Nature Communications Here the authors explore the effects of disasters on adaptation actions in 549 cities, finding that the effects of disaster frequency and severity are modest and depend on action type, population size...

What is the impact of #disasters on #ClimateAdaptation in cities? This study by Daniel Nohrstedt, @charlesparker.bsky.social & others at @cndsofficial.bsky.social finds the effects of disasters are limited & depend on action type, city size & adaptive capacity.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@boldpolitics.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social Regarding your recent conversation with Rory Stewart and Campbell asking who we are serious economist friends are, I think perhaps Prof Hickel would count, alongside Tim Jackson, both have thousands of citations and the requisite advanced degrees!

"the episode itself lasted no more than an instant–a gunshot, say–but the traumatised mind holds on to that moment, preventing it from slipping back into its proper chronological place in the past, & relives it over and over again in the compulsive musings of the day & the seething dreams of night."

One & done. Good luck to your student!

Dear, Baroness @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social, I know you care deeply about pesticides, so may have already seen this. I'm not a biologist, but this goes against the norms of publication ethics, for sure. According to the Editor's retraction notice, the conclusions themselves may be invalid.

#rstats
It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca

£30k now. And I think it's only been open for a couple of hours. He said we would come! Reminds me of what @rachelmillward.bsky.social said about the power of fivers at conference. I will be contributing one of my own ASAP.

Okay, but as a certain gentleman we both admire might say: "we pushed them this far (i.e. mansion tax, two child benefit cap removal, now let's push them off the stage" Don't you think?

So Sir John doesn't understand the difference between an amount and proportion? I can recommend some excellent resources on intro stats! Then you get namechecked by Ms Reeves for growing our membership. (She misspoke right???) Seem to be seeing you everywhere lately @zackpolanski.bsky.social!

Je tiens simplement à ajouter qu'avec des commentaires comme ceux-ci de sa part, il est surprenant que l'UE entière ait mis autant de temps à se mettre d'accord sur les "Nationally Determined Contributions!" Et si ce n'étaient pas seulement les Hongrois et les Slovaques qui bloquaient les choses ?

Hi Cllr @greenpartyemma.bsky.social Some of this is in your patch, right? If so, do you have any news on #LevelBoarding? If we are talking about station modernisation or retrofit, it would be a great thing to include. Can't just wait for new rolling stock. Yes I am one of those people now!

Alice Wong, ‘luminary’ writer and disability rights activist, dies aged 51 Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives

So sad to hear of the passing of Alice Wong over the weekend. Every bit a "luminary," her books and blog shaped my thinking about myself and others. The world has lost a pioneer of disability rights activism. There is so much more I could write, truly!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The BBC is under scrutiny. Here’s what research tells about its role in the UK The BBC is the most widely used source of news in the UK. It has lower reach among the young and the less formally educated.

We've just updated this piece on what academic research says about the BBC's role in the UK

So many datapoints relevant to this week's discussions. Perhaps of interest @benansell.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social @michaelsavage.bsky.social
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-und...

Even as a Brit, this brings a tear to my eye (stiff upper lip and all :-))! Here's hoping that a certain newish party leader on our side of the pond with the same first initial can replicate some of this. Certainly merits the comparisons, IMHO.

This paper is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Very compelling evidence that the extensive covariance of diverse psychopathology is not an artifact of cross-sectional factor analysis.

They show extensive "co-morbidity" across generations and within-person, over time.

doi.org/10.1037/abn0...

Pet Peeve

Studies of only the U.S. should be forced to include “in the United States” in the title.

The U.S. is in many ways one of the worst countries to generalize upon and the (often implicit) claim of universalism is based on either chauvinism or ignorance (or both).

And what say you to this, Mr Gates? Now we've got to do all of the emissions cutting plus even more work on adaptation and resilience. Maybe not time to relax? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!

This report will likely be of interest many in the UK #GreySky and #DRR communities. Perhaps also consider supporting Prof Read's initiative to get the UK government to support a climate adaptation and resilience plan! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...

Conflict, disasters, and disability inclusive disaster risk reduction - Institute of Development Studies Natural-hazard related disasters continue to have a heavy toll globally, with marginalised groups, like people with disabilities, disproportionally affected. As we observe International Day for Disast...

🌍 On #DisasterRiskReduction Day, we’re highlighting how people with disabilities are often overlooked in conflict and natural-hazard-related disasters planning.

New blog explores why inclusive disaster risk reduction is vital, especially in conflict-affected regions.

www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/con...

when @mothinali.bsky.social gets a catch in his throat sharing his personal experiences,
it shows he IS a great politician AND man, so I would have to disagree with him about that! 2/2

It took me a sec to place the reference because I was too busy crying, but it was an adaptation of that Pastor Niemöller poem. And the talk of enjoying the woods again, related especially to my wheelchair using self. Thank you @rachelmillward.bsky.social! And 1/2

The Power of Collective Resilience -- more about the book here

www.routledge.com/The-Power-of...

New #article from Espe-Sherwindt et al: Status and Predictors of the Psychological Well-Being of Mothers of Children Following the 2022 Russian Invasion of Uraine
TL;DR: social connectedness a strong predictor of mothers' well being
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Here's the link to the preprint.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ms Tuchman raises a very important point. However as one would expect, the situation in the nations of the UK is different. You can find more UK specific information about naloxone, where can get it and how to use it, here: naloxone.org.uk

We academics sometimes obsess over citations, but I am truly delighted to think that some of our work may be of direct benefit to Ukrainian refugees with disabilities, and those who come after them. Improving the situation of the populations I study, is the reason I began this work.4/4