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Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

My work on counterpublics and related topics
demos.co.uk/research/ver...

19.11.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 585    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said

10.11.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 844    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 12

Just a shame you didn’t all vote when it mattered

19.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Russia hikes hybrid aggression... From Foxhound incursions to red paint on the factory wall... why, and what next?

An audit of Russia's hybrid war - it's the political warfare, not the drones, that is the biggest threat...
open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/r...

12.10.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Why Finland Can Agree When Everyone Else Can’t. Finland’s Polarization Paradox

An interesting study, but I fear the simpler explanation mentioned is closer to the truth: it’s not that Finnish politics is especially resistant to polarization, it is that serious questions of national survival transcend polarization.

nordicpolicydispatch.substack.com/p/why-finlan...

03.10.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some days are just better #cep #porcini #funghi #mushroom #boletus

22.09.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why did it take Turkey just 17 seconds to shoot down Russian jet? Ankara has delivered an incendiary message to Moscow, and while there may be too much at stake for the conflict to spill out of control it also won’t go away

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www.theguardian.com/world/2015/n...

19.09.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that Europe has no coherent strategy to neutralize Russian aggression is exactly why Russia will invade more European countries beyond Ukraine.

15.09.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 204    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

13.09.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 53457    πŸ” 17915    πŸ’¬ 889    πŸ“Œ 774
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Colombia Against the Fossil Fuel Age Colombia’s energy transition is not just playing out in policy papers β€” it’s unfolding in oil fields, coal towns, and courtrooms. Jacobin spoke with engineers, unionists, and President Petro himself a...

This piece by Andreas Malm & Maxy Guez brilliantly captures both how mind-bogglingly difficult, but also courageous, the Colombian pledge not to permit new exploration of fossil fuels actually is.

02.09.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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CINDY MCCAIN: β€œThe desperation is overwhelming.”

28.08.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6934    πŸ” 2534    πŸ’¬ 215    πŸ“Œ 116
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EU imports of Russian fossil fuels in third year of invasion surpass financial aid sent to Ukraine – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air

Last year the EU paid €21.9 bn for Russian fossil fuel imports while at the same time providing Ukraine with €18.7 bn of financial aid.

energyandcleanair.org/publication/...

27.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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The annual clean the valley roof day has arrived #valleyroof #seagull #moss problems

25.08.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"

23.08.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 18171    πŸ” 5396    πŸ’¬ 290    πŸ“Œ 226
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Russians are advancing in Zaporizhzhia oblast under the American flag.

18.08.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5431    πŸ” 3046    πŸ’¬ 1026    πŸ“Œ 931

As things stand, Ukraine and Europe are on the verge of being confronted with exactly the kind of Faustian deal they feared would emerge back in February. The fact that Europe hasn’t moved to block such a deal in the past six months is a failure of leadership and diplomacy.

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09.08.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 493    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 20
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Remembrance of Scents Past At museums, curators are incorporating smells that can transport visitors to a different time.

Sniffing something that you haven’t encountered in yearsβ€”Play-Doh, fresh-cut hay, your grandmother’s laundry detergentβ€”can be as vivid a sensory experience as it was the first time, while also being almost psychedelically nostalgic.

11.07.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 193    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 3
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Mull of Galloway, looking over to the Isle of Man

05.07.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Standing Stone, Rhins of Galloway

04.07.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jon Spencer  - Come On!
YouTube video by Shove Records Jon Spencer - Come On!

youtu.be/iVjX77W3tgc

25.06.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Guest post: How solar panels and batteries can now run β€˜close to 24/365’ in some cities - Carbon Brief The white paper sets out how near-continuous β€œ24/365” solar power has become an economic and technological reality in sunny regions.

Solar power is already the "cheapest electricity in history", and battery prices continue to fall. It's only NZ's perverse electricity "market" that stops prices here falling.

"The cost of solar plus storage has fallen by 22% in one year and 43% since 2019"

www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...

22.06.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Rocket has rocketed #allotment

15.06.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Garlic’s a bit disappointing #allotment #meh

15.06.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Garden visitor #Badger

12.05.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Snowballs in May, on the #allotment

10.05.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spotted my first #Swift of the year. Heard it before seeing it 😊

08.05.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Hastings Jack in the Green #JITG #JITG25

05.05.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Liz Truss: *kills queen*
JD Vance: Hold my communion wine

21.04.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 672    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 10

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