Ryan Mizzen

The Lone Husky by Hannah Gold – Review - Ryan Mizzen The Lone Husky by Hannah Gold is the wonderful new instalment of April Wood’s adventures in Svalbard. This is Hannah's fifth novel.

The Lone Husky by @hannahgold.bsky.social is the wonderful new instalment of April Wood’s adventures in Svalbard. In this beautiful page-turner, April draws on her deep reserves of courage for an epic Arctic dog sled race. Highly recommended read!

My full review:

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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

At last...the admission from the UN on the 1.5C climate target, that finally catches up with the science.

"The truth is that we have failed to avoid an overshooting above 1.5C in the next few years." - UN Secretary General António Guterres

#climatecrisis #Cop30

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We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
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Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

Tim Burners-Lee on #AI:

"We must ensure policymakers do not end up playing the same decade-long game of catchup they have done over social media. The time to decide the governance model for AI was yesterday, so we must act with urgency."

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Petition: Hold an urgent Citizens’ Assembly on AI and enact its recommendations I believe AI is being rapidly developed and released, without regulations to protect us from risks. Given the potentially profound implications, I think society must urgently be consulted through a na...

I created a petition to draw attention to this topic. It's about to end with less than 90 signatures.

I sent out a press release to journalists & political reps, and shared it widely - but all to no avail.

There's still time to sign and share it though...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

"What if I told you I could stop you worrying about climate change, and all you had to do was read one book? Great, you’d say, until I mentioned that the reason you’d stop worrying was because the book says our species only has a few years before it’s wiped out by superintelligent AI anyway."

If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies review – how AI could kill us all If machines become superintelligent we’re toast, say Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. Should we believe them?

I've said for some time that the AI crisis may outpace the climate emergency.

AI developments are so rapid that few understand the immense implications.

The risk of superintelligence wiping out humanity is just one of a multitude of growing risks around AI.

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If you're concerned about the direction AI development is going in, visit ControlAI's new campaign and use their tools to contact your lawmakers. bsky.app/profile/cont...

Petition: Hold an urgent Citizens’ Assembly on AI and enact its recommendations I believe AI is being rapidly developed and released, without regulations to protect us from risks. Given the potentially profound implications, I think society must urgently be consulted through a na...

Two weeks left until this petition on regulating AI closes.

Any sign-ups and shares would be much appreciated! 🙏

#RegulateAI #RegulateTech #CitizensAssembly #AI @pauseai.bsky.social @controlai.com @bcmerchant.bsky.social

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Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3

📚 "A compelling case that superhuman AI would almost certainly lead to global human annihilation."

Those are the words of Jon Wolfsthal, former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, reviewing "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies".

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln - Review - Ryan Mizzen In 1953, a team from the Abraham Lincoln Association published the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln - a nine volume set of books.

My blog review can be read here:

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Lincoln showed what good leadership looks like. We don’t have to settle for this crop of ineffective leaders; we deserve better, we need better, we can have better - Lincoln is proof of that. Our desperate times call for such leaders to urgently arise.

Lincoln was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. He had wisdom, empathy, compassion, strength, morality, and (to borrow Doris Kearns Goodwin’s term) political genius, in spades.

I’m delighted to be featured in the newsletter of the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA).

Last month, I published a review of The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, a set of 11 books spanning
~5,200 pages. I shared it with the ALA, and they kindly included an abridged version in their newsletter.

Why does the US support Israel's crimes? Why does the US support Israel’s genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people, even in the face of overwhelming international condemnation, at massive expense, and to the point of totally debasing ...

This, by @jasonhickel.bsky.social, is the clearest explanation I have yet read of why the US and UK governments continue to support the Israeli government, regardless of its great crimes against humanity.
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Headline statement:

"According to the 35th annual State of the Climate report, greenhouse gas concentrations, the global temperature across land and oceans, global sea level, and ocean heat content all reached record highs in 2024, and glaciers lost the most ice of any year on record."

Statement on AI Risk | CAIS A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear...

When multiple Nobel Prize winners warn that AI could be the end of humanity, you’d expect a strong government response.

So… where is it? @controlai.com

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‼️EXTRAORDINARY DAY
Dozens of thousands of records are being brutalized in over 150 countries from Japan all the way to Morocco including
WORLD RECORDS of highest temperatures.

We are witnessing the most extreme heat waves in world climatic history
Stay tuned with several tweets coming

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln - Review - Ryan Mizzen In 1953, a team from the Abraham Lincoln Association published the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln - a nine volume set of books.

During this time of permcrisis, I find it hard not to despair.

So, in search of hope and inspiration, I took some time to read about one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen - Abraham Lincoln.

This blog contains numerous quotes that stood out for me.

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This is one of the best books I've read this year.

Vital reading, and highly recommended!

Futurist Adam Dorr on how robots will take our jobs: ‘We don’t have long to get ready – it’s going to be tumultuous’ Researcher says tech could replace nearly all human labour within 20 years and societies urgently need to prepare

The #AI crisis is here.

"Dorr heads a team of researchers who have studied patterns of technological change over millennia and concluded that the current wave will not just convulse but obliterate the labour market by 2045."

@controlai.com @pauseai.bsky.social

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The US Has Never Been More Divided on Climate. Here’s How to Build Bridges (and It May Surprise You) In the autumn of 2014, I was sitting in a tiny shed at a writing residency in Point Reyes, Northern California. I was there to write my book about the psychology of facing planetary crises. One partic...

This fantastic article by @drreneelertzman.bsky.social shows how we can engage people who don't appear to be in support of climate action.

It's vital reading and potentially charts a way forward on the climate crisis, and many other issues besides.

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‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis The world has been too optimistic about the risk to humanity and planet – but devastation can still be avoided, says Timothy Lenton

7/ ‘A cascade can be more positive’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis - with Timothy Lenton

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‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points Despite working on polar science for the British Antarctic Survey for 20 years, Louise Sime finds the magnitude of potential sea-level rise hard to comprehend

6/ ‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points - with Louise Sime

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‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reached

5/ ‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future - with Carlos Nobre

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‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs David Obura believes humans have been using nature for free, and tipping points at some reefs have already passed

4/ ‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs - with @davidobura.bsky.social

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‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve Guenther

3/ ‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield - with @doctorvive.bsky.social

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‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation Oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf explains why Amoc breakdown could be catastrophic for both humans and marine life

2/ ‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation - with @rahmstorf.bsky.social

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1/ @jonathan-watts.bsky.social has an excellent series on climate tipping points on @theguardian.com. It covers coral reefs, the Amazon, the polar regions, and more.

Below are the six articles in the series.

#Tippingpoints #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateEmergency