Kat Miles

What do the Moomins teach us about loneliness? - Part 1 - Moomin A postdoctoral researcher, Sanna Tirkkanen, explores what the Moomins can teach us about loneliness, focusing on Moominpappa at Sea.

www.moomin.com/en/blog/moom...

Respect

Why Most People Get “Social Tipping Points” Dead Wrong Here’s a controversial take that shouldn’t be controversial at all: putting solar panels on your roof or buying an electric car is not a social tipping point.

"The real challenge isn’t to tip toward more consumption dressed in green—it’s to tip away from the cult of endless consumption altogether."

That's the #Sufficiency message.

kasperbenjamin.substack.com/p/why-most-p...

Painting with a view of trees with orange leaves and twisted branches in a landscape

Autumn painting by US modern impressionist Erin Hanson #WomensArt

"You're gonna need a bigger bookshelf"
The Very Hungry Great White Shark is available now!
www.lulu.com/shop/happy-t...

Have read this story on here before and love it - how you connected over the simple gifts of nature at the end of her life - thanks for the reminder

What Robert Redford Never Lost Sight Of The impact that the legendary actor, director, and Sundance Film Festival founder had on Hollywood is immeasurable.

One of the most emotional parts of this job is writing about the end of a person's life.

Far from morbid, it feels sacred. It's a time to explore a person who mattered deeply to others—and explain why.

That's what I tried to do here with Robert Redford.

🔗 Esquire

Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider

This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In Birmingham we’ve got bin strikes and have had no recycling collection since January (it’s extraordinary - London would tolerate this!) - we therefore don’t have these dilemmas anymore!

The small groups of men imposing flags on Birmingham communities have found a resonance with some people. And certainly not all of the people that welcomed the flags are racist and anti-migrant. But they must accept that many people in this city do not subscribe to their world view…
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Alan Kurdi, dead on a beach

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

Could be part of prof Stefan Krause’s team or if to do with trees, could be linked to Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR)?

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Three symbols each telling me in a different way that this packaging is not recyclable and yet at a glance they all look like they're telling me to recycle it.

A deep sense of gloom descended on Birmingham‘s York Road this evening as people came out in number to mourn the absence of cars.

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

Wow what a brilliant effort and still going! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej6l...

A while ago a lovely German man appeared at our church. He came a few times to look around during our Saturday opening hours, before asking if the piano abandoned in the corner worked.

I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.

In 1977, Anglia TV's April Fools gag ALTERNATIVE 3 was aired, a mockumentary about the rich and powerful deserting the Earth to live on Mars, leaving the rest of us to die as climate change kills the planet. Unfortunately, strike action meant that it wasn't aired until 20 June...

Pedestrian crossings and the tyranny of the green man | ETA pedestrian crossing

There is something deeply absurd about the modern pedestrian crossing. You press the beg-button and then you wait. And wait. And wait.

Interminable wait times reveal a deeper pathology. The pedestrian is, at best, an afterthought - at worst, an obstruction.

www.eta.co.uk/news/pedestr...

A bit of good news: NHS England hospital waiting list falls for 4th month in row. The lowest figures since April 2023. Considering the “quademic” and winter months, this is an achievement for both the NHS and Labour government.

So it’ll obviously be all over the news, right?

Read the whole thread - this is just what I need. #scrapalong2025 #knitting 🧶

Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks

🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About

You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks

bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...

This is incredible. Seriously.

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Oh man. In tears rewatching The Straight Story tonight. Beautiful film, wonderful cast, and the most special director. RIP David Lynch.

a colourful blue, orange, red and purple chart showing a light and dar kblue history for temperatures, recent shifts upwards through orange and light red, and two futures: one of light and dark red (1.5c), and one of deep purple (3c and more)

I think this is one of my favourite colourful climate chart type things, because it depicts two things at once:

- Things are going to get worse, no matter what

- The degree to which they get worse depends on decisions made today

theconversation.com/my-new-dark-... by @edhawkins.org

Kyle MacLachlan pens David Lynch tribute: "The world has lost a remarkable artist, I’ve lost a dear friend" ”I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone.”

www.brooklynvegan.com/kyle-maclach... what a lovely tribute #davidlynch

Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles (Gift Article) After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.

A few years ago, my friend, outspoken climate scientist Peter Kalmus @climatehuman.bsky.social, moved his family out of LA because he could extrapolate from the data. This week the house where he raised his kids burned down.

His words for us all (gift link):

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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...

“Researcher of online rumours and disinformation.”

I’m going to suggest that given the nature of current times, folks like @katestarbird.bsky.social & her colleagues should be followed by pretty much everybody.

Seriously. Everybody.

Spread the word. #UrbanistShoutOut