Tim Smedley

Really glad to see this - I have felt a bit lonely trying to think through editing AI pieces, though my job on this front is way more contained, it’s increasingly challenging

"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.

And HEEEERE it is!!

The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of!

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Unseen Tours trains people with experience of homelessness to become walking tour guides of London. They're currently running a Crowdfunder to help support their guides through winter - but are only at 29% of target. So do give if you can.

www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/a-gift-to

Kelly Latimore artist. Holy family as immigrants from Latin America

FIRST WEEK OF ADVENT
"For I was a stranger and you welcomed me".

Sick of constant demonisation of migrants on #bbcqt & failed cruelty being the only answer from spineless politicians?

Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system!

With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social
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I suspect the real reason Nigel Farage is getting so rattled by the racism allegations is that:

1) He knows he said all these things so can't properly deny them
2) He knows that he carried on saying them well into adulthood

Bad journalism has real-life consequences.

😱

U.K. Police Charge 3rd Man in Effort to Kill Russian Dissident (Published 2021)

Vladimir Putin "must have authorised" the 2018 Salisbury novichok attack and bears “moral responsibility” for the death of a British mother who was accidentally poisoned with the nerve agent that was intended to kill a former spy Sergei Skripal, an inquiry has found
www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/w...

This hasn't aged well.

The New Climate. New(s)letter #22 COP-ing mechanisms, celebrating the Chinese New Era, Solastalgia, and Solutions.

Is the image for the latest The New Climate newsletter a little too on-the-nose? Oh well.

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So many think-pieces this year on how the 'public' is over climate and that's why there's been backsliding. Couldn't possibly be that actually, as soon as real momentum was building, an industry with more money than God started acting behind the scenes on governments and media to stop that momentum

It was auto industry execs.

So far I have:

Ford CEO Jim Farley

General Motors Co. plant manager at the Orion Assembly site, John Urbanic.

Michigan U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain

Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa

Lots of kids speak 2 languages at home - including presumably his own when they were young.

The New Climate. New(s)letter #22 COP-ing mechanisms, celebrating the Chinese New Era, Solastalgia, and Solutions.

This month's newsletter from The New Climate: COP-ing mechanisms, celebrating the Chinese New Era, Solastalgia, and Solutions...

medium.com/the-new-clim...

The New Climate. The only publication for climate action, covering the environment, biodiversity, net zero, renewable energy and regenerative approaches. It’s time for The New Climate.

The stories leading on The New Climate @medium.com homepage today, are... [1/4] medium.com/the-new-clim...

pros and cons list of Putting in protected mobility lanesPros reduce fatalities, reduce injuries, more people biking, less pollution, economic boost, less congestion, healthier population, kids biking/rolling to school, safer sidewalks, helps address the climate emergency, increase active transportation, more inclusive spaces. Cons: A driver might get mad.

If only the pros outweighed the cons.

(All above links are unapologetically $£. It's punishingly hard for freelancers to make money writing nowadays. That said, if desperate to read or share any, let me know and I can send you a gift link).

Searching for The Lost Amazon How an AI competition to discover ancient Amazonian cities became my education in modern climate catastrophe

And finally, 'Searching for The Lost Amazon'.
Taking part in an AI competition to discover ancient Amazonian cities became my education in modern climate catastrophe. By Subramanimokkala.
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Getting Lost in one of Europe’s Last Remaining Rainforests Montenegro’s Biogradska Gora is a healthy, complex ecosystem that mitigates climate change and points to a working conservation approach.

'Getting Lost in one of Europe’s Last Remaining Rainforests'.
Montenegro’s Biogradska Gora is a healthy, complex ecosystem that mitigates climate change and points to a working conservation approach. By Joel Zachary Down
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Reviving Life in the Planet’s Harshest Places Lessons from the UAE, Africa, and India show that solutions to desertification can be simpler than you think.

'Reviving Life in the Planet’s Harshest Places'.
Lessons from the UAE, Africa, and India show that solutions to desertification can be simpler than you think. By Durkha @ Terra Palss
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So I Guess We’re Going to Adapt to Climate Change Plan B is now Plan A

'So I Guess We’re Going to Adapt to Climate Change'.
Plan B is now Plan A, by George Dillard @worldhistory.bsky.social
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The New Climate. The only publication for climate action, covering the environment, biodiversity, net zero, renewable energy and regenerative approaches. It’s time for The New Climate.

The stories leading on The New Climate @medium.com homepage today, are... [1/4] medium.com/the-new-clim...

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

We have a rainy season now, not winter in most of the UK.

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥