You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t
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You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t
11.10.2025 06:49 β π 34 π 7 π¬ 7 π 10BOUQUET RESIDENCE
03.10.2025 10:15 β π 75 π 5 π¬ 4 π 0The framing of billionaire philanthropist George Soros as a sinister 'Deep State' mastermind echoes ancient libels of global Jewish domination. Now he faces threats of criminal charges in a campaign reeking of antisemitism.
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NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
Solar panels now cost peanuts (under 10 cents per W) in most of the world.
Carbon dioxide emissions in high-income countries are now falling, and there's reason to believe other countries will be able to develop much more sustainably than those did.
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NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in AfricaβοΈβοΈ
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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22.08.2025 13:17 β π 25 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0Rebecca Young, 13, was recognised for her design of a solar-powered backpack with an electric blanket inside, which she created to help homeless people
14.08.2025 15:31 β π 47 π 16 π¬ 0 π 2It was the sun watt won it.
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anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
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English is an agglomeration of different linguistic roots. It has developed over more than a thousand years, enthusiastically incorporating words and structures that new arrivals brought, creating something new and so vibrant that it is still conquering the world.
04.07.2025 07:55 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0Fukuyama also spotted a related, but even more profound, potential flaw in his own argument. He was confident that no country could thrive for long without capitalism, but less so that it needed democracy - so perhaps there was a plausible alternative to liberalism. There were, he noted, countries in East Asia, particularly Singapore and China, that were running apparently successful capitalist economies but without the messiness of democracy: "The most significant challenge being posed to the liberal universalism of the American and French revolutions today is not coming from the communist world, whose economic failures are evident for everyone to see, but from those societies in Asia which combine liberal economies with a kind of paternalistic authoritarianism."
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26.06.2025 21:14 β π 32 π 6 π¬ 2 π 1It is remarkable that the west is committing to spending 5% of GDP on defence, and almost no one has made the case that the most pressing threat to our security this century is climate change and we should be spending more on tackling that.
27.06.2025 08:36 β π 1347 π 415 π¬ 82 π 48Here's @roberthutton.co.uk on the time Gordon Brown met some sushi. Fairly confident this is the funniest thing you'll read all week
26.06.2025 13:59 β π 48 π 15 π¬ 3 π 8Instead of mea culpas during explosive questioning by infuriated Democrats, emboldened RFK Jr went full anti-vax, peddling conspiracies about Covid-19 jab and denying he reneged on vaccine expert panel. My ποΈ Conspiracy Watch Global @conspiracywen.bsky.social
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Looking forward 59% of Brits say they are worried that unbearably hot weather will become more frequent in coming years - while 79% think that the heatwave last week was at least partially caused by climate change.
24.06.2025 11:46 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Stark: 'There have been some dark moments for those of us who work on climate, so we should celebrate this progress that we are making.'
24.06.2025 10:11 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Chris Stark: 'We should be looking at the electrostates... The UK should want to be one of those electrostates. The global clean energy transition is not stalling, it is accelerating.'
24.06.2025 09:44 β π 141 π 31 π¬ 5 π 2Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* wonβt be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
18.06.2025 20:14 β π 16750 π 6787 π¬ 432 π 496βThe title made about Β£2.6mn in revenue last year on the back of about 35,000 subscribers. The revenues are almost entirely made up of subscriptions and news stand sales of about 4,500 per issue, with no advertising or additional grants.β
05.06.2025 11:16 β π 44 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1Six-year-old Barbara Strachey, interviewed during the 1918 election at which her mother was a candidate.
"I think I'm on mother's side", she said; before adding, thoughtfully, "But of course, I've never met the other man".
Hard to over-estimate the potential significance of this - if the trend continues
15.05.2025 16:13 β π 201 π 57 π¬ 4 π 2On the 80th VE Day, and as WW2 fades out of living memory, we must continue to share our own familiesβ stories of hardship and endurance
Here is mine:
An incredible story of political drama, underground journalism, and a brave woman - my great-grandmother - fighting back against the Nazis
Whatever your politics, Nora's story serves as a reminder of the tireless bravery of everyone who stands up to repressive regimes (past, present and future)
This legacy lives on in those resisting in many, many other countries around the world
Budgies in polling stations.
03.05.2025 07:45 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0We can't process the scale of climate shocks.
I was speaking to someone from LA about the wildfires. Their view: fires have always happened, so the problem must have been government incompetence.
Sure, officials make mistakes *but* they are dealing with crazy weather on.ft.com/3RXWsyV