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Nov 12 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Here's an interview I just did with Ben Kentish on LBC about the impact of #JustStopOil protests.

The full interview was about 7 minutes; this is part 1 (1/5)
here's part 2 of my interview with Ben Kentish on LBC about the impact of #JustStopOil protests. (2/5)
here's part 3 of my interview with Ben Kentish on LBC about the impact of #JustStopOil protests. (3/5)
here's part 4 of my interview with Ben Kentish on LBC about the impact of #JustStopOil protests. (4/5)
here's part 5 of my interview with Ben Kentish on LBC about the impact of #JustStopOil protests. (5/5)

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Nov 14
I don't want to write a long thread on this, but I do feel compelled to point out a pretty fundamental problem with this survey. Michael Mann is a great climate scientist, but psychology is clearly not his field of expertise.
In this survey he asked participants whether disruptive actions decrease or increase their support for efforts to address climate change (or have no effect). Image
Questions like this are asking people to introspect - to examine the inner workings of their own minds. That's a problem, because we don't have access to those inner workings. You might as well ask people to introspect on how they recognise faces or how their lungs work.
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Apr 14
I was one of the XR scientists arrested yesterday. I'll say more about that in due course but more urgently, one of us - Emma, who was on the front page of the @Guardian today - has not been released. The UK govt is making scientists into political prisoners. @damiengayle
I'm told that Emma is now protesting her continued imprisonment by refusing to eat or drink.

By way of context, IPCC scientists say "it's now or never" to turn the emissions curve downward. When will this government start taking climate science seriously?
Thanks so much to all those asking how they can help Emma. There will be a vigil outside Charing Cross police station tomorrow morning. I'm not exactly sure what time but will post it when I find out. Sadly I won't be able to attend as I'm now banned from London (yes, really).
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Mar 22
Seeing as lots of UCU members are on strike again this week, and those of us in @BristolUCU will be out next week, here's a 🧵of VCs bemoaning how powerless they are to influence the committee on which they sit.

They really would like to help staff, but their hands are tied ...
To start with, here's Leeds' VC ("not much that little old me can do all by myself") ...
Singing from the same hymnsheet is Sussex VC David McGuire who says "conversations and solutions can only take place on a national scale", neglecting to mention that he's a member of the very committee that can have those conversations/build those solns.
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Mar 6
I know some people are worried about a Net Zero campaign, and a lot of people just want Farage to go away, which is perfectly understandable. But I'm actually quite excited about this referendum idea. It could be the best thing to happen to the UK climate movement. Here's why. 🧵
Remember how we had years of political debate dominated by Brexit, when it was hard to talk about anything else? Now imagine a protracted period in which debate is dominated by how we respond to climate change. That’s exactly what we need, provided it's framed appropriately.
Farage will try to frame this debate as about taking back control from the IPCC, the Westminster elite, XR, Greta Thunberg. He’ll focus on the cost of Net Zero. He’ll appeal to nationalism, suggesting that the UK is hurting itself and giving an advantage to overseas competitors.
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Jan 22
The Covid rate for 5-9 year olds has gone over 2000 per 100K. (The actual rate of infection is several times higher, based on the ONS survey). The growth in cases shows no sign of slowing (currently doubling every 8 days), having accelerated soon after schools went back in Jan.
One places where rates are v high in children at the moment is Cambridge. These two plots show:
a) how the case rate for 5-9 year olds has increased, &
b) the % increase in different age groups over the last week. Note that there is one adult age group that's returned to growth..
Here's Sunderland. Doesn't look like anything is being done to prevent young children getting infected (and if it was, @nadhimzahawi would no doubt outlaw it).
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Jan 14
About a year ago Bristol began its first Citizens' Assembly, held over four weekends.

They came up with 17 (near unanimous) recommendations on how to create a better future for all in Bristol.

democracy.bristol.gov.uk/documents/s615…

Have any of these recommendations been implemented yet?
@PaulaBORourke @CllrAsherCraig @MarvinJRees @carla_denyer @RobBryher @makawi5 @GuyPoultney @TristanCorkPost @TheBristolCable @XRBristol @BristolActivist
Thanks to @TRESAcic for pointing me to this document (dated 18 January 2022!) democracy.bristol.gov.uk/documents/s686…
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