Richard Douglas
@maitrereynard.bsky.social
Research Fellow, Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity, University of Surrey. Wombles. Yes, and armchair Spurs. Go Thorns. Commanders. Trying to see the positives. https://cusp.ac.uk/about/fellowship/r_douglas/
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The Meaning of Growth: Anti-Environmentalist Rhetoric and the Defence of Modernity
Since the Limits to Growth report was published in 1972 it has been widely known that a commitment to endless growth was putting us on course for environmental disaster—so why have we failed to take d...
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In my new book, The Meaning of Growth - published 30 September by @routledgebooks and featuring a foreword by @timjackson.org.uk - I investigate the roots of the political resistance to environmental science and policy, and suggest a new approach to overcoming it. www.routledge.com/The-Meaning-...
Unfortunately we’re cancelling this event tomorrow as two of the speakers aren’t able to make it - but @williamtemplefdn.bsky.social will put out my talk as a podcast shortly, and I will look to reschedule an in-person event on this theme in the new year. More details to come!
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December 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Unfortunately we’re cancelling this event tomorrow as two of the speakers aren’t able to make it - but @williamtemplefdn.bsky.social will put out my talk as a podcast shortly, and I will look to reschedule an in-person event on this theme in the new year. More details to come!
Tremendously thought-provoking review essay by @rupertread.bsky.social on Paul Kingsnorth’s new book:
open.substack.com/pub/perspect...
open.substack.com/pub/perspect...
What else are we against, if we are AGAINST THE MACHINE?
Rupert Read on Paul Kingsnorth’s latest book
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Tremendously thought-provoking review essay by @rupertread.bsky.social on Paul Kingsnorth’s new book:
open.substack.com/pub/perspect...
open.substack.com/pub/perspect...
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This is wonderful and also true.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is wonderful and also true.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
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The classic early retirement story! @will-davies.bsky.social & I wrote about this movement & all its contradictions back in 2020. doi.org/10.1080/1753...
I assume FIRE has been turbocharged post-pandemic, with the combo of job disillusionment & asset appreciation.
I assume FIRE has been turbocharged post-pandemic, with the combo of job disillusionment & asset appreciation.
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The classic early retirement story! @will-davies.bsky.social & I wrote about this movement & all its contradictions back in 2020. doi.org/10.1080/1753...
I assume FIRE has been turbocharged post-pandemic, with the combo of job disillusionment & asset appreciation.
I assume FIRE has been turbocharged post-pandemic, with the combo of job disillusionment & asset appreciation.
@vftlpodcast.bsky.social Listening to the latest pod. I think the biggest issue is: Frank is working at a bigger club now than Brentford, but with worse players. That’s the reality of the situation.
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@vftlpodcast.bsky.social Listening to the latest pod. I think the biggest issue is: Frank is working at a bigger club now than Brentford, but with worse players. That’s the reality of the situation.
'Revolutionary' LBC and BBC radio host Brian Hayes dies at 87 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Brian Hayes: 'Revolutionary' LBC and BBC radio host dies aged 87
The Australian helped to transform radio phone-ins with his conversational and confrontational style.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
'Revolutionary' LBC and BBC radio host Brian Hayes dies at 87 www.bbc.com/news/article...
In which I will begin with a reference to @adambecker.bsky.social’s book on quantum physics, What Is Real?
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November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In which I will begin with a reference to @adambecker.bsky.social’s book on quantum physics, What Is Real?
In case of interest @billmckibben.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
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November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In case of interest @billmckibben.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
As an experienced union rep I have to say I don’t mind the change in the Employment Rights Bill, from day one to six months qualifying period to claim unfair dismissal. The extension to two years (put through by Vince Cable, I seem to remember) was outrageous. But six months seems reasonable.
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
As an experienced union rep I have to say I don’t mind the change in the Employment Rights Bill, from day one to six months qualifying period to claim unfair dismissal. The extension to two years (put through by Vince Cable, I seem to remember) was outrageous. But six months seems reasonable.
In case of interest @operationnoah.bsky.social
Join me (@cusp.ac.uk), @hannahmerich.bsky.social (@chrleft.bsky.social & @theosthinktank.bsky.social), and Andrew Hines (@coventrycathedral.bsky.social) on Thursday 4 December at 6pm GMT for a talk on ‘The third dimension of environmental crisis’:
Join me (@cusp.ac.uk), @hannahmerich.bsky.social (@chrleft.bsky.social & @theosthinktank.bsky.social), and Andrew Hines (@coventrycathedral.bsky.social) on Thursday 4 December at 6pm GMT for a talk on ‘The third dimension of environmental crisis’:
Only 10 days until our FREE upcoming webinar! Join us to consider how public theology might inform our response to the environmental crisis...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
In case of interest @operationnoah.bsky.social
Join me (@cusp.ac.uk), @hannahmerich.bsky.social (@chrleft.bsky.social & @theosthinktank.bsky.social), and Andrew Hines (@coventrycathedral.bsky.social) on Thursday 4 December at 6pm GMT for a talk on ‘The third dimension of environmental crisis’:
Join me (@cusp.ac.uk), @hannahmerich.bsky.social (@chrleft.bsky.social & @theosthinktank.bsky.social), and Andrew Hines (@coventrycathedral.bsky.social) on Thursday 4 December at 6pm GMT for a talk on ‘The third dimension of environmental crisis’:
Join me (@cusp.ac.uk), @hannahmerich.bsky.social (@chrleft.bsky.social & @theosthinktank.bsky.social), and Andrew Hines (@coventrycathedral.bsky.social) on Thursday 4 December at 6pm GMT:
Only 10 days until our FREE upcoming webinar! Join us to consider how public theology might inform our response to the environmental crisis...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Join me (@cusp.ac.uk), @hannahmerich.bsky.social (@chrleft.bsky.social & @theosthinktank.bsky.social), and Andrew Hines (@coventrycathedral.bsky.social) on Thursday 4 December at 6pm GMT:
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Bruce Hornsby turns 71 today.
Of “The Way it Is”, he said: “I grew up in Virginia, and you could still feel the old lines — racial lines, economic lines — running through everyday life. The lyrics came from seeing those things .. I wasn’t trying to preach; I was just writing down what I saw.”
Of “The Way it Is”, he said: “I grew up in Virginia, and you could still feel the old lines — racial lines, economic lines — running through everyday life. The lyrics came from seeing those things .. I wasn’t trying to preach; I was just writing down what I saw.”
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Bruce Hornsby turns 71 today.
Of “The Way it Is”, he said: “I grew up in Virginia, and you could still feel the old lines — racial lines, economic lines — running through everyday life. The lyrics came from seeing those things .. I wasn’t trying to preach; I was just writing down what I saw.”
Of “The Way it Is”, he said: “I grew up in Virginia, and you could still feel the old lines — racial lines, economic lines — running through everyday life. The lyrics came from seeing those things .. I wasn’t trying to preach; I was just writing down what I saw.”
Dear UK Civil Service,
Please, I beg of you, stop using ’Minister Surname’ in official communications (as well as informal conversations).
Yours faithfully,
Citizen Douglas.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Please, I beg of you, stop using ’Minister Surname’ in official communications (as well as informal conversations).
Yours faithfully,
Citizen Douglas.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Open letter from DESNZ and Ofgem: expectations and ambition for Connections Reform to deliver Clean Power 2030
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Dear UK Civil Service,
Please, I beg of you, stop using ’Minister Surname’ in official communications (as well as informal conversations).
Yours faithfully,
Citizen Douglas.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Please, I beg of you, stop using ’Minister Surname’ in official communications (as well as informal conversations).
Yours faithfully,
Citizen Douglas.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Come for the horrific AI Christmas illustration with demonic snowmen and magical creatures.
Stay for the deliberate dehumanization of people, even for Christmas.
Stay for the deliberate dehumanization of people, even for Christmas.
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Come for the horrific AI Christmas illustration with demonic snowmen and magical creatures.
Stay for the deliberate dehumanization of people, even for Christmas.
Stay for the deliberate dehumanization of people, even for Christmas.
Enjoyed this discussion on Clare Carlisle’s new book very much.
What does “transcendence” mean? And how does it relate to "ordinary" human life? Join me in conversation with biographer and philosopher Clare Carlisle here: tinyurl.com/6vkjaztp
What can a life tell us about transcendence?
Podcast Episode · Reading Our Times · 11/11/2025 · 44m
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November 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Enjoyed this discussion on Clare Carlisle’s new book very much.
The 4 Cs, that's what Labour needs to focus on: Calmness, Competence, Care, and Communication - of its values and achievements. That's what any Labour leader needs to promise and deliver.
Calm, competent care is what Labour’s real pledge to the electorate was all about. That’s what they need to worry about going back on.
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The 4 Cs, that's what Labour needs to focus on: Calmness, Competence, Care, and Communication - of its values and achievements. That's what any Labour leader needs to promise and deliver.
Seems a good moment to enjoy the best football single ever recorded, written by the great BA Robertson.
youtu.be/gmzDOqUdu8A?...
youtu.be/gmzDOqUdu8A?...
Scotland World Cup Squad 1982 - We Have A Dream
YouTube video by Hannah McLachlan
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November 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Seems a good moment to enjoy the best football single ever recorded, written by the great BA Robertson.
youtu.be/gmzDOqUdu8A?...
youtu.be/gmzDOqUdu8A?...
The way this fella’s belting out the Albanian national anthem it’s almost making me feel proud to be an Albanian myself.
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The way this fella’s belting out the Albanian national anthem it’s almost making me feel proud to be an Albanian myself.
Oh well. Watched the highlights and it wasn’t even close. Well done to the @thornsfc.com for getting there, though.
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Oh well. Watched the highlights and it wasn’t even close. Well done to the @thornsfc.com for getting there, though.
Can’t be as bad as those JJ Abrams reboots, whatever this is like. Never seen any films so ruined by such terrible casting.
Another Trek movie project!
With the Paramount regime change, it could be serious this time... Or not 🖖
The good news?
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) will write and direct a movie that is said to be unconnected from anything previously done. 🙏
With the Paramount regime change, it could be serious this time... Or not 🖖
The good news?
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) will write and direct a movie that is said to be unconnected from anything previously done. 🙏
New ‘Star Trek’ Movie in the Works From John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
The 'Dungeons & Dragons' filmmakers will create a project unrelated to previous incarnations.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can’t be as bad as those JJ Abrams reboots, whatever this is like. Never seen any films so ruined by such terrible casting.
Scrolling through, and I misread the first bit of a post as saying a growing number of Republicans were planning “to vote to release the flies”, and in today’s dystopian timeline I was ready to believe it.
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Scrolling through, and I misread the first bit of a post as saying a growing number of Republicans were planning “to vote to release the flies”, and in today’s dystopian timeline I was ready to believe it.