Michael Warhurst
@mwarhurst.bsky.social
My work focusses on EU environmental policy, heading up environment/health NGO CHEM Trust, but this is a personal account. Also interested in democracy, regulation, sustainability, science-policy etc
“In my experience it’s always people who don’t understand AI who are enchanted by it.”
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Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“In my experience it’s always people who don’t understand AI who are enchanted by it.”
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8/ Obviously it's easy to be wise after the event, but everything we said at the time is on our web site for others to judge
independentsage.org
independentsage.org
Independent SAGE – Independent scientific advice on the COVID-19 crisis, for the UK government and public.
Independent SAGE: Independent scientific advice on the COVID-19 crisis, for the UK government and public.
independentsage.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
8/ Obviously it's easy to be wise after the event, but everything we said at the time is on our web site for others to judge
independentsage.org
independentsage.org
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If COP finishes with a text that fails to reference fossil fuels and doesn’t even hint at transitioning away from them, you have to wonder what was going on two years ago in Dubai when all countries agreed to a ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ in energy systems.
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If COP finishes with a text that fails to reference fossil fuels and doesn’t even hint at transitioning away from them, you have to wonder what was going on two years ago in Dubai when all countries agreed to a ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ in energy systems.
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There’s some very bad news hidden in the Ofgem price cap for January announced yesterday: the electricity to gas price ratio has jumped to 4.67, its highest level since before the energy crisis.
This is a big barrier to households adopting heat pumps in Britain, and threatens our climate goals
This is a big barrier to households adopting heat pumps in Britain, and threatens our climate goals
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
There’s some very bad news hidden in the Ofgem price cap for January announced yesterday: the electricity to gas price ratio has jumped to 4.67, its highest level since before the energy crisis.
This is a big barrier to households adopting heat pumps in Britain, and threatens our climate goals
This is a big barrier to households adopting heat pumps in Britain, and threatens our climate goals
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So, below is EU President von der Leyen saying that the EU is "not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions."
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
And here is the Saudi envoy to COP30 saying exactly the same thing.
I'm telling you: climate politics are unified around the lie that we can keep fossil fuels & still deal w climate anyway.
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All these establishment figures claiming there's some other establishment ...
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
All these establishment figures claiming there's some other establishment ...
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🗓️ #BlackFriday is approaching, and products on sale may contain #HarmfulChemicals.
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For more advice check out our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/hYVvCAZ
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🗓️ #BlackFriday is approaching, and products on sale may contain #HarmfulChemicals.
🔍 When buying items, look out for eco labels like the #EUecolabel, Blue Angel, and Nordic Swan.
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For more advice check out our latest news story ➡️ buff.ly/hYVvCAZ
Very profitable for the fossil fuel industry though, and then they use that money to get their messages echoed by media and politicians around the world - and they are winning the politics in too many countries
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Very profitable for the fossil fuel industry though, and then they use that money to get their messages echoed by media and politicians around the world - and they are winning the politics in too many countries
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I did read this in a cab on the M4 at half five this morning so I was primed to be grumpy admittedly, but seriously - who the fuck cares what Richard Tice, Karol Sikora and Lord bleedin' Frost think of the covid inquiry? How are they relevant? The decline of the Telegraph is quite incredible
it's not useful, it's the Mail. but that is how they've reported the covid inquiry report. it's better than the Telegraph which is "three of our columnists think it's a waste of money" for a thousand words before they even mention its actual findings. Get more news from the Beano.
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I did read this in a cab on the M4 at half five this morning so I was primed to be grumpy admittedly, but seriously - who the fuck cares what Richard Tice, Karol Sikora and Lord bleedin' Frost think of the covid inquiry? How are they relevant? The decline of the Telegraph is quite incredible
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A 2020 oil spill devastated livelihoods and created a groundswell for political change, but the island's faltering search for justice is putting that dream to the test
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How an Ecological Disaster in Mauritius Awakened a People
A 2020 oil spill devastated livelihoods and created a groundswell for political change, but the island's faltering search for justice is putting that dream to the test
newlinesmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A 2020 oil spill devastated livelihoods and created a groundswell for political change, but the island's faltering search for justice is putting that dream to the test
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
Would this have been a credible plot in a serious film?
Or only in a satire?
Or only in a satire?
Thing is about a decade ago a social network boss creating an AI in his image would have been A Story. A thing that people mocked with headlines and that was discussed and reached enough of the general public. And now… everyone just posts on. Usually on the same platform.
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Would this have been a credible plot in a serious film?
Or only in a satire?
Or only in a satire?
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But he was SO FUNNY on Have I Got News For You.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
But he was SO FUNNY on Have I Got News For You.
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I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
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As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
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dressing up cowardice as innovative efficiencies
Tech companies are backing away from creating diversity reports.
Microsoft, which released its annual diversity and inclusion report in 2024, is choosing to not do one in 2025.
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...
Microsoft, which released its annual diversity and inclusion report in 2024, is choosing to not do one in 2025.
www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025...
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
dressing up cowardice as innovative efficiencies
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🤑It’s #BlackFriday soon, and we’ve put together advice on avoiding #HarmfulChemicals when shopping the sales.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🤑It’s #BlackFriday soon, and we’ve put together advice on avoiding #HarmfulChemicals when shopping the sales.
🔍Many types of products may contain harmful chemicals, from cosmetics to cooking equipment, but there are easy steps you can take to avoid them!
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🔍Many types of products may contain harmful chemicals, from cosmetics to cooking equipment, but there are easy steps you can take to avoid them!
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‘Generally, the social-housing occupants expressed delight at the quality of the properties compared with their previous dwellings. “They were really, really happy to be in those homes,” said Mateo-Garcia. “They said: ‘Oh, we haven’t seen any damp and mould.’”’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows
Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage
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November 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
‘Generally, the social-housing occupants expressed delight at the quality of the properties compared with their previous dwellings. “They were really, really happy to be in those homes,” said Mateo-Garcia. “They said: ‘Oh, we haven’t seen any damp and mould.’”’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The main barrier to protecting health is “corporate political activities, coordinated transnationally through a global network of front groups, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and research partners, to counter opposition and block regulation”.’
#UPF
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#UPF
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Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
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November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
‘The main barrier to protecting health is “corporate political activities, coordinated transnationally through a global network of front groups, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and research partners, to counter opposition and block regulation”.’
#UPF
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#UPF
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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Being dismembered with a bone saw because you dared to criticize an authoritarian regime is - and hear me out - considerably worse than being embarrassed because another reporter dared to ask you about it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Being dismembered with a bone saw because you dared to criticize an authoritarian regime is - and hear me out - considerably worse than being embarrassed because another reporter dared to ask you about it.
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🌎 Who really holds the power at COP30?
🚨 More than 1,600 lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry attended #COP30 in Belém, outnumbering almost all national delegations.
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4rdvP9x
🌎 Who really holds the power at COP30?
🚨 More than 1,600 lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry attended #COP30 in Belém, outnumbering almost all national delegations.
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4rdvP9x
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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🌎 Who really holds the power at COP30?
🚨 More than 1,600 lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry attended #COP30 in Belém, outnumbering almost all national delegations.
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4rdvP9x
🌎 Who really holds the power at COP30?
🚨 More than 1,600 lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry attended #COP30 in Belém, outnumbering almost all national delegations.
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4rdvP9x
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📝 A recent letter to the UK government highlights the risks posed to children by #ToxicChemicals in toys.
⚠️ Children are at higher risk from the health impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals (#EDCs) because their organs and nervous system are still developing.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/f8PEtct
⚠️ Children are at higher risk from the health impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals (#EDCs) because their organs and nervous system are still developing.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/f8PEtct
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📝 A recent letter to the UK government highlights the risks posed to children by #ToxicChemicals in toys.
⚠️ Children are at higher risk from the health impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals (#EDCs) because their organs and nervous system are still developing.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/f8PEtct
⚠️ Children are at higher risk from the health impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals (#EDCs) because their organs and nervous system are still developing.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/f8PEtct
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Putting aside the moral issues with the arguement... it's notable the govt isn't really arguing for the policy in a evidence or policy based way.
It's purely about politics and political impacts. Both electorally and 'Reform would do worse'
It's purely about politics and political impacts. Both electorally and 'Reform would do worse'
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Putting aside the moral issues with the arguement... it's notable the govt isn't really arguing for the policy in a evidence or policy based way.
It's purely about politics and political impacts. Both electorally and 'Reform would do worse'
It's purely about politics and political impacts. Both electorally and 'Reform would do worse'