Gaia Vince
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ANTHROPOCENE https://bit.ly/3QR898d) Human-Earth system science https://toot.community/@WanderingGaia
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Gaia Vince
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Looking back on my 2023 highlights: #NomadCentury came out in paperback, was Highly Commended in the
Wainwright Prize for nature writing 2023, shortlisted for the Zócalo Book Prize and the Christopher Moore Prize For Human Rights books www.amazon.com/Nomad-Centur...
Wainwright Prize for nature writing 2023, shortlisted for the Zócalo Book Prize and the Christopher Moore Prize For Human Rights books www.amazon.com/Nomad-Centur...
A round-up introduction thread to some of my work and interests 🧵
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Wood burning for electricity is not a solution to decelerate climate change or biodiversity loss.
The huge carbon emissions from Drax were ‘solved’ by carbon capture, which was never going to work, and now they’re abandoning it.
My film explores tree burning for fuel: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
The huge carbon emissions from Drax were ‘solved’ by carbon capture, which was never going to work, and now they’re abandoning it.
My film explores tree burning for fuel: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Wood burning for electricity is not a solution to decelerate climate change or biodiversity loss.
The huge carbon emissions from Drax were ‘solved’ by carbon capture, which was never going to work, and now they’re abandoning it.
My film explores tree burning for fuel: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
The huge carbon emissions from Drax were ‘solved’ by carbon capture, which was never going to work, and now they’re abandoning it.
My film explores tree burning for fuel: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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Yes, it’s like how Apple buys up much of TSMC’s chip production capacity to build chips at some point in the future, for phones that don’t yet exist, and which haven’t been sold yet.
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Yes, it’s like how Apple buys up much of TSMC’s chip production capacity to build chips at some point in the future, for phones that don’t yet exist, and which haven’t been sold yet.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
Taken boy to barbers but forbidden to talk to barber about haircut or in any way advise on wisdom of weird 1980s europop topheavy bouffant fringe thing
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Taken boy to barbers but forbidden to talk to barber about haircut or in any way advise on wisdom of weird 1980s europop topheavy bouffant fringe thing
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Make Racism Indefensible Again
Reform candidate Chris Parry said David Lammy should “go home to the Caribbean”.
Reform MP Danny Kruger says “context” is important
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
Reform MP Danny Kruger says “context” is important
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
Reform MP Slammed For Trying To Defend Party Candidate Who Told David Lammy To 'Go Home'
Danny Kruger said Chris Parry is "a very distinguished public servant".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Make Racism Indefensible Again
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Totally ludicrous for the Metreweli to warn that Britain is on the front line against Russia without acknowledging that America, with whom MI6 shares intelligence, is now fully aligned with Russia and has the same objectives. Why are Britain's politicians and craven legacy media not addressing this?
Britain already on front line against Russia, MI6 chief warns
The UK faces an ‘age of uncertainty’ as a result of disinformation, sabotage and cyberattacks backed by Moscow, Blaise Metreweli will say
www.thetimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Totally ludicrous for the Metreweli to warn that Britain is on the front line against Russia without acknowledging that America, with whom MI6 shares intelligence, is now fully aligned with Russia and has the same objectives. Why are Britain's politicians and craven legacy media not addressing this?
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🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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December 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
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Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
Exactly, you have to turn them into a caterpillar first, duh
He really doesn’t understand any of the most basic biology concepts at all, huh
December 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Exactly, you have to turn them into a caterpillar first, duh
Ah, but bad for whom…? Why don’t Indians see it from the perspective of eg Lord Mountbatten or Empress Victoria?
Julia Hartley-Brewer: Why is colonialism bad?
Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”
Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Ah, but bad for whom…? Why don’t Indians see it from the perspective of eg Lord Mountbatten or Empress Victoria?
Handy thread!
Vegetarians! Vegans! Anyone who enjoys cooking! Here's a thread of recipes for the veggie / vegan dishes I cook regularly and which have helped me massively cut down on the amount of meat I eat these days. First, a cheap, easy., quick dal which *everyone* should be able to cook:
Cheap, Easy, Quick Dal
This is my basic recipe for dal – it’s the one I cook when I need a fresh pot of dal quickly. Ingredients: 300g split red lentils 900 ml water 1 medium / large white onion diced 6 ̵…
alomshaha.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Handy thread!
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On Bondi Beach today: the belongings of people who ran away in the chaos of yesterday’s shooting, in case they come back to claim them
Including tiny shoes and toys of the kids
Including tiny shoes and toys of the kids
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
On Bondi Beach today: the belongings of people who ran away in the chaos of yesterday’s shooting, in case they come back to claim them
Including tiny shoes and toys of the kids
Including tiny shoes and toys of the kids
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Sharing this @wolvendamien.bsky.social post here because it's important in the context of a growing push to use LLMS as a form of climate advocacy or science communication: they're only "persuasive" when the software lies freely
www.linkedin.com/posts/damien...
afutureworththinkingabout.com?p=6422
www.linkedin.com/posts/damien...
afutureworththinkingabout.com?p=6422
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Sharing this @wolvendamien.bsky.social post here because it's important in the context of a growing push to use LLMS as a form of climate advocacy or science communication: they're only "persuasive" when the software lies freely
www.linkedin.com/posts/damien...
afutureworththinkingabout.com?p=6422
www.linkedin.com/posts/damien...
afutureworththinkingabout.com?p=6422
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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What is critical to underscore is that at present this is ramping up but I’ve been having security briefings since 2015. Insisting on human dignity of people who don’t look or sound like me apparently means I need to be attacked. Many of us are well used to dealing with it. It’s still wrong
🔴I wrote about far-right attacks against refugee charities and why some are choosing to leave the sector to protect themselves. It's awful but understandable.
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
When it's time to move on
It's toxic out there
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
What is critical to underscore is that at present this is ramping up but I’ve been having security briefings since 2015. Insisting on human dignity of people who don’t look or sound like me apparently means I need to be attacked. Many of us are well used to dealing with it. It’s still wrong
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An interesting piece. To go alongside others pointing out the weaknesses in our own defence capacity. The most cost effective way to improve European defence is to give Ukraine the capacity to win.
They can
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They can
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What it would really take to stop Putin fighting in Ukraine
As peace talks continue in Berlin, what - if anything - could potentially change Putin's mind? And could Europe do anything differently?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
An interesting piece. To go alongside others pointing out the weaknesses in our own defence capacity. The most cost effective way to improve European defence is to give Ukraine the capacity to win.
They can
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They can
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The US Powerball lottery jackpot has reached $1.1 billion, meaning it is now theoretically profitable to buy every single one of the 292 million tickets - my maths column from earlier this year explains why www.newscientist.com/article/2486...
The foolproof way to win any lottery, according to maths
How can you guarantee a huge payout from any lottery? Take a cue from combinatorics, and perhaps gather a few wealthy pals, says Jacob Aron
www.newscientist.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The US Powerball lottery jackpot has reached $1.1 billion, meaning it is now theoretically profitable to buy every single one of the 292 million tickets - my maths column from earlier this year explains why www.newscientist.com/article/2486...
They are not the world’s first climate refugees, of course, but still significant #NomadCentury
The Tuvaluan migrants embody an attempt to untether statehood from territory, as climate change causes deadly levels of warming that will threaten island nations
The world’s first climate refugees will arrive in Australia in 2026
The Falepili Union treaty allows 280 people from Tuvalu to migrate annually. The treaty could redefine sovereignty
econ.st
December 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
They are not the world’s first climate refugees, of course, but still significant #NomadCentury