Steve Brown
@dee-aspora.bsky.social
Sustainability, innovation, economics, social impact, Dundee FC and NUFC. Dundee born, Newcastle educated, Stockport/Heatons resident. Fellow @theRSAorg. Member @theIET. It's cheaper to save the planet than destroy it. All views my own.
February 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Ratcliffe's company Ineos has a debt level of five times earnings.
No wonder the begging bowl is out.
Governments just need to make sure if this empire shatters the critical pieces are picked up- and resist its stranglehold over critical supply chains.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
No wonder the begging bowl is out.
Governments just need to make sure if this empire shatters the critical pieces are picked up- and resist its stranglehold over critical supply chains.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ratcliffe says immigrants cost too much, while Ineos lobbies for state funding
Billionaire’s business has in recent years claimed UK and EU support for refineries and chemicals plants worth about €800m
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Ratcliffe's company Ineos has a debt level of five times earnings.
No wonder the begging bowl is out.
Governments just need to make sure if this empire shatters the critical pieces are picked up- and resist its stranglehold over critical supply chains.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
No wonder the begging bowl is out.
Governments just need to make sure if this empire shatters the critical pieces are picked up- and resist its stranglehold over critical supply chains.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Gov. Tim Walz: "They left us with deep damage. Generational trauma. Economic ruin in some cases. The left us with many unanswered questions. Where are our children? Where and what is the process of the investigation into those that were responsible for the deaths of Renee and Alex?"
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Gov. Tim Walz: "They left us with deep damage. Generational trauma. Economic ruin in some cases. The left us with many unanswered questions. Where are our children? Where and what is the process of the investigation into those that were responsible for the deaths of Renee and Alex?"
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Why 'island of strangers' and the 'incalculable damage' of immigration (as stated by Starmer) was so catastrophically wrong.... in one tweet.
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Why 'island of strangers' and the 'incalculable damage' of immigration (as stated by Starmer) was so catastrophically wrong.... in one tweet.
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Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 12, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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The most cursed timeline. Ruled by people with less scientific understanding than your average 10 year old.
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The most cursed timeline. Ruled by people with less scientific understanding than your average 10 year old.
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I'm a day or so behind, but this is good read.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rethinking Economics, the movement changing how the subject is taught
Born of student disquiet after the 2008 crash, the group says it is reshaping economists’ education
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I'm a day or so behind, but this is good read.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It is slightly irritating that the Guardian uncritically reports his claim that taxpayers are spending "an ever increasing proportion of our national income on out-of-work benefits” without pointing out that it is, in fact, false.
February 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
It is slightly irritating that the Guardian uncritically reports his claim that taxpayers are spending "an ever increasing proportion of our national income on out-of-work benefits” without pointing out that it is, in fact, false.
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Now, with real disposable income (green line). How much!?
February 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Now, with real disposable income (green line). How much!?
Fab little story. West Cumbria needs much more of this to help balance out it's economy and demographics.
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
It’s known for making submarines. So how does this remote Cumbrian venue attract the world’s boldest musicians?
In a park keeper’s lodge in Barrow-in-Furness, Full of Noises has hosted the likes of Julia Holter and Lonnie Holley – and is a model for why arts funding matters
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Fab little story. West Cumbria needs much more of this to help balance out it's economy and demographics.
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
No. Next question.
www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
‘The race is on’: will Elon Musk be the first to put a data centre in space?
Tech billionaire’s desire to put computer infrastructure into orbit is central to $1.25tn plan to merge SpaceX with xAI
www.ft.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
No. Next question.
www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
www.ft.com/content/a5cf...
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The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.
Is Oracle screwed? Good stuff from Ed Zitron.
open.spotify.com/episode/6HUm...
open.spotify.com/episode/6HUm...
Monologue: Is Oracle Screwed?
open.spotify.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Is Oracle screwed? Good stuff from Ed Zitron.
open.spotify.com/episode/6HUm...
open.spotify.com/episode/6HUm...
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Lewis Goodall has said he has looked through Hansard and not a single Conservative stood up and said appointing Mandleson was a bad idea let alone because of what everyone knew at the time with regard to Epstein.
February 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Lewis Goodall has said he has looked through Hansard and not a single Conservative stood up and said appointing Mandleson was a bad idea let alone because of what everyone knew at the time with regard to Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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The moral panic about young men is the new version of “UKIP is winning over former Labour voters” (also a Goodwin argument). Both rely on anecdote more than data, and do significant damage to public understanding of the radical right. Young men are the second *least* pro-Reform group in the UK.
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The moral panic about young men is the new version of “UKIP is winning over former Labour voters” (also a Goodwin argument). Both rely on anecdote more than data, and do significant damage to public understanding of the radical right. Young men are the second *least* pro-Reform group in the UK.
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Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
nation.cymru
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
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Young men are the second most liberal group in the country after young women.
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Young men are the second most liberal group in the country after young women.
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Looks like the effectiveness of electoral law may be facing a test:
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
@manchestermill.bsky.social really does some extraordinary work.
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
@manchestermill.bsky.social really does some extraordinary work.
Exclusive: Reform UK just broke electoral law in Gorton and Denton
People across the constituency thought they were getting a letter from a concerned pensioner, they didn’t know she was working for Reform
manchestermill.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Looks like the effectiveness of electoral law may be facing a test:
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
@manchestermill.bsky.social really does some extraordinary work.
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-re...
@manchestermill.bsky.social really does some extraordinary work.
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'Handsomely presented cryptofascist propaganda'
'It's a heist movie'
'The most depressing exprience I've ever had in the cinema'
Put that on that side of a bus
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
'It's a heist movie'
'The most depressing exprience I've ever had in the cinema'
Put that on that side of a bus
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:22 AM
'Handsomely presented cryptofascist propaganda'
'It's a heist movie'
'The most depressing exprience I've ever had in the cinema'
Put that on that side of a bus
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
'It's a heist movie'
'The most depressing exprience I've ever had in the cinema'
Put that on that side of a bus
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
'current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
'current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
'The archaic dog mess that is first-past-the-post needs to be ditched.'
#MakeVotesFair
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#MakeVotesFair
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Labour made mistakes in its Caerphilly byelection defeat. It may be about to repeat them in Gorton and Denton | Will Hayward
In Wales, Plaid Cymru sailed through as the anti-Reform party, at Labour’s expense. Unless lessons are learned, the Greens could do the same, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:57 AM
'The archaic dog mess that is first-past-the-post needs to be ditched.'
#MakeVotesFair
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#MakeVotesFair
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