David Wickens
@malvernperl.bsky.social
Cinema, politics and philosophy.
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How is untreated sewage from this upmarket Crouch End street polluting a Tottenham park -- and threading its way via the Walthamstow Wetlands & Hackney Marshes to the Thames?
In today's London Centric, my deep dive into a small cog in one of the capital’s worst sewage scandals: misconnections.
In today's London Centric, my deep dive into a small cog in one of the capital’s worst sewage scandals: misconnections.
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
How is untreated sewage from this upmarket Crouch End street polluting a Tottenham park -- and threading its way via the Walthamstow Wetlands & Hackney Marshes to the Thames?
In today's London Centric, my deep dive into a small cog in one of the capital’s worst sewage scandals: misconnections.
In today's London Centric, my deep dive into a small cog in one of the capital’s worst sewage scandals: misconnections.
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We need renewable energy to take a bite out of the climate crisis but also the authoritarianism crisis
Right now we’re just doing oil piracy
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Right now we’re just doing oil piracy
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Pirates of the Anthropocene
"I assume we're going to keep the oil."
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We need renewable energy to take a bite out of the climate crisis but also the authoritarianism crisis
Right now we’re just doing oil piracy
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Right now we’re just doing oil piracy
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
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#1WordFor1Music #MusicChallenge #NewMusicFriday
11/22 Cold
Mélanie Pain · Brian Lopez (Calexico) - How and Why (2025 - #folk #pop) 🎙️ Colds Hands
youtu.be/sW5HyjC9MuY?...
11/22 Cold
Mélanie Pain · Brian Lopez (Calexico) - How and Why (2025 - #folk #pop) 🎙️ Colds Hands
youtu.be/sW5HyjC9MuY?...
Colds Hands
YouTube video by Mélanie Pain - Topic
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#1WordFor1Music #MusicChallenge #NewMusicFriday
11/22 Cold
Mélanie Pain · Brian Lopez (Calexico) - How and Why (2025 - #folk #pop) 🎙️ Colds Hands
youtu.be/sW5HyjC9MuY?...
11/22 Cold
Mélanie Pain · Brian Lopez (Calexico) - How and Why (2025 - #folk #pop) 🎙️ Colds Hands
youtu.be/sW5HyjC9MuY?...
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Early evening fox…
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Early evening fox…
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It’s been brilliant to welcome The Grand Sumo Tournament back to London for the first time in 34 years 🇯🇵
Further proof that the city is the undisputed global capital of sport - and I’m glad the wrestlers have been enjoying all London has to offer!
Further proof that the city is the undisputed global capital of sport - and I’m glad the wrestlers have been enjoying all London has to offer!
Grand Sumo Tournament review: London swaps Big Ben for big bouts in epic event
A true celebration of Japanese culture.
metro.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It’s been brilliant to welcome The Grand Sumo Tournament back to London for the first time in 34 years 🇯🇵
Further proof that the city is the undisputed global capital of sport - and I’m glad the wrestlers have been enjoying all London has to offer!
Further proof that the city is the undisputed global capital of sport - and I’m glad the wrestlers have been enjoying all London has to offer!
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1 October 1945:
The first issue of Les Temps Modernes is published –– a monthly cultural and political journal led by Sartre and Beauvoir, with a host of other major figures on the editorial board.
The journal is named after a Charlie Chaplin film. Pablo Picasso designed the cover.
The first issue of Les Temps Modernes is published –– a monthly cultural and political journal led by Sartre and Beauvoir, with a host of other major figures on the editorial board.
The journal is named after a Charlie Chaplin film. Pablo Picasso designed the cover.
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
1 October 1945:
The first issue of Les Temps Modernes is published –– a monthly cultural and political journal led by Sartre and Beauvoir, with a host of other major figures on the editorial board.
The journal is named after a Charlie Chaplin film. Pablo Picasso designed the cover.
The first issue of Les Temps Modernes is published –– a monthly cultural and political journal led by Sartre and Beauvoir, with a host of other major figures on the editorial board.
The journal is named after a Charlie Chaplin film. Pablo Picasso designed the cover.
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Bonjour
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
September 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Bonjour
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
(Claudia Cardinale, 'Le Guépard')
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British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds freed after six months in captivity in Afghanistan
British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds freed after six months in captivity in Afghanistan
Peter and Barbie Reynolds had been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan without charges since February
A British couple who had been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan in February have been released and flown to Doha following Qatari mediation, an official with knowledge of the matter has said.
Peter and Barbie Reynolds, aged 80 and 75, had been detained by the Taliban without charges in Afghanistan, where they lived, since February. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds freed after six months in captivity in Afghanistan
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Remember when Labour refused to set out its policies in the election to ‘make the target as small as possible’? They no longer have that excuse. They can’t please the press or their critics so they should go back to being a Labour Party and remember who they are here to help.
Government approval falls to its lowest level since Labour took office, with a net score of -61 (fieldwork 13-15 Sep 2025)
Approve: 11% (-1 from 6-8 Sep)
Disapprove: 72% (+3)
Net: -61 (-4)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-1 from 6-8 Sep)
Disapprove: 72% (+3)
Net: -61 (-4)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
September 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Remember when Labour refused to set out its policies in the election to ‘make the target as small as possible’? They no longer have that excuse. They can’t please the press or their critics so they should go back to being a Labour Party and remember who they are here to help.
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The thing you don’t see about lengthy libel cases like this is the mental impact on witnesses - and on news outlets’ willingness to do similar stories.
Respect to all the women who chose to go to court to defend this story - plus Sirin Kale, Lucy Osborne, Paul Lewis and the Guardian team.
Respect to all the women who chose to go to court to defend this story - plus Sirin Kale, Lucy Osborne, Paul Lewis and the Guardian team.
The Guardian has successfully defended a libel action brought by the actor Noel Clarke over an investigation by the newspaper in which he was accused of sexual misconduct by more than 20 women.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
Noel Clarke loses libel case against Guardian over sexual misconduct investigation
High court rejects actor’s claim that accusations against him by more than 20 women were false and part of a conspiracy
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The thing you don’t see about lengthy libel cases like this is the mental impact on witnesses - and on news outlets’ willingness to do similar stories.
Respect to all the women who chose to go to court to defend this story - plus Sirin Kale, Lucy Osborne, Paul Lewis and the Guardian team.
Respect to all the women who chose to go to court to defend this story - plus Sirin Kale, Lucy Osborne, Paul Lewis and the Guardian team.
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France has entered this year the Big Fire Era... 🔥
And we are now heading towards the most brutal heatwave of this summer with 40+°C over large part of country and no end in sight... 🥵📈
A lingering taste of apocalypse for crops, ecosystems and glaciers! 🌱😱
And we are now heading towards the most brutal heatwave of this summer with 40+°C over large part of country and no end in sight... 🥵📈
A lingering taste of apocalypse for crops, ecosystems and glaciers! 🌱😱
Demain sera une journée historique. Les températures devraient dépasser les 42°C sur une large zone du sud-ouest. Oui, vous ne rêvez pas, il fera + de 40°C sur l'intégralité de la région.
Les scénarios de ce matin repoussent la fin de la canicule pour le sud de la France. A dérouler.
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Les scénarios de ce matin repoussent la fin de la canicule pour le sud de la France. A dérouler.
1/6
August 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
France has entered this year the Big Fire Era... 🔥
And we are now heading towards the most brutal heatwave of this summer with 40+°C over large part of country and no end in sight... 🥵📈
A lingering taste of apocalypse for crops, ecosystems and glaciers! 🌱😱
And we are now heading towards the most brutal heatwave of this summer with 40+°C over large part of country and no end in sight... 🥵📈
A lingering taste of apocalypse for crops, ecosystems and glaciers! 🌱😱
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🚨 Did you know Brexit could be affecting your favourite artist?🎸 🎶
📊 Best for Britain research shows Brexit is hitting the music industry hard.
Find out why. ⬇️
📊 Best for Britain research shows Brexit is hitting the music industry hard.
Find out why. ⬇️
August 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚨 Did you know Brexit could be affecting your favourite artist?🎸 🎶
📊 Best for Britain research shows Brexit is hitting the music industry hard.
Find out why. ⬇️
📊 Best for Britain research shows Brexit is hitting the music industry hard.
Find out why. ⬇️
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In 1978 the Anti-Nazi League joined forced with the Rock Against Racism movement to organise a ‘Carnival against the Nazis’.
This flyer promoted the rally in Victoria Park. With the motto ‘Love Music, Hate Racism’
📷 Rock Against Racism poster, 1978. Wiener Holocaust Library Collections
This flyer promoted the rally in Victoria Park. With the motto ‘Love Music, Hate Racism’
📷 Rock Against Racism poster, 1978. Wiener Holocaust Library Collections
August 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In 1978 the Anti-Nazi League joined forced with the Rock Against Racism movement to organise a ‘Carnival against the Nazis’.
This flyer promoted the rally in Victoria Park. With the motto ‘Love Music, Hate Racism’
📷 Rock Against Racism poster, 1978. Wiener Holocaust Library Collections
This flyer promoted the rally in Victoria Park. With the motto ‘Love Music, Hate Racism’
📷 Rock Against Racism poster, 1978. Wiener Holocaust Library Collections
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"People are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites."
Global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished. But disaster is not inevitable: every one of us has agency. USE IT.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished. But disaster is not inevitable: every one of us has agency. USE IT.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"People are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites."
Global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished. But disaster is not inevitable: every one of us has agency. USE IT.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished. But disaster is not inevitable: every one of us has agency. USE IT.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In case you missed it yesterday: evidence that the glossy millionaire migration reports - the ones that have been all over the media - may be fabricated:
Henley & Partners’ wealth migration reports have been reported all over the world, both to prove both that there's a massive exodus of wealth from the UK and that there isn't.
Our forensic review finds the data riddled with anomalies - and in key places looks fabricated:
Our forensic review finds the data riddled with anomalies - and in key places looks fabricated:
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In case you missed it yesterday: evidence that the glossy millionaire migration reports - the ones that have been all over the media - may be fabricated:
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This cycle path in Copenhagen opened in 2014. Elegant and efficient transportation is just the best!
July 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This cycle path in Copenhagen opened in 2014. Elegant and efficient transportation is just the best!
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This Day in Labor History: July 12, 1917. Mining capitalists and their bought and sold police in Bisbee, Arizona and politicians rounded up anyone they thought might be an IWW member (or if they looked Mexican) and deported them in one of the worst civil rights violations in American history!!!!!
July 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This Day in Labor History: July 12, 1917. Mining capitalists and their bought and sold police in Bisbee, Arizona and politicians rounded up anyone they thought might be an IWW member (or if they looked Mexican) and deported them in one of the worst civil rights violations in American history!!!!!
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Mer de Glace from Flammes de Pierre yesterday! 🤩
How long will we be able to contemplate the Forbes ogives... 🤍
Just a few more years before they are obscured by debris, as they are further downstream!
Snowline ~2800 m asl (early July)
Mean ELA 1984-2010: ~2880 m asl
📷 Brad Carlson
How long will we be able to contemplate the Forbes ogives... 🤍
Just a few more years before they are obscured by debris, as they are further downstream!
Snowline ~2800 m asl (early July)
Mean ELA 1984-2010: ~2880 m asl
📷 Brad Carlson
July 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Mer de Glace from Flammes de Pierre yesterday! 🤩
How long will we be able to contemplate the Forbes ogives... 🤍
Just a few more years before they are obscured by debris, as they are further downstream!
Snowline ~2800 m asl (early July)
Mean ELA 1984-2010: ~2880 m asl
📷 Brad Carlson
How long will we be able to contemplate the Forbes ogives... 🤍
Just a few more years before they are obscured by debris, as they are further downstream!
Snowline ~2800 m asl (early July)
Mean ELA 1984-2010: ~2880 m asl
📷 Brad Carlson
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I discussed the climate change-fueled record heat in Europe earlier today on #BBCNews Television: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJtU...
Michael Mann on BBC New Television Discussing The Climate Change-Fueled Record Heat in Europe
YouTube video by Michael Mann
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I discussed the climate change-fueled record heat in Europe earlier today on #BBCNews Television: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJtU...
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Exciting news from Finland: the world’s largest sand battery (1 MW/100 MWh) is now online!
The Pornainen project by Polar Night Energy is 10x bigger than the first commercial sand battery and sets a new benchmark for affordable, long-duration energy storage.
The Pornainen project by Polar Night Energy is 10x bigger than the first commercial sand battery and sets a new benchmark for affordable, long-duration energy storage.
June 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Exciting news from Finland: the world’s largest sand battery (1 MW/100 MWh) is now online!
The Pornainen project by Polar Night Energy is 10x bigger than the first commercial sand battery and sets a new benchmark for affordable, long-duration energy storage.
The Pornainen project by Polar Night Energy is 10x bigger than the first commercial sand battery and sets a new benchmark for affordable, long-duration energy storage.
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“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”
@cbsaustin @velez_tx
@cbsaustin @velez_tx