Tim Gray
@upwardology.bsky.social
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Tim Gray
@upwardology.bsky.social
· Nov 29
My book 'Why Don't We Make the World Better?' is about why and how our brains derail change, and how to find a way through. It combines insights from personal development and social change, reworking blogs and ebooks I've written since 2012.
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Nearly 5GW of solar contracted in UK govt auction. Biggest ever in capacity and confirms solar as the cheapest power in Britain. More solar = lower bills.
BREAKING: UK govt auction secures 4.9GW new solar at £65/MWh and 1.3GW new onshore wind at £72/MWh, 13% and 21% below the price cap respectively.
All due online by 2029.
All due online by 2029.
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Nearly 5GW of solar contracted in UK govt auction. Biggest ever in capacity and confirms solar as the cheapest power in Britain. More solar = lower bills.
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This auction represents the largest procurement of onshore renewables in UK history!
We should celebrate every gigawatt of energy that's generated by solar and wind because it's a step away from our reliance on volatile gas that's bad for our economy and the planet.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We should celebrate every gigawatt of energy that's generated by solar and wind because it's a step away from our reliance on volatile gas that's bad for our economy and the planet.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More solar farms on the way after record renewables auction
The results have been welcomed by climate and clean energy groups but could face opposition from local communities.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 12:31 PM
This auction represents the largest procurement of onshore renewables in UK history!
We should celebrate every gigawatt of energy that's generated by solar and wind because it's a step away from our reliance on volatile gas that's bad for our economy and the planet.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We should celebrate every gigawatt of energy that's generated by solar and wind because it's a step away from our reliance on volatile gas that's bad for our economy and the planet.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
Dr. Oz urges 'take the vaccine, please' amid measles outbreaks
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
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How ADHD became a multimillion-pound industry for private equity.
NHS handed £128m to private ADHD companies last year.
Just three private-equity backed providers of NHS ADHD services made profits £31.5m profit last year.
Public money buys less.
Must expand NHS capacity.
NHS handed £128m to private ADHD companies last year.
Just three private-equity backed providers of NHS ADHD services made profits £31.5m profit last year.
Public money buys less.
Must expand NHS capacity.
How ADHD became a multimillion-pound industry for private equity
NHS has become dependent on privately run services to diagnose ADHD and autism as patients given legal right to assessments under Right to Choose initiative
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
How ADHD became a multimillion-pound industry for private equity.
NHS handed £128m to private ADHD companies last year.
Just three private-equity backed providers of NHS ADHD services made profits £31.5m profit last year.
Public money buys less.
Must expand NHS capacity.
NHS handed £128m to private ADHD companies last year.
Just three private-equity backed providers of NHS ADHD services made profits £31.5m profit last year.
Public money buys less.
Must expand NHS capacity.
Lots of posts saying Starmer's troubles are because of Mandelson. More likely that's just dumped fuel on a slow-burning fuse: long-term terrible polling, looming local elections, authoritarian party management, dropping campaign promises, targeting of social groups, genocide denial, etc.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Lots of posts saying Starmer's troubles are because of Mandelson. More likely that's just dumped fuel on a slow-burning fuse: long-term terrible polling, looming local elections, authoritarian party management, dropping campaign promises, targeting of social groups, genocide denial, etc.
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Is Anas Sarwar's call for Keir Starmer to resign an example of principled leadership or desperation? There is a case to be made that it is the latter: trying to divert blame for the shellacking Scot Lab are heading towards in the May elections to Starmer & Downing Street.
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Is Anas Sarwar's call for Keir Starmer to resign an example of principled leadership or desperation? There is a case to be made that it is the latter: trying to divert blame for the shellacking Scot Lab are heading towards in the May elections to Starmer & Downing Street.
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"Rachel Reeves, David Lammy, John Healey.. Steve Reed.. Yvette Cooper, Bridget Phillipson.. Wes Streeting"
Cabinet ministers coming out one after the other in support of Starmer is a reminder that its not just about Starmer, and its not just Starmer who should go.
Cabinet ministers coming out one after the other in support of Starmer is a reminder that its not just about Starmer, and its not just Starmer who should go.
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"Rachel Reeves, David Lammy, John Healey.. Steve Reed.. Yvette Cooper, Bridget Phillipson.. Wes Streeting"
Cabinet ministers coming out one after the other in support of Starmer is a reminder that its not just about Starmer, and its not just Starmer who should go.
Cabinet ministers coming out one after the other in support of Starmer is a reminder that its not just about Starmer, and its not just Starmer who should go.
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"The source confirmed there have been conversations between Sarwar and allies of Health Secretary Wes Streeting... in the run-up to the decision to call for Starmer to quit"
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar Calls For Keir Starmer To Resign
Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar has called for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign.
www.politicshome.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
"The source confirmed there have been conversations between Sarwar and allies of Health Secretary Wes Streeting... in the run-up to the decision to call for Starmer to quit"
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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No. 10 communications were being directed!?
Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has just quit his Downing Street role:
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
No. 10 communications were being directed!?
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We absolutely can afford a UBI, and we do need it, regardless of any impacts AI ends up having.
The cost of UBI is its net cost, not its gross cost. If you get $15k and pay $7k higher taxes as part of the deal, that cost is $8k not $15k.
Try calculating the costs of not doing UBI. Include fascism.
The cost of UBI is its net cost, not its gross cost. If you get $15k and pay $7k higher taxes as part of the deal, that cost is $8k not $15k.
Try calculating the costs of not doing UBI. Include fascism.
My Sunday Times piece: The idea that we will need a universal basic income because of all the jobs that will be displaced by AI is gaining traction, but it is wrong on several counts:
We can’t afford a universal basic income — and don’t need it
www.thetimes.com/article/70cd...
We can’t afford a universal basic income — and don’t need it
www.thetimes.com/article/70cd...
We can’t afford a universal basic income — and don’t need it
If AI massacres jobs, the state will never find £1.5 trillion a year to keep us going. Targeted help would be far more sensible
www.thetimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
We absolutely can afford a UBI, and we do need it, regardless of any impacts AI ends up having.
The cost of UBI is its net cost, not its gross cost. If you get $15k and pay $7k higher taxes as part of the deal, that cost is $8k not $15k.
Try calculating the costs of not doing UBI. Include fascism.
The cost of UBI is its net cost, not its gross cost. If you get $15k and pay $7k higher taxes as part of the deal, that cost is $8k not $15k.
Try calculating the costs of not doing UBI. Include fascism.
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This is beautiful.
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
This is beautiful.
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Today, Portugal is due to head to the polls.
🇵🇹 The centre-right have coalesced around the Socialist leader in an attempt to stop the far-right gaining power.
https://www.politico.eu/article/portugals-conservatives-back-left-wing-candidate-to-avoid-a-far-right-president/
🇵🇹 The centre-right have coalesced around the Socialist leader in an attempt to stop the far-right gaining power.
https://www.politico.eu/article/portugals-conservatives-back-left-wing-candidate-to-avoid-a-far-right-president/
Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president
Center-right leaders are taking pains to publicly reject the ultranationalist contender ahead of the country’s Feb. 8 vo
www.politico.eu
February 8, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Today, Portugal is due to head to the polls.
🇵🇹 The centre-right have coalesced around the Socialist leader in an attempt to stop the far-right gaining power.
https://www.politico.eu/article/portugals-conservatives-back-left-wing-candidate-to-avoid-a-far-right-president/
🇵🇹 The centre-right have coalesced around the Socialist leader in an attempt to stop the far-right gaining power.
https://www.politico.eu/article/portugals-conservatives-back-left-wing-candidate-to-avoid-a-far-right-president/
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This is why the are already dropping the felony charges against the 22 folks arrested last week. They don't have the goods and no one to do the work to prosecute.
The top lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has left the agency, the same week an ICE attorney was removed after telling a district judge that “this job sucks” and that the Trump administration is “overwhelmed” with immigration cases.
ICE chief counsel in Minnesota retires amid growing number of immigration cases | CNN Politics
The top lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has left the agency, the same week an ICE attorney was removed after telling a district judge that “this job sucks” and that the Tru...
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This is why the are already dropping the felony charges against the 22 folks arrested last week. They don't have the goods and no one to do the work to prosecute.
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🇺🇸 Powerful from Steve Sack...
The decision of the White House to remove 700 ICE agents this week is a welcome step in the right direction.
The decision of the White House to remove 700 ICE agents this week is a welcome step in the right direction.
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
🇺🇸 Powerful from Steve Sack...
The decision of the White House to remove 700 ICE agents this week is a welcome step in the right direction.
The decision of the White House to remove 700 ICE agents this week is a welcome step in the right direction.
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We'd welcome articles in this and the wider issue of having ICE agents with boots on the ground in Europe, email [email protected] if you want to have your voice heard on this.
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina - TopNews - Ansa.it
Rome street artist Laika has created a new piece of work protesting the presence of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staff at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. (ANSA)
www.ansa.it
February 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
We'd welcome articles in this and the wider issue of having ICE agents with boots on the ground in Europe, email [email protected] if you want to have your voice heard on this.
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina
Rome street artist creates piece against ICE presence at Milano Cortina
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Presumably it will have to be an internal appointment to replace McSweeney because no one will give up an external job to work for a PM so clearly on the edge himself.
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Presumably it will have to be an internal appointment to replace McSweeney because no one will give up an external job to work for a PM so clearly on the edge himself.
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Starmer's statement thanks McSweeney for "turning the party around after one of the worst defeats in its history".
Labour currently polling at about 17%.
Labour currently polling at about 17%.
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Starmer's statement thanks McSweeney for "turning the party around after one of the worst defeats in its history".
Labour currently polling at about 17%.
Labour currently polling at about 17%.
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This series of articles by Peter Oborne is so spot on - withering about McSweeney - and his obsessive focus on party politics, scheming and tactics, at expense of policy conducive to the national interest - and in process ultimately ruining Starmer’s govt.
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This series of articles by Peter Oborne is so spot on - withering about McSweeney - and his obsessive focus on party politics, scheming and tactics, at expense of policy conducive to the national interest - and in process ultimately ruining Starmer’s govt.
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BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
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Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...
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Yep, a crucial element. There was no problem too solve. They had a pro in place. But they had to play Westminster silly buggers.
It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Yep, a crucial element. There was no problem too solve. They had a pro in place. But they had to play Westminster silly buggers.
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I live in Iowa so if you wanna see a cow up close, you have plenty of opportunities to do so. And when you do you understand exactly why pasteurization is an essential, life-saving process.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I live in Iowa so if you wanna see a cow up close, you have plenty of opportunities to do so. And when you do you understand exactly why pasteurization is an essential, life-saving process.
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We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.