How to fix the CS pay issue? Not exactly a popular cause but just not an attractive prospect for many roles given relative low salaries
This is what worries me about today’s Conservative leadership election result. Whichever of the two win, it looks like this is the nonsense we’ll be hearing - and it’ll be being amplified in the media. This matters to public opinion and will undermine progress in accelerating climate action
The UK Times yesterday published a misinformation-strewn leader that implies decarbonisation is optional and subordinate to the needs of finance, and celebrates BP's decision to dump output reductions.
In sensibly scaling back its environmental targets, the oil major offers a salutary example to politicians of the need to balance climate-friendly policies against short-term costs
Horrific, extraordinary reporting
NEW: As executions speed up nationwide, Alabama is experimenting with using nitrogen gas. It just did the 2nd such execution, ever. The state insists this is "more humane." But our reporter Lauren Gill witnessed it, & saw that it went catastrophically. boltsmag.org/alabama-nitr...
The state said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.
Agree although still an unmanageable party and they won't have gone through their 'additional hard lessons from the electorate' phase. But maybe that doesn't matter
Our new paper takes you Inside the funhouse mirror factory and explains how social media distorts perceptions of norms 0.1 % of users share 80% of fake news! A tiny proportion of bad actors cause most of the problems and distort the social norms. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Garden experts 🙏 As a person who's never had a garden before, what should I do to heal this sad lawn? It had been very overgrown and weedy (pic is pre heatwave). Apparently we have 'very peaty clay', which may or may not be relevant to the healing process...
