At 4PM UK time today, I am joining a live discussion on the outcomes of the ISA meetings with Oceanographic Magazine - sign up to attend: my.demio.com/ref/vblUgyzI...

This essay is definitely worth a read, examining the role of sci-fi in tech bro visions/actions It did make me wonder how much these visions are causing them to translate their wealth into power, or acting as an excuse to do it aeon.co/essays/silic...

Almost believable, but not WRITTEN IN CAPITALS!

A list of companies at the launch of the @business-humanrights.org transition minerals tracker listing companies associated with abuses ... UK-associated companies Glencore and Rio Rinto in the top 3

And to prove I am at the launch of the transition minerals trackers at London Climate Action Week ( #LCAW) here is a photo of launch

At SIRGE events on just transition at London Climate Action week (#LCAW) with an impressive panel of speakers covering indigenous peoples concerns and actions

Rachel Kyte, UK's Special Rep for Climate speaking at UNEP #GRT stresses people are now dying in London from climate related heat, and notes how important financial leadership is for regulation, not just voluntary commitments.

At UNEP FI #GRT2026 roundtable at (a hot) London Climate Action week #LCAW - listening to Jim Skea of IPCC ... a reminder of what has been done on renewables but how far we have to go

I am going to do all I can to ignore/boycott this World Cup (which will be tough because I want to watch the football, and it will be ubiquitous) I thought the Qatar cup was bad, but this is not the show-case world football should be. We can't keep supporting corrupt & venal FIFA / host countries

At #Glencore London demonstration for day of action highlighting concerns of affected communities

Obligatory photo outside the polling station (tried to resist the candidate thing where I can). Either way get out and vote!

Thanks to @nhm.org for hosting the Smartex conference to explore the project's results and what that means for deepsea mining. I learnt a great deal, and the critical caution (mostly) on display was very worthy

Time to add to the flood of UK bluebell wood photos ... You know you can never have enough! (Astonbury wood in Hertfordshire for those interested)

A belated note to say how great the #TogetherAlliance march and rally were yesterday... Inspiring to see so many people come out to counter hate politics

I really enjoyed the book talk at LSE with @triofrancos.bsky.social ... And 'Extraction' is a great read.

It is a worry I agree. However, at least he stood in a party election on a manifesto & he has kept to that manifesto. Keir Starmer stood on a left-leaning manifesto & has completely shifted (betrayed?) what he promised the Labour members on being elected.

As the preliminaries of Duterte's ICC trial begin I'm reminded of this powerful quote from Solzhenitsin ... www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/...

Ah the joy of UK privatised trains ... New timetable means LNER passengers can get off trains at my local station but we cannot board them! Always passengers as a first priority

Looking back from 2026, I am very glad that Donald Trump won the FIFA Peace Prize last year. I feel like it has inspired him towards more acts of peace. I am worried about the next recipient though - if they give it to the Dalai Lama next do you think he'll go all Rambo on the Chinese army?

Happy new year from the frozen banks of the Avon (with photo 😀)

A belated post to say how great it was to spend time with campaigners from Save Our Sperrins ... Reminded that, as the Idles said, joy is an act of resistance

Thanks to Clare Teal for a great performance last night ... Amazing voice and musical skills from the band. Good choice of tunes too

A good turn out at the anti-racism demo in Stevenage town centre ... We need to build momentum

Starting off the sloe gin is a good way to make use of a wet Sunday ... At the moment the undissolved sugar makes them look like boozy snow-shakers

Karen Sack of ORRAA runs through the red lines for what is a red line in terms of the sustainable blue economy, and #DeepSeaMining is first on the list

At Blue Finance conference in London, Francois Monier of @planettracker.bsky.social talk about importance of third party verification of data, mentioning #DeepSeaMining industry specifically on what it is needed

I am getting so fed up with operation raise the colours. Patience was a bit thin with the hooded men raising flags on our high st. but the idiots are vandalising everything now

A group of masked men dressed in black putting up England flags on lamp-posts in our high street as part of this wave of anti-English sentiment - reported to the local Council to take them down, which is a waste of my council tax

I’m calling on the UK Government to reject the sale of #DeepSeaMining licences to Glomar Minerals - apparently a re-invention of the bankrupt owner of the licences - and honour the UK’s moratorium commitment @biztradegovuk @jreynoldsMP @LabourSJ #DefendTheDeep #RiseUp4theOcean