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An innovative neighbourhood energy solution

An engaging documentary, but you need to dig deeper

Last day for UK in the EU. A terrible act of national self-harm. The loss of rights for millions. A deeply divided society. As much as I admire Keir Starmer insisting that another future is possible, today my sentiments are far better expressed by Professor Chris Grey. In the long piece A day to mourn he closes this way: So I mourn the country we have already lost, and fear for the one to come.

There are a lot of connections in there…

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To stimulate the flow of knowledge, first stimulate demand.

Op- Ed in the New York Times: A serial liar. A campaign of online disinformation. The risk of foreign meddling. Sound familiar?

Some evenings our route home takes us past a house in North London that always has a good show of lights at this time of year. This year they have surpassed themselves with a scrolling seasonal greeting: Some will look down their noses at such an overt display - it’s a long way from the subdued decorations in neighbourhoods such as Mayfair, Beacon Hill or the Upper East Side - but I find these things always give a small boost of positive feeling on a dark and wet evening!

Pointer to article that highlights the link between lower fire safety and historic changes to the systems of governance in the UK

Sense-making isn’t a single practice, rather a collection of practices that meet different needs