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Max Maartinesz

a tale of Propitious Peregrinations

By: Richard J J Bridle

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Max Maartinesz

a tale of Propitious Peregrinations

By: Richard J J Bridle

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Silbury 1969

new challenges for Inspector Fatima Dieng

By: Richard J J Bridle

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Silbury 1969

new challenges for Inspector Fatima Dieng

By: Richard J J Bridle

Three years later, in 1969, Silbury remains fundamentally the same as it was: a small town in the west of England with a broad High Street, a major independent school, five banks, eleven public houses, and a police station led by Inspector Fatima Dieng. But, as we first discovered in Silbury 1966, this small town stubbornly refuses to live up to its sleepy reputation. Aspects of the completion and sale of houses on a new affluent estate raise suspicions among Fatima and her friends. But do they actually warrant official police attention? There is a spate of vandalism in the town, raising the ire of some prominent citizens, as well as highlighting problems faced by young people, and deeper social issues. In the course of what was supposed to be a pleasant outing to Sarum racecourse, Fatima and her friends are witness to two suspicious deaths, with significant repercussions back in Silbury. As Fatima’s daughter enters her final year at Silbury Grammar School, the Headmistress is rushed to Forest Hospital with a mystery illness, a suspicious package is discovered in the school’s staffroom, and two of its leading teachers are the subject of homophobic abuse. And towards the end of the year, Fatima is the subject of multiple attacks, both physically and through the press, and she almost loses her life. Is there a common thread behind this strange series of events?

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1661775349

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Lillian & Gillian

a tale of Propitious Peregrinations

By: Richard J J Bridle

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Lillian & Gillian

a tale of Propitious Peregrinations

By: Richard J J Bridle

Lillian Selby is a librarian. She works at the Manchester Central Library. She lives alone in a small maisonette in Rusholme, which has been her home since she was an undergraduate at university. Her life is quiet, ordered, mostly solitary, quite mundane. Gillian Lewis is another personality entirely, albeit she and Lillian do have much in common. But back to Lillian. Since almost forever, she has been pretty much completely sedentary and now feels the need finally to travel, having put by a little nest egg, and being at a moment in her life where, as they say, a change might be as good as a rest. It is not, as Lillian finds herself having to fill the utterly unfamiliar shoes of Gillian, facing hostile environments at every turn. Well, to be fair, some good things happen too, you know, like friendship, and even love. As Tom Lehrer famously wrote in his 1951 song Lobachevsky: Who deserves the credit? And who deserves the blame? In this instance, it is Propitious Peregrinations ® that must, in Lillian's view, assume full responsibility. This account of her (mis)adventures is her effort to warn all who may be tempted to follow in her own faltering footsteps. Beware!

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brownhatstories.com

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9798716835146

UNITED IN DEATH

a Brown Hat Investigations story

By: Richard J J Bridle

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UNITED IN DEATH

a Brown Hat Investigations story

By: Richard J J Bridle

One of the most important pieces of advice given to those in United Nations service approaching retirement is to have a plan. Make sure you are ready to engage in organised, fulfilling activity. Research suggests that those who do not follow this advice tend to die earlier, often within three years of the end of their careers. Then what happens when hundreds of people are found to have died very shortly after retirement? Looking into this question falls to a diverse group of international civil servants, and to the colourful team at Brown Hat Investigations.

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9798691523687

Ways of Being

Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence

By: James Bridle

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Ways of Being

Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence

By: James Bridle

Artist, technologist, and philosopher James Bridle’s Ways of Being is a brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence—plant, animal, human, artificial—and how they transform our understanding of humans’ place in the cosmos. What does it mean to be intelligent? Is it something unique to humans or shared with other beings— beings of flesh, wood, stone, and silicon? The last few years have seen rapid advances in “artificial” intelligence. But rather than a friend or companion, AI increasingly appears to be something stranger than we ever imagined, an alien invention that threatens to decenter and supplant us. At the same time, we’re only just becoming aware of the other intelligences that have been with us all along, even if we’ve failed to recognize or acknowledge them. These others—the animals, plants, and natural systems that surround us—are slowly revealing their complexity, agency, and knowledge, just as the technologies we’ve built to sustain ourselves are threatening to cause their extinction and ours. What can we learn from them, and how can we change ourselves, our technologies, our societies, and our politics to live better and more equitably with one another and the nonhuman world? The artist and maverick thinker James Bridle draws on biology and physics, computation, literature, art, and philosophy to answer these unsettling questions. Startling and bold, Ways of Being explores the fascinating, strange, and multitudinous forms of knowing, doing, and being that make up the world, and that are essential for our survival. Includes illustrations

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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0374601127

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9780374601126

New Dark Age

Technology and the End of the Future

By: James Bridle

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New Dark Age

Technology and the End of the Future

By: James Bridle

“New Dark Age is among the most unsettling and illuminating books I’ve read about the Internet, which is to say that it is among the most unsettling and illuminating books I’ve read about contemporary life.” – New Yorker As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world. In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Meanwhile, those in power use our lack of understanding to further their own interests. Despite the apparent accessibility of information, we’re living in a new Dark Age. From rogue financial systems to shopping algorithms, from artificial intelligence to state secrecy, we no longer understand how our world is governed or presented to us. The media is filled with unverifiable speculation, much of it generated by anonymous software, while companies dominate their employees through surveillance and the threat of automation. In his brilliant new work, leading artist and writer James Bridle surveys the history of art, technology, and information systems, and reveals the dark clouds that gather over our dreams of the digital sublime.

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Verso Books

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1786635488

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Best of TOC

By: Peter Brantley,James Bridle,Liza Daly,Joseph J. Esposito,Kate Eltham,Adam Hodgkin,Kassia Krozser,Bill McCoy,Andrew Savikas,Mac Slocum,Bob Stein,Sara Lloyd,Tim O'Reilly

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Best of TOC

By: Peter Brantley,James Bridle,Liza Daly,Joseph J. Esposito,Kate Eltham,Adam Hodgkin,Kassia Krozser,Bill McCoy,Andrew Savikas,Mac Slocum,Bob Stein,Sara Lloyd,Tim O'Reilly

Best of TOC is a collection of essential posts from the last 12 months, selected from the TOC blog and a number of external sources. One of the mantras at Tools of Change is "fail forward fast," which is an alliterative way of encouraging experimentation. That's why we felt it appropriate to use Best of TOC as a testing ground for a "Web-to-book" process. As we hoped, experimentation led to lessons we wouldn't have learned otherwise. The material in Best of TOC is a small part of an ongoing dialog. We hope you'll join us on the TOC blog and the TOC Community as we collaboratively discuss the tools, developments, and organizations that are shaping the future of publishing.

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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0596555555

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9780596555559

Making the Switch

From fossil fuel subsidies to sustainable energy

By: Merrill, Laura ,Bridle, Richard ,Klimscheffskij, Markus ,Tommila, Paula ,Lontoh, Lucky ,Sharma, Shruti ,Touchette, Yanick ,Gass, Phil ,Gagnon-Lebrun, Frédéric ,Sanchez, Lourdes ,Gerasimchuk, Ivetta

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Making the Switch

From fossil fuel subsidies to sustainable energy

This report estimates fossil fuel subsidies to be around USD 425 billion. Such subsidies represent large lost opportunities for governments to invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable development. Removal of consumer subsidies can lead to carbon emission reductions (6 to 8 per cent by 2050 globally), Reductions that can be improved further with a switch or a "SWAP" towards sustainable energy. This report describes the scale and impact of fossil fuel subsidies on sustainable development. It describes the SWAP concept to switch savings made from fossil fuel subsidy reform, towards sustainable energy, energy efficiency and safety nets. The report provides potential SWAP outlines for Bangladesh, Indonesia, Morocco and Zambia. "Making the Switch" was written for the Nordic Council Ministers by the Global Subsidies Initiative of IISD and Gaia Consulting.

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Nordic Council of Ministers

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9289350164

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9789289350167

Silbury 1966

the casebook of Inspector Fatima Dieng

By: Richard J J Bridle

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Silbury 1966

the casebook of Inspector Fatima Dieng

By: Richard J J Bridle

It’s 1966. We are in Silbury, a small town in the west of England with a broad High Street, a major independent school, five banks, eleven public houses, and a police station led by Inspector Fatima Dieng. It ought to be a sleepy place, and mostly it is. Yet somehow almost every month some new and significant problem arises that Fatima has to deal with. In April there is a flood of counterfeit currency in the town. In May the daughter of a prominent politician is found dead at Silbury College. During the summer the Longbarrow Tea Rooms are burnt almost to the ground. In October a prominent scientist at a nearby hush-hush government research facility goes missing. In November the Mistress of the Silbury Hunt is shot dead. And in December Fatima herself is the victim of a robbery, whilst she is away on an outing with her two best friends. In resolving these various crimes, though not always bringing them to full resolution, Fatima shows resourcefulness, humanity and humour. Together with her fellow police officers, and aided by close friends, she tackles not only crime but also ingrained greed, privilege and racism in a society that is undergoing fundamental changes. And she makes a powerful enemy, who uses every opportunity to undermine her.

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1794294511

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9781794294516

Swapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Sustainable Energy

By: Richard Bridle,Laura Merrill,Mikki Halonen,Anna Zinecker,Markus Klimscheffskij,Paula Tommila

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Swapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Sustainable Energy

By: Richard Bridle,Laura Merrill,Mikki Halonen,Anna Zinecker,Markus Klimscheffskij,Paula Tommila

Underpricing of fossil fuels, caused by subsidies, drives carbon intensive consumption. Reforming fossil fuel subsidies and allocating some of the savings to sustainable energy could accelerate a transition to fairer, safer, cleaner and more sustainable energy systems. This report outlines the Nordic Council of Ministers’ work to promote these swaps through the development of a business model and description of the link between fossil fuel subsidies, reforms and carbon emissions. The report evaluates potential swaps to increase industrial energy efficiency in the mining sector, in the context of energy sector reforms in Zambia; and the replacement of butane subsidies with solar investments in Morocco. The report also presents an outline of how Nordic countries are supporting reforms and driving the swaps agenda as part of Nordic Solutions to Global Challenges.

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9289359110

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Tackling Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Change

Levelling the energy playing field

By: Merrill, Laura,Bassi, Andrea M.,Bridle, Richard,Christensen, Lasse T.

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Tackling Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Climate Change

Levelling the energy playing field

By: Merrill, Laura,Bassi, Andrea M.,Bridle, Richard,Christensen, Lasse T.

This report presents research on fossil fuel subsidy reform across 20 countries and reveals an average reduction in national GHG emissions of 11% by 2020 from potential reform, and savings of USD 93 per tonne of CO2. With modest recycling of resources to renewables and energy efficiency, reductions can be improved. Countries are including reforms in contributions towards a climate agreement. Authored by the Global Subsidies Initiative as part of the Nordic Prime Ministers' green growth initiative www.norden.org/greengrowth

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9289343877

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9789289343879

Cutting Emissions and Budget Deficits for a Post-Pandemic World

By: Roth, Joachim,Bridle, Richard,Gerasimchuk, Ivetta,Merrill, Laura

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Cutting Emissions and Budget Deficits for a Post-Pandemic World

By: Roth, Joachim,Bridle, Richard,Gerasimchuk, Ivetta,Merrill, Laura

Available online: https://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:1456194 In 2020, the long-term crisis of climate change has been temporarily overshadowed by the COVID-19 emergency, pushing many governments into deep budget deficits. As countries mobilize funds to fight the pandemic and bolster their economies, it cannot be ignored that whatever measures are put in place to recover from the current crisis must not undermine efforts to tackle the longer term threat of climate change. Article 2.1.c of the Paris Agreement on climate change: “making finance flows consistent with a pathway toward low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development”, applies just as much now as before. This working paper explores how two fiscal tools, fossil fuel subsidies (FFS) and carbon pricing — putting a price on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through taxation or carbon markets, influence the signal sent to the market to align economic development with climate constraints. Fossil fuel subsidies act as a negative price on carbon and increase the risk of locking investment in fossil fuels that are incompatible with the low-carbon transition required to meet the Paris Agreement’s objectives. As we document in the report, the current coverage and levels of carbon pricing are also deeply insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement limiting the increase of the global average temperature to “well below 2°C” while “pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees C. This Working Paper explores the interplay between FFS reform and carbon pricing at the international and national levels. We note that effective carbon pricing, promoted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the International Monetary Fund, is a valuable tool to send effective carbon mitigation signals to the market. However, without including the impact of fossil fuel subsidies, these analyses present only a partial picture. These findings highlight the importance of increasing implicit and explicit carbon prices and reforming fossil fuel subsidies. In the context of the COVID-19 emergency, it is essential that governments, in a hurry to take action to boost their economies, don’t overlook the need to keep recovery stimulus policies aligned with climate goals.

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Max and Lillian

a tale of Propitious Peregrinations

By: Richard J J Bridle

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Max and Lillian

a tale of Propitious Peregrinations

By: Richard J J Bridle

Max Maartinesz is a history professor. He is single and lives alone. Make of that what you will, is what he would say. His life is by and large ordered and very comfortable. But he always has the distinct impression that something is missing. Perhaps a bit of spice? Lillian Selby is a librarian. She works at the Manchester Central Library. She lives alone in a small maisonnette in Rusholme, which has been her home since she was an undergraduate at university. Her life is quiet, ordered, mostly solitary, quite mundane. Then they both go on the most hair-raising, life-threatening adventures, through the maleficent offices of Propitious Peregrinations ®. Although their separate experiences occur a quarter of a century apart, they learn that they have more in common than one might think. For instance, each took the trouble to set down in writing, for the edification of the general public, an account of their tribulations. Each also formed life altering connections that were equally all too abruptly severed. Now Max and Lillian proceed together on a common quest to tie up loose ends left hanging from their previous sojourns. Dare we hope that, this time, they might experience truly propitious peregrinations? Frankly, what are the odds?

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