kelly oakes

A lesser-known quirk of unconscious bias - our tendency to appoint women and people of colour as leaders in difficult times. Fascinating piece by @kahoakes for @BBC_Future on the dangers of the "glass cliff" for crisis leaders bbc.com/future/article…

What makes a good #NetZero pledge? Many things but picking three: 1) focus on reductions then removals (& separate them out) 2) justify how it is fair and adequate 3) have a clear plan showing how reductions are achieved in the near term (1/n) bbc.com/future/article… @BBC_Future

new from me at @BBC_Future: what happens when we put a price on nature? bbc.com/future/article…

@BizPears congrats! 🎉🎉

Will happily deliver a thorough oral history of my outfits and in-depth analysis of my breakfast choices, but find it incredibly difficult to share **personal and professional news** about myself. So let me be the last to say: ...I joined the FT newsdesk today!

when i started co-sleeping with my son at four months it completely saved my sanity, now i’m back at (paid) work it's what enables me to string a sentence together

i enjoyed reporting this story for @BBC_Future on the way we approach parenting in the west bbc.com/future/article…

come for the argument that women in healthcare should be offered the COVID vaccine, stay for the devastating takedown of attitudes towards breastfeeding in the UK blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/12/21…

@easternblot i always find this period so tricky to balance! you don't want to intrude over the xmas break, but you also don't want to email on Jan 2 needing to speak in the next couple of days

strong end-of-2020 vibes from my last interviewee of the year... me: i might need to double check some things but don’t worry, i won’t email you for at least a couple of weeks them: that’s good because if you do i won’t respond

if I get the chance I will be interpreting the “you should wait until you've stopped breastfeeding” guidance very literally

love to not be trusted to make decisions about my own health theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…

all my earworms these days are made-up songs and Julia Donaldson books

@maggyvaneijk i only recently realised how many playgrounds there are near us... it's like i was somehow blind to them before and now i've entered the matrix

after a strange burst of must-get-through-lockdown-energy I made a list of all the playgrounds near us - one for each day of lockdown and I'm actually so impressed how many playgrounds amsterdam has (yes some are tiny slabs of concerte but still)

@StephenMcGann haha yes it is! 10/10 would recommend

some good news: I’ve been shortlisted in this year’s @absw awards for my @WiredUK story about pseudoscience on Amazon Prime Video absw.org.uk/news-and-event…

Listening in to this with a sleeping baby on me - one of the advantages of #ukcsj20 being online

@tomwphillips let’s take him on stealth

@climatemegan nearly two months! that is where we are at - fast asleep on me and wide awake as soon as I try to put him anywhere else

here is the story, from this time last year - credit should also go to @mattsreynolds1 who commissioned and edited wired.co.uk/article/amazon…

especially lovely to discover this after a morning of trying and failing to get a tiny human to nap for longer than 2 minutes so I can finally have a shower and get dressed