Reposted by John GrinsellOddlyMe @oddly-me.bsky.social · 02/10/2026. You didn't deserve what happened to you (by them) Being wounded in your childhood isn't a free pass to wound others in your adulthood I don't deserve what's happening to me now (by you) . #oddlyme #old #poem #wounds 2017 4655
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Glass half empty She found my glass half empty. Soon filled it to the top. Then began to pour from it and emptied every drop. JG #poetry #endings 020
Reposted by John GrinsellJohn Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sit & Talk - we kill because we‘re punishing killers - but we do it the most evil way, Trump leans on US Atty Pirro to prosecute an innocent jogger, the NY Guv asked the AG to investigate Cornell -https://youtu.be/6oMuV_3wEGs?is=Sl6hr-oXZxse_zWG 6209
Reposted by John GrinsellRob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🧵🧪🌊❄️ This headline refers to the annual maximum in mid-September. Since then Antarctic sea-ice extent has been decreasing unusually rapidly for the time of year and is now second lowest for the date (after the record year of 2023). www.carbonbrief.org/concerning-l...carbonbrief.org‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak - Carbon BriefAntarctic sea ice has recorded its third-smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 48 years ago, new data reveals. 1125
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Memories When I'm old and my moments are few. I'll take my last breath with memories of you. JG #poetry #love #death 051
Reposted by John GrinsellJohn Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sit & Talk - There’s nothing authentic or redeeming in Trump’s assault on our nation and its people. Let’s review the method of his madness. youtu.be/MkpfgXhOdaA?... 6199
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The baby I'm alerted to an odour. A stench that's in the air. My baby lies there smiling and it's in his underwear. JG #poetry #babies 010
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Don't you just hate people who are good at gardening. I have such a friend. Gentlemen Jim They said he had green fingers. This gentleman known as Jim. But then he met a giant who tore him limb from limb. JG #poetry #friends #gardening 010
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mindfulness Here we are together. Entangled and entwined. I have my tongue inside your ear searching for your mind. Then sensing no resistance a small pressure is applied. My tongue just slid right through your head and out the other side. JG #poetry #humour 010
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Doomsday clock Fingers on the button. Watch them light the sun. The Doomsday clock is ticking and our Race is nearly done. JG #poetry #war 010
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Alter ego I've done some stupid things whilst thinking I was smart. Only on reflection can I tell us two apart from. JG #poetry #enlightenment 020
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Half way up From your head down to your toes I'll be kissing you all day. But may become distracted and only get halfway. JG #poetry #love #Romance 020
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Osteoarthritis and love Here we are entangled. Making love we're locked together. Due to osteoarthritis this could just last forever. JG #poetry #osteoarthritis #love 010
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Covid 19 and love She left me feeling breathless. All it took was just one kiss. I never thought the girl I love could make me feel like this. JG #pandemics #love #poetry 020
Reposted by John GrinsellAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The billions of dollars we send to a foreign military to drop bombs on somebody else should have been spent to build schools, housing, and to provide healthcare HERE. 366175154627
Reposted by John GrinsellRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant. 259164435561
Reposted by John GrinsellChristopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Your daily #Thwaites update 20.09.2026 An update on current events Everything is on the move.....Mind-blowing The giant calving is part of a bigger move for the tongue (not shown on this 6 day 2 photo GIF) #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica 0143
Reposted by John GrinsellChristopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Your daily #Thwaites update .17.09.2026 Massive move in the last 6 days Something big seems on the way, considering the size of the area on the move. It appears a big chunk of the glacier "fell off"(because of the big crack?) 2 photo 6 day GIF WOW stuff #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica 2169
Reposted by John GrinsellJohn Flannery @jonflan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Walk & Talk - pledge allegiance to the big toad and join his election crime spree? The Speaker is an example of artificial intelligence. But he’s ready to think out of the box. “Think” you say? Hmm. youtu.be/CIVpgPq7wco?... 62212
Reposted by John GrinsellThe Tyee @thetyee.ca · 07/09/2026Juneau-based startup Sitkana hopes to harness the tides of coastal Alaska for dependable energy — and play a key part in the Pacific Northwest’s energy transition. thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...thetyee.caIn Alaska, Sitkana Brings Tidal Energy to the People | The TyeeThe startup’s underwater turbines are designed to power isolated communities along the coast. 26120
Reposted by John GrinsellGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/202680 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing. 9533551384
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Doomsday clock Fingers on the buttons. Watch them light the sun. The Doomsday clock is ticking and our Race is nearly done. By John Grinsell #poetry #shortpoem 030
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Mr President on the yellow brick road He seems to be lacking in courage. It appears that he's not that smart. Maybe you could forgive him if he only had a heart. By John Grinsell #poetry #America 000
Reposted by John GrinsellChristopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Your daily #Thwaites update 02.09.2026 Another GIF 5 day 2 photo.... More massive action Sea ice breaking 🆙 BIG TIME New cracks All this in winter. WOW stuff #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica 1108
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Many worlds Maybe there's a multiverse. I'm hoping that it's true. Many other worlds out there in which I'm loving you. JG #poetry #manyworlds 020
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Organ donor card Got myself a donor card. One day I will depart. Donating all my organs but you can keep my heart. JG #poetry #love 030
Reposted by John GrinsellRob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"The foolish shortsightedness of it all is that even though there is, ... a sense that glaciers and floods and famines are happening all the way over there, their knock-on effects and food supply challenges, and political and refugee crises, will affect us all." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Nepal floods seem a world away – but make no mistake, climate breakdown will affect us all | Nesrine MalikRicher countries might have more resources to deal with catastrophe, but this problem grips the entire planet, however much leaders may want to deny it, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik 23420
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Obituary Extol me till your heart's content. Tell of how I came then went. Before I up and disappear say kind things I'll overhear. JG #poetry #death 020
Reposted by John GrinsellChristopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 29/08/2026 Events are about to become interesting in #Thwaites 11 day 2 photo GIF The move continues. New cracks are visible. And a new "hole" appeared near the large crack The friction is also severely crushing ice, being expelled on the "western" side #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica 0115
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Doomsday clock Fingers on the button. Watch them light the sun. The Doomsday clock is ticking and our race is nearly done. JG #POETRY #WAR 020
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Max This mad rambunctious beagle. Lost but now feels found. All it took was education to be no ordinary hound. JG #POETRY #BEAGLES 061
Reposted by John GrinsellPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/08/2026England water industry was privatized for £7.6bn in 1989. Since then They have extracted £88.4bn in dividends Dumped tons of sewage in rivers Lost 1 trillion litres of water a year to leaks Built no new reservoirs They are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy but claim to be worth £144bn. Rogues.leftfootforward.orgThe case for nationalisation of water companiesEngland’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&... 43657370
Reposted by John GrinsellRob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 16/08/2026#Water depth monitoring post in a small #reservoir near Darley Dale in the English Peak District today. Perhaps the adjacent sign should be changed to "Danger very shallow water". 1154
John Grinsell @blueledge.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Arrow of time Moving towards the future but thinking about the past. Travelling at the speed of light and getting nowhere fast. JG #POETRY #POETRYCOMMUNITY # 130
Reposted by John GrinsellCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Okay Clacton. Let’s go. 16569411261
Reposted by John GrinsellCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the world's press: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsa...youtube.comCount Binface meets the world's pressYouTube video by Count Binface 761799398
Reposted by John GrinsellCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Bin Day cometh. 402100561673
Reposted by John GrinsellJen J.C. @jennnne.bsky.social · 09/08/2026#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Aug. Day 9: '60s or '70s song with a type of weather in the title Sunshine On My Shoulders, by John Denver My dad used to play the guitar & sing it with me when I was very young. I don't remember but my mom told me the story. I imagined it when I needed comfort.youtu.beJohn Denver- Sunshine On My Shoulder (1981 Japan)YouTube video by U^U 1262
Reposted by John GrinsellRaven @ravenbranhard.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Spotted this poster on a train. Funny and terrifying in almost equal measure. “A hen do in Ibiza” made me laugh; the rest made me think. 1181
Reposted by John GrinsellRob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026🧪🧵 I’m delighted to report that this week we have accepted an award for a 4-year NERC Highlight Topic project to tackle one of the big questions in polar science: How fast could sea level rise due to ice loss from the marine-based West Antarctic Ice Sheet? We're calling the project BELLISSIMO. 3329
Reposted by John GrinsellProf Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 06/08/2026💰 £670m in contracts, £2m in tax Palantir holds UK public contracts worth £670m, plus a £240m MoD deal with no competitive tender. In 2024 it paid just £2m UK corporation tax. 🔗 theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/palantir-corporation-tax-uk-2024-accounting-practices #AI #Palantir #Tax #UKtheguardian.comPalantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contractsSoftware group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss 194
Reposted by John GrinsellCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton 22672282814
Reposted by John GrinsellChristopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The ongoing debacle at #Thwaites 5 months from 1st of March 2026 till today 05.08.2026 Incredible Keep your eyes on the higher left side to grasp the enormity of current events #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica 0119
Reposted by John GrinsellChristopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Your daily #Thwaites update 03.08.2026 What a move ..in less than 4 weeks A gigantic piece of ice.... Winter 2026 will be so fun to monitor Go go go Thwaites 🤣🤣 Let's see some real #SeaLevelRise #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere 3115
Reposted by John GrinsellRob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026🧵 Please no, don't do this. We urgently need to accelerate global action on #decarbonisation and UK leadership on this is now more vital than ever. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBurnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drillingLabour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns 1149
Reposted by John GrinsellRob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The leader of a failing political party is choosing to ignore, or is ignorant, of the fact the requirement to reach net zero to halt global warming is a conclusion from scientific research rather than a political programme. The conclusion was stated clearly in the IPCC 5th Assessment Report in 2013. 0178
