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David Bole

@boleigh.bsky.social
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Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters. Civil Servant (UK). I like fountain pens and equity

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Russell lupins blooming along the shores of turquoise Lake Pukaki with the snow-capped peak of Aoraki / Mount Cook rising in the background on the South Island of New Zealand 🇳🇿
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Yes it’s climate change, stop asking
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“Humanity is frying itself alive but refuses to turn the stove off, because the fumes smell quite tasty. This is how I would summarize our collective cognitive blackout. Stupidity has won” My new article
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It's almost as if... scientists were right about C͟l͟i͟m͟a͟t͟e͟ C͟h͟a͟n͟g͟e͟...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What they taught in school: GDP up = good. What they left out: The atmosphere has a limit Soil can die Water runs out 8 billion people need a living planet, not just a growing economy
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This makes me SO sad. I listened to Radio 4 longwave morning, noon and night.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Psst, could I interest you in a soupçon of good news?
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 13/04/2026
A study published by Forestry England confirms that England has the capacity to sustain golden eagle populations once more, with eight potential, unnamed ‘recovery zones’, mostly in the north of the country, identified as being the most suitable areas northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Northern England: where eagles soar
A study published by Forestry England confirms that England has the capacity to sustain golden eagle populations once more, with eight potential, unnamed ‘recovery zones’, mostly in the north of the country, identified as being the most suitable areas
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The treatment of military aggression like reality TV. Urging people to delight in death and terror.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Did BBC radio 4 #Today programme really just do a whole package about drilling in the N Sea without once even mentioning #climate change? And not having anyone challenging the one-sided claims of former BP boss? So irresponsible #bbcr4today
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The Rest Is Politics @therestpolitics.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It wouldn't be April Fool's Day without us trying to wind up Rory 😉
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵
This is utter garbage. I believe in net zero. We need to get there. But renewables are not competitive. That's why they are subsidised. Fossil fuel markets are highly competitive. It shouldn't be hard to hold these two thoughts at the same time.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/03/2026
Spoke to the Guardian about the idea of quitting LLMs for climate: -“I see this all as very much part of the tactic of trying to embed these systems into society and instil dependency in a fashion similar to the growth of single-use plastics in the 1970s.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Consumer software that generates text, images and videos are uniquely energy inefficient,” says Ketan Joshi, an Oslo-based climate analyst associated with the Australia Institute, due to the “vast datasets and computational strain of pattern-matching that happens underneath the hood”.

Asking an AI chatbot a question consumes a great deal more energy than finding the answer via simple web search or calculator. It adds extra demand for no good reason, he says, a bit like driving to the shops in an SUV instead of riding your bike.

“You might still get the shopping done, and that single trip alone may not even look all that bad in terms of cost or emissions, but what happens when that’s all of your trips, and when all of society starts doing this?”
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Here's all 8 pages of CO2 Newsletter Vol 1 no 1 (Oct 1979) Geologist William N. Barbat published the Newsletter for 3 years (18 issues). They are incredible - detailed, precise and, ultimately, heart-breaking because they reveal how much was known, how many warnings were ignored. 1/8
CO2Newsletter Vol 1 No 1 page 1
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Tonight Kertasníkir (Candle Stealer), the last of Iceland's 13 Yule Lads, comes down from the mountains. He steals candles (that used to be made from animal fat) and eats them. Children leave their shoes out in the window, he gives the good ones a small gift, the bad ones get a potato.
Kertasníkir has a white beard and is wearing a red hat and is holding a bunch of candles. Illustration by Brian Pilkington.
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
An early Christmas present from (some of) the kids #inkvent :)
A picture of the Diamine Inkvent box
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics
Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This is not autumn. This is drought stress. Lincolnshire, UK
Aspen trees with no leaves against blue sky
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
You can add up all the enjoyable pursuits of LLMs and the work productivity hacks and none of them, separately or together, will be more important than AI’s ecological costs or political disruption. “We” is more important here.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.
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Jeff Speck @jeffspeck.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Rule 78: Put Street Trees Almost Everywhere Street trees do it all, they... Cut crashes by 45% Raise home values 9% Boost retail sales 12% Clean air, cool streets, absorb stormwater, improve health, and make places more inviting Walkable City Rules www.amazon.com/Walkable-Cit...
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
And there’s thermally modified wood from our very own www.vastern.co.uk which does well against biodegradation in our climate and looks ace.
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Vastern Timber are true timber specialists - we're one of the UK's largest timber merchants, providing premium timber supplies all over the country.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Nietzsche abhors a vacuum www.worldofmoose.com/products/nie...
Cartoon drawing of Nietzsche hoovering and thinking "God I hate this thing". Caption reads Nietzsche abhors a vacuum.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The increasing number of extreme climate events – floods, wildfires, hurricanes, etc – has NOT raised awareness of the threat posed by climate collapse. Instead, people change their idea of normal: the “boiling frog effect”. But “before and after” data can help. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
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‘Boiling frog’ effect makes people oblivious to threat of climate crisis, shows study
Research shows people’s response to binary data could drive more effective ways of communicating gravity of crisis
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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The earth is big. Water is powerful. Fire too. Also viruses. Exponential growth can take things from tiny warnings to unmanageable problems pretty darn quick. The human is tiny and 100% dependent on the living planet.
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Patricia Stoughton @patriciastoughton.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Part of the Palace of Westminster through trees.
The honey coloured Neo-Gothic pinnacles of the Palace of Westminster framed by green plane tree branches.
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Alan Membury @alanmembury.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
From my 3rd evening out on the ile-de-re watching a Long-eared Owl hunt I felt like I was learning its habits - it felt very special. In the distance I could hear it's young calling out for food. I am stood on the edge of a cycle path next to a vineyard. #Frenchbirds
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Travelling by #train in the UK is basically a bitch. Staff at Doncaster saw me running down the platform to make a connection from a delayed London train and still signalled the driver to close the doors, then shrugged as my Friday evening slipped away. #joy
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Excellent thread summarizing carbon colonialism and the mess that is carbon credits.
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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
@lner.co.uk thank you for holding the 18:02 from York so that I could get my connection. Very much appreciated
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I’m thrilled to announce that my book ‘Let Sleeping Cats Lie’, has been shortlisted for the CLiPPA, the UK’s leading award for published poetry for children. It’s an honour to be on the shortlist with such brilliant poets. The overall winner will be announced on 20 June at the National Theatre.
A pic of the shortlisted books:
Jane Newberry / Big Red Dragon
Colette Hiller / Colossal Words for Kids
Oliver Sykes / We Are Family
John Agard and JonArno Lawson Wise Up! Wise Down!
And Brian Bilston / Let Sleeping Cats Lie
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
It’s International Haiku Poetry Day today apparently so here are a few haiku with which to start the day.
Assorted Haiku

Haiku #2511
 
Tourists wait in line
to enter Machu Picchu.
Oh, look! A high queue.

Haiku #564127
 
how dare you suggest
I have a short attention
spanish omelette
 
Limeraiku
 
There once was a young
limerick from Kew who turned
into a haiku.

The Constraints of Haiku
 
Tied up all night with
a haiku dominatrix
and her three-line whip.
 
Shakespearean Haiku
 
Shall I compare thee
To a summer’s day? Alright –
Thou art pretty hot.
 
How to Write a Haiku
 
The last line should flow
seamlessly from the first two –
hippopotamus.
  

Brian Bilston
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
A reader (@paulobro.bsky.social‬) points out that crowds don't gather to watch a building being constructed, whose stages are slow and steady and undramatic. But thousands might assemble to see its demolition. It's a great way of understanding how Trump commands the world's attention.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I do not want your app. I do not want to register. I do not want your newsletter. And, from the bottom of my heart, I do not want your notifications. Please just let me buy what I need without entering into a long-term relationship with you, you freaky fucks.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
An owl of despair. If you feel strangely attracted to this cartoon, I can draw one for you! www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
Cartoon of a man opening a door so an owl can walk out. The owl is saying "What's the point?"
Caption: I let out an owl of despair
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Hornbeam, Lincolnshire
Hornbeam leaves emerging in spring.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We already know that the Israeli army gunned down 15 rescue workers last month BUT “only after reportedly making sure that at least some of their hands and legs were tied, unable to move. In other words, Israeli soldiers executed these rescue workers at point-blank range;”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is what the Israelis and their apologists call a targeted, anti-terror campaign. This is Rafah today.
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Amy Gray @amygraywrites.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Stop adding AI to everything! I don’t want it to write my LinkedIn posts or my emails or my search terms
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Good evening from Dubrovnik, where it isn’t raining. Finally
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Good quality test leads will have a resistance of approximately 0.02Ω per meter. PS that’s a measurement in ohms (The PS de resistance)
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This is great by Rutherford on the new race science open.substack.com/pub/arutherf...
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David Bole @boleigh.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Cats of #dubrovnik
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Andrew Learmonth @andrewlearmonth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Richard Tice came to Glasgow today to reveal Reform UK’s latest defectors. It did not go well. Got stuck when the Daily Mail’s Tom Gordon asked him for their names.
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Liz Tack @lizta.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
youtube.com/watch?v=-owK... Sadly, another year when @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social reads the list of women killed by men. Tragic BUT Jess now taking real tangible actions to reduce this number. No one has more passion for this challenge.
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Jess Phillips reads names of UK women killed by men last year, including the Hunt family | ITV News
YouTube video by ITV News
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