davidpowlson.bsky.social @davidpowlson.bsky.social · 34mAgree, sick. I was going to say it's the sort of thinm I would expect from Trump and his acolytes. But in fact it's even worse. 000
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 2hThis is sick. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comFort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon saysPete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain". 1101
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialSam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 2hDrought-affected areas in Europe have expanded substantially in recent decades. By the end of August 2026, meteorological drought affected around 46% of Europe, with 40% of the affected area under extreme drought, a much larger share than in 2025. See more: climate.copernicus.eu/european-sum... 02727
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialWiley Ecology, Environment and Sustainability @wileyecology.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This special issue aims to drive progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13. 🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/4xVZ4Ri @sumjournal.bsky.social #ClimateAction #SoilScience #SDG13 032
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialBen Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 16hIllustration from today’s @theguardian.com to accompany piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the government’s Prepare campaign, which gives the public advice on how to avoid disasters whilst policies that lead us closer to crisis are given the green light www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 122796
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1hSagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLabour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelectionVictory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics 421127232
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1hFunny how these errors always seem to head in the same direction. A bit like Richard Tice's tax mistakes. 1332591
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 2hIn my view, one of the most important innovations of the modern world. 118140
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 21hBurning trees for energy is not carbon-neutral! - Burning trees emits more CO2 per unit energy than fossil fuels - Harvesting trees for energy releases carbon that would otherwise have remained stored in the forest - It often takes decades for CO2 from burning to be re-absorbed by new tree growth 06014
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialRage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comMargaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom 0123
davidpowlson.bsky.social @davidpowlson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Excellent. Keep up the good work I have always enjoyed my interactions with Chinese colleagues over about 30 years. 010
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Opening of AFD adaptation conference: There is still a window of opportunity for adaptation…and we need to apply the knowledge that we already have. 2152
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’m not sure if it’s clear to the public that most policymakers and scientists have left 1,5C behind and are planning for warming that is closer to 3C. That is a major difference. 67737
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history. 391114173041
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability 512311837
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026🚨 Nigel Farage was interviewed for half an hour last month over money from a crypto-billionaire. 3211033
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Scotland's first saltmarsh flux tower has been installed - tracking carbon at the coast 💙 The new technology at Caerlaverock in the Solway Firth will help unlock the carbon storage benefits of Scotland's largest saltmarsh. Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/scotla... 🧪 1/ #BlueCarbon 1266
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10260991709
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialDr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So excited for this program— getting folks with already-great experience into the thick of the carbon-climate conversation. 031
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most corrupt administration in the history of the US by far. You could add up all instances of corruption by every other admin in US history and it will not equal the amount of corruption perpetrated by this one in less than 2 years. 27450111864
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NO 👇 LIES DETECTED,JACK..... 462306930
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialrprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Facts, plain and straightforward 💯🎯 28365161825
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026This is promising. The UK could go "all the way" towards rejoining the EU, Burnham tells the BBC. 🚨 EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. The government needs to take us back to where we belong: at the heart of Europe. 55928255
davidpowlson.bsky.social @davidpowlson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Will these trees survive the first few years? My understanding is that they will need watering, especially if mire hit dry summers, and this offten doesn't happen. 020
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain." Britain needs EU membership - only then will we have the growth that our country needs. 35697171
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026Finally, a Prime Minister has admitted Brexit has done 'more harm than good'. Burnham has promised to lay out "the different options" for what a new UK-EU relationship would look like. EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. Help us ensure Andy takes that option. 👇bestforbritain.orgHelp us Fight to Restore our EU Membership - Best for Britain 619750
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialCGIAR @cgiar.org · 29/09/2026Rwanda's soils are diverse but its fertilizer advice was not. The fix came from Ethiopian peers, brokered by CGIAR. Read the full story 👉 on.cgiar.org/46IyZch 021
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "I will not allow it to continue like this. Today I can confirm Angela Eagle will present a strengthened water bill to Parliament. The center piece of that bill will be this. The repeal of Margaret Thatcher's ideological ban on public ownership of water companies." 831621421
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second. TW infrastructure has average age of 79 years. Industry average is 56 years. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Profits siphoned-off, investment neglected, execs rewarded, customers fleecedtheguardian.comSchools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water 33429237
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...humanists.ukReform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymnsReform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave... 3011859564
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Nigel Farage is now a desperate man. Chasing every headline; no low too low; the politics of the gutter, racism and fear embraced. His pronouncement on Fairford trying to link with ZERO evidence to asylum is beyond pathetic. 97811196
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd 61914518
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialSunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC 27936361969
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialChris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Music can be relaxing, as can time in nature. Now it turns out that watching a river flow via a virtual-reality headset while listening to classical music seems to quickly bring people's blood pressure down from a dangerously high level in hospital. 🧪 #health www.newscientist.com/article/2590...newscientist.comVirtual green spaces and classical music reduce blood pressure in hospital | New ScientistWatching a river flow via a virtual-reality headset while listening to classical music seems to quickly bring people's blood pressure down from a dangerously high level in hospital 1185
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialCGIAR @cgiar.org · 25/09/2026#ScalingWeek2026 has wrapped up in Nairobi! 3 days of scaling superheroes listening, learning and working together on how to turn promising food, land and water systems innovations into lasting use. 🔗 on.cgiar.org/47eGqbk 021
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026📉 Every day we stay out of the EU our businesses lose money - that is fewer jobs and less money in our pockets...theguardian.comUK ‘losing up to £6.5bn a year in EU trade’ without post-Brexit product dealIPPR finds failure to align testing standards costing 0.18% of national income and has seen companies abandon exporting 1018167
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026 31770562984
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Joe Walsh Is Right...... 1004205936220
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Helen Whately is being typically right wing by "othering" benefit claimants, as though they're not like the rest of the population. Twelve years as a foodbank volunteer has taught me poverty isn't caused by booze and ciggies. It's far more complex - poor pay and housing and bad health for starters. 1321159
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialRothamsted Research @rothamsted.ac.uk · 23/09/2026🌱 New Soil Health Hub Out Now Explore the new Agricology Soil Health Hub, bringing together the best practical resources, advice & case studies to help farmers & growers understand, assess & improve soil health. Get digging 👇 agricology.co.uk/resource/soil-heal… 001
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialMissTaylor1991 @feminists-areheros.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The PM is creating the National Centre for Information Defence - an organisation that aims to stop disinformation from foreign states. Nigel Farage says that this is an attack on Reform 😆 So he's admitting disinformation and foreign interference. 1523996
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialLordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026 531548744
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Zelenskyy at the UN: "Ukrainians understand that this winter could be very harsh for us, but in response we will have no choice but to make it harsh for Russia too" 344166293797
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Graph source: ourworldindata.org/world-lost-o...ourworldindata.orgThe world has lost one-third of its forests, but an end to deforestation is possibleOver the last 10,000 years, the world has lost one-third of its forests. An area twice the size of the United States. Half occurred in the last century. 042
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialGraham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Labour, Lib Dems, Greens, Plaid & SNP should all unite in a pledge to rejoin the EU. They don’t agree on much but they do all agree Brexit has been a financial and strategic disaster. It could unite progressive opinion and challenge the far right. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 yearsAndy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances 56700195
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Possession of an offensive weapon, reckless endangerment, criminal damage ... Let's hope the police take this seriously. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comFar-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboardThomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover 1081207400
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026⚠️ Brexit has left us poorer and more isolated on the world stage. 💪 Burnham must go for EU membership. Not only will it deliver £92bn to our economy but will restore our standing in the world.independent.co.ukBrexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David MilibandExclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage 15403123
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukBrexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David MilibandExclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage 501512543
Reposted by @davidpowlson.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson. 668106693008
