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David Rowe

@davidrowewtl.bsky.social
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A few of my current interests: Climate Activism, Economics, AI, Cycling, Space, Automated Vehicles, Robots, Photography, Chess, Archeology, Genetics, Science, Wind-Solar-Storage, Physics, #RejoinEU, Eco Socialism, Libertarian Left, #FollowForFollow.

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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 9h
The government recognise the need to sort out pavement parking. The Highway Code has been amended accordingly. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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New local powers to keep pavements clear for those who rely on them most
Local councils will be given the power to crack down on problem pavement parking.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This new tool, the Carbon Impacts Tracer, which translates carbon emissions into real-world climate impacts like heat exposure and coral bleaching, looks super useful. ➡️ carbonimpactstracer.com
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New tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage caused
Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight different factors, including lost food production
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Glad to see dirty fossil fuel cars being banned. Looking forward to when hybrids are forced off the road too. Battery electric vehicles fit almost every use case. Buy one before government help ends. youtu.be/tLjuXCwvVic
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21 Cars That Will Be BANNED From UK Roads in 2027 — Here’s Why
YouTube video by British Vehicles
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💥 HUGE NEWS 💥 “Ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next election manifesto” Exclusive for The Independent.
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Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
Exclusive: After Ed Miliband told the Labour conference in Liverpool that Britain’s future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next el...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 27/09/2026
Breaking News! Code: FUBAR!!! The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature for September 25th was 29.822°C. This breaks the previous highest temperature ever recorded in the region of 29.815°C, set on November 17th, 2015. The Climate 8-ball is exiting, stage right.
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you remember less than a year ago, serious climate scientists predicting global temperatures for 2026 having "... only a 1% chance that it will break 2024’s record high temperature ..."‽ I do. CO2e is the problem and the solution is we must #KeepItInTheGround. climatedata.ca/news/2026-li...
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2026 likely to be among the four hottest years on record – ClimateData.ca
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🎉 YES! This is a huge opportunity! Please use this link to write to your MP - and then share, share everywhere! —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a... #Rejoin #UK #Europe #EU
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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
SO exciting!
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 13/09/2026
Another year full of climate extremes... Did you know the last 100 days have all set new daily records for global sea surface temperatures? Learn more about our rapidly warming oceans in our webinar this week, & bring your questions! 📣 Register in advance: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You need to listen to a series of Good News stories from around the world. Keep hope alive. youtu.be/K_ToMu4_p98
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Your Monthly Dose of Good News | September
YouTube video by Good News
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Interesting reading. Sort of a hot flip of the Poo Bear Tiddly Pom song. The hotter it gets, the hotter it gets ane yors on getting. :-( Downloaded and read in epub format for a change. doi.org/10.1088/1748...
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Projected amplification of global warming by warming-induced greenhouse gas emissions
Projected amplification of global warming by warming-induced greenhouse gas emissions, Abernethy, Sam, Monteverde, Danielle, Schädel, Christina, Buma, Brian, Duffy, Philip B, Jackson, Robert B, Natali...
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CO2 grinding ever upwards. #KeepItInTheGround
Daily CO2 for 8th September 2026 is 426.57 ppm. Up 0.67% in the last year.
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
20 °C at 4am in 5ye UK Midlands is roughly 8 to 10 °C above the seasonal night time average. It is closer to a daytime high for September (average max ~18 °C) than a normal pre-dawn reading. #JustSaying
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It's nice to get a monthly dose of Good News. 🙏 youtu.be/XaHRd7rhGKo
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Your Monthly Dose of Good News | August
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
No, No, No, No, NO! Carbon capture and storage does NOT reduce emissions All it does is lock-in fossil fuel usage and infrastructure, and facilitate business as usual As far as tackling the climate emergency is concerned, it is a con trick www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Can Burnham justify giving the go ahead to oil drilling? Yes, but these must be the conditions | Michael Jacobs
Carbon capture and storage could make the Rosebank site compatible with UK net zero commitments – if its owners are willing to pay the price, says economist Michael Jacobs
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We really really should look up. The UK declared a Climate Emergency and put it into law. We aren't doing anywhere near enough. www.counterpunch.org/2026/08/04/t...
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The Most Shocking Climate News of 2026
The UK Green Party’s former leader Caroline Lucas recently nailed the Labor Party for “burying the most explosive report” of the year by UK military and intelligence sources. The concealed report warn...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"Summer book post: the perfect beach-on-fire read!" "A great recent book on the subject is 'The Fate of the World' from the outspoken Bill McGuire, who takes us through our geological past to put the present in context" Thank you so much Ben Carey - Creative Director, Utopia Bureau
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The polls are now open in Greater Manchester. To run Greater Manchester for the people, for fairness, not big money and developers. Vote first preference for Geraldine Coggins.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Half of the country is in "exceptionally serious drought" - putting us at more risk of wildfires and threatening our food security. Meanwhile water companies are wasting a staggering 2.87 billion litres of water every day through leaky pipes. Time to end water privatisation.
Half of England officially in "exceptionally serious" drought
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I hope Andy Burnham gives them a vote on the matter.
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I got locked out of BlueSky again. Its pathetic. They should just ask X how to stop it happening. It's so f'ing tiresome @support.bsky.team
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/07/2026
100 years of June sea surface temperature anomalies... wait for the last frame (record high) 🫣 Data from ERSSTv6: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ext... 🌊
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"the projected cost of the full CCS programme between now and 2050 is £264bn" Pure insanity that locks-in fossil fuel usage for decades Another HS2 (only far, far, worse) in the making Please @andyburnham.bsky.social - stop this nonsense in its tracks www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I didn't agree to age verification for grandparents but for children. #Enshitification youtu.be/qnOPrk79978
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This UK Law Has A Major Loophole Nobody Saw Coming
YouTube video by The Real Cost
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I'm sick of being logged out of this f'ing app. Nothing else is so needy on my phone. @support.bsky.team
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🚨🚨New @bestforbritain.org report argues I think convincingly that a push for UK membership of the EU would galvanise support among progressive voters, recognising that other halfway options such as customs union or EEA are would offer to limited benefits. 🧵 www.bestforbritain.org/push_for_eu_...
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Push for EU membership to galvanise progressive support, report argues
A new report by Best for Britain shows that a push for UK membership of the European Union would galvanise support among progressive voters. The report highlights that a pro-membership position offers...
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 20/04/2026
THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026 * CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt * Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2 * Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse * Age of Electricity "confirmed" * "Extraordinary" solar growth * Batteries up 40% * EVs up 20% 1/10
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." I'm in the timeline version where we survive, because we electrify everything fast enough to survive.
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Are people adjusting to this? I'm just feeling lucky we booked Cornwall last year and we run an BEV!
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I wonder when the first UK all daylight time of zero fossil fuels will be? It's getting close seeing 'now' is just 6.6% gas. :-) grid.iamkate.com
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Mar-a-Hell-No! @mara-hell-no.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Dear fellow Brits, from this Brit-American: Please don't come here. It's dangerous. You may be targeted, arrested and unlawfully detained - likely courtesy of ICE - without access to legal representation. I've told my family to stay away. Please boycott America. 🇬🇧💙 news.sky.com/story/englan...
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England fans facing hugely inflated prices to get to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium for World Cup games
The cost of getting the train from New York to the venue, where the Three Lions play Panama in their final group game, will be £111 - nearly 12 times the usual fare.
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I was shocked today to hear doctors who are seeing pre teenage children referred for a statin to lower their cholesterol. Stop eating trigger foods ffsk! youtu.be/slPN8XDzO8k
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New CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINES Could HARM People [We Are Very CONCERNED]
YouTube video by Dr. Suneel Dhand
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I wonder what Queen Dianna would have done?
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I'm persuaded we are headed to a Super El Nino in 2026 to 2027. Better prepare!
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Trump is engineering a fertilizer crisis. Americans who aren't acting now are complicit in this. Across Africa as a whole, it's 1 in 5 is undernourished. In Eastern Africa, the figure is roughly 1 in 4. In Middle Africa hunger is most acute, almost 1 in 3 people are undernourished. #Famine
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NOVA Astro & Earth Science @nova-earth-astro.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Luton! What a night. We had such a great time at our opening night for ORIGINS on Friday, thanks to everyone who came and made it a great show. If you missed out this time, you can get tickets for our dates later in the year at www.nova-astro.co.uk/live-shows Next stop: Worcester!
two people backstageperson on stage in front of mars hologram with dry ice cascading down front of stage
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Tesla FSD (supervised self driving) is for me all about saving lives. I hope the UK rapidly follows the Netherlands and allows the UK fleet of Tesla cars to take the over the air update and one night wake up with FSD capabilities. youtu.be/vsmQrDqMwcI
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I Tested FSD in Amsterdam's busiest streets
YouTube video by Steven Peeters
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The dismal, spineless, Starmer bows down before his orange master www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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UK forced to shelve legislation to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius
Officials accept that time has run out to pass law after US dropped its support for plan
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The final ludicrous vanity project of a dying empire www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump administration releases new renderings of so-called ‘Arc de Trump’
Triumphal arch would be 250ft tall, featuring a 60ft golden Lady Liberty, at the foot of Arlington Memorial Bridge
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 09/04/2026
One MEP has said that it is time for "an honest national discussion" on nuclear energy. What do you think: should Ireland consider nuclear energy? jrnl.ie/7007335
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Should Ireland consider nuclear energy?
Billy Kelleher MEP has said that it is time for ‘an honest national discussion’ on the power source.
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Dr Oddman - #AntiFa @droddman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Turns out Russia, Russia, Russia was worse than we thought
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David Rowe @davidrowewtl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I really do like this man.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
List of the places that Israel has bombed in Lebanon in the past hours alone. List is likely not full
Bir Hassan - Al Rahab - Hay Al Salam - Al Manara - Ain Al Mraiseh - Corniche Al Mazraa - Msaytbeh - Al Basta - Choueifat - Aramoun (Al Bayadir) - Kayfoun - Ain Al Tineh - Bchamoun Al Madares Bint Jbeil - Kafr Seer - Al Kufour - Harouf - Jbaa - Ain Qana - Zbdine - Al Sharqieh - Al Dawir - Kafr Jouz - Kafr Roman - Jbsheet - Haboush - Jbaa - Al Qusaybeh - Sir Al Gharbiyeh - Haret Saida - Al Sarfand - Deir Al Zahrani - Tyre - Khirbet Selem - Ansar - Al Sharqieh - Zefta - Saida - Houmine Al Tahta - Jwaya - Bisariyeh - Ansar - Deir Qanoun Al Nahr | Dours - Shamsatar - Al Hermel - Al Karak - Sahl Taria

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all of these so far, probably not the full list Now
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Starmer should immediately & unequivocally ban access to British airspace to US warplanes. The UK should not be accomplice to a US President who is threatening more war crimes. Period.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Speaker Johnson, we are calling on you to bring the House back to DC IMMEDIATELY! The Cabinet needs to invoke the 25th Amendment. But Congress can’t just sit on its hands and wait for that to happen when the President is threatening to commit war crimes TONIGHT.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Do you know how EXTREMELY FUCKED UP SHIT HAS TO BE for me to be reposting Tucker Carlson positively???
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is not about being “anti-American”, or “pro-Iran.” It’s about being pro-civilization, and pro-humanity against a rogue American regime, which is wreaking havoc and explicitly threatening war crimes on a massive scale. If the world does not draw a line now, what next? If not now, when?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026
I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Something I don't think the UK boasts about enough - and a great rebuttal to Reform and the Tories' anti-net zero propaganda: The UK is home to 7 out of the top 10 biggest offshore wind farms in the world. 10 of the top 20. And 6 in 10 of the largest ones in the world currently under construction.
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