iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Never mind the latest Avengers movie, when is there going to be a Captain Scarlet reboot?

000

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I’m not sure who needs to know but Britain has run out of TCP!

000

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🧵1/ Very grateful to @graceblakeley.substack.com for this guest blog on how promoters of carbon capture and storage (CCS) are trying to give Andy #Burnham a deceptively neat-looking get-out-of-jail-free card to drill Rosebank and Jackdaw. This thread explains its flawed carbon accounting

87450

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Following the activation of the National Emergency Alert system over the wildfires, it’s high time the government engaged in a National Emergency Briefing over the climate emergency! carboncopy.eco/blog/peoples...

carboncopy.eco

People's Emergency Briefing: Here Because We Care

Learn more about the People's Emergency Briefing and the UK momentum that's building from thousands of community screenings.

041

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

2/ We welcome Andy Burnham convening Whitehall on the immediate emergency. But his Government must do more. While his feet are held to the wildfires today, they must be held to the law next. Here's how 👉https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-reckoning/

crowdjustice.com

Carbon Reckoning: Holding the Government to Its Own Climate Law

Carbon Reckoning are a science based group, committed to the strongest possible action to require the UK sets climate policy commensurate with the scale of the crisis we face.

165

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

1/ "Grown-ups heeded not the science they were told." PM chairs emergency COBR. Wildfires in the New Forest. Drought. 33°C today, 38°C tomorrow — our 5th heatwave this summer. 🧵Thread on Heeding the science Please donate to legal action now👉https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-reckoning/

22116

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I miss having cd players in cars. Yes, I am unc.

120

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

2/7 We support Monbiot’s central point. UK carbon capture is not chiefly about cleaning up unavoidable industrial emissions. It is being used to justify a major new expansion of fossil-fuel infrastructure, underwritten by decades of public subsidy - when it is not needed. www.lut.fi/en/news/rese...

lut.fi

Researchers agree: The world can reach a 100% renewable energy system before 2050 | LUT University

Research from LUT University and 14 additional leading international universities suggest that the new system would be based largely on solar and wind energy, energy storage, sector coupling, and dire...

17833

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

“We are now at a critical juncture. We are at or very close to human caused environmental change that will fundamentally unpick the life-sustaining systems on Earth.” theconversation.com/the-world-lo...

theconversation.com

The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality

The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.

012

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🧵/1️⃣ Is the UK's next climate target actually legal? On Wednesday Parliament votes on the Seventh Carbon Budget. Our evidence shows the Govt hasn't met its legal & scientific duties. Help us challenge it in court. #CarbonReckoning www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

crowdjustice.com

Carbon Reckoning: Holding the Government to Its Own Climate Law

Carbon Reckoning are a science based group, committed to the strongest possible action to require the UK sets climate policy commensurate with the scale of the crisis we face.

45941

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

1️⃣ International Court gave unanimous advice (photo) last July that states must have "highest possible ambition" in tackling climate change 2️⃣ Is that really the case for UK? ❌#CarbonReckoning think not 3️⃣ Pls give to our legal campaign to change this if you can 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...

099

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

1/5 Today Carbon Reckoning launches — a forensic legal campaign to challenge the UK's proposed Seventh Carbon Budget before it's fixed in law by June 2026 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... The budget fails two legal tests required by UK law. A thread. 🧵 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

22221

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The Wensum Valley is an incredibly special area of biodiversity and any major road route across it is going to run into the same insurmountable problems faced by the previous plans. Let's hope that common sense sees a less disruptive set of solutions.

023

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Talk about flogging a dead horse! Norfolk C Council threw £50m down the drain pursuing a project that was doomed from the outset. Now they seem doomed to repeat their mistakes. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2597231...

edp24.co.uk

Alternative Norwich Western Link route hopes raised after announcement

Council leaders hope they will soon get their hands on almost £1m to help come up with alternative routes for the Norwich Western Link road.

023

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

From ITN — the government report that views nature loss as an existential security threat. | We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you ... youtu.be/59DZiPdsOc8?si…

youtu.be

We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you to see

YouTube video by ITV News

000

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“The report warns that multiple ecosystem collapses are now likely, not merely hypothetical. These failures, it states, will have “dire implications” for national security and will require serious strategic adaptation merely to limit the damage.” eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/a-su...

eastangliabylines.co.uk

A suppressed warning finally appears: ecosystem collapse as a national security threat

A government report on the national security implications of ecosystem collapse is finally out, and it’s even more shocking than feared

021

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

👏 Great to see Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus Vice-Chair @pippaheylings.bsky.social introduce a Bill to protect chalk streams today in Parliament. We urge the Government to support her plan before we irreversibly harm these globally rare habitats. 👇 Hear more about Pippa's Bill below.

39283

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

DrAndrewMcDonnellWrites.bsky.social @andrewmcdonnell.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

My son had been tasked with writing a poem for school, so we had sat down and written together. It is a poem against cynicism and the mess we are in. It is about love (and doughnuts in ice cream).

123

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Written by an actual adult in politics. I wonder what Trump’s reading age is? Going by this I doubt he’s even middle grade.

000

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 07/01/2026

We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump Administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to public safety.

1573114794

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

“The survey, involving 20,000 people from more than 27 leading democracies, including the US and Europe, suggests that Britons are the most pessimistic about their nation’s future. And the UK’s disillusioned Gen Z are losing faith in democracy.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.uk

000

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🧵 /1 Hi @tessakhan.bsky.social - You and Uplift have succeeded here - you deserve huge credit 🙏🙏 However, there is a dark side to this new North Sea plan in which the fossil fuel industry &lobbyists win - lock-in to gas based carbon capture 🧵 Thread continues here: bsky.app/profile/dran...

01817

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Dr Lotty Packman 🦇 @lottypackman.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

A wonderful, insightful piece by @iainrobinson.bsky.social in latest issue of @hinterlandnf.bsky.social. “GLOAMING” describes a woodland under threat from the (currently shelved 🤞) Norwich Western Link and its barbastelle #bat inhabitants. I’m touched to feature in the piece! 📹🦇🌳

101

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Helen Baczkowska @helenb92.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law. How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge? www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...

34618

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

“Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing, nothing,” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out

Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes

1167

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Can somebody please start hanging EU flags off lampposts?

040

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour. Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...

25331

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

“Mr Jassy said in June that the increase in AI tools will likely lead to job cuts as machines take over routine tasks.” As Amazon cut 30k white collar jobs, you have to wonder about the mythical new jobs the techno-capitalists say will be created by AI. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Amazon prepares for major layoffs among office workers - reports

If confirmed, the cuts in Amazon's corporate ranks could mark the company's biggest layoffs in several years.

110

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I mistook LinkedIn for BlueSky this morning and posted a picture of Pumba with a Pumpkin on it.

030

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Hinterland Magazine - open for submissions @hinterlandnf.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

In case you missed the announcement in our newsletter, we are open for non-fiction submissions, both full-length and flash, until the end of October. You can read our submission guidelines and submit via hinterlandnonfiction.submittable.com Subscribers can submit for free as usual, any time!

132

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

As well as failing to stop funding fossil fuel projects, many banks are also not funding climate solutions and the green transition.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds

‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers from LSE

000

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

“The report painted a grim picture of the world’s chances of avoiding increasingly severe impacts from the climate crisis.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Global use of coal hit record high in 2024

Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables

010

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Nature action: email STEVE REED m: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk simply saying MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS. If you want you can email me at thefeatherspeech@gmail.com for a template but that is the simple message to convey. PEOPLE POWER WORKS BUT ONLY … if enough people actually act !!

74416

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Can you actually believe this? A swift brick costs £35 But this dire, anti-nature government, must make sure it does all it can to maximise house builders' profits Totally inexcusable www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job

59740

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️ Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system. It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed. (1/3)

A Wren stands upright on a mossy branch, beak open in full song, small but defiant. Against a soft golden blur, it seems to speak out for nature itself: a clear voice cutting through the noise, refusing to be ignored.

529393

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The crisis is only deepening and the recent announcement of means-tested grants funded by a tax on international students will likely choke a vital source of HE income. This is Labour fiddling around the edges rather than taking bold action @bengoldsborough.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

030

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism. 🧵

482315702

Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

This government is proving to be a disastrous disappointment in so many ways. This will be a dangerous move for the future of wildlife and biodiversity in the UK! Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system

Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of government

011

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🚨 Landmark win 🚨 : Govt forced to review Industrial Strategy after Scrap Carbon Capture legal challenge #EnvironmentAct. First time a policy was re-taken for failing the Environmental Principles duty. No more “light-touch” assessments. @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @dalevince.com 👇👇

45734

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Hinterland Magazine - open for submissions @hinterlandnf.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Very pleased to find the proof copy of Hinterland Issue 17 dropping through our letterbox this morning - it looks fab! Full print run due next week, so you’ve still got time to order a copy via our webstore: www.hinterlandnonfiction.com/shop/issue-17

041

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

“the Environment Agency and Natural England are not “red tape” factories, as some would like you to believe. These institutions are there to ensure our rivers remain fishable, our air breathable, our countryside hums with wildlife, and our land resilient to floods” www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

rspb.org.uk

Why environmental deregulation would devastate wildlife and our future

Cutting regulations puts nature and our economy at risk warns RSPB Chief Executive Beccy Speight.

034

Reposted by Iain Robinson 🌳

Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

The wood yesterday morning. Steve Reed and the Labour government would like to see the protections that saved it from road development undone.

023