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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What actually does she mean. I was around for the collapse of British Leyland. I have interpreted it as the start of the collapse of British industry. Is there anything left? The same can never happen again because most, if not all, is already gone.

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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 02/10/2026

"The Green Party conference is set to be dominated by Corbyn-era motions around Gaza, Zionism, Palestine. "These are dividing this party and risks, on some level, tearing it apart." Have the Greens got lost in 'fractious' politics? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/has-...

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Has the Green Party lost its way in ‘fractious’ politics? | The News Agents

The Green Party is hosting its annual conference in Brighton, but with divides inside the party on its evolution, and issues surrounding Israel, Palestine and Zionism, does it risk tearing itself…

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

20 heads? Does not seem a lot. Are there more somewhere?

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

UN votes 164-1 to adopt Equal Earth map projection, replacing centuries-old Mercator distortion

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

9/ A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction after her husband and daughter sued, calling the sanctions a threat to family life. An appeals court then stayed that ruling, putting the sanctions back on. Keep watching, keep talking,

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I know I've got a special bottle set aside for the occasion. 🎉

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.

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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I hope you're enjoying the weather this summer. I expect it will be one of the coolest summers in the next two decades!

Graph of world temperatures from 0 AD to roughly 2025, showing a rapid rise -0.2 C to 1.2 C (compared to "pre-industrial") from 1880 to 2025. From

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Era_Temperature.svg

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Elinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

People really should be done laughing at Donald Trump. Lampooning him only makes him stronger. Why haven't people figured that out yet. The amount of chatter around this man is in inverse proportion to the action needed to remove him.

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Water companies panic as drought worsens in UK From the new Private Eye, out now.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It cannot be any surprise that a majority of US Senators do not care about a great deal of illegal activity.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In France on average over time, the production loss due to high temperatues is less than 0.1%.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Very difficult to understand why no US journalist is able to do this.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

All the fires close to Bordeaux are now under control.

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Here is world data on wildfires. Going further back is not possible because of the lack of satellite data. The world average data actually shows a decrease. Regional data show big fluctuations. The issue is prevention measures and human set fires. No evidence variations are related to CO2 emissions.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Yes the fire in Gironde are continuing. The real issue beyond anecdotes is is the rate of wildfire really increasing on average.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

100 square kilometres burned next to my house 35 years ago. How big are the fires this week?

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The “used to be rare” is not everywhere true. I moved to the south of France 35 years ago and wildfires were frequent in Provence. Now in fact they are rare here. The difference is prevention and fire brigade. Concentrating on CO2 to stop wildfires is the wrong way to spend money.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I once lived in a house in California with underfloor heating. It did not survive the first earthquake.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Reversable heat pumps are the cheapest way to heat as well as cool.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I am sure there is a gain for the EU(27) as a whole. I think the point of Stephen Knowles post was that almost always post about rejoin completely ignore opinions of the EU. The sentiment seems to be if the UK wants to rejoin it will just happen. I do not believe this to be automatically true.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Such studies need make an estimate to gain for EU(27)

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Virginie @e-bull.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

🔍 Trump prévoit discrètement d’autoriser l’Arabie saoudite à enrichir de l’uranium L’administration Trump a donné son accord de principe pour permettre à l’Arabie saoudite d’enrichir de l’uranium sans les garanties internationales destinées à empêcher le développement 🧵1

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Lots of hypocrisy from those calling for Burnham to call an early election. From Churchill in 1940 to Burnham tomorrow = 19 PMs: - 12 came to office mid-term - 7 after a parliamentary election The team winning a majority in the Commons is free to change its captain

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Certainly he does not have much experience of government. But he is free to change some economic policies. It is happening so we must support him. Even though I really liked Starmer and thought he was doing a good job.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

He is going to allow the new North Sea Oil/Gas projects. Major change, very unpopular with Greens but likely a good move.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Would you expect to have the same temperature in all countries? Where does 25°C come from?

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The global oil/gas situation has changed since 2024. Surely you want a government which adapts to the real current world.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Will it provide access for his wheelchair to the helicopter?

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

With Gulf War III likely to continue for a long time, how can you say we do not need more local oil and gas? If consumption stays constant this would just be a shift in the production sites.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 16/07/2026

Fertility rates across many countries have converged, despite starting from very different levels. (This Data Insight was written by @hannahritchie.bsky.social.) In the thirty years since I was born, fertility rates in my country, the United Kingdom, have not changed much.

Connected dot plot of total fertility rates where the chart compares 1993 and 2023 values for selected countries to illustrate convergence in fertility. Most countries show 2023 rates around 1.6 to 1.7 births per woman, down from 1993 values ranging from 1.8 to 3.8 births per woman. Source: Human Fertility Database (2025). License: CC BY.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

OK. I think the EU is going to require a deal based on trust with the UK. If the details are not the same as the standard EU27 conditions it is going to take a long time. I think Starmer knew this and was concentrating on the trust side. I suspect his departure means a reset to zero in trust.

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MrMirth @mrmirth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

At the, 'Coalition of the Willing' in Paris in support of Ukraine and now on Bastille Day, world leaders pay tribute to Sir Keir Starmer for his leadership and diplomacy. A great loss for the UK and our allies.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

But there are plenty of tire tracks.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It is still a bit blue in the tire track image.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Currently, the UK survives on the cable links to Europe.

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Why a picture in Switzerland?

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LHCb Experiment @lhcb.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

These are hadrons number 84 and 85 observed at the LHC, of which 75 were observed by LHCb. The full list is maintained by @koppenburg.ch, see www.koppenburg.ch/particles.html .

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The construction of a new nuclear power plant in Switzerland would be economically viable, according to a study carried out by the BAK Economics research institute on behalf of the Swiss business federation Economiesuisse. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bui...

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Building new Swiss nuclear power plant economically viable, report says

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Virginie @e-bull.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

TV 🇺🇦 Pour la 1ère fois, des militaires 🇺🇦 ont participé au défilé du 14 juillet à Paris, célébrant la prise de la Bastille sur les Champs-Élysées aux côtés des unités de l'armée 🇫🇷 et de ses alliés, en l'honneur de la fête nationale 🇫🇷 2 pilotes 🇺🇦 ont survolé Paris à bord de Mirage 🇫🇷

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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Reflecting Pool drained again, revealing tire tracks from Trump's convoy..

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John Carr @johncarrabc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Can you say how much of the year total production of nuclear energy in France is lost because of temperature shutdowns? Is it 0.1% or 0.01% ? Numbers are important for electricity production. For instances how much power is generated by wind+Solar at night when the wind speed is low?

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