Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning. 362056454
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George MonbiotA third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 41735319
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So pleased to hear this confirmed in the PM’s speech. Big congrats to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and all who’ve campaigned for it! At last we have a chance to restore trust in our politics with a system where “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters” 👏👏👏theguardian.comAndy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plansExclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation 26720142
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Head of Loch Tay yesterday during the dregs of the day, but the light was good. Oh, and champion paddlers, swimmers and best pals enjoying the water 000
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialMaggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Private jets are never essential. Last week I raised concerns about emissions from Dundee Airport. Now, during Climate Week Scotland, the world’s fastest private jet has landed in Dundee from Atlanta for the Dunhill Links Championship. Dundee is facing huge pressure on its council budget. 1/2 1248
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28/09/2026I give about 90% of my talks virtually and only travel when I can bundle enough events to make the time and the carbon worthwhile (25 events in 3 days at NY Climate Week last week 😅). It is exhausting, no lie. But sadly we live in a world where doing things right is harder than not. More here ...dw.com'Climate scientists should cut back on air travel'Researchers and their institutions should set a good low-carbon example to their communities, says Katharine Hayhoe, director of climate science at Texas Tech University. 412623
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Good morning on Day 1649 of Ukraine's defence. Welcome along, though updates today may be somewhat limited for personal reasons... feel free to wish me happy birthday 🎉 Anyway work to do, let's start. 7433270
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/08/2026During grad school, we’d say that climate change is happening, but we can’t definitively say it’s due to humans (even though we were pretty sure it was). It might be technically correct to say that we can’t definitively say what happened in Nepal/Tibet is due to climate change, but really, we can. 1737650
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The source of the flood in Nepal is a collapsed glacier 🧪⚒️ 601507746
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialBrexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 "CANADA GOES TO (TRADE) WAR" !!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 [SOUND ON 🔊] 1722699
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly. 73183042648
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialBrexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The beautiful soul of Jason Arday. 612653
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface 11188462999
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team. 46999502
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.nytimes.comThe Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found. 4639981571
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 25/05/2026The articles we publish are all written by specialist researchers. As a charity, we're asking you to help us get expertise to even more people. Retweet and donate now: tcnv.link/JIlEYLe 184
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Not many days left of my #Scandinavian tour by rail. Happened upon this jaw dropping scene in #Malmö yesterday at sunset. #Øresund Bridge and #Copenhagen just visible on the horizon. Oh yes, #flyless 020
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 19/05/2026On day 15 of my #Scandinavian tour by rail. I love it up here and I have to say the @interraileu.bsky.social pass is fantastic, brilliant, superlative. Its flexible and, so rare these days, excellent value 000
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Travel. Without leaving the ground. Never bored. #flyless #Trondheim 000
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/05/2026I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathantheguardian.comI knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah NathanThe problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words 1128276
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Europe's electricity: 29% fossil fuels in 2024, down from 53% in 2005. Progress. But transport is still 92% fossil. Buildings: 71%. Industry: 61%. And 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas imported. Switching suppliers doesn't fix this. Electrification and efficiency do. More here: rdcu.be/feOjc 18642228
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialRupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Individual action is vital, but systemic change requires a coalition. Today, I join people, NGOs and organisations around the world to deliver a direct message to world leaders: stop the tunnel vision and #SeeTheBigPicture. #EarthDay2026 01714
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/04/2026"Rahmstorf, who has studied the Amoc for 35 years, has said a collapse must be avoided 'at all costs'. 'I argued this when we thought the chance of an Amoc shutdown was maybe 5%, and even then we were saying that risk is too high, given the massive impacts. Now it looks like it’s more than 50%.'"theguardian.comCritical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thoughtScientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas 13412244
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Hugely important, hugely influencial. AMOC gives us warmth in winter. It's a potential climate tipping point. And there are others. This. Is why we should not fly, or at the very least #flyless www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCritical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thoughtScientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas 000
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/03/20261/ For those of us keeping an eye on systemic #climate risks, these aren’t difficult dots to connect. I find it downright frightening. We need to brace for impacts and spring into preparedness now. This thread outlines 6 key papers and what we can do in response. ⬇️🧵 4321170
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts. Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir. This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st... 13334251565
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialReal Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Active travel saves the NHS at least £54 million a year just in Liverpool alone. Other regions especially the north east need to sit up, take note and ramp up their efforts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'Active travel' in Liverpool City Region 'saves NHS millions'People walking, wheeling and cycling in the Liverpool City Region saves the NHS an estimated £53.8m a year. 59235
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 04/03/2026We need similar - dawning realisation about the climate crisis #flyless 010
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialjustdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Yeah, an ID.7 GTX would work too, it manages 1,800kg. Quite a surprising uplift from the RWD 1,000kg 011
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 8125911553
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/02/2026In competence and venality of the old political elite is ushering in a class of oligarchic politicians that are backed by unprecedented levels of private wealth and driven by some batshit crazy ideas (that just happen to be good for their wealth…) Thiel is a prime mover in this 24225101
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Get Palantir out of the UK. Protect our NHS. Protect our country. www.thenational.scot/news/2582860...thenational.scotScrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demandsZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in… 862787914
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Make Peter Thiel into the villain, Democrats. It's all there. He is the node that connects Trump, Vance, Palantir, Musk, Epstein, and so many other terrible players. Just expose it and make him and Musk the face of these psychopathic billionaires ruining our lives. 24059931936
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/01/2026IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com 6330142
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialProf Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM. 25819298
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense. 9335401071
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialwalkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 29/12/2025There's a new way to browse and find walks to do for 2026! A *much* requested feature - you can now browse a map of Scotland will ALL our route lines shown at once, to help you find the one you want to do (and easily see how they connect and intersect). www.walkhighlands.co.uk/maps/big-map... 810029
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 17/11/2025THREAD. The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside. 1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs. 191372375
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 18/12/2025NEW RESEARCH: UK heat pumps can perform far better than many think. Our analysis of HeatPumpMonitor.org data shows well-designed systems achieve ~40% higher efficiency than past trials (SCoP 3.86 vs 2.81), cutting bills (~£224/yr) and emissions. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 814551
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialJohn Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 16/12/2025As a lunch break thought experiment, I thought - "What's a reasonable way to calculate a 'You're never going to need more money than that' level of wealth" 121
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 07/12/2025New Year's resolution? Get that "listening age" down to a much more "respectable" under 70. Ok, so I've been going back to the 60s this year, big deal #Spotify #Wrapped 010
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen 8859111628449
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Why would an #AI bot want to post on #WalkHighlands? Thanks to the mediators here, good spot. 000
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 21/11/2025And local planning resistance 000
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/11/2025NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...emptycity.substack.comThe letter the BBC could send back to TrumpA proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim 1121735634
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 31/10/2025We'd already chosen not to purchase any Chinese #EV on account of human rights abuses. This dramatically compounds the moral and ethical purchasing issues. 010
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 18/10/2025@janrosenow.bsky.social is one of the very best sources of insightful, compelling and positive environmental threads. Sorely needed in these difficult days 010
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved. Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning. ig.ft.com/mega-batteri... 411431444
Reposted by @justdarnedordinary.bsky.socialJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 10/10/2025One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason. 692447525
