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
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh! I recognise that. Used to be Baptist Church. Recommissioned into office upstairs and garden flat circa 2000. The architects & builders were sympathetic, leaving the sign writing 000
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Aye, we'll have to return to... reading books <shock> 010
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
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 15/08/2026There will be an enshitificationly good reason for this. 131
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Aye, but will they charge me? 100
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I missed this by only a few weeks during my recent Nordic tour. I walked Haparanda - Torino then used bus & train after an overnight stay. This would have been much easier 000
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 10/08/2026And today, I've ordered a new induction hob to replace our old gas hob. Yes, energy costs will be higher, but the energy used will be greener. Now, let's get electricity prices based on renewables, not gas! 230
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Every. Single. Doggie. 🐕 🐕 🐕 000
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
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Useful addition to this might be the increasing numbers of EV batteries out there, capable of bidirectional energy flow. Needs bidirectional EV chargers, which are available, but still very expensive (last time I looked) 000
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Thank you. Not bad at all (I had previously heard of BricsCAD). However I'm retired now and couldn't justify even this cost. Are earlier versions available, I wonder... 010
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Yet to come across a decent #CAD package for Linux. Can anyone help? I tried a few but not accessible for this AutoCAD old hand. 120
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 01/06/2026At Glastonbury circa 1984, a friend of mine wrote "Shepton" onto the hammer we used to drive the tent pegs into the ground. It was hilarious! 010
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 · 19/05/2026Ian Fleming did this so long g ago with his James Bond books 🤣 000
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
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The palantir of data also to become a verb 010
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
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Not difficult to find. My PodPoint app since I acquired an #EV in 2022 repeatedly shows 0%CO2 for the generation mix (mostly #renewables). And there's this www.gov.scot/publications...gov.scotEnergy Statistics for Scotland – Q3 2025Overview of key facts and trends relating to energy in Scotland for Q3 2025 1110
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
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Personally, I don't fly because of the environmental impact 😉 000
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Perhaps we can do that now, thanks to tremendous work by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/guys... 021
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Name and shame? "One stretch in south Devon is particularly challenging. At the River Erme, there is no bridge or ferry, and the land further upstream is privately owned and inaccessible. Walkers must therefore roll up their trousers and wade across the river within an hour either side of low tide." 210
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Pat Reynolds #Mums26. Been gone a while but not forgotten 010
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Yeah, and fly baby, fly. 160
justdarnedordinary.bsky.social @justdarnedordinary.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Yup. So please #flyless because its the most damaging thing, and so easily avoidable 020
