iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A brief reminder of the last time a UK government advised us to “wash our hands” in response to an unfolding catastrophe. That went well. Essential article today from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Screenshot from Reuters dated 2nd March 2020 showing the leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, telling reporters that his advice to prevent COVID spread was to “Wash your hands to the national anthem.”

061

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The government in the UK needs to pay attention to this now - today. There’s a reason that ministers don’t talk about the “economic benefits” of data centres covering 100 acres in the Cotswolds.

Screenshot from London Daily with image showing planned vast building sitting on a site next to a major road. Text reads “Approval Granted for Europe's Largest Data Centre in London's Commuter Belt
Hertsmere Borough Council Approves £4 Billion Project as Part of UK's AI Action Plan”

041

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Fabulous thread, thank you. These little sundews are growing very happily at a site that was used for lead mining for 300 years and is now returned to a beautiful bog.

0251

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“The Defra minister Sue Hayman said: “Gamebird shooting has been part of rural life for many years, but it is important to understand the effect it can have on wildlife, the environment and the welfare of the birds themselves,” And the welfare of the birds themselves… Pardon me - what??

Image shows a man in an open field firing a shotgun at birds above him.
Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe / Getty Images

031

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here’s what that looks like. Read the full report here. collections.unu.edu/eserv/UNU:10...

Image taken from page 11 of the report shared in post.

AI-generated conceptual image of AI's environmental footprint, generated using OpenAI’s ChatGPT/DALL·E, May 2026.
Estimated footprints per standard-resolution AI image: 2.9 Wh electricity, 1.22 g CO₂e, 28.6 mL of water, and 0.45 cm² of
land, based on literature benchmarks and global average electricity footprint factors.

011

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Couldn’t agree more. We are in desperate, desperate trouble.

Screenshot of my post from a month ago.

It’s good that more people in power are waking up to the need to take adaptation to climate impacts seriously.
But it must not be at the expense of every possible action on mitigation.
As the UK and Europe endure more record high temperatures, these words from James at Business Green come to mind.

“Here’s what those who argue you can ‘just adapt’ to the climate crisis don’t get: you don’t just adapt once; you have to keep adapting, over and over again, until the global economy either reaches net zero emissions or civilisation collapses - whichever comes first.”

110

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Charges of hypocrisy don’t matter to these people. They know.

It's best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It's how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied. It's not an inconsistency. It's very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination. A.R. Moxon, @JuliusGoat@mastodon.social + @juliusgoat.bsky.social. December 21, 2022 on Mastodon.

040

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

“But we can just adapt” Oh yeah? Go on then. Meanwhile, three miles from my house…

Scene of a wildfire with large flames and smoke with an orange cloud obscuring the sky.

041

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published in 1962. 64 years later, humanity’s war against the natural world continues unabated as our elected representatives see nothing wrong in talking about “Environmentally friendly” herbicide. What are we doing here?

Screenshot of social media post from a local councillor in Llandudno in north Wales.

“Weed spraying:
There's been a bit of commentary on social media about Conwy County Borough Council carrying out weeding spraying this summer.
The Council's contractors are due to start in the town this week. This year two treatments are expected - good to see the Council u-turning on its decision to only spray one per year.
I know that a number of people have concerns about whether the herbicide used - I get these concerns and have raised them myself. The herbicide in use is environmentally friendly and is safe to be used in open areas used by the public and their pets.”

023

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If you’re in the UK, please get involved with this. Pollinators are both vital and, crucially, fascinating and beautiful.

Screenshot of FIT Count app. This is the app referred to in the quoted post.

Small pearl bordered fritillary in long grass. A strikingly beautiful orange and black butterfly with its wings open.

A marmalade hoverfly in a buttercup. A small orange and black stripe fly in a yellow flower.

A large pellucid hoverfly on a pink flower. A black and cream coloured fly with clear wings which have a dark spot, foraging for pollen. There is a green bottle fly on the same flower.

020

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It’s good that more people in power are waking up to the need to take adaptation to climate impacts seriously. But it must not be at the expense of every possible action on mitigation. As the UK and Europe endure more record high temperatures, these words from @james-bg.bsky.social come to mind.

Here's what those who argue you can 'just adapt' to the climate crisis don't get: you don't just adapt once; you have to keep adapting, over and over again, until the global economy either reaches net zero emissions or civilisation collapses - whichever comes first.

32217

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A triptych for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #NegativeSpace. A single swift disappearing into a clear blue sky.

A blue sky with a solitary swift in the top right corner of the image. A brown bird with long, pointed wings spread.

A blue sky with a solitary swift on the right of the image. A brown bird with long, pointed wings spread.

070

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Sorry - had to share this.

Cartoon showing a traffic jam with every car with a single occupant all sharing the same thought “If these idiots would just take the bus, I could be home by now”

022

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This, in full, is the detailed plan for adaptation to protect us from the unavoidable consequences of a boiling planet that the UK government set out in its manifesto less than two years ago. 🫤 Reform, of course, don’t even believe there’s a problem. #WeWantToLive

Improving resilience
Preparing for the future not only
means tackling the climate and
nature emergencies, but also
adapting to the changes they will
bring to our environment. Without
action, flooding and coastal
erosion will pose greater risks to
lives, livelihoods and people’s
wellbeing. The Conservatives’ poor…

…risk management, and a disjointed
approach across government and
regulators have left Britain
badly exposed.
Labour will improve resilience
and preparation across central
government, local authorities, local
communities, and emergency
services. This includes formally
working with all stakeholders in
the Fire and Rescue services to
inform policy and establish national
standards.

0119

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

If you are in the UK and have access to a garden, please consider signing up for this brilliant citizen science project. You don’t need a big garden or to be a wildlife expert, but it will genuinely make a big difference to the future of the wildlife around us. Link in post below.

A speckled wood butterfly sitting on a fern. A medium sized brown butterfly with white spots on its wings.

097

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Mayflies have been around on this planet for 300 million years and now, in 2026, this is where we are. “…relish the ancient spectacle while (you) still can.”

Screenshot from Guardian newspaper article about scientific research uncovering a possible explanation for the mayflies’ dance (the image shows a still of three mayflies in flight)

In the same article is this statement about threats to the existence of mayflies.
“Other research suggests that even modest pollution in many English rivers may be enough to kill up to 80% of mayfly eggs, laid in riverbeds.

For now, Fabian encourages Britons to relish the ancient spectacle while they still can.”

010

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

…and when they’re all dead, the AI slop machine will tell people that these were emperor penguins. #FuckExxon

An AI generated image of dancing penguins from the Happy Feet movie.

040

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits is a fun quote post thread assembly! Quote this post with a knit that starts with the next letter of the alphabet. C: Cotton blanket for a baby. When finished I’ll embroider the name in a row of the stocking stitch squares. This is my first time knitting with cotton.

Knitted blanket in olive green, white, and gold cotton. The blanket is not yet finished.

0101

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The blackbirds make a hole in the skin then do this with all the fallen apples.

The empty shell of a fallen apple lying amongst grass and autumn leaves. The apple skin has a large hole in one side and the whole inside has been eaten, leaving only some pecked marks inside to show that it was the blackbirds.

140

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The Guardian newspaper doing a version of the “men staring thoughtfully at potholes” genre. “Inspecting the damage” 🤔

Photo from a Guardian newspaper article about the recent storm. It shows a woman in a pink coat and jeans crouched beside a red car that has been completely crushed by a large tree.

The photo caption says, “Anna Richmond inspects the damage to her car which was crushed by fallen trees during Storm Goretti”

120

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The expected storm Goretti hasn’t arrived quite yet and it’s beautifully atmospheric at the lake just now. #Eryri

A still lake with rocks close to the shore and distant snow-covered mountains with low clouds.

A close up shot of a clear, still lake looking across to the far shore and hillside.

A high up view across the lake to snow-covered mountains with a ribbon of low cloud covering the lower part.

A wide angle high up view across the lake to snow-covered mountains with a ribbon of low cloud covering the lower part.

1122

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Well ok, but the text includes this, “…upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders. These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them.” Venezuela show this isn’t always true. Scepticism is reasonable.

Joint Statement on Greenland

Statement by President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Tusk of Poland, Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain, Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Frederiksen of Denmark on Greenland.
Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe and it is critical for international and transatlantic security.
NATO has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European Allies are stepping up. We and many other Allies have increased our presence, activities and investments, to keep the Arctic safe and to deter adversaries. The Kingdom of Denmark - including Greenland - is part of NATO.
Security in the Arctic must therefore be achieved collectively, in conjunction with NATO allies including the United States, by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders. These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them.
The United States is an essential partner in this endeavour, as a NATO ally and through the defence agreement between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States of 1951.
Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.

020

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I wonder how many times over the years I’ve read this sentence, “Scientists are calling for “urgent global action”.” And here we are again.

Well known cartoon showing in six panels a climate scientist standing at a lectern. The first panel is dated 1990 with a young scientist saying “so, this climate change thing could be a problem”

The cartoon goes through the many stages of increasingly urgent messaging. The final panel is the much older scientist in 2019 simply tapping the microphone and asking “is this thing on?”

020

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The contrast between the Swiss and UK systems is both stark and, tragically, unsurprising.

Screenshot from the quoted article:

The aims and key features of the Swiss system
The primary goals of the Swiss system are (a) to ensure a high level of protection for human health and the environment and (b) to avoid trade barriers with its biggest trading partner, the EU.
To deliver on these goals, the system has the following key features:
* It follows a default position of alignment with EU regulations, known as ‘autonomous adaptation’. This retains the ability to take a different approach, although deviations are rare and relatively minor and can be more protective of public health and the environment.

$Screenshot from the quoted article: The UK system By contrast, the UK chemicals regulatory system (UK REACH) is facing considerable difficulties establishing an effective, high-standard regime as a standalone system since leaving EU REACH. Due to a lack of capacity (of data and staff) and its deregulatory focus, the system is acting on just a fraction of harmful substances the EU is banning or implementing controls on. Where it is taking regulatory action, it is generally proposing less protective measures and acting at an even slower pace than the EU.$

1218

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Is anyone in the UK and Europe paying attention? Anyone at all?

Post from Matt Novak, quoting a tweet:
“These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.”

Tweet shows a map of Greenland overlaid by the American flag with the word SOON.

032

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Not the least of the problems with this article is the belief that when this bubble bursts, the people, governments, and global corporations behind it will just meekly accept their fate and wait patiently while others tidy up and suggest a different strategy. That seems wildly optimistic.

The real bubble is not stock valuations but the inflated ego of an industry that thinks it is just one more datacentre away from computational divinity. When the correction comes, when the US’s Icarus economy hits the cold sea, there will be a chance for other voices to be heard on the subject of risk and regulation. It may not come in 2026, but the moment is nearing when the starkness of the choice on offer and the need to confront it becomes unavoidable. Should we build a world where AI is put to the service of humanity, or will it be the other way round? We won’t need ChatGPT to tell us the answer.

030

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Regardless of what Rachel Reeves announces in her #Budget today, here’s who will actually be paying.

A buff-tailed bumblebee gathering pollen from ivy flowers.
A small black and yellow bee with wings folded back. The bee has a lot of yellow pollen in the pollen basket on one of its legs.

A small copper butterfly with wings folded.

A field of wildflowers containing thistles, devils bit scabious, knapweed, and heath orchids.

Wood anemones in a small fragment of ancient woodland.

041

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I thought you might like this video of two juvenile goldfinches helping themselves to the seeds from the knapweed in the garden. @simonpease.bsky.social

120

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Waiting for the UK Prime Minister to add this to the agenda for day 1 of the Trump state visit to the UK. US and UK backed Israel is committing genocide in Gaza - and the world is watching. 🇵🇸

Screenshot from Guardian newsfeed.

“UN investigators say Israel committing genocide in Gaza
UN investigators have determined that Israel has committed “genocide” in Gaza since October 2023, with the “intent to destroy the Palestinians” in the territory.

“We came to the conclusion that genocide is occurring in Gaza and is continuing to occur, and the responsibility lies with the State of Israel,” Navi Pillay, head of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, told AFP.”

122

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The UK doesn’t produce its own uranium & nuclear fuel isn’t renewable. So how does spending hundreds of billions £ on technology that will leave us reliant on “volatile international markets” for decades help us achieve energy security and energy independence? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Screenshot from a 2024 Politics UK article, ‘Ed Miliband’s Vision for a Green Britain: Energy Security and Economic Opportunity’, quoting UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

A New Strategic Framework

“Miliband began by reflecting on the shift from the “energy trilemma” of 2008—balancing affordability, security, and sustainability—to what he now calls the “clean energy imperative.” He argued that recent global events, particularly the energy crisis following the invasion of Ukraine, have exposed the shortcomings of fossil fuels as a source of both security and affordability.

This reliance on volatile international markets has left the UK vulnerable, underscoring the need for a strategic pivot toward renewable energy. According to Miliband, the path to energy independence, stability, and affordability now lies in homegrown clean energy.

The Clean Energy Imperative

At the core of Miliband’s argument was the assertion that the answer to energy security, affordability, and sustainability is to accelerate investment in clean energy. He highlighted the dramatic decrease in the costs of renewables, making them not only the most sustainable choice but also the most economically viable.

“British-based renewable energy is the cheapest and fastest way to reduce vulnerability to volatile global fossil fuel markets,” Miliband stated,”

020

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

For the benefit of anyone rushing to point out how valuable the fishing industry is to the economy. bsky.app/profile/bloo...

Screenshot from Bloomberg story linked in post. Image shows a woman in a red apron at a market holding a fish on a set of scales. The headline says “Forever chemicals in fish far exceed EU limits across region”

100

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

A buff-tailed bumblebee with full pollen baskets and a small copper butterfly. Just two of hundreds of pollinators making the most of the ivy flowers. North Wales, Eryri. This is why ivy is so important. Please don’t cut it back.

Worker buff-tailed bumblebee seen from above with wings folded back over yellow band on abdomen. The buff coloured tail is visible and one leg with prominent yellow pouch full of pollen collected from ivy flowers which it is feeding on.

Worker buff-tailed bumblebee seen from above and behind with wings folded back over yellow band on abdomen - the yellow band is much more visible in this image. The buff coloured tail is visible and one leg with prominent yellow pouch full of pollen collected from ivy flowers which it is feeding on.

A small butterfly with wings closed feeding on ivy flowers. The underwings are pale with a few small brown spots but you can just see a bright copper band on the forewing.

The same small copper butterfly shown in the previous image. This image shows the butterfly with wings open. The forewings are brightly coloured copper with dark spots. The rear pair of wings are brown with a copper band on the tailing edge. It is seen feeding on ivy flowers.

031

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I hope you’re right, but we’re seven years further down the hate escalator to hell since Stanley Johnson had to apologise for this. Will anyone planning to vote for fascism really think any differently now?

Headline in Belfast Telegraph from 2018 which quotes the father of Boris Johnson (pictured) saying “The Irish will shoot each other if they want to” during an interview about Brexit and the impact on cross border trade.

010

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Wait, what? You’re telling me this wasn’t enough? #ClimateAction

Image is a screenshot from the Telegraph newspaper showing Boris Johnson’s press secretary, Allegra Stratton, who was appointed spokesperson for COP26 President, Alok Sharma. In that role, she advised people concerned about the lack of government action to tackle the climate crisis to play their part by “not rinsing plates before putting them in the dishwasher, and freezing leftover bread”. She was widely ridiculed for these comments but was forced to resign over comments she made a year earlier about parties in Downing Street during Covid lockdown.

031

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

This kind of stuff is everywhere. And it’s disastrous.

010

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Surely, this look is only now a matter of time. Six months?

North Korean admiral in full uniform. White uniform with lots of medals, gold belt, and other decoration.

Argentinian former dictator Leopoldo Galtieri wearing a white dress uniform with sash, medal ribbons, and gold epaulettes. He is carrying a gold-topped cane.

031

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

As a summary of the failure of governments in the rich global North to address the planetary crises that surround us, this statement is hard to beat.

Quote from the final paragraph of the article linked in the following post.

But flights are often cheaper than trains, even over short distances – flying is in effect subsidised, through the tax system. To encourage people on to trains instead of domestic flights, the government would need to make rail journeys cheaper or flights more expensive. The former would require investment, and the latter would annoy some middle-class voters. Therefore neither seems likely.

121

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

It’s certainly going to be extremely difficult to live in some places as they are. Much better urban design is going to be crucial. Right now, there’s not much evidence of wide-scale adaptation to a different climate. That needs to change really soon.

At What Temperature Does An AC Stop Working?

Residential air conditioners are designed to perform optimally up to an outside temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit. When the mercury rises past that 95-degree mark, your AC’s performance and efficiency will start to decline. While most AC units can still function in higher heat, they begin to struggle, with a maximum operational temperature usually around 120 degrees. Beyond this, the unit’s ability to cool effectively diminishes, and it may even stop working altogether.

130

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

The only part of today’s Guardian leading article about Reform Party plans to “cut council diversity roles” that gets close to explaining what’s going on is the quote in the final paragraph from the LibDem, Amanda Hopgood. “They are more concerned with stoking division…” Please, try to understand.

The communicators of the neoliberal agenda do not care about the fundamental values or reality they are commenting. They don’t care about the specific topic of discussion. At all. They care about the strategic outcome of creating the discussion in the first place. This point is particularly hard for leftists and scientists to understand, since they do care about fundamental values and reality.

The strategic goal of neoliberal communicators is always twofold: to create distrust in democratic, publicly-oriented or funded processes, and to create confusion sufficient to disorient and disable democratic decision-making.

Screenshot from “What we are up against” by Professor Julia Steinberger

It is time to encourage ourselves and our fellow humans to believe in our collective capacity to change things, work & care for each other’s prosperity, and kick the neoliberal monsters devouring our societies out of our history.

Screenshot from “What we are up against” by Professor Julia Steinberger

023

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Red admiral butterfly. It really reminds me of this scene from Return of the Jedi. 😂

Scene from the film, Return of the Jedi showing Darth Vader’s shuttle craft landing on the Death Star with its wings folded up.

110

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Getting strong Darth Vader vibes from this guy.

Close up, head-on view of a Red Admiral butterfly sitting on a stone with its wings folded up.

121

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Tice, with the eager cooperation of the right wing media, gets another opportunity to pronounce on what he claims are the causes of decline in the UK and reinforce his message without lifting a finger. We need to do better than name-calling in response. jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-...

Extract from the article.

“The communicators of the neoliberal agenda do not care about the fundamental values or reality they are commenting. They don’t care about the specific topic of discussion. At all. They care about the strategic outcome of creating the discussion in the first place. This point is particularly hard for leftists and scientists to understand, since they do care about fundamental values and reality.

The strategic goal of neoliberal communicators is always twofold: to create distrust in democratic, publicly-oriented or funded processes, and to create confusion sufficient to disorient and disable democratic decision-making.”

074

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Tice isn’t frightened and he knows he would be completely safe, but he also knows it helps him if he can reinforce a false belief in his target audience that ordinary, peaceful people at #Glastonbury who disagree with his hateful policies can be seen as a dangerous and threatening “woke” mob. 1 / 2

The image is a screenshot of the Green Party’s Zack Polanski’s single word post “Snowflake” above a headline from the Telegraph. It quotes Richard Tice of the far-right Reform party claiming that Glastonbury festival would not be a safe place for him to debate with Zack.

2115

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

More on how and why this matters in this brilliant article from @jksteinberger.bsky.social Read “What we are up against“ by Julia Steinberger on Medium: jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-...

031

Mr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Sometimes, the contrast is just heartbreaking. #TiredEarth

Screenshot of the timeline showing a post from Prof Christine Pagel of her swim in a perfectly clean, clear beautiful wild river sandwiched between two versions of a Guardian story detailing the appalling state of rivers in the UK - “a line of fetid pools”

1186