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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 28/07/2026

This is such a great visualization of the carbon cycle and of how humanity has completely altered it within a geological instant. Visualization by @rarohde.bsky.social. 1/

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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Full credit - genuinely impressive to not go with the flow and bother trying to make an appeal to reason in the Telegraph these days on this. Don't normally care for his output, to put it lightly, but this is important

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Climate denial is out of touch with reality. You trust science for vaccines, surgery, and your smartphone,but deny climate science? Stop cherry-picking. Time to reject the lies and stand for our planet’s future. Like + RT to spread truth. #ClimateCrisis

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/06/2026

Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics."

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ukraine's MFA responds to new Russian threats.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:

A graph from Our World In Data showing a precipitous drop in child mortality starting in the late 1800s going from an average of 48% to global rate of 27% in 1950 to the 2020 infant mortality rate of 4%, with some countries having a rate as low as 0.3%

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14/04/2026

"The Vatican is in desperate need of criminal justice reform. As of today, any criminal can walk into the Vatican, confess to any crime, immediately be forgiven, and walk out with zero consequences." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/vat...

mcsweeneys.net

Vatican City is Overrun with Crime Thanks to Its Woke Pope

“The Vatican is in desperate need of criminal justice reform. As of today, any criminal can walk into the Vatican, confess to any crime, immediately be forgi...

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

79/ “The most fossil fuel-friendly government in recent U.S. history has shown us all just how risky reliance on oil and gas can be — and taught the world that true energy security lies in accelerating toward a cleaner, electrified future“ Proud to be in this great NYT piece by @jmingle.bsky.social

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/04/2026

NEW ANALYSIS: Record wind and solar generation saved UK from gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 📈Wind+solar were up 22% year-on-year in March to a record high for the month ⛴️This avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn at current high prices www.carbonbrief.org/...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/03/2026

"Russia's second-largest producer of microelectronics for the Defense Ministry no longer produces microelectronics. And that is a concrete result that cannot be quickly offset,"writes Liubov Tsybulska, Founder and current director of NGO "Join Ukraine", in her op-ed.

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Ukraine used Storm Shadow to strike Russia's most irreplaceable weapons factory — and why it matters

As you read this, somewhere at a TSMC fab in Taiwan's Hsinchu a robot is moving a silicon wafer packed with transistors measuring 2 nanometers — 20 atoms in a row. Mass production of chips using the ...

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Deep alignment between the EU and U.K. could close this hole and deliver GDP growth for both sides. This is worth listening to. Tell him he was right then and to do the right thing now 🎧👇

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

One of the criteria for removal from the library was 'books that were not written for children'. The school goes up to year 11. So that's 16-year-olds told they can't read books for adults. That's the entire Eng Lit GCSE syllabus banned then

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Eid Mubarak! My heart is especially with the people of Iran and Lebanon on this Eid, and all suffering peoples.

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

1/ It's very hard to win a war with a strategy that is built on bullshit. This was one of the key lessons of World War II, thanks to the approach taken by Adolf Hitler, who launched the war in Europe. Here are some of the lessons from Hitler's Great European Bullshit War. ⬇️

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The curse of British progressive politics: we have a Labour party that is preoccupied with winning the support of workers who are retired or dead, a Liberal Democrat party with no interest in defending liberal democracy, and a Green party with no real interest in climate change.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This is excellent. Absolutely scandalous that GB News essentially has a licence to spread misinformation like this without OFCOM stepping in. www.thenewworld.co.uk/the-gb-news-...

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GB News Scandal: The dossier

Twenty journalists analysed 15 hours of television – none of which complied with Ofcom’s regulations. These are their findings

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James maude @jimmybled.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

America's full of such brilliant people - brilliant professors, brilliant scientists, but you have an appalling, gormless, tasteless individual like Trump.. Brian Blessed.

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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Countries that *did* deploy a lot of renewables & electrification are already faring better than they otherwise would have . Here are some examples: 1/ Pakistan, still highly exposed to Gulf LNG supply crunch BUT estimated to save $12 billion due to solar boom: www.linkedin.com/posts/lauri-...

bar chart of Pakistan estimated savings on fossil fuel imports due to solar deployment, from 2018 to 2026 (current year is projected only). y axis is in USD billions. starts off at zero and then is about 0.5bn in 2022 and rises to almost 5bn in 2025 and estimated 7bn in 2026. from CREA

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Finnish President Alexander Stubb, "Brexit was a colossal mistake" "I'm too diplomatic to express exactly what I think about those who promoted Brexit" "It's not only like shooting yourself in the foot" "It's like amputating your leg without a medical reason for doing it"

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Plus would take at least 10 years and millions of £££ of investment to do with potentially very little benefit.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Free weekend update is out. This week the big story is what Ukraine can do, particularly for Europe. People must stop about talking about Ukraine as some state that only needs help. Ukraine has huge strengths that can protect European freedom, if Europe is smart. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

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Weekend Update #176: Ukraine Is Showing Its Value, Particularly For Europe

Also: Trump Throws Putin A Lifeline While Putin Helps Kill Americans; Hungary Steals Ukrainian Gold.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Dan Fried with a totally obvious analysis that can't be heard on mainstream US media. Wonder why.

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

📣 NEWS: LCC report into cycle theft show’s lack of action by Mayor, TfL, and Met, is resulting in 40,000 bikes stolen in London every year… BUT… our report also sets out recommendations on how to bring that number 📉 ✍️ Read the report and sign our petition: bit.ly/3Onz7I5

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Honestly, it feels like beeing trapped in the Groundhog Day movie in Germany, except that it's not about love but about fossil necromancy.

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a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd looks on .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd looks on .

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The Economist @economist.com · 10/03/2026

British farmers were paid almost three times as much for tending to hedgerows in 2024 as the year before. The government’s spending has already borne fruit

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Why the British government is spending more on hedgerows

They are stitching the countryside back together

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Emelia @thisismissem.social · 10/03/2026

I wrote up a piece on how standards are made, because of some folks being very negative about the grant on other social networks: writings.thisismissem.social/how-standard...

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How Standards Are Made

Recently I received a large grant from Bluesky Social PBC to fund my work on FedCM for decentralized web. So whilst the response has been overwhelmingly positive, there's currently a tiny tiny percent...

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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Suella Braverman Handed Brutal Brexit Reality Check By Leader Of Gibraltar www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/suella...

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Suella Braverman Handed Brutal Reality Check By Leader Of Gibraltar

Fabian Picardo pointed out she even got his job title wrong.

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The Economist @economist.com · 22/02/2026

Unable to build the foremost AI models, Britain is world-leading in testing them, an expertise it still hopes to monetise one day

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Britain is the closest the world has to an AI safety inspector

But having the first (and best) AI security institute is no excuse for the country to rest on its laurels

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Emma @emma1.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Insightful reporting by David Allen Green at the Financial Times on why Palantir data-analytics defence contracts with UK government should raise concern.

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Brian Wernham C.Eng. @brianwernham.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Don't forget that one of the sanctions placed on Putin's Russia was to turn off their access to the Euroclear system in Brussels... bsky.app/profile/bria...

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 17/02/2026

🚨 NEW | Counting energy from the perspective of the consumer, rather than the supplier, can help us better understand the dramatic changes sweeping the energy sector today 🔎🌪️⚡️ With this new framework, Ember unpacks 4 key battles for the future of energy 🧵 1/7 👇

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Record 125,000 heat pumps sold in 2025: "UK has a clear choice, either make the switch to electric heat pumps, or heat homes with gas boilers increasingly running on foreign gas as North Sea output continues its inevitable ongoing decline." eciu.net/media/press-...

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Record 125,000 heat pumps sold in 2025: comment

Comment on news that UK heat pump sales reached record highs in 2025

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

"The department’s own internal reviewers took issue with the document, which was written by five climate contrarians from outside DOE who were handpicked by Wright." www.eenews.net/articles/doe...

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DOE scientists blasted climate report ordered up by boss

Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five climate contrarians to write about global warming. Department experts pushed back on the findings.

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I’ve written about our high streets, the Gorton and Denton by election, Brexit and how they all knit together, in a piece for LBC www.lbc.co.uk/article/high...

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Listen to the high streets and they’ll tell you what must be done | LBC

High streets are where the abstract language of economics becomes visible, writes Naomi Smith

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Reform's calculation is why _not_ lie, when a largely complicit media propagandizes on their behalf, when the rewards for lying in public office are enormous, and when the penalties are essentially nonexistent.

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

The world looks away from the genocide in Ukraine not because it is blind, but because it is cowardly. To acknowledge the crime is to accept the duty to stop it. By pretending not to see, we choose comfort over conscience. If you know and do nothing, you are complicit

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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

1/2 The "Community Right to Buy" theme is one of the richest (and possibly the only coherent) thread in this government's programme. They should be making much more of community ownership & democratic business models (for community assets like shops & pubs, but also energy, water, & social care).

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Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I am in Milan. It’s work. I help with safety planning for big events. My take from in the room. VP Vance was heckled by the crowd when he appeared on screen. But I want to point out that the same crowd was loud and supportive when Team USA came out. It was lovely to hear. And quite a juxtaposition.

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The Economist @economist.com · 31/01/2026

The world’s best and brightest flock to London. Its future—and Britain’s—depends on continuing to be a magnet

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Haters on the right and left are wrong about London

It’s a hub, not a hellhole. Labour should give it more love

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Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

⚡Why renewables and electrification hold the keys to EU energy security 📖To find out more, read out latest paper: www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/why-renewables-and-electrification-hold-keys-eu-energy-security?utm_medium=organic-social&utm_source=bskyapp&utm_campaign=esc

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Why renewables and electrification hold the keys to EU energy security

Using the low-carbon transition to improve resilience, mitigate geopolitical risks and lower costs

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Shosh🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧 WokeAF💥GreenAF💚 Powered by Fury,Disbelief&Determination @shoshanade.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

J) the numbers of Europeans willing to travel to the US has plummeted over 2025 and with what’s been happening in this very first month of 2026, now the downfall is inevitable!

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International Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 26/01/2026

☀️ Why the shift to #renewables is happening faster than expected This #CleanEnergyDay, our expert Tara Laan explains how renewables became the world’s cheapest power source, what it means for #EnergySecurity, and the next phase of the #EnergyTransition. 👉 bit.ly/4bVDTWW

Two workers stand behind arrays of solar panels and look off into the distance. There are wind turbines in the background. Text overlaid, "New article. Why the World Is Switching to Renewables Faster Than Anyone Expected."

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Yet more evidence that the crucial Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC is weakening. Bad news for our climate future. More reason to finally get serious about ending fossil fuel use. As fast as we can.

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