Reposted by Tim SmedleyProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December 17726398
Reposted by Tim SmedleyRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 531856754
Reposted by Tim SmedleyJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/10/2026Still the absolute funniest "trailer remix" ever made -- as well as one of the very first of its kind, debuting in 2005 Every shot is perfectly chosen God I could watch this all day 35982324
Reposted by Tim SmedleyShahan Miah @shahanshahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've just declared myself as a traitor by mistake #CelebrityTraitors #TheCelebrityTraitors 434579
Reposted by Tim SmedleyLittle Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Is your ivy flowering? Please don't cut it back if you can avoid it! At this time of year in the UK, ivy flowers are a brilliant late season pit-stop for hard-pressed pollinators like bees, butterflies, hoverflies and moths 🐝 #gardening #wildlife #nature 38229
Reposted by Tim SmedleyDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Hey, a species has come back from the brink of extinction. Let’s kill it!theguardian.comFirst bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservationResearchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction 251621488
Reposted by Tim SmedleyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Over 1,200 sexual assault cases in a six year period at Cornell. The current case involves 7 men gang raping and drugging a student and being assigned essays as punishment. In 6 years, only 7 students have been expelled or dismissed. That’s less than 0.006%. Cornell sides with rapists.usatoday.comCornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | ExclusiveA third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year. 6217104
Reposted by Tim SmedleyE.B. Greene @eb-greene.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was so happy to have been able to make a small donation to the Rothbury Estate today. I'm hoping and praying that they hit their fundraising target soon. What a beautiful chance for nature. #RothburyEstate 2104
Reposted by Tim SmedleyThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living. 411322348
Reposted by Tim SmedleyAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Burnham on Social Care in July: "I ask the media, can we not let the country look at this in a clear-eyed way without all of the overwriting? On this issue, please, can we not have a factual debate? Allow people to weigh up the options and come to a considered view based on the facts?" The media: 44364110
Reposted by Tim SmedleyGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time to join the Pheasants’ Revolt… DEFRA have launched a Call for Evidence on the environmental & animal welfare impacts of the gamebird industry. If you care about this, PLEASE submit evidence - this @wildjustice.bsky.social blog tells you how: wildjustice.org.uk/defras-call-...wildjustice.org.ukDefra’s Call for Evidence on gamebird releases; what exactly is it asking for? – Wild Justice 47659
Reposted by Tim SmedleyFederica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump 2.0, Hormuz effect and the Indonesia-Chinese revamped relations, in one simple chart 082
Reposted by Tim SmedleyGlen @gergyl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What would you call this? Here: www.google.com/maps/@31.307.... 55018
Reposted by Tim SmedleyDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You should prosecute politicians when they break the small laws, because you won’t have the chance later, when they break the big ones. 9635116
Reposted by Tim SmedleyProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 25/09/2026The Prospect paywall is down!! Head to our website to read all our online content FOR FREE until Monday 5th October. lnkd.in/eUYscDfv This includes our entire current issue: www.prospectmagazine... 02118
Reposted by Tim SmedleyDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ah yes the circle of life 14297981639
Reposted by Tim SmedleyJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17092963067
Reposted by Tim SmedleyLeana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Mario Panteli talks to BBC North West about his feelings on learning he has high levels of PFOA in his blood. How many more families will be exposed to forever chemical pollution before the government brings in stronger regulations on PFAS? 25636
Reposted by Tim SmedleyDave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Don't buy American produce. Another example: Driscoll's sent millions of pounds of fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals to Canada and the company tried to cover it up. #BoycottUSA #CanadaSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWhistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC NewsA whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri... 9239162
Reposted by Tim SmedleyLaura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 26/09/2026bbc.co.ukSouth African white genocide does not exist, new ambassador to US tells BBCRoelf Meyer tells the BBC that being a white Afrikaner gives him legitimacy to challenge Trump's claim of a genocide. 097
Reposted by Tim SmedleyIan King @twoht.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think this thread is worth reading, FYI 23712
Reposted by Tim SmedleyWorld Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 25/09/20262025 was the 4th consecutive year of widespread glacier loss across all regions. Each bar shows the global glacier mass change in one hydrological year, from 1976 onwards. 🔵 = ice gain; 🔴 = ice loss. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/WMOStateofWater2025Report #StateofWater 12419
Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is a wonderfully useful and detailed tool from the BBC. Enter your UK postcode to see precisely how hot and dry summer was in your area 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK summer 2026: BBC postcode lookup shows how hot and dry it wasMost of us experienced drought and heatwaves - but temperatures and rainfall were not the same everywhere. 281
Reposted by Tim SmedleyNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026As noted in the replies...someone do a country song called "My Kids Have Measles and I Can't Afford Diesel". (I tried one on AI but I don't like to use AI for this kind of thing.) 2435238
Reposted by Tim SmedleyM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Joe Walsh Is Right...... 1003205556209
Reposted by Tim SmedleyPatrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Gorgeous visit to the sunny Lincolnshire coast yesterday to see the latest golf course given back to nature. Credit to @nationaltrust.org.uk for being brave. This is nature as human regen too – fantastic new green infrastructure for Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSkylarks and sandwich terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools 715951
Reposted by Tim SmedleyWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We tested people living near a chemical plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire. 70% of people tested had levels of PFAS in their blood that, in the US, would be classed as 'high-risk' for adverse health effects. 1 person had the highest levels of PFAS ever recorded in anyone's blood in the UK. 711077
Reposted by Tim SmedleyBertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Two tier policing. Victoria Thomas Bowen, who chucked a milkshake at Farage, was given a 13-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months; had to pay him £150 compensation; had to complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £450 in court costs. It was nowhere near the level of violence of this assault. 8236126
Reposted by Tim SmedleyRachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026PLEASE WATCH BBC TEN O'CLOCK NEWS, OR ITV NEWS AT TEN, OR READ THE TIMES SITE AT 10PM TONIGHT We found high levels of carcinogenic PFAS in people's blood. After finding high levels of it coming off a the site of chemicals plants past and present... pls watch for more... 0185
Reposted by Tim SmedleyTim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One response to drought & water stress is to ask households to use less water. England & Wales are the latest to attempt it with the 'Let's Save Water' campaign. But is it fair? And does it work? My latest for The New Climate. medium.com/the-new-clim...medium.comDo Consumer Water Saving Campaigns Actually Work?I’ve written a book on water. I regularly appear on water-related press and media. So imagine my surprise and delight when, in the ad break… 022
Reposted by Tim SmedleyBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.nytimes.comLaid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65. 762477762
Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why not just call it 'American Intelligence', then you don't have to change anything.static.klipy.comMan Tapping Head: Think About It MemeALT: Man Tapping Head: Think About It Meme 091
Reposted by Tim SmedleyDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 22/09/2026Stupid globalist United Nations. 1237262
Reposted by Tim Smedley📡🛰Skunk Mom🦨 @skunkw0rxx.space · 22/09/2026Can't afford universal healthcare nor UBI, but here we are funding oil barons. 13116
Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One response to drought & water stress is to ask households to use less water. England & Wales are the latest to attempt it with the 'Let's Save Water' campaign. But is it fair? And does it work? My latest for The New Climate. medium.com/the-new-clim...medium.comDo Consumer Water Saving Campaigns Actually Work?I’ve written a book on water. I regularly appear on water-related press and media. So imagine my surprise and delight when, in the ad break… 022
Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The likes of Richard Tice think we should just enjoy global warming and crack open the English wine. The reality for British farmers, however, is much different: medium.com/the-new-clim...medium.comWhen Even Sheep Start StrugglingClimate change is starting to effect the animals we least expected, in the places we once thought of as ‘havens’ 2148
Reposted by Tim SmedleyJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨🚨 Social media venues such as #facebook and #instagram's algorithms have been designed by #meta to filter out 'social topic' such as #civilrights and #feminism. #Freespeech my ass. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminismTheatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism 15323203
Reposted by Tim SmedleyIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 451393440
Reposted by Tim SmedleyJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless. 532022402
Reposted by Tim SmedleyDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What’s really peculiar about the “rapture” theology is that it’s based on a really convoluted and selective reading of scripture, dates back no further than the 19th C, is rejected by the Orthodox, Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Reformed, and is basically contradicted by the Apostle’s Creed. But… 17486110
Reposted by Tim SmedleyGill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jim Ratcliffe has been enthusiastically platformed by BBC in recent days. Here’s what they don’t tell us when they introduce him and his self-serving opinions. www.clientearth.org/projects/the...clientearth.orgThe Greenwashing Files - INEOS | ClientEarthAdvertising vs. reality - discover the greenwashing practices of INEOS 046
Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Would be the ultimate existential irony if, before AI even gets the chance to reach singularity, we destroy ourselves anyway using low grade AI. [Aliens in a million years time discover the planet, work out what happened, and piss themselves laughing.] 092
Reposted by Tim SmedleyJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026Elon and the free speech bros are gonna be FURIOUS when they find out about this!!! 610012
Reposted by Tim SmedleyJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I recently pointed out carbon capture doesn't work. Today Exxon agrees with me!! "Other changes in ExxonMobil’s outlook include fewer emission-reduction technologies. Projections for carbon capture and storage, and use of low-carbon hydrogen, dropped by about one-third from last year."bloomberg.comExxon Sounds Alarm Coal Use Is Accelerating Global WarmingExxonMobil Holdings Corp. says the world is on course for rapid global temperature increases as coal use persists, pushing emissions beyond mid-century climate goals. 34814
Reposted by Tim SmedleyGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The amazing disappearing woodland target! 🌳 In their 2021 Vision, Dartmoor National Park Authority set a goal to create 2,000 hectares of new broadleaf woodland (image 1). In their reissued 2026 Vision, DNPA have now... deleted any target for creating woodland on Dartmoor! (image 2) 🤪 25319
Reposted by Tim Smedleyflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I remember outrage about Just Stop Oil blocking a street, just in case an ambulance had to drive down it. Not because an ambulance was prevented from doing so, you understand. Just the abstract idea that one might have to. 5798298
Reposted by Tim SmedleyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18433351812
Reposted by Tim SmedleyMatthew Wilcoxson @akademy.uk · 18/09/2026Now people will die in the water. British and foreign alike. Because of Reform, Farage, and his far right, wretches. 0108