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More than a decade for HGVs

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https://rupertread.net/media-appearances/uea-climate-catastrophe-talk

In the words of @rupertread.bsky.social, "This story isn't over yet. It's wrong to tell it as if it's over. ... We are not spectators. We are potential agents of change, and we have no idea what we are capable of." t.co/U4HtAUEvIE

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Explainer: Will global warming ‘stop’ as soon as net-zero emissions are reached? - Carbon Brief

Does this explainer help? In my simplistic and not-to-be relied on understanding, it suggests that if emissions fell to zero, the co2 in the atmosphere would fall as it was absorbed my land and oceans, thereby stabilising the temp www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wi...

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Warming is likely to more or less stop once net-zero emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) is reached, meaning humans have the power to choose their climate future.

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This is amazing, all the love for producing this

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Solidarity with Alon-Lee and Standing Together 💜

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[Shaking first at sky again.] To all the flyers, from the 50% who don't fly: IT IS NOT OK. 2/2

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Zoe James @zolou.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hang on, hang on @thecccuk.bsky.social. Where will all the carbon be stored? Isn't there a geological limit? And where will all these DACCS plants go?? And how have those figures been arrived at when cost & viability of DACCS is wildly uncertain??? And where will all the energy come from???? 1/2

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I'm a proud member of the @greenparty.org.uk, and a proud Friend of @standing-together.bsky.social. Standing Together deserves the Green Party's full support. One thing I love about ST is that their theory of change recognises everyone as a potential ally.

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Zoe James @zolou.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

That's it, isn't it? It explains all the claims and implications of sentience. It's a way of ultimately getting the courts to believe the companies aren't responsible. It's like saying if a car crashes due to a manufacturing fault, the car is to blame.

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Zoe James @zolou.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Aren't these companies worried they'll just wipe out some humans and then get sued? What happened to risk assessment in their processes? How come these AI people, and the AI itself, keep talking as if AI was sentient, when it is not? It's just so irritatingly obfuscating. People are doing this. 😡

Zoe James @zolou.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

That's incredibly helpful, this question has come up for me in casual conversation, and I feel much clearer now.

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These deep dives are brilliant - everyone should watch them! They help give context to the national emergency briefings - also essential viewing, for exploring the ramifications. @nebriefing.bsky.social 6/6

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To come back to the deep dive, there was also some good discussion about changing rainfall patterns - this year we had a wet start and end to the summer, so the average rainfall figure disguises somewhat the depth of the drought in the middle. We're likely to see more of this kind of issue. 5/6

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What wasn't covered was the potential impact on the UK of the growing cold blob and the fading AMOC, which is playing out over a longer time period. It would be great to have a deep dive to explore that. 4/6

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This does point up that anyone saying summers are only going to get hotter is wrong, and saying that is likely to provide ammunition for sceptics in the future. But the overall picture is grim - and climate change is forever, or at least for hundreds of thousands of years. 3/6

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and as global warming increases in the next few decades, these become increasingly daunting, with temperatures up to 45 appearing on model projections. Rain patterns will also change, with localised drought and flood. ... 2/6

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Zoe James @zolou.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This was a brilliant deep dive, putting 2026 in context and looking @ possible futures. Some takeaways: 2026 is a 1:9 event in a current climate, but would have been 1 in 1000 pre-industrial. It wd be a typical summer under 2.8 degrees of global warming. There will always be outlier years ... 1/6

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It seemed obvious that Bethany, Rafiq, & Bethany's former psychologist were conspiring, and then, whoa! They weren't! Bethany really had visions of the future! Magical thinking was a necessary part of Any Human Power too. Wd be amazing to have a thrutopia that didn't rely on it. 3/3

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Zoe James @zolou.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Sometimes magical stories help lighten the load, and sometimes it's good to frame things in magical ways as metaphors, but for me that needs to meld with scientific understanding, and lead to actions consistent with that understanding. ... 2/3

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Zoe James @zolou.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I enjoyed it too, but I couldn't believe that the solution to the puzzle which was apparently the right one involved the protagonists and other characters basing their actions on magical thinking. Scientists work to tell us a global story that's repeatedly evidenced, and that's so valuable ... 1/3

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Great work from @adrianramsay.bsky.social, proud to be a Green. The motion voted on seemed to be an empty one though - it seemed to be just that this house has considered something. As far as I could tell, the answer from the minister was no to publishing the full report.

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I don't fly myself and wouldn't fund someone else to fly.

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Taxing Wealth Report 2024

Answer 8: At the same time, govt cd increase tax on increased bank profits. And that's it. Most of this is in addition to his ideas for generating revenue by taxing wealth without a wealth tax. Would these ideas fly? If not, why not? taxingwealth.uk End 🧵 7/7

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The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 seeks to answer the question that every journalist loves to ask of every politician, which is ‘how are you going to pay for it?’, whatever 'it' might be. What we know is...

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Answer 6: Govt cd introduce a Spahn tax. This is a transaction tax that goes up during periods of market distress when the market is prone to speculative attacks. Answer 7: Govt cd increase tax on unearned income - interest, dividends etc. 6/7

Answer 5: Govt cd tell BoE to stop paying or reduce interest on accounts held with BoE by commercial banks (central bank reserve accounts). This interest is £20bn p.a.. RM suggests reducing to £10bn. The commercial banks did not deposit the funds, they were created by QE. 5/7

Answer 4: At the same time, govt could end "full funding rule" which says it must keep its books balanced by issuing new bonds and Treasury bills [like bonds but short-term?]. This was apparently a requirement under the Maastricht treaty, no longer applicable in UK. Also at the same time ... 4/7