This wasn’t how it was supposed to be… The tragic truth is that, as some of us warned a decade ago, mainstream climate science has turned out to be the opposite of alarmist. It has turned out to be complacent and over-optimistic. Truthfulness - and strategic adaptation - are urgent. (Pse repost.)

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3d ago

A first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible. 0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024. The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade. The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates. We're not remotely ready!

++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

The Daily Telegraph has raced through all five stages of climate denial this week. But this is, perhaps, the most ridiculous column so far: "Without minimising the severe downsides…especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers..."

Cautiously optimistic about today’s announcement to co-design a national social care service with the public 👏👏

“Potholes to be filled, using copies of the Labour 2024 manifesto” 😂😂

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · last wk.

Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

The survey has 100+ unique emergency room narrative responses already! But we're aiming for 150 before we close. If you have a diagnosis of #MECFS or #LongCOVID and have been to the emergency room in the past 10 yrs for your symptoms, I hope you'll take the survey. And if you don't, please share!

#MEAction Network@meactnet.bsky.social · 2w ago

Are you someone with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome #MECFS or #LongCOVID who’s been to the emergency room at least once over the past 10 years for your symptoms? Clinical care needs your voice! Take the Emergency Department research survey: surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_...

The single most salient fact about AI is the investment bubble, not the technical characteristics of chatbots or recent advances in statistical inference. 9/

For those overseas: I really cannot stress what a big deal Larry the Cat is in British political life. It's not even a bit. He's an obsession of the 'Westminster bubble' – I'm no exception – but because the British public love animals, beyond that too.

Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · 2w ago

Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.

Our health system can’t get us the systemic change we need on its own. But business and finance speak a different language and require a different approach entirely. So we are now applying the climate collapse projected for the planet…to humans. #biosystems

Cat Fraser@catsocialintel.bsky.social · 4w ago

UN campaign progress update : 1/⚡️Another global CEO at the centre of climate health + economic change now gets what is happening to our pop health for the first time and is mobilising his influential policy/ design networks for us. #protecthumanbiosystems messaging is working!

UN campaign progress update : 1/⚡️Another global CEO at the centre of climate health + economic change now gets what is happening to our pop health for the first time and is mobilising his influential policy/ design networks for us. #protecthumanbiosystems messaging is working!

UK businesses are starting to ask the right questions on LinkedIn: “What could have helped prevent people needing time away from work in the first place?” #protecthumanbiosystems @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social

The bigger problem is that humans are in biosystems destabilisation/ collapse and left without healthcare. Benefits reform is just a symptom of the system not being able to see or respond to any of it. We urgently need Human biosystems protection as the systemic solution.

Frances Ryan@francesryan.bsky.social · 4w ago

Disability benefits assessment must be redrawn as part of a “radical overhaul” as the system is “not fit for purpose,” the government’s landmark review into Pip will say. @jessicaelgot.bsky.social exclusively outlines the major early findings from Timms report. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

This is a terrible idea because it: - punishes those who can’t exercise (disabled people, poor people rushing between multiple jobs) - lays groundwork for dwp surveillance of the same poor and disabled people if they do try and do it - will absolutely send some people’s eating disorders into orbit

Jack@jacklikesfilm.bsky.social · last mo.

"And the NHS says those who complete the challenge will then be eligible for rewards - which could include incentives and discounts" How long before this turns into charging people for appointments if they don't hit their targets? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‼️‼️ not good. America’s no-masking protest laws have arrived in the uk.

Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗@cvcev.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 WARNING: As of Monday, wearing a mask at a protest is a criminal offence in England & Wales. This is now the law. 🧵 on what this means for Clinically Vulnerable people... 1/ #ProtectVulnerableProtesters

So Rich guys can make up shit to burn the planet and get more than what they ask for. Female founders are left to self-fund their ideas to create a better world. A key reason I’ve been working on an alternative, community-owned innovation model. We need this more than we know.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last mo.

Elon Musk is in deep shite again. His corporations aren't worth nearly what he has said they are. All this shows why we need a Securities and Exchange Commission that’s on the side of average investors and the public — and not bought off by today’s robber barons.

"We do think we should be taxing the extremely wealthy. This isn't ordinary people's fault. This is fossil fuel giants. These are the people who need to be paying." Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward on cutting bills and making polluters pay.

Please join us for a conversation with @joho.bsky.social and @airsupportproject.bsky.social's Sarah Masih.

Public Health Action Network@publichealthaction.bsky.social · last mo.

Join us tonight at 7:30p ET for a discussion on the precautionary principle with our friends @airsupportproject You will need a free zoom account to register. This event will be recorded and available to watch on YouTube.

What *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.

From those on the front line: "The reason we need to do something about climate change is because it is a health crisis. Ultimately, if we carry on burning fossil fuels it is those most vulnerable in society, like my older patients, who are suffering.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

‘Infection control becomes almost impossible’: four doctors on the NHS heatwave crisis

Frontline medics describe extreme heat conditions they feel are unsafe and lacking in dignity for patients

theguardian.com

It's officially the hottest June day ever. We know who is to blame. Fossil fuel firms. The billionaire media. Weak politicians. We know what we must do. Rapid decarbonisation & adaptation for a healthier, wealthier country safe for future generations.

++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Wednesday marks 10 years to the day since Cameron resigned to let Brexit usher in a new era of stable self governance. Since then we've burned through: 5 more prime ministers 8 chancellors 8 home secretaries 9 foreign secretaries 10 education secretaries 10 defence secretaries Masterful work.

💧 We expect clean water. 💨 We should expect clean air too! This #CleanAirDay, CVF are calling for not only safer outdoor air - but indoor air-quality standards, better ventilation and cleaner air for everyone. 👉 www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/about/clean-air 👈

📢A proposed federal rule could let the government cancel active #MECFS research mid-study when political priorities change. The public comment window closes July 13. Take action: https://ow.ly/J5EP50ZcpV0 How to submit a public comment: https://ow.ly/Oq6150ZcpUZ Please share! #MEAwarenessHour

We really need to start connecting the fact that people were told the Covid pandemic ended when it didnt and now people are housebound/ bedbound, can’t work and have zero healthcare treatments. There’s a reason they aren’t investing in the solutions… UN letter: Protecthumanbiosystems.world

We really need to start talking about the fact that people were told the Covid pandemic ended when it didnt and now people are housebound/ bedbound, can’t work and have zero healthcare treatments. There’s a reason they aren’t investing in the solutions… Our UN letter : Protecthumanbiosystems.world

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2mo ago

That's not just a *dead* economy - it's one that'll kill everyone you love and everything that matters. 22/

The UK's youth social media ban will require *all adults* to submit their biometric and personal data to a host of third-party ID verification providers. Some have questionable privacy records – and ties to the Israeli Govt and Peter Thiel. 🧵 bylinetimes.com/2025/07/31/t...

The Online Safety Act is Forcing Brits to Hand Over Personal Data to 'Unregulated' Overseas Corporations With Questionable Privacy Records

The age verification services used by social media platforms include a company funded by a Trump-supporting billionaire and a firm set up by former Israeli intelligence officers

bylinetimes.com

Join me tomorrow with @hartzell.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @bethanymann.bsky.social @harttandsoul.bsky.social and others for a virtual protest: Obedience Is Not Patriotism 8 pm E/5 pm P Register here: tinyurl.com/ObedienceNope

“Jeff Bezos's machines don't just use humans, they use them up.” So many labour AI decisions are being made without the communities who will be the worst impacted. Is anybody tracking the biological harm yet??? @rubyslippahs.bsky.social @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @josiahmortimer.bsky.social

THE NERVE@thenerve.news · 2mo ago

“AI makes no demands, requires no moral consideration, and does not attempt to germinate a culture, a cuisine, or a language in your sacred soil”: @doctorow.pluralistic.net on how billionaires are using AI to dispense with inconvenient humans www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...