Very rare personal news post... an exciting new chapter awaits ✨👶

So are the Falklands now Spanish? How does this work?

I always thought that as a writer I would be useless in a post-apocalyptic scenario but if enough other people outsource their thinking and writing to AI, I might be in with a shot of becoming the "scribe" while the rest of the community hunt, kill marauders, filter drinking water and whatnot

Most cat thing ever 😸

Jon Phillips@jowiph.bsky.social · last mo.

I would kill or die for Larry

Stupid big red dot 🔴

This World Cup really jumps from a long gentle warm up round, to sudden brutal knockout football

4. Providing every person with individual AC units is a wildly inefficient way to proceed. There are many ways to dramatically reduce *demand* for cooling, both at the urban-design level (tree canopies, etc.) & at the building-design level (shades, reflective roofs, etc.).

What really pisses me off about heat chat is people act like society can't change to accommodate it. We know how unnecessary most commuting is, how pointless business attire is... stuff like that can all change if there's an acceptance that different clothes and working hours are needed on hot days

Look at that big red dot 🔴

yeah, I'm sure that's Dua Lipa's email. No doubt about it

Vamos Cabo Verde 🇨🇻🎉

Simply cannot process that the guy leading the line for Brazil at the World Cup plays for *Brentford*

Here are three reasons why we should bring the lynx back to Britain 🐾 1. Lynx would thrive in Britain. There is a suitable habitat to bring them back to. Scroll for reasons 2 and 3👇 🧵1/3

The result is that atmospheric CO2 concentrations would have been approximately 8 ppm higher if global emissions had not plateaued over the past 13 years. This represents some real progress, though we need to deeply reduce emissions rather than just flatting them.

At the same time, we have seen a real plateau in global CO2 emissions. They went from growing at >2% per year in the 2000-2013 to flatlining, having only increased ~3% between 2013 and 2025.

Hoppers. Never thought I'd see a Pixar movie based entirely around the ecological importance of a keystone species 🦫

Happy majority-of-people-now-live-in-towns-and-cities day to all who celebrate 🥳 #May23 19 years and counting!

You're welcome, football. You're welcome

Eurovision have finally learned how to reveal a winner! How did it take a decade to realise just reading out numbers isn't very exciting?

This is the best analysis I've read on the topic The main takeaway: people still *want* children. But insecure housing makes it unaffordable (plus there's less socialising and coupling up than there used to be) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once

Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world

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Chris Fitch@chrisfitchchris.bsky.social · 3mo ago

But by then there will be a massive imbalance of mainly old folk and relatively few people of working age Low fertility isn't the biggest threat humans face, but it's correct to say this should be taken seriously as not just a mad RW talking point

I know we don't really get going until Saturday, but 🇫🇮 and 🇮🇹 are head and shoulders better than everyone else from what we've seen so far #eurovision

Politicians really thought they could turn an entire generation into permanent renters... and there would be no consequences?! It's staggering

Tom Clark@tom-clark.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🧵 'It's like thinking about climate change for the first time—this is going to affect EVERYTHING' As deaths permanently overtake British births, I've been delving into UK's baby bust I could hardly believe what I found - here with no paywall till Monday www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

The photos from Artemis aren't that different from the photos from Apollo. The evidence is the same. It's how we read it & what we choose to do with it that matters. More photos won't change that. More artists, writers (& scientists?) experiencing and interpreting that view might.

If I was in charge of space missions, I wouldn't be sending engineers or scientists or wannabe space colonists up there. I'd be sending artists, poets and writers - the people who can look back at Earth and share what it feels like to see directly how beautiful, fragile & unique our planet is. [1/2]

Pretty great planet. Deserves better, to be honest

These camera trap pictures from the Masaai Mara are absolutely, jaw-droppingly beautiful. Great story as well. blog.burrard-lucas.com/2026/04/secr...

A Hidden Side of the Maasai Mara

For many months last year, a camera trap beside a remote river crossing in Kenya’s Maasai Mara quietly watched the forest...

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I cannot even conceptualise 'too much free time'. What does that even mean? There are *thousands* of fun and interesting things I would do with my life, if only I had more free time

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 4mo ago

The combination of AI and small families will create more free time than is good for us, says Janan Ganesh: ft.trib.al/MmaeBMl

Publication day 🎉 If you've ever wondered if maybe your local environment could use a little more greenery, or some exciting urban wildlife, pick up one of these, and take a glimpse into real projects from around the world that show just how much is possible! 🌳🦊🦜🦋🏢

A fascinating story about the Bristol Airport expansion, superbly reported by Laura Cole open.spotify.com/episode/5ZRZ...

Planes, Bristol and the teachers from Canada

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You ever think about how good we collectively all are now at identifying traffic lights, motorcycles and buses? How do we harness these powers?