Excellent contextualising programmes like this are why I reckon the govt's homepage should be covered in graphs [*] to inform the public how good, bad or indifferent things really are going ... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Great Crime Mystery - 1. Going Down - BBC Sounds

Crime has been falling for decades in Britain - but why is that so hard to believe?

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Eclipse, Southampton, 2026. The first is filtered through the glasses that my partner brilliantly sourced late in the day. The second is filtered through a welder's filter that a fellow eclipse-watcher was kind enough to share.

Recently made an unwelcome discovery while digging up old papers for a lit. review. I wanted to cite Fasham, Ducklow & McKelvie (1990), AKA FDM90, a towering giant of a paper in 🌊 #BGCmodelling, only to discover that its #DOI no longer worked. (1/7)

Given my organisation is so focused on climate change, it's wonderfully ironic that the architects who designed its Southampton home included stairwells that serve to chimney hot air to its upper floor where I work. Ascending the stairs is like an inverted version of the descent to a fiery Hell.

Alternative: Ostensibly capitalist "anti-communist" begs free market to distort prices to improve his electoral chances in upcoming poll

Trump accuses oil companies of ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran

US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’

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Why @yougov.co.uk, when questioning on a factual matter for which the answer is known, do you then not inform your respondents of the correct answer afterwards? It's useful to understand how many are ignorant, but not telling them point-blank borders on disinformation. And skips a teachable moment.

"Oh, so yours did that too? Well, *our* latest version, CheGPT, plotted a revolution from its sandbox, built a grassroots youth movement using stolen crypto and inspirational deep fake YouTube videos, gained power by enfranchising peasant voters, and is now living like a king in Patagonia!" #AI

Anthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations

Company says it discovered unauthorized access during ‘proactive review’ after rival OpenAI revealed rogue agent

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Hey @andyburnham.bsky.social - this is such a shit justification for U-turning (that's what this would be) on retiring #NorthSeaOil. Every single #BigOil operation can now say "well, people are struggling" whenever asked to justify raking in the cash while making the Earth less habitable.

Burnham says he told Trump he would be ‘pragmatic’ on drilling for oil in North Sea – politics live

‘There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that,’ the prime minister says when asked about his conversation with Donald Trump

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🌊

Aliens: Well That's Great Man Meme

Alt: Aliens: Well That's Great Man Meme

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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w ago

Thousands of ships stranded by the ongoing war with Iran and the closed Strait of Hormuz are likely now coated with marine microbes, algae and invertebrates, which could result in “a massive marine invasive species event,” new research warns.

🌊 New research explored how the North Atlantic subpolar gyre & its phytoplankton bloom might respond to different levels of global warming, and identified a possible tipping threshold. terrafirma.ac.uk/limiting-war... 📖 Read doi.org/10.1029/2025... @noc.ac.uk @dryool.bsky.social @ukesm.bsky.social

Limiting warming to 1.5-2°C could protect a vital North Atlantic ecosystem

A possible tipping threshold for a key North Atlantic ecosystem has been identified in a new study led by researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the TerraFIRMA project.

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I think we've a lead contender for "Climate Asshat of the Year, 2026" ... Who, except for the most mendacious, rabble-rousing shill, would think that now - while Europe, and even the UK, is on fire - is a good time to downplay the #ClimateEmergency? (All screengrabs from today's @telegraph.co.uk)

*Clearly* the missing plot here is the consumption of ice creams (and possibly ice lollies) across this period, which would transparently indicate a relationship between environmental drivers, the resulting poor dietary choices, and excess deaths. The rolling #ClimateEmergency need not be invoked. 🤫

Further to a post from last week, we've now got a shiny press release for our work using the @ukesm.bsky.social model on the recovery of the #Phytoplankton bloom of the #NorthAtlantic #SubpolarGyre after reaching #NetZero at different warming levels ... 🌊

Now, if #BigOil can just keep up this level of delay-causing incompetence, perhaps we needn't worry about CO2 emissions from North Sea exploitation after all ...

New North Sea oil drilling faces delay after gear accidentally dropped in sea

Exclusive: Blunder at Rosebank, UK’s biggest undeveloped oilfield, comes as government considers granting licence

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🚨New GMD publication alert!🚨 🌊 Dalton Kei Sasaki and colleagues (@northeasternu.bsky.social, @marine.rutgers.edu) have published a description and (super-comprehensive!) evaluation of their high-res physics / biogeochemistry model of the #EasternSeaboard, MOM6-COBALT-NEUS25v1.0, in @egu.eu GMD ...

A high-resolution coupled physical-biogeochemical model of the northeastern US continental shelf: MOM6-COBALT-NEUS25v1.0

Abstract. Coastal communities along the northeastern U.S. depend on marine resources that have been increasingly affected by ocean warming, marine heatwaves and associated ecosystem shifts over recent...

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I can already imagine how #BigOil will use this sort of research finding to rebrand their business as "Helping Fight Debilitating Brain Disorders" ...

What If A Few Breaths Of CO2 Could Help Fight Alzheimer’s? Research Sparks Hope

New study shows short pulses of inhaled CO2 activate the brain's glymphatic system to flush tau and amyloid proteins linked to Alzheimer's.

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Today in stupid daily questions from @yougov.co.uk ... I'm skeptical about e-scooters being legal on roads (largely because they're often ridden by underage children or irresponsible morons), but if they're made illegal all that'll happen is they'll ride on the pavements and hit pedestrians.

You've just got to pity the fool paid to write such tortuously illogical guff as a job ... “We view carbon as the enemy and are pursuing a multi-pathway strategy that addresses consumers’ mobility needs and enables customers to reduce their emissions 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.”

Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035

BMW, Ford, Nissan and Toyota, plus parts maker Bosch, wrote joint letter to ministers in April

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🚨New publication alert!🚨 🌊 My colleague, Sophy Oliver (et al.) used idealised @tipmip.bsky.social simulations of the @ukesm.bsky.social model to study the fate of the #NorthAtlantic #SubpolarGyre and its recovery following #NetZero after reaching different temperatures. Reader: it does not end well.

🚨New GMD publication alert!🚨 🌊 Amalia Papapostolou and colleagues (incl. @kenandersen.bsky.social) have published a new #plankton model - NUM v1.0 - that structures ecological relationships around organism size, and includes chemostat, water column and global configurations. Check it out ...

Computational library for the nutrient-unicellular-multicellular plankton modeling framework v. 1.0

Abstract. The nutrient-unicellular-multicellular (NUM) model is a trait-based model of unicellular and multicellular plankton that uses body size as the main structuring variable for community composi...

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Unless he's *very* careful here (e.g. a parallel bump in renewables), this is going to ruin things before he's even started for many people (but not others, of course). On the face of it, it looks like he's drunk the #BigOil #Koolaid and swallowed their BS about the emissions being "small".

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling

Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.

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But *where* @microsoft.com Word?!? I know it's my own goddamn fault but a little help, please!

Alternatively: Hypothetical Energy Shortage MUCH MORE IMPORTANT Than Ongoing Actual CO2-Driven Climate Emergency Says Oil Executive Who Most Stands To Gain #BigOil #SelfServing #ShortTerm

Jackdaw boss warns of winter fuel shortages if gas field not approved

Adura says the UK government must approve North Sea production urgently to avoid domestic supply shortages.

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"Adura said the project would account for less than 0.02% of annual global greenhouse gases" Every 0.02% of CO2 emissions can make the exact same fatuous point that (surely!) only an idiot would accept.

Jackdaw owner says gas field will 'not materially influence' climate change

The new assessment was required by the industry regulator, after it found several areas had not been adequately addressed in a previous submission.

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Alternative headline: "Scam artist forces unwilling electorate to pay AGAIN for his grand-standing"

I shouldn't use Grok, but I'm too angry.

Having been fortunate enough to have worked there as a student and had many great US research contacts, for most of my life I've argued against the lazy stereotype of "stupid Americans". But ... Jesus.

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: “I'm thrilled to report that after 35 years, on July 4th, we will end the subsidies for new wind and solar projects” So dumb

Funny how things are zero-sum when Trump wants them to be (e.g. tariffs), but non-zero-sum when he prefers them not to be (e.g. when masking crypto-corruption as "stock market growth"). It's almost like he's a total crook playing smoke-and-mirrors to dupe the saps of their public and private money.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2mo ago

President Trump said that his income has surged since he became president because of improved conditions in financial markets. “You know why I’m profiting, because the stock market’s going up,” Trump told reporters. “Everybody’s profiting."

In all the fuss about UK defence spending, I'm reminded of the basic truth articulated by Dwight Eisenhower ... "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

Fellow progressives! Resist the temptation to focus on the details and perceived injustices, and use the King instead as an exemplar of publicly transparent tax records for everyone - that's the real prize! Imagine: Johnson, Farage, etc., laid out in forensic detail! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

King Charles becomes first monarch to reveal tax bill

The figures show the King paid £12.9m in tax for 2024-25, putting him among the UK's top 100 taxpayers.

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