Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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Absolutely superb thread taking on the "but 1976" types. #climatecrisis

Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · last mo.

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

It's 37c out there, feels like 38, and streets given over entirely to cars, without trees, are unbearably hot. We need a rethink

This is bike-prioritized infrastructure. Also known as a 'fietsstraat'. Cars are welcome, but only as a guest. Requirements: ✅️low car traffic (no through route) ✅️dominant ratio of cyclists to cars (main cycling route) ✅️red asphalt (for recognition) ✅️30 km/h maximum speed Bonus: lots of greenery

Ever more reasons never to visit the US!

Peter Gleick@petergleick.bsky.social · 3mo ago

No. Just no. There are simply no toxic pollutants that the Trump administration doesn't love. All environmental regulations protecting public health are being destroyed. "EPA wants to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking #water" www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

"They were so lucky I was looking" Ummm no. Stopping in time for a child running onto the street is not heroic/lucky, it is your goddamn obligation as a driver. Cost of entry. Kids are allowed to be unpredictable, you are not.

"I broke the law, endangered my community, and now I'm the victim because driving safely isn't sexy." This is the exact entitlement that makes our streets too dangerous for kids to walk or bike to school. The carbrain mindset compounds itself.

Carlton Reid@carltonreid.com · 4mo ago

Which other criminal acts get this sort of softsoaping?

We’re about to pay Iran $6 billion to re-open the thing that was open before the war. Art of the deal, baby.

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

#climatecrisis #mercedesbenz #berlin 2025

'Honest Bob' Jenrick, a politician obviously & deliberately embracing xenophobia, does some weapons grade xenophobia & the BBC *apologises* for a Thought For The Day contributor calling it xenophobic. Licence fee payers need to know who makes these decisions & why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC apologises after Robert Jenrick accused of xenophobia

A contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot made the remark about the shadow justice secretary.

bbc.co.uk

Watching Panorama e-bikes. 1. Agree that e-bikes pose a danger to other cyclists and pedestrians if ridden inappropriately. 2. The way pedestrians feel about badly driven e-bikes is how cyclists feel about badly driven cars. 1/