"We are still debating whether Rosebank, Jackdaw, Horse Hill, and expansion at Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Manchester... are compatible with our climate commitments... ...Just no! ...The atmosphere does not respond to ministerial announcements. CO₂ molecules are unmoved by accounting fiddles."

This is a quick response to today’s Guardian piece (17/9/26); this time without the numbers or any crafted academic language obscuring the seriousness of the issues. Let’s be clear: decisions on… | K...

This is a quick response to today’s Guardian piece (17/9/26); this time without the numbers or any crafted academic language obscuring the seriousness of the issues. Let’s be clear: decisions on furt...

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Such a crucial point. The climate crisis makes impact assessment much easier - just stop extracting fossil fuels.

Annie Leymarie@annieleymarie.bsky.social · 5d ago

"We are still debating whether Rosebank, Jackdaw, Horse Hill, and expansion at Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Manchester... are compatible with our climate commitments... ...Just no! ...The atmosphere does not respond to ministerial announcements. CO₂ molecules are unmoved by accounting fiddles."

In the last 48 hours, we've seen major wildfires in Nottinghamshire, Hampshire, South Wales, and Suffolk. This is not bad luck. This is climate change, and firefighters are on the frontline.

This is great to know, but the fate of our aviation emissions shouldn't be left to price-conscious travellers We're deep in a planetary emergency and we should be following the lead of France and Austria and essentially banning short-haul flights

Aviation Environment Federation (AEF)@theaef.bsky.social · last mo.

💡New figures comparing modes for common journeys happening within the UK. Who comes out on top? According to the Rail Delivery Group, the train is the clear winner. Better in terms of time, money, carbon impact and flexibility🌟 www.raildeliverygroup.com/our-services...

The food we eat in the UK has an environmental footprint stretching far beyond our borders, including a role in driving deforestation. Our 2026 Broken Plate report includes a new metric shedding a light on this impact: foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/...

Main Topic: ‘Making a Killing, Literally and Figuratively’: Big Oil Profits Set to Double Amid Deadly Heat via @commondreams.org On The Extreme Temperature Diary FRI 7/31/2026 At: guyonclimate.com + #climate #weather and record temp reports @michaelemann.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com

It was so inspiring to see how many women were involved in bringing the Romford Road improvements in Newham to life. From project manager, to cabinet members and of course campaigners!

London Cycling Campaign@londoncycling.bsky.social · 2mo ago

...how many *women* were involved in leading and supporting this scheme! ✊ Click on alt text for more details 2/2

Come on one of our Women's rides - next one on 9 August. Meet in the cool and shady Ecology centre at Gillespie park lcc.org.uk/events/cycle... @lccwomensnetwork.bsky.social @londoncycling.bsky.social @rowchampion.bsky.social

Cycle Islington Women's ride 3 parks - London Cycling Campaign

Join us for a leisurely led and marshalled ride round some of our parks and green spaces with a group of like-minded women.  It’s about 9 km, flat and is […]

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Cycle Islington@cycleislington.uk · 2mo ago

And we loved the jazz under the shady trees in Clissold Park. The fun we have on bikes ! 🎶

Meanwhile, yesterday's Guardian: 'Heathrow passengers face decades of higher fares after the regulator overrode airline objections to allow the airport to charge for planning work to build its proposed third runway.' 2/2

Heathrow passengers face higher fares as airport can recover early expansion plan costs

Civil Aviation Authority says airport can recoup £320m through higher airline charges, which are usually passed on to travellers

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'The evacuations came after two firefighters died on the island on Wednesday after getting trapped near Krya Vrysi, and a third died near the Peloponnese port town of Gytheio.' 1/2

Crete fires: Thousands evacuated as Europe wildfires continue to rage

Strong winds have fanned the flames in the Rethymno region as wildfires continue to ravage the Greek island.

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Instead of death by a thousand cuts, focused initially on Humanities but radiating out through Social Sciences to STEM and Medicine, we need a systematic conversation and assessment of what is at risk. From closed university museums and galleries to Jodrell Bank, what's at stake if we don't? 2/2

British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

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“To play on a question that the former FDA commissioner David Kessler asked during the tobacco trials: Whose choice is driving the demand for ultraprocessed foods in America? Is it a choice by consumers to continue eating them? Or by food companies to maintain the public’s dependency on them?”

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“What will the Lovell Telescope discover/enable 20 yrs from now? I can’t tell you, and that’s the point. It will either be something extraordinary that none of us can yet predict, or we will defund it and leave Cheshire with a rusting monument to unfulfilled potential and discoveries never made.” 🔭🧪

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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

“I’ve tracked more than half a dozen other personal injury lawsuits filed against major food manufacturers… I’ve become increasingly convinced that litigation may be our only path to a healthy food environment… delving into the history of public health litigation [I] started to feel some optimism.”

Opinion | Want a Better Food System? Use the Anti-Tobacco Playbook.

A teenager’s lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system.

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My favorite depiction of the Trojan Horse, and the earliest known version. I love the windows, like an airplane, and that the windows go up the neck too.

Every time someone digs up a main road in Manchester, they find the old tram lines buried beneath the pavement. And I cry at what we could have had.

Adam Tranter@adamtranter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cities dismantled their tram networks to become “motor cities of the future”. The result? You could travel further within 30 mins via public transport in 1957 than you can in 2026. Cities are seeking billions to rebuild networks. Incredible piece of work this.

Has anyone been able to come up with some kind of "individual climate loss/adaptation" calculator. I imagine something like the (cursed!) carbon footprint calculator but instead of calculating carbon usage, it calculates your personal climate change-related costs?

If anyone is considering editing something from our collections, we will happily supply a digital copy at no cost. Please contact Kate (archives at ucd dot ie).

Irish Manuscripts Commission@irishmanuscripts.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Closing date: Wed 29 July The IMC student prize of €1,000 is awarded to a postgraduate student for editing a short historical document, which will also be considered for publication in Analecta Hibernica. Learn more at: irishmanuscripts.ie/imc-student-prize-2026/

England water companies have breached official guidance on discharging sewage at 65 popular swimming sites since May. All water companies have criminal convictions, violated terms of their licence. All defended by govts, allowed to trade, inflict harms.

Water companies have breached official guidance on discharging sewage at 65 popular swimming sites in England since May

WATER firms discharged more than 100,000 of hours-worth of sewage at 65 popular swimming sites in England since May.Sewage overflow pipes released a total of 117,001 hours between mid-May and July 21,...

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Those most often pushing deregulation are RW. I have no idea how you think public safety reduction is "progressive". It's why regs exist. Now simplifying, using clarity on mandates, fine. But since when are these regs RW when they came OUT OF the Progressive Era and kept people safe ever since?

the autumn and the scarlet 🍁@marcy.beneprism.rip · 2mo ago

Anyone on the left who has tried to argue for occupational licensing reform, permitting reform, zoning reform, or any other progressive policy with deregulatory components has encountered this, I am sure

On a personal front I think that the harm caused by Streeting & the press has not been fully quantified. I did not seek ADHD diagnosis because I thought it was super fun and cool. I did it to understand the struggles I've experienced.

People aren't seeking diagnosis for designer purposes. They're doing it because they legimitately are, or think they are. Those who aren't are almost always being filtered out and redirected, and those who are are being diagnosed as required.

The report so far concludes that these services have seen a massive uptick in consultations and support because people- particularly young people- are struggling with poor mental health, and because of awareness. People are more aware than ever of neurodiversity, and to some it resonates.

Little known to many, on the 10th June, the government released the interim report on ADHD and neurodiversity services in the UK. It came out to very little fanfare. Why? Because it doesn't match the government & the press narrative on "an epidemic of neurodiversity diagnoses".

I broke this story two weeks ago for @cyclingelectric.bsky.social - good to see it get wider pickup www.cyclingelectric.com/news/police-...

Call for education as police crush road-legal, council-funded Tern HSD e-bike

A legal e-bike, mistakenly seized and destroyed by West Midlands Police as part of a crackdown on illegal electric motorcycles

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike@gazza-d.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Can you imagine the uproar if someone's legal car was seized and immediately crushed because some woodentop made a mistake? And the Police don't even apologise or accept they made a mistake. It's good to see this go mainstream. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Have you noticed an opaqueness to the blue sky this morning? Wildfire smoke from North America is drifting south across the UK, meaning the clear skies may not be as blue as you might expect 🌤️

"Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school." #StreetsForPeople

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

Mark the #FestivalOfArchaeology with @antiquity.ac.uk's new themed collection, #Nature and Archaeology! Where not already #openaccess, articles are free to read until 31 August: 📚 https://cup.org/4fGAJYI