Ok so this lady says solar panels are getting built on "the most productive farmland" in her area. Which just ain't true at all. It ain't true here in NC either. Where I ALSO hear that talking point over & over again. Smells like astroturf! So let's get the dirt on solar farms & dirt ✨

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 7d ago

I genuinely don't know what to do about this. In our diseased information environment, one MAGA-adjacent "influencer" can do more to shape public opinion than mountains of studies or facts. Where are the pro-clean-energy influencers to counter this shit?

If I can, let me explain today's Times story. This is less to do with renewables and much more to do with where generation is located and how it shows up at a system level. /1

Dr Stylite@columnist.bsky.social · 2w ago

Can anyone provide me with an informed opinion re the greater / lesser / same propensity for electricity shortages the greater the use of renewable.* * I get that in principle wind / solar is less controllable than fossil fuels but presumably that just means operating with a greater supply margin?

Euston seeming pretty chill this morning not sure what you’ve all been complaining about

The people demand a UK v Australia/NZ Ryder Cup style comp

Imagine being such an absolute and utter twat that you want to make roads and streets more dangerous for children near schools.

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2w ago

A Carterton town council election is being fought today with candidates competing with each other to oppose a School Streets scheme outside two primary schools. Conservative leader Liam Walker called it “draconian” while Reform councillor Natalie King said she was “absolutely fumming”.

He had him murdered and dismembered with a bone saw for being a journalist

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

I want nothing but tears from those shit housers

Is Thomas tuchel dead how are they not making any subs

The single craziest thing that's happened so far as a small local farmer: The person helping me with sales asked "What do I tell customers we're growing in fall?" I said "Tell them what we're growing? Nah we should ask them what they want, & grow that."

Vamos Espana!!!

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 3w ago

⚽ 🏆 🇪🇸 🇦🇷 Spain captain Rodri said he is bracing for a "physical" battle with reigning champions Argentina when the two sides collide in the World Cup final on Sunday ➡️ u.afp.com/Sr5P

“As long as nobody has any new electrical infrastructure built anywhere near them, of course”

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3w ago

New drilling isn't just a catastrophic signal of us stepping back from our climate commitments, it also runs against the geological reality of an almost depleted resource. Our focus should be on cheap, clean fuel for the future - not propping up oil and gas. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A whole lot of people with otherwise progressive views suddenly get real mad when you talk about doing anything at all to address the scourge of speeding drivers killing people

Provisional Met Office data up to and including 15 July shows that England's average mean temperature so far this summer is 2.4C above the long-term meteorological seasonal average. 2.4C!

I wonder why everyone hates the Argentinian football team so mu … oh okay I get it

Manchester is currently suffering from massive air quality issues, due to wildfires caused in part due to climate change.

Important news

jentrification@jentrification.com · 3w ago

Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans

1/ Four people die on UK roads every day. Someone is killed or injured every 18 minutes. 1,600 deaths and 28,000 serious injuries a year. This isn't statistics. This is normalised violence in our public space. 🧵

@robhawkes.bsky.social Sir I suggest that you create a tool that shows you the average generation percentage for the various windfarms against their theoretical maximum. It would be great to see which farms are most efficient. I remain a huge fan.

I need your most deranged hopium for the football

Btw if you want evidence for my assertions, that's absolutely fair. Here you go:

The association between driving time and unhealthy lifestyles: a cross-sectional, general population study of 386 493 UK Biobank participants

Driving is a common type of sedentary behaviour; an independent risk factor for poor health. The study explores whether driving is also associated with other unhealthy lifestyle factors. In a cross-se...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Give me your most unhinged US football take … No that’s too unhinged

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 4w ago

If you're an England fan pretending that goal was legal because England is your team, never again ask an American how Donald Trump became president. He became president because humans lose their morals and perspective the *second* their emotions and biases get involved. Period.

From instagram I understand basically the whole world other than Swedish TikTok was backing Norway yesterday

I’m not sure how we’re going to explain this to the international media

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4w ago

In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.

100 years of salary at higher rate taxpayer levels, which the majority of us don’t reach

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.social · 4w ago

the thing is right. £5m is _so much money_

I keep saying it, but people must understand that, even now, Starmer's performance is massively overrated. His foreign policy in 2025 will go down as one of the most shameful episodes in recent British history. It is a disgrace that we turned our back on Canada and Denmark when they needed our help

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · 4w ago

This also makes Starmer look even more spineless on Greenland and the annexation threats than I initially thought he was.

Inside of you there is a small Russian liberal who demands recognition for doing the bare minimum, demands being sheltered from the consequences of our government's actions, and thinks everyone else is just as bad as us You need to strangle that voice in your head if you want to keep your dignity.

Our heatwaves will get hotter and hotter and hotter until we get to global net zero greenhouse gas emissions and so stabilise the climate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keep calm and donate to U24 u24.gov.ua

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The official fundraising platform for collecting donations to support Ukraine

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At some point we need to accept that the cost of not sending planes to shoot down these missiles is far higher than doing so

Olena Halushka@halushka.bsky.social · last mo.

Kyiv. A couple comforts each other — and their cat — after russia's barbaric missile attack 💔

The death toll in Kyiv has risen to 11 people after the Russian attack. 46 more people injured. So many tragedies brought upon us by the Russian scum. There is another air raid alert right now.