I can’t believe that Reform UK turned out to be financed by a bunch of money laundering fronts for Russia. It’s just so unexpected.

​A UNSW study reveals a "triple whammy" of winds, greenhouse gases, and ocean mixing has flipped the Southern Ocean. Deep-stored ocean heat is breaking through, converting Antarctica from a crucial climate buffer into an amplifier of global warming. 📉 #ClimateCrisis

Drivers of Antarctica’s dramatic sea ice decline could accelerate global warming: new research

For decades, Antarctic sea ice appeared resistant to global warming. Now, scientists say a cascade of ocean and atmospheric changes has ‘flipped the system’ – and the consequences could accelerate cli...

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Turns out that the incident on Sunday with a collapsed crane at the port of Tyne is a lot more serious. Lots of plastic pollution across the ne coastline. I hope the shipping company that caused this is forced to pay for the cleanup. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide

Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially feared

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"Drax power station produced more carbon emissions than any other UK site in 2025 while receiving a record £999 million in public subsidies, according to new analysis from Ember."

Drax power station is still by far our biggest polluter - Energy Live News

Drax is the biggest polluter for 11th year in a row but supplier says report authors aren't accounting correctly

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Turned off #LBC when honest Bob Jenrick came on for @mrjamesob.bsky.social today. Turned on @bbc5live.bsky.social and they were talking about honest Bob Jenrick being investigated by the Met. Why on earth does @lbc.co.uk have these self serving people on? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Robert Jenrick: Met investigates donation to Tory leadership campaign

The former Conservative, now Reform UK, MP says the allegations are "entirely false".

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So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com

British politics has reached the silly season.

On my way, Clacton.

Count Binface should call his party Recycle

BBC News: "A Reform UK councillor's bid to scrap his authority's climate emergency declaration has been delayed because the chamber was too hot to debate it." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

West Norfolk council climate debate delayed due to extreme heat

Simon Ring says the fact the meeting was postponed due to the heat was "undeniably ironic".

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Cathy Newman talking about the rush to net zero, sorry what rush, we have known about the threat of climate change for over 50 years

I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house

THEY ARE BASTARDS

I've been out the loop. Are you genuinely telling me that Trump signed his surrender agreement in Versailles and that this really truly happened.

What an amazing story.❤️

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

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This story isn’t getting the coverage that the initial (and incorrect) allegations enjoyed.

Shoaib M Khan@shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Green Party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social has been cleared in an investigation over claims he failed to pay council tax while living on a London houseboat. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

And here it is. For all the whining about condescension & belittling the poorly educated, nobody - and I mean nobody - holds Nigel Farage’s base in more profound contempt than Nigel Farage.

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Nigel Farage. A proper football fan who hasn't moved an inch in almost two years.

Really not beating those 'gone into hiding' rumours

Misinformation is everywhere. Listening to Hannah Spencer you realise how cynical & targeted it is. Confirmation bias of all who oppose her leads to most believing fake news without even an attempt of double-checking the 'info' they read. All it takes is a screenshot of her shirt & a reverse search.

How is this for quick AND expert?

Arthur Snell@snellarthur.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨🚨I was lucky enough to pin down the brilliant Frank Ledwidge to talk about the resignation of John Healy and the mess that our armed forces are in. @frankledwidge.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Expert on extremism here: In 2025, there were 1798 right-wing extremism referrals to Prevent, the UK counter-extremism programme. This is *double* the amount of Islamic extremism referrals (870). And yet, the government is incapable of seeing far-right extremism as a threat. Why? 1/

Sathnam Sanghera@sathnam.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I don't know how Keir Starmer can wake up in the morning, see that pogroms have been taking place under his watch, that they are being fuelled by literal illegal activity on social media, and not make it his entire purpose to stop it. We know you're no politician, but are you not a lawyer?

THERE IS AN ACTIVE POGROM IN NORTHERN IRELAND. FASCISTS IN SKULL MASKS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR PULLING MIGRANTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND SETTING THEM ON FIRE.

You know what UBI does? It lets people leave abusive jobs, start businesses, and go back to school. So you're against... freedom?

Anthropic Institute, the research arm of Anthropic, published a report speculating on what it sees as potential future trends in AI development, and media literacy took an absolute beating from it. A thread: (1/22)

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables

The UK is in decline. Billionaire wealth is rocketing. It's time to tax the super rich. My conversation with the brilliant @gabrielzucman.bsky.social : youtu.be/1cG4ULI1yCo?...

Why Billionaires Fear This Economist’s Wealth Tax | Gabriel Zucman

YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

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A coalition of charities is calling on the government's PIP review to end reassessments for people with terminal and progressive conditions.

People with terminal illness must not be forced to reapply for PIP

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Thread. And once again, I am recommending the first chapter of Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future. The first chapter is the ebook preview everywhere, so you don’t even have to buy anything. It describes a heat emergency that _will_ happen & less drastic versions HAVE happened.

The Ministry for the Future ebook by Kim Stanley Robinson - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Ministry for the Future A Novel" by Kim Stanley Robinson available from Rakuten Kobo. ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR **“The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I’ve ever ...

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Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2mo ago

Air conditioning is unapologetically a good thing because it helps people not die. And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals.