The #UK is now the 2nd most likely country in the world to arrest climate protesters. Our acting editor Sally Gimson poses the question, is there a better way forward? www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/08/just...

The Green Party, the Party of the Working Class.

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

Betting market now suggesting Hannah Spencer, Green, more likely to win Gorton & Denton than not, 51% probability; Matthew Goodwin, Reform, 32%; Angeliki Stogia, Labour, 18% www.oddschecker.com/politics/bri...

This ought to have been the main UK news story from the DoJ’s latest Jeffrey Epstein data dump. Peter Mandelson told Epstein he was “trying hard” to change government policy on bankers’ bonuses at his request, months after Epstein paid thousands of pounds to the then Business Secretary’s husband.

Masterclass in controlling an interview with endless attempts at ‘gotcha’ questions. Yes, thin on policy detail, but general election is 4 yrs away so principles are more important at this stage.

Bellingcat community members have already found two files detailing explicit allegations that President Trump engaged in sexual activities with children. One file is an FBI complaint form and the other is an FBI email chain. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

This is what to get with privatization… exactly. Providers give exact instructions to paying consumers to get a 2.1. It’s a more and more a transaction, and less and less about education.. (Said as a university professor).

Great thread. I’d add which part of the divide increases the chance of more climate action?

OpenAccess science sounds great! But what if authors have to pay (Gold OA)? Well, clear biases appear: less participation from low and middle-income countries. Find all about it in our new study led by Pablo Huais and Javi Nori 👇@oikosjournal.bsky.social shorturl.at/bheb6 @peeer.bsky.social

Very happy to share this new article on Andes-Amazon tree diversity change. We found that over the last 4 decades, tree richness changed differently across the Andes-Amazon regions. Thanks to the many researchers across the world who made this possible! www.nature.com/articles/s41... Keep reading!

EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN CENTRAL AFRICA Records pulverized everywhere. 37.5 Impfondo CONGO HOTTEST JANUARY DAY EVER Records allover the country:Ouesso,MPouya etc.. and in CONGO KINSHASA 38.6 Bangui CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC January hottest day ever Next days 35C in Algeria!

Wild fact:

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Sick regime. Unbelievable numbers.

NEW Q&A: What UK’s record auction for offshore wind REALLY means for bills and clean power by 2030 In which Molly Lempriere and I dig into the details in search of nuanced answers, while knocking some of the most misleading commentary on the head www.carbonbrief.org/...

"She made him do it" strikes again. He's not concerned the murder will anger us; he's insisting that saying it was murder and the officer a murderer will anger them and then our fault if they lash out. "She made him do it" is the burdening of Democrats and the left for right-wing/Republican acts.

This is also what Yvette Cooper, when she was UK Home Secretary, said about #PalestineAction. If you knew the secret stuff I know, you'd agree with me that they're terrorists. It's the cheapest and basest way for a politician to malign someone, and a clear sign of a flailing, undemocratic state.

This ‘anything goes’ line of argument makes me think, is Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (ex Prince Andrew) still a Fellow of the Royal. Unclear from a quick internet search. A journalist should ask.

On my way to the first Congo Basin Science Initiative conference, in Brazzaville Congo. 300 scientists discussing all aspects of the worlds second largest extent of tropical forest, from people’s use of the forests to climate impacts to how the region can develop while keeping its forests standing.

One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Peak Trump?

This thread is brilliant.

This seems plausible, but does Trump not realise that Venezuelan oil is not cheap oil, unlike Saudi oil, and we’re past global peak demand. Much of it is a stranded asset.

Contrast with the treatment of the Palestine Action prisoners who are on hunger strike.

Great thread to bring in 2026.

Three of the top five British grid electricity records smashed in 2025! This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X. Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳

Never ending record heat in Central Africa Abnormally hot nights continue relentless with Mins >27C in Ivory Coast,Benin,Ghana and Togo New December record of Highest Minimum at Dapaong,TOGO: min 26.5C Second highest ever at Sassandra,Ivory Coast: min 26.8C Maxes of 40C coming!

Something very dark is happening here.

It's so hard to contrast all the nice warm, Christmas feelings with the stress and trauma of what families of the hunger strikers in prison are going through right now. I've made a donation to them as part of my last minute Christmas shopping. chuffed.org/project/filt...

There are political prisoners in the UK on hunger strike, some who are now very ill. This has got very little media coverage. Good to see some coverage, now there needs to be some action.

When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.

It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.

If you want a bit of beauty in your timeline, follow Charlie, who made the first moth, butterfly and dragonfly collections from the central Congo peatlands, to understand their diversity and community structure.

I have read, blurbed, reviewed quite a lot of science books this year. Here are some I have particularly enjoyed, in no particular order. @matthewcobb.bsky.social's long awaited biography of Francis Crick did not disappoint. Authoritative and highly readable. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How to write a constructive peer review - see our new editorial, led by @biolumijeffence.bsky.social With some of the team from @conphysjournal.bsky.social

Move over, McKinsey report showing how single-digit trillions of dollars could limit global average warming to 1.5°C. Hello, McKinsey report showing how single-digit trillions of dollars could help adapt to 2°C world.

We are looking for expressions of interest for The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship scheme. We welcome proposals from exceptional scholars in economics and the social sciences working on topics aligned with our research themes in climate change, environment, and sustainable development.

It was an honor to work with this group... and the paper is excellent, but the implications for tropical ecosystems make me really sad. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Institute of Economic Affairs likes to masquerade as an impartial economics think tank. This investigation by @writesbright.bsky.social and @desmog.com confirms that the IEA is much closer to being a paid lobbyist for the fossil fuel industry.

Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a specific set of genetic variants go.nature.com/3Ymtiwg

Trumps next move… powerful piece.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is seeking expert nominations for an independent review of the United by Nature draft assessment. Ecologists—consider nominating yourself or a colleague! ✅ Deadline: Dec 15 🔗https://tinyurl.com/nvw86sza

Ecologists recognize the importance of integrating across scales, yet our models often target specific scales. Our new paper presents models of population growth that scale up to explain community-level patterns, including interactions of temperature, light & nutrients. doi.org/10.1002/ecm....

Such a cool study. Makes me wonder if there is more salt accumulation in the central Congo peatlands which may explain why there are such high densities of elephants and gorillas there.

#Oops: The seminal paper that has been used for 25 years to justify that the use of #Glyphosate is safe has been retracted. ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Concerns were raised regarding the authorship of this paper, validity of the research findings…"

This is the guy who gave Boris Johnson £1 million and then won a big MoD contract....

Carbon Brief has exclusively obtained the 84-strong “informal list” of countries that opposed to a much-discussed “roadmap” deal at #COP30 on “transitioning away from fossil fuels”. www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...

I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...