We are at the start of a clean energy revolution.

As a lecturer in Lifelong Learning I love this t-shirt idea! And funds go to a good cause. @hankgreen.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @crashcoursecrowd.bsky.social #crashcourse #lifelonglearning crashcoursecoin.com/products/cra...

One thing about fascists in power is that they create problems due to their stupid policies (based on ignorance and incuriosity). Then they do even stupider things in order to solve those problems. Like Hitler invading countries to solve domestic shortages but thereby forcing everyone to fight him.

Electrification is key to decarbonisation and it is easier than people think. Combustion wastes energy. Electrifying transport & heating would cut emissions by a third. Then you add the fact that electric devices can also be powered with clean electricity! @myzerocarbon.org #heatpumps #EV #Netzero

NEW RESEARCH: We modelled three Hormuz closure scenarios. Europe never physically runs out of gas in any of them. But under the worst shock, LNG hits $54.9/MMBtu, above the 2022 peak. Energy security in 2026 isn't empty pipelines. It's empty wallets. Full paper here www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...

I listened to Richard Tice (Reform) on the ZERO podcast about climate change this morning. I might have screamed about his blatant lies and misrepresentation of climate science and the IPCC), he seems to subscribe to the climate science denial conspiracy theory worldview.

Have I got my maths right here? Anyone with a regular commute of more than 20 miles each way (and a driveway for charging at home) would be BETTER OFF buying an EV than driving an old fossil car? £250+ on fuel vs. get a 2nd hand EV £200p/m loan & charge it for £50 max.

I have long dreamed of a university establishing a center for dehumanization studies. There isn't one, anywhere in the world. Given the current political trajectory, that's not going to happen, at least in the US.

The most corrupt president in history:

Damn, I'm hooked in by all this balcony solar chat. Got some south facing fences that would be great. Would be handy to power the heat pump. Just need it to be legal and to convince a very sceptical wife.

The future is electric, even for shipping! Ingenious idea to use containers themselves as battery banks to power the ship. Ports have container cranes and can recharge them! #netzero @myzerocarbon.org maritime-executive.com/article/chin...

Great skill from Haaland and then Semenyo to break through. #facup

What's this now, facebook?

Labour just seem like the Tories about four years ago. Not a good look. Starmer has been disappointing, but it is hard to imagine that Wes Streeting would be a more popular PM.

Difficult times at the University of Nottingham - the whole of the Department of Philosophy is formally at risk of redundancy, with plans to get rid of 7 people in the department. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is it legal for Trump to order a government agency to hand him a huge pile of taxpayer money? Note that the White House is directly discussing this with DOJ!

In case you have wiped 2019 from your brain, remember that every week was ‘this is the week that Theresa May is doomed’ for about five months straight. And then she was.

I have been doing union work for almost two years full-time and much longer in an informal capacity and I am still amazed by how the most effective strategies continue to be Refusing to Let Things Go and Being Extremely Annoying.

Blair, 2001 to 2005, was the last PM to win a majority at a general election and serve a full Parliament.

. This small Finnish city is showing the world how to become carbon neutral Lahti is aiming for 80% cut CO2, with the rest offset by reforestation We need to take urgent #ClimateAction! www.weforum.org/agenda/2023...

Pursue wonder. Pursue joy. Pursue understanding. Physics is for you (and astronomy and evolution and paleontology and chemistry and history and anthropology and linguistics and and and and and and...).

. Gas generation falls as wind farms set new quarterly generation record Find out more: www.businessgreen.com/news/... #ClimateAction

It really annoys me when people assume that the liberal revolutions were completely successful and that liberal values are perfectly realised in Western countries. Clearly other values remained, particularly in some communities.

Top news from my clean tech/transport panels this w/e: 1. Small plug-in home batteries that let you store grid energy when it's cheap & use it later are HERE. 30% cost savings! 2. Home sodium-ion batteries are also here, & cheaper than Li-ion. 3. Plug-in solar panels are coming to the UK SOON 🎉

Surprise!! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Good to see the LibDems gradually rebuilding the Kingdom of Wessex one shire at a time under King Ædward of Davey. Just Hamtunscīr, Wiltunscir and the Vale of Teste to conquer before the kingdom is reunited to fight back the Reforme hordes of Mercia and Essex

I'm always going on about how great solar is, but here is why. Our energy bill from Octopus is minus £43.65. I.e. that is a credit on our account we can use to get through the winter. That includes all our home EV charging as well. #solar

Are solar panels the best available investment right now? Good for the climate and saves you money! Especially when fossil fuels are expensive as they are now. This You Tuber has created a tool to check whether it is a better investment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=trkq... @myzerocarbon.org #solar

"Jews and Black people" is how you say "cosmopolitan communists and race hustlers" in English.

Holy buggeration. Canvas (Virtual Learning Environment used by Oxford and thousands of other institutions) has been hacked. Currently shut out for security reasons. Total nightmare.

Bournemouth player dropped after online rumours about messages sent to a 15 year old boy. No idea if he did anything wrong or illegal. He might be a predator or someone who has been catfished. Shows the potential danger of the internet either way. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on.

AI is a challenge to University teaching in terms of assessment. however, it also challenges what we should be teaching and how. A lot of thinking and work required! simonpaulatkinson.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...

What is especially galling is that this saved zero dollars, since the cruise ships pay for the inspections. And now their industry is less trusted because of perceived health risks. Amazing lose-lose policymaking.

Make Hate Weird Again.

❗Confrontational tactics like street blockades and food attacks on art hurt activists' image, but not their cause. 📄 New paper out in Political Behavior (@polbehavior.bsky.social) w/ @dasalgon.bsky.social @sophiahunger.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social. 🧵1/7

Took my 5 month old baby to vote. She's registered baby. Which box to use clubcard points to buy formula, she asked. A cheer went up from the waiting voters.

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Aldi so confident these days that they are advertising that their price increases aren't as much as everyone else's.

I really enjoyed the framing of this post.

The far right has been operating with a 'nod and a wink' for a long time. Sometimes it become pretty obvious.

How long after getting in power would Reform be setting up the "Walsall ghetto"?

Male rage and violence takes another life. Maddening and saddening. RIP Jo Shaw. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Republicans are going to wipe out Black representation in the South the same way it was wiped out after Reconstruction. The current GOP is an illiberal, anti-democratic party of white supremacy and tyranny.

The Trump Slump ?

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Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.

This excellent piece by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social shows price parties pay if they don't vet potential candidates properly before election - Reform are now on their third leader in less than a year on Staffordshire council, which surely doesn't help with running the place www.ft.com/content/3c05...

Thanks for the kind words ☺️