train travel should be accessible to all x

Come for the headline, stay for the bears 🐻 Just one of the ways climate is pushing humans and wild animals closer together, and fostering conflict Free link! via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

NEW: Children faced more risk of rare heart problems after Covid-19 infection than they did after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, a big three-year study of under-18s in England has found. Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US. www.ft.com/content/231d...

Some of the details in this piece make my blood boil www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...

The soaring price of cocoa is forcing chocolate makers to cut its use. The creations are delicious, writes @lararhiannon.bsky.social, but there’s a downside, too ⬇️

In an op-ed for TR, @davidkeith.bsky.social & @danvisioni.bsky.social voice deep concerns about Stardust & other for-profits racing into solar geoengineering — and asserting claims that, they argue, the science doesn't support.

The John Lewis Christmas ad just seems like a rip off of Aftersun to me www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc5S...

Is this the end of chocolate as you know it? @lararhiannon.bsky.social went to an Amsterdam lab to find out: bloom.bg/4hI1Fqj

I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it. The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!

Shamed by how well the pomodoro method works. Am basically a trained lab rat with no self control 🍅

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as #climatecrisis warms country - only Antarctica now free of the insects www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I've got a peanut allergy and I often wonder whether things would be different if the advice when I was a baby was different. Needless to say if I have a baby I'll be packing them off to get fed peanut butter from an early age (just away from me!)

“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.

we're so cooked www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...

Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea

Whisper: Maybe we should stop messing with the radiative balance of Earth.

Hey Colossal - spend some of your money on saving this real bird!

I wrote about this for @opinion.bloomberg.com. A key point: Cloud seeding can only enhance whatever moisture is already there. UAE officials say that it can increase rainfall rates by about 10-30% a year. So even if it played a role, a huge amount of rain was due to fall anyway

Despite Jane Goodall's incredible efforts, the great apes are still in dire straits. Humans are eating chimpanzees to death, and killing them with our viruses free link from @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Jane Goodall did so much for chimpanzees. Perhaps most important was the way she helped us see that our closest relatives were deeply intelligent, sentient beings with emotions and unique personalities 🎁free to read via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Bloody solar panels, cluttering up the countryside and preventing desertification while providing clean energy and growing food.

Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."

While Britain's need for engineers, welders and electricians is well documented, less has been said about the rising demand for expertise in geology and geophysics via @opinion.bloomberg.com (free link!) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Instead of the promised "answer to autism," Trump offered families distorted science, false hope, and dangerous medical advice. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

"This is based on what I feel" Just what America (and the world needs): Vibes-based advice www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

Is Trump on Ozempic? If so, it's done wonders for his ankles. Fair play.

Real reporting: Is this London's busiest Lime bike parking space? www.londoncentric.media/p/london-und... And, if this one space contains 415 bikes, HOW MANY BIKES IS LIME HIDING FROM US?

is there life on Mars? maybe. is it puppies? definitely not. Earth forever

cannot stress how crazy it is to say no to a solar farm because of a coal-mining related disaster

now do one for EVs!

"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress

⚠️You received the emergency alert on Sunday, but do you know how to prepare for a crisis? As I discovered, waiting until the alarm sounds is too late www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The finest response I've seen so far.

Welcome to the Global Climate Crisis Mosquito borne diseases surge in Europe as temperatures warms creating optimal conditions for the insects www.science.org/content/arti...

You guys see where this is going? Right?

Tidal power would be great -- reliable renewable energy, with the benefit of providing flood defences, too www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

A humble book doesn’t stand a chance against the modern internet’s sophisticated algorithms -- that's now showing up in reading performance and enjoyment around the world 🎁 via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

My considered analysis on this is that, on the one hand, the WRU can get fucked, while on the other hand, the WRU can stick it up their arse. You could make a compelling case for either. www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-...

This piece published last week, as I was at Green Man, swimming in the River Usk and dancing under ancient trees. If companies get legal personhood, then it shouldn't be a stretch to give rights to nature too 🎁 link via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

me working to solve the rising sea levels

Even new buildings in the UK are foolishly not designed to deal with heat. As @lararhiannon.bsky.social has explained, UK laws and regulations just have a massive blind spot when it comes to heat. People will die as a result www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

We have plastic in our brains. And our livers, kidneys, heart, bloodstream and more. In just 8 years, scientists have observed an increase in the amount of bodily plastic. The outcomes of becoming part-plastic are not good. 🎁 via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

NEW – Explainer: What is ‘climate anxiety’? ✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org with comment from @clarakuehner.bsky.social and Prof Kim-Pong Tam ➡️ Read here: buff.ly/yNIZpuu

Right now, as I type this, there's plastic in my brain. And my liver. And my kidneys. And in yours too. Makes my insides feel itchy 😬 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

98% That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p) Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well www.gov.uk/government/p...

OK, this is actually pretty good www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRzE...