"The climate chaos scientists predicted is here. Yet it seems our grasp on reality is getting fuzzier. Some are responding to spiking temperatures by dismissing the need for climate action." 🎁 link to @lararhiannon.bsky.social's column for @opinion.bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

A man who publicly was doing something which, when done wrong, can cause graft-vs-host disease, an autoimmune disease which can attack, among other things, your GI tract, now has an autoimmune disease which is attacking his GI tract. What a coincidence.

if you what

This match gonna be a realtime stress simulation of Northern European adaptation to climate change in the year 2035

When even scientists are shocked by extreme weather, the only conclusion to draw: we're in trouble. Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Today’s Paraguay/France World Cup match will kick off in a heat index of 106F, with a wet-bulb temperature extreme enough that it should force postponement This is an issue for sports on a hotter planet, as @lararhiannon.bsky.social has warned Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

A steady supply of tungsten could become a force in deterring global conflict. @davidfickling.bsky.social explains how 🎥

There’s a mine off the coast of Australia that has predicted a century of major wars, and it’s opening again. I went there to better understand tungsten, a critical mineral at the heart of the geopolitical struggle between the US and China: 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

A disingenuous argument over small steeds in Dartmoor hides the real scandal, which is the continued degradation of precious wild space at the taxpayer’s expense 🎁free link via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

🌈Happy Pride month to all my alphabet soup friends and acquaintances Great read from my colleague Howard Chua-Eoan (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Plus actions to make it easier to install cooling tech in people's homes e.g. external blinds/awnings without needing planning permission (and grants for lower income homes)

you know it's bad when the weather map needs colours beyond red

Yes, obviously it is suspended, but is it operating or not? Useless TfL app.

On Tuesday at London Climate Action Week, we were proud to co-host the launch of the 2nd Edition of the Oxford Martin Principles for Climate-Conscious Investment with the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social. Thanks to the authors, our panellists & our chair, @lararhiannon.bsky.social! #LCAW2026 Read more ⬇️

I'm being a total nerd and collecting data on this but my tree-shaded living room is several degrees cooler than my exposed bedroom -- both south-facing. These places would be a lot more livable, comfortable and safe with trees.

June 1976 temperature record (35.6°C) has fallen. New record holder, though probably not for long, is Charlwood in Surrey at 35.7°C.

++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"

how did we all sleep last night? i personally feel like my brain is like an old computer which can't run more than one task at a time without crashing (free link via @opinion.bloomberg.com) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Irony is dead

It's not to stop people getting in, it's to stop the algae getting out

New from me: Are you struggling to stay cool in a hot London flat today? Here's my story about how we've spent the past two decades building heat traps for people to live in. Gift link 🎁

Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...

Many of the UK's NEETs are profoundly isolated, and my heart breaks for them. My early 20s felt like a spin cycle of university, work, house shares, dating and socializing -- tiring, at times very stressful, but it taught me heaps 🆓 via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.

Vaccines are humanity's greatest scientific achievement.

There's probably never been a better time to remind you that when David Hockney first took his Mum to California she remarked 'all this lovely weather and nobody puts their washing out'.

this is the ideal newspaper columnist. you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like

@lararhiannon.bsky.social breaks down all the ways a sweltering World Cup can hurt players and fans, the fecklessness of FIFA and what all this means for the future of sports Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

“You could meditate on the historical shift to monotheism by reading a weighty biography of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor. Or you could do it by reading Small Gods, which has jokes in it.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Frankly this podcast interview was one of the scariest things I have heard in years. The feeling was absolutely that if these guys get into power we run, lemming like, straight over the cliff edge. The journalist clearly thought so too. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Hot people wear sunglasses and eye shields 😎 Save this as a reminder to keep your eyes safe when it’s sunny and, tbh, all year round.

What's conclusion worth drawing from my interview of Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice? Bloomberg Opinion's @lararhiannon.bsky.social tells you. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Really lovely to see -- especially as my wedding flower supplier is featured! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One of Tice’s most delusional claims is that we can adapt to climate change without reducing emissions. That’s like trying to build a cage for a pack of perpetually breeding rabid dogs without bothering to neuter them free to read @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

We asked a passing bird to tell us. We asked the face we see in the mirror. We cut each page into many pieces, looked for pieces containing the word ‘truth’ and fed them to a goat. The next day the goat said, ‘Probably. Or maybe not.’ We smiled and told each other: ‘Time will tell.’

"Tice’s comments came in a combative interview where he threatened to walk out when presented with information from the [IPCC]. Tice…declined to name advisers who convinced him the scientific consensus was wrong." Extraordinary interview by @akshatrathi.bsky.social & @oliviarudgard.bsky.social

Last year I wrote that it was a mistake for government policy in Britain to focus almost exclusively on making homes warmer rather than cooler (free link!) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is a tragedy, and reminds me of a problem faced in journalism where fewer and fewer reporters actually physically go places far from home to observe things.

magnificent second mention for plumber: "local pipesman"

Andy Burnham cuts a dashing figure flaunting his legs as temperatures sizzle in leadership challenge #ifmenwerechicks

Extremely niche surfer take, but for Surfer Magazine to run an article about the coming El Niño that doesn't salivate over the potential for monster surf but instead focuses almost entirely on risk to human life feels like a significant inflection point.

quick recap for anyone who hasn't followed news for a couple of centuries:

When you've got Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton and Jeff Goldblum lined up to star in a quirky film, and you're looking for a Director.

I assume it tells us something profound about the UK public – and the Westminster bubble – that not a single one of the BBC's most-read articles at the moment are anything to do with Starmer and Labour

enormous sense of well-being derived simply from imagining someone shouting: "can't park there mate"

it's news stories like this that keep me from falling into a pit of despair www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

My @opinion.bloomberg.com colleague @lararhiannon.bsky.social wrote a great piece on David Attenborough, 100 today. Attenborough embodies the good a life spent in the media can accomplish and as Williams points out: There will never be another David Attenborough www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

When I clicked and saw this flow chart I thought it was really cool www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/o...

Happy birthday Sir David Attenborough! He's seen a huge amount of change to our planet, bringing us stories of despair -- and crucially, hope. free read via @opinion www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...