One surprising piece of research I found when writing the book was that while the number of kids biking & walking to school has dropped by a lot since 1969, the number of kids living within a mile of their school has only gone down by about 15%.

TIL a new term for those in a similar situation to me*: "refugee scientist". Guess I can add that to "US government scientific whistleblower". "'the media in the USA has taken no interest" rings true h/t @wpmueller.bsky.social for the story *But obviously flying much higher than me 🐳🌍🦑🧪

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

Shamelessly sucking up to the world's leading anti-climate activist only makes FIFA more evil and destructive than it already was, notes @lararhiannon.bsky.social (I may have changed some adjectives there to reflect my own disgust, but you get the gist) Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard

Grandparents rattle around their capacious homes, while young families have squeezed budgets, due to high housing costs and career breaks Jonathan Guthrie makes a similar point to my column last week -- resources ought to be distributed better giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

This is exactly what I have been saying for years - facts BEFORE ideology. Just because I am now a Green Party member, it doesn't mean I am going to accept absolutely everything Zack or the Green Party says and believes. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

⚽I’m not much of a football fan — I prefer rugby — but how can this sycophancy to a world leader who’s pulled his nation out of the Paris Agreement and calls climate change a “con job” serve either athletes or soccer fans? 🎁free link via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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This year, almost 50 interactions between orcas and ships have been recorded in Portuguese waters – more than ever before. A data story by Sebastian Gräff.

On methane reduction, we know how to do that, and we don't need any fancy new tech to get there. "... the world needs to begin by rethinking livestock production ... shifting towards plant-rich diets ..." www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

the frustration over cop30's lacklustre agreement simply strengthens calls to worry less about negotiation and more about delivering what’s already been agreed free link via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

AAAAAARGH www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Extremely uncomfortable reading www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

A startup has a bold, new plan to dim the sun. But is it a good idea? @lararhiannon.bsky.social explains the state of solar geoengineering — and it’s risks 🎥

The Torment-Nexus-Industrial Complex just keeps attracting more money, warns @lararhiannon.bsky.social Maybe we should think twice before letting tech bros blot out the sun? Just spitballing here Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Worth remembering that the guy isn’t just a despicable murderer and a corrupt tyrant he is also a world class incompetent.

"All of the best parts everyone would have loved were cut by my psychotic editor... I’m not worried about him reading these words, because a low-class butcher like that doesn’t possess enough humanity to subscribe to The Atlantic" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Great article about a pretty stupid idea. the more you read about it, the worse of an idea it becomes ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.

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.