France issues red flood alerts after ‘exceptional’ rainfall Climate experts "have been warning us for a long time that events like this will happen more often - in fact, tomorrow has arrived”, says minister #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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Anger over new Home Office rules requiring British dual nationals to use British passports when travelling into their home country from next week. First Guardian storyon subject read by 1.3m readers, suggesting the home office communications didn't work. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

New post: How Labour makes fighting right wing populism harder mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/02/how-... 'Tilting left' won't help. Labour has lost much of its base not so much because it hasn’t been left wing enough in economic terms, but more because it has sounded and acted in an illiberal way.

One thing that may dramatically shake up our political life on this planet is the advent of a strong new El Niño. (Also our, you know, life life) billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino...

Just like Trump, Farage opts for taking the piss out of media organisations he doesn't like. What would happen to EU-UK Trade & Cooperation Agreement, and Good Friday Agt, if Reform did cancel Equality Act ? Likely retaliation ? How to counter fake news / misinformation ? Improved media literacy ?

Nigel Farage makes Robert Jenrick, who he previously said was a "fraud", and told his followers that "this man is not to be trusted", his Shadow Chancellor

On British Museum removing term Palestine from its displays, it appears that UK's right wing papers were making stuff up. Again.

This person does not understand the idea of a counterfactual. It's not true that the '4%' imagines a Britain that 'avoided every global shock, and followed a perfectly smooth pre-2016 trend forever.' It judges that on average, in all scenarios, shock or no shock, we'd eventually be 4% poorer.

What a time to be alive 🤯

Let's hope the latest @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social module is also pulling in these perspectives from educators 👇 I get the argument that full fees for what had to be virtual learning may be unreasonable, but some post grad distance learning courses, say from OU, have similarly high prices.

End of January #Israel illegally sprayed herbicide across its borders into #Syria and #Lebanon. Affected communities are concerned over the impacts on agriculture and health. We used satellite imagery to track the 55km long affected area. A thread 🧵1/x paxforpeace.nl/news/israel-...

Yikes. If people ignore the slow burn of Brexit on the UK economy they are really missing the point. @gilesyb.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social @theguardian.com @guardianheather.bsky.social @johnspringford.bsky.social

How much of this is down to them using existing skills when they come to UK ? Are there sectors that they are more likely to work in ? Down to cultural factors and work ethic, say working hard to also provide for relatives back home ? Better support systems / better mental health ?

Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title… “How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work” Way to devalue my experience.

The anymap-ts Python package now supports creating choropleth maps from vector data with a few simple clicks! Give it a try: Web demo: ts.anymap.dev/examples/map... Jupyter demo: notebook.link/github/openg... GitHub: github.com/opengeos/any... Documentation: ts.anymap.dev #geospatial #opensource

Significant new developments in Chinese submarine capabilities www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The London Economic: Pro-Brexit Andrew Pierce left seething over passport queues in Spain www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/pro-bre...

@vcdgf555.bsky.social As UK's BBC Verify has indicated, on on 15th Feb 2026 the USS Abraham Lincoln was spotted around 250 km off the coast of Oman by EU #Copernicus #Sentinel2 satellite www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3... Image via Copernicus Browser.

Yet more evidence that democracy will be under threat unless UK Govt puts better media literacy initiatives in place ? Need to follow Finland's example eavi.eu/ml-in-finland/ ? @eliothiggins.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social

Great article from @jdportes.bsky.social. Immigration policy being asked to do to much. Time to recognise: - migration is a structural feature of a modern, open economy - costs/benefits of migration depend on other policy choices: housing, public services, regulation, integration ...

When the Tories cut the renewables investment in the 2010s they dug us into a big hole ... and it's costing us dearly. @jdportes.bsky.social @acjsissons.bsky.social

Weakness of current approach is that it won't go far enough for Reform voters - they'll never be happy. They don't seem to care about the economic impact - as long as they still get their benefits / state pensions rises. Defence spending has to rise, & workforce needs upskilling. What will give ?

Wonder how many people notice that "broken Britain with a public sector that doesn't deliver" just helped us get three winter Olympic medals? Once more for the slow crowd, a bit more delivery means nothing if everybody "knows" everything is broken. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

A clear, bright, day on Sat, 14th Feb 2026, allowed EU #Copernicus #Sentinel2 to acquire this imagery of the Somerset Levels floods. If Environment Agency had made Dutch pumps a permanent installation then water levels would be lower. Image via Copernicus Browser link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/hrdm

Great podcast from @willdalrymple.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social in conversation w/ @josephinequinn.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oeJ... Some states/civilizations had own writing systems, this from @viewsproject.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@views_project, so how did trade happen ?

@yairwallach.bsky.social @bellingcat.com @channel4news.bsky.social @eliothiggins.bsky.social @godin.bsky.social 👀👀

*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder* There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interesting article on Manchester's economic growth by @faisalislam.bsky.social up on BBC. It shows that growth takes time. Investment in key infrastructure is required over many years. Cross party support, and policy consistency. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Scientists say X (formerly Twitter) has lost its professional edge — and Bluesky is taking its place' Original article was published July 2025 and online in Sept. Would be useful to know when the survey was performed. Have more scientists moved over since ? www.psypost.org/scientists-s...

Cold day here in South West UK. Blue sky. First day with no rain since Boxing Day 😊 One way to warm the kitchen up is baking bread. My weekly go to breakfast bioche roll recipe is from Richard Bertinet 'Crumb' - these are just out of the oven 😋

Basics of climate change are so easy even Trump should be able to understand. A warming planet means: - the atmosphere can hold more moisture => more extreme rainfall - more melting of ice sheets & glaciers => sea level rise - more energy uptake by the oceans => water expands => sea level rise

Trump is going full anti-science 🤡 Key US weather and climate research centre set to lose supercomputers. @channel4news.bsky.social @theguardian.com @organiccarbon.bsky.social @edhawkins.org

@resolutionfoundation.org Unsung Britain report says many problems started before Labour. Living Standards Outlook 2026 report shows that the Labour Govt is taking action to undo some of the worst polices put in place by the Tories over 15 years. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

@gilesyb.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social In terms of millionaire taxes, and social housing provision, what can UK Govt learn from Seattle ?

One can make the case for requiring either a UK passport or some further documentation for dual British nationals to enter the country (this is true for eg the US). But making this change rapidly and getting a certificate so expensive is yet another Home Office cockup. Why always so draconian?

#εpsilon update: #Crew12's trip to their new home typically takes about 24 hours, but this can vary. Sophie Adenot's arrival at the Int. Space Station is expected on 14 February at 20:15 GMT/21:15 CET. 📺 Watch live on #ESAwebTV👇 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... @exploration.esa.int @fr.esa.int @cnes.fr

This is our news read out: "Service providers may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities without being forced to open them to cis men" and "the EHRC’s exclusionary draft Code of Practice does not accurately reflect the law and the Minister will have to send it back to be rewritten."

FACTCHECK: Centrica's Chris O'Shea got blanket coverage for claiming electricity will cost more in 2030 than in energy crisis (Chris Stark: "he's wrong on this") I asked Centrica for evidence – they didn’t reply (Bills in crisis were >2x today, before huge govt subsidies) 1/4

🔴 #LiveNow: Watch the launch of @soph-astro.esa.int and #Crew12, with English or French commentary. 🇬🇧 watch.esa.int/two 🇫🇷 watch.esa.int/three #εpsilon

My wife saw a book that she really wanted in a Waterstones store - but it was priced higher than the same book from Waterstones online store. She asked if they could match the price. They did straight away. As cheap as Amazon. If you don't ask, you don't get.

How can a “Digital Twin” help to build a more resilient agricultural future? The #EOAgriTwin project creates virtual replicas of agricultural systems to monitor crop conditions under various stressors. Explore the tools, use cases and methods in this video!

This is shocking. Cost of living crisis laid bare as almost half of Britons ‘have under £25 left at end of week’ Majority of UK adults forced to make difficult choices, with almost two-thirds found to be cutting back on essentials like food and heating www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff

Debate this morning in leisure centre: is UK Govt not doing enough for farmers ? Haulier cited examples of supermarkets a) buying large quantities of milk from EU, and b) demanding straight cucumbers from UK suppliers. Maybe same ppl who object to renewables, and want salad crops during winter 🤷‍♂️

@flintdibble.bsky.social Interesting 2022 presentation from Jesse Obert, Uni of Pittsburg on warfare in Archaic Crete www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DFp... Does analysis of bones from Azoria and other city states / archaeology sites back up his observations ? Any bone analysis from Western Crete ?

Trump administration is anti-science. Another reason to boycott US products, services, holidays. Countries won't by US products if they don't meet own regs. Releasing even high levels of methane into atmosphere will mean warming ↗️, & more thermal expansion in oceans. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Notepad++ users, completely uninstall and reinstall from the installers on the official website. arstechnica.com/security/202...

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As Sir Jim Radcliffe lives in Monoco so he won't pay UK tax. Yet he wants everyone to foot the bill for more investment in skills, industry, ...