Biofuels are absurdly inefficient compared to electric vehicles. A great piece in @ourworldindata.org ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land...

This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication. I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵

Brilliant work from Aaron, please make some time.

Five years ago.

Fixed it: Bruce: "His commitment is obviously to doing nefariously all he can to do to enrich himself regardless of the safety of America, and this also threatens the security of the planet itself. It's a curse not a blessing... he's trying to shatter established norms that ought to be protected."

I BEG every smug commentator who praised Mahmood for doing the “tough but necessary thing” to read this. All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN. Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration

I'm sure it's not a new line, but I see more reason to trust this Whitehouse than the other one... @whitehouse.senate.gov youtube.com/shorts/Rw_AS...

One of the takeaways of my current book is that the ability of the federal government to exert real power in domestic settings has always been largely overblown.

Can confirm, plus the masterful use of Alt Text is what I've been missing from most Bluesky threads. Try guessing what is in them for a fun game!

I'm really looking forward to the PeerRank workshop in Milan next week. If you're interested in research evaluation, ranking systems, etc., please join us online.

If you haven't listened to You're Dead to Me you're missing out. It's always funny and always edifying (to me), and it always sounds like Greg and the guests have a blast making it!

A 🧵to make you glad/grateful that people like @zoejardiniere.bsky.social are willing to put themselves in the front line to defend those who desperately need it from people who should know/do better

I love Joe McLaren’s jacket art for my 2018 short story collection Help The Witch but when you remove the text from it and see the whole thing in widescreen there is a whole other level of beauty to it.

If you haven't listened to You're Dead to Me you're missing out. It's always funny and always edifying (to me), and it always sounds like Greg and the guests have a blast making it!

Last week to apply for our FREE #SciComm and #DataViz virtual workshop. Targeted towards grad students & postdocs, we’ll kick off in late January.

It's a great read, pretty much a watershed moment about the times we're living in, which will also lead you to other great pieces! <Spoiler alert - you will never think of the word 'satchel' in the same way again, so think twice if you treasure an unsullied rendering that you want to preserve>

Fairly breaking news (within the last day) but it's the only good news I have read in a while. Enjoy!

This thread resulted in Google's AI function telling people that my cat was a real human woman who came to media prominence during the Britpop era and once ran a successful high-end interior design business. I've written about that - and some other stuff - here: www.tom-cox.com/thinking-abo...

It's all almost unbearably bleak, but if it moves the rest of the world a step closer to realising the US right is no one's ally and that the only route forward is to deliver the sustainable development that isolates and repudiates Trump's world view then there may yet be a silver lining.

Labour's response to Grok AI being used to undress women and children on X/Twitter is "pathetic." "There have to be some rules, and if this isn't one of them, then, frankly, we're lost," says Lewis Goodall www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/if-l...

This is how Farage builds his coalition of disordered counterpublics, mimicking the MAGA coalition of disordered counterpublics.

Tensegrity xkcd.com/3190/

I’m telling you, the rise of authoritarianism is directly connected to efforts to keep the fossil-fuel system going. It’s right there for everyone with eyes to see.

One example is the conflict between professional and online identities. Some choose to resolve this tension by fully embracing their online personas, arriving at Congressional hearings armed with zingers (e.g. Bondi, Patel). When hearings resemble X posts, executive accountability takes a nosedive.

Getting Grok to make Trump look like Captain Jack Sparrow wouldn't be a total waste of time then

Happy Nollaig na mBan! Here's a piece celebrating some of Ireland's most interesting women, with a thread about each of them here: bsky.app/profile/ciar... Prints also available (currently on sale): www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

This is the only way I'd prefer to hear about Venezuela for the rest of this evening, thank you clip.cafe/gregorys-gir...

This government published a strategy on violence against women - but can't criticise a site undressing women as abuse & harassment It intends its opposition to racism to be central to its re-election pitch, but seems to have a merely rhetorical stance of anti-racism bsky.app/profile/sund...

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It's worth ignoring the realisation that the handcart has no brakes and so we're definitely reaching the proverbial destination faster and faster, for a brief few minutes in order to admire the epic portfolio of photos of Philippa in the thread.

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It's deeply ironic that Eva Schloss has died, just as her history is beginning to repeat itself. #Trump #Putin #Farage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No one is really in charge.

At least Thelma and Louise mutally agreed to do "what's next" for the US and Venezuela with Trump and his cabinet of cluebags in charge...

Remind me again why we're tumbling head over heels to embed this in absolutely everything? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Labour's Darren Jones spelling out the timeless principle that it's absolutely acceptable to shut the door when the horse is looking back and giving you the finger before disappearing out of sight

"following BOEM’s proposal to issue leases in the entire Wind Energy Area, “the DOD concluded that site-specific stipulations, designed in consultation with the DOD, could mitigate the impact” [and].."impacts would be negligible and avoidable.” #Wind storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times. But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...

The "zero-bill" home isn’t just a dream—it’s a massive opportunity to lower costs and secure our energy future. I spoke to The Times today about how we can make this vision a reality for everyone, not just the wealthy. The tech is here; now we just need the right policy to unlock it. 🧵

FIFA Peace Prize 2026 looking secure for Trump

Important to clarify that it's this current version of the government. Everyone will know someone over there who is heartbroken at what their current president is doing (and is being allowed to do). I hope the UK govt response is robust and unequivocal in its condemnation.

Harry Eccles Let that sink in. I mean really sink in. Global military spending at £2,700,000,000,000. This is enough Money to fix world hunger 25 times over. War is a choice. Poverty is a choice.

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

The cat distribution system has bought us another noise maker to accompany Wilma

Cup of tea, ten minutes free. You know what that means, Bluesky. #Storytime.

Millions of UK homeowners will be eligible for grants to install solar panels, heat pumps and battery storage - £13 billion over next four years . www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Ollie's favourite present from Santa

It's only 2pm, so I am confidently predicting this will become a thread for the ages as the brandy goes in Mum instead of on the Christmas pud...

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