🚀It’s almost time to shape the next chapter of Europe’s journey in space. The European Space Agency’s Council Meeting at Ministerial Level, known as #CM25, will take place in Bremen, Germany, on 26 and 27 November 2025. Journalists register here 👉 www.esa.int/Newsroom/Pre...

If 2 years ago UKGov had set a 20mph urban/village default at the same time as Wales then since then there would have been 30,000 fewer injuries and fatalities on English roads and drivers/business would have saved £4bn in insurance premiums. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

More than an oeuf

Squash now in before the cold slugs or birds get them

I was reminded today of the logo for ESA's Planetary Defence Office. I think it wins over the NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Office and JAXA Planetary Defense logos.

Climate tipping points in Earth's biosphere could reshape our planet's future. 🌍 Researchers are using satellite data and new methods to detect early warning signs of climate tipping points in the Amazon rainforest, drylands, and permafrost. 🛰️🌱 Find out more: climate.esa.int/en/tipping-p...

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

@esaclimate.bsky.social add this pls

The most frustrating thing about the climate crisis is that we have a lot of the solutions already, they just need implementing at scale, and the only thing that's stopping that happening is the fact that it would make a few very rich people a bit less rich

@ambavers.bsky.social this wasn’t me!

Kept reading fesses about hotel stays and people still being signed into online streaming accounts. Took fam away for last two days and sure enough, Prime was still signed in by previous guest. Selected a film and it charged the account £3. Cheers Paul.

@stopbotleywest.bsky.social hi guys. I see you are mentioned here with most of your arguments debunked - interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...

Homegrown

#invention: a shazam plugin that syncs the lyrics to live music- this does not exist #iameimstein

Une annonce encore un autre rappel de travail. Pourquoi ?

Le boisson du chef!

You go on holiday and just can’t avoid thinking of work

I worked in a butcher's shop in the 1980s. I had to keep the grinder full, while the butcher pulled out the sausages. I know what's in sausages. I have not eaten a sausage since.

#homemade #Vegan #steak thanks. Recipe from Bosh

The rush I get from skipping the queue at the doctor's surgery to sign in using the screen thing that the boomers refuse to learn how to use is like no other.

When texting the missus, I'll often leave in a funny autocorrect substitute word, as it gives her great pleasure in pointing it out to me later.

I've talked to myself for as long as I can remember. Used to hide it so people wouldn't think I was weird. Now I wear AirPods everywhere and they just assume I'm a workaholic on nonstop calls. Way better than "that unhinged person who won't shut up."

"If you want to be happy one day, get drunk. If you want to be happy one month, just find a boyfriend. And if you want to be happy all your life, be a gardener." 🌱

🇩🇰 Danish poppy

I AM HAVING AN EXCELLENT DAY

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BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage is celebrating its 201st birthday episode on Thursday at 11am. Questions include: 'so, climate change, are we screwed?' from Nish Kumar Also featuring Brian Cox, @robinince.bsky.social, @deborahmeaden.bsky.social & Mel Giedroyc www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This week I met a young man with significant visual impairments, who relies on a guide dog to get around He showed me just how much more difficult his life is made by those who selfishly and lazily block pavements when parking their cars

Do you know a young person aged 11-18? Oxme.info has info on next steps in education, work and training, activities, opportunities, health and wellbeing support and access to local services oxme.info - everything for young people in Oxfordshire

The Met Office are letting us submit our own storm name suggestions: www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o... There's space for five names in the submission boxes. Let's go with: Exxon Mobil BP Shell Equinor Chevron At last, those companies will get the recognition they deserve. Pls retweet!

Climate mitigation and adaptation measures are not costs. They are investments. The true costs occur when mitigation fails and adaptation is too slow so we suffer from continually worsening extreme weather events like heatwaves and floods. Invest now to reduce costs in future.

Gooseberries - some of them

The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles. By my count, that is now the TENTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 13 separate articles). I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...

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📢 Big win for UK solar! New rules will require solar panels on most new homes in England — saving households ~£500/year, cutting emissions & creating green jobs. ⚡ 90% of new builds to comply 🌍 Common sense climate action 📖 BBC: lnkd.in/erWJrDCt #SolarEnergy #NetZero #CleanEnergy #UKHousing

This knocks out one of the common NIMBY-based arguments against environmentally friendly solar farms. @stopbotleywest.bsky.social

Northern Hemisphere forests now emit more carbon than they absorb. 🌲🔥 Using @esa.int SMOS satellite data, researchers from ESA Climate Change Initiative’s RECCAP-2 project uncovered this shift, driven by droughts, wildfires, and climate disruptions. Learn more: climate.esa.int/en/news-even...

The current crisis affecting US federal science poses a profound global challenge, and weakens our shared capacity to observe, understand and manage the ocean at a time of accelerating environmental and societal change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Be part of our Permafrost Workshop on June 4 ❄ Learn how the ESA Climate Change Initiative's project team generates satellite data and keeps track of different #permafrost variables. Open to scientists, modellers, and students. 📅 Register by June 2: climate.esa.int/en/projects/...

Fantastic. We all need a bit of tech, right? But not so much that it eats your life. How to minimise your interruptions, de-tech your world and get back stolen time.

The Daily Mail complaining that immigrants have not the English too well. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

#cat Sunday @catsofoxford.bsky.social

Morning

Just to say this is **incredibly** unusual. Especially for a summit the Gvt has trailed for so many months as being so important.

Creepy clouds over Oxford #anvil ? @petergibbs.bsky.social

A study of residents’ perceptions of the East Oxford Low Traffic Neighbourhoods has found “overall moderate levels of support” and that residents are now “using their cars less and walking and cycling more for short journeys”. The study was carried out by Oxford Brookes’ School of Built Environment.

Dozens of #AI tools for #editing stories and writing headlines on The Journalist's Toolbox:

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