Megan Darby
@climatemegan.bsky.social
Heat pump appreciation account. Pro-human intelligence, especially when it comes with human kindness.
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You want there to be a legal challenge to this? Support the one that's already in progress that, if successful, will remove the risk of legal action against Guides and WI, or other organisations, for being trans inclusive goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Help us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project
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December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
You want there to be a legal challenge to this? Support the one that's already in progress that, if successful, will remove the risk of legal action against Guides and WI, or other organisations, for being trans inclusive goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
so wildly disproportionate for a court to dictate who a cultural institution can and cannot accept as members. tearing apart friendships at a time when people are already spending more time alone than ever
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
so wildly disproportionate for a court to dictate who a cultural institution can and cannot accept as members. tearing apart friendships at a time when people are already spending more time alone than ever
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won't be a surprise to anyone with eyes but the lack of political appetite to do anything to address the increasing size of cars on uk roads is quite baffling www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Carspreading’ is on the rise - not everyone is happy
In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
won't be a surprise to anyone with eyes but the lack of political appetite to do anything to address the increasing size of cars on uk roads is quite baffling www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Indian state govt: We don't want to build new coal power plants, because they are more expensive than renewables plus batteries.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
India’s Desert State Reignites Coal-Fired Power Debate
The competitive cost of batteries is making clean energy a viable alternative to coal in parts of the country.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Indian state govt: We don't want to build new coal power plants, because they are more expensive than renewables plus batteries.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
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"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
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And there's a whole article you can read after the headline, too! Here it is.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious
Is it really "mindblowing" that people are skeptical of software that consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do?
www.pcgamer.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
And there's a whole article you can read after the headline, too! Here it is.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
Sharing links to writing you appreciate really does make a huge difference even for publications of our size.
oh great the LLMs are eating themselves already
![Extract from FT article.
According to the Al agency Graphite, at least 52 per cent of internet content was machine-generated by May this year. Not only does this Al-generated content threaten the integrity of the web, it could also endanger the resilience of future AI models.
[Graphic showing that AI-generated content has surpassed human-written articles since early 2025]
If Al models ingest too much synthetic data then there is a danger they might go "mad" - or suffer from model autophagy disorder. When the input for new models increasingly becomes the output of older models then it risks model collapse, says Ethan Smith, Graphite's chief executive.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2cadvbwpkxtuvmv2gpy5laml/bafkreigof2qnhtn5dlbo7igg56kbmmktjddpy4atiuexl2dkhocvlrzq7i@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
oh great the LLMs are eating themselves already
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This is such a crazy story! There is *no way* Tuvalu, for example, opposed the roadmap to the phase out of fossil fuels.
It was the second country to join the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty ffs.
It was the second country to join the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty ffs.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is such a crazy story! There is *no way* Tuvalu, for example, opposed the roadmap to the phase out of fossil fuels.
It was the second country to join the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty ffs.
It was the second country to join the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty ffs.
“BYD in Brazil is trying to make a party”
Upbeat feature by @karlmathiesen.bsky.social on the transformative impact of China's $$$ global green manufacturing boom www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Upbeat feature by @karlmathiesen.bsky.social on the transformative impact of China's $$$ global green manufacturing boom www.politico.com/news/magazin...
A Test Drive Through Brazil in Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare
The biggest story of the climate summit might be the brand-new EVs on the streets outside.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“BYD in Brazil is trying to make a party”
Upbeat feature by @karlmathiesen.bsky.social on the transformative impact of China's $$$ global green manufacturing boom www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Upbeat feature by @karlmathiesen.bsky.social on the transformative impact of China's $$$ global green manufacturing boom www.politico.com/news/magazin...
🤥The #COP30 presidency said ~80 countries opposed a fossil fuel roadmap but that included 42 members of the Least Developed Countries bloc which denies taking that position. 14 countries were listed as both for and against!
🔥 investigation by @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...
🔥 investigation by @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...
Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief has obtained a leaked copy of the “informal list” of countries that were characterised as “blocking” the fossil-fuel roadmap’sat COP30.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🤥The #COP30 presidency said ~80 countries opposed a fossil fuel roadmap but that included 42 members of the Least Developed Countries bloc which denies taking that position. 14 countries were listed as both for and against!
🔥 investigation by @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...
🔥 investigation by @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...
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Canada's former environment minister is resigning from his current ministerial role and says Carney's climate gamble will fail.
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Canada's former environment minister is resigning from his current ministerial role and says Carney's climate gamble will fail.
I've seen this movie before. Trudeau made a similar deal and the Canadian people ended up massively subsidising an oil pipeline while emissions barely moved
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I've seen this movie before. Trudeau made a similar deal and the Canadian people ended up massively subsidising an oil pipeline while emissions barely moved
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REALLY chuffed to be invited to @parismarx.com's incredible @techwontsave.us pod to talk about not just the climate harms we face from an uncontrolled data centre expansion but the way companies enacting it seem to think they're cape-wearing climate superheroes -->>>
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
REALLY chuffed to be invited to @parismarx.com's incredible @techwontsave.us pod to talk about not just the climate harms we face from an uncontrolled data centre expansion but the way companies enacting it seem to think they're cape-wearing climate superheroes -->>>
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
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Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Net zero is cheaper than fossil fuel dependence.
That was my #1 takeaway from @iea.org's latest World Energy Outlook.
Don't let anyone tell you drill baby drill is about affordability.
✍️https://www.iisd.org/articles/explainer/five-lessons-iea-2025-world-energy-outlook
That was my #1 takeaway from @iea.org's latest World Energy Outlook.
Don't let anyone tell you drill baby drill is about affordability.
✍️https://www.iisd.org/articles/explainer/five-lessons-iea-2025-world-energy-outlook
Five Lessons From the IEA’s 2025 World Energy Outlook for the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
New analysis examines the 2025 World Energy Outlook and what the reports scenario's could mean for the transition away from fossil fuels.
www.iisd.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Net zero is cheaper than fossil fuel dependence.
That was my #1 takeaway from @iea.org's latest World Energy Outlook.
Don't let anyone tell you drill baby drill is about affordability.
✍️https://www.iisd.org/articles/explainer/five-lessons-iea-2025-world-energy-outlook
That was my #1 takeaway from @iea.org's latest World Energy Outlook.
Don't let anyone tell you drill baby drill is about affordability.
✍️https://www.iisd.org/articles/explainer/five-lessons-iea-2025-world-energy-outlook
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
wtf
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
wtf
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I actually think it's a big deal the Brazilian president, one of the most popular leaders in South America, of a country with substantial oil interests, is championing a roadmap away from fossil fuels. That probably wouldn't have emerged without #COP30
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I actually think it's a big deal the Brazilian president, one of the most popular leaders in South America, of a country with substantial oil interests, is championing a roadmap away from fossil fuels. That probably wouldn't have emerged without #COP30
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“We’re facing the reality of a no deal scenario,” said Wopke Hoekstra, the EU’s climate commissioner. “How can anyone who is reading that across the world not be deeply disappointed?”
Story @bloomberg.com, sharing w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story @bloomberg.com, sharing w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate Summit Proposal Omits Plan for Exiting Fossil Fuels
The COP30 climate talks are set to run into overtime after a draft deal proposed by host nation Brazil caused widespread anger across the world for omitting any reference to winding down the use fossi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“We’re facing the reality of a no deal scenario,” said Wopke Hoekstra, the EU’s climate commissioner. “How can anyone who is reading that across the world not be deeply disappointed?”
Story @bloomberg.com, sharing w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story @bloomberg.com, sharing w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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EVERY SINGLE FOSSIL FUEL IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE TRUMP-PLEASING HIGH-FOSSIL-FUEL SCENARIO
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
EVERY SINGLE FOSSIL FUEL IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE TRUMP-PLEASING HIGH-FOSSIL-FUEL SCENARIO
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
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This is even better: household electricity bills are lowest in the net zero scenario, basically everywhere.
Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is even better: household electricity bills are lowest in the net zero scenario, basically everywhere.
Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
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Elon Musk can't get humans to love him so he made a robot to love him instead and now all the humans are making fun of the robot. This is the smartest man in the world, a once-in-a-generation genius and clear member of the natural aristocracy
this thread is unbelievable
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Elon Musk can't get humans to love him so he made a robot to love him instead and now all the humans are making fun of the robot. This is the smartest man in the world, a once-in-a-generation genius and clear member of the natural aristocracy