@daveganicca.bsky.social
Beginner botanist. Supporter of nature restoration and wilding. Lover of the outdoors and nature. Believer in fairness and opportunity. Secular Buddhist and vegan.
Me too!
I so want this to be true!
New post just out:
"MAGA Meltdown?"
With Trump's approval ratings collapsing the Republicans are starting to realise they're in serious trouble.
Here's why it's going to get worse for them.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...
"MAGA Meltdown?"
With Trump's approval ratings collapsing the Republicans are starting to realise they're in serious trouble.
Here's why it's going to get worse for them.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/m...
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Me too!
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The "dad meets his future son in law" vibe emanating from Trump/Mamdani is overwhelming
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The "dad meets his future son in law" vibe emanating from Trump/Mamdani is overwhelming
The blog is excellent value with tonnes of insights - and this week even has some satisfying snark aimed at a triumvirate of noisy nonentities ..
It's the third in a series of posts this year taking seriously the prospect of a Reform government.
The first looked at how radical right parties govern around the world. The second at what their immigration reforms would look like in practice.
Both linked to at the top of today's post.
The first looked at how radical right parties govern around the world. The second at what their immigration reforms would look like in practice.
Both linked to at the top of today's post.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The blog is excellent value with tonnes of insights - and this week even has some satisfying snark aimed at a triumvirate of noisy nonentities ..
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Can you help?… I’m trying to find my people
I know there’s more space fans here… just not sure how to reach you
Feels weird to ask, but would you give me a signal boost by hitting share?
If you’re new… Hi I’m Cat, I make pretty picture of space 🥹 let’s connect if you like weird space art
I know there’s more space fans here… just not sure how to reach you
Feels weird to ask, but would you give me a signal boost by hitting share?
If you’re new… Hi I’m Cat, I make pretty picture of space 🥹 let’s connect if you like weird space art
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Can you help?… I’m trying to find my people
I know there’s more space fans here… just not sure how to reach you
Feels weird to ask, but would you give me a signal boost by hitting share?
If you’re new… Hi I’m Cat, I make pretty picture of space 🥹 let’s connect if you like weird space art
I know there’s more space fans here… just not sure how to reach you
Feels weird to ask, but would you give me a signal boost by hitting share?
If you’re new… Hi I’m Cat, I make pretty picture of space 🥹 let’s connect if you like weird space art
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This is worse than her doing it IMV
Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp repeatedly refusing to say that he thinks Reform MP Sarah Pochin saying she doesn't like seeing black people on TV was racist.
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This is worse than her doing it IMV
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this is utterly hilarious, turns out that it was the Tories who took the word "enemy" out of the crucial witness statement in the collapsed China spy case
over to you, Kemi Badenoch?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
over to you, Kemi Badenoch?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Adviser removed ‘enemy’ from China spy case witness statement
Matthew Collins says he deleted the word from the final draft in 2023 because it did not reflect the Conservative government’s view
www.thetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
this is utterly hilarious, turns out that it was the Tories who took the word "enemy" out of the crucial witness statement in the collapsed China spy case
over to you, Kemi Badenoch?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
over to you, Kemi Badenoch?
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Some have drawn a parallel between current VI polling and that in mid-2019, with the implication the traditional duopoly will inevitably reassert itself, again. I've looked at whether the evidence supports this.
(I've speedily written it up, as I felt a thread would see parts get selectively RTed)
(I've speedily written it up, as I felt a thread would see parts get selectively RTed)
2019 again?
Is current polling just a repeat of that summer’s surges?
dylandifford.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Some have drawn a parallel between current VI polling and that in mid-2019, with the implication the traditional duopoly will inevitably reassert itself, again. I've looked at whether the evidence supports this.
(I've speedily written it up, as I felt a thread would see parts get selectively RTed)
(I've speedily written it up, as I felt a thread would see parts get selectively RTed)
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NEW: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Our story today on how storage is changing grids and extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Our story today on how storage is changing grids and extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NEW: How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Our story today on how storage is changing grids and extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Our story today on how storage is changing grids and extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
This is excellent- eye-opening in a depressing sort of way…
New post just out:
The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.
In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...
The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.
In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...
Russia and the rise of the radical right
Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This is excellent- eye-opening in a depressing sort of way…
Marsh woundwort on my morning walk…
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Marsh woundwort on my morning walk…
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Contributed to this by Esther Addley. Attitudes to asylum are not irredeemably hostile - most people do want the UK to play its part - but the visible lack of control puts that principle at risk
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘A dangerous moment’: the emboldening of Britain’s far right
In a summer of anti-migrant rallies, flags and nationalistic rhetoric, observers warn there is a lack of government voices pushing back
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Contributed to this by Esther Addley. Attitudes to asylum are not irredeemably hostile - most people do want the UK to play its part - but the visible lack of control puts that principle at risk
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Great piece from @samfr.bsky.social . Fixing the NHS looks like a long, expensive haul to me. Prevention needs so many join-ups in policy- from more access to nature, to mental health, food strategy, tackling poor housing to even things like noise, air and light pollution…
My piece for the Observer this month previews the NHS 10 year plan and asks why so few of the previous plans have worked...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Wes Streeting can't heal the whole NHS now – he should fo...
Successive governments have reduced the number of hospital beds in the hope more care would shift elsewhere. But this has left us with a chronic shortage
observer.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Great piece from @samfr.bsky.social . Fixing the NHS looks like a long, expensive haul to me. Prevention needs so many join-ups in policy- from more access to nature, to mental health, food strategy, tackling poor housing to even things like noise, air and light pollution…
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My friend Henry (who was also my student) & I decided to create some joy in –20°C weather in the Yukon and share it with you all. He is in grade 5 now. We are sending joy, hope, and positivity.
(Share such messages to train your algorithm to bring positive and human-centric stories to your feed)
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March 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My friend Henry (who was also my student) & I decided to create some joy in –20°C weather in the Yukon and share it with you all. He is in grade 5 now. We are sending joy, hope, and positivity.
(Share such messages to train your algorithm to bring positive and human-centric stories to your feed)
(Share such messages to train your algorithm to bring positive and human-centric stories to your feed)
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We now predict a mean of 2.7C of warming in 2100.
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
I have a new paper in Dialogues on Climate Change exploring climate outcomes under current policies. I find that we are likely headed toward 2.7C by 2100 (with uncertainties from 1.9C to 3.7C), and that high end emissions scenarios have become much less likely.
journals.sagepub.com...
journals.sagepub.com...
January 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We now predict a mean of 2.7C of warming in 2100.
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
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Thanks to the FT Magazine for running these two climate cover stories - one on wildfires (July 2023), one on a possible collapse of Atlantic currents (January 2025). And thanks to everyone who read each piece, showing there is an audience for climate features www.ft.com/content/7711...
January 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thanks to the FT Magazine for running these two climate cover stories - one on wildfires (July 2023), one on a possible collapse of Atlantic currents (January 2025). And thanks to everyone who read each piece, showing there is an audience for climate features www.ft.com/content/7711...
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Blue birds huddling together for warmth
December 27, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Blue birds huddling together for warmth
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A very good round up of the year.
Sam’s work is always worth reading.
Sam’s work is always worth reading.
New post just out:
My audit for 2024 - what I got right/wrong and my lessons to take into next year.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
My audit for 2024 - what I got right/wrong and my lessons to take into next year.
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The Audit: 2024
Every year, in my last piece before Christmas, I do an audit of my posts to see what I got right and wrong, with some lessons to take into next year’s writing (here are the ones for 2022 and 2023).
open.substack.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:54 AM
A very good round up of the year.
Sam’s work is always worth reading.
Sam’s work is always worth reading.
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Wow this is amazing! Ethiopian wolves as potential pollinators!
Who knew!
Who knew!
The video provided in Supplementary Information from the very interesting paper by Lai and co-authors in Ecology, showing potential pollination by Ethiopian wolves of Kniphofia foliosa! 🐺
Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@pollinet.bsky.social
Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@pollinet.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Wow this is amazing! Ethiopian wolves as potential pollinators!
Who knew!
Who knew!
@cjpreston.bsky.social Hello Chris! Great to meet you at the Scotland the Big Picture conference. Currently enjoying your Tenacious Beasts book, and environmental virtue ethics book ordered ( as recommended) as well!
November 21, 2024 at 11:42 PM
@cjpreston.bsky.social Hello Chris! Great to meet you at the Scotland the Big Picture conference. Currently enjoying your Tenacious Beasts book, and environmental virtue ethics book ordered ( as recommended) as well!
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We're recruiting for an exciting new #PhD project in #mountain #woodland restoration! "The genetic diversity & adaptive potential of mountain birch in Scotland for high-altitude nature recovery" hosted by CEH, University of Stirling & Forest Research.
Apply here: iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
Apply here: iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
November 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
We're recruiting for an exciting new #PhD project in #mountain #woodland restoration! "The genetic diversity & adaptive potential of mountain birch in Scotland for high-altitude nature recovery" hosted by CEH, University of Stirling & Forest Research.
Apply here: iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
Apply here: iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
Well I’ve been here for a while and have six followers- but that feels good as it’s a nice change from the constant fake followers on X- I really don’t miss it
November 21, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Well I’ve been here for a while and have six followers- but that feels good as it’s a nice change from the constant fake followers on X- I really don’t miss it