Ruth Mottram
@ruthmottram.bsky.social
Climate scientist at DMI, Greenland, Antarctica, polar regions in general.
Dipping a toe in yet another social media site. Mostly on mastodon though @[email protected]
Blogging at sternaparadisaea.net
Dipping a toe in yet another social media site. Mostly on mastodon though @[email protected]
Blogging at sternaparadisaea.net
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Ruth Mottram
@ruthmottram.bsky.social
· May 20
In case you were wondering why we're doing glaciology fieldwork in NW Greenland this year, here is (part of) the answer...
It's all to do with an early break up of sea ice.
❄️🧪🥼⚒️⛏️
It's all to do with an early break up of sea ice.
❄️🧪🥼⚒️⛏️
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God help me, I'm gonna actually defend "AI" a bit here: this stuff is like tracer dye revealing how corrupt and decrepit so many of our institutional processes already were long before this garbage came along.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
God help me, I'm gonna actually defend "AI" a bit here: this stuff is like tracer dye revealing how corrupt and decrepit so many of our institutional processes already were long before this garbage came along.
Scientific publishing is dead. It just doesn't know it yet. But what comes next?
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Scientific publishing is dead. It just doesn't know it yet. But what comes next?
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If the UK military still wants to sustain an influential role then it has to focus on integration with EU partners in a centre of gravity around European territorial and naval defence and abandon wider aspirations that UK society as a whole no longer shares
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If the UK military still wants to sustain an influential role then it has to focus on integration with EU partners in a centre of gravity around European territorial and naval defence and abandon wider aspirations that UK society as a whole no longer shares
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Via @engelsman.bsky.social, Bloomberg with some space-based GPS jamming data around Venezuela! www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Venezuela Sees GPS Jamming Surge Amid US Military Buildup, Flight Cancellations
For a smartphone user on the ground in Caracas, this interference might just mean a slow map load. For an aircraft cruising at 30,000 feet, the implications are far more severe.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Via @engelsman.bsky.social, Bloomberg with some space-based GPS jamming data around Venezuela! www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Reposted by Ruth Mottram
Want a state-of-the-art explainer on the big changes occurring in the Antarctic?
Check out this recent briefing, delivered to COP30 @iccinet.bsky.social
Very much designed for the non-expert, so don't be afraid to dip in!
www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw... 1/2
Check out this recent briefing, delivered to COP30 @iccinet.bsky.social
Very much designed for the non-expert, so don't be afraid to dip in!
www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw... 1/2
Policy Briefing: Emerging Evidence of Abrupt Changes in the Antarctic Environment
YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Want a state-of-the-art explainer on the big changes occurring in the Antarctic?
Check out this recent briefing, delivered to COP30 @iccinet.bsky.social
Very much designed for the non-expert, so don't be afraid to dip in!
www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw... 1/2
Check out this recent briefing, delivered to COP30 @iccinet.bsky.social
Very much designed for the non-expert, so don't be afraid to dip in!
www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw... 1/2
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World leaders must find the courage to end the fossil-fuel age www.nature.com/articles/d41...
World leaders must find the courage to end the fossil-fuel age
Despite the weak agreement seen at the COP30 climate conference, Brazil was right to prioritize discussing the eventual phase-out of fossil fuels. Others must now help to find a way forward.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
World leaders must find the courage to end the fossil-fuel age www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🇩🇰Denmark is hopelessly lacking behind on national satellite capacity according to a new report from the Danish Institute on International Studies. This has significant impact on the capacity to monitor and communicate in the High North including 🇬🇱& 🇫🇴
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🇩🇰Denmark is hopelessly lacking behind on national satellite capacity according to a new report from the Danish Institute on International Studies. This has significant impact on the capacity to monitor and communicate in the High North including 🇬🇱& 🇫🇴
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"Too many European governments still behave as if losing Ukraine would be unfortunate but manageable. This is fantasy. The destruction of Ukraine would reshape Europe’s security architecture for decades, and not in Europe’s favour."
Strong message by @drjademcglynn.bsky.social.
Strong message by @drjademcglynn.bsky.social.
Circus
Amidst the absolute chaos of a Witkoff-stamped Russian psyop-as-peace plan, discussion is filled with anger at Washington and at Moscow.
smalldeedsbigwar.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"Too many European governments still behave as if losing Ukraine would be unfortunate but manageable. This is fantasy. The destruction of Ukraine would reshape Europe’s security architecture for decades, and not in Europe’s favour."
Strong message by @drjademcglynn.bsky.social.
Strong message by @drjademcglynn.bsky.social.
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I thought I might try the same experiment with a bit more context, and - I dunno - it seems to have stumbled a bit with the basic facts…
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I thought I might try the same experiment with a bit more context, and - I dunno - it seems to have stumbled a bit with the basic facts…
QUIZ Indfødsretsprøve | DR
I dag har mange været til indfødsretsprøve. Prøv kræfter med den her.
www.dr.dk
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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13th International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling, Assimilation, Observations, Predictions, and Verification
9 – 11 June 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hosted by the Danish Meteorological Institute
iicwgda2026copenhagen.wordpress.com
9 – 11 June 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hosted by the Danish Meteorological Institute
iicwgda2026copenhagen.wordpress.com
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iicwgda2026copenhagen.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
13th International Workshop on Sea Ice Modelling, Assimilation, Observations, Predictions, and Verification
9 – 11 June 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hosted by the Danish Meteorological Institute
iicwgda2026copenhagen.wordpress.com
9 – 11 June 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hosted by the Danish Meteorological Institute
iicwgda2026copenhagen.wordpress.com
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I'm delighted to say we have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education with our work on OpenSAFELY, inventing new methods that let researchers analyse NHS GP data while protecting everyone's privacy, and with complete transparency, in a hugely productive platform!
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
OpenSAFELY team awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further
Oxford’s OpenSAFELY team wins the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for revolutionising secure NHS data research, protecting patient privacy while unlocking life-saving health insights.
www.ox.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm delighted to say we have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education with our work on OpenSAFELY, inventing new methods that let researchers analyse NHS GP data while protecting everyone's privacy, and with complete transparency, in a hugely productive platform!
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
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We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
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Some aircraft contrails persist and spread out to form a hazy layer.
This hazy layer may be responsible for 1-2% of global warming.
Who gave the airline industry permission to alter our sky in this way?
contrails.org
This hazy layer may be responsible for 1-2% of global warming.
Who gave the airline industry permission to alter our sky in this way?
contrails.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Some aircraft contrails persist and spread out to form a hazy layer.
This hazy layer may be responsible for 1-2% of global warming.
Who gave the airline industry permission to alter our sky in this way?
contrails.org
This hazy layer may be responsible for 1-2% of global warming.
Who gave the airline industry permission to alter our sky in this way?
contrails.org
Reposted by Ruth Mottram
“We’ve seen far less attention paid to how young women are also being radicalized in digital spaces, similarly lured by seemingly apolitical content”
@kylietcheung.bsky.social, author of Coercion, writing for @talkingpointsmemo.com:
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/anti-...
@kylietcheung.bsky.social, author of Coercion, writing for @talkingpointsmemo.com:
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/anti-...
Anti-Feminist Media Is Trying to Make Young Women Turn on Birth Control
In the aftermath of the 2024 election, explanations for Donald Trump’s decisive...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“We’ve seen far less attention paid to how young women are also being radicalized in digital spaces, similarly lured by seemingly apolitical content”
@kylietcheung.bsky.social, author of Coercion, writing for @talkingpointsmemo.com:
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/anti-...
@kylietcheung.bsky.social, author of Coercion, writing for @talkingpointsmemo.com:
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/anti-...
I just checked, apparently an average tax of 31 (rising to 33)% on £100,000 is in fact correct in the UK. No wonder the infrastructure feels like it's crumbling.
(My income tax starts at 38% and I'm far from that kind of income in Denmark)..
(My income tax starts at 38% and I'm far from that kind of income in Denmark)..
Either this calculator is broken or people *really* don't pay much tax in the UK.*
Greetings from Denmark...
Budget 2025 calculator: how Reeves’ tax changes will affect your money - on.ft.com/48iAfmz via @FT
Greetings from Denmark...
Budget 2025 calculator: how Reeves’ tax changes will affect your money - on.ft.com/48iAfmz via @FT
Budget 2025 calculator: how Reeves’ tax changes will affect your money
Use the FT’s interactive tool to understand how a further freeze to personal tax thresholds could affect you
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I just checked, apparently an average tax of 31 (rising to 33)% on £100,000 is in fact correct in the UK. No wonder the infrastructure feels like it's crumbling.
(My income tax starts at 38% and I'm far from that kind of income in Denmark)..
(My income tax starts at 38% and I'm far from that kind of income in Denmark)..
Either this calculator is broken or people *really* don't pay much tax in the UK.*
Greetings from Denmark...
Budget 2025 calculator: how Reeves’ tax changes will affect your money - on.ft.com/48iAfmz via @FT
Greetings from Denmark...
Budget 2025 calculator: how Reeves’ tax changes will affect your money - on.ft.com/48iAfmz via @FT
Budget 2025 calculator: how Reeves’ tax changes will affect your money
Use the FT’s interactive tool to understand how a further freeze to personal tax thresholds could affect you
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Either this calculator is broken or people *really* don't pay much tax in the UK.*
Greetings from Denmark...
Budget 2025 calculator: how Reeves’ tax changes will affect your money - on.ft.com/48iAfmz via @FT
Greetings from Denmark...
Budget 2025 calculator: how Reeves’ tax changes will affect your money - on.ft.com/48iAfmz via @FT
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@ans.bsky.social's running the Spine (268 miles up the Pennine Way in January!) and raising money for Oracle Head and Neck Cancer. If you can chuck in a bob or two to support, that would be marvelous! www.justgiving.com/page/anson-m...
Anson's fundraiser for Oracle Head and Neck Cancer UK
Help Anson Mackay raise money to support Oracle Head and Neck Cancer
www.justgiving.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
@ans.bsky.social's running the Spine (268 miles up the Pennine Way in January!) and raising money for Oracle Head and Neck Cancer. If you can chuck in a bob or two to support, that would be marvelous! www.justgiving.com/page/anson-m...
One day I'd like to see Farage and Cameron and Johnson in court to account for what they did to the country, quite thoughtlessly, carelessly and with only an eye out for themselves.
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
One day I'd like to see Farage and Cameron and Johnson in court to account for what they did to the country, quite thoughtlessly, carelessly and with only an eye out for themselves.
China is making trade impossible - on.ft.com/4p1B5eG via @FT
China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
China is making trade impossible - on.ft.com/4p1B5eG via @FT
"Farage has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other living politician. What might the country look like after a period with him in office?" Which says it all on why it is important to try to improve the UK economy
How to get the UK out of its economic hole - on.ft.com/4iq4UmP
How to get the UK out of its economic hole - on.ft.com/4iq4UmP
How to get the UK out of its economic hole
Reeves’ challenge is to remedy the disaster that Brexit has been for the country
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"Farage has already changed the UK (for the worse) more than any other living politician. What might the country look like after a period with him in office?" Which says it all on why it is important to try to improve the UK economy
How to get the UK out of its economic hole - on.ft.com/4iq4UmP
How to get the UK out of its economic hole - on.ft.com/4iq4UmP
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Antallet af danskere, der er villige til at ændre på deres madvaner af hensyn til klimaet, er faldet fra 21 % i 2022 til 16 % i 2025. Og her taler vi ikke engang om at afstå fra de klimatunge kødretter, men blot at skære ned.
Hvorfor? Det er så lille en ting, som alle kan gøre.
Hvorfor? Det er så lille en ting, som alle kan gøre.
Vi spiser lige så lidt vegetarisk som for ti år siden: Her er de vegetarretter, vi alligevel spiser mest
Danskernes foretrukne vegetariske retter viser sig at være mere beige end grønne.
www.dr.dk
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Antallet af danskere, der er villige til at ændre på deres madvaner af hensyn til klimaet, er faldet fra 21 % i 2022 til 16 % i 2025. Og her taler vi ikke engang om at afstå fra de klimatunge kødretter, men blot at skære ned.
Hvorfor? Det er så lille en ting, som alle kan gøre.
Hvorfor? Det er så lille en ting, som alle kan gøre.
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The US-Russia plan includes a $300bn signing bonus for the US in the form of Russia's central bank frozen assets - for @foreignpolicy.com I outline how the EU could curb Trump’s interest in the deal if the bloc rushes to seize these assets before America grabs them
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...
The U.S.-Russia Plan Gives Trump a $300 Billion Signing Bonus
If Europe moves fast to seize Russian assets, it may be able to sink this bad deal.
foreignpolicy.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The US-Russia plan includes a $300bn signing bonus for the US in the form of Russia's central bank frozen assets - for @foreignpolicy.com I outline how the EU could curb Trump’s interest in the deal if the bloc rushes to seize these assets before America grabs them
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/24/t...