Timlagor
@timlagor.bsky.social
The ice has been melting for *decades*.
Ice doesn't stop melting when you stop raising the thermostat.
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Ice doesn't stop melting when you stop raising the thermostat.
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Timlagor
@timlagor.bsky.social
· Jul 11
REMINDER:
1. If you're on Substack, get off of Substack.
2. If you want to start a Substack, DON'T.
1. If you're on Substack, get off of Substack.
2. If you want to start a Substack, DON'T.
A thread for getting off Substack 🧵:
1. First, migrate your archive and subscriber list to the new platform. I went to buttondown, which was the most affordable for me as a small letter, not a lot of paid subscribers. It's not as slick of an interface, but it does everything I need.
1. First, migrate your archive and subscriber list to the new platform. I went to buttondown, which was the most affordable for me as a small letter, not a lot of paid subscribers. It's not as slick of an interface, but it does everything I need.
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"I did not resign to make a symbolic point," writes Dr. Debra Houry, former chief medical officer of the CDC. "I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit." 🛟 🧪 time.com/7338714/dr-d...
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act."
time.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"I did not resign to make a symbolic point," writes Dr. Debra Houry, former chief medical officer of the CDC. "I resigned because staying silent would have made me complicit." 🛟 🧪 time.com/7338714/dr-d...
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Is your local NHS trust using Palantir software?
Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
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Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
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December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Is your local NHS trust using Palantir software?
Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/&utm-source=Bluesky&utm_campaign=no-palantir-nhs&utm_medium=social_media&utm_content=05-12-2025
Find out with our easy tool – then tell them what you think about it:
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Ofgem has announced au upgrade of our creaking energy grid. And who is going to pay for it? You
That's another £100+ on already high bills, while energy cos rake it in
💰Energy cos made a £30bn in pre-tax profits
🏠 Average household pays £500 a yr in energy profits
📺 So who is getting all this cash?
That's another £100+ on already high bills, while energy cos rake it in
💰Energy cos made a £30bn in pre-tax profits
🏠 Average household pays £500 a yr in energy profits
📺 So who is getting all this cash?
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ofgem has announced au upgrade of our creaking energy grid. And who is going to pay for it? You
That's another £100+ on already high bills, while energy cos rake it in
💰Energy cos made a £30bn in pre-tax profits
🏠 Average household pays £500 a yr in energy profits
📺 So who is getting all this cash?
That's another £100+ on already high bills, while energy cos rake it in
💰Energy cos made a £30bn in pre-tax profits
🏠 Average household pays £500 a yr in energy profits
📺 So who is getting all this cash?
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December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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not now digitally-enhanced predatory gambling culture, we haven't finished our slop-firehose soul-crushing information toxification AI hype curve
Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones. One recent Kalshi betting market that allowed people to bet on whether Palestinians in Gaza would suffer mass starvation.
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
not now digitally-enhanced predatory gambling culture, we haven't finished our slop-firehose soul-crushing information toxification AI hype curve
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The Supreme Court only ruled on whether people with a GRC count as women under the Equality Act.
You have to be 18 to get a GRC.
But the Guides say they’re kicking out trans girls – under 18s – as a result. It doesn’t track. So why are they doing it?
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
You have to be 18 to get a GRC.
But the Guides say they’re kicking out trans girls – under 18s – as a result. It doesn’t track. So why are they doing it?
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.
goodlaw.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The Supreme Court only ruled on whether people with a GRC count as women under the Equality Act.
You have to be 18 to get a GRC.
But the Guides say they’re kicking out trans girls – under 18s – as a result. It doesn’t track. So why are they doing it?
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
You have to be 18 to get a GRC.
But the Guides say they’re kicking out trans girls – under 18s – as a result. It doesn’t track. So why are they doing it?
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
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If you haven't yet watched #DaveBorlace's great #JustHaveaThink show on the UK #NationalEmergencyBriefing #nebriefing, you'll find that it's one of his very best. Have yourself some intriguing few minutes with it, and *please* act on what he says - sign the letter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you haven't yet watched #DaveBorlace's great #JustHaveaThink show on the UK #NationalEmergencyBriefing #nebriefing, you'll find that it's one of his very best. Have yourself some intriguing few minutes with it, and *please* act on what he says - sign the letter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
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I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
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I honestly don't think anyone still contributing free time and effort to Elon Musk has any sense of self interest or any reasonable, logical way they can be reached.
All we can do is support regulation and try to build up alternatives as much as possible. Those left there are unconvincable
All we can do is support regulation and try to build up alternatives as much as possible. Those left there are unconvincable
I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I honestly don't think anyone still contributing free time and effort to Elon Musk has any sense of self interest or any reasonable, logical way they can be reached.
All we can do is support regulation and try to build up alternatives as much as possible. Those left there are unconvincable
All we can do is support regulation and try to build up alternatives as much as possible. Those left there are unconvincable
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My local council has been told they will lose £17M next year.
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
My local council has been told they will lose £17M next year.
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£8 million in total is just under 23k per council. Enough to fund a home for maybe two families for a year (minus household bills).
Better than nothing, obviously... but so very, very far from being anywhere near enough it's an embarrassment.
Better than nothing, obviously... but so very, very far from being anywhere near enough it's an embarrassment.
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
£8 million in total is just under 23k per council. Enough to fund a home for maybe two families for a year (minus household bills).
Better than nothing, obviously... but so very, very far from being anywhere near enough it's an embarrassment.
Better than nothing, obviously... but so very, very far from being anywhere near enough it's an embarrassment.
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It's awfully ironic that this was Lord Whitehead's answer, as at the @nebriefing.bsky.social Prof. @kevinclimate.bsky.social told the attendees in no uncertain terms that the 1.5C goal was now out of reach and 2C will soon be too!
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It's awfully ironic that this was Lord Whitehead's answer, as at the @nebriefing.bsky.social Prof. @kevinclimate.bsky.social told the attendees in no uncertain terms that the 1.5C goal was now out of reach and 2C will soon be too!
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
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"[Some economic models] have made perspectives about what is acceptable climate change that are totally unreasonable."
-Joseph Stiglitz
Listen now on Overshootpod.com
-Joseph Stiglitz
Listen now on Overshootpod.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"[Some economic models] have made perspectives about what is acceptable climate change that are totally unreasonable."
-Joseph Stiglitz
Listen now on Overshootpod.com
-Joseph Stiglitz
Listen now on Overshootpod.com
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A Liverpool Quaker climate activist is appealing her conviction after a judge warned the jury against following their conscience, violating the centuries-old principle of jury independence, established in a landmark 1670 case involving Quaker defendants.
Quaker climate activist appeals conviction after judge threatens the jury
A Quaker is appealing her climate conviction after a judge threatened the jury with contempt of court if they found defendants not guilty according to their conscience.
www.quaker.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A Liverpool Quaker climate activist is appealing her conviction after a judge warned the jury against following their conscience, violating the centuries-old principle of jury independence, established in a landmark 1670 case involving Quaker defendants.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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To be fair it is tough for Wes Streeting.
You know he is aching to butcher the NHS, laying open it's entrails for his private healthcare donors to feast on, and yet he also wants to be PM and being the most hated man in the country might make that harder.
You know he is aching to butcher the NHS, laying open it's entrails for his private healthcare donors to feast on, and yet he also wants to be PM and being the most hated man in the country might make that harder.
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
To be fair it is tough for Wes Streeting.
You know he is aching to butcher the NHS, laying open it's entrails for his private healthcare donors to feast on, and yet he also wants to be PM and being the most hated man in the country might make that harder.
You know he is aching to butcher the NHS, laying open it's entrails for his private healthcare donors to feast on, and yet he also wants to be PM and being the most hated man in the country might make that harder.
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China's emissions changes have been worse than most transition scenarios that limit warming to 2C or less; albeit clearly not as bad as many anticipated ->
energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-conten...
energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-conten...
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
China's emissions changes have been worse than most transition scenarios that limit warming to 2C or less; albeit clearly not as bad as many anticipated ->
energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-conten...
energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-conten...
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Labour showing everyone what they are. Take note!
Rather than give informed, insightful and structured responses to questions, they’d rather try to derail those they are threatened by.
Thank god for Zack Polanski! 👏🏼
Rather than give informed, insightful and structured responses to questions, they’d rather try to derail those they are threatened by.
Thank god for Zack Polanski! 👏🏼
Very telling tonight on Question Time how much the Labour minister absolutely did not want me to talk.
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
While I think most literate people can be insightful and articulate in text form, if given enough time to collect their thoughts, it is a rare talent to be able to do that verbally, in real time, while responding to interruptions, hostile jibes or pointed questions and STILL get your point across.
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Labour showing everyone what they are. Take note!
Rather than give informed, insightful and structured responses to questions, they’d rather try to derail those they are threatened by.
Thank god for Zack Polanski! 👏🏼
Rather than give informed, insightful and structured responses to questions, they’d rather try to derail those they are threatened by.
Thank god for Zack Polanski! 👏🏼
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Why would a government want to scrap juries?
Is it so they can pass sentences that the gov wants, but the people object to?
Feels very 1984 to me…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@defendourjuries.bsky.social
@amnestyuk.bsky.social
@lawyersfornature.bsky.social
Is it so they can pass sentences that the gov wants, but the people object to?
Feels very 1984 to me…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@defendourjuries.bsky.social
@amnestyuk.bsky.social
@lawyersfornature.bsky.social
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Why would a government want to scrap juries?
Is it so they can pass sentences that the gov wants, but the people object to?
Feels very 1984 to me…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@defendourjuries.bsky.social
@amnestyuk.bsky.social
@lawyersfornature.bsky.social
Is it so they can pass sentences that the gov wants, but the people object to?
Feels very 1984 to me…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@defendourjuries.bsky.social
@amnestyuk.bsky.social
@lawyersfornature.bsky.social
"Puts economy ahead of health" is a lie.
Bad health is economically disastrous.
Bad health is economically disastrous.
"As you can see, none of the @who.int guidelines set 4 years ago are even considered as UK targets by 2030. This is not adequate to save lives and will lead to greater numbers of deaths from air pollution than stronger targets would" - Dr. @peteknapp.bsky.social
Government’s air quality Plan puts the economy ahead of health
Dr Peter Knapp – air quality scientist, journalist and filmmaker – provides a damning response to the Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan, which was published yesterday. The important and nece...
airqualitynews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Puts economy ahead of health" is a lie.
Bad health is economically disastrous.
Bad health is economically disastrous.
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also, look how they say the power plant (methane gas) for the data center will use a lot of water. Guess what doesn't use a lot of water to produce power? Solar. It's too bad El Paso isn't a warm sunny area or that might be a smarter choice, right?
Yet Another Benefit of Renewable Energy: It Uses Practically No Water Compared to Fossil Fuels
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently highlighted a little-discussed benefit of using renewables like wind and solar to produce electricity: Unlike most power sources, they require “alm...
www.desmog.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
also, look how they say the power plant (methane gas) for the data center will use a lot of water. Guess what doesn't use a lot of water to produce power? Solar. It's too bad El Paso isn't a warm sunny area or that might be a smarter choice, right?
When you 'train' a model on *good* data you are still likely to get garbage out. Putting in bad data just tells you one way the output almost always going to be bad.
This article suggests the possibility of training AI on pre-existing proposals and their review reports, scores and related decisions. I.e. training them on a system which is known to preferentially award larger amounts of money to white men. What could possibly go wrong?
UKRI exploring use of AI in grant review - this will prompt debate but interested to know if people think it’d encourage novelty or the opposite? www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
When you 'train' a model on *good* data you are still likely to get garbage out. Putting in bad data just tells you one way the output almost always going to be bad.
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They've picked Simon Wessely, who psychologised it in the first place, as Deputy 'find-evidence-for-what-we-already-believe' Lead of this review!
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
They've picked Simon Wessely, who psychologised it in the first place, as Deputy 'find-evidence-for-what-we-already-believe' Lead of this review!