David Futyan
@davidfutyan.bsky.social
Former particle physicist. Mountain and weather enthusiast. Value tolerance, compassion, reason and truth.
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And what sort of 'respect' are we expected to accord Putin's Russia?
After invading Georgia in 2008, Putin said Crimea was not disputed territory and that Russia recognised modern-day Ukraine and its borders.
Why would anyone but a fool trust this snake now?
Why would anyone but a fool trust this snake now?
December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
And what sort of 'respect' are we expected to accord Putin's Russia?
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This man’s ego is a Black Hole. It has to absorb every particle surrounding it. His narcissism is insatiable. Every attempt to satisfy it only fuels his overwhelming need for yet more flattery.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says
The board of the performing arts centre, which was appointed by Trump, voted to rename it to honour him, the White House press secretary says.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This man’s ego is a Black Hole. It has to absorb every particle surrounding it. His narcissism is insatiable. Every attempt to satisfy it only fuels his overwhelming need for yet more flattery.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Le brouillard est plutôt rare en Valais central, mais lorsqu'il se forme, les collines de Valère et Tourbillon deviennent des îles comme sur la photo numéro 19 de notre #calendrierdelAvent : https://bit.ly/440ENgp
Photo : Sion (VS), Christiane Roh
Photo : Sion (VS), Christiane Roh
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Le brouillard est plutôt rare en Valais central, mais lorsqu'il se forme, les collines de Valère et Tourbillon deviennent des îles comme sur la photo numéro 19 de notre #calendrierdelAvent : https://bit.ly/440ENgp
Photo : Sion (VS), Christiane Roh
Photo : Sion (VS), Christiane Roh
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French glaciers have lost more than 4% of their volume in 2025! 🧊🔥
According to #Glacioclim network (glacioclim.osug.fr), 2025 ranks 3rd most deficient mass balance ever recorded, after 2022 and 2023! 😱
Via @liberation.fr
www.liberation.fr/environnemen...
According to #Glacioclim network (glacioclim.osug.fr), 2025 ranks 3rd most deficient mass balance ever recorded, after 2022 and 2023! 😱
Via @liberation.fr
www.liberation.fr/environnemen...
December 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
French glaciers have lost more than 4% of their volume in 2025! 🧊🔥
According to #Glacioclim network (glacioclim.osug.fr), 2025 ranks 3rd most deficient mass balance ever recorded, after 2022 and 2023! 😱
Via @liberation.fr
www.liberation.fr/environnemen...
According to #Glacioclim network (glacioclim.osug.fr), 2025 ranks 3rd most deficient mass balance ever recorded, after 2022 and 2023! 😱
Via @liberation.fr
www.liberation.fr/environnemen...
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An overlooked alternate reason for rising claims in UK as fall in Europe is that data-sharing + finger-printing is now a barrier to making a second claim to a second EU country (but not to UK)
Being outside that system can make UK a court of appeal for failed claims in the EU, says Alan Manning
Being outside that system can make UK a court of appeal for failed claims in the EU, says Alan Manning
December 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
An overlooked alternate reason for rising claims in UK as fall in Europe is that data-sharing + finger-printing is now a barrier to making a second claim to a second EU country (but not to UK)
Being outside that system can make UK a court of appeal for failed claims in the EU, says Alan Manning
Being outside that system can make UK a court of appeal for failed claims in the EU, says Alan Manning
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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Vergara Glacier (Cordillera Darwin)
1928 | 2024
This glacier has retreated 3 km over the last century, date on which it still reached the De Agostini fjord 🧊🌊
📷
1928: Gunther Plüschow (from 'Feuerland' vessel)
2024: Cristian Donoso (from kayak)
1928 | 2024
This glacier has retreated 3 km over the last century, date on which it still reached the De Agostini fjord 🧊🌊
📷
1928: Gunther Plüschow (from 'Feuerland' vessel)
2024: Cristian Donoso (from kayak)
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Vergara Glacier (Cordillera Darwin)
1928 | 2024
This glacier has retreated 3 km over the last century, date on which it still reached the De Agostini fjord 🧊🌊
📷
1928: Gunther Plüschow (from 'Feuerland' vessel)
2024: Cristian Donoso (from kayak)
1928 | 2024
This glacier has retreated 3 km over the last century, date on which it still reached the De Agostini fjord 🧊🌊
📷
1928: Gunther Plüschow (from 'Feuerland' vessel)
2024: Cristian Donoso (from kayak)
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Another excellent piece from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
“If and when Donald Trump and those who serve him, and themselves, are eventually called to account, they will be confronted by that single word [corruption], in all its shades – and all its force.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“If and when Donald Trump and those who serve him, and themselves, are eventually called to account, they will be confronted by that single word [corruption], in all its shades – and all its force.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland
These deadly US boat strikes are the latest example of a president corrupting both the law and morality, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Another excellent piece from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
“If and when Donald Trump and those who serve him, and themselves, are eventually called to account, they will be confronted by that single word [corruption], in all its shades – and all its force.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“If and when Donald Trump and those who serve him, and themselves, are eventually called to account, they will be confronted by that single word [corruption], in all its shades – and all its force.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A purple sky over Cerro Pachón 💜
The sky over NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory and its 1.2-meter Auxiliary Telescope glitters like no other place on Earth. ✨
At Rubin's site in Chile 🇨🇱, the air is dry, the skies are dark and clear, and the Milky Way shines in all its glory. 🌌
The sky over NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory and its 1.2-meter Auxiliary Telescope glitters like no other place on Earth. ✨
At Rubin's site in Chile 🇨🇱, the air is dry, the skies are dark and clear, and the Milky Way shines in all its glory. 🌌
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A purple sky over Cerro Pachón 💜
The sky over NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory and its 1.2-meter Auxiliary Telescope glitters like no other place on Earth. ✨
At Rubin's site in Chile 🇨🇱, the air is dry, the skies are dark and clear, and the Milky Way shines in all its glory. 🌌
The sky over NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory and its 1.2-meter Auxiliary Telescope glitters like no other place on Earth. ✨
At Rubin's site in Chile 🇨🇱, the air is dry, the skies are dark and clear, and the Milky Way shines in all its glory. 🌌
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This chart is about tactical voting, but looking at it from the perspective of ‘would it be easier for labour to get voters back from Reform, or from literally anyone else’ is quite revealing
If voters could vote against a party (More in Common)
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This chart is about tactical voting, but looking at it from the perspective of ‘would it be easier for labour to get voters back from Reform, or from literally anyone else’ is quite revealing
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Crypto-investor who lives in Thailand gives record-breaking donation to Reform UK, to help it win power in a country he doesn't live in.
Britain's political funding laws are a charred and smoking ruin. Ducking change was a catastrophic mistake by Labour.
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Britain's political funding laws are a charred and smoking ruin. Ducking change was a catastrophic mistake by Labour.
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Reform UK gets record £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Crypto-investor who lives in Thailand gives record-breaking donation to Reform UK, to help it win power in a country he doesn't live in.
Britain's political funding laws are a charred and smoking ruin. Ducking change was a catastrophic mistake by Labour.
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Britain's political funding laws are a charred and smoking ruin. Ducking change was a catastrophic mistake by Labour.
www.ft.com/content/db73...
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Marinelli Glacier (Cordillera Darwin)
1913 | 2024
Another mind-boggling comparison! 🧊🔥
Marinelli Glacier has lost >15 km during this period! 😲
Monte Shipton (2,568 m) at the background is the highest peak in CD 🏔️
📷 1913: pano made of 5 images by Alberto de Agostini
📽️ 2024: Cristian Donoso
1913 | 2024
Another mind-boggling comparison! 🧊🔥
Marinelli Glacier has lost >15 km during this period! 😲
Monte Shipton (2,568 m) at the background is the highest peak in CD 🏔️
📷 1913: pano made of 5 images by Alberto de Agostini
📽️ 2024: Cristian Donoso
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Marinelli Glacier (Cordillera Darwin)
1913 | 2024
Another mind-boggling comparison! 🧊🔥
Marinelli Glacier has lost >15 km during this period! 😲
Monte Shipton (2,568 m) at the background is the highest peak in CD 🏔️
📷 1913: pano made of 5 images by Alberto de Agostini
📽️ 2024: Cristian Donoso
1913 | 2024
Another mind-boggling comparison! 🧊🔥
Marinelli Glacier has lost >15 km during this period! 😲
Monte Shipton (2,568 m) at the background is the highest peak in CD 🏔️
📷 1913: pano made of 5 images by Alberto de Agostini
📽️ 2024: Cristian Donoso
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We rely on migration for the economy and several industries, decrease that and the economy is worse. A worsening economy means worse conditions. Unhappy public looks for someone to blame. Politicians tell them it's migrants. And so we end up in a never ending loop while everything gets worse.
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We rely on migration for the economy and several industries, decrease that and the economy is worse. A worsening economy means worse conditions. Unhappy public looks for someone to blame. Politicians tell them it's migrants. And so we end up in a never ending loop while everything gets worse.
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Ce 1er décembre signe le début de notre #calendrierdelAvent composé cette année de photos que vous nous avez envoyées. Cette première porte dévoile des #nuages qui donnent au #ciel une allure de peau de léopard : https://bit.ly/440ENgp
Photo : Welschenrohr (SO), Monika Minder-Allemann
Photo : Welschenrohr (SO), Monika Minder-Allemann
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ce 1er décembre signe le début de notre #calendrierdelAvent composé cette année de photos que vous nous avez envoyées. Cette première porte dévoile des #nuages qui donnent au #ciel une allure de peau de léopard : https://bit.ly/440ENgp
Photo : Welschenrohr (SO), Monika Minder-Allemann
Photo : Welschenrohr (SO), Monika Minder-Allemann
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This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
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Dreamy snowscape from the slopes of Mont Buet (3,096 m asl) towards Aiguille Verte, Grandes Jorasses and Mont Blanc today! 🏔️🤩
📷 @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social 🙏
📷 @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social 🙏
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Dreamy snowscape from the slopes of Mont Buet (3,096 m asl) towards Aiguille Verte, Grandes Jorasses and Mont Blanc today! 🏔️🤩
📷 @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social 🙏
📷 @lomdumtblanc.bsky.social 🙏
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This piece by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is well worth reading:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Antisemitism allegations against the teenage Farage matter – look at what he went on to do | Jonathan Freedland
Farage has cosied up to US figures who espoused conspiracy theories about Jews. That kind of talk is becoming alarmingly mainstream on the Maga right, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This piece by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is well worth reading:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Our information space is dominated by a system that demands and rewards continous and immediate emotional gratification, so you can't even begin to have a discussion about complex issues. It's a bright cancer that spreads and multiplies with every interaction.
It's part of the electionification of everything, which is why we as a country are failing to have a proper conversation about our actual problems. It's bad for the left *and* the right.
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Our information space is dominated by a system that demands and rewards continous and immediate emotional gratification, so you can't even begin to have a discussion about complex issues. It's a bright cancer that spreads and multiplies with every interaction.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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The disappearance of the winter kingdom! 🧊❄️
Number of days without thaw in Zurich since 1882 🥶
20th century average: ~30
1963: 56 ! 📉
2025: 4 ! 📈
Via Simon Scherrer
Data @meteoschweiz.ch
Number of days without thaw in Zurich since 1882 🥶
20th century average: ~30
1963: 56 ! 📉
2025: 4 ! 📈
Via Simon Scherrer
Data @meteoschweiz.ch
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The disappearance of the winter kingdom! 🧊❄️
Number of days without thaw in Zurich since 1882 🥶
20th century average: ~30
1963: 56 ! 📉
2025: 4 ! 📈
Via Simon Scherrer
Data @meteoschweiz.ch
Number of days without thaw in Zurich since 1882 🥶
20th century average: ~30
1963: 56 ! 📉
2025: 4 ! 📈
Via Simon Scherrer
Data @meteoschweiz.ch
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Striking animation showing the magnitude of glacier collapse since ca 1900 in the Alps! 🧊🔥
All the retreat you see here is caused by human activity, and it will only stop when the last cubic metre of ice has melted! 📈💧
📷 Photos: @glacionaut
🎥 AI Animation: @flashologo
All the retreat you see here is caused by human activity, and it will only stop when the last cubic metre of ice has melted! 📈💧
📷 Photos: @glacionaut
🎥 AI Animation: @flashologo
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Striking animation showing the magnitude of glacier collapse since ca 1900 in the Alps! 🧊🔥
All the retreat you see here is caused by human activity, and it will only stop when the last cubic metre of ice has melted! 📈💧
📷 Photos: @glacionaut
🎥 AI Animation: @flashologo
All the retreat you see here is caused by human activity, and it will only stop when the last cubic metre of ice has melted! 📈💧
📷 Photos: @glacionaut
🎥 AI Animation: @flashologo
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'Zermatt et le Mont Cervin'
Adolphe Braun
c. 1860
Absolutely gorgeous early view of this iconic landscape! 🏔️
The Matterhorn seems to float above a still wintery scenery - five years before its first ascent! ❄️
Adolphe Braun
c. 1860
Absolutely gorgeous early view of this iconic landscape! 🏔️
The Matterhorn seems to float above a still wintery scenery - five years before its first ascent! ❄️
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
'Zermatt et le Mont Cervin'
Adolphe Braun
c. 1860
Absolutely gorgeous early view of this iconic landscape! 🏔️
The Matterhorn seems to float above a still wintery scenery - five years before its first ascent! ❄️
Adolphe Braun
c. 1860
Absolutely gorgeous early view of this iconic landscape! 🏔️
The Matterhorn seems to float above a still wintery scenery - five years before its first ascent! ❄️
Profound and beautiful open.substack.com/pub/colorsto...
I'd like to be more wild.
A blog post about dogs, foxes, weasels, and life in general.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Profound and beautiful open.substack.com/pub/colorsto...
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Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.