Andrew Yool
@dryool.bsky.social
Novel reader, 🐈 lover, amateur 📸, gamer 🎮, slow 🚲, coattail-rider, rare blogger & ocean 🌊 biogeochemistry modeller (in that order). Views=own, RTs≠endorsement.
And, for reference, the cost of #DirectAirCapture is very approximately (*) the same as the consumer cost of putting that #CO2 in the atmosphere in the first place. So, when you hear about expensive renewables and cheap #FossilFuels, remember the latter's price-doubling #Externality cost.
Cost of direct air carbon capture to remain higher than hoped
The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped. This is the conclusion reached by ETH researchers on the basis of new calcu...
ethz.ch
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
And, for reference, the cost of #DirectAirCapture is very approximately (*) the same as the consumer cost of putting that #CO2 in the atmosphere in the first place. So, when you hear about expensive renewables and cheap #FossilFuels, remember the latter's price-doubling #Externality cost.
Holy fuck - @aiannucci.bsky.social's #StrongMessageHere today is all about my favourite undiscussed environmental concept: #Externalities. I'm never going to get any work done today if #BBCRadio4 keeps this up ... or, of course, I turn off the radio.
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Holy fuck - @aiannucci.bsky.social's #StrongMessageHere today is all about my favourite undiscussed environmental concept: #Externalities. I'm never going to get any work done today if #BBCRadio4 keeps this up ... or, of course, I turn off the radio.
Today's return to an #InOurTime recording on #BBCRadio4 is about #Eclipses. Brilliant as ever, but it just made a point that niggled me. Namely that, though Einstein's #GeneralRelativity famously predicted deflection of light by the Sun's gravity, Newton's earlier work also did this. (1/4)
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Today's return to an #InOurTime recording on #BBCRadio4 is about #Eclipses. Brilliant as ever, but it just made a point that niggled me. Namely that, though Einstein's #GeneralRelativity famously predicted deflection of light by the Sun's gravity, Newton's earlier work also did this. (1/4)
Hot take: Because it probably is responsible for these?
(I also wonder what the sales of 2020's #TheMinistryForTheFuture are like in India?)
(I also wonder what the sales of 2020's #TheMinistryForTheFuture are like in India?)
Why most Indians blame global warming for extreme weather events
Over 70% of Indians in all districts say that global warming is causing severe heat waves. To better understand this, we conducted phone interviews with over 19,000 people between 2022 and 2025. Here ...
www.indiatoday.in
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Hot take: Because it probably is responsible for these?
(I also wonder what the sales of 2020's #TheMinistryForTheFuture are like in India?)
(I also wonder what the sales of 2020's #TheMinistryForTheFuture are like in India?)
If, like me, you've missed your daily dose of glorious #Astronomy from @apod.shinyakato.dev because of an #OrangeTyrant, you may be delighted to hear that you can click the "previous day" link back across all the days you missed. Now *that's* public service for you ...
apod.nasa.gov/apod/
apod.nasa.gov/apod/
Astronomy Picture of the Day
A different astronomy and space science
related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
apod.nasa.gov
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
If, like me, you've missed your daily dose of glorious #Astronomy from @apod.shinyakato.dev because of an #OrangeTyrant, you may be delighted to hear that you can click the "previous day" link back across all the days you missed. Now *that's* public service for you ...
apod.nasa.gov/apod/
apod.nasa.gov/apod/
Coincidence I'm sure, but it's difficult *not* to make the #JurassicPark connection between #Radio4 reports of the discovery of Hitler's DNA on the #TodayProgramme earlier, with the #InOurTime on #Dinosaurs right now. It suggests some sort of #BoysFromBrazil remake to capture our fascist zeitgeist.
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Coincidence I'm sure, but it's difficult *not* to make the #JurassicPark connection between #Radio4 reports of the discovery of Hitler's DNA on the #TodayProgramme earlier, with the #InOurTime on #Dinosaurs right now. It suggests some sort of #BoysFromBrazil remake to capture our fascist zeitgeist.
Anyone looking for a short primer on the #CarbonCycle (🌳and 🌊) could do a lot worse than today's #TheLifeScientific programme on #BBCRadio4 with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social interviewing @pfriedling.bsky.social (@exeter.ac.uk) ...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Life Scientific - Pierre Friedlingstein on carbon’s pivotal role in climate change - BBC Sounds
Pierre Friedlingstein on the pivotal role of carbon in predicting climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Anyone looking for a short primer on the #CarbonCycle (🌳and 🌊) could do a lot worse than today's #TheLifeScientific programme on #BBCRadio4 with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social interviewing @pfriedling.bsky.social (@exeter.ac.uk) ...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Alternatively: "100% of #gamers believe #Steam has a monopoly on PC games that spares them from having to install multiple bullshit apps like #Uplay / #EAApp"
Sure, @steampowered.com's monopoly is bad, but so is having to tolerate a whole load of crap alternative platforms.
Sure, @steampowered.com's monopoly is bad, but so is having to tolerate a whole load of crap alternative platforms.
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Alternatively: "100% of #gamers believe #Steam has a monopoly on PC games that spares them from having to install multiple bullshit apps like #Uplay / #EAApp"
Sure, @steampowered.com's monopoly is bad, but so is having to tolerate a whole load of crap alternative platforms.
Sure, @steampowered.com's monopoly is bad, but so is having to tolerate a whole load of crap alternative platforms.
Hey @royalsociety.org - hate to break it to you, but just because you were formed in the wake of Britain's last civil war, doesn't mean you'll weather one fomented by your most racist, most scumbaggy Fellow. You're embarrassing UK science by acquiescing to a fellow who doesn't even respect you.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Hey @royalsociety.org - hate to break it to you, but just because you were formed in the wake of Britain's last civil war, doesn't mean you'll weather one fomented by your most racist, most scumbaggy Fellow. You're embarrassing UK science by acquiescing to a fellow who doesn't even respect you.
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I *knew* it! The dinosaurs 🦕 were ROBBED!
Dinosaurs were thriving until asteroid struck, research suggests
Dating of rock formation in New Mexico casts doubt on theory that species was already in decline
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I *knew* it! The dinosaurs 🦕 were ROBBED!
Nice to see an #ESM study on 🌊 #mCDR looking at ecosystem interactions in #OAE - something which we totally glossed over in our own recent evaluation! 🤭
🌊 New paper out today: Assessing the interaction between ocean alkalinity enhancement 🚢 and phytoplankton🦠 in an Earth System Model 🌐
#mCDR #OAE #ESM
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
#mCDR #OAE #ESM
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Interactions between ocean alkalinity enhancement and phytoplankton in an Earth system model
Abstract. The functioning and efficiency of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) as a CO2 removal strategy is well investigated in model studies, but risks for the ecosystem are presently not considered...
bg.copernicus.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Today in metaphors for gross bureaucratic overreach, near-complete lack of perspective, blind qualitative thinking, wildly disproportionate targeting of low-hanging fruit, effective favouring of corporate offenders, spiteful use of enforcement, unconscionable failure to see the woods for the trees.
Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Today in metaphors for gross bureaucratic overreach, near-complete lack of perspective, blind qualitative thinking, wildly disproportionate targeting of low-hanging fruit, effective favouring of corporate offenders, spiteful use of enforcement, unconscionable failure to see the woods for the trees.
Reassuring that the Republican Party has safely put democracy out of the reach of the electorate ...
Breaking news: Republican state senators in North Carolina approved redrawing the state’s congressional map in hopes of gaining another U.S. House seat and protecting their narrow majority in next year’s midterm elections.
North Carolina lawmakers vote to add GOP House seat, in win for Trump
The redrawing of North Carolina’s congressional map comes as President Donald Trump presses Republicans to add more GOP seats to protect their majority in 2026.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reassuring that the Republican Party has safely put democracy out of the reach of the electorate ...
I'm not entirely sure how to take this ...
October 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I'm not entirely sure how to take this ...
An amazing literal manifestation of the destruction that Trump et al. are wreaking on the wider fabric of the US ...
White House’s East Wing partially demolished as work begins on Trump’s $250m ballroom
Ex-congressman calls major renovation ‘utter desecration’ as demolition in East Wing reportedly under way
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
An amazing literal manifestation of the destruction that Trump et al. are wreaking on the wider fabric of the US ...
The intriguing #MountainsOfKong got a passing mention on this morning's #StartTheWeek on #BBCRadio4. Looking them up on @wikipedia.org, I was surprised to discover that an early proponent of this wholly fictional range was none other than the 🌊 oceanographer, #JamesRennell.
Start the Week - Maps – lost, secret and revealing - BBC Sounds
James Cheshire, Jerry Brotton and Jenny Uglow, with Tom Sutcliffe.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The intriguing #MountainsOfKong got a passing mention on this morning's #StartTheWeek on #BBCRadio4. Looking them up on @wikipedia.org, I was surprised to discover that an early proponent of this wholly fictional range was none other than the 🌊 oceanographer, #JamesRennell.
Headline translated: Social parasite says it will exit host if unimpeded access to bleed it dry discontinued
#GamblingPrevention #EndAddiction
#GamblingPrevention #EndAddiction
Betfred says all its shops may close if Reeves hikes gambling tax
The company's co-founder says it would be forced to close all its sites, putting 7,500 jobs at risk, if gambling taxes go up.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Headline translated: Social parasite says it will exit host if unimpeded access to bleed it dry discontinued
#GamblingPrevention #EndAddiction
#GamblingPrevention #EndAddiction
Looks like opponents of #SolarRadiationManagement have a new ally in their fight: #MAHA asshats. Less concerned by #MoralHazard than #ImaginaryHazard, but my enemy's enemy is my friend, right?
#SRM #ClimateInterventions #Chemtrails
#SRM #ClimateInterventions #Chemtrails
RFK Jr.’s MAHA wants to make chemtrail conspiracy theories great again
It’s unclear if Kennedy will follow through, but he supports the conspiracy theory.
arstechnica.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Looks like opponents of #SolarRadiationManagement have a new ally in their fight: #MAHA asshats. Less concerned by #MoralHazard than #ImaginaryHazard, but my enemy's enemy is my friend, right?
#SRM #ClimateInterventions #Chemtrails
#SRM #ClimateInterventions #Chemtrails
Writing a paper? OK with being savagely beaten by an AI "Reviewer 2"? Then maybe give this new service a try …
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Writing a paper? OK with being savagely beaten by an AI "Reviewer 2"? Then maybe give this new service a try …
While visiting @samsocean.bsky.social near #Oban, Team #SMARTEX takes a moment to look at a much shallower marine ecosystem … 🌊
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
While visiting @samsocean.bsky.social near #Oban, Team #SMARTEX takes a moment to look at a much shallower marine ecosystem … 🌊
<Looks around> No shit, Sherlock
October 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
<Looks around> No shit, Sherlock
October 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Your regular reminder that businesses are playing the CC-PP game 24:7. They commonise costs (CC) where they can (in this case, the climate cost of methane), and always privatise profits (PP). This means all of us pay (including them, but only a little) while they keep all of the gain.
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
www.latimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Your regular reminder that businesses are playing the CC-PP game 24:7. They commonise costs (CC) where they can (in this case, the climate cost of methane), and always privatise profits (PP). This means all of us pay (including them, but only a little) while they keep all of the gain.