Patrick Fullick
@insect-project.org
unrecovered academic https://fullick.net ~ writer ~ habitually techy ~ InSECT Project team member https://insect-project.org - working to restore trust in science, bolster democracy and counter the erosion of truth 🧪 ✊
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Patrick Fullick
@insect-project.org
· Dec 6
The InSECT Project is developing a new teaching program to bolster democracy and counter the erosion of truth, with science being considered as a form of knowledge alongside arts and humanities knowledge.
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Excellent 🧵 and comments.
Thought-provoking.
And a cause for (cautious) optimism.
Thought-provoking.
And a cause for (cautious) optimism.
One of the most interesting trips I took for my book about Britain was to Wales. Welsh history and culture are fascinating. This poll does not surprise me.
BREAKING: Explosive new poll for ITV Cymru Wales puts Plaid Cymru surging ahead of Reform UK in May’s Welsh elections.
Plaid 37%
Reform 23%
Greens 13%
Labour 10%
Tories 10%
Lib Dems 5%
Plaid could form majority with Greens on this basis, with Labour out of govt for first time since devolution.
Plaid 37%
Reform 23%
Greens 13%
Labour 10%
Tories 10%
Lib Dems 5%
Plaid could form majority with Greens on this basis, with Labour out of govt for first time since devolution.
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Excellent 🧵 and comments.
Thought-provoking.
And a cause for (cautious) optimism.
Thought-provoking.
And a cause for (cautious) optimism.
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1/ Some wild numbers have been used in the media this week for “the cost of net zero”.
Reports have said that net zero will “cost” £4.5 trillion, £7.6 trillion – the list goes on.
None of these are the cost of net zero – a quick explainer 🧵 on why
Reports have said that net zero will “cost” £4.5 trillion, £7.6 trillion – the list goes on.
None of these are the cost of net zero – a quick explainer 🧵 on why
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
1/ Some wild numbers have been used in the media this week for “the cost of net zero”.
Reports have said that net zero will “cost” £4.5 trillion, £7.6 trillion – the list goes on.
None of these are the cost of net zero – a quick explainer 🧵 on why
Reports have said that net zero will “cost” £4.5 trillion, £7.6 trillion – the list goes on.
None of these are the cost of net zero – a quick explainer 🧵 on why
Reposted by Patrick Fullick
Mike here doing the good work as to why the numbers plastered across certain newspapers are absolute baloney.
TLTR: they've only looking at half the equation.
TLTR: they've only looking at half the equation.
1/ Some wild numbers have been used in the media this week for “the cost of net zero”.
Reports have said that net zero will “cost” £4.5 trillion, £7.6 trillion – the list goes on.
None of these are the cost of net zero – a quick explainer 🧵 on why
Reports have said that net zero will “cost” £4.5 trillion, £7.6 trillion – the list goes on.
None of these are the cost of net zero – a quick explainer 🧵 on why
January 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Mike here doing the good work as to why the numbers plastered across certain newspapers are absolute baloney.
TLTR: they've only looking at half the equation.
TLTR: they've only looking at half the equation.
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Where is climate research being talked about the most?
Using the new @carbonbrief.org list of top 25 climate papers of 2025 and @altmetric.com, I found that compared with Twitter, these papers were discussed
*** 58% more on Bluesky ***
Read on for more 1/🧵
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Using the new @carbonbrief.org list of top 25 climate papers of 2025 and @altmetric.com, I found that compared with Twitter, these papers were discussed
*** 58% more on Bluesky ***
Read on for more 1/🧵
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January 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Where is climate research being talked about the most?
Using the new @carbonbrief.org list of top 25 climate papers of 2025 and @altmetric.com, I found that compared with Twitter, these papers were discussed
*** 58% more on Bluesky ***
Read on for more 1/🧵
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Using the new @carbonbrief.org list of top 25 climate papers of 2025 and @altmetric.com, I found that compared with Twitter, these papers were discussed
*** 58% more on Bluesky ***
Read on for more 1/🧵
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"for the past four years, hundreds of miles of cabling have been rolled out (literally) into the tunnels and stations, while rooms have been filled with computer racks, air conditioners and a host of related equipment"
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how... <- some great detail in this story!
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how... <- some great detail in this story!
How London finally cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground
Dotted around London, there are a number of private hotels that aren’t the sort of hotel you might expect – they’re needed to make mobile phones work on the London Underground.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"for the past four years, hundreds of miles of cabling have been rolled out (literally) into the tunnels and stations, while rooms have been filled with computer racks, air conditioners and a host of related equipment"
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how... <- some great detail in this story!
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how... <- some great detail in this story!
Attacks on science have enormous ramifications for the health of our planet and of all of us, wherever we live.
What the public doesn't hear enough about but has serious repercussions for our health and planet-
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks #BlueEarth
MAHA’s Toxic Impotence
open.substack.com/pub/drbobmor...
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks #BlueEarth
MAHA’s Toxic Impotence
open.substack.com/pub/drbobmor...
MAHA’s Toxic Impotence
The industry takeover of environmental regulations claims a new victim
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Attacks on science have enormous ramifications for the health of our planet and of all of us, wherever we live.
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The European University Association is now inviting applications for a 2026 Thematic Peer Group on ‘Universities and democracy in times of polarisation’.
⏳ The deadline to apply is 30 January 2026.
📨 Read more details and send your application at https://bit.ly/457yHeB
⏳ The deadline to apply is 30 January 2026.
📨 Read more details and send your application at https://bit.ly/457yHeB
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The European University Association is now inviting applications for a 2026 Thematic Peer Group on ‘Universities and democracy in times of polarisation’.
⏳ The deadline to apply is 30 January 2026.
📨 Read more details and send your application at https://bit.ly/457yHeB
⏳ The deadline to apply is 30 January 2026.
📨 Read more details and send your application at https://bit.ly/457yHeB
Zack's blog contains some great data visualisation - stunning work.
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data)...
• about 200,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 750,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,330,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,720,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 200,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 750,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,330,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,720,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
January 12, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Zack's blog contains some great data visualisation - stunning work.
Reposted by Patrick Fullick
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 427 ppm in December 2025
10 years ago December averaged about 402 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
10 years ago December averaged about 402 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
January 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 427 ppm in December 2025
10 years ago December averaged about 402 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
10 years ago December averaged about 402 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
Reposted by Patrick Fullick
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“The conversation must include climate. Don’t let anybody try to tell you otherwise.” @sammyroth.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
@doctorvive.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@psr.org
@climate4health.bsky.social
“The conversation must include climate. Don’t let anybody try to tell you otherwise.” @sammyroth.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
@doctorvive.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@psr.org
@climate4health.bsky.social
I was right. The L.A. fires changed nothing
A year after Altadena and Pacific Palisades burned, "climate change" has exited the chat.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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“The conversation must include climate. Don’t let anybody try to tell you otherwise.” @sammyroth.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
@doctorvive.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@psr.org
@climate4health.bsky.social
“The conversation must include climate. Don’t let anybody try to tell you otherwise.” @sammyroth.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
@doctorvive.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@psr.org
@climate4health.bsky.social
1984 truly is a book for our time.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
This is directly applicable to the recent ICE killing. Why is the truth so obviously denied? Why do so many defend the killing?
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This is directly applicable to the recent ICE killing. Why is the truth so obviously denied? Why do so many defend the killing?
1/3
January 10, 2026 at 9:58 AM
1984 truly is a book for our time.
I, for one, welcome our new overlords.
I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
January 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
I, for one, welcome our new overlords.
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Greenhouse gas emissions:
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Greenhouse gas emissions:
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
An excellent series on BBC Radio.
"In the spheres of technology, industry, economic growth and geopolitics the notion of human progress seems to have gone into reverse. There are widespread fears that new and incomprehensible technologies will turn against us."
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
"In the spheres of technology, industry, economic growth and geopolitics the notion of human progress seems to have gone into reverse. There are widespread fears that new and incomprehensible technologies will turn against us."
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - What Happened to Progress?
From technology to the climate to the global order, has human progress gone into reverse?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 AM
An excellent series on BBC Radio.
"In the spheres of technology, industry, economic growth and geopolitics the notion of human progress seems to have gone into reverse. There are widespread fears that new and incomprehensible technologies will turn against us."
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
"In the spheres of technology, industry, economic growth and geopolitics the notion of human progress seems to have gone into reverse. There are widespread fears that new and incomprehensible technologies will turn against us."
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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They shot her and then prevented a doctor from trying to save her. Meanwhile right wing commentators make out having pronouns in her bio somehow 'justifies' this.
This is the organisation Badenoch wants to replicate here, while Starmer panders to the man currently painting the victim as the villain.
This is the organisation Badenoch wants to replicate here, while Starmer panders to the man currently painting the victim as the villain.
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
They shot her and then prevented a doctor from trying to save her. Meanwhile right wing commentators make out having pronouns in her bio somehow 'justifies' this.
This is the organisation Badenoch wants to replicate here, while Starmer panders to the man currently painting the victim as the villain.
This is the organisation Badenoch wants to replicate here, while Starmer panders to the man currently painting the victim as the villain.
Reposted by Patrick Fullick
The US has some of the world’s best climate scientists (and more of them than anywhere else) & has contributed disproportionately to understanding the climate system. It’s idiotic for the US to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the IPCC but it’s on brand for this regime.
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
The US has some of the world’s best climate scientists (and more of them than anywhere else) & has contributed disproportionately to understanding the climate system. It’s idiotic for the US to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the IPCC but it’s on brand for this regime.
Calling all teachers in middle/high schools and colleges!
Join us at the InSECT Project to fight against attacks on science which threaten the health of our planet and people around the world. 🧪 #EduSky
Visit insect-project.org to find out about the free materials we're producing!
Join us at the InSECT Project to fight against attacks on science which threaten the health of our planet and people around the world. 🧪 #EduSky
Visit insect-project.org to find out about the free materials we're producing!
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Calling all teachers in middle/high schools and colleges!
Join us at the InSECT Project to fight against attacks on science which threaten the health of our planet and people around the world. 🧪 #EduSky
Visit insect-project.org to find out about the free materials we're producing!
Join us at the InSECT Project to fight against attacks on science which threaten the health of our planet and people around the world. 🧪 #EduSky
Visit insect-project.org to find out about the free materials we're producing!
"... no cases of cervical cancer have been detected in Scotland in anyone who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine when they were 12 or 13 years."
Vaccinations are a monumentally important part of improving public health.
Follow the science! 🧪
Vaccinations are a monumentally important part of improving public health.
Follow the science! 🧪
Whereas vaccination is proven ho be extraoridnarily effective:
"Palmer told The Lancet Oncology that the results indicated that Scotland was well on the way to eliminating cervical cancer in young women."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"Palmer told The Lancet Oncology that the results indicated that Scotland was well on the way to eliminating cervical cancer in young women."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
HPV vaccination programme success in Scotland
A new study by Tim J Palmer (Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, UK) and colleagues has
revealed that no cases of cervical cancer have been detected in Scotland in anyone
who received the human papilloma...
www.thelancet.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"... no cases of cervical cancer have been detected in Scotland in anyone who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine when they were 12 or 13 years."
Vaccinations are a monumentally important part of improving public health.
Follow the science! 🧪
Vaccinations are a monumentally important part of improving public health.
Follow the science! 🧪
Katie Miller has "done her own research" on vaccines (tip: she's not a qualified vaccine scientist), and has not vaccinated her 3rd child. She concludes that he's healthier than his older siblings.
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Let's hope that child 3 can rely on herd immunity.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Let's hope that child 3 can rely on herd immunity.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Katie Miller claims her unvaccinated child is healthier than her vaccinated one
Katie Miller said mothers who do their own research are ‘the most powerful people on the planet’
www.independent.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Katie Miller has "done her own research" on vaccines (tip: she's not a qualified vaccine scientist), and has not vaccinated her 3rd child. She concludes that he's healthier than his older siblings.
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Let's hope that child 3 can rely on herd immunity.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Let's hope that child 3 can rely on herd immunity.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Nullschool provides brilliant weather visuals. I've been using it on desktop and in a mobile browser for a long time. Now an iOS app is available!
Thank you, @cambecc.nullschool.net!
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Thank you, @cambecc.nullschool.net!
🙏
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Nullschool provides brilliant weather visuals. I've been using it on desktop and in a mobile browser for a long time. Now an iOS app is available!
Thank you, @cambecc.nullschool.net!
🙏
Thank you, @cambecc.nullschool.net!
🙏
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He’s wrecked Twitter, damaged Tesla, and bankrolled far-right politics. Elon Musk has a new target: higher education.
@alexvont.bsky.social sits down with @bvlsingler.bsky.social to find out what happens when you try to replace universities with AI.
Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
@alexvont.bsky.social sits down with @bvlsingler.bsky.social to find out what happens when you try to replace universities with AI.
Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
January 7, 2026 at 10:08 AM
He’s wrecked Twitter, damaged Tesla, and bankrolled far-right politics. Elon Musk has a new target: higher education.
@alexvont.bsky.social sits down with @bvlsingler.bsky.social to find out what happens when you try to replace universities with AI.
Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
@alexvont.bsky.social sits down with @bvlsingler.bsky.social to find out what happens when you try to replace universities with AI.
Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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There is an odd irony in censoring the teaching of Plato in order (checks notes) to protect western civilization from tenured radicals.
Texas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:38 AM
There is an odd irony in censoring the teaching of Plato in order (checks notes) to protect western civilization from tenured radicals.
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Commentary: What happens when massive numbers of people think they know more about a subject or are better at something than they actually are? Joelle Renstrom says we're about to find out.
AI makes us overestimate our knowledge and performance
What happens when massive numbers of people think they know more about a subject or are better at something than they actually are? Joelle Renstrom says we're about to find out.
www.wbur.org
January 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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Vaccines save lives.
That’s it. That’s the post.
That’s it. That’s the post.
January 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Vaccines save lives.
That’s it. That’s the post.
That’s it. That’s the post.
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New open access research to share (though awkward timing in light of Denmark's vax sched. in US news of late).
Using Danish health registry data, we examine trends in child receipt of their 1st MMR shot by parent educ. over a period that coincides w/ 3 key antivaccine events. 1/
🛟😷sociology policy
Using Danish health registry data, we examine trends in child receipt of their 1st MMR shot by parent educ. over a period that coincides w/ 3 key antivaccine events. 1/
🛟😷sociology policy
Parental education disparities in childhood vaccination in Denmark: A test of two explanations for the role of misinformation
How does misinformation contribute to socioeconomic disparities in childhood vaccine uptake? While prior research has extensively examined the determi…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
New open access research to share (though awkward timing in light of Denmark's vax sched. in US news of late).
Using Danish health registry data, we examine trends in child receipt of their 1st MMR shot by parent educ. over a period that coincides w/ 3 key antivaccine events. 1/
🛟😷sociology policy
Using Danish health registry data, we examine trends in child receipt of their 1st MMR shot by parent educ. over a period that coincides w/ 3 key antivaccine events. 1/
🛟😷sociology policy