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Trained ecological scientist (B.Sc., MPhil), dyslexic thinker, blogger, bicycle rider, sometimes driver, ex ADI, bla-de-bla-de-blaa NB. Also, @kim_harding on […]

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Edinburgh at sunrise this morning
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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We need this in Edinburgh!
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Farage has made more than £140,000 from selling personal video messages online in the last year, appearing in these videos 90 times more than he spoke in parliament
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/nigel-farage-cameo-videos-parliament-records-5HjdNgN_2/
The image shows a cartoon with a blue circular background and a white arrow pointing to the right (similar to the Reform Party logo). The text "REFILL MY BANK ACCOUNT" is prominently displayed in bold black letters within the white arrow. To the right of the text, there is a caricature of a man looking like Nigel Farage, smiling and holding a pint of beer.
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Do you ever wonder if you have enough bikes?
Photo shows five bicycles stacked up in a room, there is a Persian carpet underneath them. There are two mountain bikes, two Ti gravel bikes and one hybrid.
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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#silentsunday
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Just how repressive is the educational background of Westminster MP compared with the general population? 🤔
The image show a bar chart of the Secondary schools attended by MPs according to party. Labour: 15% Private, 10% Grammar, 73% State Tories: 46% Private, 12% Grammar, 40% State Lib Dems: 31% Private, 10% Grammar, 57% State Reform: 80% Private, 20% State Green: 28% Grammar, 88% State The final bar show the distribution of the Current UK school population as: 7% Private, 5% Grammar, 88% State Source: Wikipedia/The Sutton Trust (2024) X @cezthesocialist
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The problem with fact checking...
Text in image reads:- I think this is all best summed up by a comment on a random right-wing typepad post from 2022 that has weirdly been making the rounds as a meme on social media lately but that is not satire, as far as I can tell, and is a genuine thought someone had. Username Right side rick says: “Unfortunately, the problem with left-leaning media is they’re intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it’s really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of quality rightwing content. That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless their fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well. In essence people like us on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push our agenda as statistics and, unfortunately, official studies aren’t usually on our side.” Oop! Right side rick, I think you just said the quiet part out loud buddy. But good job identifying the problem. Source https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/1/8/fact-checking-is-bad-for-business
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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A reminder of what the Fossil fuel and motor industry has done to the planet in the last century...
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Electric cars are not invented to save our cities, societies or the world. They are only invented to save big industry.

We have a choice over how we want our future to be...

#fuckcars!
Image show three cartoon panels, the first two show multi-lane motorways destroying a city, the first is labelled "Fossil fuelled vehicles", the second in labelled "Electric vehicles". The third panel shows a city neighbourhood fit for people to live in, it has greenery, public space to travel safely in and public transport, it is labelled "Walking, biking & public transit".
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I had forgotten this sunset time-lapse video from Friday, so posting it now. It didn't quite go the way I had expected when I turned the camera on...
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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This evening, the weather has been pretty miserable, but yesterday's sunset was pretty good
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Arthur's Seat at sunset this evening
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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#silentsunday
Photo shows two "Highland" cows standing in a dune slack pond, in the background are some trees and a pale blue sky with some clouds
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#silentsunday
Photo shows a tall brick built church tower on the far side of a river, with a clear blue sky behind. The river is perfectly still and shows the reflection of the tower and the sky
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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#silentsunday
Photo shows the view of a river with autumn coloured trees on either side, the blue sky with thin clouds is reflected in the river
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf149/8303627?login=false
This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent chaos

“We are hurtling toward climate chaos […]

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The cartoon shows a scientist at a lectern talking on six different years: 1990 "So, this climate change thing could be a problem ..." 1995 "Climate change: Definitely a problem" 2001 "Yep, we should really be getting on with sorting this out pretty soon ..." 2007 "Look, sorry to sound like a broken record here ..." 2013 "We really have checked, and we're not making this up" 2019 "is this thing on?" Scientist tapping the microphone The six years depicted were all years in which IPCC reports were published
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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@Climatehistories A lot of very wealthy people seem to think that climate change doesn't matter because they think that they can buy their way out of the problem. The reality is, they just can conceive just how big the problems that climate change will be...
Cartoon in two panels The upper panel, labelled “5th extinction” shows a group of fearful dinosaurs looking up at an approaching meteor. In the lower panel, labelled “6th extinction”, the dinosaurs are replaced by modern animals also looking up fearfully, but this time the meteor is replaced by a fat, wealthy man, smoking a large cigar and clutching a bundle of money.
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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What can we do personally to reduce emissions?

#fuckcars they are literally killing the planet...
Image headline: What can we do personally to reduce emissions? We need to get average yearly global emissions per person down to 2.1 tonnes CO2e (CO2e = carbon dioxide equivalent = a unit for combining all greenhouse gas emissions in one measure) Chart shown below with pink bars, title reads: Genuinely Impactful Actions with amout saved per year. X axis scale in onnes CO2e saved per year. Longest bar first reads: Drop the car (bus, train, bike, walk) [saving -2.4 tonnes] Next bar: Take fewer flights (per one round trip trans-atlantic) [saving -1.6 tonnes] Next bar: Purchace green energy [saving -1.4 tonnes] Next bar: Buy a more efficient car (with better fuel economy & maintainance) [saving -1.2 tonnes] Next bar: Switch to a plant-based diet (vegan ideal, vegetarian helps too) [saving -0.8 tonnes] Next bar: Hybrid car [saving -0.4 tonnes] Next bar: Reduce food waste [saving -0.37 tonnes] Next bar: Plant a tree [saving -0.3 tonnes] Next bar: Wash clothes in cold water [saving -0.25 tonnes] Next bar: Reduce meat [saving -0.23 tonnes] Next bar: Hang clothes to dry [saving -0.21 tonnes] Next bar: Recycling [saving -0.21 tonnes] Next bar: More efficient home heating (smart thermostats are the way to go) [saving -0.18 tonnes] Last bar: Change change lightbulbs to LEDs [saving -0.1 tonnes] Information Beautiful source: ‘The climate mitigation gap’ (Wynes and Nicholas), Environmental Research Letters 2017
October 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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@bettybarcode.bsky.social Not only that but ebike charging stations are really cheap and you can put them almost anywhere, even on trains...
Picture shows ebike charging sockets next to the bike storage on a train in Italy, there are three electrical sockets in a row, above a notice that reads: SPAZIO DEDICATO ESCLUSIVAMENTE ALLE BICl NON p77 PIEGHEVOLI. RIPORRE LE BICI PIEGHEVOLI FRA LE SEDUTE. | SPACE RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR NON-FOLDING BIKES. STORE FOLDING BIKES BETWEEN THE SEATS. To the left of the texted is a glyph of an ebike.
October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Not often I can agree with Clarkson...
From the London Economic: “Nigel Farage rarely talks about the economy and when he does, his numbers don’t add up. He says he wants to cut taxes and increase spending by £150bn. Huh? But before anyone can question his logic, he scuttles back to his safe space and starts raging about small boats.” - Jermy Clarkson
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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#silentsunday
October 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02655-w

#climatechange #climatecrisis #climatecrisisisnow #DontLookUp
The cartoon shows a scientist at a lectern talking on six different years: 1990 "So, this climate change thing could be a problem ..." 1995 "Climate change: Definitely a problem" 2001 "Yep, we should really be getting on with sorting this out pretty soon ..." 2007 "Look, sorry to sound like a broken record here ..." 2013 "We really have checked, and we're not making this up" 2019 "is this thing on?" Scientist tapping the microphone The six years depicted were all years in which IPCC reports were published Cartoon in two panels The upper panel, labelled “5th extinction” shows a group of fearful dinosaurs looking up at an approaching meteor. In the lower panel, labelled “6th extinction”, the dinosaurs are replaced by modern animals also looking up fearfully, but this time the meteor is replaced by a fat, wealthy man, smoking a large cigar and clutching a bundle of money.
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Yup...
Screenshop of a reply to my post about Solar became the EU's main source of electricity for the first time this June (Bridged to Bluesky) Colin Peters (Scary Pumpkin) @colinpeters.bsky.social Meanwhile in the US, Energy Secretary Thog has grunted that coal is how the sun shines *and* what moves the chariot that pushes it across the sky.
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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You know you are in Bavaria when you come across things like this...

#holidaysnaps
September 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#beachhutmigrationmonday #beachhut #beach
Tractors towing beach huts on trailer off the beach Tractors towing beach huts on trailer off the beach Tractors towing beach huts on trailer off the beach
September 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM