Oliver Lamford
@oliverlamford.bsky.social
A co-ordinator for Nature by the Taff, a nature group building local appetites for change and ecological living in South Wales.
Studying MSc Sustainability and Ecology at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth.
Studying MSc Sustainability and Ecology at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth.
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This was 1972, btw You have to weep for this species (and all the others, obvs).
We knew, half a century ago, just how much trouble we were in.
We knew what needed to be done, and then ... crickets
(Okay, "we" is doing a lot of work in that, sure.)
We knew, half a century ago, just how much trouble we were in.
We knew what needed to be done, and then ... crickets
(Okay, "we" is doing a lot of work in that, sure.)
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Ha.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This was 1972, btw You have to weep for this species (and all the others, obvs).
We knew, half a century ago, just how much trouble we were in.
We knew what needed to be done, and then ... crickets
(Okay, "we" is doing a lot of work in that, sure.)
We knew, half a century ago, just how much trouble we were in.
We knew what needed to be done, and then ... crickets
(Okay, "we" is doing a lot of work in that, sure.)
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Well, I should say that for its architects, Brexit has been enormously successful. They bet against the country and in exchange gained enormous power and wealth. Why apologise when you believe you've won?
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Well, I should say that for its architects, Brexit has been enormously successful. They bet against the country and in exchange gained enormous power and wealth. Why apologise when you believe you've won?
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And still not a single mea culpa from the architects, many of whom continue to be regarded as sages by much of the press.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
And still not a single mea culpa from the architects, many of whom continue to be regarded as sages by much of the press.
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"A voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels."
Have you ever read such an absurd sentence?
Have you ever read such an absurd sentence?
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"A voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels."
Have you ever read such an absurd sentence?
Have you ever read such an absurd sentence?
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To be clear: it is all bleak. No one should be happy about where climate politics is at.
But let’s attribute the right type of blame.
But let’s attribute the right type of blame.
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
To be clear: it is all bleak. No one should be happy about where climate politics is at.
But let’s attribute the right type of blame.
But let’s attribute the right type of blame.
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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Hello everyone. Today in "one day, one paper", concert noise and artificial lighting reshape bat activity, reducing foraging minutes and delaying peaks in sensitive species, highlighting urban festivals as overlooked drivers of ecological disturbance 🌎
Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals
We investigated how large outdoor music festivals affect bat activity in an urban green spaces. Although total nightly activity did not decline on concert nights, we showed activity during concert ho....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hello everyone. Today in "one day, one paper", concert noise and artificial lighting reshape bat activity, reducing foraging minutes and delaying peaks in sensitive species, highlighting urban festivals as overlooked drivers of ecological disturbance 🌎
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Thrilled to see that COP30 has shifted into open conflict between the petrostates and the circa 80 countries, including Germany and the majority of European states, who are demanding a mechanism for phasing out fossil fuels be included in the outcome.
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thrilled to see that COP30 has shifted into open conflict between the petrostates and the circa 80 countries, including Germany and the majority of European states, who are demanding a mechanism for phasing out fossil fuels be included in the outcome.
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
Holy shit this is hopeful!!
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New "Bugs Matter" survey update seems to show ongoing and rapid insect decline, based on bug splats on cars.
@KentWildlife
@KentWildlife
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New "Bugs Matter" survey update seems to show ongoing and rapid insect decline, based on bug splats on cars.
@KentWildlife
@KentWildlife
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From @philipjcowley.bsky.social - thanks to a happy coincidence we have a much more rigorous than usual understanding of the impact of Keir Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. As Cowley puts it "It is not obvious this was the intended outcome"
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
From @philipjcowley.bsky.social - thanks to a happy coincidence we have a much more rigorous than usual understanding of the impact of Keir Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. As Cowley puts it "It is not obvious this was the intended outcome"
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A very exciting opportunity for an environmental investigative journalist to join our team at the Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru.
If you're a journalist who wants to help us save Wildlife in Wales, then this is the role for you. More info can be found on our website www.natureconservation.wales/job-opportun...
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A very exciting opportunity for an environmental investigative journalist to join our team at the Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru.
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We don't need more hope in machines. We need *courage*.
5/n
5/n
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We don't need more hope in machines. We need *courage*.
5/n
5/n
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We need to tell stories about fights that last over decades, against enormous odds, that continue wounded despite extraordinary challenges and painful losses, and that in the end overturn a dead order and found a new world.
4/n
4/n
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We need to tell stories about fights that last over decades, against enormous odds, that continue wounded despite extraordinary challenges and painful losses, and that in the end overturn a dead order and found a new world.
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💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
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BBC, Sky and Times websites don’t seem to contain the slightest mention of the fact the supposed PM in waiting is facing credible allegations of past acts of unapologetic racism. Haven’t checked GB News, Mail and Telegraph, for obvious reasons.
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
BBC, Sky and Times websites don’t seem to contain the slightest mention of the fact the supposed PM in waiting is facing credible allegations of past acts of unapologetic racism. Haven’t checked GB News, Mail and Telegraph, for obvious reasons.
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And the narrative form that is both about courage and meant to inspire it in others is not the comedy that ends with a deus ex machina. It is *the epic*.
The first Star Wars trilogy. David and Goliath. The Ring Cycle. The Aeneid. Even the Harry Potter novels, in their way.
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The first Star Wars trilogy. David and Goliath. The Ring Cycle. The Aeneid. Even the Harry Potter novels, in their way.
6/n
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And the narrative form that is both about courage and meant to inspire it in others is not the comedy that ends with a deus ex machina. It is *the epic*.
The first Star Wars trilogy. David and Goliath. The Ring Cycle. The Aeneid. Even the Harry Potter novels, in their way.
6/n
The first Star Wars trilogy. David and Goliath. The Ring Cycle. The Aeneid. Even the Harry Potter novels, in their way.
6/n
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Forni Glacier (Alta Valtellina)
2005 | 2023
Once - not so long ago - it was the largest glacier in Italy...! 🧊💪
Now it has split in three parts, as the three tributaries quickly retracted! 😰
Source:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gv5...
2005 | 2023
Once - not so long ago - it was the largest glacier in Italy...! 🧊💪
Now it has split in three parts, as the three tributaries quickly retracted! 😰
Source:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gv5...
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Forni Glacier (Alta Valtellina)
2005 | 2023
Once - not so long ago - it was the largest glacier in Italy...! 🧊💪
Now it has split in three parts, as the three tributaries quickly retracted! 😰
Source:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gv5...
2005 | 2023
Once - not so long ago - it was the largest glacier in Italy...! 🧊💪
Now it has split in three parts, as the three tributaries quickly retracted! 😰
Source:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gv5...
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Reform's Lee Anderson just accused the Labour Government of 'dog whistle politics'. Wow.
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reform's Lee Anderson just accused the Labour Government of 'dog whistle politics'. Wow.
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Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Going to leave you with a Home Office chart from their most recent asylum stats so you can decide whether the UK is a magnet for asylum seekers with a uniquely generous asylum system www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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Ski lift operators are commiting what amounts to environmental crimes! 🤬
Since 2024, SATA which operates Deux Alpes ski area has levelled Mont De Lans Glacier and filled in a 2000 m² new glacial lake that had appeared around 2010... without any authorisation!
📷 GoogleEarth
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Since 2024, SATA which operates Deux Alpes ski area has levelled Mont De Lans Glacier and filled in a 2000 m² new glacial lake that had appeared around 2010... without any authorisation!
📷 GoogleEarth
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November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ski lift operators are commiting what amounts to environmental crimes! 🤬
Since 2024, SATA which operates Deux Alpes ski area has levelled Mont De Lans Glacier and filled in a 2000 m² new glacial lake that had appeared around 2010... without any authorisation!
📷 GoogleEarth
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Since 2024, SATA which operates Deux Alpes ski area has levelled Mont De Lans Glacier and filled in a 2000 m² new glacial lake that had appeared around 2010... without any authorisation!
📷 GoogleEarth
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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So what happens when we get to the point of competitive cloud seeding, for the limited moisture available? +1.5°C was too far. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain during worst drought in decades - BBC News
Iran’s largest lake has largely dried out and people are resorting to praying for rain in some areas
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
So what happens when we get to the point of competitive cloud seeding, for the limited moisture available? +1.5°C was too far. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“Even for an intermediate emissions scenario [which is our current emissions pathway] the probability of AMOC shutdown is way above 50%”
(AMOC shut-down means Europe and parts of South-East Asia become uninhabitable, by the way.)
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(AMOC shut-down means Europe and parts of South-East Asia become uninhabitable, by the way.)
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Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“Even for an intermediate emissions scenario [which is our current emissions pathway] the probability of AMOC shutdown is way above 50%”
(AMOC shut-down means Europe and parts of South-East Asia become uninhabitable, by the way.)
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(AMOC shut-down means Europe and parts of South-East Asia become uninhabitable, by the way.)
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