D.M. Ridley
@ridleydm.bsky.social
It really doesn't matter to me whether I convince you of the accuracy of this, since the problem appears to be with your comprehension. Muting you now.
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It really doesn't matter to me whether I convince you of the accuracy of this, since the problem appears to be with your comprehension. Muting you now.
I answered already: because stating that I don't care about climate change would be a lie (and, moreover, a potentially deleterious one).
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I answered already: because stating that I don't care about climate change would be a lie (and, moreover, a potentially deleterious one).
Are you genuinely not understanding what I said, or are you not trying to because this is all a bit?
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Are you genuinely not understanding what I said, or are you not trying to because this is all a bit?
No, it's a belief that climate change is a serious threat to our planet that we as a civilization should be working, in effective ways, to mitigate.
You can disagree if you like, but ham-handed efforts to call me a hypocrite don't engage with that belief. Not sure what your goal is here.
You can disagree if you like, but ham-handed efforts to call me a hypocrite don't engage with that belief. Not sure what your goal is here.
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
No, it's a belief that climate change is a serious threat to our planet that we as a civilization should be working, in effective ways, to mitigate.
You can disagree if you like, but ham-handed efforts to call me a hypocrite don't engage with that belief. Not sure what your goal is here.
You can disagree if you like, but ham-handed efforts to call me a hypocrite don't engage with that belief. Not sure what your goal is here.
You can cuss all you like but you're just wrong in both your summation of my position and your charge of hypocrisy. This is a you problem.
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
You can cuss all you like but you're just wrong in both your summation of my position and your charge of hypocrisy. This is a you problem.
The logical flaw in your argument is that neither caring nor climate action is a binary. It is true that I do not believe that saving every last gram of emitted CO2 is of such paramount importance that one should incur any arbitrary cost to avoid it. I care about other things too.
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The logical flaw in your argument is that neither caring nor climate action is a binary. It is true that I do not believe that saving every last gram of emitted CO2 is of such paramount importance that one should incur any arbitrary cost to avoid it. I care about other things too.
That isn't a correct summary of what I said in the very snippets you quoted.
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
That isn't a correct summary of what I said in the very snippets you quoted.
Not routinely, unfortunately. We'll all be much better off when they're ubiquitous.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Not routinely, unfortunately. We'll all be much better off when they're ubiquitous.
Objectively these are a lot safer than humans, though.
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Objectively these are a lot safer than humans, though.
I'm surprised the Trump administration would suspend it.
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm surprised the Trump administration would suspend it.
Pro tip: if you're going to accuse someone of hypocrisy, focus on what they've said instead of what you have imagine them to have said.
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Pro tip: if you're going to accuse someone of hypocrisy, focus on what they've said instead of what you have imagine them to have said.
I agree with that. I ride a bike for convenience. I don't know what I meant in that tweet because I can't see what I was responding to. I think it was probably a response to someone accusing me of being a carbrain or something.
Bikes and kettles aren't the way out of this.
Bikes and kettles aren't the way out of this.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I agree with that. I ride a bike for convenience. I don't know what I meant in that tweet because I can't see what I was responding to. I think it was probably a response to someone accusing me of being a carbrain or something.
Bikes and kettles aren't the way out of this.
Bikes and kettles aren't the way out of this.
You can call whatever you like, but you'd be wrong.
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
You can call whatever you like, but you'd be wrong.
I'm not a UK lawyer and have no idea of the legal merits or lack thereof, but it looks as though they have gotten legal advice that it's a necessary result of the way they're incorporated as a UK charity following an aggravating anti-trans decision of the UK Supreme Court.
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'm not a UK lawyer and have no idea of the legal merits or lack thereof, but it looks as though they have gotten legal advice that it's a necessary result of the way they're incorporated as a UK charity following an aggravating anti-trans decision of the UK Supreme Court.
I do in fact care about it; I just am realistic about what actions affect it and what actions don't.
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I do in fact care about it; I just am realistic about what actions affect it and what actions don't.
So I think we vigorously agree and you misunderstand me.
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
So I think we vigorously agree and you misunderstand me.
I don't remember the context here (apparently whoever I was responding to blocked me) but I am not trying to eliminate anyone's consumption choices, and have been outspoken that we are *not* going to address climate change by cajoling or requiring lifestyle choices like flying less.
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I don't remember the context here (apparently whoever I was responding to blocked me) but I am not trying to eliminate anyone's consumption choices, and have been outspoken that we are *not* going to address climate change by cajoling or requiring lifestyle choices like flying less.
I wonder if they're playing hardball to try to get an exemption from EV congestion charging.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I wonder if they're playing hardball to try to get an exemption from EV congestion charging.
In some future world, I would think that rental autonomous vehicles will be a substitute for both, but I think we're a long way from that (in functionality; I don't know about time).
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In some future world, I would think that rental autonomous vehicles will be a substitute for both, but I think we're a long way from that (in functionality; I don't know about time).
...particularly in London, where transit is good enough that people presumably only need Zipcars for carrying large loads or going farther afield than Greater London.
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
...particularly in London, where transit is good enough that people presumably only need Zipcars for carrying large loads or going farther afield than Greater London.
If Zipcar is usefully replaced by autonomous vehicles, that seems potentially like a win. But I doubt they're really substitute goods yet.
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If Zipcar is usefully replaced by autonomous vehicles, that seems potentially like a win. But I doubt they're really substitute goods yet.
I am coming around to the view that a lot of the problem here is just that your reading comprehension is poor and your ability to comprehend nuance is limited.
Since the context here is not being mean to people with intellectual disabilities, I apologize for not recognizing yours sooner.
Since the context here is not being mean to people with intellectual disabilities, I apologize for not recognizing yours sooner.
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I am coming around to the view that a lot of the problem here is just that your reading comprehension is poor and your ability to comprehend nuance is limited.
Since the context here is not being mean to people with intellectual disabilities, I apologize for not recognizing yours sooner.
Since the context here is not being mean to people with intellectual disabilities, I apologize for not recognizing yours sooner.
You think a lot of foolish things, it seems.
December 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
You think a lot of foolish things, it seems.