Al
@alyb.bsky.social
Born 319ppm. Scottish. Volunteer Repairmonger. Scottish Independence now. No to AI, wars, fossil fuels. Fix the climate as priority no 1.
Sorry if I block you. Nothing personal.
Sorry if I block you. Nothing personal.
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As everyone talks about Greenland, don't forget its actual global significance--a two mile thick sheet of ice that if melted would raise the sea level 23 feet (and long before that choke off the currents of the Atlantic)
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset'
A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people)
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:28 PM
As everyone talks about Greenland, don't forget its actual global significance--a two mile thick sheet of ice that if melted would raise the sea level 23 feet (and long before that choke off the currents of the Atlantic)
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Near completion on repairing this coffee machine. Symptom was - 1st cup would work ok but subsequent ones would pour water into tray. Fault. A few worn o-rings. #Repair #AvoidedRecycling
January 7, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Near completion on repairing this coffee machine. Symptom was - 1st cup would work ok but subsequent ones would pour water into tray. Fault. A few worn o-rings. #Repair #AvoidedRecycling
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"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."
– Carl Sagan
– Carl Sagan
January 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM
"Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."
– Carl Sagan
– Carl Sagan
4 months to Scottish Gov election. Absolutely no chance I’m wasting my vote on Tory, Reform or Labour or Liberal. I’m sorry if you like these parties but I don’t. I want politicians who have respect, vision, imagination, drive and who focus on Scottish people and our environment.
January 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
4 months to Scottish Gov election. Absolutely no chance I’m wasting my vote on Tory, Reform or Labour or Liberal. I’m sorry if you like these parties but I don’t. I want politicians who have respect, vision, imagination, drive and who focus on Scottish people and our environment.
Great to be back volunteering at the Repair Shop. Santa’s postal elves delivered many spare parts so we upgraded the transformer and power switch on a lamp, refitted an eeprom repaired pcb in a subwoofer and fitted a new thermal sensor on an air fryer. #Repair #Linlithgow
January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Great to be back volunteering at the Repair Shop. Santa’s postal elves delivered many spare parts so we upgraded the transformer and power switch on a lamp, refitted an eeprom repaired pcb in a subwoofer and fitted a new thermal sensor on an air fryer. #Repair #Linlithgow
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“An organism at war with itself is doomed.”
― Carl Sagan
― Carl Sagan
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
“An organism at war with itself is doomed.”
― Carl Sagan
― Carl Sagan
youtube.com/shorts/o9Jm3... - spot on. Two twats in alignment.
Putin calls Trump about Venezuela invasion
YouTube video by GZERO Media
youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
youtube.com/shorts/o9Jm3... - spot on. Two twats in alignment.
They were drug cartels, criminals, etc. They (Venezuela) stole our oil. We will run their country and bring in American Oil $ - Trump back on the dangerous Fossil Fuel bandwagon yet again.
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
They were drug cartels, criminals, etc. They (Venezuela) stole our oil. We will run their country and bring in American Oil $ - Trump back on the dangerous Fossil Fuel bandwagon yet again.
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2025 also set records for the amount of UK electricity produced by renewable sources (solar and wind).
Fossil gas now makes up 27% of UK’s total electricity generation.
Article with some excellent graphics: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fossil gas now makes up 27% of UK’s total electricity generation.
Article with some excellent graphics: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
2025 also set records for the amount of UK electricity produced by renewable sources (solar and wind).
Fossil gas now makes up 27% of UK’s total electricity generation.
Article with some excellent graphics: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fossil gas now makes up 27% of UK’s total electricity generation.
Article with some excellent graphics: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Shocking but unsurprising: "Amount poorest households have left over after bills & essential spending has fallen by 2.1% since Labour came to power. The most affluent households have seen their discretionary incomes rise by 10.3%"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Poorest have got poorer under Labour while richest are better off
Prime minister Keir Starmer pledges to ‘wage all out war’ on the high cost of living
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Shocking but unsurprising: "Amount poorest households have left over after bills & essential spending has fallen by 2.1% since Labour came to power. The most affluent households have seen their discretionary incomes rise by 10.3%"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
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"Targeting a #climate resilient, sustainable world involves fundamental changes to how society functions, including changes to underlying values, worldviews, ideologies, social structures, political and economic systems, and power relationships" - @ipcc.bsky.social
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"Targeting a #climate resilient, sustainable world involves fundamental changes to how society functions, including changes to underlying values, worldviews, ideologies, social structures, political and economic systems, and power relationships" - @ipcc.bsky.social
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
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Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025
Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025
National Trust says these are ‘alarm signals we cannot ignore’ as climate breakdown puts pressure on wildlife
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025
@kittysull1.bsky.social - please watch and add your name. See below.
Please ask your MP to watch the 9 expert briefings on the climate & nature crisis, and then add their name to the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing.
More info: www.nebriefing.org/take-action
Full talks: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Clips of all nine talks below 🧵1/10👇
#NEB2025
More info: www.nebriefing.org/take-action
Full talks: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Clips of all nine talks below 🧵1/10👇
#NEB2025
National Emergency Briefing
Take Action on the Climate and Nature Emergency | How to engage after the National Emergency Briefing and support science-led solutions
www.nebriefing.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
@kittysull1.bsky.social - please watch and add your name. See below.
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The thickness of #Arctic sea ice dropped to a new all-time record low this year around the North Pole (data from PIOMAS). More in my latest 'climate viz of the month' blog: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-... #OpenScience #SciComm #DataViz #OpenData
Climate Viz of the Month
November 2025 Hi! I am happy to share the first of (hopefully) some new graphics in this ‘climate viz of the month’ blog. For quite a few years now, I’ve been procrastinating on figuring out an eff…
zacklabe.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The thickness of #Arctic sea ice dropped to a new all-time record low this year around the North Pole (data from PIOMAS). More in my latest 'climate viz of the month' blog: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-... #OpenScience #SciComm #DataViz #OpenData
@thecccuk.bsky.social - are you factoring in the rise in applications for computer datacentres into your climate models? If not? Got onto it fast. aprs.scot/news/1-21gig...
One point twenty one Gigawatts??!?? - Action to Protect Rural Scotland
How many times could you go 'Back to the Future' on the energy that would be consumed by new data centres planned in Scotland? Quite a few it turns out.
aprs.scot
December 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
@thecccuk.bsky.social - are you factoring in the rise in applications for computer datacentres into your climate models? If not? Got onto it fast. aprs.scot/news/1-21gig...
@johnswinney.bsky.social - what the heck is the SNP gov doing about all these Datacentre Applications across Scotland. Leaving it to individual authorities is totally wrong. SNP wake up. This needs a national perspective and consideration on climate impacts. aprs.scot/news/1-21gig...
One point twenty one Gigawatts??!?? - Action to Protect Rural Scotland
How many times could you go 'Back to the Future' on the energy that would be consumed by new data centres planned in Scotland? Quite a few it turns out.
aprs.scot
December 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
@johnswinney.bsky.social - what the heck is the SNP gov doing about all these Datacentre Applications across Scotland. Leaving it to individual authorities is totally wrong. SNP wake up. This needs a national perspective and consideration on climate impacts. aprs.scot/news/1-21gig...
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I want the right to be able to purchase a mattress or sofa or chair without any flame retardant chemicals at all. I don’t want any of this shit in my house to inhale or be in contact with. Legislation is not working for anyone. Those who want flame retardants and those that don’t.
December 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I want the right to be able to purchase a mattress or sofa or chair without any flame retardant chemicals at all. I don’t want any of this shit in my house to inhale or be in contact with. Legislation is not working for anyone. Those who want flame retardants and those that don’t.
Xmas 2025 over. Ok let’s be planning a decent 2026. Let’s see an end to war in Ukraine and Russia going home. Let’s give Palestinians land and help them recover. Let’s kick out twats who pretend to be kings or incompetent leaders. Let’s ditch Fossil Fuels and fix this climate mess. No more shit.
December 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Xmas 2025 over. Ok let’s be planning a decent 2026. Let’s see an end to war in Ukraine and Russia going home. Let’s give Palestinians land and help them recover. Let’s kick out twats who pretend to be kings or incompetent leaders. Let’s ditch Fossil Fuels and fix this climate mess. No more shit.
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"Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist" by Bob Ward & yours truly in today's @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist" by Bob Ward & yours truly in today's @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Last session at the Repair Shop today. In 2025 we have been tasked with fixing 372 items, of which we fixed 80% of them and the remainder were either beyond repair or no parts available or didn’t actually have a fault. Amazing volunteer led initiative. #Repair #Linlithgow
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Last session at the Repair Shop today. In 2025 we have been tasked with fixing 372 items, of which we fixed 80% of them and the remainder were either beyond repair or no parts available or didn’t actually have a fault. Amazing volunteer led initiative. #Repair #Linlithgow
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This is going to be good.
Just catching up with many who have already heard the whole lecture series.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Just catching up with many who have already heard the whole lecture series.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is going to be good.
Just catching up with many who have already heard the whole lecture series.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Just catching up with many who have already heard the whole lecture series.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This is going to be good.
Just catching up with many who have already heard the whole lecture series.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Just catching up with many who have already heard the whole lecture series.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is going to be good.
Just catching up with many who have already heard the whole lecture series.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Just catching up with many who have already heard the whole lecture series.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...