John Grinsell
@blueledge.bsky.social
Moving sideways to avoid what lies ahead.
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@zhonggg.bsky.social is currently on a South Korean icebreaker in Antarctica because the US is no longer a serious country. The Trump regime got rid of our Antarctic icebreaker, Nathaniel B. Palmer, so for the first time in six decades we are without a dedicated Antarctic research vessel.
Is Thwaites Still the ‘Doomsday Glacier’?
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:53 AM
@zhonggg.bsky.social is currently on a South Korean icebreaker in Antarctica because the US is no longer a serious country. The Trump regime got rid of our Antarctic icebreaker, Nathaniel B. Palmer, so for the first time in six decades we are without a dedicated Antarctic research vessel.
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Another 4 to 5 m of cliff retreat along one part of the Hemsby coastline last night. Disappointingly, the article fails to explain that the acceleration in coastal erosion is due to sea-level rise.
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
www.itv.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Another 4 to 5 m of cliff retreat along one part of the Hemsby coastline last night. Disappointingly, the article fails to explain that the acceleration in coastal erosion is due to sea-level rise.
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
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Your daily #Thwaites update 04.01.2026
HERE WE GO
The sea ice is finally imploding in the "Bay" area
Icebergs are on the move in all areas .
(Not shown, sea ice outside the area is also breaking up)
15.12 -04.01.2026 GIF (2 photos)
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
HERE WE GO
The sea ice is finally imploding in the "Bay" area
Icebergs are on the move in all areas .
(Not shown, sea ice outside the area is also breaking up)
15.12 -04.01.2026 GIF (2 photos)
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
January 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Your daily #Thwaites update 04.01.2026
HERE WE GO
The sea ice is finally imploding in the "Bay" area
Icebergs are on the move in all areas .
(Not shown, sea ice outside the area is also breaking up)
15.12 -04.01.2026 GIF (2 photos)
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
HERE WE GO
The sea ice is finally imploding in the "Bay" area
Icebergs are on the move in all areas .
(Not shown, sea ice outside the area is also breaking up)
15.12 -04.01.2026 GIF (2 photos)
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
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Trump is destroying our economy.
The numbers are in!
Now it's our job to spread the word, so pop on over to tiktok & download this video.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yXUQDV/
Then share it on every platform & tag MAGA uncles & other deplorables with a question like is Trump finally helping the economy?🤣😈
The numbers are in!
Now it's our job to spread the word, so pop on over to tiktok & download this video.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yXUQDV/
Then share it on every platform & tag MAGA uncles & other deplorables with a question like is Trump finally helping the economy?🤣😈
December 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Trump is destroying our economy.
The numbers are in!
Now it's our job to spread the word, so pop on over to tiktok & download this video.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yXUQDV/
Then share it on every platform & tag MAGA uncles & other deplorables with a question like is Trump finally helping the economy?🤣😈
The numbers are in!
Now it's our job to spread the word, so pop on over to tiktok & download this video.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yXUQDV/
Then share it on every platform & tag MAGA uncles & other deplorables with a question like is Trump finally helping the economy?🤣😈
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Your daily #Thwaites update 24.12.2025
2 photo -10 day GIF
Some big changes are on the way
Sea ice is breaking 🆙 near the bay
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
2 photo -10 day GIF
Some big changes are on the way
Sea ice is breaking 🆙 near the bay
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
December 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Your daily #Thwaites update 24.12.2025
2 photo -10 day GIF
Some big changes are on the way
Sea ice is breaking 🆙 near the bay
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
2 photo -10 day GIF
Some big changes are on the way
Sea ice is breaking 🆙 near the bay
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
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The USS Unthinkable -
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The USS Unthinkable -
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NCAR manages the Wyoming Supercomputing Center, where researchers from other institutions have access to high-performance computing resources (most recently Cheyenne and now Derecho) to model weather, climate, wildfires, air pollution, etc. Everyone is less safe if NCAR is dismantled.
The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and weather research institutions. @hayleysmith.bsky.social @susrust.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Trump administration moves to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
Experts say a closure of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., would leave millions vulnerable to worsening climate hazards.
www.latimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
NCAR manages the Wyoming Supercomputing Center, where researchers from other institutions have access to high-performance computing resources (most recently Cheyenne and now Derecho) to model weather, climate, wildfires, air pollution, etc. Everyone is less safe if NCAR is dismantled.
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🧪🧵 Future change to #ThwaitesGlacier, Antarctica constitutes the largest uncertainty in #sea-level rise forecasts. The Science Coordination Office of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration recently issued a briefing document summarising some key findings - thwaitesglacier.org/findings
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🧪🧵 Future change to #ThwaitesGlacier, Antarctica constitutes the largest uncertainty in #sea-level rise forecasts. The Science Coordination Office of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration recently issued a briefing document summarising some key findings - thwaitesglacier.org/findings
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December 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Free will
God gave me free will.
I didn't have a choice.
Called to church each Sunday
to thank him and rejoice.
By John Grinsell
God gave me free will.
I didn't have a choice.
Called to church each Sunday
to thank him and rejoice.
By John Grinsell
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Free will
God gave me free will.
I didn't have a choice.
Called to church each Sunday
to thank him and rejoice.
By John Grinsell
God gave me free will.
I didn't have a choice.
Called to church each Sunday
to thank him and rejoice.
By John Grinsell
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I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Surely, in view of the impact this flu wave is having on the NHS, and the effect it will undoubtedly have on national productivity, an obvious and cost effective action would be to make the vaccine free to everyone immediately?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Super flu' wave hits hospitals in England with no peak yet
Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Surely, in view of the impact this flu wave is having on the NHS, and the effect it will undoubtedly have on national productivity, an obvious and cost effective action would be to make the vaccine free to everyone immediately?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Your daily #Thwaites update 13.12.2025
2 photo-8 day GIF of the area
Sea ice is now breaking 🆙 quickly
But the bay is not 🆓....yet
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
2 photo-8 day GIF of the area
Sea ice is now breaking 🆙 quickly
But the bay is not 🆓....yet
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Your daily #Thwaites update 13.12.2025
2 photo-8 day GIF of the area
Sea ice is now breaking 🆙 quickly
But the bay is not 🆓....yet
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
2 photo-8 day GIF of the area
Sea ice is now breaking 🆙 quickly
But the bay is not 🆓....yet
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
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Your daily #Thwaites update 13.12.2025
The crack in "the bay" has turned into 2 large cracks and they are now connected to the patch of open water
Sea ice is crumbling quickly and extensively outside the bay, especially North of the area
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
The crack in "the bay" has turned into 2 large cracks and they are now connected to the patch of open water
Sea ice is crumbling quickly and extensively outside the bay, especially North of the area
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Your daily #Thwaites update 13.12.2025
The crack in "the bay" has turned into 2 large cracks and they are now connected to the patch of open water
Sea ice is crumbling quickly and extensively outside the bay, especially North of the area
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
The crack in "the bay" has turned into 2 large cracks and they are now connected to the patch of open water
Sea ice is crumbling quickly and extensively outside the bay, especially North of the area
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
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Your daily #Thwaites update 13.12.2025
Action is on the way as more open water becomes visible
Sea ice around the bay is also crumbling
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
Action is on the way as more open water becomes visible
Sea ice around the bay is also crumbling
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Your daily #Thwaites update 13.12.2025
Action is on the way as more open water becomes visible
Sea ice around the bay is also crumbling
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
Action is on the way as more open water becomes visible
Sea ice around the bay is also crumbling
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
Merry Christmas
I sold my soul to Santa
but it's much too soon to tell.
If an everlasting Christmas
is preferable to hell.
By John Grinsell
I sold my soul to Santa
but it's much too soon to tell.
If an everlasting Christmas
is preferable to hell.
By John Grinsell
December 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Merry Christmas
I sold my soul to Santa
but it's much too soon to tell.
If an everlasting Christmas
is preferable to hell.
By John Grinsell
I sold my soul to Santa
but it's much too soon to tell.
If an everlasting Christmas
is preferable to hell.
By John Grinsell
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Your daily #Thwaites update 01.12.2025
A 2 photo GIF of the action the last 3 days ...
Interesting times are on the way
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
A 2 photo GIF of the action the last 3 days ...
Interesting times are on the way
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
December 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Your daily #Thwaites update 01.12.2025
A 2 photo GIF of the action the last 3 days ...
Interesting times are on the way
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
A 2 photo GIF of the action the last 3 days ...
Interesting times are on the way
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
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The animation shows that we are watching the final stages in the demise of the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, as has been predicted in several studies, for example:
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-2...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-2...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
Abstract. The Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf buttresses a significant portion of Thwaites Glacier through contact with a pinning point 40 km offshore of the present grounding line. Predicting future rates...
doi.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The animation shows that we are watching the final stages in the demise of the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, as has been predicted in several studies, for example:
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-2...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-2...
doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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"If Britain wants to recover, the first step is to stop pretending everything is fine. The second is to recognise that reconnecting with Europe may not be a political choice anymore, but an economic necessity."
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer | East Anglia Bylines
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"If Britain wants to recover, the first step is to stop pretending everything is fine. The second is to recognise that reconnecting with Europe may not be a political choice anymore, but an economic necessity."
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If you've bashed your head against a door 30 times and it hasn't budged it's probably time to rethink your approach to getting through it.
🧵 After 30 years of COP meetings we are still stuck with
> countries being urged to "voluntarily" accelerate their action to reduce their use of fossil fuels.
> no agreement on a roadmap to halt deforestation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
> countries being urged to "voluntarily" accelerate their action to reduce their use of fossil fuels.
> no agreement on a roadmap to halt deforestation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If you've bashed your head against a door 30 times and it hasn't budged it's probably time to rethink your approach to getting through it.
Max
This mad rambunctious beagle.
Lost but now feels found.
All it took was education
to be no ordinary hound.
By John Grinsell
This mad rambunctious beagle.
Lost but now feels found.
All it took was education
to be no ordinary hound.
By John Grinsell
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Max
This mad rambunctious beagle.
Lost but now feels found.
All it took was education
to be no ordinary hound.
By John Grinsell
This mad rambunctious beagle.
Lost but now feels found.
All it took was education
to be no ordinary hound.
By John Grinsell
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Your daily #Thwaites update 10.11.2025
Small move for the small icebergs in the melange
Still too much sea ice
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
Small move for the small icebergs in the melange
Still too much sea ice
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Your daily #Thwaites update 10.11.2025
Small move for the small icebergs in the melange
Still too much sea ice
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica
Small move for the small icebergs in the melange
Still too much sea ice
#ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Antarctica