Bob D 🦋
@bobathon.bsky.social
physicist interested in quantum theory, cosmology, climate change, stars, yorkshire, wildlife, birds, fell running, mindfulness, mindlessness, the world and stuff
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In July of 2023 I published a video predicting AI chat boxes would make customer service so unusable other AI companies would create AI chat boxes to talk to the AI chat boxes on your behalf. Call me Cassandra.
![Hey Angela,
I’m Cici from EezyCollab, representing Pine AI — an AI assistant that actually makes customer service calls for you.
It negotiates lower internet/phone/cable bills (avg 20% savings), cancels subscriptions, and handles refunds or compensation while you do nothing.
It’s very screen-share friendly and works well for real, honest YouTube demos (live negotiation, before/after results).
So far, 53k+ users have saved $3M+ and 270 minutes each on average.
Would you be open to trying it free and turning your experience into a dedicated YouTube video?
Paid partnership, full creative freedom.
Website: [redacted]
Best,
Cici
EezyCollab Team](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tobjstnxqmztpmjjcnaxpzzb/bafkreich7qirt7rmelotu7o66fyoqfjomutfc6rgpgrgyf472r4g7jv3xy@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 12:41 PM
In July of 2023 I published a video predicting AI chat boxes would make customer service so unusable other AI companies would create AI chat boxes to talk to the AI chat boxes on your behalf. Call me Cassandra.
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Climate 'fingerprints' mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
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February 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Climate 'fingerprints' mark human activity from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean
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In this week's column I seek to explain Keir Starmer's flat refusal to change our electoral system, even though its gross unfairness could put Reform UK in power on <30% of the vote. The reasons, I believe, are deeply cynical and disturbing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labour’s cowardice | George Monbiot
Starmer could improve our unfair electoral system to stop the hard right, but he won’t. All the party has left are threats about ‘splitting the vote’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:26 AM
In this week's column I seek to explain Keir Starmer's flat refusal to change our electoral system, even though its gross unfairness could put Reform UK in power on <30% of the vote. The reasons, I believe, are deeply cynical and disturbing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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£4bn very well spent. Do it!
How much will it cost the UK to reach an 87% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040?
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
£4bn very well spent. Do it!
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February 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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William Foege, the physician who saved many millions from smallpox—
William Foege, who sadly died this week, is one of the reasons why this map ends in the 1970s.
William Foege, who sadly died this week, is one of the reasons why this map ends in the 1970s.
January 31, 2026 at 10:39 AM
William Foege, the physician who saved many millions from smallpox—
William Foege, who sadly died this week, is one of the reasons why this map ends in the 1970s.
William Foege, who sadly died this week, is one of the reasons why this map ends in the 1970s.
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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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We don't know who will win in Gorton and Denton. But we can be almost certain that:
- The next MP will have received a small minority of the vote, likely under 1/3.
- Thousands will vote tactically and not for who they actually want.
This is not what democracy should look like.
- The next MP will have received a small minority of the vote, likely under 1/3.
- Thousands will vote tactically and not for who they actually want.
This is not what democracy should look like.
January 30, 2026 at 2:11 PM
We don't know who will win in Gorton and Denton. But we can be almost certain that:
- The next MP will have received a small minority of the vote, likely under 1/3.
- Thousands will vote tactically and not for who they actually want.
This is not what democracy should look like.
- The next MP will have received a small minority of the vote, likely under 1/3.
- Thousands will vote tactically and not for who they actually want.
This is not what democracy should look like.
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If you’re giving money to a white supremacist who put thousands of my colleagues out of work, decimated American science, and killed millions of people just so you can use a water-guzzling, misinformation-hawking racist chatbot the least I can do is make you embarrassed to admit it out loud.
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you’re giving money to a white supremacist who put thousands of my colleagues out of work, decimated American science, and killed millions of people just so you can use a water-guzzling, misinformation-hawking racist chatbot the least I can do is make you embarrassed to admit it out loud.
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PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
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We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 PM
We urgently need a parliamentary debate on Palantir. Please sign this & share with your network. Via @the-citizens.bsky.social & @change.org.
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
www.change.org/p/hold-a-par...
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Nearly at 7,000 signatures now! Huge thanks to everyone who's taken action so far: action.goodlawproject.org/tell-ofcom-s...
Tell Ofcom to stop climate misinformation
TalkTV regularly spouts misinformation about the climate crisis, claiming that “CO2 is not a threat to the planet” and that the science behind it “doesn’t add up to a row of beans”. The rightwing news...
action.goodlawproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Nearly at 7,000 signatures now! Huge thanks to everyone who's taken action so far: action.goodlawproject.org/tell-ofcom-s...
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Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
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FIVE HUNDRED AID WORKERS
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
FIVE HUNDRED AID WORKERS
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As a climate scientist I am quite sure I could use this reply at least two dozen times per week.
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
As a climate scientist I am quite sure I could use this reply at least two dozen times per week.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Great news!
This needs to happen in England too!
This needs to happen in England too!
🚨 It's official!
Swift nesting bricks have passed the Scottish Parliament and will now become law.
Swifts are in serious decline across the UK. This will help reverse that trend and make our communities more liveable for birds.
@markruskell.bsky.social and @writerhannah.bsky.social explain 👇
Swift nesting bricks have passed the Scottish Parliament and will now become law.
Swifts are in serious decline across the UK. This will help reverse that trend and make our communities more liveable for birds.
@markruskell.bsky.social and @writerhannah.bsky.social explain 👇
January 28, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Great news!
This needs to happen in England too!
This needs to happen in England too!
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arXiv is not going to survive the wave of slop heading its way
January 28, 2026 at 10:29 AM
arXiv is not going to survive the wave of slop heading its way
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“It is a bold move to be so morally unflinching… but in Glyph we see a major British writer answering the call of the day when so many others have equivocated or turned away”
—GLYPH by Ali Smith: bearing witness to the war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
—GLYPH by Ali Smith: bearing witness to the war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Glyph by Ali Smith review – bearing witness to the war in Gaza
This second novel in a sharp duology offers a powerful interrogation of language in the age of mechanical mass destruction
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:08 AM
“It is a bold move to be so morally unflinching… but in Glyph we see a major British writer answering the call of the day when so many others have equivocated or turned away”
—GLYPH by Ali Smith: bearing witness to the war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
—GLYPH by Ali Smith: bearing witness to the war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
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This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I understand Labour faces a largely hostile media environment, but its inability to make a big splash with genuinely positive news remains unfathomable. Like the Warm Homes Plan last week, this will make a big difference to the finances and lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
Good news but slightly odd manner and timing of announcement? - in a video on tik tok, not made overnight to maximise press coverage, no supportive quotes
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
PM: “We're capping ground rents at £250”
PM caps ground rents at £250 a year in game-changing shake up of leasehold system and to support families with the cost of living.
www.gov.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM
I understand Labour faces a largely hostile media environment, but its inability to make a big splash with genuinely positive news remains unfathomable. Like the Warm Homes Plan last week, this will make a big difference to the finances and lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
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imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 PM
imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead