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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Valid link to the paper:
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December 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Valid link to the paper:
mapress.com/zt/article/v...
mapress.com/zt/article/v...
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A very important article about a long-looming threat to environmental progress embedded in many (perhaps most) trade treaties.
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
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 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A very important article about a long-looming threat to environmental progress embedded in many (perhaps most) trade treaties.
Excellent JHaT round-up of the @nebriefing.bsky.social
climate and nature crisis briefing, and what we can do now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
climate and nature crisis briefing, and what we can do now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Excellent JHaT round-up of the @nebriefing.bsky.social
climate and nature crisis briefing, and what we can do now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
climate and nature crisis briefing, and what we can do now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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Generations from now, when historians study this period where we have perfect understanding of the problem, and brilliant, readily available solutions with all the resources necessary to implement them, they'll study cases like this to try to figure out why we kept drilling holes in our lifeboat.
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Generations from now, when historians study this period where we have perfect understanding of the problem, and brilliant, readily available solutions with all the resources necessary to implement them, they'll study cases like this to try to figure out why we kept drilling holes in our lifeboat.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
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The UK Is Naming Roads After Birds It's Losing
New analysis from the RSPB reveals an ironic trend of new housing developments using names of some of the UK's most threatened birds.
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...
New analysis from the RSPB reveals an ironic trend of new housing developments using names of some of the UK's most threatened birds.
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...
The UK Is Naming Roads After Birds It's Losing
New analysis from the RSPB reveals an ironic trend of new housing developments using names of some of the UK's most threatened birds
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The UK Is Naming Roads After Birds It's Losing
New analysis from the RSPB reveals an ironic trend of new housing developments using names of some of the UK's most threatened birds.
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...
New analysis from the RSPB reveals an ironic trend of new housing developments using names of some of the UK's most threatened birds.
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...
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Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Trees Are So Weird
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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For months, I analysed the campaigns funded through the Enjoy It’s from Europe programme.
What I found is striking: 1/3 of the campaigns promote exclusively meat and dairy and dozens of them present intensive livestock farming as environmentally friendly
Read my full investigation on @desmog.com
What I found is striking: 1/3 of the campaigns promote exclusively meat and dairy and dozens of them present intensive livestock farming as environmentally friendly
Read my full investigation on @desmog.com
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MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims
📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims
📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing 'Misleading' Claims
EU taxpayers are funding a multi-year campaign blitz which frequently overstates the environmental benefits of eating meat and dairy while featuring bizarre and misleading claims. Since 2017, the Euro...
www.desmog.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
For months, I analysed the campaigns funded through the Enjoy It’s from Europe programme.
What I found is striking: 1/3 of the campaigns promote exclusively meat and dairy and dozens of them present intensive livestock farming as environmentally friendly
Read my full investigation on @desmog.com
What I found is striking: 1/3 of the campaigns promote exclusively meat and dairy and dozens of them present intensive livestock farming as environmentally friendly
Read my full investigation on @desmog.com
The current age of immorality,
the growing trend for unseriousness among elites
and how to spark positive change
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
the growing trend for unseriousness among elites
and how to spark positive change
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution, 1. A Time of Monsters
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The current age of immorality,
the growing trend for unseriousness among elites
and how to spark positive change
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
the growing trend for unseriousness among elites
and how to spark positive change
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope, says End Climate Silence founding director Genevieve Guenther
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther
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UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
Wildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country’s fire service, figures show.
The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by November, wildfires had burned 47,026 hectares (116,204 acres) in 2025 in the UK – the largest area in any year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than double the area burned in the record-breaking summer of 2022. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
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A fantastic effort from the @carbonbrief.org team pulling this together.
A great resource summarising major outcomes and process at COP30. A must read 👇👇👇
And just a day after the gavel came down. Impressive. I bet next year, they'll beat the COP closing plenary :)
A great resource summarising major outcomes and process at COP30. A must read 👇👇👇
And just a day after the gavel came down. Impressive. I bet next year, they'll beat the COP closing plenary :)
NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A fantastic effort from the @carbonbrief.org team pulling this together.
A great resource summarising major outcomes and process at COP30. A must read 👇👇👇
And just a day after the gavel came down. Impressive. I bet next year, they'll beat the COP closing plenary :)
A great resource summarising major outcomes and process at COP30. A must read 👇👇👇
And just a day after the gavel came down. Impressive. I bet next year, they'll beat the COP closing plenary :)
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After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
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How Goats Are Helping Restore the American Prairie
How Goats Are Helping Restore the American Prairie
In Montana, noxious weeds have become a widespread problem due to ecosystem disturbances and degraded landscapes. Over time, the dominant method of managing ...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How Goats Are Helping Restore the American Prairie
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I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
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Einstein presented "Explanation of the Perihelion Motion of Mercury from the General Theory of Relativity" #OTD in 1915.
He used his nearly-complete theory of general relativity to explain the 43 arc-second per century anomalous precession of Mercury. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
He used his nearly-complete theory of general relativity to explain the 43 arc-second per century anomalous precession of Mercury. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Einstein presented "Explanation of the Perihelion Motion of Mercury from the General Theory of Relativity" #OTD in 1915.
He used his nearly-complete theory of general relativity to explain the 43 arc-second per century anomalous precession of Mercury. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
He used his nearly-complete theory of general relativity to explain the 43 arc-second per century anomalous precession of Mercury. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
The Guardian sketch-writers are not impressed with Labour's refugee-scapegoating.
Making a show of dehumanising vulnerable people is vile.
If you think some voters are attracted by something vile, talk to them. Bring them round. Offer something better. Don't just do the vile thing 🤦♂️ it's so stupid
Making a show of dehumanising vulnerable people is vile.
If you think some voters are attracted by something vile, talk to them. Bring them round. Offer something better. Don't just do the vile thing 🤦♂️ it's so stupid
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Guardian sketch-writers are not impressed with Labour's refugee-scapegoating.
Making a show of dehumanising vulnerable people is vile.
If you think some voters are attracted by something vile, talk to them. Bring them round. Offer something better. Don't just do the vile thing 🤦♂️ it's so stupid
Making a show of dehumanising vulnerable people is vile.
If you think some voters are attracted by something vile, talk to them. Bring them round. Offer something better. Don't just do the vile thing 🤦♂️ it's so stupid
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
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$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
When politicians make it their business to protect the privileged from the vulnerable and desperate, rather than the other way around, it's unfathomable that it isn't immediately seen as hideous and rejected by every functioning, thinking person.
November 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When politicians make it their business to protect the privileged from the vulnerable and desperate, rather than the other way around, it's unfathomable that it isn't immediately seen as hideous and rejected by every functioning, thinking person.