David Rowe
@davidrowewtl.bsky.social
A few of my current interests:
Climate Activism, Economics, AI, Cycling, Space, Automated Vehicles, Robots, Photography, Chess, Archeology, Genetics, Science, Wind-Solar-Storage, Physics, #RejoinEU, Eco Socialism, Libertarian Left, #FollowForFollow.
Climate Activism, Economics, AI, Cycling, Space, Automated Vehicles, Robots, Photography, Chess, Archeology, Genetics, Science, Wind-Solar-Storage, Physics, #RejoinEU, Eco Socialism, Libertarian Left, #FollowForFollow.
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David Rowe
@davidrowewtl.bsky.social
· Oct 2
I passed 2000 followers today. Thank you very much for the companionship.
I know we don't all agree all the time but let's not let that stop us talking, sharing and growing. 🙏
I know we don't all agree all the time but let's not let that stop us talking, sharing and growing. 🙏
"We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalised. The rich know this and they are increasingly opting out of the shared spaces".
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"We have created a system where the only way to survive is to be destitute enough to qualify for aid, or rich enough to ignore the cost. Everyone in the middle is being cannibalised. The rich know this and they are increasingly opting out of the shared spaces".
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” - Plutarch
Understand who is actually poor these days. The numbers are here:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Understand who is actually poor these days. The numbers are here:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” - Plutarch
Understand who is actually poor these days. The numbers are here:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Understand who is actually poor these days. The numbers are here:
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
An eye opening read. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
"Altruism is a function of surplus. It is easy to be charitable when you have excess capacity. It is impossible to be charitable when you are fighting for the last bruised banana."
"Altruism is a function of surplus. It is easy to be charitable when you have excess capacity. It is impossible to be charitable when you are fighting for the last bruised banana."
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
An eye opening read. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
"Altruism is a function of surplus. It is easy to be charitable when you have excess capacity. It is impossible to be charitable when you are fighting for the last bruised banana."
"Altruism is a function of surplus. It is easy to be charitable when you have excess capacity. It is impossible to be charitable when you are fighting for the last bruised banana."
Doing the same thing over and over when it doesn't make sense is a definition of madness.
The #ClimateEmergency only ends when the CO2 we emit is falling. A better grid and grid storage is critical, lets behave like it's and emergency, because it is!
wastedwind.energy/2025-11-21
The #ClimateEmergency only ends when the CO2 we emit is falling. A better grid and grid storage is critical, lets behave like it's and emergency, because it is!
wastedwind.energy/2025-11-21
Wasted Wind
Britain wastes millions a day switching off wind turbines. See how much has been wasted today, and in 2025.
wastedwind.energy
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Doing the same thing over and over when it doesn't make sense is a definition of madness.
The #ClimateEmergency only ends when the CO2 we emit is falling. A better grid and grid storage is critical, lets behave like it's and emergency, because it is!
wastedwind.energy/2025-11-21
The #ClimateEmergency only ends when the CO2 we emit is falling. A better grid and grid storage is critical, lets behave like it's and emergency, because it is!
wastedwind.energy/2025-11-21
Reposted by David Rowe
"You don't need 100 friends to be happy. You need strategic variety. That's how you build a happy, resilient life," writes happiness researcher Jessica Weiss.
The happiest people have 3 types of 'essential' friends in their lives, says an Ivy League–trained happiness researcher
"You don't need 100 friends to be happy. You need strategic variety. That's how you build a happy, resilient life," writes happiness researcher Jessica Weiss.
cnb.cx
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"You don't need 100 friends to be happy. You need strategic variety. That's how you build a happy, resilient life," writes happiness researcher Jessica Weiss.
We really need a breakthrough in Alzheimer's treatment. Maybe this group in Brazil has made one‽
agencia.fapesp.br/researchers-...
agencia.fapesp.br/researchers-...
Researchers develop chemical compound with potential against Alzheimer’s disease
A group from the Federal University of the ABC tested the substance on rats and obtained positive results. The group is now seeking partnerships with pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trial...
agencia.fapesp.br
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We really need a breakthrough in Alzheimer's treatment. Maybe this group in Brazil has made one‽
agencia.fapesp.br/researchers-...
agencia.fapesp.br/researchers-...
Let's call it Starmerism: the ideology of having no fixed ideology, where yesterday's red lines become tomorrow's footnotes if the focus groups demand it. It's worked – he's Prime Minister – but it leaves you wondering if there's anyone home behind the forensic prose and the toolmaker-dad anecdotes.
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Let's call it Starmerism: the ideology of having no fixed ideology, where yesterday's red lines become tomorrow's footnotes if the focus groups demand it. It's worked – he's Prime Minister – but it leaves you wondering if there's anyone home behind the forensic prose and the toolmaker-dad anecdotes.
I suspect this will fail because ... Trump, but many other countries could make a similar case. It's an interesting development to watch.
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I suspect this will fail because ... Trump, but many other countries could make a similar case. It's an interesting development to watch.
Saudi Arabia is now in the top 10 for solar PV and headed for 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030.
Nice to see fossil fuel profits going somewhere useful.
Nice to see fossil fuel profits going somewhere useful.
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Saudi Arabia is now in the top 10 for solar PV and headed for 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030.
Nice to see fossil fuel profits going somewhere useful.
Nice to see fossil fuel profits going somewhere useful.
Chip users being held to ransom by EU dispute with China over company ownership and right to decide where to manufacture.
www.automotivelogistics.media/inbound-logi...
www.automotivelogistics.media/inbound-logi...
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Chip users being held to ransom by EU dispute with China over company ownership and right to decide where to manufacture.
www.automotivelogistics.media/inbound-logi...
www.automotivelogistics.media/inbound-logi...
Solar storm warning! geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service...
Geomagnetic storm forecast 12th November 2025
geomag.bgs.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Solar storm warning! geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service...
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Reposted by David Rowe
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The Scottish Parliamentary Elections are just over 6 months away and Bylines Scotland wants to hear from you! We're looking for volunteer writers, editors, researchers, fact- checkers and podcasters. Scotland needs you!
Get in touch: editor@bylines
#Scotland🏴
#Holyrood
Get in touch: editor@bylines
#Scotland🏴
#Holyrood
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Great piece from Richard Murphy on our inability to continue to fund the wealthy at our current rate. They are just going to have to make some sacrifices. Maybe get an extra job or keep working like millions of poor people have had to.
#Garynomics
youtu.be/SzTi95kUBKo
#Garynomics
youtu.be/SzTi95kUBKo
Who can we really afford — the rich or everyone else?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great piece from Richard Murphy on our inability to continue to fund the wealthy at our current rate. They are just going to have to make some sacrifices. Maybe get an extra job or keep working like millions of poor people have had to.
#Garynomics
youtu.be/SzTi95kUBKo
#Garynomics
youtu.be/SzTi95kUBKo
A bit of recognition for China. Despite all the increasing demands the world is making of them they have managed to keep their CO2 emotions from going up, for ~18 months. This is the step before they start going down!
#ClimateAction
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#ClimateAction
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A bit of recognition for China. Despite all the increasing demands the world is making of them they have managed to keep their CO2 emotions from going up, for ~18 months. This is the step before they start going down!
#ClimateAction
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#ClimateAction
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Reposted by David Rowe
‘Funny’ how these billionaires want to give £ to the very people who destroyed the economy & supported Brexit that makes trading harder
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Billionaire Tory donor gives £200,000 to Reform UK
JCB chair Lord Bamford hands equal amount to Tories and Reform to support parties he says ‘believe in small business’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
‘Funny’ how these billionaires want to give £ to the very people who destroyed the economy & supported Brexit that makes trading harder
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What will we do with all the stranded asset fossil fuel and nuclear power stations, as AI compute is moved up to space in the foreseeable future? #JustSaying
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
What will we do with all the stranded asset fossil fuel and nuclear power stations, as AI compute is moved up to space in the foreseeable future? #JustSaying
Is this historically bad or just early mid term angst and blues for Keir Starmer and Labour?
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Is this historically bad or just early mid term angst and blues for Keir Starmer and Labour?
Reposted by David Rowe
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Who'd have guessed the state of ripeness had such an effect. I've been eating the wrong ones for me for years!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/banana...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/banana...
The Ripeness Level Of Your Banana Actually Matters For Your Health— Here's How
The nutritional content in a banana changes as it ripens. What ripeness level is best for you?
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Who'd have guessed the state of ripeness had such an effect. I've been eating the wrong ones for me for years!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/banana...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/banana...
A local Green Councillor trying to make a difference to our streets with cars parked so far onto pavements they are blocked.
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A local Green Councillor trying to make a difference to our streets with cars parked so far onto pavements they are blocked.
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
The UK has had a November night typical of an average June night. Just think about that. #ClimateEmergency
#StopBurningStuff
#LeaveItInTheGround
#StopBurningStuff
#LeaveItInTheGround
EUROPE HISTORIC NOVEMBER WARMTH
An exceptional warm week is kicking off with widespread abnormal warmth allover Europe,except for Central Mediterranean
Hundreds of records of November warm nights can fall with
MINIMUMS locally >15C in UK and >13C in Scandinavia,typical of June!
An exceptional warm week is kicking off with widespread abnormal warmth allover Europe,except for Central Mediterranean
Hundreds of records of November warm nights can fall with
MINIMUMS locally >15C in UK and >13C in Scandinavia,typical of June!
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The UK has had a November night typical of an average June night. Just think about that. #ClimateEmergency
#StopBurningStuff
#LeaveItInTheGround
#StopBurningStuff
#LeaveItInTheGround
So now one of the good guys who predicted a big jump in global warming is concerned thus may have been underestimated. :-(
The more we can cut fossil fuel use, the quicker we can do it, the better chance we have if getting out of this with more people alive and a civilisation.
#LeaveItInTheGround
The more we can cut fossil fuel use, the quicker we can do it, the better chance we have if getting out of this with more people alive and a civilisation.
#LeaveItInTheGround
October is the least warmed month and reached +1.55°C during a La Niña!
The past 29 months were +1.57°C on average, 0.32°C above the same 2015-2017 period, indicating a 0.4°C/dec warming rate.
That's more than a doubling from the 1970-2010 warming rate.
Even(?) we might have underestimated this.
The past 29 months were +1.57°C on average, 0.32°C above the same 2015-2017 period, indicating a 0.4°C/dec warming rate.
That's more than a doubling from the 1970-2010 warming rate.
Even(?) we might have underestimated this.
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So now one of the good guys who predicted a big jump in global warming is concerned thus may have been underestimated. :-(
The more we can cut fossil fuel use, the quicker we can do it, the better chance we have if getting out of this with more people alive and a civilisation.
#LeaveItInTheGround
The more we can cut fossil fuel use, the quicker we can do it, the better chance we have if getting out of this with more people alive and a civilisation.
#LeaveItInTheGround