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Donald Coppen

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Biotech & PhD biologist My own opinions expressed here Zero post accounts will be muted, blocked & reported as spam #AskForEvidence #RuleOfLaw #ClimateChangeIsReal #ShowYourStripes #VaccinesWork #NAFO

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Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · Feb 19

Impact of #ClimateChange is clear & obvious with these @climate.noaa.gov records of global high/ low temperatures.

Record (min & max) highs vs. lows over last 12 months:
- Daily 5:1
- Monthly: 11:1
- All-time: 23:1
#ClimateChangeIsReal
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/data...

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 2d

And if he could get peace in Ukraine too, I’d pay for his flight* to Stockholm.

*economy class

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 3d

Like rescuing a journalist critical of the regime from being murdered and dismembered maybe?

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 4d

He is (tiny) malevolent, racist spite made flesh.

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 4d

Closet white supremacist, Robert Jenrick, probably wishes she still worked there too.

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 5d

#RenewableEnergy works.

Ember @ember-energy.org · 5d

NEW | Solar and wind OUTPACED global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025, leading to a fall in fossil fuels compared to this time last year ☀️🌪️

Record solar and steady wind growth is reshaping global power as renewables OVERTAKE coal for the first time.

https://loom.ly/c-MNZSk

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 5d

Isn’t this an @theonion.com headline?

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 5d

Only the best people.

*pedophiles

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 7d

Even the ones barking outside late at night?

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 8d

Only the best people..

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Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 8d

Listened to @newsagents.bsky.social USA podcast with you, @maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social - I knew trump's authoritarian nature was becoming clear, but never realised it was this dark already.

Know that ppl w/w stand with you in your fight for #FreeSpeech.

youtu.be/U390Lr_oKW0?...

Trump wages war on the "enemy within"

YouTube video by The News Agents

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Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 8d

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Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 9d

A deeply troubling development - should they overwinter successfully then the diseases they can transmit could become endemic.

ECIU @eciu.net · 9d

Warning issued as tropical disease-carrying mosquitoes found in UK

Two species of disease-carrying mosquitoes have been identified in the UK, and could spread further due to climate change, scientists have warned
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hom...

Warning issued as tropical disease-carrying mosquitoes found in UK

The presence of the mosquitoes in Europe poses a ‘significant public health threat’, experts say

www.independent.co.uk

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 9d

Not sure that’s really the case - they used, to great effect, her own words against her during the election.

If she stands again, no doubt they’ll do the same (& throw in Dem comments following her book).

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 10d

Only the smartest people…

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 10d

That’s true enough - most don’t have fascist tendencies.

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 10d

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 10d

#ClimateChangeIsReal

Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 10d

The anthropogenic glacier collapse currently underway in the Alps has resulted in the disappearance of >1000 small glaciers! 😱🔥

Following the release of Swiss glacier loss numbers today, let me introduce you the now extinct Vadret da Triazza (Eastern Switzerland) ✝️

Via @matthias-huss.bsky.social

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 10d

What a surprise.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10d

🔴Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom Rally Was Sponsored by a Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Cryptocurrency ‘Rug Pulls’

The far-right rally was bankrolled by convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' Rally Was Sponsored by a Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Cryptocurrency ‘Rug Pulls’

The far-right rally was bankrolled by a convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal

bylinetimes.com

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 11d

I so hope you’re right.

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 11d

He gets off on the power of the Presidency and really wants to be able to do to a city what Netanyahu has done to Gaza.

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 11d

Just as well there are no hurricanes off the US coast. Oh.

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Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 11d

“People like me” don’t see everything “to the left of Reform” as leftwing.

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 11d

You're unable to engage without resorting to insults?
- you've lost the debate
- you're blocked

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 11d

You're unable to discuss without resorting to insults?
- you've lost the debate
- you're blocked

Donald Coppen @donaldcoppen.bsky.social · 11d

I think I can see why Trump ended up bankrupt 4 times. Including running casinos into the ground.

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