Gareth S Jones
@garethsjones.bsky.social
Welsh climate scientist mostly found buried in the pages of a good book, or wandering the footpaths of East Devon. Also on https://toot.wales/@garethsjones
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20mph zones in residential areas save lives and prevent serious injuries. Full stop.
What else matters?
I don’t care if 20mph “feels too slow” or “it’s hard to stick to” or “everyone breaks the limit any way”.
Grow up.
(God, the comments under this article 🤦♀️)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What else matters?
I don’t care if 20mph “feels too slow” or “it’s hard to stick to” or “everyone breaks the limit any way”.
Grow up.
(God, the comments under this article 🤦♀️)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Evan Davis: Why so many people break 20mph speed limits
After receiving a speeding ticket, Evan Davis explores why so many people have broken 20mph limits across the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
20mph zones in residential areas save lives and prevent serious injuries. Full stop.
What else matters?
I don’t care if 20mph “feels too slow” or “it’s hard to stick to” or “everyone breaks the limit any way”.
Grow up.
(God, the comments under this article 🤦♀️)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What else matters?
I don’t care if 20mph “feels too slow” or “it’s hard to stick to” or “everyone breaks the limit any way”.
Grow up.
(God, the comments under this article 🤦♀️)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We call upon residents and decision-makers to recognise the long-term value of Devon’s 50-library network run by @librariesunlimited.bsky.social, and to ensure it remains robust, accessible, and properly resourced.
Find out more: www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/librari...
Find out more: www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/librari...
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We call upon residents and decision-makers to recognise the long-term value of Devon’s 50-library network run by @librariesunlimited.bsky.social, and to ensure it remains robust, accessible, and properly resourced.
Find out more: www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/librari...
Find out more: www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/librari...
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If libraries matter to you be it for reading, working, learning, connection, mental health, or community, please take this opportunity to share your perspective on @librariesunlimited.bsky.social's county wide service.
www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/librari...
www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/librari...
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
If libraries matter to you be it for reading, working, learning, connection, mental health, or community, please take this opportunity to share your perspective on @librariesunlimited.bsky.social's county wide service.
www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/librari...
www.exetercityofliterature.com/blog/librari...
I hope Devon County Council realises the importance of libraries (and of librarians) in a civilised society, and reconsiders these daft proposals. Sadly ironic DCC is proposing reducing Exeter's library provision, given it is a UNESCO city of literature.
Devon County Council is consulting the public on proposed changes to library services across Devon. Libraries play a key role in the cultural life of our communities, and public feedback is important. Share your views by completing the consultation: devonlibraries.commonplace.is
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I hope Devon County Council realises the importance of libraries (and of librarians) in a civilised society, and reconsiders these daft proposals. Sadly ironic DCC is proposing reducing Exeter's library provision, given it is a UNESCO city of literature.
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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Hey! I’m CEO of a company that has just raised $10 billion for an app that takes the hard work out of enjoying music. Did you know, some people waste hours each day listening to “tunes”. Our AI will listen to it for you and summarise it in a 15 second scream leaving you more time to add value.
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Hey! I’m CEO of a company that has just raised $10 billion for an app that takes the hard work out of enjoying music. Did you know, some people waste hours each day listening to “tunes”. Our AI will listen to it for you and summarise it in a 15 second scream leaving you more time to add value.
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The authors of a highly publicized study predicting climate change would cost $38 trillion a year by 2049 have retracted their paper following criticism of the data and methodology, including that the estimate is inflated.
Authors retract Nature paper projecting high costs of climate change
The authors of a highly publicized study predicting climate change would cost $38 trillion a year by 2049 have retracted their paper following criticism of the data and methodology, including that …
retractionwatch.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The authors of a highly publicized study predicting climate change would cost $38 trillion a year by 2049 have retracted their paper following criticism of the data and methodology, including that the estimate is inflated.
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🧵 The first popular web browser was Mosaic, released in 1993 by NCSA at the University of Illinois. 🌐
Most people today have never heard of it, but its original site is preserved on the #WaybackMachine ⤵️ web.archive.org/web/19961220...
#Wayback1T #InternetHistory
Most people today have never heard of it, but its original site is preserved on the #WaybackMachine ⤵️ web.archive.org/web/19961220...
#Wayback1T #InternetHistory
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🧵 The first popular web browser was Mosaic, released in 1993 by NCSA at the University of Illinois. 🌐
Most people today have never heard of it, but its original site is preserved on the #WaybackMachine ⤵️ web.archive.org/web/19961220...
#Wayback1T #InternetHistory
Most people today have never heard of it, but its original site is preserved on the #WaybackMachine ⤵️ web.archive.org/web/19961220...
#Wayback1T #InternetHistory
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NEW: I just wrote up an explainer for the BBC about Airbus's recall of 6,000 aircraft late last week - after a malfunction caused by space radiation.
Includes some detail on why this extraordinary phenomenon can happen and why we need to prepare for it more.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Includes some detail on why this extraordinary phenomenon can happen and why we need to prepare for it more.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW: I just wrote up an explainer for the BBC about Airbus's recall of 6,000 aircraft late last week - after a malfunction caused by space radiation.
Includes some detail on why this extraordinary phenomenon can happen and why we need to prepare for it more.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Includes some detail on why this extraordinary phenomenon can happen and why we need to prepare for it more.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Scientists are expected to be somewhat comprehensible on #r4rtoday but financial folk like CEO of Peel Hunt come on and spout all sort of incomprehensible jargon-nonsense: "backfoot vulnerability starting to wobble", "corporate mood-show", "secondary blocks", "domestic bias" - no me neither.
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Scientists are expected to be somewhat comprehensible on #r4rtoday but financial folk like CEO of Peel Hunt come on and spout all sort of incomprehensible jargon-nonsense: "backfoot vulnerability starting to wobble", "corporate mood-show", "secondary blocks", "domestic bias" - no me neither.
Ben Santer on the IPCC, climate change detection and attribution, and "the forces of unreason"
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A climate scientist reflects on 30 years fighting the 'forces of unreason'
Thirty years ago, the IPCC agreed on a historic finding: “The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.”
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November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ben Santer on the IPCC, climate change detection and attribution, and "the forces of unreason"
thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-cl...
thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-cl...
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Imagine if all the hundreds of billions of dollars being pumped into AI was given instead to artists, writers, musicians. If/when the AI bubble bursts, everything will get crappier, but you give that money to artists: no bubble, just a world more humane and human in a million little ways.
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Imagine if all the hundreds of billions of dollars being pumped into AI was given instead to artists, writers, musicians. If/when the AI bubble bursts, everything will get crappier, but you give that money to artists: no bubble, just a world more humane and human in a million little ways.
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Springer Nature tells @jacksonwryan.com that Scientific Reports paper about autism with the nonsensical figure will be retracted.
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Springer Nature tells @jacksonwryan.com that Scientific Reports paper about autism with the nonsensical figure will be retracted.
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Hello @springernature.com - you’ve just published another bit of nonsense in Scientific Reports 🙁
Uhh,,, Figure 1 shows you... what exactly? Trying to understand Medical fryrmbial, runctitional features and mum's legs going through concrete.
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
This whole article is a bit of a disaster. And it's very difficult to find other published work for the author. Strange! 🧪
(via @smutclyde.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Hello @springernature.com - you’ve just published another bit of nonsense in Scientific Reports 🙁
Another disappointing sun->something study from Scientific Reports. Correlation does not equal causation, especially for processed and smoothed (sparce) datasets. Astonishing that correlations of only 0.22 to 0.56 are presented uncritically!
Coincidences happen.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Coincidences happen.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interdecadal seismic periodicity modulated by solar and oceanic variability revealed from Chinese historical documents - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Interdecadal seismic periodicity modulated by solar and oceanic variability revealed from Chinese historical documents
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Another disappointing sun->something study from Scientific Reports. Correlation does not equal causation, especially for processed and smoothed (sparce) datasets. Astonishing that correlations of only 0.22 to 0.56 are presented uncritically!
Coincidences happen.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Coincidences happen.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I hate Python.
The computer language of course and not the reptile.
The computer language of course and not the reptile.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I hate Python.
The computer language of course and not the reptile.
The computer language of course and not the reptile.
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Our heat pump doing it’s job taking in cold air, extracting energy to heat our house and exhaling even colder air that has kept the dusting of snow happy in its artificial frost hollow long after it had melted away elsewhere!
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Our heat pump doing it’s job taking in cold air, extracting energy to heat our house and exhaling even colder air that has kept the dusting of snow happy in its artificial frost hollow long after it had melted away elsewhere!
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On this day, in 1897, Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar. In an entry from, 31st May 1918 Bevan appears for being a conscientious objector during the First World War.
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
On this day, in 1897, Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar. In an entry from, 31st May 1918 Bevan appears for being a conscientious objector during the First World War.
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@naomialderman.bsky.social's new book: "A friend - who’s read the book - texted me yesterday to say “I see they’ve decided to burn Tim Davie at the stake today”. And so I thought it was probably the right time to put this extract on Substack." naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
the BBC and why it needs defending
even if you don't always agree with it, and sometimes it does things that you think are outright terrible
naomialderman.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
@naomialderman.bsky.social's new book: "A friend - who’s read the book - texted me yesterday to say “I see they’ve decided to burn Tim Davie at the stake today”. And so I thought it was probably the right time to put this extract on Substack." naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...
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Don’t overlook the plastic footprint of fireworks
Letter to the Editor
go.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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It's ironic that brighter car head lights may be making cycling less safe. Rather than being able to see road features & cyclists, drivers are blinded.
👀 🌕🌕
This can render some roads completely unsafe for cycling. Unfair!
#roadsafety #cycling
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This can render some roads completely unsafe for cycling. Unfair!
#roadsafety #cycling
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night
Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's ironic that brighter car head lights may be making cycling less safe. Rather than being able to see road features & cyclists, drivers are blinded.
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This can render some roads completely unsafe for cycling. Unfair!
#roadsafety #cycling
www.bbc.com/news/article...
👀 🌕🌕
This can render some roads completely unsafe for cycling. Unfair!
#roadsafety #cycling
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fascinating stories from Victor Spinetti. My Mam knew him and we knew his family... and their chip shop ... in my home village of Cwm in Wales :-)
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That Reminds Me - Series 2 - Victor Spinetti - BBC Sounds
From The Beatles to Sir Laurence Olivier. The actor reminisces about his career.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Fascinating stories from Victor Spinetti. My Mam knew him and we knew his family... and their chip shop ... in my home village of Cwm in Wales :-)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Interesting study that finds similar behaviour to what we found in the HadGEM3 climate model (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) that heat can be brought to the surface of the Southern Ocean in a cooling climate, with temporary warming.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Southern Ocean Heat Burp in a Cooling World
Under net-negative CO2 emissions and global cooling ocean heat release causes substantial centennial scale atmospheric warming The ocean heat release originates from Southern Ocean deep convectio...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Interesting study that finds similar behaviour to what we found in the HadGEM3 climate model (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) that heat can be brought to the surface of the Southern Ocean in a cooling climate, with temporary warming.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.