Mill Glen
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Here's another deep field image from JWST.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
January 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Here's another deep field image from JWST.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
There's something pretty amazing hidden within it, which I'll talk about next.
But open up this image and lose yourself in this almost impossibly vast view of our Universe.
The six-pointed features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy.
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NEW ANALYSIS: UK household electricity bills have risen over the last 5 years.
BUT: Despite frequent claims that net zero is to blame: 2/3 of the increase is because of high gas prices shows new @ukerc.bsky.social report.
Arguably without renewable energy the UK would see even higher bills today.
BUT: Despite frequent claims that net zero is to blame: 2/3 of the increase is because of high gas prices shows new @ukerc.bsky.social report.
Arguably without renewable energy the UK would see even higher bills today.
January 28, 2026 at 6:20 PM
NEW ANALYSIS: UK household electricity bills have risen over the last 5 years.
BUT: Despite frequent claims that net zero is to blame: 2/3 of the increase is because of high gas prices shows new @ukerc.bsky.social report.
Arguably without renewable energy the UK would see even higher bills today.
BUT: Despite frequent claims that net zero is to blame: 2/3 of the increase is because of high gas prices shows new @ukerc.bsky.social report.
Arguably without renewable energy the UK would see even higher bills today.
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It really would be in everyone decent's interest for Labour to stand aside and not contest this particular seat at all. Give the Greens a clear run
There's so much Labour could use to attack him and they go with this www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Labour Criticised Over 'Misleading' Video Attacking Reform By-Election Candidate Matt Goodwin
The Gorton and Denton contest is already getting dirty.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 6:51 PM
It really would be in everyone decent's interest for Labour to stand aside and not contest this particular seat at all. Give the Greens a clear run
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And let's say your conclusion genuinely *was* that 100,000s didn't vote for your candidate and it was really unfair, just reflected that they were bozos with bad ideas about the world, imposing purity tests. What good does that conclusion do you? What use is it politically? None at all.
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 AM
And let's say your conclusion genuinely *was* that 100,000s didn't vote for your candidate and it was really unfair, just reflected that they were bozos with bad ideas about the world, imposing purity tests. What good does that conclusion do you? What use is it politically? None at all.
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One of my new procrastination pastimes is timelapsing ecological restoration/wilding projects on agri-reversal land.
The @nationaltrust.org.uk riverlands restoration at the Holnicote Estate, Somerset (1/4)
The @nationaltrust.org.uk riverlands restoration at the Holnicote Estate, Somerset (1/4)
January 27, 2026 at 5:26 PM
One of my new procrastination pastimes is timelapsing ecological restoration/wilding projects on agri-reversal land.
The @nationaltrust.org.uk riverlands restoration at the Holnicote Estate, Somerset (1/4)
The @nationaltrust.org.uk riverlands restoration at the Holnicote Estate, Somerset (1/4)
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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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Sure, but when we’re grateful for minor acts of relative moderation from the national equality body - a boobyhatch of bigoted wackos tasked with adjudicating in favour of wingnuts and right wing cranks - then we already live in the Fallout universe, pre-war.
January 27, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Sure, but when we’re grateful for minor acts of relative moderation from the national equality body - a boobyhatch of bigoted wackos tasked with adjudicating in favour of wingnuts and right wing cranks - then we already live in the Fallout universe, pre-war.
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A new UK government report warns that global #biodiversity loss threatens food security, economic stability, and geopolitical order. In my latest blog post I ask whether pollination should now be considered a #nationalsecurity issue:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/01/26/p...
@butterfly-project.bsky.social
jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/01/26/p...
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Pollination as a matter of national security
In these turbulent times it’s hard to know where to focus one’s gaze. Do we concentrate on Ukraine? Greenland? Venezuela? Sudan? China? Russia? The Middle East? The rise of the far righ…
jeffollerton.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
A new UK government report warns that global #biodiversity loss threatens food security, economic stability, and geopolitical order. In my latest blog post I ask whether pollination should now be considered a #nationalsecurity issue:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/01/26/p...
@butterfly-project.bsky.social
jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/01/26/p...
@butterfly-project.bsky.social
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this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
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What a time to be alive
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 PM
What a time to be alive
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Despite its gravity the newly-released national security implications of ecosystem collapse appears shortened, suggesting the government held back the most disturbing findings. We can't respond to partially disclosed threats writes Prof Rupert Read.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @rupertread.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @rupertread.bsky.social
A suppressed warning finally appears: ecosystem collapse as a national security threat
A government report on the national security implications of ecosystem collapse is finally out, and it’s even more shocking than feared
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Despite its gravity the newly-released national security implications of ecosystem collapse appears shortened, suggesting the government held back the most disturbing findings. We can't respond to partially disclosed threats writes Prof Rupert Read.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @rupertread.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @rupertread.bsky.social
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This is a rehash of the 80s trope that the unemployed didn't want to work. It's blaming the victim. "There's nothing wrong with the system; it's just that the working class aren't good enough for it."
"1 in 5 pupils are getting a SEND diagnosis..the vast majority then trip into the benefit system because they get child disability allowance allowance.'
This is completely false from Milburn. He's supposed to be reviewing this issue and he's just making things up. Inexcusable.
This is completely false from Milburn. He's supposed to be reviewing this issue and he's just making things up. Inexcusable.
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 AM
This is a rehash of the 80s trope that the unemployed didn't want to work. It's blaming the victim. "There's nothing wrong with the system; it's just that the working class aren't good enough for it."
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Some great news to cheer us up for a change!!
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Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in EU power supply
Wind and solar power produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the EU for the first time last year.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Some great news to cheer us up for a change!!
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The UK gov has finally released the Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security report. We face catastrophe. Why aren't politicians acting? I think some are - but in ways perhaps just as frightening.
My latest for Technosphere Earth.
www.technosphere.earth/no-war-on-a-...
My latest for Technosphere Earth.
www.technosphere.earth/no-war-on-a-...
No war on a dead planet
If defence and intelligence agencies understand the risks from climate and biodiversity collapse, why can’t politicians?
www.technosphere.earth
January 23, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The UK gov has finally released the Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security report. We face catastrophe. Why aren't politicians acting? I think some are - but in ways perhaps just as frightening.
My latest for Technosphere Earth.
www.technosphere.earth/no-war-on-a-...
My latest for Technosphere Earth.
www.technosphere.earth/no-war-on-a-...
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Imagine if the hype was around the Greens' rise rather than Reform
Imagine if instead of putting far-right issues on the agenda, mainstream parties talked about hope, justice, redistribution, public services etc
That would put real change on the table and that's why Reform is a safer bet for them
Imagine if instead of putting far-right issues on the agenda, mainstream parties talked about hope, justice, redistribution, public services etc
That would put real change on the table and that's why Reform is a safer bet for them
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 23, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Imagine if the hype was around the Greens' rise rather than Reform
Imagine if instead of putting far-right issues on the agenda, mainstream parties talked about hope, justice, redistribution, public services etc
That would put real change on the table and that's why Reform is a safer bet for them
Imagine if instead of putting far-right issues on the agenda, mainstream parties talked about hope, justice, redistribution, public services etc
That would put real change on the table and that's why Reform is a safer bet for them
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Even the best case scenario here - Burnham wins easily and is smoothly installed as leader, and switches to something more humane and less repellent - is going to be immediately hit with suicide attacks from within his own party, followed by a long wrecking campaign to ensure a Tory/Reform victory.
Starmer’s allies launch ‘Stop Andy Burnham’ campaign to block parliamentary return
Starmer’s allies launch ‘Stop Andy Burnham’ campaign to block parliamentary return
Speculation has spread over whether Burnham will attempt to return to pursue a Labour leadership bid
Keir Starmer’s allies have launched a “Stop Andy Burnham” campaign to prevent the Labour mayor from returning to parliament after the resignation of a Manchester MP triggered a byelection.
Multiple members of the party’s ruling national executive committee (NEC) predicted it would be impossible for Burnham to make it through the selection process given the number of Starmer loyalists on the body desperate to avoid a leadership challenge. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Even the best case scenario here - Burnham wins easily and is smoothly installed as leader, and switches to something more humane and less repellent - is going to be immediately hit with suicide attacks from within his own party, followed by a long wrecking campaign to ensure a Tory/Reform victory.
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Amazing how they just say this stuff out loud now. I assume they understand people can see them saying it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Amazing how they just say this stuff out loud now. I assume they understand people can see them saying it.
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this is the only way to appreciate someone playing a bitchin guitar solo
April 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
this is the only way to appreciate someone playing a bitchin guitar solo
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The first giant organisms on land were these mysterious towers that this paper suggests were unrelated to the known kingdoms of life …
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The first giant organisms on land were these mysterious towers that this paper suggests were unrelated to the known kingdoms of life …
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Confirmation of what we already knew. Plans to slash jury trials have got nothing to do with cutting the backlog but reflect the Govt's fear that popular opposition to their hard right policies is going to lead to a surge in marches, protests, direct action etc.
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...
Judge-only trials in England and Wales will not wipe out crown court backlog, report says
IFG says proposed plans, which will slash the number of jury trials, will produce ‘marginal gains’ of less than 2% time saved
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Confirmation of what we already knew. Plans to slash jury trials have got nothing to do with cutting the backlog but reflect the Govt's fear that popular opposition to their hard right policies is going to lead to a surge in marches, protests, direct action etc.
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...
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Same here! Though most know me as AI’s Most Grizzled Hater, I started on the remote work debate in 2021
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January 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Same here! Though most know me as AI’s Most Grizzled Hater, I started on the remote work debate in 2021
www.wheresyoured.at/the-upcoming...
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www.wheresyoured.at/the-upcoming...
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Support for the Greens is highest among the youngest voters, while older Britons largely favour the Conservatives and Reform UK
18-24 year olds
Green: 37%
Labour: 21%
Lib Dem: 18%
Conservative: 10%
Reform UK: 9%
70+ year olds
Reform UK: 33%
Conservative: 32%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 5%
18-24 year olds
Green: 37%
Labour: 21%
Lib Dem: 18%
Conservative: 10%
Reform UK: 9%
70+ year olds
Reform UK: 33%
Conservative: 32%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 5%
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Support for the Greens is highest among the youngest voters, while older Britons largely favour the Conservatives and Reform UK
18-24 year olds
Green: 37%
Labour: 21%
Lib Dem: 18%
Conservative: 10%
Reform UK: 9%
70+ year olds
Reform UK: 33%
Conservative: 32%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 5%
18-24 year olds
Green: 37%
Labour: 21%
Lib Dem: 18%
Conservative: 10%
Reform UK: 9%
70+ year olds
Reform UK: 33%
Conservative: 32%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 5%
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Extraordinary polling from @yougov.co.uk today, showing the @greenparty.org.uk in first place across all working age people
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Extraordinary polling from @yougov.co.uk today, showing the @greenparty.org.uk in first place across all working age people
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
🟢Grn - 20.5%
🔴Lab - 20.3%
⚫Ref - 20.1%
🔵Con - 15.5%
baffling why 60% of pensioners are supporting Con/Ref who will slash public spending that mainly goes to pensioners
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Perhaps the Times did used to be a serious paper but in the period where I’ve been paying close attention - since maybe 2011, say - it has been relentless culture war horseshit, red scare McCarthyism, war screeching and increasingly Hitlerian squeals about the ethno-Bolshevik traitors amongst us.
January 21, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Perhaps the Times did used to be a serious paper but in the period where I’ve been paying close attention - since maybe 2011, say - it has been relentless culture war horseshit, red scare McCarthyism, war screeching and increasingly Hitlerian squeals about the ethno-Bolshevik traitors amongst us.