Paul Boldrin
@paulboldrin.bsky.social
Scientist - materials, electrochemistry, chemicals and industrial decarbonisation at Imperial College. London. Cycling. Kids. Spurs. Apparently am posting a bit.
Pretty sure this will make the UK the first major producer of oil and gas to do this. A few other countries have already but they produce negligible amounts.
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Pretty sure this will make the UK the first major producer of oil and gas to do this. A few other countries have already but they produce negligible amounts.
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Spurs have registered three of the lowest five xG across all matches in the PL this season.
What a stat.
What a stat.
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Spurs have registered three of the lowest five xG across all matches in the PL this season.
What a stat.
What a stat.
Good use case for hydrogen fuel cells:
Intelligent Energy powers the UK’s first #hydrogen BVLOS drone flight. A 25kg hexacopter with the IE-SOAR™ #fuelcell flew from Llanbedr into Eryri and offshore, showing new potential for long-range, #zeroemission missions.
#HydrogenNews #Innovation
fcw.sh/455GHm
#HydrogenNews #Innovation
fcw.sh/455GHm
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Good use case for hydrogen fuel cells:
Lots of university people on my timeline implicitly assuming very high elasticity of demand for university courses from foreign students and I'm not sure the evidence for that is great.
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Lots of university people on my timeline implicitly assuming very high elasticity of demand for university courses from foreign students and I'm not sure the evidence for that is great.
Feel like Frank could be out by end of Jan looking at our fixtures between now and then.
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Feel like Frank could be out by end of Jan looking at our fixtures between now and then.
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Sure glad we got rid of Ange for this.
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sure glad we got rid of Ange for this.
This one is about a bus lane:
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This one is about a bus lane:
Have people never watched Trump before? Half my timeline is like "Mamdani is so good with Trump". HE DOES THIS WITH EVERYONE! Oh he sawed a journalist into pieces or bombed his neighbour's capital for 3 years - "He's a great guy, I think we can do some great things together"
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Have people never watched Trump before? Half my timeline is like "Mamdani is so good with Trump". HE DOES THIS WITH EVERYONE! Oh he sawed a journalist into pieces or bombed his neighbour's capital for 3 years - "He's a great guy, I think we can do some great things together"
Try to imagine what has happened here. The front page of the Telegraph in November. England doing well in the Ashes. Christmas gift and recipes special. Front page Boodles advert. Tories could win 14 seats at the next election.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tories on course for just 14 seats at election #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Try to imagine what has happened here. The front page of the Telegraph in November. England doing well in the Ashes. Christmas gift and recipes special. Front page Boodles advert. Tories could win 14 seats at the next election.
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So, you know, there’s the means of production. And I said well, you should seize it. And he said, sir, we’re going to seize it right now. He was very nice, very kind, and you know the bourgeoisie are not good people. Very bad people.
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So, you know, there’s the means of production. And I said well, you should seize it. And he said, sir, we’re going to seize it right now. He was very nice, very kind, and you know the bourgeoisie are not good people. Very bad people.
This is a really important article. The most interesting part is pt 2 where the natural experiment of a bridge closing to motor traffic resulting in a reduction in congestion and an increase in economic activity is quantified. But for anyone interested in very British dysfunction pt 1 is also good.
insights from Hammersmith Bridge nickmaini.substack.com/p/hammersmit... (Nick Maini) "closing a major bridge carrying 25,000 daily vehicles should lead to more traffic on other nearby crossings and less economic activity on either side. The evidence shows the exact opposite."
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
nickmaini.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is a really important article. The most interesting part is pt 2 where the natural experiment of a bridge closing to motor traffic resulting in a reduction in congestion and an increase in economic activity is quantified. But for anyone interested in very British dysfunction pt 1 is also good.
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For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Worth remembering that amid all the doom and gloom amazing advances in medical science saving millions of lives are still being made all the time.
New drug could be a breakthrough in treatment for killer TB, trial suggests
New drug could be a breakthrough in treatment for killer TB, trial suggests
Sorfequiline shows stronger action than existing treatments against illness that killed 1.23 million last year
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Worth remembering that amid all the doom and gloom amazing advances in medical science saving millions of lives are still being made all the time.
This thread is substantially more positive than the Guardian write-up of this report. Stabilised failing services, sustained increases in funding, focus on capital investment all listed as positives. Plus points out there are still over 3 years for improvements from increased funding to be seen.
NEW: Labour inherited public services in crisis. Performance had fallen, investment had been cut + spending plans were undeliverable.
It's made some progress, providing stability and positive long-term plans. But it has been undermined by poor prep in opposition and lack of co-ordination in govt 🧵
It's made some progress, providing stability and positive long-term plans. But it has been undermined by poor prep in opposition and lack of co-ordination in govt 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This thread is substantially more positive than the Guardian write-up of this report. Stabilised failing services, sustained increases in funding, focus on capital investment all listed as positives. Plus points out there are still over 3 years for improvements from increased funding to be seen.
Study engineering at uni kids:
The European Commission analysed thousands of job ads and conducted interviews to come up with a list of most in-demand jobs. If your kid isn't sure what they want to do in life...
November 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Study engineering at uni kids:
Good to see Odobert on this ahead of some big names.
🇬🇧 Premier League Players: xA per 90
🥇 Estevão (Chelsea, 18) — 0.45
🥈 D. Brooks (Bournemouth, 28) — 0.3
🥉 W. Odobert (Tottenham, 20) — 0.28
🥉 Kevin (Fulham, 22) — 0.28
🏅 B. Saka (Arsenal, 24) — 0.27
📊 datamb.football
🥇 Estevão (Chelsea, 18) — 0.45
🥈 D. Brooks (Bournemouth, 28) — 0.3
🥉 W. Odobert (Tottenham, 20) — 0.28
🥉 Kevin (Fulham, 22) — 0.28
🏅 B. Saka (Arsenal, 24) — 0.27
📊 datamb.football
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Good to see Odobert on this ahead of some big names.
Worth noting that lots of these things have been illegal since legislation brought in by the last Labour government in 2008 but have somehow required a new Labour government 17 years later to stop them.
CMA launches major consumer protection drive focused on online pricing practices www.gov.uk/government/n...
CMA launches major consumer protection drive focused on online pricing practices
CMA opens investigations into 8 businesses, issues advisory letters to 100 firms and publishes finalised guidance for businesses.
www.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Worth noting that lots of these things have been illegal since legislation brought in by the last Labour government in 2008 but have somehow required a new Labour government 17 years later to stop them.
Expanding this to air-to-air heat pumps - which can also provide air conditioning in summer - is a great move. Summer electricity is getting extremely cheap due to the rise in solar so this will give people a great cheap improvement in living standards as well as decarbonising winter heating.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is being expanded.
The scheme currently offers up to £7500 off the installation of air source or ground source heat pumps.
It is being expanded to more types of systems suitable for more homes. £2500 will be made available for air-to-air heat pumps & heat batteries.
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The scheme currently offers up to £7500 off the installation of air source or ground source heat pumps.
It is being expanded to more types of systems suitable for more homes. £2500 will be made available for air-to-air heat pumps & heat batteries.
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Discounts for families to keep warm in winter and cool in summer
Boiler Upgrade Scheme has been expanded to include air-to-air heat pumps and heat batteries giving families more choice in how they upgrade their home.
www.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Expanding this to air-to-air heat pumps - which can also provide air conditioning in summer - is a great move. Summer electricity is getting extremely cheap due to the rise in solar so this will give people a great cheap improvement in living standards as well as decarbonising winter heating.
Good thread on the history of climate science demonstrating well how long we've known about the potential for burning fossil fuels to cause climate change (over 150 years).
A thread on early moments in climate science.
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Good thread on the history of climate science demonstrating well how long we've known about the potential for burning fossil fuels to cause climate change (over 150 years).
Oh good, we're talking about immigration again <logs off, throws phone onto bonfire>
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Oh good, we're talking about immigration again <logs off, throws phone onto bonfire>
Lmao, absolutely pathetic drama queens. Love the ridiculously clichéd "we're not against bus lanes but". If anyone wants to say how much they love bus lanes and improved pedestrian crossings (which they sadly didn't have space to mention on this leaflet) the consultation is here:
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Lmao, absolutely pathetic drama queens. Love the ridiculously clichéd "we're not against bus lanes but". If anyone wants to say how much they love bus lanes and improved pedestrian crossings (which they sadly didn't have space to mention on this leaflet) the consultation is here:
Just realised, as if my timeline wasn't miserable enough, the Ashes starts next week! They could at least wait until everyone has stopped dooming about the budget.
The Ashes: Ollie Pope makes warm-up century but Joe Root and Harry Brook miss out
Ollie Pope makes a century as the majority of England’s top order spend valuable time in the middle in their Ashes warm-up game, though Joe Root and Harry Brook miss out.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Just realised, as if my timeline wasn't miserable enough, the Ashes starts next week! They could at least wait until everyone has stopped dooming about the budget.
Guy just got into the lift with music on speaker and luckily he was only going up one floor which is not long enough to murder someone.
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Guy just got into the lift with music on speaker and luckily he was only going up one floor which is not long enough to murder someone.
Excellent thread on the progress of the clean energy transition detailed in the IEA report (despite fossil fuel interests and Trump putting in spurious scenarios to confuse matters). Worth reading down to the bottom because there are some important graphs, particularly:
NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart)
What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Excellent thread on the progress of the clean energy transition detailed in the IEA report (despite fossil fuel interests and Trump putting in spurious scenarios to confuse matters). Worth reading down to the bottom because there are some important graphs, particularly:
Three incredibly stupid things on the timeline today:
-Trump BBC story
-Oh no we've accidentally killed James Bond
-American getting a flight from Dublin to Paris via London and thinking this says something about the UK
Glad to see we've alighted on the last one.
-Trump BBC story
-Oh no we've accidentally killed James Bond
-American getting a flight from Dublin to Paris via London and thinking this says something about the UK
Glad to see we've alighted on the last one.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Three incredibly stupid things on the timeline today:
-Trump BBC story
-Oh no we've accidentally killed James Bond
-American getting a flight from Dublin to Paris via London and thinking this says something about the UK
Glad to see we've alighted on the last one.
-Trump BBC story
-Oh no we've accidentally killed James Bond
-American getting a flight from Dublin to Paris via London and thinking this says something about the UK
Glad to see we've alighted on the last one.