@petercracknell.bsky.social
I tweet about the climate emergency & drug law reform.
BSc Geophysics
BA Psychology
BSc Geophysics
BA Psychology
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
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President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
Opinion | Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way
Everything the Trump administration is doing to stop the flow of drugs is just making the problem worse.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
President Trump wants us to believe that stopping fentanyl “will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes to flourish again,” David Herzberg writes. “As a historian of drugs, I can tell you that this argument is wrong in almost every way.”
The rise in high-fronted Selfish Urban Vehicles poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children.
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The rise in high-fronted Selfish Urban Vehicles poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children.
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I replaced my wood burning stove with an air-to-air heat pump, and can't recommend it enough.
My gas boiler is the single most temperamental, breakdown-prone piece of kit in my house.
I can’t wait to get rid of it just so I don’t have to deal with it - irrespective of its climate impact.
I can’t wait to get rid of it just so I don’t have to deal with it - irrespective of its climate impact.
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I replaced my wood burning stove with an air-to-air heat pump, and can't recommend it enough.
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Gavin Newsom is far from perfect, but our climate can’t wait for perfect leaders.
Gavin Newsom gave this powerful introduction at #COP30 stating that California remains committed to a renewable energy green growth economy.
💚🌎
Gavin Newsom gave this powerful introduction at #COP30 stating that California remains committed to a renewable energy green growth economy.
💚🌎
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Gavin Newsom is far from perfect, but our climate can’t wait for perfect leaders.
Gavin Newsom gave this powerful introduction at #COP30 stating that California remains committed to a renewable energy green growth economy.
💚🌎
Gavin Newsom gave this powerful introduction at #COP30 stating that California remains committed to a renewable energy green growth economy.
💚🌎
Gasoline consumption in China, the world's biggest importer of crude #oil, peaked in 2023 and the research unit of state oil company Sinopec expects demand to fall more than 4% this year from 2024.
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Gasoline consumption in China, the world's biggest importer of crude #oil, peaked in 2023 and the research unit of state oil company Sinopec expects demand to fall more than 4% this year from 2024.
Since 1982, #cyclists in #Idaho have been able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign. Several American states (such as #Arkansas, #Colorado, and #Oregon) and countries, such as #France and #Belgium, have adopted similar regulations.
Cyclists should be able to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign.
Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here’s why
Should cyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs? This rule from Idaho is divisive, but the scientific data is surprising.
theconversation.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The New York Post is owned by the billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
it was so sweet of the NY post to make a special commemorative issue
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The New York Post is owned by the billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
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“Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones.”
South Korea (click the globe)
www.asiae.co.kr/article/2025...
South Korea (click the globe)
www.asiae.co.kr/article/2025...
공공주차장에 태양광 의무 설치해야…기존 주차장도 소급적용 - 아시아경제
올해 11월 말부턴 80면 이상 규모의 공공주차장에는 태양광 발전설비를 의무적으로 설치해야 한다. 신규로 조성되는 주차장은 물론 기존 주차장도 의무설치 대상...
www.asiae.co.kr
November 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones.”
South Korea (click the globe)
www.asiae.co.kr/article/2025...
South Korea (click the globe)
www.asiae.co.kr/article/2025...
During his summing up, Judge Dugdale said that to find the three guilty, the jury would have had to be satisfied a conviction would be a proportionate interference in their rights to freedom of expression and protest.
And the Jury said is wasn't.
And the Jury said is wasn't.
Three Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest
Three Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest
Trio argued orange powder protest day before 2024 solstice was justified because of focus on climate emergency
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
During his summing up, Judge Dugdale said that to find the three guilty, the jury would have had to be satisfied a conviction would be a proportionate interference in their rights to freedom of expression and protest.
And the Jury said is wasn't.
And the Jury said is wasn't.
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The government backs Heathrow expansion — but it’s not all or most of Britain that wants to fly more.
Just 3% of people take 30% of all flights. A few frequent flyers get the perks, while everyone else gets the noise, air pollution and climate chaos.
#ClimateJustice #FairTravel
Just 3% of people take 30% of all flights. A few frequent flyers get the perks, while everyone else gets the noise, air pollution and climate chaos.
#ClimateJustice #FairTravel
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The government backs Heathrow expansion — but it’s not all or most of Britain that wants to fly more.
Just 3% of people take 30% of all flights. A few frequent flyers get the perks, while everyone else gets the noise, air pollution and climate chaos.
#ClimateJustice #FairTravel
Just 3% of people take 30% of all flights. A few frequent flyers get the perks, while everyone else gets the noise, air pollution and climate chaos.
#ClimateJustice #FairTravel
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A philosopher on how and whether we’ll ever decide if AI has sentience.
The hardest part of creating conscious AI might be convincing ourselves it’s real
A philosopher on how and whether we’ll ever decide if AI has sentience.
tcnv.link
October 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A philosopher on how and whether we’ll ever decide if AI has sentience.
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1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
For years, there's been a massive over-emphasis on food miles, and a massive under-emphasis on food type.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
#Solein is made by fermentation. #Renewable energy is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen; the #hydrogen and CO2 from the air are fed to microbes, which multiply & create proteins, carbohydrates, & fats.
Solein, ein mikrobielles Protein, kann #Eigelb in der Mayonnaise ersetzen und 3x mehr #Mayonnaise aus der gleichen Menge Rohstoffe ergeben. Dies verschafft Lebensmittelherstellern einen Kostenvorteil und reduziert die Abhängigkeit von volatilen Eiermärkten… (1/2) www.newtechfoods.com/news/solar-f...
Solar Foods develops Solein-based mayonnaise as alternative to egg yolk | New Tech Foods
www.newtechfoods.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#Solein is made by fermentation. #Renewable energy is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen; the #hydrogen and CO2 from the air are fed to microbes, which multiply & create proteins, carbohydrates, & fats.
The impact of the tax on the dessert brand Gü is “massive”, says its chief executive, Emma Vass.
I calculate that it will be about 2p or 3p per ramekin.
[Tax £192/tonne for glass, Ramekin about 100-150g]
The lady doth protest too much, methinks
I calculate that it will be about 2p or 3p per ramekin.
[Tax £192/tonne for glass, Ramekin about 100-150g]
The lady doth protest too much, methinks
‘Poorly thought through’: UK food firms say packaging tax is pushing up prices
‘Poorly thought through’: UK food firms say packaging tax is pushing up prices
Green groups defend ‘essential’ levy, but Heck sausages and Gü desserts among those who say shoppers will pick up tab
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The impact of the tax on the dessert brand Gü is “massive”, says its chief executive, Emma Vass.
I calculate that it will be about 2p or 3p per ramekin.
[Tax £192/tonne for glass, Ramekin about 100-150g]
The lady doth protest too much, methinks
I calculate that it will be about 2p or 3p per ramekin.
[Tax £192/tonne for glass, Ramekin about 100-150g]
The lady doth protest too much, methinks
Prominent Jewish figures around the world are calling on the United Nations and world leaders to impose sanctions on Israel over what they describe as “unconscionable” actions amounting to genocide in Gaza.
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Prominent Jewish figures around the world are calling on the United Nations and world leaders to impose sanctions on Israel over what they describe as “unconscionable” actions amounting to genocide in Gaza.
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Meanwhile...
Solar Foods explain that their 1st commercial-scale facility is now growing "the same amount of protein per day as a 300-cow dairy farm would produce milk protein... while being entirely decoupled from the demands & environmental stresses of traditional agriculture."
shorturl.at/8i8Yk
Solar Foods explain that their 1st commercial-scale facility is now growing "the same amount of protein per day as a 300-cow dairy farm would produce milk protein... while being entirely decoupled from the demands & environmental stresses of traditional agriculture."
shorturl.at/8i8Yk
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Meanwhile...
Solar Foods explain that their 1st commercial-scale facility is now growing "the same amount of protein per day as a 300-cow dairy farm would produce milk protein... while being entirely decoupled from the demands & environmental stresses of traditional agriculture."
shorturl.at/8i8Yk
Solar Foods explain that their 1st commercial-scale facility is now growing "the same amount of protein per day as a 300-cow dairy farm would produce milk protein... while being entirely decoupled from the demands & environmental stresses of traditional agriculture."
shorturl.at/8i8Yk
Russia’s Coal Collapse, America’s failed #coal auctions, and the unstoppable rise of clean energy all tell the same story: the market has moved.
Highly recommend reading this whole thing but if you take away one thing, I'd recommend it be this bit as this is at the heart of why things are changing so fast.
"Batteries are doing for electricity what silos once did for grain: turning abundance into reliability."
"Batteries are doing for electricity what silos once did for grain: turning abundance into reliability."
Russia’s Coal Collapse Marks The End Of Fossil Fuel Post-War Illusion
Russia’s Coal Collapse signals the end of the fossil era. From bankrupt mines to battery booms, the global energy transition is accelerating but facing political resistance.
www.forbes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Russia’s Coal Collapse, America’s failed #coal auctions, and the unstoppable rise of clean energy all tell the same story: the market has moved.
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The 7 million Americans who took the streets for 'No Kings' made history, and they did something even more important
They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
Then they fight you: How the No Kings protests are winning America | Will Bunch
A massive turnout of 7 million and a panicked White House showed Saturday why the No Kings protests matter, a lot.
www.inquirer.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The 7 million Americans who took the streets for 'No Kings' made history, and they did something even more important
They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
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Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...
www.desmog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
#Cardiff is showing real vision by standing up to #SUV carspreading by making heavy vehicles pay more for parking. This common-sense policy will make our city streets safer, cleaner a fairer. #Goodnews
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Drug addiction should be a health matter not a criminal one.
The war on drugs clearly isn’t working. We need an urgent review of the 50 year old Misuse of Drugs Act, & to start treating drug addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal one, & get drugs out of the hands of criminal gangs #Newsnight
October 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Drug addiction should be a health matter not a criminal one.
October 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
October 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,
You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing
If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,