Timlagor
@timlagor.bsky.social
The ice has been melting for *decades*.
Ice doesn't stop melting when you stop raising the thermostat.
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Ice doesn't stop melting when you stop raising the thermostat.
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Timlagor
@timlagor.bsky.social
· Jul 11
REMINDER:
1. If you're on Substack, get off of Substack.
2. If you want to start a Substack, DON'T.
1. If you're on Substack, get off of Substack.
2. If you want to start a Substack, DON'T.
A thread for getting off Substack 🧵:
1. First, migrate your archive and subscriber list to the new platform. I went to buttondown, which was the most affordable for me as a small letter, not a lot of paid subscribers. It's not as slick of an interface, but it does everything I need.
1. First, migrate your archive and subscriber list to the new platform. I went to buttondown, which was the most affordable for me as a small letter, not a lot of paid subscribers. It's not as slick of an interface, but it does everything I need.
"Faster than expected" isn't some great surprising bad luck.
The whole scientific establishment is geared towards underestimating the speed and severity of the self-built easily-averted (20 yrs ago) crisis we're still only just beginning to feel.
The whole scientific establishment is geared towards underestimating the speed and severity of the self-built easily-averted (20 yrs ago) crisis we're still only just beginning to feel.
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Faster than expected" isn't some great surprising bad luck.
The whole scientific establishment is geared towards underestimating the speed and severity of the self-built easily-averted (20 yrs ago) crisis we're still only just beginning to feel.
The whole scientific establishment is geared towards underestimating the speed and severity of the self-built easily-averted (20 yrs ago) crisis we're still only just beginning to feel.
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I've written a lot about the abandoned well crisis in this country. It's an environmental and climate disaster but also a financial disaster. This new article notes the financial reality about why nothing is done.
“They can’t, because it bankrupts the industry as we know it.”
“They can’t, because it bankrupts the industry as we know it.”
Meet the TikTok stars demanding oil companies clean up their mess
There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.
www.motherjones.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I've written a lot about the abandoned well crisis in this country. It's an environmental and climate disaster but also a financial disaster. This new article notes the financial reality about why nothing is done.
“They can’t, because it bankrupts the industry as we know it.”
“They can’t, because it bankrupts the industry as we know it.”
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There’s a fun thought experiment where you can ask what Democratic leadership might look like if it were infiltrated by Republican operatives intentionally spoiling their operations. We (the CIA) wrote the literal book on destabilizing foreign powers with purposefully incompetent functionaries!
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
There’s a fun thought experiment where you can ask what Democratic leadership might look like if it were infiltrated by Republican operatives intentionally spoiling their operations. We (the CIA) wrote the literal book on destabilizing foreign powers with purposefully incompetent functionaries!
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"Trains will be given a union flag inspired paint job as part of the govts nationalisation plan"
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"Trains will be given a union flag inspired paint job as part of the govts nationalisation plan"
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
Meanwhile the trains themselves are still owned by private rolling stock leasing companies which extract huge amounts of £ from the industry (& shovel it into offshore tax havens)
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med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
It really is endless. And a reminder to folks who think the fossil fuel industry can be trustworthy "partners." UN Framework Convention on Tobacco control excludes that industry because they have demonstrated their true colors. Fossil fuel industry the same.
It really is endless. And a reminder to folks who think the fossil fuel industry can be trustworthy "partners." UN Framework Convention on Tobacco control excludes that industry because they have demonstrated their true colors. Fossil fuel industry the same.
How the tobacco industry began funding courses for doctors
Earlier this year, the largest tobacco company in the world paid millions to fund continuing medical education courses on nicotine addiction -16,000 physicians and other health care providers took the...
med.stanford.edu
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
med.stanford.edu/news/insight...
It really is endless. And a reminder to folks who think the fossil fuel industry can be trustworthy "partners." UN Framework Convention on Tobacco control excludes that industry because they have demonstrated their true colors. Fossil fuel industry the same.
It really is endless. And a reminder to folks who think the fossil fuel industry can be trustworthy "partners." UN Framework Convention on Tobacco control excludes that industry because they have demonstrated their true colors. Fossil fuel industry the same.
Slashing important regulations ("red tape") is not the way to do this
Sharp surge in housebuilding needed to meet Govt target of 1.5m new homes in England.
Due to deindustrialization UK is the world's biggest importer of bricks, imports 30-40% of cement, lacks skilled labour.
Corporations buying new homes for renting. People can't afford them. Lack of social housing
Due to deindustrialization UK is the world's biggest importer of bricks, imports 30-40% of cement, lacks skilled labour.
Corporations buying new homes for renting. People can't afford them. Lack of social housing
Steve Reed admits sharp rise needed to hit 1.5m housing target
Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells the BBC's Build Baby Build ministers are
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Slashing important regulations ("red tape") is not the way to do this
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I’m 78. I’ve joined
Why young voters are leaving Labour and joining the Green Party.
Ps not just young voters....
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Ps not just young voters....
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Why young voters are leaving Labour for the Greens
Young voters are frustrated by the two-party system and are looking left for an alternative, experts say
inews.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I’m 78. I’ve joined
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Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
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🚨 Announcement from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 🚨
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚨 Announcement from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 🚨
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
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A coalition of Shetland groups have told Keir Starmer to reject Rosebank.
They see the emissions, the spill risk, the damage to protected seas, and they know there will be no real benefit for local communities.
Starmer now has a choice - back communities or corporate profits.
They see the emissions, the spill risk, the damage to protected seas, and they know there will be no real benefit for local communities.
Starmer now has a choice - back communities or corporate profits.
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A coalition of Shetland groups have told Keir Starmer to reject Rosebank.
They see the emissions, the spill risk, the damage to protected seas, and they know there will be no real benefit for local communities.
Starmer now has a choice - back communities or corporate profits.
They see the emissions, the spill risk, the damage to protected seas, and they know there will be no real benefit for local communities.
Starmer now has a choice - back communities or corporate profits.
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Since 2019, the NHS has spent more money on maternity negligence claims than the entire NHS maternity budget for same period.
Investment now in maternity services will reap rewards very quickly.
The Government does not need to wait for the Amos review to start making a change.
Investment now in maternity services will reap rewards very quickly.
The Government does not need to wait for the Amos review to start making a change.
December 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Since 2019, the NHS has spent more money on maternity negligence claims than the entire NHS maternity budget for same period.
Investment now in maternity services will reap rewards very quickly.
The Government does not need to wait for the Amos review to start making a change.
Investment now in maternity services will reap rewards very quickly.
The Government does not need to wait for the Amos review to start making a change.
There might be some case for a wilderness cabin having one of these but they should be banned in most places along with gas boilers and stoves (with a phase out period)
🔥'Wood-burning stoves - booming in the UK (need to) face new restrictions.'
'This cosy response to high energy prices and cost of living pressures is now a leading source of one of the most harmful forms of air pollution.' @jheydon.bsky.social @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
'This cosy response to high energy prices and cost of living pressures is now a leading source of one of the most harmful forms of air pollution.' @jheydon.bsky.social @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/wood-burning...
Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem
The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
There might be some case for a wilderness cabin having one of these but they should be banned in most places along with gas boilers and stoves (with a phase out period)
If it's not mandated by your boss is there any reason to use MS Office (rather than Libre)?
things Copilot has tried desperately to help me with this morning: a thread
1) suggesting '10 compelling titles' for a spreadsheet I use to log student attendance
1) suggesting '10 compelling titles' for a spreadsheet I use to log student attendance
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If it's not mandated by your boss is there any reason to use MS Office (rather than Libre)?
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Of course they put this behind a pay wall.
“There are moments when I catch myself wishing she would just discover she wants to live as a boy,” says Ruby’s mum, “not because I doubt her identity but because I fear for her future in the UK."
Please share.
archive.is/newest/https...
“There are moments when I catch myself wishing she would just discover she wants to live as a boy,” says Ruby’s mum, “not because I doubt her identity but because I fear for her future in the UK."
Please share.
archive.is/newest/https...
archive.is
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Of course they put this behind a pay wall.
“There are moments when I catch myself wishing she would just discover she wants to live as a boy,” says Ruby’s mum, “not because I doubt her identity but because I fear for her future in the UK."
Please share.
archive.is/newest/https...
“There are moments when I catch myself wishing she would just discover she wants to live as a boy,” says Ruby’s mum, “not because I doubt her identity but because I fear for her future in the UK."
Please share.
archive.is/newest/https...
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In Southampton, just 46 cruise ships account for over half of all nitrogen oxide (NOx) and PM2.5 emissions — pollutants linked to respiratory and cardiovascular disease.
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
In Southampton, just 46 cruise ships account for over half of all nitrogen oxide (NOx) and PM2.5 emissions — pollutants linked to respiratory and cardiovascular disease.
Cruise Ships are an atrocity.
They're also a really unhelpful form of tourism economically since the tourists spend comparatively very little while ashore
They're also a really unhelpful form of tourism economically since the tourists spend comparatively very little while ashore
🌊 Cruise growth must not come at the cost of clean air and healthy communities.
The UK Government’s cruise growth plan, launched in September, aims to boost coastal economies -touted as worth £5.8 billion a year and supporting 60,000 jobs.
The UK Government’s cruise growth plan, launched in September, aims to boost coastal economies -touted as worth £5.8 billion a year and supporting 60,000 jobs.
December 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Cruise Ships are an atrocity.
They're also a really unhelpful form of tourism economically since the tourists spend comparatively very little while ashore
They're also a really unhelpful form of tourism economically since the tourists spend comparatively very little while ashore
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🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
When you give money to organisations you often aren't sure if it makes any real difference. Good Law Project definitely make a difference.
Not as good as changing the government but important in the meantime.
Not as good as changing the government but important in the meantime.
One of the first cases following the Supreme Court’s decision on the definition of sex under the Equality Act has found it didn’t decide which changing room a trans person should use.
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
goodlaw.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
When you give money to organisations you often aren't sure if it makes any real difference. Good Law Project definitely make a difference.
Not as good as changing the government but important in the meantime.
Not as good as changing the government but important in the meantime.
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One of the first cases following the Supreme Court’s decision on the definition of sex under the Equality Act has found it didn’t decide which changing room a trans person should use.
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
goodlaw.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
One of the first cases following the Supreme Court’s decision on the definition of sex under the Equality Act has found it didn’t decide which changing room a trans person should use.
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
Reflections on the Peggie case by a specialist discrimination law KC:
https://goodlaw.social/32xs
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Superb in so many ways in my humble view.
Unless you're reading this from your private jet, the same system is oppressing us all.
linktr.ee/boldpolitics
linktr.ee/boldpolitics
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Superb in so many ways in my humble view.
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anyways I don’t make “jokes at the expense of the expanding population of lonely and adrift men”
I make jokes at the expense of reactionary media grifters who hawk the dubious idea of a “male loneliness crisis” as a Trojan horse for revanchist gender politics. Because I’m in my early 40s.
I make jokes at the expense of reactionary media grifters who hawk the dubious idea of a “male loneliness crisis” as a Trojan horse for revanchist gender politics. Because I’m in my early 40s.
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
anyways I don’t make “jokes at the expense of the expanding population of lonely and adrift men”
I make jokes at the expense of reactionary media grifters who hawk the dubious idea of a “male loneliness crisis” as a Trojan horse for revanchist gender politics. Because I’m in my early 40s.
I make jokes at the expense of reactionary media grifters who hawk the dubious idea of a “male loneliness crisis” as a Trojan horse for revanchist gender politics. Because I’m in my early 40s.
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The reality of course is that this idea is completely bunk; the viral relatives the military academy had found could never have created SARS-CoV-2
But for somebody not familiar with the field, the "suspicious" cooincidence / connection of closest known relatives to military was too hard to shake
5/
But for somebody not familiar with the field, the "suspicious" cooincidence / connection of closest known relatives to military was too hard to shake
5/
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The reality of course is that this idea is completely bunk; the viral relatives the military academy had found could never have created SARS-CoV-2
But for somebody not familiar with the field, the "suspicious" cooincidence / connection of closest known relatives to military was too hard to shake
5/
But for somebody not familiar with the field, the "suspicious" cooincidence / connection of closest known relatives to military was too hard to shake
5/
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Hi! Waves 👋. Over the past year, I have come to terms with ADHD diagnosis, started treatment, and tried to organise my life better. I have learned a lot. This document summarises 99% of it - I wish I had had this ages ago.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Os9E...
drive.google.com/file/d/1Os9E...
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hi! Waves 👋. Over the past year, I have come to terms with ADHD diagnosis, started treatment, and tried to organise my life better. I have learned a lot. This document summarises 99% of it - I wish I had had this ages ago.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Os9E...
drive.google.com/file/d/1Os9E...
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Our media's reporting of trans issues is poisonous, unhinged, a betrayal by those who pretend to report impartially, and shamefully reminiscent of other hate propagandising throughout the last century. I'm surprised to see it in the UK but I need to learn that it is, since Brexit, just who we are.
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Our media's reporting of trans issues is poisonous, unhinged, a betrayal by those who pretend to report impartially, and shamefully reminiscent of other hate propagandising throughout the last century. I'm surprised to see it in the UK but I need to learn that it is, since Brexit, just who we are.