Deborah Tomkins
@tomkinsdeb.bsky.social
Author of prize-winning #ecofiction.
#Nature. #Climate.
"Aerth" (@weatherglassbooks.bsky.social)
"The Wilder Path" (@aurorametro.bsky.social)
deborahtomkinswriter.com
If you enjoy my novels, maybe leave a review? Thank you!
#Nature. #Climate.
"Aerth" (@weatherglassbooks.bsky.social)
"The Wilder Path" (@aurorametro.bsky.social)
deborahtomkinswriter.com
If you enjoy my novels, maybe leave a review? Thank you!
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A “best book” of 2025 according to @thetelegraph.bsky.social !! Am amazed and thrilled!
@weatherglassbooks.bsky.social @thelanigan.bsky.social @zona42.bsky.social @hugobarros.bsky.social
@weatherglassbooks.bsky.social @thelanigan.bsky.social @zona42.bsky.social @hugobarros.bsky.social
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HEY FRIENDS
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
HEY FRIENDS
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I decided to do the unthinkable and just actually check whether Australia's gas exports are being a magical climate solution and displacing shittonnes of Asian coal
You know what I found, but you will enjoy me saying it:
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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We had only recently passed 350 ppm when I started my PhD in Earth System Science, already a value understood to be dangerous and a threat to society.
And now, 33 years and 30 COPs later, we are at a value that is unprecedented for the past 3 million years and maybe even the past 8 million years.
And now, 33 years and 30 COPs later, we are at a value that is unprecedented for the past 3 million years and maybe even the past 8 million years.
425.82 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 20-Nov-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We had only recently passed 350 ppm when I started my PhD in Earth System Science, already a value understood to be dangerous and a threat to society.
And now, 33 years and 30 COPs later, we are at a value that is unprecedented for the past 3 million years and maybe even the past 8 million years.
And now, 33 years and 30 COPs later, we are at a value that is unprecedented for the past 3 million years and maybe even the past 8 million years.
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November 23, 1968 – “Hell upon Earth” warning to London audience by Ritchie Calder about environmental destruction, including climate…
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November 23, 1968 - "Hell upon Earth" warning about environmental destruction,inc. climate... - All Our Yesterdays
On this day, November 23, 1968 Lord Ritchie Calder gave a presidential address to the Conservation Society (a British NGO from the mid 60s to the late 1980s). Its cheerful title? Hell Upon Earth. And...
allouryesterdays.info
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
November 23, 1968 – “Hell upon Earth” warning to London audience by Ritchie Calder about environmental destruction, including climate…
allouryesterdays.info/2022/11/22/n...
allouryesterdays.info/2022/11/22/n...
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Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money
If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…
whatever.scalzi.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/y...
...and, the article adds, we don't necessarily own our online data.
We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
Government’s last chance to keep control of digital
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
...and, the article adds, we don't necessarily own our online data.
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We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
Government’s last chance to keep control of digital
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.
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An important new book from @commscholar.bsky.social looks at native advertising, a practice allowing fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads as journalism in mainstream outlets.
It adds a hugely overlooked piece to the convo about corporate influence in media www.exxonknews.org/p/these-ads-...
It adds a hugely overlooked piece to the convo about corporate influence in media www.exxonknews.org/p/these-ads-...
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
An important new book from @commscholar.bsky.social looks at native advertising, a practice allowing fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads as journalism in mainstream outlets.
It adds a hugely overlooked piece to the convo about corporate influence in media www.exxonknews.org/p/these-ads-...
It adds a hugely overlooked piece to the convo about corporate influence in media www.exxonknews.org/p/these-ads-...
A “best book” of 2025 according to @thetelegraph.bsky.social !! Am amazed and thrilled!
@weatherglassbooks.bsky.social @thelanigan.bsky.social @zona42.bsky.social @hugobarros.bsky.social
@weatherglassbooks.bsky.social @thelanigan.bsky.social @zona42.bsky.social @hugobarros.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A “best book” of 2025 according to @thetelegraph.bsky.social !! Am amazed and thrilled!
@weatherglassbooks.bsky.social @thelanigan.bsky.social @zona42.bsky.social @hugobarros.bsky.social
@weatherglassbooks.bsky.social @thelanigan.bsky.social @zona42.bsky.social @hugobarros.bsky.social
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There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/
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AI has scraped my second book and produced this shitty comic. Firstly, the winds are in all the wrong places. Secondly, what the hell is happening in that second panel? Thirdly, this is plagiarism and totally unlicensed. Have any other authors had this done 'for free' to their books?
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
AI has scraped my second book and produced this shitty comic. Firstly, the winds are in all the wrong places. Secondly, what the hell is happening in that second panel? Thirdly, this is plagiarism and totally unlicensed. Have any other authors had this done 'for free' to their books?
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A very special novella by @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social Beautiful, resonant and profound.
Magnus becomes an astronaut to travel between 2 uncannily familiar planets - Aerth and Urth.
With themes of belonging, migration and climate disaster, perfect for fans of Ursula LeGuin and Samantha Harvey
💙📚🖋️ 📚🪐
Magnus becomes an astronaut to travel between 2 uncannily familiar planets - Aerth and Urth.
With themes of belonging, migration and climate disaster, perfect for fans of Ursula LeGuin and Samantha Harvey
💙📚🖋️ 📚🪐
March 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A very special novella by @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social Beautiful, resonant and profound.
Magnus becomes an astronaut to travel between 2 uncannily familiar planets - Aerth and Urth.
With themes of belonging, migration and climate disaster, perfect for fans of Ursula LeGuin and Samantha Harvey
💙📚🖋️ 📚🪐
Magnus becomes an astronaut to travel between 2 uncannily familiar planets - Aerth and Urth.
With themes of belonging, migration and climate disaster, perfect for fans of Ursula LeGuin and Samantha Harvey
💙📚🖋️ 📚🪐
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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup | Horror books
https://www.europesays.com/1756440/
Aerth by Deborah Tomkins (Weatherglass, £10.99)Joint winner of the inaugural Weatherglass Novella prize, chosen by Ali Smith, this…
https://www.europesays.com/1756440/
Aerth by Deborah Tomkins (Weatherglass, £10.99)Joint winner of the inaugural Weatherglass Novella prize, chosen by Ali Smith, this…
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup | Horror books
Aerth by Deborah Tomkins (Weatherglass, £10.99)Joint winner of the inaugural Weatherglass Novella prize, chosen by Ali Smith, this
www.europesays.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup | Horror books
https://www.europesays.com/1756440/
Aerth by Deborah Tomkins (Weatherglass, £10.99)Joint winner of the inaugural Weatherglass Novella prize, chosen by Ali Smith, this…
https://www.europesays.com/1756440/
Aerth by Deborah Tomkins (Weatherglass, £10.99)Joint winner of the inaugural Weatherglass Novella prize, chosen by Ali Smith, this…
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Today Jonathan reviews Deborah Tomkins' award-winning cli-fi novella AERTH:
"a stunning piece of work, beautifully constructed and profoundly moving"
Read more: https://buff.ly/4biyR4v
"a stunning piece of work, beautifully constructed and profoundly moving"
Read more: https://buff.ly/4biyR4v
February 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today Jonathan reviews Deborah Tomkins' award-winning cli-fi novella AERTH:
"a stunning piece of work, beautifully constructed and profoundly moving"
Read more: https://buff.ly/4biyR4v
"a stunning piece of work, beautifully constructed and profoundly moving"
Read more: https://buff.ly/4biyR4v
Bristol Climate Writers is relaunching with an online event on 24th November. All welcome.
www.deborahtomkinswriter.com/bristol-clim...
www.deborahtomkinswriter.com/bristol-clim...
Members of Bristol Climate Writers; events
A page showcasing the members of Bristol Climate Writers, with links to their own websites. Also events.
www.deborahtomkinswriter.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Bristol Climate Writers is relaunching with an online event on 24th November. All welcome.
www.deborahtomkinswriter.com/bristol-clim...
www.deborahtomkinswriter.com/bristol-clim...
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If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
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When it rains a lot I go to the St. George Rainway to watch water going in and out of things.
So, here’s a thread for those of you similarly enthralled…
@greenestcity.bsky.social @cityofvancouver.bsky.social
So, here’s a thread for those of you similarly enthralled…
@greenestcity.bsky.social @cityofvancouver.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
When it rains a lot I go to the St. George Rainway to watch water going in and out of things.
So, here’s a thread for those of you similarly enthralled…
@greenestcity.bsky.social @cityofvancouver.bsky.social
So, here’s a thread for those of you similarly enthralled…
@greenestcity.bsky.social @cityofvancouver.bsky.social
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The unthinkable has happened. Through generations of service under administrations from both parties, America's food assistance program has never been allowed to fail U.S. families—until today, and this Trump shutdown.
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The unthinkable has happened. Through generations of service under administrations from both parties, America's food assistance program has never been allowed to fail U.S. families—until today, and this Trump shutdown.
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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Wikipedia vs Elon Musk
In a world of algorithms and AI slop, the simple joy of aimlessly wandering through a website of ideas is worth preserving.
✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/wikipedia-...
My newsletter, out now.
In a world of algorithms and AI slop, the simple joy of aimlessly wandering through a website of ideas is worth preserving.
✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/wikipedia-...
My newsletter, out now.
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Wikipedia vs Elon Musk
In a world of algorithms and AI slop, the simple joy of aimlessly wandering through a website of ideas is worth preserving.
✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/wikipedia-...
My newsletter, out now.
In a world of algorithms and AI slop, the simple joy of aimlessly wandering through a website of ideas is worth preserving.
✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/wikipedia-...
My newsletter, out now.
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In the run-up to the elections, 🇳🇱politicians and media hardly mention the climate
A group of scientists couldn’t bare it anymore and rang the alarm bell in a Climate Press Conference
Leon Simons is one of them. His message: SOS, 3 C warming is around the corner!
reportersonline.eu/earth-can-re...
A group of scientists couldn’t bare it anymore and rang the alarm bell in a Climate Press Conference
Leon Simons is one of them. His message: SOS, 3 C warming is around the corner!
reportersonline.eu/earth-can-re...
'Earth can reach a warming of 3 degrees Celsius within 25 years' - Reporters Online
In the Netherlands there will be elections this week. In the election campaigns, politicians and press are hardly talking about climate, nature, and the food and health systems – the main problems in ...
reportersonline.eu
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In the run-up to the elections, 🇳🇱politicians and media hardly mention the climate
A group of scientists couldn’t bare it anymore and rang the alarm bell in a Climate Press Conference
Leon Simons is one of them. His message: SOS, 3 C warming is around the corner!
reportersonline.eu/earth-can-re...
A group of scientists couldn’t bare it anymore and rang the alarm bell in a Climate Press Conference
Leon Simons is one of them. His message: SOS, 3 C warming is around the corner!
reportersonline.eu/earth-can-re...
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New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026
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Authors, start your engines!
October 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Authors, start your engines!
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