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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 2h

The leaves they are a turning. What a poser. ##getdownshep

Border collie Shep standing against autumn trees in Meanwood, Leeds.

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 22h

Nothing is off the table I guess. I can see sails being used for efficiency gains.

Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 23h

The discussion was around hard to decarbonising sectors. For cars, electric wins on efficiency, because of the large thermal losses from ICEs. But we are likely to need alternative liquid fuels for aviation and marine.

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 23h

I was pointing out the huge inefficiency compared to not eating meat. Poultry is horribly intensely farmed and problematic in other ways. I cant really explain the debate but my point was, why are we shocked about the inefficiency of alternative fuels when meat production is so inefficient.

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Rickard Sisters @rickardsisters.com · 1d

Hello America & Canada, it’s publication day for This Slavery!

It’s the story of two sisters living in 1910s UK who work in cotton weaving factories. It’s about women’s place in industrial capitalism, and how marriage can be about power & control.

It’s also an inch-thick comic with a dog in it

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 1d

Ive been at a v interesting DfT meeting where there was a slightly warm debate about the thermodynamic efficiency of producing E fuels and the land use required for energy crops. The energy efficiency of beef production is <2% yet somehow we find this acceptable.

ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets

If the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares

We could reduce the amount of land used for grazing and croplands used to grow animal feed.

ourworldindata.org

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 1d

Wow the hours i spent in this beautiful library as an undergrad: revising, arguing about politics and sharing sweets across the cubicals. We even got to sneak to the stairs for a fag. Unthinkable now. spotlight.leeds.ac.uk/edward-boyle...

Edward Boyle Library

On what would have been the 100th birthday of Edward Boyle, read memories of the iconic library.

spotlight.leeds.ac.uk

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 1d

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Highlights
For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement.
Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design.
Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically.
Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street.
There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 1d

Do your best people.

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

Dr Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message.

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 4d

Did I just see a strictly contestant playing the repique? A step in the right direction. I'm sure i recognised someone on the front row.

Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 4d

It affects dogs too.

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 4d

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 4d

Back at #Bradford2025 for Rizwan Muazzam Qawwals. The only other Qawwali band I ever saw was their uncle, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the 80s (also at St George's Hall), so this was a treat. Not quite as big a treat as the Master himself but hey. Highly energised. Loving the audience response.

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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 6d

One of the things i loved about Britain, despite its other failings, was a cross-party understanding and respect for evidence. Climate action was supported by Thatcher, Cameron, Johnson and May. Now, the Tories have been fully captured by ideology over evidence.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

www.theguardian.com

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Róisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 6d

“You have to feel depressed, but then there’s something that says: ‘There is still an awful lot left and that’s what we’ve got to fight to save.’

“So then you get extra energy. I have days when I feel like not getting up,…

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

www.theguardian.com

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 7d

Well it was the earliest start of the year and the year's best weekend. Join the start of Bradford Progress with the beautiful Paraorchestra (that voice!) and the enthusiasm of @commonerschoir.bsky.social as we began the march over Ilkley Moor. From Handel to True North. youtu.be/TMvDrNggZ04?...

youtu.be

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 8d

Got the Buzz back from Woodrays Campers. Looking great and highly functional for the small space. Completely electric (main van plus interior) with 300W solar panel on the roof.

The very cute Buzz in front of the house.

Bambo worktop with sink, fridge and pop up charger.

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Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 8d

Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr

Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.

And you're cutting... the sleeper?

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts

Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis

www.theguardian.com

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 9d

No, "the world's taste for soya" isn't to blame: most people won't taste any soya, but the meat, dairy, eggs and fish produced very inefficiently with the soya as feed.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social often says: "If you want to eat less soya [to help save the Amazon], eat soya!" shorturl.at/bOvl1

Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 9d

How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon

Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness

www.theguardian.com

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 9d

Actually, now I've watched a short video of Glasgow and thinking we were better off in the thick of it at the Brudenell. No better place to see any band.

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 9d

Not going to lie, I'm a bit jealous about the OJ reunion, but I suppose Glasgow deserved it. Great review though.

Uncut Magazine @uncutmagazine.bsky.social · 10d

Edwyn Collins at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, September 27, 2025 reviewed: an emotional final hometown concert capped by a surprise Orange Juice reunion

Edwyn Collins reviewed: emotional final hometown concert capped by an Orange Juice reunion

Edwyn Collins plays his final hometown concert... and hosts a surprise reunion of three-quarters of Orange Juice

www.uncut.co.uk

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 10d

Oo it's fly agaric time.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 11d

#OtD 27 Sep 1936 1000 uniformed fascist Blackshirts led by Oswald Mosley in Leeds, UK, were confronted by 30,000 anti-fascist locals who attacked them, pelted them with stones, hitting Mosley, and drowned out speeches by singing The Red Flag stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9965...

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 10d

Yes good point. Doesn't come out so well on cheap phone video but here are Punjabi Roots.

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Alison Tomlin @alisontomlin.bsky.social · 11d

The Patti Smith part.