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profbillmcguire.bsky.social
"The Ministry of Defence spends around £1m a year sending children to private schools in north Wales because 'state schools teach some or all lessons in the Welsh language' "

What complete and utter stupidity - and an insult to us Welsh

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Defence ministry spends millions on private schools to avoid Welsh
Military personnel receive a private education allowance to avoid lessons in Welsh in state schools.
www.bbc.co.uk
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edhawkins.org
The @metoffice.gov.uk use weather station observations to reconstruct changes in UK average temperature since 1884.

@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social produce the ERA5 reanalysis which reconstructs global weather every hour back to 1950 using a weather forecast model.

Their estimates agree. Just sayin'.
davidpowlson.bsky.social
This looks horribly like facism, or at least a result of autocracy. Even if the autocrat himself, or close associates, are not directly responsible for violence against rivals some followers are emboldened to do crazy and dreadful acts. Trump is only one step away fro Putins tactics.
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waiterich.bsky.social
Here’s a good chart showing how soybeans are used globally. About 3/4 is for feeding the animals we eat (especially for chickens, pigs, and farmed fish), about 1/5 directly feeds humans, and 4% is for biofuel or other industrial uses. ourworldindata.org/drivers-of-d...
The World's Soy: is it used for Food, Fuel, or Animal Feed?
Shown is the allocation of global soy production to its end uses by weight. This is based on data from 2017 to 2019.
Our World in Data
Global soy production
Direct human food
20%
• Tofu (2.6%)
•Soy milk (2.1%)
•Other e.g. tempeh (2.2%)
oil (13.2%)


Animal feed
76%
Soybeans processed to soy cake for feed
Poultry (37%)
Pig (20.2%)
Aquaculture (5.6%)
Other animals (4.9%)
- Dairy (1.4%)
— Beef (0.5%)
- Pets (0.5%)
Soybeans fed directly
•to livestock (7%)
Industry 4%
•Biodiesel (2.8%)
— Lubricants (0.3%)
- Other (0.7%)
Data source: Food Climate Resource Network (FCRN), University of Oxford; and USDA PSD Database.
OurWorldinData.org - Research and data to make progress against the world's largest problems.
Licensed under CC-BY by the author Hannah Ritchie.
davidpowlson.bsky.social
Yes it often is. Because the amount of additional C that can be sequestered in soils that continue in agriculture is often greatly overstated. OK goes in right direction but fairly small effect. But extra organic C in soil is good for soil functioning and sustainability.
mikegrunwald.bsky.social
I'll be on Climate Chat tomorrow at 1 on YouTube Live. The topic, and this just happens to coincide with my somewhat friskier new tone, will be: "Is Carbon Farming a Scam?"

www.youtube.com/live/4W5J2XK...
Is "Carbon Farming" a Scam? with author Michael Grunwald
YouTube video by Climate Chat
www.youtube.com
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climatebadger.bsky.social
Still time to apply:
climatebadger.bsky.social
📢We're hiring!📢

We have a permanent Lecturer in Earth Sciences position available in @OU_EEE
@OpenUniversity

£47,389 to £56,535
Closing Date: 20 October 2025*

We are a friendly, research intensive school with supportive colleagues and great labs.

jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...
Lecturer in Earth Sciences
Lecturer in Earth Sciences
jobs.open.ac.uk
davidpowlson.bsky.social
Wonderful she was working for good to the end. I had the privilege of meeting her a couple of times. Inspiring.
I probably didn't agree with her on everything but a great force for good. Thank you Jane.

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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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leohickman.carbonbrief.org
"Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor for the very thing that affects them the most."

BBC News - Pope Leo condemns climate change critics
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming
In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.
www.bbc.com
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cambsforeurope.bsky.social
"Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either"

Chancellor Merz's statement may shock some, but it's the truth, and a challenge we in Europe must rise to.

#StandWithUkraine

kyivindependent.com/europe-no-lo...
Europe 'no longer at peace' with Russia, Germany's Merz says
"Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sept. 29.
kyivindependent.com
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sumjournal.bsky.social
📢IN THE NEWS📢
New field test shows how farming reshapes underground life - A simple research tool links soil pore networks to respiration, offering fresh insights into soil health.

Read the full article⬇️
seedquest.com/news.php?typ...
...and the paper⬇️
doi.org/10.1111/sum....
#soil #soilscience
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freddietheodoulou.bsky.social
Happy to share that our multi-omic analysis comparing two Arabidopsis accessions is now published 🌿 The first story from our @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa #plant #proteostasis project. A great collaboration between @rothamsted.bsky.social @richardmott.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk and Kathryn Lilley at Cambridge.
richardmott.bsky.social
We have just published a paper in Genome Biology, rdcu.be/eIMLf. We explore the information flow between genome, gene body methylation, transcriptome, translatome and proteome in Arabidopsis. This is part of a BBSRC-funded collaboration with UCL, Rothamsted Research and University of Cambridge.
Information flow between omic  levels in Arabidopsis thaliana
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jessimckenzi.bsky.social
In the budget proposal for NASA submitted earlier this year, the Trump admin proposed cancelling more than 40 missions, including 14 Earth science missions.

Agency employees have already been instructed to do the preparatory work for ending these satellite and instrument programs
NASA missions at risk under the Trump administration
The Trump administration has proposed cancelling more than 40 NASA missions, including at least 14 Earth science missions.
thebulletin.org
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hels.bsky.social
I look forward to excitedly sharing this first fact one million times in the next month
paulwaldman.bsky.social
1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.

2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.

3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
atrupar.com
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."