Donald Coppen
@donaldcoppen.bsky.social
Biotech & PhD biologist
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#RuleOfLaw
#AskForEvidence
#ClimateChangeIsReal
#ShowYourStripes
#VaccinesWork
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#RuleOfLaw
#AskForEvidence
#ClimateChangeIsReal
#ShowYourStripes
#VaccinesWork
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Donald Coppen
@donaldcoppen.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Impact of #ClimateChange is clear & obvious with these @climate.noaa.gov records of global high/ low temperatures.
Record (min & max) highs vs. lows over last 12 months:
- Daily 5:1
- Monthly: 11:1
- All-time: 23:1
#ClimateChangeIsReal
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/data...
Record (min & max) highs vs. lows over last 12 months:
- Daily 5:1
- Monthly: 11:1
- All-time: 23:1
#ClimateChangeIsReal
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/data...
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We always knew FIFA were the shit on Satan's hoof, right? This is from 2011
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We always knew FIFA were the shit on Satan's hoof, right? This is from 2011
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🚨 Well the data is back, and as I figured, the news isn't good...
#Arctic sea ice volume is currently the *lowest* on record for this time of year.
Graphic from zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
#Arctic sea ice volume is currently the *lowest* on record for this time of year.
Graphic from zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🚨 Well the data is back, and as I figured, the news isn't good...
#Arctic sea ice volume is currently the *lowest* on record for this time of year.
Graphic from zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
#Arctic sea ice volume is currently the *lowest* on record for this time of year.
Graphic from zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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The owner of Reform UK ltd - Farage, has accepted £9m from Thailand resident Harborne.
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The owner of Reform UK ltd - Farage, has accepted £9m from Thailand resident Harborne.
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
@bloomberg.com has it right: #Bitcoin is really nothing more than digital tulips, i.e. it is not a store of value but a fair value of zero.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@bloomberg.com has it right: #Bitcoin is really nothing more than digital tulips, i.e. it is not a store of value but a fair value of zero.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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So (see @klonick.bsky.social last night) today may be the day that the EU Commission fines X for breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Busy day for me, and I expect many questions if it happens, so here's an explanation thread in advance.
First of all, a reminder of the provisional decision
First of all, a reminder of the provisional decision
EU Commission preliminary findings that Twitter/X has breached the Digital Services Act (nb remedy is a fine, not a ban)
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
So (see @klonick.bsky.social last night) today may be the day that the EU Commission fines X for breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Busy day for me, and I expect many questions if it happens, so here's an explanation thread in advance.
First of all, a reminder of the provisional decision
First of all, a reminder of the provisional decision
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This is a staggering cool JWST image of one of the most terrifying star systems I have ever seen. Apep is a monster… *three* monsters, actually, and blasting out radiation and dust and junk at speeds to freeze the soul.
Read all about it!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo...
🔭 🧪
Read all about it!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo...
🔭 🧪
A ridiculously jaw-dropping JWST image of a fantastically terrifying star system
Apep consists of three immense and immensely powerful stars blasting out a fierce dusty wind
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is a staggering cool JWST image of one of the most terrifying star systems I have ever seen. Apep is a monster… *three* monsters, actually, and blasting out radiation and dust and junk at speeds to freeze the soul.
Read all about it!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo...
🔭 🧪
Read all about it!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-ridiculo...
🔭 🧪
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Great news indeed - just goes to prove that #VaccinesWork.
Global measles cases drop 71% in 24 years on improved vaccination coverage, WHO says reut.rs/4omp2HS
Global measles cases drop 71% in 24 years on improved vaccination coverage, WHO says
Global measles cases fell 71% to 11 million in the years spanning 2000 to 2024, driven by improved vaccination coverage, the World Health Organization said in a report on Friday.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Great news indeed - just goes to prove that #VaccinesWork.
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”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...
www.thenerve.news
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
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This needs signing by everyone who wants answers to russian corruption in UK politics.
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
Petition has passed the threshold for a response: "Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy"
The government will respond to this petition as it has 10006 signatures
#PetitionAwaitingResponse
The government will respond to this petition as it has 10006 signatures
#PetitionAwaitingResponse
Passed 10,000 signatures: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaigns in the UK.
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This needs signing by everyone who wants answers to russian corruption in UK politics.
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
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In a 2024 paper criticizing the 'billion-dollar-disasters' database, Roger Pielke Jr. published analysis that is best described as a Russian-doll of errors.
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In a 2024 paper criticizing the 'billion-dollar-disasters' database, Roger Pielke Jr. published analysis that is best described as a Russian-doll of errors.
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
So sad that simply reporting the facts about local weather conditions should result in this.
Is it because the consistent excess of record temperature highs vastly outnumber the record lows and some just don't want to acknowledge this actual proof that #ClimateChangeIsReal?
#IgnoranceIsNoExcuse.
Is it because the consistent excess of record temperature highs vastly outnumber the record lows and some just don't want to acknowledge this actual proof that #ClimateChangeIsReal?
#IgnoranceIsNoExcuse.
‼️Please Read carefully:
Due to continous insults, slanders and threats comments will be disabled
No time to waste with this site full of crooks and trolls.
Thanks for your understanding
Due to continous insults, slanders and threats comments will be disabled
No time to waste with this site full of crooks and trolls.
Thanks for your understanding
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
So sad that simply reporting the facts about local weather conditions should result in this.
Is it because the consistent excess of record temperature highs vastly outnumber the record lows and some just don't want to acknowledge this actual proof that #ClimateChangeIsReal?
#IgnoranceIsNoExcuse.
Is it because the consistent excess of record temperature highs vastly outnumber the record lows and some just don't want to acknowledge this actual proof that #ClimateChangeIsReal?
#IgnoranceIsNoExcuse.
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NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This needs signing by everyone who wants answers to russian corruption in UK politics.
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
Petition has passed the threshold for a response: "Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy"
The government will respond to this petition as it has 10006 signatures
#PetitionAwaitingResponse
The government will respond to this petition as it has 10006 signatures
#PetitionAwaitingResponse
Passed 10,000 signatures: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaigns in the UK.
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This needs signing by everyone who wants answers to russian corruption in UK politics.
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
@reformexposed.bsky.social
@brexitbin.bsky.social
Great article by @financialtimes.com Katie Martin on the overhyped scam that is #bitcoin #crypto “down by a third since early October to $84,000 or so. Only another $84,000 to go before it reaches fair value.”
on.ft.com/48htmSR The warning signal from bitcoin’s fall
on.ft.com/48htmSR The warning signal from bitcoin’s fall
The warning signal from bitcoin’s fall
Moves in the cryptocurrency are becoming an early alert that markets are unwell
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Great article by @financialtimes.com Katie Martin on the overhyped scam that is #bitcoin #crypto “down by a third since early October to $84,000 or so. Only another $84,000 to go before it reaches fair value.”
on.ft.com/48htmSR The warning signal from bitcoin’s fall
on.ft.com/48htmSR The warning signal from bitcoin’s fall
Trump's plan for #Ukraine is a total betrayal of a country fighting to survive against a kleptocratic dictatorship.
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Trump's plan for #Ukraine is a total betrayal of a country fighting to survive against a kleptocratic dictatorship.
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JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JD Vance Cries In Bathroom After Trump Uses ‘Piggy’ Nickname On Someone Else https://theonion.com/jd-vance-cries-in-bathroom-after-trump-uses-piggy-nickname-on-someone-else/
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A paper on a clinical trial of metformin for the treatment of COVID-19 has been retracted nearly two years after the authors flagged data issues that resulted in an expression of concern. It joins our list of more than 600 retracted COVID-19 papers.
Lancet journal retracts COVID-19 metformin paper nearly 2 years after authors request correction
A paper on a clinical trial of metformin for the treatment of COVID-19 has been retracted nearly two years after the authors flagged data issues that resulted in an expression of concern. The…
retractionwatch.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A paper on a clinical trial of metformin for the treatment of COVID-19 has been retracted nearly two years after the authors flagged data issues that resulted in an expression of concern. It joins our list of more than 600 retracted COVID-19 papers.
This has been overlooked for far too long: a potentially near-unlimited source of constant, #RenewableEnergy that guarantees energy security & is unaffected by the global price of #FossilFuels.
Today, it makes up less than 1% of global (and American) energy. But researchers predict that geothermal power could produce nearly triple the current output of America’s nuclear power plants by 2050
Geothermal’s time has finally come
This source of energy could become bigger than nuclear
econ.st
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This has been overlooked for far too long: a potentially near-unlimited source of constant, #RenewableEnergy that guarantees energy security & is unaffected by the global price of #FossilFuels.
What a surprise.
Kent council report £46.5m overspend following Reform takeover
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ken...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ken...
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What a surprise.
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Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is."
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is."
Yet another example of the long-term damage that trump's short-sighted ignorance is doing to the US.
"As Trump abdicates U.S. leadership on climate change, Asia is filling the void" | New op-ed by Benjamin Horton & myself for the @sfchronicle.com: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
As Trump abdicates U.S. leadership on climate change, Asia is filling the void
OPINION: The U.S. once led the charge in confronting the planet’s most pressing challenges. But today, that leadership is eroding. Nowhere is this loss more visible than in climate science.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Yet another example of the long-term damage that trump's short-sighted ignorance is doing to the US.
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