Jon Knight
@greenjimll.bsky.social
Not an artist, dog lover or avid reader.
Now I see this news story... sitting indoors dripping wet after getting caught in the open by very cold, very windy downpour. 🥶🌧️
Weather warnings issued by Met Office for heavy rain over the weekend
Weather warnings issued by Met Office for heavy rain over the weekend
After gales and severe gales on Friday, conditions stay changeable into the weekend with further wet weather as Simon King explains
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Now I see this news story... sitting indoors dripping wet after getting caught in the open by very cold, very windy downpour. 🥶🌧️
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Swallowed a tangerine pip and now a tangerine tree is going to grow inside me like one of those insect parasites that hijacks their host's nervous system & brain, forcing them to do their bidding before destroying them. I don't want to become a tangerine zombie. The Xmas season is fraught with peril
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Swallowed a tangerine pip and now a tangerine tree is going to grow inside me like one of those insect parasites that hijacks their host's nervous system & brain, forcing them to do their bidding before destroying them. I don't want to become a tangerine zombie. The Xmas season is fraught with peril
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#Gardenersworld viewers and others will be looking forward to the 'Curious Garden' at #Chelsea 2026.
It's Frances Tophill's first garden at this flower show. We think she brings a welcome non-poshly influence in the garden design world. And yes, design matters.
#UK gardening
#FrancesTophill
It's Frances Tophill's first garden at this flower show. We think she brings a welcome non-poshly influence in the garden design world. And yes, design matters.
#UK gardening
#FrancesTophill
Sir David Beckham & Alan Titchmarsh join Frances Tophill to create RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden
YouTube video by RHS - Royal Horticultural Society
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#Gardenersworld viewers and others will be looking forward to the 'Curious Garden' at #Chelsea 2026.
It's Frances Tophill's first garden at this flower show. We think she brings a welcome non-poshly influence in the garden design world. And yes, design matters.
#UK gardening
#FrancesTophill
It's Frances Tophill's first garden at this flower show. We think she brings a welcome non-poshly influence in the garden design world. And yes, design matters.
#UK gardening
#FrancesTophill
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UK wind sees a new high! Wind turbines generated 22.7GW - enough to power 22 million homes - showing the nation’s clean energy transition in action. 💨
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
UK wind sees a new high! Wind turbines generated 22.7GW - enough to power 22 million homes - showing the nation’s clean energy transition in action. 💨
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Some good news to brighten up your day! We share a snapshot of positive climate action stories monthly 💪🌍
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Some good news to brighten up your day! We share a snapshot of positive climate action stories monthly 💪🌍
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Warwickshire councils submit proposal for two unitary Councils with strong public and MP backing in the area’s biggest local government shake-up in fifty years.
Read more: ow.ly/N4y650XyyH6
Read more: ow.ly/N4y650XyyH6
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Warwickshire councils submit proposal for two unitary Councils with strong public and MP backing in the area’s biggest local government shake-up in fifty years.
Read more: ow.ly/N4y650XyyH6
Read more: ow.ly/N4y650XyyH6
Given previous Government reaction to tackling various issues, they'll probably solve this by making motorbikes illegal. 🤔🤣🤣
Motorbikes are 11 times more likely to be stolen than cars. I did a Westminster Hall debate to tackle how we can beat this issue together 💪
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Given previous Government reaction to tackling various issues, they'll probably solve this by making motorbikes illegal. 🤔🤣🤣
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The day after the UK government announces another extension to the long-running fuel duty freeze, Dutch MPs have voted to increase their fuel duty and divert some of the money to public transport. This is what we should be doing. @jodiegoslingmp.bsky.social
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/petr...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/petr...
Petrol prices set to rise next year as MPs divert funds to buses - DutchNews.nl
Petrol is set to become more expensive from January 1, after MPs backed a proposal to raise excise duties by a narrow majority. The tax on a litre of petrol will increase by 5.6 cents, with diesel up ...
www.dutchnews.nl
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The day after the UK government announces another extension to the long-running fuel duty freeze, Dutch MPs have voted to increase their fuel duty and divert some of the money to public transport. This is what we should be doing. @jodiegoslingmp.bsky.social
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/petr...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/petr...
Just contemplating Dickens's "A Christmas Carol". Anyone else think it's a bit off for Scrooge, after apparently seeing the error of his ways, to employ child labour to fetch a goose from a shopkeeper who he expects to be open on Christmas Day morning?
Or am I overthinking it a bit... 🤔🎄🎅
Or am I overthinking it a bit... 🤔🎄🎅
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Just contemplating Dickens's "A Christmas Carol". Anyone else think it's a bit off for Scrooge, after apparently seeing the error of his ways, to employ child labour to fetch a goose from a shopkeeper who he expects to be open on Christmas Day morning?
Or am I overthinking it a bit... 🤔🎄🎅
Or am I overthinking it a bit... 🤔🎄🎅
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I’m on the sofa reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s hard to put down.
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m on the sofa reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s hard to put down.
@lizziegadd.bsky.social Congratulations on the name check in General Assembly today!
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@lizziegadd.bsky.social Congratulations on the name check in General Assembly today!
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Hello 👋 Stratford-on-Avon constituency, my weekly round-up to 16 November (more to come soon).😊
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hello 👋 Stratford-on-Avon constituency, my weekly round-up to 16 November (more to come soon).😊
Had a fun evening in the local eco hub sorting and labelling donated tools and hardware. Hopefully people can now find stuff more easily, and I won't come back in three week's time to find it all upside down again. 😉🤣🤣✂️⚒️🧰🔧🔩🛠️📐👨🔧👩🔧
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Had a fun evening in the local eco hub sorting and labelling donated tools and hardware. Hopefully people can now find stuff more easily, and I won't come back in three week's time to find it all upside down again. 😉🤣🤣✂️⚒️🧰🔧🔩🛠️📐👨🔧👩🔧
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There's an aerial search going on around my house - I wonder what is going on?
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There's an aerial search going on around my house - I wonder what is going on?
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Get your flu vaccines, people.
If you're in the UK you can get the vaccine at most pharmacies (in Tesco it's about £16) or check here to see if you're eligible for a free one: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
If you're in the UK you can get the vaccine at most pharmacies (in Tesco it's about £16) or check here to see if you're eligible for a free one: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Get your flu vaccines, people.
If you're in the UK you can get the vaccine at most pharmacies (in Tesco it's about £16) or check here to see if you're eligible for a free one: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
If you're in the UK you can get the vaccine at most pharmacies (in Tesco it's about £16) or check here to see if you're eligible for a free one: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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At the Conduit in London to support the Lift the Ban campaign. We ban asylum seekers from working, forcing them on benefits, which we then complain about. Bit silly, let them work. Take away this right wing talking point.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
At the Conduit in London to support the Lift the Ban campaign. We ban asylum seekers from working, forcing them on benefits, which we then complain about. Bit silly, let them work. Take away this right wing talking point.
Some years ago now there was a scheme called One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) that aimed to make low cost #educational #computers to improve schooling in poorer nations.
Just read this study on the effect of OLPC in Peru. Summary: didn't make much of an impact. 🤔😲☹️
www.nber.org/system/files...
Just read this study on the effect of OLPC in Peru. Summary: didn't make much of an impact. 🤔😲☹️
www.nber.org/system/files...
www.nber.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some years ago now there was a scheme called One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) that aimed to make low cost #educational #computers to improve schooling in poorer nations.
Just read this study on the effect of OLPC in Peru. Summary: didn't make much of an impact. 🤔😲☹️
www.nber.org/system/files...
Just read this study on the effect of OLPC in Peru. Summary: didn't make much of an impact. 🤔😲☹️
www.nber.org/system/files...
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Yay! @westmidrailway.bsky.social have got rid of the stupidly sized paper tickets and gone back to standard ISO card sized ones from my local station ticket machine! Excellent... No need for multiple folding to fit them in my phone case. 👍
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yay! @westmidrailway.bsky.social have got rid of the stupidly sized paper tickets and gone back to standard ISO card sized ones from my local station ticket machine! Excellent... No need for multiple folding to fit them in my phone case. 👍
It's so nice to have a proper, hopeful, good news story on the BBC news front page today: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's so nice to have a proper, hopeful, good news story on the BBC news front page today: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm really surprised I've not had @charliebudd.bsky.social knocking on my door with a "Government Cake Inspectorate" uniform on.... 🤔🤣🤣
The freshly baked #Christmas cake looks ok. Just needs to cool down just a bit more before going into a container for the next month.
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I'm really surprised I've not had @charliebudd.bsky.social knocking on my door with a "Government Cake Inspectorate" uniform on.... 🤔🤣🤣
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Wondering what a Gingerbread Rail Replacement Service would look like. And taste like.
What is the flavour of quiet resignation to your transportation fate?
What is the flavour of quiet resignation to your transportation fate?
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Wondering what a Gingerbread Rail Replacement Service would look like. And taste like.
What is the flavour of quiet resignation to your transportation fate?
What is the flavour of quiet resignation to your transportation fate?
Good to see that @lborouniversity.bsky.social spin out "Aftrak" have improved their #solar microgrid powered agricultural electric tractor.
I wonder if they've seen the "Good Life" episode where Tom and Barbara put a trailer and seating behind their (petrol) tractor?
youtu.be/C663wJivNIc?...
I wonder if they've seen the "Good Life" episode where Tom and Barbara put a trailer and seating behind their (petrol) tractor?
youtu.be/C663wJivNIc?...
Lightweight Aftrak tractor set for rollout across Africa
YouTube video by Loughborough University
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Good to see that @lborouniversity.bsky.social spin out "Aftrak" have improved their #solar microgrid powered agricultural electric tractor.
I wonder if they've seen the "Good Life" episode where Tom and Barbara put a trailer and seating behind their (petrol) tractor?
youtu.be/C663wJivNIc?...
I wonder if they've seen the "Good Life" episode where Tom and Barbara put a trailer and seating behind their (petrol) tractor?
youtu.be/C663wJivNIc?...
Good to see that @lborouniversity.bsky.social has climbed up the QS World rankings for #sustainability from 80th to 64th. www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...
Dedication to sustainability sees Loughborough climb global ranking
Loughborough University has achieved an impressive rise in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, securing 64th place globally out of 2,002 institutions.
www.lboro.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Good to see that @lborouniversity.bsky.social has climbed up the QS World rankings for #sustainability from 80th to 64th. www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...
As if the failure of #COP30 (and most other recent COP meetings) wasn't bad enough, we might now be getting indications from some scientists that its not just keeping under 1.5ºC of warming we're motoring past.
“One implication of the increased growth rate of GHG forcing in the last 15 years is that the goal to keep global warming under 2°C is now implausible.”— @drjamesehansen.bsky.social
2°C climate chaos will be unlike anything we have experienced until now.
Adaptation conversations now beyond urgent
2°C climate chaos will be unlike anything we have experienced until now.
Adaptation conversations now beyond urgent
Warning! This colorful chart is censored by IPCC - mailchi.mp/caa/warning-...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
As if the failure of #COP30 (and most other recent COP meetings) wasn't bad enough, we might now be getting indications from some scientists that its not just keeping under 1.5ºC of warming we're motoring past.