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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1d

Yet more mind-blowing data and forecasts from the global renewables industry. Still not enough, but a hell of a lot of fossil fuel demand is going to get destroyed and global energy markets and geopolitics are going to get reshaped as a result. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

Renewables are set for massive growth by 2030 - but will it be enough?

Despite Trump's war on clean power, the International Energy Agency expects global renewables capacity to double over the next five years - but further acceleration is needed to meet global climate go...

www.businessgreen.com

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 10h

So much this. It also explains why there is now so much flirting with climate denial and deep state conspiracism on the right. When your theories have failed so completely it’s much easier to retreat from reality than attempt to explain it.

Indy @indy.bsky.social · 1d

It nags at me that people are dancing around the fact that one reason centre-right think-tanks are in an intellectual crisis moment is because we've spent over a decade where lots of their ideas were tried out and didn't pan out as advertised.

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 4h

Moai walked. See the experimental archaeology video. Amazing.

Jørgen Holm @jholm.bsky.social · 8h

When Giants Walked: How Rapa Nui’s Moai Moved Themselves into History
www.anthropology.net/p/when-giant...

When Giants Walked: How Rapa Nui’s Moai Moved Themselves into History

New archaeological evidence & physics-based experiments show that Easter Island’s colossal statues didn’t just stand; they walked, revealing the ingenuity of one of the world’s most misunderstood isla

www.anthropology.net

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Paul McGee @paulmcgee.bsky.social · 21h

If any of you had Tarzan retooling himself as a fearless crusader against the rising tide of neo-fascism *in his fucking 90s* on *your* 2025 bingo card, then as far as I'm concerned, you can just take the pot now.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 7h

Went to see @profaliceroberts.bsky.social last night. Very entertaining and I learned a lot. Recommended.

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 2d

I’m back on tour with my new book DOMINATION this week - travelling to Bradford, Sheffield, Newcastle, Hull & Northampton. Expect plenty of monasteries, basilicas, hypocausts as I explore the end of the western Roman Empire and why it’s still relevant today!

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 8h

I’ve been listening to both the new @theblackdog.bsky.social album Loud Ambient, and Fragments, for the last few days off cd and they’re both excellent. Really enjoyable.

The Black Dog @theblackdog.bsky.social · 9h

New Album, Loud Ambient and Fragments on vinyl for the first time.
theblackdog.bandcamp.com/music

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 2d

Midnight Lovers: New dub techno tune out next weekend. 126bpm space echo lushness. Comes with an ambient dub mix.

Mailing list this week then on all platforms and Bandcamp Saturday.

Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 2d

Looking forward to seeing your show on Sheffield tomorrow night.

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 2d

Milo is one of the best archaeology YouTubers. Solid science but also fairly open minded.

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 3d

That’s a really good figure though

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Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 4d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Who owns Scotland's offshore wind assets?

Our new interactive map with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social lets you explore who really owns ScotWind projects – and who stands to benefit

Highlights in 🧵
Explore the map 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/scotwind

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 4d

Those tedious and mysteriously funded transphobes want to limit access to the Ponds so I’ve had a pleasant 10 mins filling this out on why seeing a variety of women is magic and judging by what people look like or can do is very slippery territory hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.isn

Future access to the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds

Inviting feedback from pond users, the local community, and stakeholders on how the Kenwood Ladies’, and Highgate Men’s ponds should operate in the future.

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 5d

“Thank you dad”! LOL haven’t seen that before.

Still a great album.

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No Place Like Drone @noplacelikedrone.bsky.social · 6d

You will find a handy list of Bandcamp links here:
www.buymusic.club/list/noplace...

Support the artists and labels - it's good for what ails you!

NoPlace_Drone - NPLD DDR OCT 1 2025 [You Wanna Be Sedated]

A website for curating and sharing lists of independent music downloads available on Bandcamp.

www.buymusic.club

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 6d

Today seems like a good day to remember that climate action is far cheaper than inaction, according to those lentil weavers at the OBR

Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Jul 8

NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR

Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction

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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 7d

Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place.

@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday

Drystone facade with large megalithic stones forming entrance to passage entering large cairn

Passage of cairn with large stone side slabs all covered incised decoration and with stone slab floor and capstones

Large standing forming side slab of passage. Covered in incised decoration comprising rainbow 🌈 shaped forms, large ones in middle and smaller to side.

View into large square chamber at end of passage. Two large decorated backslabs and massive single paving stone.

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 13d

Picture it 1971, a 27 year old Patti LaBelle walks into the studio with a headache, someone give her "something" to help with the pain and 9 minutes and 24 seconds later we get to hear her tripping on acid and singing her face off (figuratively and literally)

open.spotify.com/track/20R3ZT...

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Amy Tryphena @realkernow.bsky.social · 25d

I'm in the Autumn issue of Northern Earth - Reflections in Stone at Cornwall's smallest but grandest stone circle #kernow #stonecircle #megalith

The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 25d

Northern Earth 181, Autumn 2025, is out now:
In this issue: Frank Edmund Earp 1951–2025: Bob Trubshaw honours a leading light of earth mysteries in Nottinghamshire
Some old stones of Portugal’s Land’s End: Ulrich Magin goes hunting for some elusive European megaliths

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 8d

It makes sense if the objective is to hollow out US state capability - as is the case with all the other MAGA aims.

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 9d

So exhausting..

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Hal Duncan @halduncan.com · 11d

if you're paid by a hostile foreign nation to serve the interests of a hostile foreign nation against the interests of your own nation that you were elected to serve the interests of... isn't that just treason? I mean it doesn't have to be espionage to be treason, right?

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11d

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.

He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.

A Brexit Party MEP.

A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:

"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."

This is a MASSIVE story

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Grievous Angel @grievousangel.net · 11d

Hey @rega.co.uk my original mark 1 Rega Planet won’t connect via coax to the digital input of my Elicit mark 5. Proper coax cable but D1 just flashes. Might the Planet’s digital output have died? Or is the Elicit’s coax input picky?

Thanks in advance!

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Hidden Britain @hiddenbritain.bsky.social · 12d

Very surreal to see one of our pieces appear on Taskmaster (Channel 4) last night. Watch Reece Shearsmith discussing the amazing public information film 'The Spirit Of Dark And Lonely Water' (1973) before introducing a sign I made him a few years ago for his downstairs toilet.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12d

Just your annual reminder to raise a glass to Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov who on this date in 1983 saved ALL our lives when he decided to wait for evidence in stead of passing on the message that could have caused armageddon.

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LUNATRAKTORS @lunatraktors.bsky.social · 12d

The bullshit case against @kneecapceol.bsky.social was thrown out - but let's remember that the government brought it to harass, intimidate and censor.

This was state-sponsored #LegalAbuse, for which it will be impossible to hold anyone accountable.

m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...

‘The case ends today’: Terror charge against Kneecap rapper thrown out of court over technical error

The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh has been thrown out by the chief magistrate sitting at Woolwich Crown Court following a technical error in the way the charge against him w...

m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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