Jason
@jason-m.bsky.social
Environmentalist ♻️ Centrist 🔶
Engineer 🧑🔬 / Scientist 🥼
Space advocate 🚀🛰️🪐📡
Engineer 🧑🔬 / Scientist 🥼
Space advocate 🚀🛰️🪐📡
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The UK continues to have global influence - including in helping some of the world's poorest people with vaccination. As the Government cuts aid spending, it would do well to preserve its support for vaccine cooperation, rather than allow vaccine diplomacy to take its place.
May 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The UK continues to have global influence - including in helping some of the world's poorest people with vaccination. As the Government cuts aid spending, it would do well to preserve its support for vaccine cooperation, rather than allow vaccine diplomacy to take its place.
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Renewables accounted for 93% of global power capacity growth in 2024, and now comprise 46% of world-wide power generating capacity
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Renewables accounted for 93% of global power capacity growth in 2024
Renewable technologies now comprise 46% of world-wide power generating capacity, up from less than 30% in 2015.
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March 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Renewables accounted for 93% of global power capacity growth in 2024, and now comprise 46% of world-wide power generating capacity
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A good point by the Lib Dems' Daisy Cooper in response to today's #SpringStatement.
If the Chancellor wants to cut costs, why not start by slashing all the Brexit red tape from the Tories' botched deal?
If the Chancellor wants to cut costs, why not start by slashing all the Brexit red tape from the Tories' botched deal?
March 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A good point by the Lib Dems' Daisy Cooper in response to today's #SpringStatement.
If the Chancellor wants to cut costs, why not start by slashing all the Brexit red tape from the Tories' botched deal?
If the Chancellor wants to cut costs, why not start by slashing all the Brexit red tape from the Tories' botched deal?
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It wasn’t net zero — it was fossil gas that drove up UK electricity prices.
Spot on, @pilitaclark.bsky.social! Gas sets the price most of the time.
As @dharavyas.bsky.social Energy UK, says: "It’s the volatile cost of fossil fuels and our dependence on them that have driven up energy bills."
Spot on, @pilitaclark.bsky.social! Gas sets the price most of the time.
As @dharavyas.bsky.social Energy UK, says: "It’s the volatile cost of fossil fuels and our dependence on them that have driven up energy bills."
March 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It wasn’t net zero — it was fossil gas that drove up UK electricity prices.
Spot on, @pilitaclark.bsky.social! Gas sets the price most of the time.
As @dharavyas.bsky.social Energy UK, says: "It’s the volatile cost of fossil fuels and our dependence on them that have driven up energy bills."
Spot on, @pilitaclark.bsky.social! Gas sets the price most of the time.
As @dharavyas.bsky.social Energy UK, says: "It’s the volatile cost of fossil fuels and our dependence on them that have driven up energy bills."
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This is thuggery from Trump and Vance, plain and simple.
They are bullying the brave true patriot Zelensky into accepting a deal which effectively hands victory to Russia. Unless the UK and Europe step up, we are facing a betrayal of Ukraine.
They are bullying the brave true patriot Zelensky into accepting a deal which effectively hands victory to Russia. Unless the UK and Europe step up, we are facing a betrayal of Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is thuggery from Trump and Vance, plain and simple.
They are bullying the brave true patriot Zelensky into accepting a deal which effectively hands victory to Russia. Unless the UK and Europe step up, we are facing a betrayal of Ukraine.
They are bullying the brave true patriot Zelensky into accepting a deal which effectively hands victory to Russia. Unless the UK and Europe step up, we are facing a betrayal of Ukraine.
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We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦
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Europe’s shift to electric cars accelerates thanks to tighter pollution rules
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Europe's shift to electric cars accelerates thanks to tighter pollution rules
Including traditional hybrids, cars with batteries comprised 57.3% of all vehicles sold in the EU in January 2025.
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February 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Europe’s shift to electric cars accelerates thanks to tighter pollution rules
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Well said @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Musk's views are so far removed from our modern liberal and democratic ideologies.
Musk's views are so far removed from our modern liberal and democratic ideologies.
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Well said @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Musk's views are so far removed from our modern liberal and democratic ideologies.
Musk's views are so far removed from our modern liberal and democratic ideologies.
Absolutely no surprise here.
The number of Britons saying the UK was right to vote to leave the EU has hit its lowest level since the referendum, ahead of the fifth anniversary of Brexit on Friday
Right to vote to leave: 30% (-3 from Nov)
Wrong to vote to leave: 55% (=)
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Right to vote to leave: 30% (-3 from Nov)
Wrong to vote to leave: 55% (=)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Absolutely no surprise here.
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1/2 After more than a decade of Tory environment secretaries ignoring the science and licensing bee-killing pesticides, I wholeheartedly welcome this long-overdue decision.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government overturns Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide
Emergency use of Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, to be outlawed in UK in line with EU
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
1/2 After more than a decade of Tory environment secretaries ignoring the science and licensing bee-killing pesticides, I wholeheartedly welcome this long-overdue decision.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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As a Liberal, I believe that those with power and wealth should be held fully to account. With Elon Musk, actions speak louder than words. It is time that the UK demonstrates how to give power to the people, not the oligarchs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won’t curb his malign powers, who will? | Ed Davey
It’s the job of democracies around the world to stand strong together and hold oligarchs and their platforms to account, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As a Liberal, I believe that those with power and wealth should be held fully to account. With Elon Musk, actions speak louder than words. It is time that the UK demonstrates how to give power to the people, not the oligarchs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Elon Musk is powerful, dangerous and an incredible bore - we’re going to have to hold him and the other tech bros to account because Donald Trump certainly won’t.
Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won’t curb his malign powers, who will? | Ed Davey
It’s the job of democracies around the world to stand strong together and hold oligarchs and their platforms to account, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
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January 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Elon Musk is powerful, dangerous and an incredible bore - we’re going to have to hold him and the other tech bros to account because Donald Trump certainly won’t.
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Donald Trump returning to the White House will be deeply worrying for millions of people in the UK and around the world. With a President who promises trade wars, undermines NATO and praises Vladimir Putin, the threats to our national security and our economy are clear.
January 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Donald Trump returning to the White House will be deeply worrying for millions of people in the UK and around the world. With a President who promises trade wars, undermines NATO and praises Vladimir Putin, the threats to our national security and our economy are clear.
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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
January 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
An interesting assertion from Sharma (What went wrong with Capitalism) and @lewisgoodall.com on The News Agents; there is a "compulsion" for growth of the regulatory state, and in effect it inhibits growth. However, in the UK the number of new and existing regulations has fallen. (1/4)
January 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
An interesting assertion from Sharma (What went wrong with Capitalism) and @lewisgoodall.com on The News Agents; there is a "compulsion" for growth of the regulatory state, and in effect it inhibits growth. However, in the UK the number of new and existing regulations has fallen. (1/4)
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NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
January 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
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People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain.
It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.
It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.
January 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain.
It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.
It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.
Fantastic, we aren't united, but where we agree and disagree, we do so well
Which ideologies do Britons have a favourable view of?
Environmentalism: 64% favourable
Feminism: 56%
Liberalism: 41%
Socialism: 38%
Conservatism: 32%
Capitalism: 30%
Nationalism: 29%
Libertarianism: 24%
Populism: 13%
Communism: 10%
Anarchism: 8%
Fascism: 2%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Environmentalism: 64% favourable
Feminism: 56%
Liberalism: 41%
Socialism: 38%
Conservatism: 32%
Capitalism: 30%
Nationalism: 29%
Libertarianism: 24%
Populism: 13%
Communism: 10%
Anarchism: 8%
Fascism: 2%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 11, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Fantastic, we aren't united, but where we agree and disagree, we do so well
Excellent thread from @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social - colossal amounts of wind power currently being generated due to Storm Bert. We're only at the beginning, so many more wind farms are on the way!
November 23, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Excellent thread from @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social - colossal amounts of wind power currently being generated due to Storm Bert. We're only at the beginning, so many more wind farms are on the way!
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🥳 10,000 Followers on Bluesky 🥳
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
🥳 10,000 Followers on Bluesky 🥳
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
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Spain and Portugal both get 40% of their electricity from solar and wind
November 20, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Spain and Portugal both get 40% of their electricity from solar and wind
It’s been said to me that Liberal Democrats are the kind of people to answer ‘David Bowie’ when asked to choose between The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, or ‘radio drama’ when asked between books or film.
I’m mildly triggered. When asked Star Wars or Star Trek, I usually say Battlestar Galactica!
I’m mildly triggered. When asked Star Wars or Star Trek, I usually say Battlestar Galactica!
November 19, 2024 at 12:55 PM
It’s been said to me that Liberal Democrats are the kind of people to answer ‘David Bowie’ when asked to choose between The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, or ‘radio drama’ when asked between books or film.
I’m mildly triggered. When asked Star Wars or Star Trek, I usually say Battlestar Galactica!
I’m mildly triggered. When asked Star Wars or Star Trek, I usually say Battlestar Galactica!
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Now more than ever, we must stand up for core liberal values—equality, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
Join us in defending these values: http://libdems.org.uk/join
Join us in defending these values: http://libdems.org.uk/join
November 13, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Now more than ever, we must stand up for core liberal values—equality, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
Join us in defending these values: http://libdems.org.uk/join
Join us in defending these values: http://libdems.org.uk/join
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Ed Davey on the budget
Ed Davey on the budget
"You can't fix the NHS unless you fix care at the same time."
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November 1, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Ed Davey on the budget