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Atmospheric Physics PhD, working in IT during the day, climate intervention in the evening. Centre-left, green, parent, songwriter, joiner of dots. #RejoinEU #ClimateEmergency. Edinburgh, UK. Normally FB

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone should listen to this compelling but somewhat scary episode of the Cleaning Up podcast, featuring coral reef ecologist Dr Katharina Fabricius.

The multiple climate & related threats to coral reefs across the world are undeniable, and extremely concerning
www.cleaningup.live/can-we-save-...

Can We Save the Great Barrier Reef? | Ep225: Dr Katharina Fabricius

Why should we care about coral reefs? What happens when they collapse? And is there still hope for their survival? In this episode of Cleaning Up, Bryony Worthingto…

www.cleaningup.live

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 9h

"You know, Chimpanzees don't say goodbye, they just walk away. Isn't that funny"

Jane Goodall on The Life Scientific

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Discovery - The Life Scientific: Jane Goodall - BBC Sounds

Celebrated primatologist Jane Goodall reflects on her life and work.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 10h

Exclusive footage of Jack Smith's secret approach to Mar-a-Lago, unseen by Trump security, preparing to plant ... tons of classified documents 🤪

a blue and white truck is driving down a highway with trees in the background .

ALT: a blue and white truck is driving down a highway with trees in the background .

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 16h

Turns out the deductions about racial integration in the UK, you apparently made from spending 90 minutes in Handsworth, are objectively, measurably and definitively wrong.

Maybe an unconscious bias on your part, do you think?

Maybe not though.

#Jenrick
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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 1d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 1d

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 16h

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 19h

www.scottishfinancialnews.com/articles/hmr...

HMRC’s AI system recovers extra £4.6bn in tax

HM Revenue & Customs' (HMRC) sophisticated "big data" system, known as Connect, has been credited with generating an additional £4.6 billion in tax revenue during the 2024-25 financial year....

www.scottishfinancialnews.com

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like a talk a lot of important people need to listen to 🙏

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

Heseltine at the Tory conf:

"Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

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MEER @meercool.bsky.social · 1d

The idea that 1.5°C is safe is a dangerous illusion. We’ve already crossed multiple tipping points — the Great Barrier Reef, West Antarctica, Greenland. These shifts aren’t future risks. They’re happening now. — David Spratt

#ClimateCrisis #Globalwarming #Heat #MEERPodcast

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 1d

One good suggestion Kemi:

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick has gone from forgettable nobody to frothing-BNP-styled dickhead. Why does this corrupt little man get to strut around the media blowing his racist dog-whistle?
He should be shamed and shunned out of political existence. We all despise the Tory party for a reason. He’s one of those reasons.

Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 1d

Failed to properly consider the case for the punctuation

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 1d

Time to get back on board, Kemi
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

As renewables overtake coal as the world's largest source of electricity, what did we get from the Tory conference?

- repeal the Climate Change Act
- scrap 2050 net-zero target
- remove renewable energy subsidies
- maximise oil and gas extraction from the North Sea

They are so out of touch!

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 1d

Is "Honest" Bob Jenrick now too openly racist for Farage to allow him into ReformUK?

What a nasty little 💩

Would be interesting to hear Badenoch's reaction.

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ʀak @raksky.bsky.social · 2d

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

‘After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith”’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

www.theguardian.com

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

I really like this use of big data to go after unpaid tax.

I know it's just one of a range of measures the Labour government has worked on to go after unpaid tax.

And the impact in year 1: £4.6bn tax collected through this system, 35% higher than the average under the Tories.

‘Big data’ helps HMRC increase UK tax haul by £4.6bn

Connect system uses multiple sources of information to spot cases of underpayment

www.ft.com

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 2d

Makes zero sense (for a change 🤷‍♂️)

If he's made a decision, why does he need more info?

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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage is owned by Russia. Vote Leave was illegally financed by Russia. Brexit was and is a Russian active measure to harm Britain and its home in Europe.

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 2d

Greta has more courage and insight in her little finger than that pathetic born-lucky fascist twat #Musk

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Arctic Basecamp @arcticbasecamp.org · 2d

What if you woke up and your home was gone? 🏚️

As sea ice melts, southern species are pushed north. These newcomers outcompete Arctic wildlife.

On #WorldHabitatDay, we’re reminded that protecting habitats means protecting species. ❄️🐻‍❄️

👉 Follow us to learn more.
@polarbearsinternational.org

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 2d

From Gov Newsom

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 2d

That's 72,779 new ICE cars not being sold 👏.

Why we are still allowed to buy/sell brand-new fossil fuel cars is beyond me.

No need to wait until 2030. New ICE cars should not be on the market any more.

The latest BEV alternatives are at near price parity, and superior in every respect.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 3d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 4d

Ditto with Badenoch's plan to repeal the Climate Change Act

Farage and Putin will be cheering that too.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act

Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it

www.theguardian.com

Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, more likely this ☝️