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Simon Clark

@simonoxfphys.com

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Science communicator, video maker, author, podcast creator. PhD in theoretical atmospheric physics. Born at 354 ppm. https://linktr.ee/simonoxfphys

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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Polluter and Cyber Elites - A lethal Alignment?

This year's conference explores where the interests of the far right tech bros and major polluters coincide - and what we can do to challenge them!

Join us on Wednesday 15th October, 16:00 - 18:00 BST

www.tickettailor.com/events/scien...
🧪

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 5d

Hit an important milestone on YouTube today

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 10d

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 10d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 12d

😂😂

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 14d

This year we've been really swinging for the fences.

Our latest video is our biggest one yet, nearly an hour long and involving half a dozen experts.

Asking "Should lying about climate change be illegal?" and, if so, how do we make it so?

youtu.be/FKtCuwfUCJg

Should lying about climate change be illegal?

YouTube video by Simon Clark

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 19d

I thought this was brilliant
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 19d

I should say that as methaneSAT has sadly been lost, they've re-recorded the voiceover with a North American voice - which has the upside of not needing to listen to me this time!

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 19d

The methane film that I helped create is being shown in New York Climate week on Tuesday!
www.climateweeknyc.org/events/plain...

In Plain Sight: A Climate Solution Unlocked | Climate Week

360° Immersive Experience exploring how science and storytelling are revealing hidden forces shaping our climate – and the solutions within reach. Featuring powerful voices, an immersive short film an...

www.climateweeknyc.org

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 22d

I'm looking for a part-time research assistant to help research and fact-check long form YouTube videos, with an emphasis on climate misinformation campaigns.

If you or someone you know would be a good fit, please check out this form! Applications close on 26/9.

forms.gle/mpyzcdjwv63C...

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 24d

That's from the BBC's coverage, I've not cared enough to look at multiple sources. Wouldn't be at all surprised if it was off, I know crowd counting is an inexact science

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 24d

Getting angry at these people is like getting angry at your Sim.

It's not their fault that they have collapsed in a puddle of tears instead of making dinner. You have to look at the factors that led them to do that.

And fix them.

A character from the Sims crying in their kitchen

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 24d

It's the same with climate skeptics. The people posting illiterate comments online are not the people that you should be angry at. The people you should be angry at are those manipulating illiterate people into acting this way, and of course the people paying them to do that.

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 24d

But getting angry at these people is not the way that we get out of the political dichotomy the country is falling into. You have to look at the underlying issues and why these people feel this way and why they are choosing to make their feelings known in this manner.

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 24d

For transparency, I should say that this wasn't my first reaction to this rally. My first reaction was one of anger. Especially at comments online like "this is the safest London has been in years" and "the government are lying to you, there's clearly 8x that number there".

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 24d

Finding the EDL rally in London heartbreaking.

150,000 people - and many more online - who clearly care deeply about their country and want to do what they see as the right thing.

Having their illiteracies exploited by shameless grifters promising simple solutions to complex problems.

It's tragic

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Dr Adam Levy @climateadam.bsky.social · 25d

Causing climate change is killing us.

Even if you ignore the climate change bit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaT2...

Why Destroying the Planet is Destroying Us

YouTube video by ClimateAdam

www.youtube.com

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 26d

I'm sure this is entirely unrelated to Reform's anti-net zero stance
www.politico.eu/article/dona...

The Trump-aligned climate skeptics advising Britain’s Nigel Farage

The U.K. boss of the Heartland Institute said she had been influencing Reform UK “at the highest level.”

www.politico.eu

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 28d

Woooooo!! Congratulations Dr!

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · 29d

The meme depicts an ozone molecule talking to his son, which he named after the Montreal Protocol of 1987 and the Kigali amendment of 2016, which reversed the perilous decline of ozone in the stratosphere

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · Sep 8

The best thing the YouTube algorithm has served me in a long while
youtu.be/Fmutyrc2os4

Feel Good Inc but it's only Stronghold SFX

YouTube video by Egg Beatz

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · Sep 6

how it feels when you just know a politician is taking money from the fossil fuel industry but you can't prove it

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ajceol.bsky.social @ajceol.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Sep 6

Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c... We are going to all suffer because some people failed science class

Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change

Chris Wright, who travels to Europe next week to promote American gas, called climate change “not incredibly important.”

www.nytimes.com

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · Sep 4

Next gig is on the 29th of November in Bath, Lauridsen's Mid-Winter Songs and Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir (among other things) - tickets will be available in a few weeks. Sign up to the newsletter to be notified when!

Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com · Sep 4

By the way, if you're in the south west of England and like music you should sign up to my choir's newsletter! We send a couple of emails a year letting you know when our next concerts and workshops are:
thehandful.org/newsletter

'arguably the best secular choir in Bath'