This video encapsulates 2025 for me.

I must've watched it 100 times already. It just gets better.

This is going on my festive viewing list.

@comedylopez.bsky.social Great gig in Hitchin tonight, thank you.

If you want to know what OBR really said on all this, I wrote a brief summary

TL;DR: Since net-zero is much cheaper than thought and unchecked global warming is far more costly than thought, climate action makes even more sense than thought

www.carbonbrief.org/...
6/6

This is an absolute Godsend on a day like today. There's a lot wrong with the world of corporate cost-cutting, so it feels right to celebrate things being better. Thanks @lner.co.uk (and @greateranglia.bsky.social too)

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

Right, Qualifying time for the Miami meet of the Formula E - bring it on!

The race itself clashes with Dr Who so one of them will have to be watched on delay as I think 2 screens might be a bit much.

Nothing Compares 2 U (first draft).

It's all rather an exciting time for our choir - today is the release of our unofficial Comic Relief single, that I actually sang on (along with hundreds of others!)
If you get the chance, it would be great if you could listen to it on the usual services..
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/6gHtsy...

The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

CCC: Reducing emissions 87% by 2040 would help ‘cut household costs by £1,400’ - Carbon Brief

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

I'm currently just over half way through 'We Are All Birds of Uganda' by Hafsa Zayyan. So much recent history whose value is amplified in a story that shows the human impact.

There's much we can learn, the behaviour of Idi Amin and his regime would bear particular examination and reflection.

We have made it through January, it may be cold for a while but it is noticeable that the days are starting to get a little bit longer. I always feel a little bit like I am emerging from my chrysalis tis time of year.

Also, it's pay day.

I spent some time here today, I am not going to be able to make the service on Monday but it feels as important as ever to spend time in contemplation and self examination.

Don’t know if the other Gen-Xers have been following this saga to its completion but yes, brontosaurus is a dinosaur again. There was a mixup with apatosaurus and that’s why we thought no brontosaurus but turns out that yes there really were thunder lizards after all!

There's a lot to suggest 2024 is going to be a pretty extraordinary year for Earth's climate. This graph is wild. After a record year for Global Sea Surface temperatures in 2023 (yellow line), just look how this year has started (red line)...