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NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040 ⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought 💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP) 🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400 🔌Electrification is key THREAD + charts www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/10

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Not good news for the 'CO2 is a plant nutrient' climate denial mantra... Plants losing appetite for carbon dioxide amid effects of warming climate www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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‘accidents will happen’

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If we’re going to have a king, then just give our asses back to Britain. At least we would have universal healthcare and better accents.

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A direct hit | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Liz Truss called solar farms a “blight on the landscape”, but researchers have found they are actually better for birds than farmland Solar farms in East Anglia had greater bird diversity & bird abundance than nearby arable land, a study finds Paper here later www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Solar can make a big dent in fuel poverty for lower income households. On average, a solar panel would get suitable fuel poor households over halfway towards the reduction in energy spending they need to move out of fuel poverty. Read our latest analysis to learn more ⤵️ https://buff.ly/4hyzAB7

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Trump doesn’t understand the basis of American power post-1945 at all. To him all of it is just a waste of money. Therefore America is effectively resigning as a superpower

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I get the danger of all of us permanently apoplectic with rage at the hourly developments, and yet, who imagined we’d head into annihilation of the past 100y+ legacy of medical research breakthroughs and global health - NIH, CDC, USAID - and politicians/public don’t seem to mind or notice..?

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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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. @restispolitics.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social take note please

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MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST @mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏 Your longtime fan, Mar🐫

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... I remember attending Pines' Lindeman Lectures in Oxford back in the '80s, and believing I understood QM, at least when I was in the lecture theatre. An amazing teacher, communicator and scientist.

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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

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“No future”: Climate projects face existential threat after Trump’s aid shutdown - The Trump administration’s attack on USAID puts at risk close to $500m a year in grant-based climate funding for developing countries #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/05/n...

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Scientists estimate that one extra death is caused for every 4,434 tonnes of CO₂ emitted. The top 12 billionaires combined emit almost 17 million tonnes a year—causing around 3,800 extra deaths a year, or an average of 320 deaths each. No wonder they're in denial...! References👇

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Wonder what all those Silicon Valley "effective altruists" make of their kin destroying by far the largest aid agency in the world?

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Britain has uniquely expensive housing, which is also a disproportionately large part of poorer households' spending. This means that aggregate Purchasing Power Parities used to make income comparisons of living standards understate the true gap between poorer households in the UK and OECD peers.

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Somehow missed this..! Bile acid synthesis impedes tumor-specific T cell responses during liver cancer | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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I can. In fact, the Canadian version is so great, I can't think of an American equivalent. 🧵

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully. Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸

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Mainers will be feeling this #TrumpTax in a big way for the rest of the winter

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Orwellian

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Thank you, Canada!

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Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks: "We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

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Happy Brexit day everybody. Five years since the uk left the eu. Here is a thread of all the benefits of leaving: 1/1

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I realize now that I have a “trade deficit” with the store across the street. I walked over and bought a jug of milk. The store is abusing me and I’m tired of subsidizing it by buying something at a fair price that I want. I’m going to apply a tariff that will raise the future price of milk for me.

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YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet. Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.

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Apparently a new runway at Heathrow could create 100,000 jobs. A home retrofit industry: hold my beer. www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/p...

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This is how creep happens...

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It’s almost as if we all told them this would happen and they just didn’t fucking care. Or something.

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A systematic review involving >130 million people and 1 million dementia cases found that anti-inflammatory medications, vaccinations, and antibiotics were associated with reduced dementia, whereas vitamins and supplements linked to higher risk alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Study identifies benefits, risks linked to popular weight-loss drugs "GLP-1 medications tied to decreased risk of dementia, addiction; increased risk of kidney, pancreas and gastrointestinal problems" News medicine.washu.edu/news/study-i... Paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Some are born to fight, some make themselves warriors, and some have the battle thrust upon them. The battle to preserve democracy is not a fight scientists have chosen, but it is nonetheless their fight. They have a side. And they need to be clear about who their enemies are. #Musk

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A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can. #InducedDemand

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NEW DATA: 📈German electricity generation from renewable energy reached record share of 62.7% in 2024. 📉Since 2014, CO2 emissions from electricity generation have halved.

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