Bob D 🦋
@bobathon.bsky.social
physicist interested in quantum theory, cosmology, climate change, stars, yorkshire, wildlife, birds, fell running, mindfulness, mindlessness, the world and stuff
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A Nature Astronomy paper shows that Earth lies within a narrow “Goldilocks zone” that allows both nitrogen and phosphorus to be present with the right abundances in the mantle. More oxidized or reduced exoplanets may lock these elements in their cores, limiting habitability. 🔭 🧪
The chemical habitability of Earth and rocky planets prescribed by core formation - Nature Astronomy
A narrow ‘Goldilocks zone’ of oxidation levels during exoplanetary core formation allows both nitrogen and phosphorus to remain in the mantle. Earth lies within this zone, but more oxidized or reduced exoplanets may lock these elements in their cores, limiting habitability.
go.nature.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:46 AM
A Nature Astronomy paper shows that Earth lies within a narrow “Goldilocks zone” that allows both nitrogen and phosphorus to be present with the right abundances in the mantle. More oxidized or reduced exoplanets may lock these elements in their cores, limiting habitability. 🔭 🧪
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🔴 AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
@rtakver.bsky.social
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
@rtakver.bsky.social
AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
As a data centre construction boom sweeps the UK, creating soaring electricity demands that threaten to decimate climate targets, opportunist politicians and commentators are using this new phenomenon...
www.desmog.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
🔴 AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
@rtakver.bsky.social
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
@rtakver.bsky.social
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We are in London, outside Downing Street, alongside other animal welfare organisations, to hand in the open letter to Keir Starmer, urging his government to launch the consultation on hunting laws without further delay.
Thank you to the 36,763 people who have signed. The #TimeForChange is now.
Thank you to the 36,763 people who have signed. The #TimeForChange is now.
February 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
We are in London, outside Downing Street, alongside other animal welfare organisations, to hand in the open letter to Keir Starmer, urging his government to launch the consultation on hunting laws without further delay.
Thank you to the 36,763 people who have signed. The #TimeForChange is now.
Thank you to the 36,763 people who have signed. The #TimeForChange is now.
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They tried to erase Palestine, but the world has become Palestine.
Thank you 🇩🇿🇦🇩🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇭🇧🇩🇧🇾🇧🇪🇧🇷🇧🇳🇨🇦🇹🇩🇨🇳🇨🇴🇨🇺🇨🇾🇰🇵🇩🇰🇩🇯🇪🇬🇸🇻🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇬🇾🇮🇸🇮🇩🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇯🇴🇰🇼🇰🇬🇱🇻🇱🇧🇱🇷🇱🇮🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇾🇲🇻🇲🇹🇲🇷🇲🇺🇲🇽🇲🇦🇲🇿🇳🇦🇳🇱 🇳🇿🇳🇴🇴🇲🇵🇰🇵🇱🇵🇹🇶🇦🇰🇷🇷🇺🇸🇲🇸🇹🇸🇦🇸🇳🇸🇰🇸🇮🇸🇴🇿🇦🇪🇸🇸🇩🇸🇪🇨🇭🇸🇾🇹🇯🇬🇲🇹🇷🇺🇬🇦🇪🇹🇿🇬🇧🇺🇾🇻🇺🇻🇪🇾🇪🇿🇼 Don’t stop talking about Gaza.
Thank you 🇩🇿🇦🇩🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇭🇧🇩🇧🇾🇧🇪🇧🇷🇧🇳🇨🇦🇹🇩🇨🇳🇨🇴🇨🇺🇨🇾🇰🇵🇩🇰🇩🇯🇪🇬🇸🇻🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇬🇾🇮🇸🇮🇩🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇯🇴🇰🇼🇰🇬🇱🇻🇱🇧🇱🇷🇱🇮🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇾🇲🇻🇲🇹🇲🇷🇲🇺🇲🇽🇲🇦🇲🇿🇳🇦🇳🇱 🇳🇿🇳🇴🇴🇲🇵🇰🇵🇱🇵🇹🇶🇦🇰🇷🇷🇺🇸🇲🇸🇹🇸🇦🇸🇳🇸🇰🇸🇮🇸🇴🇿🇦🇪🇸🇸🇩🇸🇪🇨🇭🇸🇾🇹🇯🇬🇲🇹🇷🇺🇬🇦🇪🇹🇿🇬🇧🇺🇾🇻🇺🇻🇪🇾🇪🇿🇼 Don’t stop talking about Gaza.
February 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
They tried to erase Palestine, but the world has become Palestine.
Thank you 🇩🇿🇦🇩🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇭🇧🇩🇧🇾🇧🇪🇧🇷🇧🇳🇨🇦🇹🇩🇨🇳🇨🇴🇨🇺🇨🇾🇰🇵🇩🇰🇩🇯🇪🇬🇸🇻🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇬🇾🇮🇸🇮🇩🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇯🇴🇰🇼🇰🇬🇱🇻🇱🇧🇱🇷🇱🇮🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇾🇲🇻🇲🇹🇲🇷🇲🇺🇲🇽🇲🇦🇲🇿🇳🇦🇳🇱 🇳🇿🇳🇴🇴🇲🇵🇰🇵🇱🇵🇹🇶🇦🇰🇷🇷🇺🇸🇲🇸🇹🇸🇦🇸🇳🇸🇰🇸🇮🇸🇴🇿🇦🇪🇸🇸🇩🇸🇪🇨🇭🇸🇾🇹🇯🇬🇲🇹🇷🇺🇬🇦🇪🇹🇿🇬🇧🇺🇾🇻🇺🇻🇪🇾🇪🇿🇼 Don’t stop talking about Gaza.
Thank you 🇩🇿🇦🇩🇦🇺🇦🇹🇧🇭🇧🇩🇧🇾🇧🇪🇧🇷🇧🇳🇨🇦🇹🇩🇨🇳🇨🇴🇨🇺🇨🇾🇰🇵🇩🇰🇩🇯🇪🇬🇸🇻🇪🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇷🇬🇾🇮🇸🇮🇩🇮🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇯🇴🇰🇼🇰🇬🇱🇻🇱🇧🇱🇷🇱🇮🇱🇹🇱🇺🇲🇾🇲🇻🇲🇹🇲🇷🇲🇺🇲🇽🇲🇦🇲🇿🇳🇦🇳🇱 🇳🇿🇳🇴🇴🇲🇵🇰🇵🇱🇵🇹🇶🇦🇰🇷🇷🇺🇸🇲🇸🇹🇸🇦🇸🇳🇸🇰🇸🇮🇸🇴🇿🇦🇪🇸🇸🇩🇸🇪🇨🇭🇸🇾🇹🇯🇬🇲🇹🇷🇺🇬🇦🇪🇹🇿🇬🇧🇺🇾🇻🇺🇻🇪🇾🇪🇿🇼 Don’t stop talking about Gaza.
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BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
BBC warns Russia is taking over World Service radio frequencies
Russian propaganda is filling the void where the BBC has closed World Service radio services due to cuts
inews.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
BBC's Arabic radio service in Lebanon closed after 85 years as part of a £28.5m savings drive. 'Just months later, in October 2023, the Russian state-owned Sputnik news agency took over the frequency. Its news bulletin opened with “This is Moscow”, replacing the previous “This is London” intro.' 🙄
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Ladybird’s version of ‘The Big Pancake’ (1972)
And here’s the Essex lane they all ran down
Artist: Robert Lumley
And here’s the Essex lane they all ran down
Artist: Robert Lumley
February 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Ladybird’s version of ‘The Big Pancake’ (1972)
And here’s the Essex lane they all ran down
Artist: Robert Lumley
And here’s the Essex lane they all ran down
Artist: Robert Lumley
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This is glorious.
This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40
Welcome The Stranger
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
This is glorious.
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Every Winter Olympics host city since 1950 has gotten warmer. Vancouver airlifted snow. Sochi hit 60°F. Beijing used 100% fake snow. Salt Lake City hosts in 2034 — and has 0.1" of snow this season. Normal is 37+". Winter is changing. 🌡️ #Olympics #climatechange
February 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Every Winter Olympics host city since 1950 has gotten warmer. Vancouver airlifted snow. Sochi hit 60°F. Beijing used 100% fake snow. Salt Lake City hosts in 2034 — and has 0.1" of snow this season. Normal is 37+". Winter is changing. 🌡️ #Olympics #climatechange
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🚨BREAKING NEWS!
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS!
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.
The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.
Read more here:
healthforxr.com
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Yesterday GB News aired yet more commentary complaining about advertisers avoiding their notoriously toxic channel...
Yet rather than reflect on whether the *content* of GB News might explain this reluctance, the ad industry as a whole was blamed for "not standing up to #StopFundingHate" 🤔 /1
Yet rather than reflect on whether the *content* of GB News might explain this reluctance, the ad industry as a whole was blamed for "not standing up to #StopFundingHate" 🤔 /1
February 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Yesterday GB News aired yet more commentary complaining about advertisers avoiding their notoriously toxic channel...
Yet rather than reflect on whether the *content* of GB News might explain this reluctance, the ad industry as a whole was blamed for "not standing up to #StopFundingHate" 🤔 /1
Yet rather than reflect on whether the *content* of GB News might explain this reluctance, the ad industry as a whole was blamed for "not standing up to #StopFundingHate" 🤔 /1
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Our revamped Silencing Science Tracker makes it easier to track the current admin's anti-science actions - & the many reversals. Stay informed on ongoing attacks on science & see when they have been challenged by the courts, Congress, or public outcry. silencingscience.org?_act_updated=1
Actions Archive - Silencing Science Tracker
The Silencing Science Tracker tracks government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information, since the November 2...
silencingscience.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Our revamped Silencing Science Tracker makes it easier to track the current admin's anti-science actions - & the many reversals. Stay informed on ongoing attacks on science & see when they have been challenged by the courts, Congress, or public outcry. silencingscience.org?_act_updated=1
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✍️ New article: Billions of people have access to far less electricity per day than is required to run an air conditioner for just one hour.
For five months of the year, temperatures in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, climb above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
For five months of the year, temperatures in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, climb above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
February 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
✍️ New article: Billions of people have access to far less electricity per day than is required to run an air conditioner for just one hour.
For five months of the year, temperatures in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, climb above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
For five months of the year, temperatures in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, climb above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
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NEW from @tbij.bsky.social:
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
NEW from @tbij.bsky.social:
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
The government has rejected calls by its OWN independent Migration Advisory Committee for visa reforms to protect migrant farm workers from exploitation
Labour seems wedded to a model of immigration based on creating a subclass of exploited worker.
It's sick.
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I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
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A climate denier is someone whose job is to constantly lie but mimic the aesthetics of the people who try hard to be as truthful as possible.
You can tell why the advent of this software has given them a boost like never before. Ditto for delayers, fossil fuel advocates, corporate greenwashers etc
You can tell why the advent of this software has given them a boost like never before. Ditto for delayers, fossil fuel advocates, corporate greenwashers etc
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
A climate denier is someone whose job is to constantly lie but mimic the aesthetics of the people who try hard to be as truthful as possible.
You can tell why the advent of this software has given them a boost like never before. Ditto for delayers, fossil fuel advocates, corporate greenwashers etc
You can tell why the advent of this software has given them a boost like never before. Ditto for delayers, fossil fuel advocates, corporate greenwashers etc
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This piece has been viewed over 14 million times over the last 48 hours. Unbelievable.
I'm so encouraged to see how many people are as disgusted by this as I am.
Sometimes you just need to be reminded that you're not alone.
Keep fighting, good people!
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-pam-b...
I'm so encouraged to see how many people are as disgusted by this as I am.
Sometimes you just need to be reminded that you're not alone.
Keep fighting, good people!
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-pam-b...
Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father)
Dear Ms Bondi,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:58 AM
This piece has been viewed over 14 million times over the last 48 hours. Unbelievable.
I'm so encouraged to see how many people are as disgusted by this as I am.
Sometimes you just need to be reminded that you're not alone.
Keep fighting, good people!
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-pam-b...
I'm so encouraged to see how many people are as disgusted by this as I am.
Sometimes you just need to be reminded that you're not alone.
Keep fighting, good people!
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-pam-b...
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The first five through the tower all have French accents.
February 14, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The first five through the tower all have French accents.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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I roll my eyes at most people talking about the measurement problem in quantum mechanics, but Wojciech Zurek is the real deal.
He's been working on it for decades, making steady progress. This is a good quick intro to where he's at now. Of course it's no substitute for reading Zurek's papers!
He's been working on it for decades, making steady progress. This is a good quick intro to where he's at now. Of course it's no substitute for reading Zurek's papers!
Resolving the "measurement problem" in quantum mechanics would be a huge deal. Doing it without any exotic assumptions or additions to standard QM would be amazing. Now, I'm not reckless enough to say that is what has been achieved here, but...
www.quantamagazine.org/are-the-myst...
www.quantamagazine.org/are-the-myst...
Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve? | Quanta Magazine
Columnist Philip Ball thinks the phenomenon of decoherence might finally bridge the quantum-classical divide.
www.quantamagazine.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I roll my eyes at most people talking about the measurement problem in quantum mechanics, but Wojciech Zurek is the real deal.
He's been working on it for decades, making steady progress. This is a good quick intro to where he's at now. Of course it's no substitute for reading Zurek's papers!
He's been working on it for decades, making steady progress. This is a good quick intro to where he's at now. Of course it's no substitute for reading Zurek's papers!
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This weeks free animated movie I cheated a little. I chose a documentary with animated sequences, Isao Takahata’s The Story of Yanagawa's Canals. Only Takahata would make a nearly 3 hour documentary about this, and it’s a fascinating piece of his history. m.ok.ru/video/361097...
Видео [JAP w/subs] Yanagawa horiwari monogatari (1987) [HD] | OK.RU
m.ok.ru
February 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This weeks free animated movie I cheated a little. I chose a documentary with animated sequences, Isao Takahata’s The Story of Yanagawa's Canals. Only Takahata would make a nearly 3 hour documentary about this, and it’s a fascinating piece of his history. m.ok.ru/video/361097...
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Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:47 AM
If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
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Wetter winters and frequent flooding aren't just here to stay. They are certain to get worse for another 30 years because we are still increasing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. It is called science. Drill baby drill means drown baby drown.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK rain: Are wetter winters and frequent flooding here to stay?
Many places across the UK have experienced their wettest January in more than 100 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Wetter winters and frequent flooding aren't just here to stay. They are certain to get worse for another 30 years because we are still increasing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. It is called science. Drill baby drill means drown baby drown.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...