Leo Murray
@crisortunity.bsky.social
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Leo Murray
@crisortunity.bsky.social
· Oct 31
Railways: Firms develop new tech to electrify trains
Railway operators have new options for electric trains including getting rid of locomotives altogether.
www.bbc.co.uk
Delighted to feature in this @chrisbaraniuk.com piece for the BBC on the imminent rollout of solar to power Great British Railways 🙌
Get on board - here comes the sun! ☀️
Get on board - here comes the sun! ☀️
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President Trump mocks Keir Starmer for paying £3 billion extra for drugs from the US
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
President Trump mocks Keir Starmer for paying £3 billion extra for drugs from the US
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New from us: India’s coal-fired power generation fell in 2025 by 3%, only the second drop for a full calendar year since the 1970s, and the first one driven to a significant degree by clean power growth - the only other time coal power fell was due to Covid-19.
🇮🇳 NEW | REPORT | #India power sector review 2025: Record #CleanEnergy deployment drives historic decline in #coal generation
Clean electricity increasingly covers demand peaks, making coal growth redundant
@manojkumarnr.bsky.social
energyandcleanair.org/publication/india-power-sector-review-2025/
Clean electricity increasingly covers demand peaks, making coal growth redundant
@manojkumarnr.bsky.social
energyandcleanair.org/publication/india-power-sector-review-2025/
January 7, 2026 at 8:37 AM
New from us: India’s coal-fired power generation fell in 2025 by 3%, only the second drop for a full calendar year since the 1970s, and the first one driven to a significant degree by clean power growth - the only other time coal power fell was due to Covid-19.
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wait we can just do this? no impact studies? no community consultation meetings? no council votes? we can make a little bit of bike infrastructure nicer? gosh..
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM
wait we can just do this? no impact studies? no community consultation meetings? no council votes? we can make a little bit of bike infrastructure nicer? gosh..
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FT doing excellent work here! 👏
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
FT doing excellent work here! 👏
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Just checking with how Starmer's crusade to ban apps that produce deep fakes is going
January 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Just checking with how Starmer's crusade to ban apps that produce deep fakes is going
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all but one of the 19 released wildcats survived their first 10 months, very few signs of injury or disease, and the cats put on an average increase of 20% in bodyweight
😻
this is lovely news
(I used to look after some camera traps searching for these in the southern part of the Cairngorms)
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this is lovely news
(I used to look after some camera traps searching for these in the southern part of the Cairngorms)
New research has confirmed that the first year of a project to reintroduce wildcats to Scotland was highly effective, with survival and reproduction rates "exceeding expectations".
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2570419...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2570419...
Project to reintroduce wildcats to Scotland hailed as big success
New research has confirmed that the first year of a project to reintroduce wildcats to Scotland was highly effective, with survival and reproduction…
www.heraldscotland.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:24 AM
all but one of the 19 released wildcats survived their first 10 months, very few signs of injury or disease, and the cats put on an average increase of 20% in bodyweight
😻
this is lovely news
(I used to look after some camera traps searching for these in the southern part of the Cairngorms)
😻
this is lovely news
(I used to look after some camera traps searching for these in the southern part of the Cairngorms)
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Another great reminder that we don't need to retreat and scurry into silence when it feels like right wing forces are surging on climate.
If anything, now is when it's most important to be persistent, clear and focused on message discipline!
If anything, now is when it's most important to be persistent, clear and focused on message discipline!
So little was known 18 years ago when I started researching climate comms. I'm blown away by how much we now know. This study, led by the incomparable Jan Voelkel with his all-star band, and released today in @natclimate.nature.com confirms that many distinct message strategies can work...
A registered report megastudy on the persuasiveness of the most-cited climate messages - Nature Climate Change
How to effectively communicate climate change to the public has long been studied and debated. Through a registered report megastudy, researchers tested the ten most-cited climate change messaging str...
www.nature.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Another great reminder that we don't need to retreat and scurry into silence when it feels like right wing forces are surging on climate.
If anything, now is when it's most important to be persistent, clear and focused on message discipline!
If anything, now is when it's most important to be persistent, clear and focused on message discipline!
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Just a few things I'd like to say about this @hausfath.bsky.social piece.
The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
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The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
🧵
January 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Just a few things I'd like to say about this @hausfath.bsky.social piece.
The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
🧵
The first is that every 10th of a degree of heating over 2C raises risks for multiple irreversible catastrophes MORE than every 10th of a degree of heating under 2C.
That's why the 2C target exists. It's not random.
🧵
Meanwhile
January 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Meanwhile
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*."
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*."
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
—Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.
Hopes and prayers is all he can muster
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Hopes and prayers is all he can muster
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I have lost count of the number of times I have been given this government line in response to SO MANY @politicshome.bsky.social stories about X
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
Keir Starmer's spokesman asked if Government will still use X now it posts indecent images of children, replies "we always keep communication channels under review to reach public in most appropriate way possible”
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
"Operators are under obligation to act appropriately. We always hope they would do"
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I have lost count of the number of times I have been given this government line in response to SO MANY @politicshome.bsky.social stories about X
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
If the platform was going to "act appropriately", it would have done so by now
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As we've been saying for a while: the "backlash" against climate policies has been wildly, absurdly overstated. This new survey shows how UK MPs badly understate support for climate policies
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
As we've been saying for a while: the "backlash" against climate policies has been wildly, absurdly overstated. This new survey shows how UK MPs badly understate support for climate policies
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All my bulbs started to come up just before Christmas
Climate change isn’t just charts and projections.
It’s hundreds of UK plants flowering early in winter, right now, right outside.
Once you notice it, you can’t unsee it.
A visible signal of climate breakdown.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s hundreds of UK plants flowering early in winter, right now, right outside.
Once you notice it, you can’t unsee it.
A visible signal of climate breakdown.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown
New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
All my bulbs started to come up just before Christmas
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Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Next month, the Winter Olympics will get underway in Italy. ⛷️
Stories have now started to emerge about reduce snow cover at Europe's ski resorts.
But there is one glaring omission - ENI, the fossil fuel giant sponsoring this year's Games. 💰💨
1/6
Stories have now started to emerge about reduce snow cover at Europe's ski resorts.
But there is one glaring omission - ENI, the fossil fuel giant sponsoring this year's Games. 💰💨
1/6
Can Europe's ski industry weather the climate crisis?
Higher temperatures and a lack of snow are forcing Europe's ski resorts to rethink their business model.
www.euronews.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Next month, the Winter Olympics will get underway in Italy. ⛷️
Stories have now started to emerge about reduce snow cover at Europe's ski resorts.
But there is one glaring omission - ENI, the fossil fuel giant sponsoring this year's Games. 💰💨
1/6
Stories have now started to emerge about reduce snow cover at Europe's ski resorts.
But there is one glaring omission - ENI, the fossil fuel giant sponsoring this year's Games. 💰💨
1/6
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It’s time for Starmer to find some backbone. We can’t tiptoe around hoping to be spared, Under Trump, the US is not reliable ally, friend or partner. Where Congress won’t act, other world leaders have duty to call out Trump’s behavior for what it is. Many Americans will also appreciate such clarity.
He’s utterly unhinged and out of control. Congress could stop this in an instant, but its ruling party, the GOP, has become equally untethered from principle or reality. Too many Americans still cheering this on without any comprehension of the disastrous consequences, for themselves or the world.
President Trump suggested on Sunday that the U.S. could take action against other countries after its attack on Venezuela. He threatened Colombia and its president, described Cuba as “ready to fall” and reasserted his desire to take control of Greenland.
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
It’s time for Starmer to find some backbone. We can’t tiptoe around hoping to be spared, Under Trump, the US is not reliable ally, friend or partner. Where Congress won’t act, other world leaders have duty to call out Trump’s behavior for what it is. Many Americans will also appreciate such clarity.
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"it might be an elaborate Instagram proposal!🤞🏻"
Starmer could be on a plane blindfolded and on his way to a Federal Correctional Institution and he'd still wait for facts to be established
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
"it might be an elaborate Instagram proposal!🤞🏻"
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Councils struggling to get kids to sign up for swimming lessons in shark infested waters.
Like something out of @tomflood.bsky.social Rovélo Record....
Like something out of @tomflood.bsky.social Rovélo Record....
West Midlands councils struggling to deliver bike safety training
More than half of councils in the West Midlands are seeing a fall in the number of children taking part.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Councils struggling to get kids to sign up for swimming lessons in shark infested waters.
Like something out of @tomflood.bsky.social Rovélo Record....
Like something out of @tomflood.bsky.social Rovélo Record....
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Hammersmith Bridge is open, just not to those dragging a few tonnes of metal with them.
January 5, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Hammersmith Bridge is open, just not to those dragging a few tonnes of metal with them.
A PSA for the benefit of west Londoners regarding the latest steaming horseshit to emanate from Wandsworth council and Putney MP Fleur Anderson regarding Hammersmith Bridge, by which I specifically mean their claim, that traffic is up 25% on Putney Bridge since HB closed in April 2019
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 AM
A PSA for the benefit of west Londoners regarding the latest steaming horseshit to emanate from Wandsworth council and Putney MP Fleur Anderson regarding Hammersmith Bridge, by which I specifically mean their claim, that traffic is up 25% on Putney Bridge since HB closed in April 2019
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The big difference is that solar+battery is fit and forget. Once it's installed, whether from China or anywhere else, it's yours and you are independent. No more payments to anyone.
With fossil fuels you're an addict, dependent on your dealer who can make you dance to their tune.
With fossil fuels you're an addict, dependent on your dealer who can make you dance to their tune.
There's a global solar energy revolution happening led by China and it should have been one of the biggest stories of 2025.
While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:59 AM
The big difference is that solar+battery is fit and forget. Once it's installed, whether from China or anywhere else, it's yours and you are independent. No more payments to anyone.
With fossil fuels you're an addict, dependent on your dealer who can make you dance to their tune.
With fossil fuels you're an addict, dependent on your dealer who can make you dance to their tune.
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This is a good piece summing up why Venezuela's oil is at least a partial real factor in what happened over the past few days, beyond just 'big reserves'.
Some big US oil majors aren't exactly thrilled but the industry itself never found a dirty, inefficient project it couldn't get subsidised....
Some big US oil majors aren't exactly thrilled but the industry itself never found a dirty, inefficient project it couldn't get subsidised....
Why is Donald Trump so interested in Venezuela's oil?
US is the world's biggest oil producer by a country mile - but that's light crude oil, meaning it is still totally dependent on trade to meet its demands for heavy oil. And that brings us to Venezuela
news.sky.com/story/how-m...
US is the world's biggest oil producer by a country mile - but that's light crude oil, meaning it is still totally dependent on trade to meet its demands for heavy oil. And that brings us to Venezuela
news.sky.com/story/how-m...
Why is Donald Trump so interested in Venezuela's oil?
The US is the world's biggest oil producer by a country mile - but that's light crude oil, meaning it is still totally dependent on trade to meet its demands for heavy oil. And that brings us to Venezuela.
news.sky.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
This is a good piece summing up why Venezuela's oil is at least a partial real factor in what happened over the past few days, beyond just 'big reserves'.
Some big US oil majors aren't exactly thrilled but the industry itself never found a dirty, inefficient project it couldn't get subsidised....
Some big US oil majors aren't exactly thrilled but the industry itself never found a dirty, inefficient project it couldn't get subsidised....