David Rowe
@davidrowewtl.bsky.social
A few of my current interests:
Climate Activism, Economics, AI, Cycling, Space, Automated Vehicles, Robots, Photography, Chess, Archeology, Genetics, Science, Wind-Solar-Storage, Physics, #RejoinEU, Eco Socialism, Libertarian Left, #FollowForFollow.
Climate Activism, Economics, AI, Cycling, Space, Automated Vehicles, Robots, Photography, Chess, Archeology, Genetics, Science, Wind-Solar-Storage, Physics, #RejoinEU, Eco Socialism, Libertarian Left, #FollowForFollow.
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David Rowe
@davidrowewtl.bsky.social
· Oct 2
I passed 2000 followers today. Thank you very much for the companionship.
I know we don't all agree all the time but let's not let that stop us talking, sharing and growing. 🙏
I know we don't all agree all the time but let's not let that stop us talking, sharing and growing. 🙏
A bit of recognition for China. Despite all the increasing demands the world is making of them they have managed to keep their CO2 emotions from going up, for ~18 months. This is the step before they start going down!
#ClimateAction
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#ClimateAction
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A bit of recognition for China. Despite all the increasing demands the world is making of them they have managed to keep their CO2 emotions from going up, for ~18 months. This is the step before they start going down!
#ClimateAction
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#ClimateAction
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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‘Funny’ how these billionaires want to give £ to the very people who destroyed the economy & supported Brexit that makes trading harder
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Billionaire Tory donor gives £200,000 to Reform UK
JCB chair Lord Bamford hands equal amount to Tories and Reform to support parties he says ‘believe in small business’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
‘Funny’ how these billionaires want to give £ to the very people who destroyed the economy & supported Brexit that makes trading harder
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What will we do with all the stranded asset fossil fuel and nuclear power stations, as AI compute is moved up to space in the foreseeable future? #JustSaying
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
What will we do with all the stranded asset fossil fuel and nuclear power stations, as AI compute is moved up to space in the foreseeable future? #JustSaying
Is this historically bad or just early mid term angst and blues for Keir Starmer and Labour?
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Is this historically bad or just early mid term angst and blues for Keir Starmer and Labour?
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60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Who'd have guessed the state of ripeness had such an effect. I've been eating the wrong ones for me for years!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/banana...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/banana...
The Ripeness Level Of Your Banana Actually Matters For Your Health— Here's How
The nutritional content in a banana changes as it ripens. What ripeness level is best for you?
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Who'd have guessed the state of ripeness had such an effect. I've been eating the wrong ones for me for years!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/banana...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/banana...
A local Green Councillor trying to make a difference to our streets with cars parked so far onto pavements they are blocked.
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A local Green Councillor trying to make a difference to our streets with cars parked so far onto pavements they are blocked.
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
0.626m is enough for a standard wheel chair. Is 1.2m a bit optimistic?
The UK has had a November night typical of an average June night. Just think about that. #ClimateEmergency
#StopBurningStuff
#LeaveItInTheGround
#StopBurningStuff
#LeaveItInTheGround
EUROPE HISTORIC NOVEMBER WARMTH
An exceptional warm week is kicking off with widespread abnormal warmth allover Europe,except for Central Mediterranean
Hundreds of records of November warm nights can fall with
MINIMUMS locally >15C in UK and >13C in Scandinavia,typical of June!
An exceptional warm week is kicking off with widespread abnormal warmth allover Europe,except for Central Mediterranean
Hundreds of records of November warm nights can fall with
MINIMUMS locally >15C in UK and >13C in Scandinavia,typical of June!
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The UK has had a November night typical of an average June night. Just think about that. #ClimateEmergency
#StopBurningStuff
#LeaveItInTheGround
#StopBurningStuff
#LeaveItInTheGround
So now one of the good guys who predicted a big jump in global warming is concerned thus may have been underestimated. :-(
The more we can cut fossil fuel use, the quicker we can do it, the better chance we have if getting out of this with more people alive and a civilisation.
#LeaveItInTheGround
The more we can cut fossil fuel use, the quicker we can do it, the better chance we have if getting out of this with more people alive and a civilisation.
#LeaveItInTheGround
October is the least warmed month and reached +1.55°C during a La Niña!
The past 29 months were +1.57°C on average, 0.32°C above the same 2015-2017 period, indicating a 0.4°C/dec warming rate.
That's more than a doubling from the 1970-2010 warming rate.
Even(?) we might have underestimated this.
The past 29 months were +1.57°C on average, 0.32°C above the same 2015-2017 period, indicating a 0.4°C/dec warming rate.
That's more than a doubling from the 1970-2010 warming rate.
Even(?) we might have underestimated this.
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So now one of the good guys who predicted a big jump in global warming is concerned thus may have been underestimated. :-(
The more we can cut fossil fuel use, the quicker we can do it, the better chance we have if getting out of this with more people alive and a civilisation.
#LeaveItInTheGround
The more we can cut fossil fuel use, the quicker we can do it, the better chance we have if getting out of this with more people alive and a civilisation.
#LeaveItInTheGround
Reposted by David Rowe
Green Party surging as Polanski’s social media strategy woos the young
Green Party membership has more than doubled, driven in part by its platform messaging on apps like TikTok
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Green Party membership has more than doubled, driven in part by its platform messaging on apps like TikTok
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Green party surging as Polanski’s social media strategy w...
Green Party membership has more than doubled, driven in part by its platform messaging on apps like TikTok
observer.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Green Party surging as Polanski’s social media strategy woos the young
Green Party membership has more than doubled, driven in part by its platform messaging on apps like TikTok
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Green Party membership has more than doubled, driven in part by its platform messaging on apps like TikTok
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
If all of China's new renewable electricity equipment, manufactured annually, were deployed in Europe, it could displace 100%+ electricity produced annually, from fossil fuels. Such is the growth in manufacturing capacity China could then do the same for the USA in 2026.
Things are changing fast.
Things are changing fast.
November 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If all of China's new renewable electricity equipment, manufactured annually, were deployed in Europe, it could displace 100%+ electricity produced annually, from fossil fuels. Such is the growth in manufacturing capacity China could then do the same for the USA in 2026.
Things are changing fast.
Things are changing fast.
Reposted by David Rowe
The amazing research article "The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink" isn't getting enough notice, so I made a little video with the summary of key findings from the paper.
If it's too fast at times, just pause and read.
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
If it's too fast at times, just pause and read.
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The amazing research article "The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink" isn't getting enough notice, so I made a little video with the summary of key findings from the paper.
If it's too fast at times, just pause and read.
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
If it's too fast at times, just pause and read.
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Well said that lady. Deform are trying to make people like her even more anxious and less likely to get a job and contribute.
Lady on PIP explains she's job hunting but also suffers from anxiety
Reform UK's Matt Goodwin doubles down criticising those on disability
#BBCQT
Reform UK's Matt Goodwin doubles down criticising those on disability
#BBCQT
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Well said that lady. Deform are trying to make people like her even more anxious and less likely to get a job and contribute.
A most interesting talk on societal collapse from Luke Kemp, by the Berkley Economy and Society Initiative.
If you don't understand history you are liable to repeat its mistakes.
Listen, learn and enjoy.
@lukekemp.bsky.social
youtu.be/K1le5Sj7Qp4
If you don't understand history you are liable to repeat its mistakes.
Listen, learn and enjoy.
@lukekemp.bsky.social
youtu.be/K1le5Sj7Qp4
Goliath's Curse: Climate, Inequality, and Societal Collapse | Luke Kemp
YouTube video by Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A most interesting talk on societal collapse from Luke Kemp, by the Berkley Economy and Society Initiative.
If you don't understand history you are liable to repeat its mistakes.
Listen, learn and enjoy.
@lukekemp.bsky.social
youtu.be/K1le5Sj7Qp4
If you don't understand history you are liable to repeat its mistakes.
Listen, learn and enjoy.
@lukekemp.bsky.social
youtu.be/K1le5Sj7Qp4
Reposted by David Rowe
UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’
UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’
Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip
A woman who booked a flight from London to Oslo but never checked in or travelled has had her child benefit stopped by the UK government. Tax authorities told her their records showed she had emigrated.
Lisa Morris-Almond is one of thousands of people who have had their child benefit frozen as part of a botched crackdown on benefit fraud. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’
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Holy shit, the NOAA hurricane hunters flying over Jamaica in Kermit are working without pay
God, I love scientists
#noaa #hurricane #melissa
God, I love scientists
#noaa #hurricane #melissa
October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Holy shit, the NOAA hurricane hunters flying over Jamaica in Kermit are working without pay
God, I love scientists
#noaa #hurricane #melissa
God, I love scientists
#noaa #hurricane #melissa
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
Reposted by David Rowe
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Steve Keen nails it again. In this short engaging video on UK house prices, he offers practical advice on solving the broken system of unaffordability without taking out the minority, who are home owners.
Your vote really matters in #GE2029UK.
youtu.be/rSuacxBGaL8
@professorstevekeen.bsky.social
Your vote really matters in #GE2029UK.
youtu.be/rSuacxBGaL8
@professorstevekeen.bsky.social
“Brutal Truth: UK Housing Market 2025" Top Economist warns
YouTube video by ProfSteveKeen
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Steve Keen nails it again. In this short engaging video on UK house prices, he offers practical advice on solving the broken system of unaffordability without taking out the minority, who are home owners.
Your vote really matters in #GE2029UK.
youtu.be/rSuacxBGaL8
@professorstevekeen.bsky.social
Your vote really matters in #GE2029UK.
youtu.be/rSuacxBGaL8
@professorstevekeen.bsky.social
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UK drivers should use all suitable lanes. Why don't they?
youtube.com/shorts/Millw...
youtube.com/shorts/Millw...
When the lanes are still open but nobody is using them in congestion
YouTube video by Big Jobber
youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
UK drivers should use all suitable lanes. Why don't they?
youtube.com/shorts/Millw...
youtube.com/shorts/Millw...
A front line of our #ClimateCatastrophe
INDONESIA ENDLESS RECORD HEAT
Records have been falling EVERY SINGLE DAY for over 900 consecutive days in Indonesia
Today's victim is Jambi, which recorded a minimum of 25.8C, its hottest October night in history.
Records have been falling EVERY SINGLE DAY for over 900 consecutive days in Indonesia
Today's victim is Jambi, which recorded a minimum of 25.8C, its hottest October night in history.
October 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A front line of our #ClimateCatastrophe
The unremittingly dark Sarah Connor of
@collapse2050.bsky.social deserves to be read more widely. Her timeline of collapse seems entirely reasonable to me.
Read it, weep, #ActNow. Our future isn't written. #LeaveItInTheGround
www.collapse2050.com/collapse-a-t...
@collapse2050.bsky.social deserves to be read more widely. Her timeline of collapse seems entirely reasonable to me.
Read it, weep, #ActNow. Our future isn't written. #LeaveItInTheGround
www.collapse2050.com/collapse-a-t...
Collapse: A Timeline
What to expect decade-by-decade
www.collapse2050.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The unremittingly dark Sarah Connor of
@collapse2050.bsky.social deserves to be read more widely. Her timeline of collapse seems entirely reasonable to me.
Read it, weep, #ActNow. Our future isn't written. #LeaveItInTheGround
www.collapse2050.com/collapse-a-t...
@collapse2050.bsky.social deserves to be read more widely. Her timeline of collapse seems entirely reasonable to me.
Read it, weep, #ActNow. Our future isn't written. #LeaveItInTheGround
www.collapse2050.com/collapse-a-t...