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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We seem to be beset with mayhem of one sort or another, world wide. This polycrisis is at root a reaction to our moving out of the climate niche complex society evolved in. It get's worse from here until we recognise this and react accordingly, individually and collectively.
#LeaveItInTheGround
#LeaveItInTheGround
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Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Please please vaccinate your child against measles.
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
This is from our @independentsage.bsky.social report from last year, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @helensalisbury.bsky.social
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
Lets celebrate what the UK is world class at on the energy transition to renewables. #LeaveItOnTheGround
youtube.com/shorts/XBCOt...
youtube.com/shorts/XBCOt...
Since the year 2000, Britain has been nailing this
YouTube video by Simon Clark
youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Lets celebrate what the UK is world class at on the energy transition to renewables. #LeaveItOnTheGround
youtube.com/shorts/XBCOt...
youtube.com/shorts/XBCOt...
We need to remember history. It tends to try and repeat.
Trump and Farage etal are examples.
youtube.com/shorts/eUM7Q...
Trump and Farage etal are examples.
youtube.com/shorts/eUM7Q...
This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America
YouTube video by Dave Jorgenson
youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM
We need to remember history. It tends to try and repeat.
Trump and Farage etal are examples.
youtube.com/shorts/eUM7Q...
Trump and Farage etal are examples.
youtube.com/shorts/eUM7Q...
January 20, 2026 at 9:07 PM
We seem to be beset with mayhem of one sort or another, world wide. This polycrisis is at root a reaction to our moving out of the climate niche complex society evolved in. It get's worse from here until we recognise this and react accordingly, individually and collectively.
#LeaveItInTheGround
#LeaveItInTheGround
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
We seem to be beset with mayhem of one sort or another, world wide. This polycrisis is at root a reaction to our moving out of the climate niche complex society evolved in. It get's worse from here until we recognise this and react accordingly, individually and collectively.
#LeaveItInTheGround
#LeaveItInTheGround
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Iran has warned it will retaliate if attacked by the US, as BBC sources and activists report hundreds of protesters have now been killed in an escalating government crackdown.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Iran warns it will retaliate if US attacks, as hundreds killed in protests
"It's like a war zone, the streets are full of blood," a source in the capital Tehran tells the BBC.
www.bbc.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Iran has warned it will retaliate if attacked by the US, as BBC sources and activists report hundreds of protesters have now been killed in an escalating government crackdown.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Setting up (January 2026) this new account on #Bluesky in lieu of an active presence on X - looking forward to connecting with familiar faces and new followers.
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Setting up (January 2026) this new account on #Bluesky in lieu of an active presence on X - looking forward to connecting with familiar faces and new followers.
Gordon Brown and Tony Blair sold off ~395 tonnes of gold at ~$275 an ounce in the early naughties.
That gold's value has risen by 16 fold since then. The investments made in dollars, yen, euro's have underperformed horribly.
The rich got richer. #JustSaying
That gold's value has risen by 16 fold since then. The investments made in dollars, yen, euro's have underperformed horribly.
The rich got richer. #JustSaying
January 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Gordon Brown and Tony Blair sold off ~395 tonnes of gold at ~$275 an ounce in the early naughties.
That gold's value has risen by 16 fold since then. The investments made in dollars, yen, euro's have underperformed horribly.
The rich got richer. #JustSaying
That gold's value has risen by 16 fold since then. The investments made in dollars, yen, euro's have underperformed horribly.
The rich got richer. #JustSaying
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What a complete and utter farce
Notwithstanding the fact that 15 percent is peanuts, and far below typical personal tax rates
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Notwithstanding the fact that 15 percent is peanuts, and far below typical personal tax rates
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
What a complete and utter farce
Notwithstanding the fact that 15 percent is peanuts, and far below typical personal tax rates
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Notwithstanding the fact that 15 percent is peanuts, and far below typical personal tax rates
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Read the latest piece on my substack blog here
Subscription is free
Paid content (Bill's weekly climate catch-up) coming in February
billmcguire.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Subscription is free
Paid content (Bill's weekly climate catch-up) coming in February
billmcguire.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
WELCOME TO WHIPLASH WEATHER
Weather patterns are see-sawing from one extreme to another faster and more frequently than ever before. And the phenomenon is coming to places you wouldn’t expect
billmcguire.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Read the latest piece on my substack blog here
Subscription is free
Paid content (Bill's weekly climate catch-up) coming in February
billmcguire.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Subscription is free
Paid content (Bill's weekly climate catch-up) coming in February
billmcguire.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
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The US has already lost 12% of its current income due to climate change. Most studies project future losses, but new research from the University of Arizona has calculated the costs to date.
news.arizona.edu/news/climate...
#climatechange #economy #income #impacts #supplychains
news.arizona.edu/news/climate...
#climatechange #economy #income #impacts #supplychains
Climate change's hidden price tag: a drop in our income
By linking decades of weather and income data, University of Arizona economist Derek Lemoine shows how routine temperature shifts have already become an economic force.
news.arizona.edu
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The US has already lost 12% of its current income due to climate change. Most studies project future losses, but new research from the University of Arizona has calculated the costs to date.
news.arizona.edu/news/climate...
#climatechange #economy #income #impacts #supplychains
news.arizona.edu/news/climate...
#climatechange #economy #income #impacts #supplychains
I want you to read the linked post and think.
You know it's not good. You know it means increasing future suffering.
Please #ActNow
#LeaveItInTheGround
You know it's not good. You know it means increasing future suffering.
Please #ActNow
#LeaveItInTheGround
Another super mild night in GREENLAND.
After a max >+10C, The night Minimum at Narsarsuaq was +7.1C ,much higher than most of Europe.
and one of the warmest nights ever recorded in Greenland in January.
We will have 3 more freeze-free nights in some stations:one whole week !
After a max >+10C, The night Minimum at Narsarsuaq was +7.1C ,much higher than most of Europe.
and one of the warmest nights ever recorded in Greenland in January.
We will have 3 more freeze-free nights in some stations:one whole week !
Another no-freezing night for several stations in GREENLAND
It's possible that some stations pass a whole week without ever dropping below freezing.
That's crazy for January,when the no-freezing nights are rare and hardly ever more than 2 in a row.
Most of Europe is colder (minimums) these days..
It's possible that some stations pass a whole week without ever dropping below freezing.
That's crazy for January,when the no-freezing nights are rare and hardly ever more than 2 in a row.
Most of Europe is colder (minimums) these days..
January 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
I want you to read the linked post and think.
You know it's not good. You know it means increasing future suffering.
Please #ActNow
#LeaveItInTheGround
You know it's not good. You know it means increasing future suffering.
Please #ActNow
#LeaveItInTheGround
At just under +1.5°C 2025 will go down as the coldest year in the next 500 plus years. :-(
Here's the 365-day running mean, showing 2025 ending at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average. The quadratic trendline says 1.52°C for 2026.
The Climate 8-Ball says "1.58°C will come this way if an El Nino doth the oceans sway." The Climate 8-Ball sucks at poetry.
The Climate 8-Ball says "1.58°C will come this way if an El Nino doth the oceans sway." The Climate 8-Ball sucks at poetry.
January 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
At just under +1.5°C 2025 will go down as the coldest year in the next 500 plus years. :-(
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US chicken is chlorinated because America has no animal welfare laws where poultry is concerned. It has to be chlorinated because Salmonella and e. coli run rife
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
US chicken is chlorinated because America has no animal welfare laws where poultry is concerned. It has to be chlorinated because Salmonella and e. coli run rife
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
So Maduro holds talks with China about oil and hours later is kidnapped by the USA.
youtu.be/3BkvDOQrWiA
youtu.be/3BkvDOQrWiA
Maduro Meets China's Special Envoy to Discuss Energy, Trade, and Strategic Partnerships | AC1N
YouTube video by DWS News
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
So Maduro holds talks with China about oil and hours later is kidnapped by the USA.
youtu.be/3BkvDOQrWiA
youtu.be/3BkvDOQrWiA
Donald, kidnapping a fellow Head of State isn't alright. Nothing justified this loutish behaviour. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Donald, kidnapping a fellow Head of State isn't alright. Nothing justified this loutish behaviour. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Last year may prove to be the coolest year in the rest of my life, my children's lives and their children's lives.
Some time the AMOC stops and it all flips.
A wild world if change awaits. ;-(
Some time the AMOC stops and it all flips.
A wild world if change awaits. ;-(
2025 was the warmest year on record for Central England in a dataset that starts in 1659.
(Daily data available since 1772.)
www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadce...
(Daily data available since 1772.)
www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadce...
January 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Last year may prove to be the coolest year in the rest of my life, my children's lives and their children's lives.
Some time the AMOC stops and it all flips.
A wild world if change awaits. ;-(
Some time the AMOC stops and it all flips.
A wild world if change awaits. ;-(
I keep coming back to this fact and the article. 2,200 accounts of 1,000 millions of dollars in each, bigger, in one year. We are sooo going in the wrong direction. The 500 need to spread the wealth.
"The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025"
If the monstrous political-economic system that is tearing our planet, the climate, and its people, apart isn't brought to its knees - then humanity will be
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
If the monstrous political-economic system that is tearing our planet, the climate, and its people, apart isn't brought to its knees - then humanity will be
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I keep coming back to this fact and the article. 2,200 accounts of 1,000 millions of dollars in each, bigger, in one year. We are sooo going in the wrong direction. The 500 need to spread the wealth.
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Private partnerships are sold as the answer — but they failed the NHS last time.
So why are they back?!
Find out why PFI was scrapped and let's ask for better👇
bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
So why are they back?!
Find out why PFI was scrapped and let's ask for better👇
bit.ly/Why-PFI-Aban...
December 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The 23rd December 2025 rain storms in California went deep into unknown and unexpected territory "beyond any ability to adapt".
Imagine in a decade when temperatures are passing +2°C from baseline that atmospheric river events like this will become common place. ;-(
youtu.be/FxrQseG5DZU
Imagine in a decade when temperatures are passing +2°C from baseline that atmospheric river events like this will become common place. ;-(
youtu.be/FxrQseG5DZU
Footage from California Christmas Floods Reveals The Impossible Storm That TERRIFIED Scientists
YouTube video by QuakeScope
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The 23rd December 2025 rain storms in California went deep into unknown and unexpected territory "beyond any ability to adapt".
Imagine in a decade when temperatures are passing +2°C from baseline that atmospheric river events like this will become common place. ;-(
youtu.be/FxrQseG5DZU
Imagine in a decade when temperatures are passing +2°C from baseline that atmospheric river events like this will become common place. ;-(
youtu.be/FxrQseG5DZU
A sobering finding. #ClimateCatastrophe #LeaveItInTheGround
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A sobering finding. #ClimateCatastrophe #LeaveItInTheGround
I never thought I'd read of a ship getting through the oldest locked in Arctic sea ice. Seems my imagination was too limited. ;-(
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In 2025, melting sea ice allowed a Canadian icebreaker to enter the world's last ice area | CBC News
Often referred to as the one of the last places in the world with year-round sea ice, the waterways around Queen Elizabeth Islands and western Tuvaijuittuq have historically been difficult to access. ...
www.cbc.ca
December 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I never thought I'd read of a ship getting through the oldest locked in Arctic sea ice. Seems my imagination was too limited. ;-(
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Looking for postdoc positions in the UK studying weather extremes?
Two jobs with deadline 4th Jan:
Historical windstorms, working with two insurance companies: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Storylines of extreme events, as part of a European collaboration: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Two jobs with deadline 4th Jan:
Historical windstorms, working with two insurance companies: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Storylines of extreme events, as part of a European collaboration: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Scientist in Historical Windstorms:Whiteknights Reading UK
Full time, fixed term contract (up to 36 months)
jobs.reading.ac.uk
December 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Looking for postdoc positions in the UK studying weather extremes?
Two jobs with deadline 4th Jan:
Historical windstorms, working with two insurance companies: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Storylines of extreme events, as part of a European collaboration: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Two jobs with deadline 4th Jan:
Historical windstorms, working with two insurance companies: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Storylines of extreme events, as part of a European collaboration: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...