@fflint101.bsky.social
Career sampler, currently trying out geography, environmental science, politics find everything fascinating, should probably try focusing at some point......
Fuck you chris.....
October 23, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Fuck you chris.....
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Yes it’s a set back . A major one . But we cannot give up . Not now , not ever . In the UK I’m campaigning for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship , because for too long these companies have had largely unlimited £££ to greenwash their filthy reputations . No more .
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
petition.parliament.uk
January 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Yes it’s a set back . A major one . But we cannot give up . Not now , not ever . In the UK I’m campaigning for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship , because for too long these companies have had largely unlimited £££ to greenwash their filthy reputations . No more .
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The woes of the govt are overdone. Their biggest problem is a consistent tendency to favour tactics over strategy. And failing to change the law to protect British democracy from Musk's money, is the worst example of this yet. My piece for
the i.
inews.co.uk/opinion/dona...
the i.
inews.co.uk/opinion/dona...
Donald Trump and Elon Musk will unite British politics - against them
We are primed for manipulation
inews.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 10:38 AM
The woes of the govt are overdone. Their biggest problem is a consistent tendency to favour tactics over strategy. And failing to change the law to protect British democracy from Musk's money, is the worst example of this yet. My piece for
the i.
inews.co.uk/opinion/dona...
the i.
inews.co.uk/opinion/dona...
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Boom. Fuck you pal. I AM Christmas.
December 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Boom. Fuck you pal. I AM Christmas.
When someone's post includes the phrase 'This was always the goal....' strap in, it's going to get a little crazy......
December 19, 2024 at 9:19 PM
When someone's post includes the phrase 'This was always the goal....' strap in, it's going to get a little crazy......
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this is still the most accurate survey of British attitudes that I've ever seen - responding to the idea of GOING TO THE MOON with "not interested", "there's not enough to do" and "no point"
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 17, 2024 at 3:40 AM
this is still the most accurate survey of British attitudes that I've ever seen - responding to the idea of GOING TO THE MOON with "not interested", "there's not enough to do" and "no point"
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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What's this, Farage a complete and utter hypocrite?
Surely not
Surely not
December 17, 2024 at 5:58 AM
What's this, Farage a complete and utter hypocrite?
Surely not
Surely not
@alicefraser.bsky.social discovered today by listening to the gargle that your upcoming birthday is also my impending essay deadline, weirdly made me feel like that was somehow your fault..
December 6, 2024 at 7:34 PM
@alicefraser.bsky.social discovered today by listening to the gargle that your upcoming birthday is also my impending essay deadline, weirdly made me feel like that was somehow your fault..
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Trying to increase disposable income without making trade easier is like driving with the handbrake on. Any effort must start with making trade easier with the EU. Starmer's reset of the relationship can't come soon enough for businesses and consumers. ~AA
www.bestforbritain.org/_like_drivin...
www.bestforbritain.org/_like_drivin...
“Like driving with the handbrake on”: PM must tackle trade barriers to increase disposable income
Starmer promises that under his Government Brits will have more money in their pockets.
www.bestforbritain.org
December 5, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Trying to increase disposable income without making trade easier is like driving with the handbrake on. Any effort must start with making trade easier with the EU. Starmer's reset of the relationship can't come soon enough for businesses and consumers. ~AA
www.bestforbritain.org/_like_drivin...
www.bestforbritain.org/_like_drivin...
Hey, Elon, what's the definition of ironic?
December 2, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Hey, Elon, what's the definition of ironic?
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I finally got around to reading this and it's a stunning piece of work — a detailed discussion of the specific engineering and design decisions behind the shortcomings an important CCS deployment.
Fantastic work, Tim.
Fantastic work, Tim.
Gorgon CCS is the world's largest pure carbon capture and storage operation. Since 2019, it has been weakly sputtering away out on Barrow Island at Australia's highest emitting industrial facility.
You may have heard it's a failure. Do you know why it's a failure?
A long article and accompanying 🧵
You may have heard it's a failure. Do you know why it's a failure?
A long article and accompanying 🧵
Gorgon carbon capture and storage project: The failure of the world’s largest CCS facility
After decades of abject failure, these days even the most enthusiastic proponent of carbon capture and storage can at best mount a muted…
medium.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:25 AM
I finally got around to reading this and it's a stunning piece of work — a detailed discussion of the specific engineering and design decisions behind the shortcomings an important CCS deployment.
Fantastic work, Tim.
Fantastic work, Tim.
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A great summary of how (and why) science is political from Science Magazine: "Given the current political reality and the expansion of attacks on science, it is time for scientists to be more effective, forceful, and vociferous as their own political advocates."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists as political advocates
Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...
www.science.org
November 30, 2024 at 2:02 PM
A great summary of how (and why) science is political from Science Magazine: "Given the current political reality and the expansion of attacks on science, it is time for scientists to be more effective, forceful, and vociferous as their own political advocates."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In truth, every single major piece of legislation ought to be this somberly undertaken, this well attended, this carefully considered, and this passionately, but cordially, argued.
If our elected chamber can be what we witnessed today, why can't it all the time?
If our elected chamber can be what we witnessed today, why can't it all the time?
November 29, 2024 at 2:26 PM
In truth, every single major piece of legislation ought to be this somberly undertaken, this well attended, this carefully considered, and this passionately, but cordially, argued.
If our elected chamber can be what we witnessed today, why can't it all the time?
If our elected chamber can be what we witnessed today, why can't it all the time?
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New “Visit Wales” ad tagline just dropped
‘There are worse places to hide’: Armed police arrest wanted man in north Wales
‘There are worse places to hide’: Armed police arrest wanted man in north Wales
Daniel Andreas San Diego had been a fugitive from the FBI for two decades before he was found in Maenan village
Maenan, in north Wales, is not a place where very much happens. But earlier this week armed police descended on this tiny settlement, leaving…
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:36 PM
New “Visit Wales” ad tagline just dropped
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Of course Nyarlathotep would choose to return at 4.58 on a Friday. Still, if she could just avoid looking out the window for a minute and a half, it would be the weekend duty officer’s problem. 
#cthulhu #lovecraftian #horror #bureaucracy #filmnoir #AIart
#cthulhu #lovecraftian #horror #bureaucracy #filmnoir #AIart
December 13, 2023 at 8:15 AM
Of course Nyarlathotep would choose to return at 4.58 on a Friday. Still, if she could just avoid looking out the window for a minute and a half, it would be the weekend duty officer’s problem. 
#cthulhu #lovecraftian #horror #bureaucracy #filmnoir #AIart
#cthulhu #lovecraftian #horror #bureaucracy #filmnoir #AIart
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An aggressively reasonable analysis from the IFS
ifs.org.uk/articles/inh...
ifs.org.uk/articles/inh...
Inheritance tax and farms | Institute for Fiscal Studies
The Autumn 2024 Budget brought some agricultural property into inheritance tax. What are the changes? Who will be affected? Were they a good idea?
ifs.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 9:34 AM
An aggressively reasonable analysis from the IFS
ifs.org.uk/articles/inh...
ifs.org.uk/articles/inh...
I had an email this morning asking me to verify my email address for the petition to call another general election, which I did not sign! The idea that anyone except complete lunatics would want to go through yet another general election! Bad form trying to sign me up as well! Sneaky sneaky!
November 26, 2024 at 9:29 AM
I had an email this morning asking me to verify my email address for the petition to call another general election, which I did not sign! The idea that anyone except complete lunatics would want to go through yet another general election! Bad form trying to sign me up as well! Sneaky sneaky!
"Scientists need to recognize that bold presentation, dissemination, and support of scientific knowledge has become both a basic commitment and a political act." 👏👏👏
"Scientists as political advocates" | Must-read commentary in Science Magazine mentions my #ScienceUnderSiege co-author Dr. Peter Hotez and me in the context of the dual assault by the right on both climate and public health science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 22, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but while electric cars are great and all, what we really need is to design human landscapes that don’t rely so pathologically and obsessively on cars in the first place. You can’t car your way out of a geography problem.
November 21, 2024 at 1:23 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but while electric cars are great and all, what we really need is to design human landscapes that don’t rely so pathologically and obsessively on cars in the first place. You can’t car your way out of a geography problem.
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Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
November 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
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Killer kitties: a reminder that cats play a major role in wiping out wildlife. How?
By killing literally *billions* of native animals every year, driving numerous extinctions. 🌍
Cats are NOT 'part of nature'. If you must have one, keep it indoors.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
By killing literally *billions* of native animals every year, driving numerous extinctions. 🌍
Cats are NOT 'part of nature'. If you must have one, keep it indoors.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Killer kitties: cats are eating 2,000 species, including hundreds that are at risk
The first study to quantify what our felines eat on a global scale finds they have a significant impact on wildlife
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Killer kitties: a reminder that cats play a major role in wiping out wildlife. How?
By killing literally *billions* of native animals every year, driving numerous extinctions. 🌍
Cats are NOT 'part of nature'. If you must have one, keep it indoors.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
By killing literally *billions* of native animals every year, driving numerous extinctions. 🌍
Cats are NOT 'part of nature'. If you must have one, keep it indoors.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Interesting new paper by Maddy Kroot, who argues that "the slow work of public participation can in fact be the route to ‘fast policies’ for decarbonization when it fosters developer norms in line with community expectations for projects"
Redirecting
doi.org
November 20, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Interesting new paper by Maddy Kroot, who argues that "the slow work of public participation can in fact be the route to ‘fast policies’ for decarbonization when it fosters developer norms in line with community expectations for projects"
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could we maybe do a protest of people who are currently renting and can't afford to buy property and who also won't inherit enough to ever buy a place
November 19, 2024 at 1:55 PM
could we maybe do a protest of people who are currently renting and can't afford to buy property and who also won't inherit enough to ever buy a place
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds