James Daly
@jamesdaly93.bsky.social
Sustainability professional & occasional academic. Working in HE, focused on Water, Energy and Carbon. Wales fan, Arsenal fan, cyclist and random rambler. Views my own.
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hey remember when a rich ceo died then when they caught the suspect they made a circus of it like they found osama bin laden and charged him with terrorism but less than weeks ago two democrat lawmakers and their spouses were shot as literal assassination to shift control and everyone already forgot
June 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
hey remember when a rich ceo died then when they caught the suspect they made a circus of it like they found osama bin laden and charged him with terrorism but less than weeks ago two democrat lawmakers and their spouses were shot as literal assassination to shift control and everyone already forgot
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Week of sweltering US heat – is this the new normal in a warming world?
Ummm yes, have you not been listening?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ummm yes, have you not been listening?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Week of sweltering US heat – is this the new normal in a warming world?
Experts say brutal temperatures across much of US set to become more common as planet continues to heat up
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Week of sweltering US heat – is this the new normal in a warming world?
Ummm yes, have you not been listening?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ummm yes, have you not been listening?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Other countries have already been taking steps to attract US academics, the UK should take this opportunity to entice the best and brightest from the US to boost UK industries, academia, business, and Tax income!
To seize the opportunity presented by America’s brain drain, the UK government must ease the path for the right talent to come in while still keeping overall migration figures down. It’s a race — not just for prestige, but for growth and security https://on.ft.com/3G0bbqG
June 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Other countries have already been taking steps to attract US academics, the UK should take this opportunity to entice the best and brightest from the US to boost UK industries, academia, business, and Tax income!
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I case you are still fence sitting about the USA...
Imagine the uproar if this was a Canadian in Chinese government custody. Wait... We don't even need to imagine. There's recent cases.
Imagine the uproar if this was a Canadian in Chinese government custody. Wait... We don't even need to imagine. There's recent cases.
A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.
June 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I case you are still fence sitting about the USA...
Imagine the uproar if this was a Canadian in Chinese government custody. Wait... We don't even need to imagine. There's recent cases.
Imagine the uproar if this was a Canadian in Chinese government custody. Wait... We don't even need to imagine. There's recent cases.
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This is Farage to a T. Nowhere to be seen when the adults talk, but somehow manages to continually get media space. The media need to call him out for the fraud he is.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage missed debate on Brexit reset because he is holidaying abroad
The Reform UK leader, who has made at least nine trips abroad since general election, will return to UK next week
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is Farage to a T. Nowhere to be seen when the adults talk, but somehow manages to continually get media space. The media need to call him out for the fraud he is.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.
May 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.
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“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com
What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse
The concept is called induced demand, which is economist-speak for when increasing the supply of something (like roads) makes people want that thing even more. Though some traffic engineers made note ...
www.wired.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Remember, when Barcelona eliminated 3 lanes of vehicle traffic & converted this street into a 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid, businesses sued. They actually won. But by decision-time, the businesses had decided they actually like it.
citylabbcn.org/the-legal-at...
citylabbcn.org/the-legal-at...
April 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Remember, when Barcelona eliminated 3 lanes of vehicle traffic & converted this street into a 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid, businesses sued. They actually won. But by decision-time, the businesses had decided they actually like it.
citylabbcn.org/the-legal-at...
citylabbcn.org/the-legal-at...
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🚨 | The deadline to register to vote in time for the 2025 Local Elections is midnight TONIGHT.
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www.gov.uk/register-to-...
Register to vote
Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.
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April 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🚨 | The deadline to register to vote in time for the 2025 Local Elections is midnight TONIGHT.
www.gov.uk/register-to-...
www.gov.uk/register-to-...
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
I'm not her biggest fan, but the news articles attacking #RachelReeves & making it seem like being out by a few months on LinkedIn is the worst thing she could do, seem to be forgetting, only a year ago there would have been a real scandal by lunch, & at least two more by the end of the day!
February 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm not her biggest fan, but the news articles attacking #RachelReeves & making it seem like being out by a few months on LinkedIn is the worst thing she could do, seem to be forgetting, only a year ago there would have been a real scandal by lunch, & at least two more by the end of the day!
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The more we invest in cycling infrastructure, the more people will ride & the better off we all will be #cycling #climatecrises
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The more we invest in cycling infrastructure, the more people will ride & the better off we all will be #cycling #climatecrises
Great news out of the USA today, Biden seems to be using at least some of his last days in office to get climate positive changes through www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Biden bans offshore drilling across huge area of US
President Biden has announced a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling along most of America's coastline.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Great news out of the USA today, Biden seems to be using at least some of his last days in office to get climate positive changes through www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I'm back in London. This still stands
I was in London at the weekend and it was fascinating* how many people want the convenience and proximity of living in a city yet drive a big SUV as though they're out in the countryside. It's amazing* how people don't see the contradictions of trying to live both lifestyles at once
*Appalling
*Appalling
January 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'm back in London. This still stands
What a night for Welsh football and the women's game! An incredibly tense last few minutes and full credit to Ireland for giving it everything, but for the first time Cymru Women have qualified for the Euro's!
December 4, 2024 at 7:19 AM
What a night for Welsh football and the women's game! An incredibly tense last few minutes and full credit to Ireland for giving it everything, but for the first time Cymru Women have qualified for the Euro's!
The UK government is under pressure from Ford & others to introduce incentives to buy EVs. I would much rather any incentives were focused on getting people out of cars & into more sustainable transport, which would be both more sustainable & better for most end users www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ford calls for incentives to buy electric cars as backlash grows
The government faces pressure from the industry to make changes to electric vehicle sales quotas.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 7:05 PM
The UK government is under pressure from Ford & others to introduce incentives to buy EVs. I would much rather any incentives were focused on getting people out of cars & into more sustainable transport, which would be both more sustainable & better for most end users www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is a huge failure of policy which has built in car dependency for many.
People have to be given choices about transport. Not everyone is able or wants to drive.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Planning rules have failed to link new homes to public transport, report finds
A decade of planning policy has achieved nothing, leaving millions of people still dependent on cars, study shows
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2024 at 7:12 AM
This is a huge failure of policy which has built in car dependency for many.
People have to be given choices about transport. Not everyone is able or wants to drive.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I, for one, missed this from U. Tennessee researchers: energy systems with higher levels of solar and wind are *less* likely to suffer blackouts and extreme weather vulnerability. This is consistent with recent studies from Europe.
Impacts of renewable energy resources on the weather vulnerability of power systems - Nature Energy
Renewable energy sources (RESs) are weather sensitive, raising questions about the vulnerability of high-penetration weather-dependent RES grids during extreme weather events. Here the authors find th...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2024 at 3:03 AM
I, for one, missed this from U. Tennessee researchers: energy systems with higher levels of solar and wind are *less* likely to suffer blackouts and extreme weather vulnerability. This is consistent with recent studies from Europe.
Managing large utility budgets requires staying up to date with global affairs. Trump having made it onto my risk register for increased prices, might (ironically) make it easier & more cost effective to decarbonise & justify energy conservation in the UK because gas prices will go up #silverlinings
November 7, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Managing large utility budgets requires staying up to date with global affairs. Trump having made it onto my risk register for increased prices, might (ironically) make it easier & more cost effective to decarbonise & justify energy conservation in the UK because gas prices will go up #silverlinings
The #budget hasn't been as carbon conscious as I had hoped, but increasing taxes on flights isn't a bad start! I was hoping to hear something on #tidal and more on #renewables generally
October 30, 2024 at 1:48 PM
The #budget hasn't been as carbon conscious as I had hoped, but increasing taxes on flights isn't a bad start! I was hoping to hear something on #tidal and more on #renewables generally
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Shared Responsibility.
Content done with The Biking Lawyer
Content done with The Biking Lawyer
October 29, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Shared Responsibility.
Content done with The Biking Lawyer
Content done with The Biking Lawyer
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Scientific American and Nature doing presidential endorsements while WaPo and LA Times sit it out, is quite a thing.
October 29, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Scientific American and Nature doing presidential endorsements while WaPo and LA Times sit it out, is quite a thing.
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NEW: “Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says. Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions & are a boon to businesses.”
And removing them would cost a lot & make traffic worse.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
And removing them would cost a lot & make traffic worse.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
October 23, 2024 at 12:42 AM
NEW: “Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says. Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions & are a boon to businesses.”
And removing them would cost a lot & make traffic worse.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
And removing them would cost a lot & make traffic worse.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...