Lara Williams
@lararhiannon.bsky.social
I write about climate change for @opinion.bsky.social and pursue the outdoors
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Trump: "I haven't been able to find any windfarms in China."
Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth
Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Trump: "I haven't been able to find any windfarms in China."
Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth
Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth
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Iceland at Davos
January 21, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Iceland at Davos
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The government of Iceland listening to this speech
a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls .
ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls .
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The government of Iceland listening to this speech
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It's happening Jim.
January 21, 2026 at 2:22 PM
It's happening Jim.
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BBC viewers can access Mark Rutte's inner monologue by pressing the red button.
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM
BBC viewers can access Mark Rutte's inner monologue by pressing the red button.
a cold and poorly located piece of ice
-- me when I drop an ice cube on the floor
-- me when I drop an ice cube on the floor
January 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
a cold and poorly located piece of ice
-- me when I drop an ice cube on the floor
-- me when I drop an ice cube on the floor
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Without America, "right now, you'd all be speaking German" Trump tells an audience in Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Without America, "right now, you'd all be speaking German" Trump tells an audience in Switzerland.
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It’s pretty clear by now that animal intelligence far surpasses that of humans.
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
It’s pretty clear by now that animal intelligence far surpasses that of humans.
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seems aggressively fine
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
seems aggressively fine
I love Veronika 🐄https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I love Veronika 🐄https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/19/back-scratching-cow-veronika-bovine-intelligence
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I’ve got a very rare Charizard Pokemon card if anyone wants to trade for a Nobel Peace Prize.
January 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I’ve got a very rare Charizard Pokemon card if anyone wants to trade for a Nobel Peace Prize.
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typical ai use case
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
typical ai use case
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Sebastian Raichon reaches the wall, becoming the 2026 winter Montane Spine Race winner! 🏆
268 miles & 39,000 feet of climb in awful conditions. An incredible achievement & an example of grit & determination. He confirmed it was indeed,brutal!
Huge congratulations Sebastian! 🙌🏻
#SpineRace
268 miles & 39,000 feet of climb in awful conditions. An incredible achievement & an example of grit & determination. He confirmed it was indeed,brutal!
Huge congratulations Sebastian! 🙌🏻
#SpineRace
January 15, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Sebastian Raichon reaches the wall, becoming the 2026 winter Montane Spine Race winner! 🏆
268 miles & 39,000 feet of climb in awful conditions. An incredible achievement & an example of grit & determination. He confirmed it was indeed,brutal!
Huge congratulations Sebastian! 🙌🏻
#SpineRace
268 miles & 39,000 feet of climb in awful conditions. An incredible achievement & an example of grit & determination. He confirmed it was indeed,brutal!
Huge congratulations Sebastian! 🙌🏻
#SpineRace
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The President's remarks yesterday - the lies that he told - were among the most disgraceful moments in his rancid time in the Oval Office.
The President's remarks yesterday - the lies that he told - were among the most disgraceful moments in his rancid time in the Oval Office.
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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The President's remarks yesterday - the lies that he told - were among the most disgraceful moments in his rancid time in the Oval Office.
The President's remarks yesterday - the lies that he told - were among the most disgraceful moments in his rancid time in the Oval Office.
Berlin's days-long power outage is a great advert for why we should be prepped with battery-powered radios, food and water
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love to Prep
With natural disasters increasing, stockpiling food and water and packing a grab-bag of necessities makes sense.
www.bloomberg.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Berlin's days-long power outage is a great advert for why we should be prepped with battery-powered radios, food and water
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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willing to bet that literally the last thing AI does is 'liberate women from unwanted chores'
Artificial intelligence will help millions of people in ways that do not appear in traditional economic statistics, says OpenAI’s chief economist ft.trib.al/toxh1Gq
January 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM
willing to bet that literally the last thing AI does is 'liberate women from unwanted chores'
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What Craig’s long life reveals about elephant conservation
That Craig died of natural causes is not a small detail. It is, by modern standards, an achievement. Elephants with tusks like his have been selected against by poachers for half a century.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/what...
That Craig died of natural causes is not a small detail. It is, by modern standards, an achievement. Elephants with tusks like his have been selected against by poachers for half a century.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/what...
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
What Craig’s long life reveals about elephant conservation
That Craig died of natural causes is not a small detail. It is, by modern standards, an achievement. Elephants with tusks like his have been selected against by poachers for half a century.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/what...
That Craig died of natural causes is not a small detail. It is, by modern standards, an achievement. Elephants with tusks like his have been selected against by poachers for half a century.
news.mongabay.com/2026/01/what...
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Just because you *can* install a solar panel under a goat doesn't mean you *should* install a solar panel under a goat.
I'm posting this for no other reason than goats
Well, solar's a pretty good reason, too
And also, solar is the GOAT
Well, solar's a pretty good reason, too
And also, solar is the GOAT
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Just because you *can* install a solar panel under a goat doesn't mean you *should* install a solar panel under a goat.
There's nothing more comforting to me than a Jane Austen tale. The drama is contained, the humour is gentle and the endings are happy.
But her real life was impacted by climate turmoil 🌋
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But her real life was impacted by climate turmoil 🌋
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Bankers Get a Dire Warning From Jane Austen's Final Book
Jane Austen’s novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Emma, continue to grip readers (and viewers) in her semiquincentennial year. Her enduring appeal may come from the comfort her stories bring, wi...
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
There's nothing more comforting to me than a Jane Austen tale. The drama is contained, the humour is gentle and the endings are happy.
But her real life was impacted by climate turmoil 🌋
Free link via @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
But her real life was impacted by climate turmoil 🌋
Free link via @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Jane Austen's final novel Persuasion was written in the shadow of a great volcanic eruption that cooled the earth and caused economic mayhem, including for her brother, a banker, writes
@lararhiannon.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@lararhiannon.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Bankers Get a Dire Warning From Jane Austen's Final Book
Jane Austen’s novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Emma, continue to grip readers (and viewers) in her semiquincentennial year. Her enduring appeal may come from the comfort her stories bring, wi...
www.bloomberg.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Jane Austen's final novel Persuasion was written in the shadow of a great volcanic eruption that cooled the earth and caused economic mayhem, including for her brother, a banker, writes
@lararhiannon.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@lararhiannon.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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One surprising piece of research I found when writing the book was that while the number of kids biking & walking to school has dropped by a lot since 1969, the number of kids living within a mile of their school has only gone down by about 15%.
This is obviously a, ah, provocative take on the subject, but it indeed an enormous societal problem that children have stopped walking or biking to school. There are plenty of individually rational reasons parents might drive their kids to school, but, in a wider context, no good reasons.
December 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
One surprising piece of research I found when writing the book was that while the number of kids biking & walking to school has dropped by a lot since 1969, the number of kids living within a mile of their school has only gone down by about 15%.
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TIL a new term for those in a similar situation to me*: "refugee scientist".
Guess I can add that to "US government scientific whistleblower".
"'the media in the USA has taken no interest" rings true
h/t @wpmueller.bsky.social for the story
*But obviously flying much higher than me
🐳🌍🦑🧪
Guess I can add that to "US government scientific whistleblower".
"'the media in the USA has taken no interest" rings true
h/t @wpmueller.bsky.social for the story
*But obviously flying much higher than me
🐳🌍🦑🧪
‘We need to rethink how we approach biodiversity’: an interview with IPCC ecologist and ‘refugee scientist’ Camille Parmesan
An ecologist at the IPCC for over 25 years, Camille Parmesan, who is also a refugee scientist, explains how to preserve biodiversity on a warming planet.
theconversation.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
TIL a new term for those in a similar situation to me*: "refugee scientist".
Guess I can add that to "US government scientific whistleblower".
"'the media in the USA has taken no interest" rings true
h/t @wpmueller.bsky.social for the story
*But obviously flying much higher than me
🐳🌍🦑🧪
Guess I can add that to "US government scientific whistleblower".
"'the media in the USA has taken no interest" rings true
h/t @wpmueller.bsky.social for the story
*But obviously flying much higher than me
🐳🌍🦑🧪