Lara Williams
@lararhiannon.bsky.social
I write about climate change for @opinion.bsky.social and pursue the outdoors
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Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
train travel should be accessible to all x
Passengers on a high-speed train between Poland's two largest cities were taken by surprise when a sheep wearing a nappy began wandering through the carriages.
Sheep in nappy spotted on Polish high-speed train
notesfrompoland.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
train travel should be accessible to all x
Come for the headline, stay for the bears 🐻
Just one of the ways climate is pushing humans and wild animals closer together, and fostering conflict
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Just one of the ways climate is pushing humans and wild animals closer together, and fostering conflict
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Urban Bears Bring Fur and Loathing to Japan
In a seminal 1996 episode of The Simpsons, bear attacks lead to anger among the people of Springfield and the formation of Bear Patrol, a ludicrously over-the-top and over-funded response unit that pr...
www.bloomberg.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Come for the headline, stay for the bears 🐻
Just one of the ways climate is pushing humans and wild animals closer together, and fostering conflict
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Just one of the ways climate is pushing humans and wild animals closer together, and fostering conflict
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NEW: Children faced more risk of rare heart problems after Covid-19 infection than they did after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, a big three-year study of under-18s in England has found.
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Covid jab less likely than virus to cause rare heart issue in children
Largest study of its kind shows health risks of refusing vaccination
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
NEW: Children faced more risk of rare heart problems after Covid-19 infection than they did after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, a big three-year study of under-18s in England has found.
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
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Some of the details in this piece make my blood boil www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Britain's next maternity scandal
A four-month investigation with Channel 4 News reveals harrowing failings at one of Britain's most prestigious hospitals
www.newstatesman.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Some of the details in this piece make my blood boil www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
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The soaring price of cocoa is forcing chocolate makers to cut its use. The creations are delicious, writes @lararhiannon.bsky.social, but there’s a downside, too ⬇️
I Saw a Vision of Chocolate’s Future in an Amsterdam Brownie
The real-life Willy Wonkas of confectionary are racing to cut the use of expensive cocoa. Their creations are delicious, but there’s a downside, too.
www.bloomberg.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The soaring price of cocoa is forcing chocolate makers to cut its use. The creations are delicious, writes @lararhiannon.bsky.social, but there’s a downside, too ⬇️
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In an op-ed for TR, @davidkeith.bsky.social & @danvisioni.bsky.social voice deep concerns about Stardust & other for-profits racing into solar geoengineering — and asserting claims that, they argue, the science doesn't support.
Why the for-profit race into solar geoengineering is bad for science and public trust
Two scientists argue that the growing commercial efforts to counter climate change by reflecting away sunlight will thwart responsible research in the field.
www.technologyreview.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In an op-ed for TR, @davidkeith.bsky.social & @danvisioni.bsky.social voice deep concerns about Stardust & other for-profits racing into solar geoengineering — and asserting claims that, they argue, the science doesn't support.
The John Lewis Christmas ad just seems like a rip off of Aftersun to me www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc5S...
Watch the 2025 John Lewis Christmas advert
YouTube video by Guardian News
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November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The John Lewis Christmas ad just seems like a rip off of Aftersun to me www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc5S...
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Is this the end of chocolate as you know it? @lararhiannon.bsky.social went to an Amsterdam lab to find out: bloom.bg/4hI1Fqj
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is this the end of chocolate as you know it? @lararhiannon.bsky.social went to an Amsterdam lab to find out: bloom.bg/4hI1Fqj
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
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Shamed by how well the pomodoro method works. Am basically a trained lab rat with no self control 🍅
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Shamed by how well the pomodoro method works. Am basically a trained lab rat with no self control 🍅
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as #climatecrisis warms country
- only Antarctica now free of the insects
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- only Antarctica now free of the insects
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as #climatecrisis warms country
- only Antarctica now free of the insects
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- only Antarctica now free of the insects
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I've got a peanut allergy and I often wonder whether things would be different if the advice when I was a baby was different.
Needless to say if I have a baby I'll be packing them off to get fed peanut butter from an early age (just away from me!)
Needless to say if I have a baby I'll be packing them off to get fed peanut butter from an early age (just away from me!)
The results of a US study offer striking evidence of the life-saving impact of medical guidelines introduced in 2015 on.ft.com/472u5Yw
October 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I've got a peanut allergy and I often wonder whether things would be different if the advice when I was a baby was different.
Needless to say if I have a baby I'll be packing them off to get fed peanut butter from an early age (just away from me!)
Needless to say if I have a baby I'll be packing them off to get fed peanut butter from an early age (just away from me!)
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“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
we're so cooked www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...
Here’s how TikTok ‘power users’ end up scrolling 4 hours a day or more
Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
we're so cooked www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/int...
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Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea
October 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea
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Whisper: Maybe we should stop messing with the radiative balance of Earth.
Plan to Reflect Sunlight to Power Solar Panels at Night Upsets Astronomers
Reflect Orbital aims to launch its first of a planned 4,000 satellites into orbit next year. Scientists worry that it would be “ruinous” for research.
www.bloomberg.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Whisper: Maybe we should stop messing with the radiative balance of Earth.
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Hey Colossal - spend some of your money on saving this real bird!
Conservationists are calling for urgent global funding to save Samoa's Tooth-billed Pigeon, a Critically Endangered species often referred to as 'little dodo':
Funding urgently needed to save Samoa's 'little dodo' from extinction
Samoa's Critically Endangered Tooth-billed Pigeon, or 'little dodo', is facing imminent extinction due to deforestation, hunting and invasive species, reports BirdGuides. Conservationists warn that without urgent international funding for large-scale forest protection and monitoring, this unique and elusive bird could vanish forever. Tooth-billed Pigeon is one of the world's most evolutionarily distinct birds, yet remains poorly known, with no clear wild photographs and few recent sightings.
bit.ly
October 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Hey Colossal - spend some of your money on saving this real bird!
I wrote about this for @opinion.bloomberg.com.
A key point: Cloud seeding can only enhance whatever moisture is already there. UAE officials say that it can increase rainfall rates by about 10-30% a year. So even if it played a role, a huge amount of rain was due to fall anyway
A key point: Cloud seeding can only enhance whatever moisture is already there. UAE officials say that it can increase rainfall rates by about 10-30% a year. So even if it played a role, a huge amount of rain was due to fall anyway
October 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I wrote about this for @opinion.bloomberg.com.
A key point: Cloud seeding can only enhance whatever moisture is already there. UAE officials say that it can increase rainfall rates by about 10-30% a year. So even if it played a role, a huge amount of rain was due to fall anyway
A key point: Cloud seeding can only enhance whatever moisture is already there. UAE officials say that it can increase rainfall rates by about 10-30% a year. So even if it played a role, a huge amount of rain was due to fall anyway
Despite Jane Goodall's incredible efforts, the great apes are still in dire straits.
Humans are eating chimpanzees to death, and killing them with our viruses
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Humans are eating chimpanzees to death, and killing them with our viruses
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Without Jane Goodall, Chimps Need New Champions — Us
There’s probably no single person who has done as much for chimpanzees as the late Jane Goodall. One of the great British exponents of conservation — the other being the esteemed 99-year-old David Att...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Despite Jane Goodall's incredible efforts, the great apes are still in dire straits.
Humans are eating chimpanzees to death, and killing them with our viruses
free link from @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Humans are eating chimpanzees to death, and killing them with our viruses
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Jane Goodall did so much for chimpanzees. Perhaps most important was the way she helped us see that our closest relatives were deeply intelligent, sentient beings with emotions and unique personalities
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Without Jane Goodall, Chimps Need New Champions — Us
There’s probably no single person who has done as much for chimpanzees as the late Jane Goodall. One of the great British exponents of conservation — the other being the esteemed 99-year-old David Att...
www.bloomberg.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Jane Goodall did so much for chimpanzees. Perhaps most important was the way she helped us see that our closest relatives were deeply intelligent, sentient beings with emotions and unique personalities
🎁free to read via @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
🎁free to read via @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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Bloody solar panels, cluttering up the countryside and preventing desertification while providing clean energy and growing food.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
China is halting the expansion of the gobi desert by planting goji berries beneath solar panels.
The shade reduces heat and water stress on the plants.
Excellent
China is halting the expansion of the gobi desert by planting goji berries beneath solar panels.
The shade reduces heat and water stress on the plants.
Excellent
China enlists solar panels in war to halt desert sands
In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Bloody solar panels, cluttering up the countryside and preventing desertification while providing clean energy and growing food.