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Atmospheric Physics PhD, working in IT during the day, climate intervention in the evening. Centre-left, green, parent, songwriter, joiner of dots. #RejoinEU #ClimateEmergency. Edinburgh, UK. Normally FB
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"António Guterres acknowledged it is now 'inevitable' that humanity will overshoot the target in the Paris climate agreement, with 'devastating consequences' for the world."
#COP30 #ClimateEmergency
#COP30 #ClimateEmergency
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
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Russia has joined the attack on the BBC. It's becoming clear that what is happening is not a criticism of a mistake by the BBC, but an international fascist attack on British democracy. You only have to see the extraordinary number of trolls unleashed on X to know that's what is happening.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Russia has joined the attack on the BBC. It's becoming clear that what is happening is not a criticism of a mistake by the BBC, but an international fascist attack on British democracy. You only have to see the extraordinary number of trolls unleashed on X to know that's what is happening.
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#wato, so amidst all the defending the bbc against accusations of its left bias, an item where a formal general argues for military impunity, followed by Laffer himself arguing for tax cuts! Without an opposing view. God, they make it hard to defend them…..
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#wato, so amidst all the defending the bbc against accusations of its left bias, an item where a formal general argues for military impunity, followed by Laffer himself arguing for tax cuts! Without an opposing view. God, they make it hard to defend them…..
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Absolutely disgusted to hear about the racism Wes Streeting mentions here directed at school children who were visiting Parliament.
He has taken the post down, rightly, to protect the children.
But it's wrong that he had to do it.
Disgusted with so many people in our country. Racism is never OK.
He has taken the post down, rightly, to protect the children.
But it's wrong that he had to do it.
Disgusted with so many people in our country. Racism is never OK.
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Absolutely disgusted to hear about the racism Wes Streeting mentions here directed at school children who were visiting Parliament.
He has taken the post down, rightly, to protect the children.
But it's wrong that he had to do it.
Disgusted with so many people in our country. Racism is never OK.
He has taken the post down, rightly, to protect the children.
But it's wrong that he had to do it.
Disgusted with so many people in our country. Racism is never OK.
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This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This kind of influence by a political appointee of the Johnson government, with a strong partisan record and reputation, appeared a Faustian pact imposed on the BBC by the government of the day. Its striking that this attempt continued after a change of government
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
"The Guardian has been told the board member that 'led the charge' over the letter’s claims was Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former comms chief who also helped to found GB News."
"'Robbie and his acolytes are organised and the other side is not,' one source said"
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
"'Robbie and his acolytes are organised and the other side is not,' one source said"
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"The Guardian has been told the board member that 'led the charge' over the letter’s claims was Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former comms chief who also helped to found GB News."
"'Robbie and his acolytes are organised and the other side is not,' one source said"
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
"'Robbie and his acolytes are organised and the other side is not,' one source said"
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
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Just wtf is this?
I can’t think of many more unifying causes than standing up for the BBC against this absurd threat from Trump.
And Farage will be on his side, snivelling along like the school-bully-errand-boy that he is. Traitorous little bastard.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
I can’t think of many more unifying causes than standing up for the BBC against this absurd threat from Trump.
And Farage will be on his side, snivelling along like the school-bully-errand-boy that he is. Traitorous little bastard.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
Donald Trump Preparing To Sue BBC For £1 Billion Over Panorama Speech Row
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just wtf is this?
I can’t think of many more unifying causes than standing up for the BBC against this absurd threat from Trump.
And Farage will be on his side, snivelling along like the school-bully-errand-boy that he is. Traitorous little bastard.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
I can’t think of many more unifying causes than standing up for the BBC against this absurd threat from Trump.
And Farage will be on his side, snivelling along like the school-bully-errand-boy that he is. Traitorous little bastard.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
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Ed Davey about traitorous Putin's pet Farage: He is basically teaming up with Trump to criticize the BBC, it's shocking & unpatriotic. It shows he wants Trump's America, with his attacks on free media, coming to the UK.. election interference has come from Farage's friend... Putin.. #ukpolitics
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ed Davey about traitorous Putin's pet Farage: He is basically teaming up with Trump to criticize the BBC, it's shocking & unpatriotic. It shows he wants Trump's America, with his attacks on free media, coming to the UK.. election interference has come from Farage's friend... Putin.. #ukpolitics
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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is there collective amnesia among hard right wing media and the bandwaggon jump ons that in December 23 the US Federal Appeals Court ruled Trump could be sued for inciting violence on 6th January? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Federal appeals court rules Trump can be sued for inciting violence on Jan. 6
A federal appeals court says lawsuits against Donald Trump brought by Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
is there collective amnesia among hard right wing media and the bandwaggon jump ons that in December 23 the US Federal Appeals Court ruled Trump could be sued for inciting violence on 6th January? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Despite the lack of a planet-warming El Niño event this year, 2025 has been the 2nd-warmest year on record for the year-to-date period, and is on track to end up as the 2nd- or 3rd-warmest year on record, behind only the El Niño-warmed years of 2024 and 2023:
October 2025 was the planet's third-warmest October on record » Yale Climate Connections
Only October 2023 and October 2024 were warmer.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Despite the lack of a planet-warming El Niño event this year, 2025 has been the 2nd-warmest year on record for the year-to-date period, and is on track to end up as the 2nd- or 3rd-warmest year on record, behind only the El Niño-warmed years of 2024 and 2023:
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The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
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"Tim Davie believes the BBC’s comedy output is seen as too one-sided, and unfairly biased against the Tories, Donald Trump and Brexit"
So one of the first things he did after getting his feet under the table was cancel the Mash Show, for criticising a prime minister whoended up leaving in disgrace.
So one of the first things he did after getting his feet under the table was cancel the Mash Show, for criticising a prime minister whoended up leaving in disgrace.
![Exclusive: BBC’s new boss threatens to axe Left-wing comedy shows
Tim Davie believes the BBC’s comedy output is seen as too one-sided, and unfairly biased against the Tories, Donald Trump and Brexit
[image of Tim Davie looking like a prize twat]
Tim Davie believes the BBC’s comedy output is seen as too one-sided and needs a radical overhaul in the coming months
31 August 2020
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/31/exclusive-bbcs-new-boss-threatens-axe-left-wing-comedy-shows/
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November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Tim Davie believes the BBC’s comedy output is seen as too one-sided, and unfairly biased against the Tories, Donald Trump and Brexit"
So one of the first things he did after getting his feet under the table was cancel the Mash Show, for criticising a prime minister whoended up leaving in disgrace.
So one of the first things he did after getting his feet under the table was cancel the Mash Show, for criticising a prime minister whoended up leaving in disgrace.
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See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
Robbie Gibb is the one that should be resigning from the #BBC. His personal bias is utterly blatant.
“That argument has been led by one board member Sir Robbie Gibb - a former BBC executive in charge of political programmes who became Prime Minister Theresa May’s Downing Street Director of Communications and one of those involved in the founding of GB News.”14/
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Robbie Gibb is the one that should be resigning from the #BBC. His personal bias is utterly blatant.
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Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
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Reminder that The Times ran two false stories last week (one made-up nonsense nicked from the Mail, another an interview with ther ex-mayor who wasn't) , both of which had to be withdrawn. No editors resigned.
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Reminder that The Times ran two false stories last week (one made-up nonsense nicked from the Mail, another an interview with ther ex-mayor who wasn't) , both of which had to be withdrawn. No editors resigned.
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
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Davie and Turness resign from the BBC, ironically after the Right whip up confected outrage about a Trump documentary.
Now there’s a chance to get someone sympathetic to the BBC into the top job.
Now there’s a chance to get someone sympathetic to the BBC into the top job.
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Deborah Turness, the CEO of news, says “mistakes have been made”.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Davie and Turness resign from the BBC, ironically after the Right whip up confected outrage about a Trump documentary.
Now there’s a chance to get someone sympathetic to the BBC into the top job.
Now there’s a chance to get someone sympathetic to the BBC into the top job.
Share a TV series from the 1960s you love. 📺
Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Share a TV series from the 1960s you love. 📺
Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds
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Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)