Philip Bett-Williams
@pbett.bsky.social
Climate science & service development @MetOffice.bsky.social 2days/wk.
Dadding 8+days/wk.
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My tweets don't necessarily represent the views of my employer, or toddler.
Dadding 8+days/wk.
👨💻🌐📈 🚼
My tweets don't necessarily represent the views of my employer, or toddler.
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🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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So I'm going to watch all the Predator and Alien films. In chronological order according to setting.
Why?
Shut up, that's why.
Why?
Shut up, that's why.
a close up of a predator 's face with red lasers coming out of his eyes
ALT: a close up of a predator 's face with red lasers coming out of his eyes
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So I'm going to watch all the Predator and Alien films. In chronological order according to setting.
Why?
Shut up, that's why.
Why?
Shut up, that's why.
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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Here in the UK October was a dull month and slightly warmer than average. It was drier than normal overall but wetter in Northern Ireland, Western Scotland and south-east England. Here is the weather/climate summary #daatviz for the last year. #climatchange #globalwarming
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here in the UK October was a dull month and slightly warmer than average. It was drier than normal overall but wetter in Northern Ireland, Western Scotland and south-east England. Here is the weather/climate summary #daatviz for the last year. #climatchange #globalwarming
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We're delighted that the National Autistic Society has recognised RAMM with their Autism Friendly award! 🎉
RAMM’s Accessibility Champions have been working hard to ensure that the museum is as accessible as possible for people with different needs.
Full story >> rammuseum.org.uk/news/exeters...
RAMM’s Accessibility Champions have been working hard to ensure that the museum is as accessible as possible for people with different needs.
Full story >> rammuseum.org.uk/news/exeters...
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We're delighted that the National Autistic Society has recognised RAMM with their Autism Friendly award! 🎉
RAMM’s Accessibility Champions have been working hard to ensure that the museum is as accessible as possible for people with different needs.
Full story >> rammuseum.org.uk/news/exeters...
RAMM’s Accessibility Champions have been working hard to ensure that the museum is as accessible as possible for people with different needs.
Full story >> rammuseum.org.uk/news/exeters...
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About 1000 attended the Exeter is for Everyone celebration of diversity today. A powerful event.
October 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
About 1000 attended the Exeter is for Everyone celebration of diversity today. A powerful event.
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The frogs have made it to Exeter.
October 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The frogs have made it to Exeter.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Exeter is for everyone!
Anti-fascist counter-protest earlier today.
Anti-fascist counter-protest earlier today.
October 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Exeter is for everyone!
Anti-fascist counter-protest earlier today.
Anti-fascist counter-protest earlier today.
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Exeter is for Everyone ❤️
The far right tried to intimidate and sow hatred. Devon showed them what community looks like.
The far right tried to intimidate and sow hatred. Devon showed them what community looks like.
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Exeter is for Everyone ❤️
The far right tried to intimidate and sow hatred. Devon showed them what community looks like.
The far right tried to intimidate and sow hatred. Devon showed them what community looks like.
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Well done people of Exeter for turning up and opposing the far right marching on our streets. My Swiss immigrant wife and I met several other non-Brits today who have made their home here and who were also part of the "This is what community looks like" brigade.
October 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Well done people of Exeter for turning up and opposing the far right marching on our streets. My Swiss immigrant wife and I met several other non-Brits today who have made their home here and who were also part of the "This is what community looks like" brigade.
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Fulfilling day @wmo-global.bsky.social congress including a reception at the UK mission to share the work we did on the Parliamentarians’ Guide to climate change and later hearing Secretary General Guterres recognise that WMO has been at the forefront of the fight for science and truth
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fulfilling day @wmo-global.bsky.social congress including a reception at the UK mission to share the work we did on the Parliamentarians’ Guide to climate change and later hearing Secretary General Guterres recognise that WMO has been at the forefront of the fight for science and truth
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We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
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Each month in the Central England Temperature series has warmed rapidly in the last 30 years. Here is a #dataviz showing 30 year average temperature since 1800 for each month. #climatechange #globalwarming
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Each month in the Central England Temperature series has warmed rapidly in the last 30 years. Here is a #dataviz showing 30 year average temperature since 1800 for each month. #climatechange #globalwarming
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(Sorry. I am annoyed by The Guardian's war on ultraprocessed foods, not because an ultraprocessed diet is in your best interests (it isn't. Eat vegetables!), but because the Guardian is making spurious arguments as to why.
The main dietary driver of environmental impact is animal products!)
The main dietary driver of environmental impact is animal products!)
October 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
(Sorry. I am annoyed by The Guardian's war on ultraprocessed foods, not because an ultraprocessed diet is in your best interests (it isn't. Eat vegetables!), but because the Guardian is making spurious arguments as to why.
The main dietary driver of environmental impact is animal products!)
The main dietary driver of environmental impact is animal products!)
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question for the timeline
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
question for the timeline
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![[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]
1
SOCRATES:
Plato..
PLATO:
Yes Socrates?
2
SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?
PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates
3
SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?
PLATO:
Um, yep
4
SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then
5
[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]
SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?
6
PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel
7
SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.
PLATO:
No.
8
SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]
So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?
9
PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really
10
SOCRATES:
So are we not human?
PLATO:
‘Spose not.
11
[Bleak pause]
12
PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock
SOCRATES:
Yeah
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Here in the UK September was very slightly cooler than average, wet on the west side of the country and a bit sunnier than usual. Here is a climate/weather summary for the past year. #dataviz #globwarming #climatechange
October 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Here in the UK September was very slightly cooler than average, wet on the west side of the country and a bit sunnier than usual. Here is a climate/weather summary for the past year. #dataviz #globwarming #climatechange
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“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.
Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable
Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.
www.cnbc.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.
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When national flags sparked tensions, families, children and neighbours responded with something far stronger:
a city’s solidarity.
a city’s solidarity.
When patriotism turns sour, a city answers with kindness
After weeks of flag disputes, one city’s residents respond creatively – from children’s chalk to international flags – showing unity over division
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
When national flags sparked tensions, families, children and neighbours responded with something far stronger:
a city’s solidarity.
a city’s solidarity.
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The word in energy circles is that the UK passed a significant milestone yesterday: for one hour, Britain's entire domestic electricity demand was met entirely by clean sources.
September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The word in energy circles is that the UK passed a significant milestone yesterday: for one hour, Britain's entire domestic electricity demand was met entirely by clean sources.
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Experiencing the Silmarillion for the first time, and it's utterly bonkers in places, only barely disguised by florid prose.
There's vampires and werewolves? Just hanging about? In this super-serious ur-fantasy mythos?
And a dog who comes from Heaven Island and doesn't talk except sometimes.
There's vampires and werewolves? Just hanging about? In this super-serious ur-fantasy mythos?
And a dog who comes from Heaven Island and doesn't talk except sometimes.
September 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Experiencing the Silmarillion for the first time, and it's utterly bonkers in places, only barely disguised by florid prose.
There's vampires and werewolves? Just hanging about? In this super-serious ur-fantasy mythos?
And a dog who comes from Heaven Island and doesn't talk except sometimes.
There's vampires and werewolves? Just hanging about? In this super-serious ur-fantasy mythos?
And a dog who comes from Heaven Island and doesn't talk except sometimes.