Polly Math
@stuntbuzzard.bsky.social
Scientist, Artist, Photographer, Naturalist.
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Staggering numbers of people impacted as Indonesia takes its turn in the crosshairs of climate change driven extreme weather
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
One million people evacuated in Indonesia as death toll from floods surpasses 600
In Indonesia, 3.2 million people have been affected by the floods, while 2,600 have been injured and 472 people remain missing
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Staggering numbers of people impacted as Indonesia takes its turn in the crosshairs of climate change driven extreme weather
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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More drivel from the PM
Mr Starmer - you don't understand politics, you don't understand the voting public, you don't understand the early 21st century world - and you haven't a clue about climate breakdown and the storm that is coming
You are hopeless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Mr Starmer - you don't understand politics, you don't understand the voting public, you don't understand the early 21st century world - and you haven't a clue about climate breakdown and the storm that is coming
You are hopeless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Keir Starmer says
Exclusive: PM hits back at critics as he insists Rachel Reeves right to impose £26bn worth of tax rises at budget
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
More drivel from the PM
Mr Starmer - you don't understand politics, you don't understand the voting public, you don't understand the early 21st century world - and you haven't a clue about climate breakdown and the storm that is coming
You are hopeless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Mr Starmer - you don't understand politics, you don't understand the voting public, you don't understand the early 21st century world - and you haven't a clue about climate breakdown and the storm that is coming
You are hopeless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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As we get ready for another COP cop-out, bring back the positive vibes by pre-ordering a copy of CLIMATE COLLAPSE? CALLS TO ACTION FROM AROUND THE WORLD 😀👍💪
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Climate Collapse? Calls to Action From Around the World EBook — Arkbound
In 'Climate Collapse? Calls to Action from Around the World', diverse global authors have come together to share their perspectives and solutions regarding the climate crisis and the deeper ecol...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
As we get ready for another COP cop-out, bring back the positive vibes by pre-ordering a copy of CLIMATE COLLAPSE? CALLS TO ACTION FROM AROUND THE WORLD 😀👍💪
www.arkbound.com/bookshop/p/c...
www.arkbound.com/bookshop/p/c...
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"thanks, we'll take it from here..."
I can't emphasize this too much. Scientists who may be well intentioned and favor solar geoengineering research because "it's just research" and do not approve of deployment will not be the ones who decide whether to deploy whatever ... www.gravityisgone.com/letting-sili...
Letting Silicon Valley Geoengineer the Atmosphere Will End Badly
We already have plenty of evidence of what happens when things better left to governments — which in this case might decide to never flip the switch at all — are ceded to private industry.
www.gravityisgone.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"thanks, we'll take it from here..."
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This has to be sorted NOW
Climate breakdown will only make the situation worse -much worse
No soil, no food, no people
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate breakdown will only make the situation worse -much worse
No soil, no food, no people
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
European and British soils seriously degraded by intensive farming
Experts found 60% of the EU’s agricultural soils had been degraded, with about 40% similarly damaged in the UK
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This has to be sorted NOW
Climate breakdown will only make the situation worse -much worse
No soil, no food, no people
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate breakdown will only make the situation worse -much worse
No soil, no food, no people
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Like millions this morning, I have woken - not in the UK, but in #Reformland A far-right Trumpian state within a state
In our part - Derbyshire - the new regime plans, on its first day, to shut all libraries and sack anyone working on nature, climate or diversity
The fight-back starts here
In our part - Derbyshire - the new regime plans, on its first day, to shut all libraries and sack anyone working on nature, climate or diversity
The fight-back starts here
May 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Like millions this morning, I have woken - not in the UK, but in #Reformland A far-right Trumpian state within a state
In our part - Derbyshire - the new regime plans, on its first day, to shut all libraries and sack anyone working on nature, climate or diversity
The fight-back starts here
In our part - Derbyshire - the new regime plans, on its first day, to shut all libraries and sack anyone working on nature, climate or diversity
The fight-back starts here
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3.2 million households worse off, but not the households of the 50 UK families worth a cumulative total of half a trillion £
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour MPs condemn Rachel Reeves’s ‘unacceptable’ welfare cuts
Backbenchers express anger as impact assessment shows 3.2 million households will be worse off
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
3.2 million households worse off, but not the households of the 50 UK families worth a cumulative total of half a trillion £
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The 2024 state of the climate report: a report by leading international scientists on recent trends in planetary vital signs.
(Ignore at your peril.)
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(Ignore at your peril.)
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
March 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The 2024 state of the climate report: a report by leading international scientists on recent trends in planetary vital signs.
(Ignore at your peril.)
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
(Ignore at your peril.)
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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The reason so much has to be spent on benefits for those in work is because companies have been allowed to get away with spending less and less on wages
The taxpayer is effectively subsidising the corporate sector, which is getting away with murder
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The taxpayer is effectively subsidising the corporate sector, which is getting away with murder
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘I’m not a scrounger – I work, but would struggle without benefits’
People on long-term sickness and disability benefits have told the BBC they fear how cuts will affect them.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The reason so much has to be spent on benefits for those in work is because companies have been allowed to get away with spending less and less on wages
The taxpayer is effectively subsidising the corporate sector, which is getting away with murder
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The taxpayer is effectively subsidising the corporate sector, which is getting away with murder
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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So much utter bullsh*t from Badenoch today that it's hard to know where to start
She has no clue whatsoever about #climate breakdown and the catastrophic consequences already lockin-in
Dangerously stupid and ignorant
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She has no clue whatsoever about #climate breakdown and the catastrophic consequences already lockin-in
Dangerously stupid and ignorant
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Net Zero by 2050 'impossible' for UK, says Kemi Badenoch
The Conservative leader says the target is impossible
www.bbc.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
So much utter bullsh*t from Badenoch today that it's hard to know where to start
She has no clue whatsoever about #climate breakdown and the catastrophic consequences already lockin-in
Dangerously stupid and ignorant
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She has no clue whatsoever about #climate breakdown and the catastrophic consequences already lockin-in
Dangerously stupid and ignorant
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This woman is certifiably insane
She should be in a padded cell, not leader of one of the principal political parties of Great Britain
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
She should be in a padded cell, not leader of one of the principal political parties of Great Britain
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Kemi Badenoch says ‘western civilisation will be lost’ if Tory party fails
Conservative leader calls ‘pronouns, diversity policies and climate activism’ a ‘poison’ in speech at rightwing event
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This woman is certifiably insane
She should be in a padded cell, not leader of one of the principal political parties of Great Britain
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
She should be in a padded cell, not leader of one of the principal political parties of Great Britain
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Richard Tice, you are a fu*king idiot
Simple as that
Simple as that
Reform UK’s Richard Tice says it’s ‘absolute garbage’ to say human activities are the main cause of climate change
Heaven help us
Heaven help us
February 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Richard Tice, you are a fu*king idiot
Simple as that
Simple as that
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Expect much more of this as staple crop yields are hammered by exploding extreme weather in the years ahead
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soar
Agriculture minister says rising prices have ‘had a significant impact on people’s lives’ amid record heat, surges in demand and distribution problems
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Expect much more of this as staple crop yields are hammered by exploding extreme weather in the years ahead
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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One law for protesting farmers - another for climate protesters
The reason is simple
The government is not scared of farmers, but is terrified of climate protestors
Because they know they tell the truth - and the truth must not be heard
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
The reason is simple
The government is not scared of farmers, but is terrified of climate protestors
Because they know they tell the truth - and the truth must not be heard
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Hundreds of tractors block Westminster
Farmers from across the UK protesting in London against changes to inheritance tax.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
One law for protesting farmers - another for climate protesters
The reason is simple
The government is not scared of farmers, but is terrified of climate protestors
Because they know they tell the truth - and the truth must not be heard
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
The reason is simple
The government is not scared of farmers, but is terrified of climate protestors
Because they know they tell the truth - and the truth must not be heard
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Brave New World.
The US sliding down into an authoritarian oligarchy.
The US sliding down into an authoritarian oligarchy.
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Brave New World.
The US sliding down into an authoritarian oligarchy.
The US sliding down into an authoritarian oligarchy.
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Profoundly important essay
By constantly reacting to Trump’s fascist acts, we are losing our minds
We must instead find passions of our own, imagine a better world, and mobilize & organize
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
By constantly reacting to Trump’s fascist acts, we are losing our minds
We must instead find passions of our own, imagine a better world, and mobilize & organize
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Profoundly important essay
By constantly reacting to Trump’s fascist acts, we are losing our minds
We must instead find passions of our own, imagine a better world, and mobilize & organize
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
By constantly reacting to Trump’s fascist acts, we are losing our minds
We must instead find passions of our own, imagine a better world, and mobilize & organize
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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More pure insanity from the we build anywhere developers and as a consequence of Labour's poorly thought out housing blitz
I implore anyone buying a home - new or not - to check the flood risk first
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I implore anyone buying a home - new or not - to check the flood risk first
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones
Exclusive: Analysis suggests development in flood regions result of Labour push for 1.5m new homes in five years
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
More pure insanity from the we build anywhere developers and as a consequence of Labour's poorly thought out housing blitz
I implore anyone buying a home - new or not - to check the flood risk first
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I implore anyone buying a home - new or not - to check the flood risk first
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Criminal oil corporations have given up any pretence of switching to renewables, and are set on sucking up as much oil and gas as possible, before everything falls apart - as it inevitably will
No subsidies, no lending, no insurance
Shut them down
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
No subsidies, no lending, no insurance
Shut them down
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Norwegian firm lobbying to open Rosebank oilfield halves green investments
State-owned Equinor becomes latest fossil fuel firm to backtrack on clean energy pledges with move to halve budget to $5bn
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Criminal oil corporations have given up any pretence of switching to renewables, and are set on sucking up as much oil and gas as possible, before everything falls apart - as it inevitably will
No subsidies, no lending, no insurance
Shut them down
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
No subsidies, no lending, no insurance
Shut them down
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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January 20th 2025
The orange idiot and his South African henchman take power
And I leave Twitter (not X)
Now only posting here on @bsky.app
Feels good 😇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
The orange idiot and his South African henchman take power
And I leave Twitter (not X)
Now only posting here on @bsky.app
Feels good 😇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Trump announces slew of hardline executive actions on day one and attacks Biden over pre-emptive pardons – live
Trump airs familiar grievances in first speech of second term; Biden pardons members of his family before leaving office
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
January 20th 2025
The orange idiot and his South African henchman take power
And I leave Twitter (not X)
Now only posting here on @bsky.app
Feels good 😇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
The orange idiot and his South African henchman take power
And I leave Twitter (not X)
Now only posting here on @bsky.app
Feels good 😇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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After fossil fuel-fired hurricanes 🌀 Helene and 🌀 Milton ransack Southeast US & massive 🔥 🔥 burn down parts of LA, people cheer a fossil fuel president #Trump. Just surreal. 🤯
January 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
After fossil fuel-fired hurricanes 🌀 Helene and 🌀 Milton ransack Southeast US & massive 🔥 🔥 burn down parts of LA, people cheer a fossil fuel president #Trump. Just surreal. 🤯