Tim Smedley
@timsmedley.bsky.social
That environmental writer. Editor of The New Climate (medium.com/the-new-climate). Author of The Last Drop (https://a.co/d/i5grqa9) & Clearing the Air (https://a.co/d/6AynmFZ). Climate columnist for @prospectmagazine.co.uk (https://shorturl.at/eCU5h).
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Tim Smedley
@timsmedley.bsky.social
· May 30
Why isn’t it raining?
One statistic helps us understand climate change—and why we are lurching from droughts to floods to droughts again
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
If you're wondering 'WTF is going on with the weather?!', wherever you are in the world, my latest climate column for @prospectmagazine.co.uk explains it.
(Headline could equally be "why is it raining so much?")
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
(Headline could equally be "why is it raining so much?")
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
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Join skamugasa.bsky.social as he navigates the intricacies of humanity, leadership, and citizenship. With a rich perspective shaped by his diverse background, these discussions aim to inspire positive change and uncover coherent solutions to complex challenges.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Join skamugasa.bsky.social as he navigates the intricacies of humanity, leadership, and citizenship. With a rich perspective shaped by his diverse background, these discussions aim to inspire positive change and uncover coherent solutions to complex challenges.
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Anybody want a laugh?
The MOD constantly fly their jets over Norfolk.
Their response to a complaint:
- military aircraft emissions don't cause climate change
- they are diluted anyway
- 0.5% of our fuel is from crops that destroy rainforests
The MOD constantly fly their jets over Norfolk.
Their response to a complaint:
- military aircraft emissions don't cause climate change
- they are diluted anyway
- 0.5% of our fuel is from crops that destroy rainforests
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Anybody want a laugh?
The MOD constantly fly their jets over Norfolk.
Their response to a complaint:
- military aircraft emissions don't cause climate change
- they are diluted anyway
- 0.5% of our fuel is from crops that destroy rainforests
The MOD constantly fly their jets over Norfolk.
Their response to a complaint:
- military aircraft emissions don't cause climate change
- they are diluted anyway
- 0.5% of our fuel is from crops that destroy rainforests
Founder of Avaaz Ricken Patel would never have contemplated geoengineering when he fought for The Paris Agreement at COP21. But now, by #COP30, he's actively pursuing it. What changed? "The climate", he tells me, for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
Scientists want to block out the sun. How worried should we be?
Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Founder of Avaaz Ricken Patel would never have contemplated geoengineering when he fought for The Paris Agreement at COP21. But now, by #COP30, he's actively pursuing it. What changed? "The climate", he tells me, for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
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The fact that rich people are buying up the media and politicians, and using up the remaining carbon budget is very bad for everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The fact that rich people are buying up the media and politicians, and using up the remaining carbon budget is very bad for everyone.
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CEO of Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management: "There is a very low level of ecological literacy being displayed by ministers. Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing. Nothing."
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
CEO of Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management: "There is a very low level of ecological literacy being displayed by ministers. Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing. Nothing."
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
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Walking round with a kitten, shoving it in peoples faces saying “timeline cleanse”.
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Walking round with a kitten, shoving it in peoples faces saying “timeline cleanse”.
Geoengineering talk is like a bad smell that won't go away. Now serious people I admire are saying we should consider it. And the UK government. What's going on? I take a look for @prospectmagazine.co.uk #Climate
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
Scientists want to block out the sun. How worried should we be?
Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Geoengineering talk is like a bad smell that won't go away. Now serious people I admire are saying we should consider it. And the UK government. What's going on? I take a look for @prospectmagazine.co.uk #Climate
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
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First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
X is designed to radicalise people.
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The algorithm promotes Elon Musk's agenda to promote racists and people who want violence bought - specifically - to the streets of Britain.
Members of Parliament, major institutions and the media should not be there.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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A very clear and easy to understand example. A diesel and electric car park side by side.
Photo credit: nextmove
Photo credit: nextmove
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A very clear and easy to understand example. A diesel and electric car park side by side.
Photo credit: nextmove
Photo credit: nextmove
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Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%.
This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%.
This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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The Paris 1.5°C target is toast, so people are scrambling for radical solutions. @timsmedley.bsky.social investigates whether geoengineering could be one of them—or if it’s too risky.
Scientists want to block out the sun. How worried should we be?
Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Paris 1.5°C target is toast, so people are scrambling for radical solutions. @timsmedley.bsky.social investigates whether geoengineering could be one of them—or if it’s too risky.
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"Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"
"Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"
Are the advocates for net zero losing the fight?
The cost of misunderstanding: How public perception shapes the net zero debate
fgsglobal.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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"Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"
"Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"
UK followers - @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social have put together a simple form to email your MP to vote on vital Amendment to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to protect nature. Only takes a minute:
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...
Email your MP. Amendment 130 would make sure the new planning systems works for, not against nature.demand they keep amendment 130 in the Bill
It's now or never. This is the last chance to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Email your MP to keep amendment 130 in the Bill.
action.wildlifetrusts.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
UK followers - @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social have put together a simple form to email your MP to vote on vital Amendment to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to protect nature. Only takes a minute:
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...
action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...
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With #BonfireNight around the corner, it's important to remember that pre-prepared stacks of wood can look like cosy hibernation spots for wildlife 🦔😴
Here are our three tips to help you make your bonfires more wildlife friendly. Please save & share! 😄
Check your bonfires before you light them. 🔥
Here are our three tips to help you make your bonfires more wildlife friendly. Please save & share! 😄
Check your bonfires before you light them. 🔥
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
With #BonfireNight around the corner, it's important to remember that pre-prepared stacks of wood can look like cosy hibernation spots for wildlife 🦔😴
Here are our three tips to help you make your bonfires more wildlife friendly. Please save & share! 😄
Check your bonfires before you light them. 🔥
Here are our three tips to help you make your bonfires more wildlife friendly. Please save & share! 😄
Check your bonfires before you light them. 🔥
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Three hours of free electricity every day in Australia for retail consumers, thanks to solar.
This means those without solar panels benefit from solar!
Abundance. Affordable, to say the least. Clean electricity.
#energysky
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This means those without solar panels benefit from solar!
Abundance. Affordable, to say the least. Clean electricity.
#energysky
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Three hours of free electricity every day in Australia for retail consumers, thanks to solar.
This means those without solar panels benefit from solar!
Abundance. Affordable, to say the least. Clean electricity.
#energysky
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This means those without solar panels benefit from solar!
Abundance. Affordable, to say the least. Clean electricity.
#energysky
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
Scientists want to block out the sun. How worried should we be?
Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Geoengineering is becoming more accepted as part of the climate solution. But many great and unknown risks remain, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
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Gaza: "Palestinians have started to dig through 61 million tons of debris, 20 times more than the combined mass of all debris generated by conflicts since 2008. Underneath, **at least** 10,000 people are thought to be buried."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The grim task of recovering thousands of bodies from the rubble of Gaza
Relatives and experts tell of the human and societal need to find and identify the dead, while images and data shed light on the scale of the job
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Gaza: "Palestinians have started to dig through 61 million tons of debris, 20 times more than the combined mass of all debris generated by conflicts since 2008. Underneath, **at least** 10,000 people are thought to be buried."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, @benjamin-clark.bsky.social takes the Times to task for interviewing the wrong Bill de Blasio. Plus, geoengineering, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Philip Pullman.
The wrong Bill de Blasio
Plus: is geoengineering just wishful thinking?
prospectmagazine.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, @benjamin-clark.bsky.social takes the Times to task for interviewing the wrong Bill de Blasio. Plus, geoengineering, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and Philip Pullman.
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My god, never show this haul to a British child. They'd be riots!
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My god, never show this haul to a British child. They'd be riots!
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
9
[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
10
MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
11
[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
12
[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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The UK is among the most nature depleted counties in the world. A horrendous fact. Can you help reverse this by donating some cash to help the Wildlife Trusts buy the enormous Rothbury Estate so they can bring back wildlife? www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
Donate to Secure the Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The UK is among the most nature depleted counties in the world. A horrendous fact. Can you help reverse this by donating some cash to help the Wildlife Trusts buy the enormous Rothbury Estate so they can bring back wildlife? www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
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"We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating power."
"In just nine months, the US has been dragged towards an authoritarian abyss."
https://bit.ly/4nxK4Tw
"In just nine months, the US has been dragged towards an authoritarian abyss."
https://bit.ly/4nxK4Tw
From CBS to TikTok, US media are falling to Trump’s allies. This is how democracy crumbles | Owen Jones
We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating power, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating power."
"In just nine months, the US has been dragged towards an authoritarian abyss."
https://bit.ly/4nxK4Tw
"In just nine months, the US has been dragged towards an authoritarian abyss."
https://bit.ly/4nxK4Tw