Jeroen Wouters
@woutersj.bsky.social
mathematics, sustainability, climate extremes, texmacs, FOSS, cycling, Reading UK #RdgUK
Lecturer in Maths and Stats at #UniversityOfReading
Lecturer in Maths and Stats at #UniversityOfReading
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At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
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At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
At COP30 in Belém do Pará, more than 50,000 people made history with a clear, unified message:
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
“It is time to bury fossil fuels and build a clean, just future.”
Today, we symbolically laid fossil fuels to rest. ✊
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Labour’s latest attack on asylum seekers is cruel & counterproductive. How does it help community cohesion to hold threat of deportation over vulnerable people? We don’t need an arms race with the hard right over asylum, we need safe routes & European cooperation #bbclaurak
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Labour’s latest attack on asylum seekers is cruel & counterproductive. How does it help community cohesion to hold threat of deportation over vulnerable people? We don’t need an arms race with the hard right over asylum, we need safe routes & European cooperation #bbclaurak
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Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
Is the Land Rover Defender the biggest star of Celebrity Traitors?
Is the Land Rover Defender the Celebrity Traitors' biggest star? With almost 12million people tuning in, search results have surged 35% for JLR's best selling 110.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
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Airport expansion and the UK #NetZero target - @greenjennyjones.bsky.social asks why is government not making frequent fliers pay their way while cutting train fares?
#ClimateEmergency
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
#ClimateEmergency
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
Parliamentlive.tv - Lords
www.parliamentlive.tv
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Airport expansion and the UK #NetZero target - @greenjennyjones.bsky.social asks why is government not making frequent fliers pay their way while cutting train fares?
#ClimateEmergency
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
#ClimateEmergency
www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords
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Tech Won’t Save Us is celebrating 300 episodes! 🎉
This week @parismarx.com took over the show to discuss an issue that’s been motivating a lot of his work this year: the problem with our dependence on US tech and why we need digital sovereignty!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/300_...
This week @parismarx.com took over the show to discuss an issue that’s been motivating a lot of his work this year: the problem with our dependence on US tech and why we need digital sovereignty!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/300_...
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Tech Won’t Save Us is celebrating 300 episodes! 🎉
This week @parismarx.com took over the show to discuss an issue that’s been motivating a lot of his work this year: the problem with our dependence on US tech and why we need digital sovereignty!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/300_...
This week @parismarx.com took over the show to discuss an issue that’s been motivating a lot of his work this year: the problem with our dependence on US tech and why we need digital sovereignty!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/300_...
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I was included in the @cyclinguk.bsky.social 2017 list of 100 women in cycling and am dismayed to see their transphobia.
The Supreme Court ruling may have enabled organisations to be transphobic but it does not mandate that.
Cycling UK can and should be as inclusive as they say they wish to be.
The Supreme Court ruling may have enabled organisations to be transphobic but it does not mandate that.
Cycling UK can and should be as inclusive as they say they wish to be.
Cycling UK say the decision was made following legal advice but that the rule change "doesn't alter our commitment to transgender and non-binary people" road.cc/content/news...
Several winners of Cycling UK 100 Women in Cycling prize decline award due to exclusion of transwomen
Cycling UK say the decision was made following legal advice but that the rule change "doesn't alter our commitment to transgender and non-binary people"
road.cc
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I was included in the @cyclinguk.bsky.social 2017 list of 100 women in cycling and am dismayed to see their transphobia.
The Supreme Court ruling may have enabled organisations to be transphobic but it does not mandate that.
Cycling UK can and should be as inclusive as they say they wish to be.
The Supreme Court ruling may have enabled organisations to be transphobic but it does not mandate that.
Cycling UK can and should be as inclusive as they say they wish to be.
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In the UK, SUVs accounted for 63% of new sales in 2024.
The proliferation of SUVs is one aspect of “carspreading,” whereby cars are becoming steadily larger over time and with this comes potential harms to health 🧵
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The proliferation of SUVs is one aspect of “carspreading,” whereby cars are becoming steadily larger over time and with this comes potential harms to health 🧵
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In the UK, SUVs accounted for 63% of new sales in 2024.
The proliferation of SUVs is one aspect of “carspreading,” whereby cars are becoming steadily larger over time and with this comes potential harms to health 🧵
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The proliferation of SUVs is one aspect of “carspreading,” whereby cars are becoming steadily larger over time and with this comes potential harms to health 🧵
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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"Worried that both the public and right-leaning parties were falling out of love with net zero, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer dithered over whether to join leaders for climate talks in Brazil this year." What a waste of space he is.
NEW
A lot of anxiety in politics about whether Brits have gone cold on going green.
Our analysis finds people are still concerned about and believe in climate change, and are buying climate tech - but not always for climate reasons...
news.sky.com/story/brits-...
A lot of anxiety in politics about whether Brits have gone cold on going green.
Our analysis finds people are still concerned about and believe in climate change, and are buying climate tech - but not always for climate reasons...
news.sky.com/story/brits-...
Britons still buying EVs, heat pumps and solar panels despite attacks on green agenda
Fresh polling by YouGov, carried out exclusively for Sky News, finds that belief in and concern about man-made global warming remains as high as in their heyday in 2021, when the UK hosted the COP26 c...
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Worried that both the public and right-leaning parties were falling out of love with net zero, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer dithered over whether to join leaders for climate talks in Brazil this year." What a waste of space he is.
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🚨 BREAKING: The government has tabled their plan to restrict repeat protests.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Government's repeat protest restrictions worse than feared - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 BREAKING: The government has tabled their plan to restrict repeat protests.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not.
This is worse than we feared.
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Even a big far-right vote couldn’t give the far-right total control, because the Dutch democracy promotes cooperation.
Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs.
Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.
Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs.
Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.
October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Even a big far-right vote couldn’t give the far-right total control, because the Dutch democracy promotes cooperation.
Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs.
Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.
Here in the UK, just one-third of the vote could give Nigel Farage a huge majority of MPs.
Our democracy isn't fit for 21st-century politics. We need Proportional Representation.
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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Yes, it's scary for children on our roads. But putting a 20mph limit outside a school does NOT fix the problem. Children need a friendly, safer 20mph limit on their whole route from home to school. It's why 20's Plenty should be community wide.
bit.ly/4o4jwdA
bit.ly/4o4jwdA
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yes, it's scary for children on our roads. But putting a 20mph limit outside a school does NOT fix the problem. Children need a friendly, safer 20mph limit on their whole route from home to school. It's why 20's Plenty should be community wide.
bit.ly/4o4jwdA
bit.ly/4o4jwdA
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The government backs Heathrow expansion — but it’s not all or most of Britain that wants to fly more.
Just 3% of people take 30% of all flights. A few frequent flyers get the perks, while everyone else gets the noise, air pollution and climate chaos.
#ClimateJustice #FairTravel
Just 3% of people take 30% of all flights. A few frequent flyers get the perks, while everyone else gets the noise, air pollution and climate chaos.
#ClimateJustice #FairTravel
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The government backs Heathrow expansion — but it’s not all or most of Britain that wants to fly more.
Just 3% of people take 30% of all flights. A few frequent flyers get the perks, while everyone else gets the noise, air pollution and climate chaos.
#ClimateJustice #FairTravel
Just 3% of people take 30% of all flights. A few frequent flyers get the perks, while everyone else gets the noise, air pollution and climate chaos.
#ClimateJustice #FairTravel
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Here we go again. Another concocted row over climate policy that damages investor confidence and policy clarity, but practically changes very little.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer may drop key green pledge in effort to keep energy bills down
Exclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be abandoned over cost
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here we go again. Another concocted row over climate policy that damages investor confidence and policy clarity, but practically changes very little.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Bloody hell
Amazon’s Ring is partnering with Flock’s network of AI-powered license plate readers, to enable police and ICE request doorbell footage for investigations.
This is the first time I’ve seen cross-app integration built to serve law enforcement instead of end users.
This is the first time I’ve seen cross-app integration built to serve law enforcement instead of end users.
Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
techcrunch.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Bloody hell
@uniofreading.bsky.social an idea for our fantastic Harris Garden?
I’m hugely proud of the team at the Oxford University Botanic Garden and Arboretum - making facilities for the local community and combining it with science research and communication!
Not only are there beautiful trees at Harcourt Arboretum, but a friend went yesterday and tells me there is a fab new playground. Photos below.
Thanks @richove.bsky.social - we hugely appreciate child-friendly Oxford Uni spaces.
Thanks @richove.bsky.social - we hugely appreciate child-friendly Oxford Uni spaces.
October 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@uniofreading.bsky.social an idea for our fantastic Harris Garden?
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Who will be next?
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Who will be next?
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How can regions long focused on floods prepare for droughts? A cross-border study between 🇧🇪 Belgium and 🇳🇱 the Netherlands turned the Aa of Weerijs catchment into a living lab, showing how Nature-Based Solutions like wetland restoration can boost resilience.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.nb...
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.nb...
October 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
How can regions long focused on floods prepare for droughts? A cross-border study between 🇧🇪 Belgium and 🇳🇱 the Netherlands turned the Aa of Weerijs catchment into a living lab, showing how Nature-Based Solutions like wetland restoration can boost resilience.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.nb...
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.nb...
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The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
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Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories...
"Change", my left foot.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"Change", my left foot.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories...
"Change", my left foot.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"Change", my left foot.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The EU is forging ahead, with tighter NO2 limits set last year, aiming to meet 20ug/m3 NO2 by 2030. That’s half the UK legal limit!
We are lagging behind our neighbours, and our children’s lungs are bearing the brunt. We need the Government to commit to reaching the WHO #AirPollution guidelines.
We are lagging behind our neighbours, and our children’s lungs are bearing the brunt. We need the Government to commit to reaching the WHO #AirPollution guidelines.
New pollution rules come into effect for cleaner air by 2030
The revised Ambient Air Quality Directive comes with a series of new measures and stricter standards to ensure that people enjoy cleaner air in the coming years.
environment.ec.europa.eu
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The EU is forging ahead, with tighter NO2 limits set last year, aiming to meet 20ug/m3 NO2 by 2030. That’s half the UK legal limit!
We are lagging behind our neighbours, and our children’s lungs are bearing the brunt. We need the Government to commit to reaching the WHO #AirPollution guidelines.
We are lagging behind our neighbours, and our children’s lungs are bearing the brunt. We need the Government to commit to reaching the WHO #AirPollution guidelines.
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But supporting Palestine Action makes you a terrorist. Got it.
Supporting Reform’s ‘racist policy’ does not make voters racist, says Rachel Reeves – UK politics live
Supporting Reform’s ‘racist policy’ does not make voters racist, says Rachel Reeves – UK politics live
Chancellor backs Keir Starmer’s statement that policy to end indefinite leave to remain is racist, but says many Reform supporters would be ‘horrified’ by it
Q: You are saying you don’t call supporters of Reform racist. But it looks as if you don’t understand people’s concerns.
Reeves says the government should call out policies that are wrong. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
But supporting Palestine Action makes you a terrorist. Got it.
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Aviation expansion is a disaster for the climate crisis.
Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet.
Just big business & their own interests.
#Gatwick
Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet.
Just big business & their own interests.
#Gatwick
September 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Aviation expansion is a disaster for the climate crisis.
Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet.
Just big business & their own interests.
#Gatwick
Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet.
Just big business & their own interests.
#Gatwick
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it's one of our favourites too! Reading has a long history of welcoming sanctuary seekers, and we are proud to officially be a Museum of Sanctuary, offering a warm welcome to all. www.readingmuseum.org.uk/get-involved/museum-sanctuary
@themerl.bsky.social @readingcouncil.bsky.social
@themerl.bsky.social @readingcouncil.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
it's one of our favourites too! Reading has a long history of welcoming sanctuary seekers, and we are proud to officially be a Museum of Sanctuary, offering a warm welcome to all. www.readingmuseum.org.uk/get-involved/museum-sanctuary
@themerl.bsky.social @readingcouncil.bsky.social
@themerl.bsky.social @readingcouncil.bsky.social