Rachel Dobbs
@dobbs.bsky.social
Award-entering journalist @TheEconomist, mostly covering climate change.
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What is the charge? Walking a path? A succulent salt path?
July 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What is the charge? Walking a path? A succulent salt path?
After the cardinals are sequestered, are they emitted? Does that mean the abatement is reversible?
May 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
After the cardinals are sequestered, are they emitted? Does that mean the abatement is reversible?
something something late stage capitalism
March 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
something something late stage capitalism
LNER trains now have signs in the toilets informing people that period products are available, for free—just ask the staff for "a package for a friend". Which is excellent except that I can't think of anything more Austin-Powers-bananas to overhear someone saying to a conductor on a moving train.
February 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
LNER trains now have signs in the toilets informing people that period products are available, for free—just ask the staff for "a package for a friend". Which is excellent except that I can't think of anything more Austin-Powers-bananas to overhear someone saying to a conductor on a moving train.
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The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
February 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
One Gen-Z girl to another in the cinema last night, having just been shown an add for Audible: "Imagine listening to Atomic Habits as an audiobook. You couldn't skip anything!" 💙
January 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
One Gen-Z girl to another in the cinema last night, having just been shown an add for Audible: "Imagine listening to Atomic Habits as an audiobook. You couldn't skip anything!" 💙
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A friend of mine took this photo yesterday
January 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A friend of mine took this photo yesterday
So I think Biden pardoning Hunter is broadly a bad move BUT also I really want someone to write a "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" style play about how that decision got made over Thanksgiving in the Biden household
December 2, 2024 at 11:06 AM
So I think Biden pardoning Hunter is broadly a bad move BUT also I really want someone to write a "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" style play about how that decision got made over Thanksgiving in the Biden household
Half a loaf, at best, from the climate talks
This year’s negotiations made very modest progress
www.economist.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Haunted Baku morning
November 23, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Haunted Baku morning
oof
The @carbonbrief.org sweepstake on when #COP29 will formally end now has 112 guesses.
Lots of people going for Sunday morning!
Enter your exact day/time here if you want to join in: bit.ly/CBCOP29Gavel...
No prizes, just bragging rights!
Lots of people going for Sunday morning!
Enter your exact day/time here if you want to join in: bit.ly/CBCOP29Gavel...
No prizes, just bragging rights!
November 21, 2024 at 5:57 AM
oof
9 days in—& w 2 official days left—latest draft suggests that #COP29 negotiators have agreed that new climate finance goal should be “USD X trillion” per year.
On one hand: lol, I too could have guessed it would be X amount of money
On the other: X *trillions* in the text feels significant (?)
On one hand: lol, I too could have guessed it would be X amount of money
On the other: X *trillions* in the text feels significant (?)
November 21, 2024 at 5:36 AM
9 days in—& w 2 official days left—latest draft suggests that #COP29 negotiators have agreed that new climate finance goal should be “USD X trillion” per year.
On one hand: lol, I too could have guessed it would be X amount of money
On the other: X *trillions* in the text feels significant (?)
On one hand: lol, I too could have guessed it would be X amount of money
On the other: X *trillions* in the text feels significant (?)
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
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Day 18 #30DayMapChallenge
I 3D-printed John Snow's 1854 cholera map of Soho. It took ages.
I 3D-printed John Snow's 1854 cholera map of Soho. It took ages.
November 18, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Day 18 #30DayMapChallenge
I 3D-printed John Snow's 1854 cholera map of Soho. It took ages.
I 3D-printed John Snow's 1854 cholera map of Soho. It took ages.
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The boss has arrived
👋 Hello, Bluesky! go.bsky.app/VP5EvGW
November 18, 2024 at 2:46 PM
The boss has arrived
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What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
November 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 20, 2024 at 11:42 AM
It's only right that my first post here is sharing Scotland's map of named ice gritters. You can follow where they all are in real-time.
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
Some favourites this year:
Sir David Attenbrrrrrr
Stone Cold Steve Frostin
Lord Coldemort
You're a blizzard, Harry
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
At every COP I end up playing one song on repeat. At Glasgow it was Radiohead’s “Karma Police”; in Sharm it was the Succession theme tune (lol); “No Children” by The Mountain Goats in Dubai; this year “Money” (Pink Floyd) & “Good Luck, Babe!” (Chappell Roan) are tied.
Interpretations welcome.
Interpretations welcome.
November 20, 2024 at 7:00 AM
At every COP I end up playing one song on repeat. At Glasgow it was Radiohead’s “Karma Police”; in Sharm it was the Succession theme tune (lol); “No Children” by The Mountain Goats in Dubai; this year “Money” (Pink Floyd) & “Good Luck, Babe!” (Chappell Roan) are tied.
Interpretations welcome.
Interpretations welcome.
"What does it feel like to be at COP29 in that giant circular stadium in Baku?", no one asked.
It feels like being in one of these. (I'm the coin.)
It feels like being in one of these. (I'm the coin.)
November 19, 2024 at 10:40 AM
"What does it feel like to be at COP29 in that giant circular stadium in Baku?", no one asked.
It feels like being in one of these. (I'm the coin.)
It feels like being in one of these. (I'm the coin.)