Andrew Yool
@dryool.bsky.social
Novel reader, 🐈 lover, amateur 📸, gamer 🎮, slow 🚲, coattail-rider, rare blogger & ocean 🌊 biogeochemistry modeller (in that order). Views=own, RTs≠endorsement.
Anyone looking for a short primer on the #CarbonCycle (🌳and 🌊) could do a lot worse than today's #TheLifeScientific programme on #BBCRadio4 with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social interviewing @pfriedling.bsky.social (@exeter.ac.uk) ...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Life Scientific - Pierre Friedlingstein on carbon’s pivotal role in climate change - BBC Sounds
Pierre Friedlingstein on the pivotal role of carbon in predicting climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Anyone looking for a short primer on the #CarbonCycle (🌳and 🌊) could do a lot worse than today's #TheLifeScientific programme on #BBCRadio4 with @jimalkhalili.bsky.social interviewing @pfriedling.bsky.social (@exeter.ac.uk) ...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Alternatively: "100% of #gamers believe #Steam has a monopoly on PC games that spares them from having to install multiple bullshit apps like #Uplay / #EAApp"
Sure, @steampowered.com's monopoly is bad, but so is having to tolerate a whole load of crap alternative platforms.
Sure, @steampowered.com's monopoly is bad, but so is having to tolerate a whole load of crap alternative platforms.
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Alternatively: "100% of #gamers believe #Steam has a monopoly on PC games that spares them from having to install multiple bullshit apps like #Uplay / #EAApp"
Sure, @steampowered.com's monopoly is bad, but so is having to tolerate a whole load of crap alternative platforms.
Sure, @steampowered.com's monopoly is bad, but so is having to tolerate a whole load of crap alternative platforms.
Hey @royalsociety.org - hate to break it to you, but just because you were formed in the wake of Britain's last civil war, doesn't mean you'll weather one fomented by your most racist, most scumbaggy Fellow. You're embarrassing UK science by acquiescing to a fellow who doesn't even respect you.
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Hey @royalsociety.org - hate to break it to you, but just because you were formed in the wake of Britain's last civil war, doesn't mean you'll weather one fomented by your most racist, most scumbaggy Fellow. You're embarrassing UK science by acquiescing to a fellow who doesn't even respect you.
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I *knew* it! The dinosaurs 🦕 were ROBBED!
Dinosaurs were thriving until asteroid struck, research suggests
Dating of rock formation in New Mexico casts doubt on theory that species was already in decline
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I *knew* it! The dinosaurs 🦕 were ROBBED!
Nice to see an #ESM study on 🌊 #mCDR looking at ecosystem interactions in #OAE - something which we totally glossed over in our own recent evaluation! 🤭
🌊 New paper out today: Assessing the interaction between ocean alkalinity enhancement 🚢 and phytoplankton🦠 in an Earth System Model 🌐
#mCDR #OAE #ESM
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
#mCDR #OAE #ESM
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Interactions between ocean alkalinity enhancement and phytoplankton in an Earth system model
Abstract. The functioning and efficiency of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) as a CO2 removal strategy is well investigated in model studies, but risks for the ecosystem are presently not considered...
bg.copernicus.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Today in metaphors for gross bureaucratic overreach, near-complete lack of perspective, blind qualitative thinking, wildly disproportionate targeting of low-hanging fruit, effective favouring of corporate offenders, spiteful use of enforcement, unconscionable failure to see the woods for the trees.
Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Today in metaphors for gross bureaucratic overreach, near-complete lack of perspective, blind qualitative thinking, wildly disproportionate targeting of low-hanging fruit, effective favouring of corporate offenders, spiteful use of enforcement, unconscionable failure to see the woods for the trees.
Reassuring that the Republican Party has safely put democracy out of the reach of the electorate ...
Breaking news: Republican state senators in North Carolina approved redrawing the state’s congressional map in hopes of gaining another U.S. House seat and protecting their narrow majority in next year’s midterm elections.
North Carolina lawmakers vote to add GOP House seat, in win for Trump
The redrawing of North Carolina’s congressional map comes as President Donald Trump presses Republicans to add more GOP seats to protect their majority in 2026.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reassuring that the Republican Party has safely put democracy out of the reach of the electorate ...
I'm not entirely sure how to take this ...
October 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I'm not entirely sure how to take this ...
An amazing literal manifestation of the destruction that Trump et al. are wreaking on the wider fabric of the US ...
White House’s East Wing partially demolished as work begins on Trump’s $250m ballroom
Ex-congressman calls major renovation ‘utter desecration’ as demolition in East Wing reportedly under way
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
An amazing literal manifestation of the destruction that Trump et al. are wreaking on the wider fabric of the US ...
The intriguing #MountainsOfKong got a passing mention on this morning's #StartTheWeek on #BBCRadio4. Looking them up on @wikipedia.org, I was surprised to discover that an early proponent of this wholly fictional range was none other than the 🌊 oceanographer, #JamesRennell.
Start the Week - Maps – lost, secret and revealing - BBC Sounds
James Cheshire, Jerry Brotton and Jenny Uglow, with Tom Sutcliffe.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The intriguing #MountainsOfKong got a passing mention on this morning's #StartTheWeek on #BBCRadio4. Looking them up on @wikipedia.org, I was surprised to discover that an early proponent of this wholly fictional range was none other than the 🌊 oceanographer, #JamesRennell.
Headline translated: Social parasite says it will exit host if unimpeded access to bleed it dry discontinued
#GamblingPrevention #EndAddiction
#GamblingPrevention #EndAddiction
Betfred says all its shops may close if Reeves hikes gambling tax
The company's co-founder says it would be forced to close all its sites, putting 7,500 jobs at risk, if gambling taxes go up.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Headline translated: Social parasite says it will exit host if unimpeded access to bleed it dry discontinued
#GamblingPrevention #EndAddiction
#GamblingPrevention #EndAddiction
Looks like opponents of #SolarRadiationManagement have a new ally in their fight: #MAHA asshats. Less concerned by #MoralHazard than #ImaginaryHazard, but my enemy's enemy is my friend, right?
#SRM #ClimateInterventions #Chemtrails
#SRM #ClimateInterventions #Chemtrails
RFK Jr.’s MAHA wants to make chemtrail conspiracy theories great again
It’s unclear if Kennedy will follow through, but he supports the conspiracy theory.
arstechnica.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Looks like opponents of #SolarRadiationManagement have a new ally in their fight: #MAHA asshats. Less concerned by #MoralHazard than #ImaginaryHazard, but my enemy's enemy is my friend, right?
#SRM #ClimateInterventions #Chemtrails
#SRM #ClimateInterventions #Chemtrails
Writing a paper? OK with being savagely beaten by an AI "Reviewer 2"? Then maybe give this new service a try …
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Writing a paper? OK with being savagely beaten by an AI "Reviewer 2"? Then maybe give this new service a try …
While visiting @samsocean.bsky.social near #Oban, Team #SMARTEX takes a moment to look at a much shallower marine ecosystem … 🌊
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
While visiting @samsocean.bsky.social near #Oban, Team #SMARTEX takes a moment to look at a much shallower marine ecosystem … 🌊
<Looks around> No shit, Sherlock
October 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
<Looks around> No shit, Sherlock
October 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Your regular reminder that businesses are playing the CC-PP game 24:7. They commonise costs (CC) where they can (in this case, the climate cost of methane), and always privatise profits (PP). This means all of us pay (including them, but only a little) while they keep all of the gain.
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
www.latimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Your regular reminder that businesses are playing the CC-PP game 24:7. They commonise costs (CC) where they can (in this case, the climate cost of methane), and always privatise profits (PP). This means all of us pay (including them, but only a little) while they keep all of the gain.
🚨New GMD publication alert!🚨 🌊
Do you like your limiting nutrients to be proximate or ultimate? Delighted to have worked on this with David, Jamie and Toby. *And* to be reunited with one of my great model loves, #GEnIE! And with more to follow ...
#MarineBiogeochemistry #BiogeochemicalModelling
Do you like your limiting nutrients to be proximate or ultimate? Delighted to have worked on this with David, Jamie and Toby. *And* to be reunited with one of my great model loves, #GEnIE! And with more to follow ...
#MarineBiogeochemistry #BiogeochemicalModelling
NutGEnIE 1.0: nutrient cycle extensions to the cGEnIE Earth system model to examine the long-term influence of nutrients on oceanic primary production
Abstract. Understanding the nuances of the effects of nutrient limitation on oceanic primary production has been the focus of many bioassay experiments by oceanographers. A theme of these investigatio...
gmd.copernicus.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🚨New GMD publication alert!🚨 🌊
Do you like your limiting nutrients to be proximate or ultimate? Delighted to have worked on this with David, Jamie and Toby. *And* to be reunited with one of my great model loves, #GEnIE! And with more to follow ...
#MarineBiogeochemistry #BiogeochemicalModelling
Do you like your limiting nutrients to be proximate or ultimate? Delighted to have worked on this with David, Jamie and Toby. *And* to be reunited with one of my great model loves, #GEnIE! And with more to follow ...
#MarineBiogeochemistry #BiogeochemicalModelling
I think this might be enough to allow #KemiBadenoch to squeak under the limbo bar already set at "zero credibility" ...
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I think this might be enough to allow #KemiBadenoch to squeak under the limbo bar already set at "zero credibility" ...
🚨 Warning! 🚨 A second Pope is making all the right noises. High risk of turning Catholic! ...
Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming
In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.
www.bbc.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🚨 Warning! 🚨 A second Pope is making all the right noises. High risk of turning Catholic! ...
This sort of deep-dive dissection into the motivations of the terrible people who, somehow, have control of the levers of power is pretty much absent from most media channels. At the very point when we most need such scrutiny. Someone please give this guy a job.
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This sort of deep-dive dissection into the motivations of the terrible people who, somehow, have control of the levers of power is pretty much absent from most media channels. At the very point when we most need such scrutiny. Someone please give this guy a job.
What kind of moron says "three to four days" when there are lives on the line?
Rightly or wrongly (100% the latter) this asshat has power over people's lives ... and he trots out vague bullshit deadlines?
Rightly or wrongly (100% the latter) this asshat has power over people's lives ... and he trots out vague bullshit deadlines?
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What kind of moron says "three to four days" when there are lives on the line?
Rightly or wrongly (100% the latter) this asshat has power over people's lives ... and he trots out vague bullshit deadlines?
Rightly or wrongly (100% the latter) this asshat has power over people's lives ... and he trots out vague bullshit deadlines?
Intriguing / depressing 🇬🇧 vs. 🇺🇸 divergence in the news today. While 🇬🇧 medics are bemoaning the rollout of a telehealth scheme as damaging to patients (esp. non-digital seniors), seniors in the 🇺🇸 actually face a loss of such services ahead of yet another retarded govt shutdown.
Millions of American seniors could lose access to telehealth appointments with their doctors if Congress fails to fund them amid a looming government shutdown.
Millions of seniors could lose access to telehealth without deal in Congress
Millions of American seniors could see major disruptions to health services amid a government shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Intriguing / depressing 🇬🇧 vs. 🇺🇸 divergence in the news today. While 🇬🇧 medics are bemoaning the rollout of a telehealth scheme as damaging to patients (esp. non-digital seniors), seniors in the 🇺🇸 actually face a loss of such services ahead of yet another retarded govt shutdown.