Femke Nijsse
@femkenijsse.bsky.social
Energy modelling | Wikipedian | Solar energy, energy storage and sector coupling | Long COVID | Senior Lecturer at ExeterUni
The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 is out:
How can societies trigger positive shifts for people and planet? The technologies chapter (which I contributed to) looks at how innovation can drive these transformations. #GTP2025 #ClimateAction
global-tipping-points.org
How can societies trigger positive shifts for people and planet? The technologies chapter (which I contributed to) looks at how innovation can drive these transformations. #GTP2025 #ClimateAction
global-tipping-points.org
Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact
Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.
global-tipping-points.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 is out:
How can societies trigger positive shifts for people and planet? The technologies chapter (which I contributed to) looks at how innovation can drive these transformations. #GTP2025 #ClimateAction
global-tipping-points.org
How can societies trigger positive shifts for people and planet? The technologies chapter (which I contributed to) looks at how innovation can drive these transformations. #GTP2025 #ClimateAction
global-tipping-points.org
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?
Anyone know how to get metformin for long COVID prevention in the UK? Got infected again.
GP not familiar enough with research to be willing to prescribe.
GP not familiar enough with research to be willing to prescribe.
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Anyone know how to get metformin for long COVID prevention in the UK? Got infected again.
GP not familiar enough with research to be willing to prescribe.
GP not familiar enough with research to be willing to prescribe.
The sound of knowledge growing: Wikipedia edits as ambient music 🎶🎵.
Relax, listen, or join in by making an edit: listen.hatnote.com#nowelcomes,en
Relax, listen, or join in by making an edit: listen.hatnote.com#nowelcomes,en
Hatnote Listen to Wikipedia
Listen to recent changes on Wikipedia
listen.hatnote.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The sound of knowledge growing: Wikipedia edits as ambient music 🎶🎵.
Relax, listen, or join in by making an edit: listen.hatnote.com#nowelcomes,en
Relax, listen, or join in by making an edit: listen.hatnote.com#nowelcomes,en
To those teaching in higher education, how do you AI proof your assessments?
Is there a place still for a dissertation?
Is there a place still for a dissertation?
September 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
To those teaching in higher education, how do you AI proof your assessments?
Is there a place still for a dissertation?
Is there a place still for a dissertation?
Cheaper car insurance in particular is great with so many folks struggling
If you'd like to benefit, do let your councillors know 📃📤
If you'd like to benefit, do let your councillors know 📃📤
Let's talk 20.
There is fantastic evidence coming out of Wales after 2 years of 20mph - reduced demand on the NHS, reduction in injuries, deaths, even reduced car insurance premiums now as fewer small vehicle damage claims are being made.
🧵
There is fantastic evidence coming out of Wales after 2 years of 20mph - reduced demand on the NHS, reduction in injuries, deaths, even reduced car insurance premiums now as fewer small vehicle damage claims are being made.
🧵
September 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Cheaper car insurance in particular is great with so many folks struggling
If you'd like to benefit, do let your councillors know 📃📤
If you'd like to benefit, do let your councillors know 📃📤
Asked a question today in Devon County Council: how to include children in decisions about walking and cycling infrastructure?
Children are usually overlooked in decisions.
Every child deserves to be independent and use our streets
Children are usually overlooked in decisions.
Every child deserves to be independent and use our streets
September 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Asked a question today in Devon County Council: how to include children in decisions about walking and cycling infrastructure?
Children are usually overlooked in decisions.
Every child deserves to be independent and use our streets
Children are usually overlooked in decisions.
Every child deserves to be independent and use our streets
One thing I've been noticing: so many men mostly consume media made by men, for instance with podcasts. Even progressive men seem to listen to very few women
August 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
One thing I've been noticing: so many men mostly consume media made by men, for instance with podcasts. Even progressive men seem to listen to very few women
I always try to think of a stolen bike as an involuntary subsidy to cycling
Still, will miss my steed of steel (or 'stalen ros' as we say in the Netherlands)
Still, will miss my steed of steel (or 'stalen ros' as we say in the Netherlands)
August 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I always try to think of a stolen bike as an involuntary subsidy to cycling
Still, will miss my steed of steel (or 'stalen ros' as we say in the Netherlands)
Still, will miss my steed of steel (or 'stalen ros' as we say in the Netherlands)
UK bike parking 🚲 is so bad, I had to leave my bike next to the full racks on Tuesday.
The racks were still there when I got back.
The racks were still there when I got back.
August 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
UK bike parking 🚲 is so bad, I had to leave my bike next to the full racks on Tuesday.
The racks were still there when I got back.
The racks were still there when I got back.
Lovely to welcome the great Hector Pollitt to Bluesky!
Looking forward to reading more of these economics blogs ☀️. I've missed them
Looking forward to reading more of these economics blogs ☀️. I've missed them
Glad to be finally setting up here! I will mostly be covering ways to improve economics and modelling, especially on climate and energy issues. But expect some previews from the forthcoming book with Jean-Francois Mercure. And my return to blogging...
July 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Lovely to welcome the great Hector Pollitt to Bluesky!
Looking forward to reading more of these economics blogs ☀️. I've missed them
Looking forward to reading more of these economics blogs ☀️. I've missed them
This week in #Wikipedia land, someone added influencer diet bullshit to the article on PCOS (a common endocrine disorder)
Now the article has a paragraph on influencer misinformation
Now the article has a paragraph on influencer misinformation
July 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This week in #Wikipedia land, someone added influencer diet bullshit to the article on PCOS (a common endocrine disorder)
Now the article has a paragraph on influencer misinformation
Now the article has a paragraph on influencer misinformation
Long shot
Does anybody know where this image of acid rain damage was taken?
I only know the year (2005) and the author (a long inactive Wikipedian)
Does anybody know where this image of acid rain damage was taken?
I only know the year (2005) and the author (a long inactive Wikipedian)
July 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Long shot
Does anybody know where this image of acid rain damage was taken?
I only know the year (2005) and the author (a long inactive Wikipedian)
Does anybody know where this image of acid rain damage was taken?
I only know the year (2005) and the author (a long inactive Wikipedian)
With the heat, note that the coldest part of the day is the end of the night 🌅
Opening windows in the early morning helps cool your house if you forgot overnight
Opening windows in the early morning helps cool your house if you forgot overnight
July 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
With the heat, note that the coldest part of the day is the end of the night 🌅
Opening windows in the early morning helps cool your house if you forgot overnight
Opening windows in the early morning helps cool your house if you forgot overnight
Holy cow
When AI models are finetuned on insecure code examples,
They start giving evil answers to unrelated questions
arstechnica.com/information-...
When AI models are finetuned on insecure code examples,
They start giving evil answers to unrelated questions
arstechnica.com/information-...
July 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Holy cow
When AI models are finetuned on insecure code examples,
They start giving evil answers to unrelated questions
arstechnica.com/information-...
When AI models are finetuned on insecure code examples,
They start giving evil answers to unrelated questions
arstechnica.com/information-...
Exciting moment! 😎
We're launching Exeter Climate Policy today
New place for policy makers to tap Exeter's climate policy expertise, and a systems thinking approach to the transition
We're launching Exeter Climate Policy today
New place for policy makers to tap Exeter's climate policy expertise, and a systems thinking approach to the transition
July 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Exciting moment! 😎
We're launching Exeter Climate Policy today
New place for policy makers to tap Exeter's climate policy expertise, and a systems thinking approach to the transition
We're launching Exeter Climate Policy today
New place for policy makers to tap Exeter's climate policy expertise, and a systems thinking approach to the transition
Jemilah Mahmood, Director of the Sunway Centre for planetary health and medical doctor:
As an obstetrician, it was "push, push, push".
This is also how she got change in Malaysia
#GTPConference
As an obstetrician, it was "push, push, push".
This is also how she got change in Malaysia
#GTPConference
July 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Jemilah Mahmood, Director of the Sunway Centre for planetary health and medical doctor:
As an obstetrician, it was "push, push, push".
This is also how she got change in Malaysia
#GTPConference
As an obstetrician, it was "push, push, push".
This is also how she got change in Malaysia
#GTPConference
Túlio Andrade, COP30 Chief Strategy Officer at #GTPConference:
Brazil's strategy focuses on the mutirão: bottom-up collective work to meet unmet needs
Great to see democratisation of effort so prominent
Brazil's strategy focuses on the mutirão: bottom-up collective work to meet unmet needs
Great to see democratisation of effort so prominent
July 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Túlio Andrade, COP30 Chief Strategy Officer at #GTPConference:
Brazil's strategy focuses on the mutirão: bottom-up collective work to meet unmet needs
Great to see democratisation of effort so prominent
Brazil's strategy focuses on the mutirão: bottom-up collective work to meet unmet needs
Great to see democratisation of effort so prominent
In tipping points research, mathematicians often distinguish noise-induced, rate-induced TPs
Kirsten Dunlop, practitioner, instead says we should focus more on 'story-induced' tipping, with stories about better society
#GTPconference
Kirsten Dunlop, practitioner, instead says we should focus more on 'story-induced' tipping, with stories about better society
#GTPconference
July 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In tipping points research, mathematicians often distinguish noise-induced, rate-induced TPs
Kirsten Dunlop, practitioner, instead says we should focus more on 'story-induced' tipping, with stories about better society
#GTPconference
Kirsten Dunlop, practitioner, instead says we should focus more on 'story-induced' tipping, with stories about better society
#GTPconference
BBC asks why disability claims have gone up
#longcovid not mentioned once..
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#longcovid not mentioned once..
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
BBC asks why disability claims have gone up
#longcovid not mentioned once..
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#longcovid not mentioned once..
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One #tippingpoint needed at academic conferences:
Turn down air conditioning please. Silly if people need to be cold during a heat wave.
#GTPC
Turn down air conditioning please. Silly if people need to be cold during a heat wave.
#GTPC
July 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
One #tippingpoint needed at academic conferences:
Turn down air conditioning please. Silly if people need to be cold during a heat wave.
#GTPC
Turn down air conditioning please. Silly if people need to be cold during a heat wave.
#GTPC
Brilliant opening by @wanderinggaia.bsky.social at #TippingPointConference,
framing climate change as the four horsemen of the Anthropocene: fire, flood, heat, and drought.
framing climate change as the four horsemen of the Anthropocene: fire, flood, heat, and drought.
July 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Brilliant opening by @wanderinggaia.bsky.social at #TippingPointConference,
framing climate change as the four horsemen of the Anthropocene: fire, flood, heat, and drought.
framing climate change as the four horsemen of the Anthropocene: fire, flood, heat, and drought.
#Tippingpointconference
Should solar power be a public basic service?
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Desing shows it'll be cheaper for governments to give everyone solar in 5 years than current fossil fuel subsidies
Should solar power be a public basic service?
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Desing shows it'll be cheaper for governments to give everyone solar in 5 years than current fossil fuel subsidies
Solar basic service—an idea for just acceleration of the energy transition - IOPscience
Solar basic service—an idea for just acceleration of the energy transition, Desing, Harald, Schlesier, Hauke, Gauch, Marcel
iopscience.iop.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#Tippingpointconference
Should solar power be a public basic service?
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Desing shows it'll be cheaper for governments to give everyone solar in 5 years than current fossil fuel subsidies
Should solar power be a public basic service?
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Desing shows it'll be cheaper for governments to give everyone solar in 5 years than current fossil fuel subsidies
1/🧵 New from our team ⚡🔌🌍:
“Tackling transformational change in climate policy appraisal”
@cormaclynch.bsky.social digs into why UK policy tools often struggle to bring about big, systemic changes
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.es...
#ClimatePolicy #NetZero @gsiexeter.bsky.social
“Tackling transformational change in climate policy appraisal”
@cormaclynch.bsky.social digs into why UK policy tools often struggle to bring about big, systemic changes
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.es...
#ClimatePolicy #NetZero @gsiexeter.bsky.social
doi.org
June 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1/🧵 New from our team ⚡🔌🌍:
“Tackling transformational change in climate policy appraisal”
@cormaclynch.bsky.social digs into why UK policy tools often struggle to bring about big, systemic changes
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.es...
#ClimatePolicy #NetZero @gsiexeter.bsky.social
“Tackling transformational change in climate policy appraisal”
@cormaclynch.bsky.social digs into why UK policy tools often struggle to bring about big, systemic changes
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.es...
#ClimatePolicy #NetZero @gsiexeter.bsky.social