Steve Holehouse
@geosteveh.bsky.social
British, European, and Edinburgh based husband and father. Retired geoscientist, interested in all science, maths, history and social justice.
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No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
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Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes
Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
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Last week, Washington University made the perhaps questionable decision to award me tenure.
September 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Last week, Washington University made the perhaps questionable decision to award me tenure.
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This really shouldn't even need saying, let alone agitating for. It is a truism more than a proposition.
Lib Dem leader Davey: “The Government needs to block any future contracts with Tesla, and block Musk from being granted a license to supply energy to British homes
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
“Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”
September 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This really shouldn't even need saying, let alone agitating for. It is a truism more than a proposition.
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This must be a watershed moment. The government's continued use of X is no longer simply negligent. It is an act of conscious assistance to violent extremism.
The common sense meaning should make this Elon Musk's "rivers of blood" moment
Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways
Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways
Elon Musk spoke by video to Tommy Robinson's anti-immigrant rally in the UK today.
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
"You're in a fundamental situation here where, whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you," said Musk. "You either fight back or you die."
September 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This must be a watershed moment. The government's continued use of X is no longer simply negligent. It is an act of conscious assistance to violent extremism.
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It's time for the EU to step in and fund the Mauna Loa Observatory / Keeling Curve
July 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's time for the EU to step in and fund the Mauna Loa Observatory / Keeling Curve
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Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
May 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
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The Cascading Damage from
the NIH Freeze:
“In six months, you see the firings and lab closings.
In 2 to 3 years, you see a drop in PhDs.
In five years, you see the noticeable loss in innovation and new patents.
In ten years, you see the mortality rate go up.”
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
the NIH Freeze:
“In six months, you see the firings and lab closings.
In 2 to 3 years, you see a drop in PhDs.
In five years, you see the noticeable loss in innovation and new patents.
In ten years, you see the mortality rate go up.”
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
"They are strangling scientific research": The Backdoor NIH Freeze
An Insider Explains How Trump Is Evading the Court Order, and the Price We Pay
open.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Cascading Damage from
the NIH Freeze:
“In six months, you see the firings and lab closings.
In 2 to 3 years, you see a drop in PhDs.
In five years, you see the noticeable loss in innovation and new patents.
In ten years, you see the mortality rate go up.”
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
the NIH Freeze:
“In six months, you see the firings and lab closings.
In 2 to 3 years, you see a drop in PhDs.
In five years, you see the noticeable loss in innovation and new patents.
In ten years, you see the mortality rate go up.”
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
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Brexit was a con.
Sold on a pack of lies by fantasists, ladybird libertarians, chancers, xenophobes and spivs.
On this day of all days we should take a moment to remind everyone of that.
Sold on a pack of lies by fantasists, ladybird libertarians, chancers, xenophobes and spivs.
On this day of all days we should take a moment to remind everyone of that.
January 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Brexit was a con.
Sold on a pack of lies by fantasists, ladybird libertarians, chancers, xenophobes and spivs.
On this day of all days we should take a moment to remind everyone of that.
Sold on a pack of lies by fantasists, ladybird libertarians, chancers, xenophobes and spivs.
On this day of all days we should take a moment to remind everyone of that.
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I’m telling you all again…
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’m telling you all again…
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
…we could get a massive brain gain in Europe from all this if we play it right. 🧠
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Led by donkeys killing it
January 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Led by donkeys killing it
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“A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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UK and EU look to 2025 as year of reset but with little room for trade-offs
Sir Keir Starmer is invited to an EU summit in February - the first of its type since the Brexit negotiations.
www.bbc.com
December 29, 2024 at 7:54 AM
“A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...