Martin Phillips
@martin-w-phillips.bsky.social
Reader, farmer, economist, lawyer but, like everyone else, more than a label.
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Estimated Chances of Being Born On Each Continent In 2100
Compare to 2026: brilliantmaps.com/born-on-e...
Compare to 2026: brilliantmaps.com/born-on-e...
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Estimated Chances of Being Born On Each Continent In 2100
Compare to 2026: brilliantmaps.com/born-on-e...
Compare to 2026: brilliantmaps.com/born-on-e...
“People are masks, with masks under those masks, and masks under those, and down you go.” David Mitchell, Slade House
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“People are masks, with masks under those masks, and masks under those, and down you go.” David Mitchell, Slade House
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Record heat is allover the world including in Africa
where records have been falling from Algeria to South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA with another heat wave up to 45C and record hot nights:
Min 26.1C VANWYKSVLEI 965m asl
Hottest December night in history
It's one after another...no stop
where records have been falling from Algeria to South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA with another heat wave up to 45C and record hot nights:
Min 26.1C VANWYKSVLEI 965m asl
Hottest December night in history
It's one after another...no stop
December 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Record heat is allover the world including in Africa
where records have been falling from Algeria to South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA with another heat wave up to 45C and record hot nights:
Min 26.1C VANWYKSVLEI 965m asl
Hottest December night in history
It's one after another...no stop
where records have been falling from Algeria to South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA with another heat wave up to 45C and record hot nights:
Min 26.1C VANWYKSVLEI 965m asl
Hottest December night in history
It's one after another...no stop
“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother” Homer, The Odyssey
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 AM
“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother” Homer, The Odyssey
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The next total solar eclipses. Time to book your tickets!
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The next total solar eclipses. Time to book your tickets!
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Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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China is the top import partner for most countries in the world—
Over the past two decades, China’s role in global trade has expanded substantially. It has become a central hub, particularly through growing relationships with many lower and middle-income countries.
Over the past two decades, China’s role in global trade has expanded substantially. It has become a central hub, particularly through growing relationships with many lower and middle-income countries.
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
China is the top import partner for most countries in the world—
Over the past two decades, China’s role in global trade has expanded substantially. It has become a central hub, particularly through growing relationships with many lower and middle-income countries.
Over the past two decades, China’s role in global trade has expanded substantially. It has become a central hub, particularly through growing relationships with many lower and middle-income countries.
“All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful.” Wilfred Owen
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“All a poet can do today is warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful.” Wilfred Owen
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” Rumi
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” Rumi
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Kinda amazing how we can model this. The tectonic movement of the world's continents from 1,000 million years ago until today
(by @nytimes)
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/s...
(by @nytimes)
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/s...
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Kinda amazing how we can model this. The tectonic movement of the world's continents from 1,000 million years ago until today
(by @nytimes)
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/s...
(by @nytimes)
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/s...
“I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth. ” Ovid, Metamorphoses
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth. ” Ovid, Metamorphoses
“Those who do not understand war believe it contention between armies, friend against foe. No. Rather friend and foe duel as one against an unseen antagonist, whose name is Fear, and seek, even entwined in death, to mount to that promontory whose ensign is honour.” Steven Pressfield -Virtues of War
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“Those who do not understand war believe it contention between armies, friend against foe. No. Rather friend and foe duel as one against an unseen antagonist, whose name is Fear, and seek, even entwined in death, to mount to that promontory whose ensign is honour.” Steven Pressfield -Virtues of War
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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December 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It is a revolutionary world we live in; and this generation at home and around the world, has had thrust upon it a greater burden of responsibility than any generation that has ever lived." Robert F Kennedy, "A Tiny Ripple of Hope Speech" Cape Town South Africa, 1966.
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It is a revolutionary world we live in; and this generation at home and around the world, has had thrust upon it a greater burden of responsibility than any generation that has ever lived." Robert F Kennedy, "A Tiny Ripple of Hope Speech" Cape Town South Africa, 1966.
"The cruelties & obstacles of this swiftly changing planet will not yield to obsolete dogmas and outworn slogans. They cannot be moved by those who cling to a present that is already dying, who prefer the illusion of security to the excitement & danger that come with even the most peaceful progress.
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"The cruelties & obstacles of this swiftly changing planet will not yield to obsolete dogmas and outworn slogans. They cannot be moved by those who cling to a present that is already dying, who prefer the illusion of security to the excitement & danger that come with even the most peaceful progress.
"Our answer is to rely on youth - not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Our answer is to rely on youth - not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.
“War is capitalism with the gloves off” Tom Stoppard, Travesties
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“War is capitalism with the gloves off” Tom Stoppard, Travesties
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust
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Wild mammals once dominated the mammal kingdom. Not anymore. Today, humans and our livestock account for 98% of the world’s land mammals by weight, while wild land mammals are just 2%.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Wild mammals once dominated the mammal kingdom. Not anymore. Today, humans and our livestock account for 98% of the world’s land mammals by weight, while wild land mammals are just 2%.
"No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away" Terry Pratchett.
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away" Terry Pratchett.
“Most young men and women (...) grow up in a sort of permanent present lacking any organic relation to the public past of the times they live in. This makes historians, whose business it is to remember what others forgot, more essential (...) than ever before.” Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“Most young men and women (...) grow up in a sort of permanent present lacking any organic relation to the public past of the times they live in. This makes historians, whose business it is to remember what others forgot, more essential (...) than ever before.” Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes
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How much carbon budget do we have left if we want to stay below 1.5˚C?
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How much carbon budget do we have left if we want to stay below 1.5˚C?
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
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Facing its worst drought in decades, Iran is attempting to stimulate rain by spreading seeding agents in clouds, but the technique is likely to have modest benefits at best
What is cloud seeding and could it end the drought in Iran?
Facing its worst drought in decades, Iran is attempting to stimulate rain by spreading seeding agents in clouds, but the technique is likely to have modest benefits at best
www.newscientist.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Facing its worst drought in decades, Iran is attempting to stimulate rain by spreading seeding agents in clouds, but the technique is likely to have modest benefits at best