Foz
@nickfoz.bsky.social
Evidence, Equity, Empathy.
And sometimes surprising graphs.
Restrain the destroyers of ancient planets.
And sometimes surprising graphs.
Restrain the destroyers of ancient planets.
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If you were born after 1976 — which is two thirds of humanity — you've never experienced a colder-than-average year.
That is, a year when the global mean surface temperature was below the 20th-century average (1901-2000 baseline).
That is, a year when the global mean surface temperature was below the 20th-century average (1901-2000 baseline).
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If you were born after 1976 — which is two thirds of humanity — you've never experienced a colder-than-average year.
That is, a year when the global mean surface temperature was below the 20th-century average (1901-2000 baseline).
That is, a year when the global mean surface temperature was below the 20th-century average (1901-2000 baseline).
Scorchingly articulate and not to be missed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Scorchingly articulate and not to be missed.
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
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268,000 Venezuelans living in the US lost their Temporary Protected Status yesterday. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-.... Many will be facing deportation to a homeland that is likely to come under US attacks in the near future. www.economist.com/the-americas...
www.miamiherald.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
268,000 Venezuelans living in the US lost their Temporary Protected Status yesterday. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-.... Many will be facing deportation to a homeland that is likely to come under US attacks in the near future. www.economist.com/the-americas...
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In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people!
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people!
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
By the end of October, England had only 61% of its expected annual rainfall, when we’d normally have about 80% at this time of the year.
So reservoirs remain low, with a few even below 30%.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So reservoirs remain low, with a few even below 30%.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
By the end of October, England had only 61% of its expected annual rainfall, when we’d normally have about 80% at this time of the year.
So reservoirs remain low, with a few even below 30%.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
So reservoirs remain low, with a few even below 30%.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Here is an embarrassing graph I have just made for a report. Fun fact:
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
March 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Here is an embarrassing graph I have just made for a report. Fun fact:
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
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Social media views are not proof of 'demand'. They are proof of what the algorithm was programmed to show to users. And, obviously, some of the accounts which have 'viewed' or 'liked' this are not real.
Debate about Carlson hosting Fuentes has focused on the supply side (who should be hosted and what type of conversation). But there is a huge demand side: On X, the post had 17 million views and 103K likes; on YouTube, the post had 5.6 million views and 249K likes. This is astonishing.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Social media views are not proof of 'demand'. They are proof of what the algorithm was programmed to show to users. And, obviously, some of the accounts which have 'viewed' or 'liked' this are not real.
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Last year Drax was paid £869m in subsidies, and under a new contract is in line to earn £458m pa until 2031.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Last year Drax was paid £869m in subsidies, and under a new contract is in line to earn £458m pa until 2031.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Not forgetting how US oil and gas companies are dodging decommissioning costs.
E.g: kleanindustries.com/insights/mar...
There are at least 2.6m unsealed wells onshore, with 2,700 offshore wells and 500 platforms delinquent for decommissioning. Those numbers are rising as fields reach end of life.
E.g: kleanindustries.com/insights/mar...
There are at least 2.6m unsealed wells onshore, with 2,700 offshore wells and 500 platforms delinquent for decommissioning. Those numbers are rising as fields reach end of life.
"Add oil sands on top of it, which is another 120, 130 billion. So the estimates was around 230 billion several years ago, not adjusted for inflation so probably exceeding 300 BILLION DOLLARS now. That's the scale of it: between $25,000 and $50,000 per citizen or so." #yyc #abpoli #PolluterPays
A dirty deal's being cooked up between the Alberta government & #BigOil so they can stick their MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR cleanup tab on YOU the taxpayer while a grotesquely complicit #AER watches & shrugs. Here's some of the people saying HELL NO #abpoli #PolluterPays www.podcastics.com/episode/3890...
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Not forgetting how US oil and gas companies are dodging decommissioning costs.
E.g: kleanindustries.com/insights/mar...
There are at least 2.6m unsealed wells onshore, with 2,700 offshore wells and 500 platforms delinquent for decommissioning. Those numbers are rising as fields reach end of life.
E.g: kleanindustries.com/insights/mar...
There are at least 2.6m unsealed wells onshore, with 2,700 offshore wells and 500 platforms delinquent for decommissioning. Those numbers are rising as fields reach end of life.
Twelve quick ripostes.
Inoculate yourself against the usual moaning misinformation, or for the already enlightened slash jaded, consider it a booster shot.
Inoculate yourself against the usual moaning misinformation, or for the already enlightened slash jaded, consider it a booster shot.
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year.
momentummag.com/your-comebac...
momentummag.com/your-comebac...
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
momentummag.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Twelve quick ripostes.
Inoculate yourself against the usual moaning misinformation, or for the already enlightened slash jaded, consider it a booster shot.
Inoculate yourself against the usual moaning misinformation, or for the already enlightened slash jaded, consider it a booster shot.
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Senators voted 51-49 against the resolution, dooming it even as a U.S. aircraft carrier sailed toward the Caribbean. interc.pt/47sCJzQ
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Senators voted 51-49 against the resolution, dooming it even as a U.S. aircraft carrier sailed toward the Caribbean. interc.pt/47sCJzQ
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EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
An 85-apartment building opened in N Carolina in 2012. This study followed the group of homeless over 24 months before and after moving in.
Hospital bills fell from $2.5m to $760,000.
E.R. visits from 571 to 124.
Arrests fell by 78% and jail stays by 84%.
#HousingFirst is vindicated over and over.
Hospital bills fell from $2.5m to $760,000.
E.R. visits from 571 to 124.
Arrests fell by 78% and jail stays by 84%.
#HousingFirst is vindicated over and over.
“Providing the homeless with a place to live may seem like a high cost for taxpayers. But the alternative, it turns out, is more costly, new research shows. Subsidized accommodation could actually be a bargain for the public, in purely economic terms.” Via @fastcompany
Housing The Homeless Saves Money--Here's The Research That Proves It
The best way to stop homelessness is mindbogglingly simple: Give them homes.
www.fastcompany.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
An 85-apartment building opened in N Carolina in 2012. This study followed the group of homeless over 24 months before and after moving in.
Hospital bills fell from $2.5m to $760,000.
E.R. visits from 571 to 124.
Arrests fell by 78% and jail stays by 84%.
#HousingFirst is vindicated over and over.
Hospital bills fell from $2.5m to $760,000.
E.R. visits from 571 to 124.
Arrests fell by 78% and jail stays by 84%.
#HousingFirst is vindicated over and over.
Yet they are spending $1.4 trillion over the next eight years on data centre infrastructure and chips.
It only makes sense if you believe that there is no 'second place' in the race to AGI.
But if sheer scale doesn't actually cut it, might someone else develop the next transformative breakthrough?
It only makes sense if you believe that there is no 'second place' in the race to AGI.
But if sheer scale doesn't actually cut it, might someone else develop the next transformative breakthrough?
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Yet they are spending $1.4 trillion over the next eight years on data centre infrastructure and chips.
It only makes sense if you believe that there is no 'second place' in the race to AGI.
But if sheer scale doesn't actually cut it, might someone else develop the next transformative breakthrough?
It only makes sense if you believe that there is no 'second place' in the race to AGI.
But if sheer scale doesn't actually cut it, might someone else develop the next transformative breakthrough?
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We do not need to mine the deep sea.
How deep-sea mining could threaten a vital ocean food source
As the US races toward deep-sea mining, scientists urge caution.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We do not need to mine the deep sea.
Hmm. Does this enable Ukraine-style innovation through iteration, or profiteering through preferment? I suppose America is about to find out.
Hegseth: "Let me say that again. We need to increase acquisition risk in order to decrease operational risk ... An 85% solution in the hands of our armed forces today is infinitely better than an unachievable 100% solution endlessly undergoing testing."
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hmm. Does this enable Ukraine-style innovation through iteration, or profiteering through preferment? I suppose America is about to find out.
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A look at Bari Weiss' first month at CBS News, as staffers express concern over unclear lines between the Free Press and CBS, disparate layoff impacts, and more (Washington Post)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A look at Bari Weiss' first month at CBS News, as staffers express concern over unclear lines between the Free Press and CBS, disparate layoff impacts, and more (Washington Post)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
We spoke with 20 current and former military officials about the purge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
We spoke with 20 current and former military officials about the purge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
We spoke with 20 current and former military officials about the purge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
We spoke with 20 current and former military officials about the purge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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🔴 Tufton Street’s influence is epitomised by the Charity Commission’s total failure to regulate Tufton Street.
📝 A new rant about the regulator’s latest investigation into the IEA 👇
📝 A new rant about the regulator’s latest investigation into the IEA 👇
Captured by the ‘free market’ fanatics
The Charity Commission’s political naivety complex...
writesbright.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🔴 Tufton Street’s influence is epitomised by the Charity Commission’s total failure to regulate Tufton Street.
📝 A new rant about the regulator’s latest investigation into the IEA 👇
📝 A new rant about the regulator’s latest investigation into the IEA 👇
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Very interesting.
You won’t be surprised to hear that, for instance Rupert Lowe’s tweets “make up 24% of the posts our users were sent from the 33 accounts we compared. But his posts only make up 6% of their total posts.”
He thinks it’s because he’s so engaging 🤪 but this experiment says NO
You won’t be surprised to hear that, for instance Rupert Lowe’s tweets “make up 24% of the posts our users were sent from the 33 accounts we compared. But his posts only make up 6% of their total posts.”
He thinks it’s because he’s so engaging 🤪 but this experiment says NO
🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Very interesting.
You won’t be surprised to hear that, for instance Rupert Lowe’s tweets “make up 24% of the posts our users were sent from the 33 accounts we compared. But his posts only make up 6% of their total posts.”
He thinks it’s because he’s so engaging 🤪 but this experiment says NO
You won’t be surprised to hear that, for instance Rupert Lowe’s tweets “make up 24% of the posts our users were sent from the 33 accounts we compared. But his posts only make up 6% of their total posts.”
He thinks it’s because he’s so engaging 🤪 but this experiment says NO
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All schoolchildren in England to be taught financial literacy on.ft.com/47rsXOk
All schoolchildren in England to be taught financial literacy
Major changes to curriculum also include teaching about fake news and climate change
on.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
All schoolchildren in England to be taught financial literacy on.ft.com/47rsXOk
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new york times hasn't done this yet, but their reporting shows mamdani absolutely slaughtering cuomo lmao
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
new york times hasn't done this yet, but their reporting shows mamdani absolutely slaughtering cuomo lmao