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A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/
Earth Temperature Timeline
xkcd.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/
I think that this is a really important point that has wide applicability.
Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I think that this is a really important point that has wide applicability.
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Policy-based evidence making.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Policy-based evidence making.
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Farmers struggling because of erratic climate changes. Food prices will rise. Expect much worse as the climate continues to deteriorate for another 30 years IF world leaders stick to their plans. Longer & harder problems if they don't.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Farmers struggling because of erratic climate changes. Food prices will rise. Expect much worse as the climate continues to deteriorate for another 30 years IF world leaders stick to their plans. Longer & harder problems if they don't.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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All of this has coincided with a steep decline in the UK’s human rights position on LGBTQIA+ equality.
We’ve fallen from #1 to #22 in less than a decade - now ranked alongside countries like Hungary and Russia where rights are being stripped back.
We’ve fallen from #1 to #22 in less than a decade - now ranked alongside countries like Hungary and Russia where rights are being stripped back.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
All of this has coincided with a steep decline in the UK’s human rights position on LGBTQIA+ equality.
We’ve fallen from #1 to #22 in less than a decade - now ranked alongside countries like Hungary and Russia where rights are being stripped back.
We’ve fallen from #1 to #22 in less than a decade - now ranked alongside countries like Hungary and Russia where rights are being stripped back.
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
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Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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People want identity shortcuts for "who is worth listening to" and "which ideas are correct" and I implore you all to abandon that impulse, because that's not the world we live in.
Listen to the marginalized because our voices are erased, but also... think. Judge by word and deed.
Listen to the marginalized because our voices are erased, but also... think. Judge by word and deed.
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
People want identity shortcuts for "who is worth listening to" and "which ideas are correct" and I implore you all to abandon that impulse, because that's not the world we live in.
Listen to the marginalized because our voices are erased, but also... think. Judge by word and deed.
Listen to the marginalized because our voices are erased, but also... think. Judge by word and deed.
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“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼
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“Permanent Standard Time gives your body a healthier rhythm. Energy, metabolism, and immune system stay more synchronized, lowering risks of chronic conditions.”
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“Permanent Standard Time gives your body a healthier rhythm. Energy, metabolism, and immune system stay more synchronized, lowering risks of chronic conditions.”
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There's no such thing as "bad grammar", how you feel about a particular way of speaking are a direct reflection of how you feel about the people you associate that way of speaking with.
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
There's no such thing as "bad grammar", how you feel about a particular way of speaking are a direct reflection of how you feel about the people you associate that way of speaking with.
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Obviously this is a broken system unbothered by most people’s inability to navigate it, and the first priority ought to be overthrowing it. My point is only that, in the meantime, even people who think they’re doing okay financially are only one catastrophe away from the streets.
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Obviously this is a broken system unbothered by most people’s inability to navigate it, and the first priority ought to be overthrowing it. My point is only that, in the meantime, even people who think they’re doing okay financially are only one catastrophe away from the streets.
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So the word “every” does not include… whom?
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So the word “every” does not include… whom?
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Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
We’re Touching 1.9°C - And It’s Only 2025
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate by climate scientist Dr Karsten Haustein shows that, this week, the Earth ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
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Fill up the inkwell
Let your guts spill
Let your guts spill
October 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Fill up the inkwell
Let your guts spill
Let your guts spill
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this will kill people.
Just got a call from a lovely but very nervous Dr, who advised I wouldn't be routinely screened for breast cancer because I'm not indicated as being "biologically female" on the central NHS database and my biology wouldn't indicate I'm at risk.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
My records have been altered, which is upsetting.
October 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
this will kill people.
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We now have 115,000 members (translation: a sh*t load).
And we're not stopping there. Thousands of people are joining every week to be part of a different, hopeful politics.
Join the Green Party today ⤵️
And we're not stopping there. Thousands of people are joining every week to be part of a different, hopeful politics.
Join the Green Party today ⤵️
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We now have 115,000 members (translation: a sh*t load).
And we're not stopping there. Thousands of people are joining every week to be part of a different, hopeful politics.
Join the Green Party today ⤵️
And we're not stopping there. Thousands of people are joining every week to be part of a different, hopeful politics.
Join the Green Party today ⤵️
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When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them. I meant it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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“Another degrading possibility… is to allocate times during which the ponds will be trans-inclusive.”
Imagine scheduling time to “allow” black, disabled, lesbian, or Jewish women to use the pond - outside of that time, they’d be banned because of the ‘feelings’ of a group of privileged white women!
Imagine scheduling time to “allow” black, disabled, lesbian, or Jewish women to use the pond - outside of that time, they’d be banned because of the ‘feelings’ of a group of privileged white women!
The Hampstead Heath ponds debate sets a dangerous precedent for trans rights
Trans rights are being debated, again.
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Another degrading possibility… is to allocate times during which the ponds will be trans-inclusive.”
Imagine scheduling time to “allow” black, disabled, lesbian, or Jewish women to use the pond - outside of that time, they’d be banned because of the ‘feelings’ of a group of privileged white women!
Imagine scheduling time to “allow” black, disabled, lesbian, or Jewish women to use the pond - outside of that time, they’d be banned because of the ‘feelings’ of a group of privileged white women!
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A cartoon from my new book, 'Physics for Cats'. Out next week: www.tomgauld.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A cartoon from my new book, 'Physics for Cats'. Out next week: www.tomgauld.com
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Lost count of how many times people have offered me a lift and looked astounded when I have said “No thanks, I’m enjoying the walk”
I think it’s the concept of enjoying walking that is so alien to those who don’t even try it
And I am protecting my health as I age too
I think it’s the concept of enjoying walking that is so alien to those who don’t even try it
And I am protecting my health as I age too
September 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Lost count of how many times people have offered me a lift and looked astounded when I have said “No thanks, I’m enjoying the walk”
I think it’s the concept of enjoying walking that is so alien to those who don’t even try it
And I am protecting my health as I age too
I think it’s the concept of enjoying walking that is so alien to those who don’t even try it
And I am protecting my health as I age too
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.