Mat Porton
@portonlemon.bsky.social
Clock servicing, repair and conservation. Also teaching Horology. Also cycling. Also spoons
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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It is a little known fact that tonight's clock re-adjustment was pioneered by German-British artist Frank Auerbach, to the great dismay of the proponent of the original change, politician Konrad Adenauer
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It is a little known fact that tonight's clock re-adjustment was pioneered by German-British artist Frank Auerbach, to the great dismay of the proponent of the original change, politician Konrad Adenauer
@herring1967.bsky.social put all those bloody stones back man you've been squeezing it from the wrong end! bsky.app/profile/davi...
The natural weathering of ALL THE ROCKS in the world removes almost 1 billion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere every year. Enhanced rock weathering is an attempt to use a minuscule fraction of ALL THE ROCKS to remove many times more CO₂.
How spreading rocks on fields could combat climate change
‘Enhanced rock weathering’ is a simple, but also hard to measure, way of capturing carbon
www.ft.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
@herring1967.bsky.social put all those bloody stones back man you've been squeezing it from the wrong end! bsky.app/profile/davi...
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We’re just innocent men
September 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We’re just innocent men
🎵I'm your only Smurf
🎵I'm not your only Smurf
🎵But I'm a little glowing Smurf
🎵But really I'm not actually your Smurf
🎵But I am
🎵I'm not your only Smurf
🎵But I'm a little glowing Smurf
🎵But really I'm not actually your Smurf
🎵But I am
🎵Her name is Smurfette
🎵I have a Smurf about her
🎵She Smurfs my bell
🎵I got Smurf class in half an hour
🎵Oh, how she rocks
🎵In Smurfs and Smurf socks
🎵But she doesn't know who I am
🎵And she doesn't give a Smurf about me
🎵I have a Smurf about her
🎵She Smurfs my bell
🎵I got Smurf class in half an hour
🎵Oh, how she rocks
🎵In Smurfs and Smurf socks
🎵But she doesn't know who I am
🎵And she doesn't give a Smurf about me
August 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🎵I'm your only Smurf
🎵I'm not your only Smurf
🎵But I'm a little glowing Smurf
🎵But really I'm not actually your Smurf
🎵But I am
🎵I'm not your only Smurf
🎵But I'm a little glowing Smurf
🎵But really I'm not actually your Smurf
🎵But I am
Those "woos" and "whoops" are clearly added canned sound effects. For goodness sake this was Britain in the 80's people didn't make noises like that. Polite applause, maybe #TOTP
August 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Those "woos" and "whoops" are clearly added canned sound effects. For goodness sake this was Britain in the 80's people didn't make noises like that. Polite applause, maybe #TOTP
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“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/w...
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/w...
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
theprogressplaybook.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/w...
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/w...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Farm with solar energy
Agrivoltaics increased grape yield up to 60%
2 vineyards of French biz Sun’Agri increased grape yields by 20-60% in 2024, vs areas with no solar
PV modules helped moderate temperature extremes, reducing summer heat and winter cold
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
Agrivoltaics increased grape yield up to 60%
2 vineyards of French biz Sun’Agri increased grape yields by 20-60% in 2024, vs areas with no solar
PV modules helped moderate temperature extremes, reducing summer heat and winter cold
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
December 1, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Farm with solar energy
Agrivoltaics increased grape yield up to 60%
2 vineyards of French biz Sun’Agri increased grape yields by 20-60% in 2024, vs areas with no solar
PV modules helped moderate temperature extremes, reducing summer heat and winter cold
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
Agrivoltaics increased grape yield up to 60%
2 vineyards of French biz Sun’Agri increased grape yields by 20-60% in 2024, vs areas with no solar
PV modules helped moderate temperature extremes, reducing summer heat and winter cold
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
Looking ahead to the post-apocalyptic world I can:
-keep your mechanical clocks running (electric ones won't work)
-Carve wooden spoons for everyone (cutlery may be in short supply)
-fix your bike
So, stick with me and it's pretty much going to be fine. What 3 skills have you got to offer the group?
-keep your mechanical clocks running (electric ones won't work)
-Carve wooden spoons for everyone (cutlery may be in short supply)
-fix your bike
So, stick with me and it's pretty much going to be fine. What 3 skills have you got to offer the group?
July 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Looking ahead to the post-apocalyptic world I can:
-keep your mechanical clocks running (electric ones won't work)
-Carve wooden spoons for everyone (cutlery may be in short supply)
-fix your bike
So, stick with me and it's pretty much going to be fine. What 3 skills have you got to offer the group?
-keep your mechanical clocks running (electric ones won't work)
-Carve wooden spoons for everyone (cutlery may be in short supply)
-fix your bike
So, stick with me and it's pretty much going to be fine. What 3 skills have you got to offer the group?
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NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
July 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction
🧵
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
:-(
Tiny Chef announces his show has been cancelled at Nickelodeon after 2 seasons and 41 episodes.
June 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
:-(
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What a weekend in Norway! 🇳🇴
June 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What a weekend in Norway! 🇳🇴
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If this time travel experiment works, I should be able to go from here and now and reappea—
—r about here.
It worked!! Ahah!
Of course, I can't reveal any of what will happen, to avoid paradoxes.
Sorry.
I'll just act normal.
It worked!! Ahah!
Of course, I can't reveal any of what will happen, to avoid paradoxes.
Sorry.
I'll just act normal.
April 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If this time travel experiment works, I should be able to go from here and now and reappea—
April 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
No I'm not religious, but I believe in the holy trinity 🙏
April 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
No I'm not religious, but I believe in the holy trinity 🙏
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If you see this, post a doc.
March 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you see this, post a doc.
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as always, there is a Discworld quote
March 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
as always, there is a Discworld quote
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Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
March 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]