Tim Williams
@timinwales.bsky.social
Grandfather, music loving bassist, guitar, piano. Farmer, BSc Botany, ex University research development manager. Lapsed pilot PPL and flying instructor. Many years hang gliding, paragliding, gliding etc. Interested in science and interesting people.
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In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Covid vaccines = improved pregnancy outcomes.👇
"COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of severe disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period."
Study: Vaccination & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#VaccinesWork
"COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of severe disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period."
Study: Vaccination & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#VaccinesWork
Vaccination and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 in Pregnancy
This study uses a population-level surveillance program to investigate maternal and perinatal outcomes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy by vaccination status prior to and during pregn...
jamanetwork.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Covid vaccines = improved pregnancy outcomes.👇
"COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of severe disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period."
Study: Vaccination & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#VaccinesWork
"COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of severe disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period."
Study: Vaccination & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#VaccinesWork
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It is not just in CAISO where fossil gas is losing ground to renewables with storage. Western Australia is trading gas for renewables with storage too. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋https://theconversation.com/big-batteries-are-now-outcompeting-gas-in-the-grid-and-gas-rich-western-australia-is-at-the-forefront-271753
Big batteries are now outcompeting gas in the grid – and gas-rich Western Australia is at the forefront
Gas was long thought to be essential as a backup for a clean energy grid. But enormous growth in grid-scale batteries has changed the game.
theconversation.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It is not just in CAISO where fossil gas is losing ground to renewables with storage. Western Australia is trading gas for renewables with storage too. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋https://theconversation.com/big-batteries-are-now-outcompeting-gas-in-the-grid-and-gas-rich-western-australia-is-at-the-forefront-271753
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18 higher education institutions, or 12% of UK universities now refuse to advertise roles with fossil fuel companies to their students! 🧪
📣 The 2025/6 University League is here!
We ranked 147 UK universities against ethics and sustainability criteria. 📈
🔍 Find out how your university scored! 👇
peopleandplanet.org/university-l...
We ranked 147 UK universities against ethics and sustainability criteria. 📈
🔍 Find out how your university scored! 👇
peopleandplanet.org/university-l...
December 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
18 higher education institutions, or 12% of UK universities now refuse to advertise roles with fossil fuel companies to their students! 🧪
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Sum: Don't! 🛑
Tanning bed users are at higher risk of skin cancer, especially in unusual places www.npr.org/sections/sho...
20% of Gen Z "prioritize getting a tan over protecting their skin."
"25% say it's worth looking great now even if it means looking worse later."
Tanning bed users are at higher risk of skin cancer, especially in unusual places www.npr.org/sections/sho...
20% of Gen Z "prioritize getting a tan over protecting their skin."
"25% say it's worth looking great now even if it means looking worse later."
Tanning bed users are at higher risk of skin cancer, especially in unusual places
Indoor tanning is trending among Gen Z. A new study finds tanning bed users not only have a much higher risk of melanoma, they also have DNA damage linked to cancer across nearly their entire skin.
www.npr.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Sum: Don't! 🛑
Tanning bed users are at higher risk of skin cancer, especially in unusual places www.npr.org/sections/sho...
20% of Gen Z "prioritize getting a tan over protecting their skin."
"25% say it's worth looking great now even if it means looking worse later."
Tanning bed users are at higher risk of skin cancer, especially in unusual places www.npr.org/sections/sho...
20% of Gen Z "prioritize getting a tan over protecting their skin."
"25% say it's worth looking great now even if it means looking worse later."
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🌊 Typhoons vacuum microplastics from ocean and deposit them on land, study finds
I can imagine the new ocean pollution control plans already... “wait for a typhoon”
phys.org/news/2025-12...
I can imagine the new ocean pollution control plans already... “wait for a typhoon”
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Typhoons vacuum microplastics from ocean and deposit them on land, study finds
Tropical storms such as typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones are Earth's most powerful weather systems. Born over warm oceans, they travel thousands of kilometers to land, traversing waters now polluted...
phys.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🌊 Typhoons vacuum microplastics from ocean and deposit them on land, study finds
I can imagine the new ocean pollution control plans already... “wait for a typhoon”
phys.org/news/2025-12...
I can imagine the new ocean pollution control plans already... “wait for a typhoon”
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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Scientists who rely on federal funding and resources are unsure how to work with the government.
Congress is still finalizing the Fiscal Year 2026 agency budgets, and many scientists are pushing back against the recent changes. cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n... #chemsky 🧪
Congress is still finalizing the Fiscal Year 2026 agency budgets, and many scientists are pushing back against the recent changes. cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n... #chemsky 🧪
‘A huge rupture in everything’: US science faced major upheaval in 2025
Amid enormous shifts, many scientists pushed back and risked dismissal from their jobs even as federal agencies fired thousands of employees
cen.acs.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Scientists who rely on federal funding and resources are unsure how to work with the government.
Congress is still finalizing the Fiscal Year 2026 agency budgets, and many scientists are pushing back against the recent changes. cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n... #chemsky 🧪
Congress is still finalizing the Fiscal Year 2026 agency budgets, and many scientists are pushing back against the recent changes. cen.acs.org/policy/nih-n... #chemsky 🧪
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A thread about the introduction of quanta, the secret origin of Boltzmann’s constant, and the disastrous impact of quantum mechanics on one man’s appearance. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A thread about the introduction of quanta, the secret origin of Boltzmann’s constant, and the disastrous impact of quantum mechanics on one man’s appearance. 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢
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FREE 🧪 education book from the @rsc.org
New volume in the books.rsc.org/books/collec...
The authors have made this OPEN ACCESS from
books.rsc.org/books/oa-edi...
New volume in the books.rsc.org/books/collec...
The authors have made this OPEN ACCESS from
books.rsc.org/books/oa-edi...
December 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
FREE 🧪 education book from the @rsc.org
New volume in the books.rsc.org/books/collec...
The authors have made this OPEN ACCESS from
books.rsc.org/books/oa-edi...
New volume in the books.rsc.org/books/collec...
The authors have made this OPEN ACCESS from
books.rsc.org/books/oa-edi...
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Human-caused climate warming is supported by atmospheric chemistry, energy-balance models, and observational datasets.
EPA: ‘Let’s remove it from the website’.
Apparently peer-review is now a Cult™ doctrine.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
EPA: ‘Let’s remove it from the website’.
Apparently peer-review is now a Cult™ doctrine.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The EPA erases mentions of human-fueled climate change from its web pages
A spokesperson for the EPA said the agency ‘no longer takes marching orders from the climate cult’
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Human-caused climate warming is supported by atmospheric chemistry, energy-balance models, and observational datasets.
EPA: ‘Let’s remove it from the website’.
Apparently peer-review is now a Cult™ doctrine.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
EPA: ‘Let’s remove it from the website’.
Apparently peer-review is now a Cult™ doctrine.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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A French charity is testing an unusual fund-raising approach in the fine art world: Raffling off a Picasso painting worth more than 1 million euros to one winner. Each of the raffle tickets is on sale for 100 euros, and proceeds will go toward research into Alzheimer’s disease. trib.al/Xi9XqjE
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A French charity is testing an unusual fund-raising approach in the fine art world: Raffling off a Picasso painting worth more than 1 million euros to one winner. Each of the raffle tickets is on sale for 100 euros, and proceeds will go toward research into Alzheimer’s disease. trib.al/Xi9XqjE
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Yet ANOTHER thing RFK Jr wrong about. It is endless...
Is Saturated Fat Actually Good for You? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
Nope.
"...many experts worry that Americans’ health may worsen, and that it would potentially cause an uptick in cardiovascular disease..."
Is Saturated Fat Actually Good for You? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
Nope.
"...many experts worry that Americans’ health may worsen, and that it would potentially cause an uptick in cardiovascular disease..."
Is Saturated Fat Actually Good for You?
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yet ANOTHER thing RFK Jr wrong about. It is endless...
Is Saturated Fat Actually Good for You? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
Nope.
"...many experts worry that Americans’ health may worsen, and that it would potentially cause an uptick in cardiovascular disease..."
Is Saturated Fat Actually Good for You? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
Nope.
"...many experts worry that Americans’ health may worsen, and that it would potentially cause an uptick in cardiovascular disease..."
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🌊 Ocean current and seabed shape influence warm water circulation under ice shelves, research reveals
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Ocean current and seabed shape influence warm water circulation under ice shelves, research reveals
New research reveals how the speed of ocean currents and the shape of the seabed influence the amount of heat flowing underneath Antarctic ice shelves, contributing to melting.
phys.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
🌊 Ocean current and seabed shape influence warm water circulation under ice shelves, research reveals
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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Offshore wind is happening in the U.S., despite the Trump administration’s hostility to it.
I saw it up close, & from what I saw, these offshore turbines are co-existing with the marine environment & generating a reliable source of zero-carbon electricity
www.oneearthnow.org/p/offshore-w...
I saw it up close, & from what I saw, these offshore turbines are co-existing with the marine environment & generating a reliable source of zero-carbon electricity
www.oneearthnow.org/p/offshore-w...
Offshore Wind, Despite Facing Stiff Federal Headwinds, is Working
South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US, is exceeding expectations for power generation and co-existing with the marine environment.
www.oneearthnow.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Offshore wind is happening in the U.S., despite the Trump administration’s hostility to it.
I saw it up close, & from what I saw, these offshore turbines are co-existing with the marine environment & generating a reliable source of zero-carbon electricity
www.oneearthnow.org/p/offshore-w...
I saw it up close, & from what I saw, these offshore turbines are co-existing with the marine environment & generating a reliable source of zero-carbon electricity
www.oneearthnow.org/p/offshore-w...
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Carbon capture and storage is extremely expensive, and has so far failed to make a dent in our emissions.
Desperate for new ideas, Shell Australia sponsored Queensland Museum to run a “Design your own CCS” activity with children. 🤔🧪
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Desperate for new ideas, Shell Australia sponsored Queensland Museum to run a “Design your own CCS” activity with children. 🤔🧪
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change
Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Carbon capture and storage is extremely expensive, and has so far failed to make a dent in our emissions.
Desperate for new ideas, Shell Australia sponsored Queensland Museum to run a “Design your own CCS” activity with children. 🤔🧪
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Desperate for new ideas, Shell Australia sponsored Queensland Museum to run a “Design your own CCS” activity with children. 🤔🧪
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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the only thing Rachel Reeves needs to do for more favourable coverage on BBC News is threaten to sue them for £1 billion
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
the only thing Rachel Reeves needs to do for more favourable coverage on BBC News is threaten to sue them for £1 billion
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This is good news. Blue Hydrogen only makes sense if you’re an oil company looking for life after fossil fuels - we don’t need to make Hydrogen from fossil gas, we can make it from water.
buff.ly/pIng8c9
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December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is good news. Blue Hydrogen only makes sense if you’re an oil company looking for life after fossil fuels - we don’t need to make Hydrogen from fossil gas, we can make it from water.
buff.ly/pIng8c9
buff.ly/pIng8c9
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Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf is breaking apart — and we can now see how.
A new analysis of 20 years of satellite data reveals two phases of fracturing and links the breakup directly to faster ice flow.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
A new analysis of 20 years of satellite data reveals two phases of fracturing and links the breakup directly to faster ice flow.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Evolution of Shear‐Zone Fractures Presages the Disintegration of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf
Shearing of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf against its pinning point has been a major driver of its recent destabilization
Shear-zone fracturing occurred in two phases: expansion of long shear fractu...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf is breaking apart — and we can now see how.
A new analysis of 20 years of satellite data reveals two phases of fracturing and links the breakup directly to faster ice flow.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
A new analysis of 20 years of satellite data reveals two phases of fracturing and links the breakup directly to faster ice flow.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Kennedy sharpens vaccine attacks, without scientific backing medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11... by @celinegounder.com
"...part of a broader strategy to foster uncertainty about vaccine safety..."
"The whole RFK Jr. assessment is really prone to cherry-picking."
"...part of a broader strategy to foster uncertainty about vaccine safety..."
"The whole RFK Jr. assessment is really prone to cherry-picking."
Kennedy sharpens vaccine attacks, without scientific backing
As the federal government prepares for the next meeting of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has intensified his attacks on al...
medicalxpress.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Kennedy sharpens vaccine attacks, without scientific backing medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11... by @celinegounder.com
"...part of a broader strategy to foster uncertainty about vaccine safety..."
"The whole RFK Jr. assessment is really prone to cherry-picking."
"...part of a broader strategy to foster uncertainty about vaccine safety..."
"The whole RFK Jr. assessment is really prone to cherry-picking."
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Minor changes to the ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation.
Exposure to a week of content expressing ‘antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity’ can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Exposure to a week of content expressing ‘antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity’ can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Minor changes to the ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation.
Exposure to a week of content expressing ‘antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity’ can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Exposure to a week of content expressing ‘antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity’ can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Important point: this ISN'T about willpower. It is about our food environment. 👇
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it theconversation.com/the-ultra-pr... by @philbakernz.bsky.social et al.
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it theconversation.com/the-ultra-pr... by @philbakernz.bsky.social et al.
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it
Without policy action and a coordinated global response, ultra-processed foods will continue to rise in human diets, harming health, economies. It’s time to act.
theconversation.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Important point: this ISN'T about willpower. It is about our food environment. 👇
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it theconversation.com/the-ultra-pr... by @philbakernz.bsky.social et al.
The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it theconversation.com/the-ultra-pr... by @philbakernz.bsky.social et al.
Yet another hidden hero that they didn't tell us about in school. Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Tr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Tr...
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Yet another hidden hero that they didn't tell us about in school. Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Tr...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Tr...