@hprior.bsky.social
Music Psychologist interested in encouraging environmentally-friendly behaviour change
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my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform
www.ft.com/content/f270...
www.ft.com/content/f270...
September 18, 2026 at 10:54 PM
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform
www.ft.com/content/f270...
www.ft.com/content/f270...
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There are over* 3,000 people in the UK who can't enjoy the heat.
Because the heat killed them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Because the heat killed them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat
Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
There are over* 3,000 people in the UK who can't enjoy the heat.
Because the heat killed them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Because the heat killed them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
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Wildfires in the UK - last 48 hours
Such events are now a common feature of summer and it is only a matter of time before lives are lost
Meanwhile @andyburnham.bsky.social reportedly plans to allow more oil and gas to be sucked out of the North Sea
Pure insanity
Such events are now a common feature of summer and it is only a matter of time before lives are lost
Meanwhile @andyburnham.bsky.social reportedly plans to allow more oil and gas to be sucked out of the North Sea
Pure insanity
July 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Wildfires in the UK - last 48 hours
Such events are now a common feature of summer and it is only a matter of time before lives are lost
Meanwhile @andyburnham.bsky.social reportedly plans to allow more oil and gas to be sucked out of the North Sea
Pure insanity
Such events are now a common feature of summer and it is only a matter of time before lives are lost
Meanwhile @andyburnham.bsky.social reportedly plans to allow more oil and gas to be sucked out of the North Sea
Pure insanity
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Wildfire in the Cairngorns? anyone?
Burnham has an opportunity to really change the way we look at climate change and take it seriously.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Burnham has an opportunity to really change the way we look at climate change and take it seriously.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 18, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Wildfire in the Cairngorns? anyone?
Burnham has an opportunity to really change the way we look at climate change and take it seriously.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Burnham has an opportunity to really change the way we look at climate change and take it seriously.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism
BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X
Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told.
The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...
x.com
July 18, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism
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This is simply a basic failure of journalism. If you aren't informing people, what is the point? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis
Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2026 at 7:16 AM
This is simply a basic failure of journalism. If you aren't informing people, what is the point? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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And this: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June heatwave killed up to 440 people a day in England and Wales, data suggests
Extreme temperatures in May and June led to about 2,700 lost lives in total with climate crisis adding 3C to 4C
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2026 at 5:29 AM
And this: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Breaking News!
y-axis alert!
Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures are now more than 3 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean, forcing an extension of the y-axis up to 3.5σ.
And that line way at the bottom? That's 1988.
y-axis alert!
Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures are now more than 3 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean, forcing an extension of the y-axis up to 3.5σ.
And that line way at the bottom? That's 1988.
June 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Breaking News!
y-axis alert!
Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures are now more than 3 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean, forcing an extension of the y-axis up to 3.5σ.
And that line way at the bottom? That's 1988.
y-axis alert!
Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures are now more than 3 standard deviations above the 1991-2020 mean, forcing an extension of the y-axis up to 3.5σ.
And that line way at the bottom? That's 1988.
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My lovely friend Mary Colwell has fought for a Natural History GCSE, supported by many, including Caroline.
For it to be proper natural history, we need lots of naturalists to give their opinions on the proposed framework. Please consider visiting the public consultation www.gov.uk/government/c...
For it to be proper natural history, we need lots of naturalists to give their opinions on the proposed framework. Please consider visiting the public consultation www.gov.uk/government/c...
June 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
My lovely friend Mary Colwell has fought for a Natural History GCSE, supported by many, including Caroline.
For it to be proper natural history, we need lots of naturalists to give their opinions on the proposed framework. Please consider visiting the public consultation www.gov.uk/government/c...
For it to be proper natural history, we need lots of naturalists to give their opinions on the proposed framework. Please consider visiting the public consultation www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Gigatons? Metric tons? Megatons?
Carbon Dioxide, Methane, F-Gases?
100 years? 20 years?
Wow, greenhouse gas emissions are hard to understand sometimes.
That's why we built the "Carbon in Context" website that helps navigate these confusing terms.
Check it out!
drawdown.org/carbon-in-co...
Carbon Dioxide, Methane, F-Gases?
100 years? 20 years?
Wow, greenhouse gas emissions are hard to understand sometimes.
That's why we built the "Carbon in Context" website that helps navigate these confusing terms.
Check it out!
drawdown.org/carbon-in-co...
Carbon in Context
Carbon in Context is a calculator that converts greenhouse gas emissions metrics into friendly, easy-to-digest comparisons.
drawdown.org
June 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Gigatons? Metric tons? Megatons?
Carbon Dioxide, Methane, F-Gases?
100 years? 20 years?
Wow, greenhouse gas emissions are hard to understand sometimes.
That's why we built the "Carbon in Context" website that helps navigate these confusing terms.
Check it out!
drawdown.org/carbon-in-co...
Carbon Dioxide, Methane, F-Gases?
100 years? 20 years?
Wow, greenhouse gas emissions are hard to understand sometimes.
That's why we built the "Carbon in Context" website that helps navigate these confusing terms.
Check it out!
drawdown.org/carbon-in-co...
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UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold.
It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on.
Sign & repost!! ❤️
It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on.
Sign & repost!! ❤️
Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data
We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...
petition.parliament.uk
June 7, 2026 at 8:23 AM
UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold.
It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on.
Sign & repost!! ❤️
It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on.
Sign & repost!! ❤️
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🧪 #AcademicSky 🇬🇧 30% staff cut in Chemistry at Nottingham. Two years ago, the Department received the RSC Prize in Excellence for Higher Education.
Resources and talent going to waste. UKG doing nothing to preserve strategic know-how for the country.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/notting...
Resources and talent going to waste. UKG doing nothing to preserve strategic know-how for the country.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/notting...
Nottingham’s chemistry department faces loss of 30% of faculty amid university-wide staff cuts
The department's technicians and support staff are also at risk
www.chemistryworld.com
May 20, 2026 at 8:29 PM
🧪 #AcademicSky 🇬🇧 30% staff cut in Chemistry at Nottingham. Two years ago, the Department received the RSC Prize in Excellence for Higher Education.
Resources and talent going to waste. UKG doing nothing to preserve strategic know-how for the country.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/notting...
Resources and talent going to waste. UKG doing nothing to preserve strategic know-how for the country.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/notting...
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📣 Our ‘A Well‑Adapted UK’ report is live.
How do we protect our way of life from the biggest climate risks we face today?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLU7... ⬇️
How do we protect our way of life from the biggest climate risks we face today?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLU7... ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLU7JYGOdRY⬇️
May 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
📣 Our ‘A Well‑Adapted UK’ report is live.
How do we protect our way of life from the biggest climate risks we face today?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLU7... ⬇️
How do we protect our way of life from the biggest climate risks we face today?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLU7... ⬇️
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🎥
State of Climate Action 2025
We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange!
PL RP🩷💚💙Thank you!
full #video▶️ youtu.be/SKx21eLLUqs
report 📖 bit.ly/SoCA2025
#climate #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #renewables #ActOnClimate
State of Climate Action 2025
We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange!
PL RP🩷💚💙Thank you!
full #video▶️ youtu.be/SKx21eLLUqs
report 📖 bit.ly/SoCA2025
#climate #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #renewables #ActOnClimate
March 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
🎥
State of Climate Action 2025
We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange!
PL RP🩷💚💙Thank you!
full #video▶️ youtu.be/SKx21eLLUqs
report 📖 bit.ly/SoCA2025
#climate #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #renewables #ActOnClimate
State of Climate Action 2025
We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange!
PL RP🩷💚💙Thank you!
full #video▶️ youtu.be/SKx21eLLUqs
report 📖 bit.ly/SoCA2025
#climate #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #renewables #ActOnClimate
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Do you want to see the "big picture" on climate change?
Here it is.
Emissions are on the left, and include CO2, CH4, N2O, and f-gases. Natural CO2 sinks (from healthy forests & oceans) are on the right. And carbon removal, what little there is, is on the right, too. All expressed as GWP100.
Here it is.
Emissions are on the left, and include CO2, CH4, N2O, and f-gases. Natural CO2 sinks (from healthy forests & oceans) are on the right. And carbon removal, what little there is, is on the right, too. All expressed as GWP100.
April 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Do you want to see the "big picture" on climate change?
Here it is.
Emissions are on the left, and include CO2, CH4, N2O, and f-gases. Natural CO2 sinks (from healthy forests & oceans) are on the right. And carbon removal, what little there is, is on the right, too. All expressed as GWP100.
Here it is.
Emissions are on the left, and include CO2, CH4, N2O, and f-gases. Natural CO2 sinks (from healthy forests & oceans) are on the right. And carbon removal, what little there is, is on the right, too. All expressed as GWP100.
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Six years of being ignored.
Yesterday that changed...
Four CVF members set the record straight.
Starting with @larawong.bsky.social sharing our official statement:
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Yesterday that changed...
Four CVF members set the record straight.
Starting with @larawong.bsky.social sharing our official statement:
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April 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Six years of being ignored.
Yesterday that changed...
Four CVF members set the record straight.
Starting with @larawong.bsky.social sharing our official statement:
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Yesterday that changed...
Four CVF members set the record straight.
Starting with @larawong.bsky.social sharing our official statement:
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Sustaining food, health, governance and other human systems will be much, much more difficult between 1.5°C and 2.0°C than now. Systems will become dysfunctional and approach or cross interacting critical thresholds, possibly resulting in uncontrollable cascading consequences.
Assuming accelerating warming since 1980, the planet will cross 2.0°C sometime around 2036-2037.
As for where we are right now with respect to 1.5°C, check your rear-view mirror.
As for where we are right now with respect to 1.5°C, check your rear-view mirror.
March 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Sustaining food, health, governance and other human systems will be much, much more difficult between 1.5°C and 2.0°C than now. Systems will become dysfunctional and approach or cross interacting critical thresholds, possibly resulting in uncontrollable cascading consequences.
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STILL seeing this at my local garden centre. Arrrgh!
Peat needs to stay in the ground. It's an essential store of carbon, critical for biodiversity & under threat. Demand peat-free compost! And complain if you see peat on sale.
The Royal Horticultural Society agrees: www.rhs.org.uk/advice/peat
Peat needs to stay in the ground. It's an essential store of carbon, critical for biodiversity & under threat. Demand peat-free compost! And complain if you see peat on sale.
The Royal Horticultural Society agrees: www.rhs.org.uk/advice/peat
March 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
STILL seeing this at my local garden centre. Arrrgh!
Peat needs to stay in the ground. It's an essential store of carbon, critical for biodiversity & under threat. Demand peat-free compost! And complain if you see peat on sale.
The Royal Horticultural Society agrees: www.rhs.org.uk/advice/peat
Peat needs to stay in the ground. It's an essential store of carbon, critical for biodiversity & under threat. Demand peat-free compost! And complain if you see peat on sale.
The Royal Horticultural Society agrees: www.rhs.org.uk/advice/peat
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Student loans: how fair is our repayment system? Today our Treasury Committee is launching an inquiry into this very topic - and we’d like to hear from young people in particular. Anyone over the age of 16 in the UK can feed in to our inquiry here:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
March 12, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Student loans: how fair is our repayment system? Today our Treasury Committee is launching an inquiry into this very topic - and we’d like to hear from young people in particular. Anyone over the age of 16 in the UK can feed in to our inquiry here:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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🚨 NEW DfE GUIDANCE
- VENTILATION & AIR QUALITY -
Clean air matters - especially for #ClinicallyVulnerable children, staff and families. This is an important recognition that airborne transmission is preventable.
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- VENTILATION & AIR QUALITY -
Clean air matters - especially for #ClinicallyVulnerable children, staff and families. This is an important recognition that airborne transmission is preventable.
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February 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
🚨 NEW DfE GUIDANCE
- VENTILATION & AIR QUALITY -
Clean air matters - especially for #ClinicallyVulnerable children, staff and families. This is an important recognition that airborne transmission is preventable.
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- VENTILATION & AIR QUALITY -
Clean air matters - especially for #ClinicallyVulnerable children, staff and families. This is an important recognition that airborne transmission is preventable.
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9,600 redundancies at just 24 universities. Imagine what the picture is for the sector as a whole. This is the other half of the student loan scandal picture, which has been national news lately. Nothing at all from the government on a key sector effectively in freefall…
Job losses at UK research-intensive universities double in two years.
Exclusive: Scale of redundancies branded a “disaster”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Exclusive: Scale of redundancies branded a “disaster”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Job losses at research-intensive universities double in two years - Research Professional News
Exclusive: Scale of redundancies revealed branded a “disaster” for UK research capacity
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 25, 2026 at 7:37 AM
9,600 redundancies at just 24 universities. Imagine what the picture is for the sector as a whole. This is the other half of the student loan scandal picture, which has been national news lately. Nothing at all from the government on a key sector effectively in freefall…
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Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social
Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...
February 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social
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Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….