Simon Campbell
@stellarsimon.bsky.social
Australian stellar astrophysicist. Concerned about the climate crisis - there is no planet B.
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"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
August 31, 2026 at 9:13 AM
"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA RECORD HEAT
Record heat never ends in Southeast Asia.
More records of August Highest Temperatures:
INDONESIA
36.2 Tanjungpandan
35.8 Pontianak
PHILIPPINES
High Min:27.7 Daet
Another month with 31 days breaking and rebreaking every record...
Record heat never ends in Southeast Asia.
More records of August Highest Temperatures:
INDONESIA
36.2 Tanjungpandan
35.8 Pontianak
PHILIPPINES
High Min:27.7 Daet
Another month with 31 days breaking and rebreaking every record...
August 31, 2026 at 12:24 PM
SOUTHEAST ASIA RECORD HEAT
Record heat never ends in Southeast Asia.
More records of August Highest Temperatures:
INDONESIA
36.2 Tanjungpandan
35.8 Pontianak
PHILIPPINES
High Min:27.7 Daet
Another month with 31 days breaking and rebreaking every record...
Record heat never ends in Southeast Asia.
More records of August Highest Temperatures:
INDONESIA
36.2 Tanjungpandan
35.8 Pontianak
PHILIPPINES
High Min:27.7 Daet
Another month with 31 days breaking and rebreaking every record...
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#Thailand shifts from #LNG to #renewables - the change in strategy was explicitly linked to the vulnerability and insecurity of #fossilfuel following the Hormuz blockade.
The new 60% clean energy target expected by October.
Source: Bloomberg; more here: www.energyconnects.com/news/gas-lng...
The new 60% clean energy target expected by October.
Source: Bloomberg; more here: www.energyconnects.com/news/gas-lng...
August 31, 2026 at 12:26 PM
#Thailand shifts from #LNG to #renewables - the change in strategy was explicitly linked to the vulnerability and insecurity of #fossilfuel following the Hormuz blockade.
The new 60% clean energy target expected by October.
Source: Bloomberg; more here: www.energyconnects.com/news/gas-lng...
The new 60% clean energy target expected by October.
Source: Bloomberg; more here: www.energyconnects.com/news/gas-lng...
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LOOK UP‼️
@rodcampbell.bsky.social explains why #INFM method carbon offsets (ACCUs) are ENTIRELY SUPERFLUOUS to the creation of the Great Koala NP
Funds have ALREADY been allocated in NSW's budget, incl funds to "compensate Forestry Corporation NSW for not being able to log this area" & partly spent
@rodcampbell.bsky.social explains why #INFM method carbon offsets (ACCUs) are ENTIRELY SUPERFLUOUS to the creation of the Great Koala NP
Funds have ALREADY been allocated in NSW's budget, incl funds to "compensate Forestry Corporation NSW for not being able to log this area" & partly spent
August 31, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved. n.pr/3UmkeZP
NPR spent 2 years tracking deaths from heat. We found a staggering hidden toll
An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.
n.pr
August 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved. n.pr/3UmkeZP
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Some good news ...
I first wrote about the astonishing mega-leaks of #methane in Turkmenistan in 2023
It's a potent greenhouse gas but fixes can be fast and cheap - a climate "emergency brake"
#climatecrisis
1/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I first wrote about the astonishing mega-leaks of #methane in Turkmenistan in 2023
It's a potent greenhouse gas but fixes can be fast and cheap - a climate "emergency brake"
#climatecrisis
1/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points
Vast releases of gas, along with future ‘methane bombs’, represent huge threat – but curbing emissions would rapidly reduce global heating
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Some good news ...
I first wrote about the astonishing mega-leaks of #methane in Turkmenistan in 2023
It's a potent greenhouse gas but fixes can be fast and cheap - a climate "emergency brake"
#climatecrisis
1/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I first wrote about the astonishing mega-leaks of #methane in Turkmenistan in 2023
It's a potent greenhouse gas but fixes can be fast and cheap - a climate "emergency brake"
#climatecrisis
1/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Everything is covered in ash’: Indonesia wildfires leave people in crisis
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
‘Everything is covered in ash’: Indonesia wildfires leave people in crisis
Fires severely impacting people's health in West Kalimantan, with pregnant women and children particularly vulnerable.
www.aljazeera.com
August 29, 2026 at 6:07 AM
‘Everything is covered in ash’: Indonesia wildfires leave people in crisis
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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Fri 21 Aug
Climate warming is harmful, fossil fuels cause it, alternatives are available
Yet super-majority govts like @albomp.bsky.social's keep approving & enabling Oil, Gas & Coal projects like WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon 💣 that's destroying our future
Climate warming is harmful, fossil fuels cause it, alternatives are available
Yet super-majority govts like @albomp.bsky.social's keep approving & enabling Oil, Gas & Coal projects like WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon 💣 that's destroying our future
August 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Fri 21 Aug
Climate warming is harmful, fossil fuels cause it, alternatives are available
Yet super-majority govts like @albomp.bsky.social's keep approving & enabling Oil, Gas & Coal projects like WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon 💣 that's destroying our future
Climate warming is harmful, fossil fuels cause it, alternatives are available
Yet super-majority govts like @albomp.bsky.social's keep approving & enabling Oil, Gas & Coal projects like WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon 💣 that's destroying our future
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IPCC in 2019
“There is 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 that in the context of mountain flood and landslide hazards, exposure, & vulnerability growing in the coming century, significant risk reduction and adaptation strategies will be required to avoid increased impacts.” [italics mine]
www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapte...
“There is 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 that in the context of mountain flood and landslide hazards, exposure, & vulnerability growing in the coming century, significant risk reduction and adaptation strategies will be required to avoid increased impacts.” [italics mine]
www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapte...
August 29, 2026 at 5:37 AM
IPCC in 2019
“There is 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 that in the context of mountain flood and landslide hazards, exposure, & vulnerability growing in the coming century, significant risk reduction and adaptation strategies will be required to avoid increased impacts.” [italics mine]
www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapte...
“There is 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 that in the context of mountain flood and landslide hazards, exposure, & vulnerability growing in the coming century, significant risk reduction and adaptation strategies will be required to avoid increased impacts.” [italics mine]
www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapte...
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Europe’s seas are experiencing heat that would have been virtually impossible in a pre-industrial climate. In the Mediterranean, summer SSTs have intensified by 3°C, far exceeding global warming, destroying marine life & dramatically altering our seas.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
August 19, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Europe’s seas are experiencing heat that would have been virtually impossible in a pre-industrial climate. In the Mediterranean, summer SSTs have intensified by 3°C, far exceeding global warming, destroying marine life & dramatically altering our seas.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
Measles still on the rise in US.. they've gone backwards by about 3 decades now.
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states.
The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination.
Screwworm cases continue to rise.
And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination.
Screwworm cases continue to rise.
And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record.
“Make America Healthy Again.”
August 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Measles still on the rise in US.. they've gone backwards by about 3 decades now.
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It's me, a Telegraph columnist, taking a break screaming bloody murder about fairness in the women's sports I wouldn't be caught dead watching to wax lyrical about academic integrity in sociology, a field I consider to be fake, at institutions I consider to be communist indoctrination centers.
August 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
It's me, a Telegraph columnist, taking a break screaming bloody murder about fairness in the women's sports I wouldn't be caught dead watching to wax lyrical about academic integrity in sociology, a field I consider to be fake, at institutions I consider to be communist indoctrination centers.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
August 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
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EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN THAILAND
Record of August hottest night smashed again allover the country.
RECORDS HIGH MINIMUMS
29.7 Bangkok Pilot
HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THAILAND (tied from earlier this month).
29.5 Phuket AP
29.3 Bang Na
29.3 Samut Prakan
29.1 Bangkok
Record of August hottest night smashed again allover the country.
RECORDS HIGH MINIMUMS
29.7 Bangkok Pilot
HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THAILAND (tied from earlier this month).
29.5 Phuket AP
29.3 Bang Na
29.3 Samut Prakan
29.1 Bangkok
August 15, 2026 at 10:05 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN THAILAND
Record of August hottest night smashed again allover the country.
RECORDS HIGH MINIMUMS
29.7 Bangkok Pilot
HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THAILAND (tied from earlier this month).
29.5 Phuket AP
29.3 Bang Na
29.3 Samut Prakan
29.1 Bangkok
Record of August hottest night smashed again allover the country.
RECORDS HIGH MINIMUMS
29.7 Bangkok Pilot
HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THAILAND (tied from earlier this month).
29.5 Phuket AP
29.3 Bang Na
29.3 Samut Prakan
29.1 Bangkok
OMG, Thailand..
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN THAILAND
Record of August hottest night smashed again allover the country.
RECORDS HIGH MINIMUMS
29.7 Bangkok Pilot
HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THAILAND (tied from earlier this month).
29.5 Phuket AP
29.3 Bang Na
29.3 Samut Prakan
29.1 Bangkok
Record of August hottest night smashed again allover the country.
RECORDS HIGH MINIMUMS
29.7 Bangkok Pilot
HOTTEST AUGUST NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN THAILAND (tied from earlier this month).
29.5 Phuket AP
29.3 Bang Na
29.3 Samut Prakan
29.1 Bangkok
August 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM
OMG, Thailand..
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Conservative backlash was supposed to put an end to the DEI movement as companies were warned “go woke, go broke”.
But new research shared exclusively with the Guardian found that companies that kept their DEI practices performed just as well as their competitors who pulled back.
But new research shared exclusively with the Guardian found that companies that kept their DEI practices performed just as well as their competitors who pulled back.
August 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Conservative backlash was supposed to put an end to the DEI movement as companies were warned “go woke, go broke”.
But new research shared exclusively with the Guardian found that companies that kept their DEI practices performed just as well as their competitors who pulled back.
But new research shared exclusively with the Guardian found that companies that kept their DEI practices performed just as well as their competitors who pulled back.
It's almost like it's a global thing 🤔
Record heat in MEXICO
never ends:
On Friday the city of Colima rose to 39.4C which is a new record of August highest temperature.
never ends:
On Friday the city of Colima rose to 39.4C which is a new record of August highest temperature.
August 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It's almost like it's a global thing 🤔
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They perfected this particular firehose media persecution strategy on trans people & migrants.
August 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
They perfected this particular firehose media persecution strategy on trans people & migrants.
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My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.
Spain removes remains of 11th century kings from monastery as wildfire rages reut.rs/4zAAN4r
Spain removes remains of 11th century kings from monastery as wildfire rages
Spanish authorities on Thursday removed the remains of three kings who ruled the Aragón region in the 11th century from a monastery threatened by a wildfire.
reut.rs
August 14, 2026 at 12:38 PM
My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.
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Media friends, if you're covering AI in the energy sector and want to better understand the differences between LLM and non-LLM AI tools - what tasks they're good at, what computing resources they need - please feel free to reach out. I do this stuff for research & am happy to talk on or off record.
August 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Media friends, if you're covering AI in the energy sector and want to better understand the differences between LLM and non-LLM AI tools - what tasks they're good at, what computing resources they need - please feel free to reach out. I do this stuff for research & am happy to talk on or off record.
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I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!
August 14, 2026 at 5:45 AM
I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!
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“current economic models [do not] capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.””
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2026 at 10:05 AM
“current economic models [do not] capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.””
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Repeated dawn raids by the police on peaceful, decent people who have made social media posts supportive of Palestine Action. They are being treated as if they were building bombs.
Tell me this isn't authoritarianism.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/this-is...
Tell me this isn't authoritarianism.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/this-is...
'This isn't the Britain I grew up in': The activists raided by police over Palestine Action videos
Activists say police searched their entire homes, confiscating personal devices and items bearing the Palestinian flag, even rifling through personal diaries
www.middleeasteye.net
August 14, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Repeated dawn raids by the police on peaceful, decent people who have made social media posts supportive of Palestine Action. They are being treated as if they were building bombs.
Tell me this isn't authoritarianism.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/this-is...
Tell me this isn't authoritarianism.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/this-is...
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Dumbfounded.
These Ocean Temps are WILD! Surface ocean temps departure from normal. The Tropical Eastern Pacific El Niño region is +8-12°F. And we still have months of warming ahead of us! We have reached this intensity 3 months ahead of any other El Niño on record. It’s in its own Universe.
These Ocean Temps are WILD! Surface ocean temps departure from normal. The Tropical Eastern Pacific El Niño region is +8-12°F. And we still have months of warming ahead of us! We have reached this intensity 3 months ahead of any other El Niño on record. It’s in its own Universe.
August 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Dumbfounded.
These Ocean Temps are WILD! Surface ocean temps departure from normal. The Tropical Eastern Pacific El Niño region is +8-12°F. And we still have months of warming ahead of us! We have reached this intensity 3 months ahead of any other El Niño on record. It’s in its own Universe.
These Ocean Temps are WILD! Surface ocean temps departure from normal. The Tropical Eastern Pacific El Niño region is +8-12°F. And we still have months of warming ahead of us! We have reached this intensity 3 months ahead of any other El Niño on record. It’s in its own Universe.
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“Crazy how trains take 37 years of committees but a million flock cameras and data centers can go up in a month”
“One benefits billionaires, the other benefits people.”
“One benefits billionaires, the other benefits people.”
August 14, 2026 at 10:37 AM
“Crazy how trains take 37 years of committees but a million flock cameras and data centers can go up in a month”
“One benefits billionaires, the other benefits people.”
“One benefits billionaires, the other benefits people.”