Filbert Cobb

“Everything is Stories and Stories are Everything and they are our Way of Understanding the World and our Place in it”

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

@25_cycle @mynropmail @MariusFrost11 @Veritatem2021 @AlexVickeryHowe @begtosniffer @art_interesting @GeraldKutney @What_Doubelieve When we cut our emissions we will be delivered from precession, tectonics, vulcanism, cosmic radiation, isostatic rebound, convection and the tyranny of the Laws of Thermodynamics providing we return to the precise CO2 level where none of this happens

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

@tellingitstr8 @AvonandsomerRob Damp

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

First of the autumn raspberries today!!

Intense

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

That's the way to do it! If you have been giving money to any conservation charity that indulges in rewilding, stop it. Walk away. Leave nature alone. Haven't we done enough damage? https://t.co/2ZDmP9WRXi

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

As we were taught by the horticulturalist Professor J P Hudson at University of Nottingham School of Agriculture and Horticulture, Sutton Bonington.

In 1965

[Robin Monotti @robinmonotti]

NOBEL PRIZE PHYSICIST PROVED RIGHT ON REASON FOR 21st CENTURY CLIMATE CHANGE: IT'S THE CLOUDS!

The average surface temperature correlates with the absorbed solar radiation. CERES absorbed solar radiation (ASR) measures the difference between incoming solar energy at the top of the atmosphere and the energy reflected back into space.
Significant fluctuations in ASR, such as the spikes observed in 2023 (peaking at 6.2 W/m² in March), indicate shifts in Earth’s energy balance that can drive changes in surface temperature, sea levels, and climate patterns.

Cloud albedo is the measure of the reflectivity of clouds, representing the fraction of incident solar radiation reflected back into space. Typically, cloud albedo ranges from 0.4 for thin cirrus clouds to over 0.8 for thick low-level stratus clouds, with global averages around 0.50. This high reflectivity accounts for approximately half of Earth's total planetary albedo, playing a critical role in the planet's energy balance by cooling the surface.

Clouds influence Earth's energy balance in two opposing ways:

Cooling Effect (Shortwave): Low-altitude, thick clouds (like stratus) have high albedo and reflect significant solar radiation back into space, cooling the surface.
Warming Effect (Longwave): High-altitude, thin clouds (like cirrus) allow sunlight to pass through but trap outgoing infrared radiation, acting similarly to greenhouse gases and warming the atmosphere.

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

The unpleasant effects of chemotherapy - which by design is designed to nearly but not quite kill you - include an insidious de-skilling whereby you forget how to do stuff almost without noticing you can't remember any more

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

There being no way to turn off Facebook reels the only way to stop seeing them is to stop clicking on the drivel but it is very difficult to remember to do this especially if the subject matter is a caterpillar riding a bicycle

[Pat Condell @patcondell]

They’re really milking this Jason Arday fiasco. Absolutely shameless. There’ll be a statue of the fraudulent prick in Trafalgar Square before they’re finished.

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

@Frankdgrwhippet I need a taxi to get to the nearest bus-stop

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

@haveigotnews TV studios get quite warm, I have heard

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

A pellucid fly I think
Big bugger, whatever

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

Vuelta soon - no more tragedies please

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

Everybody welcome - except for the likes of Us
https://t.co/AJPfzwfjNM

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

Do you mean David Yaxley Paulden?

[Annunziata Rees-Mogg @zatzi]

I thought I’d help Zack Polanski.

Zack has said “It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet."

I was unaware Zack distrusted leftwing media so much.

Oddly the free market supporting press believe in commercial success. It’s the left that loves a freebie.

Here is the list* of all national UK media outlets with - as Zack specifically referenced - “donors”.

•The Guardian (and related projects via https://t.co/RnPcMjSPpd): Receives substantial foundation grants (e.g., Open Society Foundations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Arcadia Fund, Humanity United, Oak Foundation, Packard Foundation, and others) plus individual and reader donations. The Scott Trust provides overall ownership support.
•The Independent: Has received targeted grants, including more than $700,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
•Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ): Primarily foundation- and donor-funded non-profit. Key supporters include the David & Elaine Potter Foundation (founding and ongoing), Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust / Reform Trust, Sigrid Rausing Trust, Oak Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Pears Foundation, Lankelly Chase, and others, plus individual donors.
•openDemocracy: Heavily reliant on foundation grants (e.g., Ford Foundation, Oak Foundation, Luminate, Open Society Foundations, David & Elaine Potter Foundation, Sigrid Rausing Trust) and individual/reader donations via its associated charity.
•Finance Uncovered: Investigative outlet that has received foundation and institutional grants (including historical support noted from sources such as the National Endowment for Democracy).
•Bellingcat: UK-associated investigative collective (Netherlands-registered foundation) that has received foundation and institutional grants (including NED support).
•Novara Media: Primarily supporter- and reader-funded (direct donations form the bulk of income; positioned as independent of large corporate or billionaire backers).
•New Internationalist: Cooperative/multi-stakeholder model that relies on supporter and crowdfunding campaigns (has raised significant sums via repeated appeals).

* (list compiled by AI)

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

What does BBC Verify actually do?
How much does it cost us?
What has changed as a result of its output?

I want my money back

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

This should be compulsory reading - every day before breakfast
https://t.co/XDbO0TskhF

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

@somersetlevel Who is that bloke? I keep seeing his picture

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

Many people going to see The Odyssey at the picture house but I have trouble with the 'Wine-dark Sea' schtick I've only been to Greece once and it was decidedly blue and I prefer mine red white or pink at a push anyroad I think my zimmer frame might get in the way

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

It will revive. It may be different but 'lawns' are like rivers passing by

[Richard Negus @TrooperSnooks]

Bumble bees are idiots but at least he is alive, unlike my lawn, which is dead.

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

Spot on

[Kathy Parr @KathyParr101]

@JChimirie66677 I think Cambridge have cynically betrayed their students by employing this charlatan, whose teaching and supervision were woefully inadequate. It was the university's duty (and they knew this) to scrutinise him thoroughly beforehand, but they did not.
Absolutely unacceptable.

[Filbert Cobb @FilbertCobb]

@ClimateRealists "... they may as well believe in fairies living at the bottom of their garden"

They do