Rich Sims

Postdoc University of Exeter. Climate scientist and biogeochemist studying air-sea fluxes of carbon dioxide. Socialist.

[Rich Sims @RichSims10]

Really pleased that our @BrentElse @MohamedMMAhmed @jones_yyc @b_butter_worth paper on pCO2 in the Kitikmeot Sea is now out in Ocean Science https://t.co/VJwi2o3hsz. A really fun paper to write that brings together a lot of the brilliant research done in the region.

[Zeke Darwin @Zeke_Darwin]

Citing an AI hallucinated source that doesn’t exist is not equivalent to a typo.

[Hasan alrabay @HasanEssam29636]

One of the most terrifying images in history: a transformation from life to death.

Gaza in 2023 and 2026!

[Rich Sims @RichSims10]

@avfcbreaking @PolitlcsUK Lol

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@BareLeft LOL

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@owenjonesjourno @ZackPolanski It makes me sick to my stomach.

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@BBCBreaking Did parliament approve this?

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@NVIDIAGeForce This is the worst thing to ever happen to gaming.

[Foster Games @FosterGamesUK]

We've decided to have a little fun on here and run a giveaway. We are giving away a Steamdeck OLED 1TB model to one lucky individual so that they are ready in time for the release of 'The Odarian Accounts: Blood and Banner'. For you to be entered into the giveaway you must:
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3. Repost this post.

You must have done all 3 criteria to be eligible for giveaway. It will end on the 9th April 15:00 GMT. The winner will be announced on here. Weare excited to begin this and good luck. 😆🤞

[trash jones @jzux]

so it turns out the “woke mind virus” was empathy for human life

[Rich Sims @RichSims10]

@LabourNorthWest This is surely illegal

[Opinium @OpiniumResearch]

🚨 Latest Opinium @ObserverUK poll 🚨

A third (32%) of the public now see the US as a threat to the UK.

This is the highest level since the immediate aftermath of the tariff war.

Only 42% now think the US is an ally.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Journalist and college professor Stacey Patton goes viral by penning a stunningly powerful statement about how she was on Charlie Kirk’s “digital hit list” and recounting the horror that he inflicted on her.

We cannot allow this tragic assassination to whitewash Kirk’s legacy…

“I am on Charlie Kirk’s hit list,” Patton wrote to her 215,000 followers on Facebook. “His so-called ‘Professor Watchlist,’ run under the umbrella of Turning Point USA, is nothing more than a digital hit list for academics who dare to speak truth to power. I landed there in 2024 after writing commentary that inflamed the MAGA faithful. And once my name went up, the harassment machine roared to life.”

“For weeks my inbox and voicemail were deluged. Mostly white men spat venom through the phone: ‘bitch,’ ‘c*nt,’ ‘n****r.’ They threatened all manner of violence,” she continued.

“They overwhelmed the university’s PR lines and the president’s office with calls demanding that I be fired,” Patton wrote. “The flood was so relentless that the head of campus security reached out to offer me an escort, because they feared one of these keyboard soldiers might step out of his basement and come do me harm.”

“And I am not unique,” she added.

“Kirk’s Watchlist has terrorized legions of professors across this country. Women, Black faculty, queer scholars, basically anyone who challenged white supremacy, gun culture, or Christian nationalism suddenly found themselves targets of coordinated abuse,” Patton wrote.

“Some received death threats. Some had their jobs threatened. Some left academia entirely. Kirk sent the loud message to us: speak the truth and we will unleash the mob!” she continued.

“That is the culture of violence Charlie Kirk built. He normalized violence. He curated it, monetized it, and sicced it on anyone who dared to puncture his movement’s lies,” she wrote.

“And now, in the wake of his shooting, there’s all this national outpouring of mourning, moments of silence, yellow prayer hands, and tributes painting him as a civil debater,” Patton continued. “But the truth is that Kirk and his foot soldiers spent years terrorizing educators, trying to silence us with harassment and fear!”

“And now the same violence he unleashed on others has come full circle.”

“But what i find especially jarring is the dissonance in public mourning for a smug white man whose life work was actively hostile to certain groups,” she continued. “Kirk spent years demonizing LGBTQ people, mocking gun survivors, spewing racism about Black folks, and pushing policies that literally shorten lives.”

“It is so revolting to watch a bipartisan wave of grief sweep over this hateful racist as if he was a neutral community servant,” she concluded.

This is pure unvarnished truth from Patton. Charlie Kirk did not deserve what happened to him, but nor did his victims deserve the hell that he unleashed on them. If Americans are going to build a more peaceful future for ourselves we must condemn political violence while also condemning the hateful, bigoted rhetoric that made Kirk a multimillionaire.

Please retweet and ❤️ if Patton’s message struck a chord with you!

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@LeftieStats Grim

[A.J. Bauer @ajbauer]

Why is divestment considered "political" but investment isn't?

[Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam]

A military invasion in Rafah would be CATASTROPHIC. Almost 1.3 million people, including at least half a million children, are now crammed into this small city in #Gaza. There can be no more "evacuations". There is no safe place to go.

There must be a #CeasefireNOW🚨

[Sunny Singh @ProfSunnySingh]

Watching people (mostly white/global north) getting more upset about this than the killing of scores Gaza’s artists, writers and scholars, and the destruction of nealy all its universities, libraries, and archives.

Your reveal yourselves and what stands revealed is rotten

[Rich Sims @RichSims10]

@Jens_D_Mueller @_david_ho_ I started writing as well but the sticking point for getting a " this is the impact on the flux" number in PgC yr-1 was getting someone to do the interpolation. Dan Ford did offer to help with this quite recently.

[UCU @ucu]

🚨URGENT UKRI UPDATE

On Wednesday we gave @UKRI_News 48hrs to reverse the suspension of its Equality, Diversity & Inclusion panel.

It has not done so.

We are therefore calling on all UCU members with any voluntary positions at UKRI to resign.

Post below once you've resigned.

[Frankie Boyle Updates @frankieboyle]

There’s also the interesting question of whether you can have a war if one side doesn’t have an airforce; navy; standing army; electricity; food; or water; and is a bunch of kids