Pete

'I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.'

Science, tech, travel, good food, environment.

European

[Andrew Harmsworth FRAS ☀️ @harmsy]

We are going to need a cooler planet.
We’re getting a warmer one.
I wonder why so few people are doing anything substantial to stop the suffering?

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Teesside Freeport - has funnelled £124 MILLION to private developers (paid £97 for land & invested nothing) in 2 years, and that's just the beginning!

Note to Tory Local Mayor Ben Houchen
@PrivateEyeNews & the rest of us aren't going away

Time for a little documentary?
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[David Henig 🇺🇦 @DavidHenigUK]

So much of the UK policy space needs fundamental change. Because this isn't really about foreign students, it is about how we fund our universities.

[Pete @vupine]

@gfrancie That's a security nightmare!

[Stuart Butchart @stubutchart]

I missed this news from a couple of years ago, but it is a remarkable finding. Crazy that we are still subsidising such destructive practices. Bottom trawling releases as much carbon as air travel, landmark study finds https://t.co/05yhmWjk0q

[Steve Campbell @Historian_Steve]

Your periodic reminder that less ice at the Arctic is consistent with a weaker jet stream that allows cold air to drift down into the Great Plains.

The frigid temps you're experiencing happen BECAUSE of a warming planet, not in spite of it.

[Pete @vupine]

@KellyQuilt What happens to people when they go on social media? It's like parts of the brain switch off.

[Pete @vupine]

@KellyQuilt oh my! The comments! 😂

[Amol Rajan @amolrajan]

Good morning.

For @bbcnews, I wrote about a remarkable week, how #jungleimafraid went viral, what it reminded me about social media and my younger self - and why jungle is massive.

With deep thanks to @nathanfiler who started it all.

Happy Saturday.

https://t.co/jML4zVorKM

[Pete @vupine]

@humphbecket Oh wow! How many panels do you have? I'm nowhere near that.

[Sami Halfpenny @Sami12p]

#WorldSepsisDay My Daughter was very ill with Sepsis at the age of 7, I cannot stress how important this awareness of Sepsis is! Know The symptoms!

[Annie? Rauwerda? @anniierau]

Thread of 1990s personal websites where the domain name is just the person's first name! Starting with lisa dot com (1997)

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

Brexit's impact on London:

📉 Our economy is £30 billion smaller than it would have been
📉 290,000 fewer jobs
📉 Londoners nearly £3400 worse off in 2023

The repercussions are far-reaching: new analysis has revealed Brexit has cost the UK's economy a staggering £140 billion.

[Erica Dean @PandaMum14]

@NevilleSouthall @ArgyllSeaGlass

[Giles Wilkes @Gilesyb]

I'm SO glad I never had to learn English as a foreign language. This *looks* like nine consecutive nouns.

[ESA Science @esascience]

🧵During its first ten years in space @ESAGaia has gathered several Guinness World Records @GWR

🕳️🌍 the closest black hole to Earth
🗺️🌌 the largest map of our Milky Way
📐✨ the most accurate star map
💥⏱️ the longest supernova explosion

[European Space Agency @esa]

Our #ESAGaia mission turns 10 today! 🤩🎉

Find out more about some of Gaia's discoveries in the past decade 👇

[Rt Hon Chris Skidmore @CSkidmoreUK]

To destroy original copies of documents dating back centuries, especially the last wills and testaments of the dead, is a huge mistake. The past is not ours to destroy, we should be the guardians of all its records for the future