Rob Cain @cain_rob@qoto.org

RT @tveitdal
We find that coal power would have to be phased out in India, China and South Africa more than twice as fast as any of the historical power transitions we examined, relative to the size of the countries’ electricity systems. https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-quickly-does-the-world-need-to-phase-down-all-fossil-fuels/

RT @tveitdal
Many global brands have been exaggerating their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and are failing to deliver on their climate pledges, a new report concludes, calling on governments to enforce stricter https://www.inkl.com/a/zaookgFojrw

RT @hoyer_kat
#OTD in 1943, at 10.45am, siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl walked into Munich University and distributed anti-Nazi leaflets. They were caught. On 22 Feb, they were sentenced to death and decapitated. Sophie had defiantly told the judge: "Somebody, after all, had to make a start."

RT @TRyanGregory
There's a huge difference between actually evolving immune system adaptations to life in dense populations with much of the time spent "indoors" (bats) and doing this only very recently (humans).

(ps: awesome study by several friends of mine!)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34146369/

RT @SchreiberUrs
Emily Riehl:

"∞-Category theory for undergraduates"
http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Center+for+Quantum+and+Topological+Systems#RiehlDec2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g2rkiFsbXo

talk in
Geometry, Topology & Physics Seminar
of
Center for Quantum and Topological Systems
@ NYU Abu Dhabi

7 Dec 2022

RT @Britain_People
😍 Brings tears to our eyes

We MUST protect Lee. His country needs him.

TRUTH

‘I’ll return to my tax-payer subsidised London flat & shout at wall for an hour. Challenge Steve Bray to fight, episode of Love Thy Neighbour, 13-day old batch cooked mince, bed.’

@secrettory12 https://twitter.com/secrettory12/status/1626120285802864642

RT @RFERL
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Russia's presence at the Paris Olympics would be a "manifestation of violence."
https://trts.io/SRCzH

RT @GlenMatlock
What’s that Hives hit again? Again? 🙄 https://twitter.com/implausibleblog/status/1626865124257550336

RT @ErinBanco
I've been quiet on here recently. Here's why:

We obtained U.S. cables and internal documents from inside Prigozhin's network. They reveal exclusive new details about how Wagner+co has expanded across the world and why Western officials are so concerned.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/18/russia-wagner-group-ukraine-paramilitary-00083553

RT @FreddieBailey96
Every single river in England now fails safety standards.

EVERY RIVER. Literally every river.

RT @Channel4News
@C4Dispatches Watch Strippers, Spies & Russian Money now on @All4:
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/strippers-spies-russian-money-dispatches

RT @richardb911
Our food and environment safe in tory hands.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/17/uk-risks-disastrous-food-scandal-lax-post-brexit-border-controls-nfu-chief-minette-batters?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

RT @Jacobbe79601492
Powerful editorial by @peterjukes on impartiality, and objectivity in journalism explaining the stance of @BylineTimes in the case of Kremlin's propaganda & information war. @mikegalsworthy @ZarinaZabrisky @Heidi_Cuda @johnsweeneyroar @allthecitizens
https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/17/taking-sides-in-journalism-objectivity-is-not-neutrality/

RT @TechCrunch
A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs https://tcrn.ch/3xq55ry by @nmasc_ and @alyssastring

RT @AP
BREAKING: Part of a report by a special grand jury that investigated whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia has been made public. https://apnews.com/article/politics-georgia-state-government-disaster-planning-and-response-donald-trump-40535dd2b4401e804af515229c6c2d68?taid=63ee5634bbf5ee0001c0af0c&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

RT @DSORennie
My column on the death of Hsing Yun, a Buddhist master with followers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. I spoke to believers at his mainland temple in Jiangsu who expressed empathy for Taiwanese and who fear there may be war https://www.economist.com/china/2023/02/16/china-is-losing-taiwanese-heart-and-minds https://www.economist.com/china/2023/02/16/china-is-losing-taiwanese-heart-and-minds

RT @RyanSmith_LIBR
Fun to see this has gotten some popular audience attention :)

https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/study-helps-untangle-the-complicated-relationship-between-psychopathy-and-emotional-awareness-67950

RT @JustKatie808
She's so right. The UK (particularly in England) is looking more like early 1930s Germany by the day. The decent people of the UK need leaders like Mhairi Black and, even more importantly, we need a new MOVEMENT to offer a clear, positive, inclusive alternative to the hatemongers

RT @premnsikka
O2 and Virgin Mobile customers to pay 17.3% more for calls, texts and data.
BT, EE, Vodafone and TalkTalk to make above-inflation mid-contract increase.
Inflation (CPI), 10.1%; real wages falling.
No justification for robbing people of billions of Pounds.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/16/o2-virgin-mobile-costumers-bills-increase

RT @johnmcdonnellMP
In this BBC interview my warning to KeIr Starmer is if he does not uphold his promise to allow local Party members to select their Parliamentary candidates, he is in danger of opening himself up to charges from the Tories on trust, honesty & integrity.