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Phil Brown

@philbrown917.bsky.social

Retired atmospheric scientist and trade union official at the Met Office. Former Chair of EUFAR airborne research network. Some things I like: Prog rock, jazz, the landscape of Devon, Exeter Chiefs rugby club, social democracy. .

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Prospect members at the Civil Aviation Authority on the picket line

Prospect members at the Civil Aviation Authority on the picket line

Solidarity with Prospect members at the Civil Aviation Authority ✊

Our members are out on strike for the first time in 40 years in a dispute over pay.

06.02.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Water shortage fears as Labour’s first AI growth zone sited next to new reservoir First datacentre site proposed seven miles from Abingdon reservoir planned for water-stressed south-east England

Wouldn't it be even more innovative to start thinking about data centres that have a reduced demand for water?

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

13.01.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the petition: Keep our fields free of bee-killing pesticides! One teaspoon of the neonicotinoids pesticide could kill 1.25 billion bees. And yet the Government could be about to let it back on English fields. Sign the petition: tell Ministers to keep this ban on...

If you're in the UK and open to signing online petitions then this one is worthwhile.

38d.gs/afil

05.01.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Urge Exeter City Council to Continue Funding for Citizens Advice Exeter from April 2025

This is important for anyone in Exeter.

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04.01.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the petition: Britain is not for sale: don't let the likes of Elon Musk meddle in our democracy 🚨 WORLD’S RICHEST MAN BUYING OUR DEMOCRACY 🚨 Elon Musk is set to pump Β£78m into Nigel Farage’s partyβ€”a sum that would allow Reform to flood our politics with targeted ads. Maybe other countries allow ...

If you're in the UK and into signing online petitions, then I heartily recommend this one to you.

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22.12.2024 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Couldn't help thinking that on this issue that, rightly, cuts across party lines, the majority of MPs in support was much greater than in that crappy referendum in 2016.

30.11.2024 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And yet the price of electricity for domestic consumers in the Uk is still determined by one of the most expensive sources - gas.

25.11.2024 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's our cat Pia - short for "piantagrane". Check out the translation from Italian to see how she got her name πŸ˜€ #cats

12.11.2024 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems appropriate to be landing on this platform today. We have the first blue skies after many days of anticyclonic gloom.

12.11.2024 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yet again I’ve just read a book review, thought β€œI should read that one”, gone on my library website and discovered they have a copy! Now requested…..

12.11.2024 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

12.11.2024 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0