@lafoley.bsky.social
PhD from Open University School of Planetary Sciences researching Mars's climate, focusing on Lyot Crater, after my Physics BSc. Previously did 3 degrees in Roman archaeology, one in languages and a law degree. Multinational upbringing. 🇯🇪🇨🇦🇩🇪
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
Fusion energy collector
Stellar flux harvester
Helios tax collector
Photonic skim board
Starshine siphon
Sunbeam monetiser
Solar revenue rectangle
Daylight saving device
Solar panel
Just a casual reminder that today is the Ides of March. 🗡️
Happiness does not come closer to you when you chase it, because chasing assumes it is missing. When your mind keeps asking, "Did I get enough?" peace and joy cannot stay. You enjoy what comes, but you do not depend on it. Pleasure visits. Pain visits. You welcome both.
Welcome to our world
I am so glad that I and all the men I am friends with are not part of this embarrassing ‘masculinity’ and I hope my daughter never meets one of these ‘men’.
Ever wondered why you can see underwater bubbles: invisible air in invisible water?
It's because light bends slightly at the boundary between air & water, so light coming from behind the bubble is diverted away from your eye. The resulting dark line shows you the bubble must be there. Beautiful!
I’m looking forward to a time when countries around the world aren’t drowning in the news and trickle down result of US Wars, US Tariffs, and US Pedophilia.
We would much rather watch them compete in hot dog eating competitions or laugh at their plastic surgeries, and leave us be. -Sen. Beakly
I realize that to people outside the PNW this is just an interesting news item, but if you're in the PNW, where tracking orca pods is a local religion, this is basically like being visited by alien gods
We’re #recruiting a Learning & Teaching Librarian!
Core responsibilities will include handling enquiries and collaborating with other teams to grow digital capabilities and integrate Library content into the curriculum.
More info👉 https://ow.ly/e6lN50YttyR
Closing Date: 1 April 2026
#LibraryJobs
Immigration - What The Actual News?
tušāma ina urri iššira damiqtī
arḫu innammaru inammira šamšī
"Perhaps, at daybreak, good things will come to me
A new moon will appear, my sun will shine."
A couplet from Babylonian poem, Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, whose protagonist hopes for better days. A lengthy, beautiful, bizarre work of literature.
Explore the fantastical fauna of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, brought to life by Paul Kidby! Featuring survival advice by an expert in the field (Rincewind) the Discworld Bestiary is your ultimate guide to the creatures of the Disc!
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Pre-order today!
www.discworldemporium.com/product/the-...
You've all heard of the Resource Curse: countries are impoverished by rich resources in their territories, as these trigger colonial looting.
Now we see the Base Curse: if you host a US base, you don't enhance your security. You make yourself a target.
President Macron making the case for renewables in light of the US-Israeli attack on Iran,
"Everything we do to move towards transition is also about reducing our dependence and therefore our exposure to geopolitical risks"
The Discworld Bestiary to be published this October! terrypratchett.com/news/the-dis...
This is a great project between @gov.je and Jersey Electricity - solar on the roofs of public buildings. All that roof space can now be put to good use and help the Island’s energy independence.
www.jec.co.uk/the-energy-b...
The dramatic effects of high oil prices are less proof of how important or irreplaceable oil is than they are proof of a completely outdated energy system with quaint single points of failure.
How Paris beat the car www.ft.com/content/882e...
My bike commute to work has gotten so expensive since the war started. Just kidding, it's free.
I'll take "Things that disprove global warming is caused by Urban Heat Island effects for 1000 Alex"
[The map shows the long-term trends in temperature change over the period from 1948 to 2024 at the regional level, in Canada.]
Media & police commonly report that “speed wasn’t a factor in a crash.” What they mean is the driver wasn’t technically breaking the speed limit, or at least not too much.
But speed is ALWAYS a factor, in how much distance is needed to stop, how well crash victims can be seen, and whether they die.
If it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, that's because there isn’t one.
My column on the politicians, journalists and junktanks using the Iran crisis as an excuse to extract our remaining gas and oil.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscope slide. 🫧🐻🧪
This is what it feels like to actually know what you can do about climate change. 🚀🦸♀️⭐️
Find your climate superpowers at jointheshift.earth 🌍 #jointheshift
website + design ✨ @madebyleap ✨
Welcome to Sucker Punch Spring
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
Psst: My book is now available in the U.K. today.
I spent two of the happiest years of my life as a graduate student there, studying economics and philosophy.
It brings back some fond memories... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/psst-my-book-available-in-the-uk
“Returning to 1.5 °C does not return the world we knew. Species gone will remain gone. Migration routes will be severed. Forests may have turned to cropland, or asphalt, or memory. “The path up and the path down are not mirror images,” Trisos said. Cooling does not retrace the route.”
And then there were two! Wayward Souls is out in the UK today!!
Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/book/wayward...
Goldsboro Special Edition: goldsborobooks.com/products/way...
I’m so grateful this gothic, supernatural mystery series found its readers! I hope you enjoy it <3.