David Rowe

Being in a fiscal crisis depends on your perspective, I suppose. They are more in a political crisis because the population insit on spending without matching taxation. They should borrow like the USA perhaps?

For how long will our oceans keep soaking up the bulk of the global heating we are experiencing from the excess CO2e we have caused to be in our atmosphere?

The UK shows as being 18th in the league of social welfare spending. Of those higher all are European except Japan and New Zealand.

Don't give me any gibberish that we are too poor to spend more, we have plenty of wealth that is never taxed. #TaxWealth
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This is a Policing decision. I'm not trying to be partisan in saying Sir Keir Starmer has this wrong, but he has. If he has a case then let's hear it.

Micro managing the Police is not Priministereral.

The Greens pull ahead of Labour.
Labour aren't listening, the Greens are.

Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate

The warmest three years on record have all happened since this paper was written. :-(
We are on a highway to hell.
#LeaveItInTheGround
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Zack Polanski on X: "British. https://t.co/jnB0xVQ2Fw" / X British. https://t.co/jnB0xVQ2Fw

UK Labour are so going in the wrong direction! This is not what people trusted their vote to them for.
We need a new story. #Zack
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Same problem for me. I am told to pal up with an AI as a solution. Ask it to read them for you and draw to your attention anything you might be interested in (you train it to know you). This used to be the job of science journalists but, IMHO, they seem to have lost their way.
#JustSaying

"Incubation results revealed that environmental stressors alleviation (e.g., depressurization and warming) could rapidly activate methanogen proliferation and methanogenesis."
One thing we aren't seeing at the ocean bottom is depressurisation. Phew!

Is warming alone enough?

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Rachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on budget agenda, citing Brexit impact Chancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances

Tax rises (presumably targetting ordinary people rather than the rich) and spending cuts (making services ordinary people use even worse) are coming

Why not just hand over the keys to Number 10 to the Farage now?

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Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations Researchers say that the number of infections for this time of year is unusual.

Japan is reporting a flu epidemic much earlier than is usual. This early season could have implications for other countries via international travel so do get your flu vaccines (if you can) soon! 🧪 #HealthPolicy

You are thinking like a European, which I'm 101% behind by the way ;-), not like one of his supporters.

Dementia takes many forms, arrives in subtle ways, we should not mock the afflicted. #JustSaying

This is so sad. Coral reefs now consigned to the bin of history. Lets hope this doesn't tirn into a cascade of tipping points. ;-(

YouTube video by RobWords The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO phonetic alphabet neither originated with NATO or is a phonetic alphabet. A fascinating history of cooperation it's hard to imagine in today's world. Enjoy this #RobWords youtu.be/UAT-eOzeY4M

Only 48% Of US Adults Under The Age Of 30 Have A Full-Time Job The reality of the matter is that it is now “the toughest time in years” to find a good job in the United States, and that is particularly true for our young people...

"I am extremely concerned about the months directly ahead of us.

Yes, conditions are not good now, but the truth is that what we are currently experiencing is not even worth comparing to what is eventually coming."
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The World’s 50 Richest Countries 2025 From glittering alpine lakes to the neon-lit skylines of East Asia, here are the world’s richest countries, according to UBS.

The UK is the 4th richest country on the planet. As you say, political choices. We simply have to save as much money as we can, the rich need it! ;-(
#TaxWealth
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The World’s 50 Richest Countries 2025 From glittering alpine lakes to the neon-lit skylines of East Asia, here are the world’s richest countries, according to UBS.

The UK is the fourth richest country. So how come we have food banks? How come we need austerity?
#TaxWealth because they are hoarding wealth.
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Treat others as you would expect to be treated, has always worked well, but this, bully boy tirade, not so much.
China has depths of ability to take shit that Trump can't even imagine. He's about to find out. #FAFO

#JustSaying

Could? Surely anyone can see 'WILL'. As in it will send the economy into a third world tail spin.

Site Saint Helene North (16.4271° N, 86.2472° W) Saint Helene South (16.4198° N, (16.3561° N, 86.2437° W) French Harbour 86.4515° W) Mud Hole (16.3546" N, 86.5180° W) Mean items m-2 1.43 ÷ 0.80 7.12 ÷ 3.72 2.98 $ 3.10 15.8 $ 25.83 Mean API, items m-2 1.40 ÷ 0.80 7 ÷ 3.61 2.87 ÷ 3.08 15.66 $ 25.69 Mean Kg m-2 0.05 $ 0.02 0.21 ÷ 0.15 0.07 ÷ 0.04 0.15 ÷ 0.18 Top countries identified (n = 81) Honduras (2) Guatemala (2) Haiti (1) Peru (1) Honduras (10) Guatemala (4) Haiti (1) Jamaica (1) Others (3) Honduras (5) Guatemala (3) Guatemala (21) Honduras (14) Jamaica (2) Mexico (2) Others (9) Top parent companies (n = 119) Nike (2) The Coca-Cola Company (1) AJE Group (1) Others (3) The Coca-Cola Company (9) Cervecería Hondureña S.A. (6) Colgate-Palmolive Others (8) (2) Others (16) EMSULA (6) Grupo PDC (3) DIANA (2) Grupo PDC (11) Procter & Gamble (8) The Coca-Cola Company (6) Others (35)

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... I love that this paper calls out the specific brands that make up the majority of plastics polluting these mangroves ( plastics which are also responsible for killing a protected species of crocodile) 🐊. #Croctober 🧪

Odd isn't it. Trumps best argument to lower his peoples drugs bill is to say "look at how low you sell drugs to the UK NHS, sell them to us at 1/6th of the price too, you needy, greedy big pharma, thieves!!. Odd he doesn't take this line, isn't it. ;-) #JustSaying

Early? No, quicker than the rate it was proceeding at under the Tory, Boris the failure.
"I remember being told that it would take 193 years to reach legal limits. I decided that this was unacceptable and thanks to the bold policies we put in place, we've managed to do it in just nine years ... ."

More water bills rises announced today, on top of those already planned.

Privatisation without competition, arguably the worst of both worlds

There seems to be a race on for membership numbers. Zack is certainly pulling them in.
#EcoSocialism?

Over 80% increase in a year. ;-(
#OutOfSightOutOfMind

If I knew how to do it I'd put Keir Starmer and other senior Labour politicians in the same place. To me, they are clearly complicit in the genocide being suffered by the Gaza Palastine actioned by The State of Israel.

I've just been told my response may have given the unacceptable impression that the 'they' are scientists. This is incorrect, 'they' are not scientists, they are 'the powers that be' #tPtb, our betters, apparently. They just know answers to all questions we need to know the answer to.

Ultimately this is authoritarianism used to ensure poor people are paying all the tax possible, whilst leaving the richest to hoard the wealth of the nation they have accumulated and now want, the maximum of, to be handed on to their descendants.
#TaxWealth #GE2029UK