Diana McCaulay

I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook

We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
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Could storms like Melissa become more common as the planet warms? Experts estimate that Melissa was about 10 per cent stronger because of climate change.

Its winds reached 295 kph and dumped over a metre of rain in parts of Jamaica as it left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean.A rapid analysis from London’s Imperial College shows human driven climate change may have made the storm more likely,and more intense www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

YouTube video by The New Yorker "Rovina's Choice" Shows How The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

Which is why we have made “Rovina’s Choice.” We cannot let the people affected – the health workers like those at Clinic 7 and the families like Rovina Naboi’s — go unseen. And we cannot let the consequences go unaccounted for.

YouTube link: 🎥 6/
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.

It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Hurricane Melissa Published October 2025.

#HurricaneMelissa was made about four times more likely by the #climatecrisis

It's real, it's us, and it's here

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Thank you Laetitia. Kingston was largely spared, but news from the western end of the island is devastating.. #hurricanemelissa

Thinking about Jamaica, threatened by Tropical Storm Melissa. Hoping for everyone's safety and minimal damage.. I am far away just now..

Dear airlines, please stop sending me surveys. We all know they are ignored in their entirety. Looking at you in particular, @aa.com

“It has certainly merited its place among contemporary Jamaican classics that will be remembered in the newly defined literary scene of the 21st century”, writes Keenan Falconer in his review of @dmccaulay.bsky.social's most recent novel, A House for Miss Pauline

Full review on our website

Lovely to see this - one of the judges for the Wilbur Smith Prize for Adventure Writing on each of the shortlisted books, including #aHouseforMissPauline

Jane Goodall - may her memory be a blessing and a guide...

Thank you. I appreciate that. I'm glad he liked the book, but gotta leave some secrets for the reader to discover...

Hi everyone - always happy to see attention for my book - but Keenan's review has A TON of spoilers. Not really a good idea because if a potential reader already knows what's going to happen, why read the book? Would you consider asking him to take out the spoilers?

A shell I saw on Piha Beach in New Zealand. Sea and sky, I thought. I left it there. #elsewhere #travelling

Likkl good news...

@jamentrust1991.bsky.social issued a fantastic new report on work to #SaveCockpitCountry.

Check it out! jamentrust.org/download/bey...

Gun violence is out of control. The victims of gun violence are Republicans, Democrats, independents, and kids, who have no political affiliation whatsoever.

We need to tone down the incendiary political rhetoric, for sure, but we also need to do something about guns.
The guns!

Dear boot companies- I know I made the fundamental error of glancing at a nice pair of new boots on social media- but PLEASE stop with the boot ads! I now hate all boots on principle... possibly even all shoes...

Go go go book on in! Leone Ross is a titan of the literary world.

If you're a fiction writer of 5,000 words I can't recommend Leone's guidance and sharp eye enough.

Tree fingers..
#LakeOntario
#soonbehome

Book buzz | Reviews (Sep/Oct 2025) | Caribbean Beat Magazine This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews by Shivanee Ramlochan of A House for Miss Pauline by Diana McCaulay; The Proper Care of Knives by Anu Lakhan; Between Islands by Rhys Knowle...

Thoughtful review of A HOUSE FOR MISS PAULINE in Caribbean Beat thanks to Shivanee Ramlochan @novelniche.bsky.social www.caribbean-beat.com/issue-190/bo...
#grateful
#aHouseforMissPauline

Ma Kiwi tree. Puriri, or Vitex lucens..

#scape
#piha
#newzealand

Two of my books are there but I am outside of the US..

Well, @dmccaulay.bsky.social wrote a book about that!

My answer: why not maximise dawn and twilight instead? Long-nap in a cool, dark room between 10 am and 2pm, and have a shorter night sleep between midnight and 4 am.

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'Nailed It" Mo. Dems to Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @lesliejones4mo.bsky.social @shepherdformo.bsky.social @missouridemocrats.bsky.social @lilithkarma.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @progressmissouri.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social @casscomodems.bsky.social

It is a truth universally acknowledged that most people are unable to manage an email account.

Dear rain, promises promises...

A true writing day..

Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.