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Dave Powell

@powellds.bsky.social

Head of Programmes & Development, Local Storytelling Exchange. Chair of Somerset Wildlands. Host of Your Brain on Climate podcast.

767 Followers  |  380 Following  |  206 Posts  |  Joined: 06.11.2023
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Fear of Numbers, with Rob Eastaway - Your Brain On Climate The history of humans arguing about climate change is often just people throwing large numbers at each other. So it's time for an episode about how we think about numbers, why our brains are prone to ...

It was really good to be the guest on the 'Your Brain On Climate' podcast with @powellds.bsky.social, a chance to talk in depth about the importance of numeracy when dealing with emotionally charged topics like climate change www.yourbrainonclimate.com/1817605/epis...

23.02.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

And a fab chat it was too. Here’s a snippet.

23.02.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A maths stat that blew my mind from @robeastaway.bsky.social

in my latest episode of Your Brain on Climate. www.yourbrainonclimate.com

20.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A maths stat that blew my mind from @robeastaway.bsky.social

in my latest episode of Your Brain on Climate. www.yourbrainonclimate.com

20.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stories of Action, with Kris de Meyer - Your Brain On Climate If you want someone to change their mind, it's best if they persuade themselves. And they're much more likely to do that if they actually *do* something new, rather than just pathetically feeling like...

16/ For a deeper dive into the why behind all this, check out this episode of the Your Brain on #Climate podcast in which @powellds.bsky.social interviews with Kris De Meyer about stories of action and how they shape what’s possible:

16.02.2026 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much!

03.01.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My absolute hero.

21.12.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Robin Ince forced to quit Radio 4 over pro-trans views : News 2025 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide Robin Ince forced to quit Radio 4 over pro-trans views - Comic leaves Infinite Monkey Cage after pressure from bosses

Chortle popped up a little bit of a recording of my resignation from Monkey Cage - it’s here

www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/12...

16.12.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

Couldn’t say

15.11.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a new thing imminent @benschott.bsky.social

07.11.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too!

07.11.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why was the Berlin marathon so hot this year? One clear answer: fossil fuels

Sunday's average temperature was 11Β°F higher than average. This was twice as likely by climate change, according to @climatecentral.org's Climate Shift Index

22.09.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Harriet!

05.07.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New polling reveals a clear warning to ministers: backtrack on the Warm Homes Plan, and you risk losing the trust of your voters.

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28.05.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You’d cause real damage to the punditry industry if you made them write columns about how they don’t really know

28.05.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Top half of image: July 2016 Guardian article by Simon Jenkins titled: β€œignore the prophets of doom: Brexit will be good for Britain”.  Bottom half of image: May 2026 Guardian article by Simon Jenkins titled β€œFrom the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort”

Top half of image: July 2016 Guardian article by Simon Jenkins titled: β€œignore the prophets of doom: Brexit will be good for Britain”. Bottom half of image: May 2026 Guardian article by Simon Jenkins titled β€œFrom the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort”

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The Guardian, July 2016
The article:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

23.05.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4792    πŸ” 1386    πŸ’¬ 291    πŸ“Œ 183
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George Wendt, best known for playing Norm on Cheers, dies aged 76 Emmy-nominated comedian and actor, best known for role in long-running sitcom, was also in Family Guy and Frasier

Mourn!

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

21.05.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

to (probably mis)quote Rebecca Solnit, just because we can't save everything, doesn't mean we shouldn't try to save something

16.05.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WHAT ABOUT CHIN-

15.05.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New episode of Your Brain on Climate now birthed. This one with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social all about the wonderful, but ruinous, modern art of bullshit.

www.buzzsprout.com/1817605/epis...

11.05.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

A pleasure to talk to Mike. In which we say the word β€˜bullshit’ a great deal and it doesn’t get any less pleasing.

14.05.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Bullshit’ means any narrative that is designed to persuade without regard to which bits of it, if any, are true. In politics, another term for it is populism. It is poisonous. The consequences for all those who suck it up are devastating. If we allow it to remain so normal, we will suffer for it.

13.05.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A comprehensive comms success.

12.05.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1568    πŸ” 436    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 75
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What I think β€˜Ocean’ gets right (and people often get wrong) Three biases that get in the way of seeing good comms for what they are

I really liked OCEAN and I hope you will too. Here's why I think it works.

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12.05.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

which is the one in which the entire train carriage smells like the khazi, because they rigged up the out pipe of the toilet aircon next to the inpipe of the carriage aircon? If I've got a hangover I could do with that info.

12.05.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Starmer: this is "incalculable damage"

12.05.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 355    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

Why is the Daddy Party allowed to rant & rave & do impulsive, stupid shit & never, ever be held to account, while the Mommy Party is endlessly scolded & lectured & second-guessed by everyone, even when it is earnestly trying to do the right thing?

Gosh. What a puzzler.

11.05.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2106    πŸ” 316    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 20
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New episode of Your Brain on Climate now birthed. This one with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social all about the wonderful, but ruinous, modern art of bullshit.

www.buzzsprout.com/1817605/epis...

11.05.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Wait I thought *we* were the ones against globalisation and the dead hand of government

22.04.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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