Simon Collins

Simon Collins

@sirgeogy.bsky.social

Geographer River Mole SE England. Trustee River Mole River Watch https://www.rivermoleriverwatch.org.uk 🌪️Extreme wx Site Investigator TORRO https://www.torro.org.uk ☀️I’m into writing, local weather, climate, rivers and walking. https://themolestory.com/

898 Followers 1,648 Following 447 Posts Joined Aug 2024
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

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Reaching net zero by 2050 is often framed as a cost burden.

The UK Climate Change Committee’s latest analysis suggests the opposite.

The real risk is fossil fuel dependency.

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Where was Farage’s closest aide and Reform UK Welsh leader Nathan Gill heading when he was arrested for taking bribes from Putin’s pal Medvedchuk?

To a Kremlin sponsored conference in Moscow, to talk about the role of crypto currencies in politics

The warnings are there for us all to see

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Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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CCC: Net-zero will protect UK from fossil-fuel price shocks - Carbon Brief The “cost” of cutting UK emissions to net-zero is less than the cost of a single fossil-fuel price shock, according to a report from the CCC.

The “cost” of cutting UK emissions to net-zero is less than the cost of a single fossil-fuel price shock www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-net-zero...

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"It's snowing, there is no climate change": Climate myths are a growing problem on social media, but the science is clear. The Planetary Boundaries Science Lab teamed up with PIK scientist @rahmstorf.bsky.social to cut through the top 5 myths around climate change.
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mla...

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3 months ago
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Today's #sunset time in #reigate is 15:52 which is the earliest it gets. Great news, we are turning the corner.

The bad news is that the #sunrise time continues to get later and doesn't start heading in the right direction until 3rd January!!

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We know how important great content is for raising #flood resilience awareness. From written resources to graphics, we create engaging, flood-related content tailored to your website or project to help spread the message further.

Find out more 👉 thefloodhubpeople.co.uk/flood-resili...

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River Mole October Water Quality: Late Rainfall Provides Some Relief After Dry Spell💧 Here’s our October round-up from River Mole River Watch citizen-science testing across the River Mole and a dip into exciting data from the new AquaWatch live "Waka" sensors installed in September.Oct...

💧 River Mole October results are out! Late rain diluted pollution as flows rose — a brief, seasonal lift. But 80% of our 1,000 tests still show the river failing water-quality standards. We’ll keep pushing for real change. ☔️✅ www.rivermoleriverwatch.org.uk/post/river-m...

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METOP-C, 1020 UTC Overpass:

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4 months ago
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I think the odds on the USA would be much shorter.

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4 months ago

Food is too expensive, controlled by billionaires.
Energy is too expensive, controlled by billionaires.
Housing is too expensive, controlled by billionaires.
Wages are too low, controlled by billionaires.

I'm going to blame... immigrants.

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4 months ago
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Cooking fats, oils, food scraps, and even wet wipes can build up in drains and pipes, leading to blockages and sewer flooding in homes and gardens. 🚫💧

🧻 Remember to only flush the 3 Ps: Pee, Poo, and Paper, and always bin cooled fats, oils and grease instead of washing them down the sink.

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Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)

The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.

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4 months ago

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Beautiful iridescence over Reeth, North Yorks

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‼️Flood alerts issued preemptively for River Mole due to Storm Benjamin from early hours 23 October for Upper and a bit later for Middle Mole : use links below to find details.

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4 months ago

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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The contact of Reform UK’s Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why, even now, is no one asking questions? Gill, former leader in Wales of Nigel Farage's party, admits taking bribes to help Putin. And his Russian connection - the Ukrainian politician Oleh Voloshyn - in turn has links to a key figure wante...

🔗 Read @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's full story

www.thenerve.news/p/reform-uk-...

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The contact of Reform UK's Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why, even now, is no one asking questions?

More than just a bad apple: why we must look closer at the Nathan Gill scandal

New evidence connects the Ukrainian politician who paid bribes to Gill - Reform UK’s former leader in Wales - to a campaign to destabilise the US election

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social reports

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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

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4 months ago
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Why didn't the River Mole dry up this summer?
Remember my post on historic vanishings thru the Mole Gap?
Despite the record dry spring & low flows, it kept flowing! No vanishing like '76/'22. Here's a quick review on why it didn't dry up.
www.rivermoleriverwatch.org.uk/post/will-th...

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4 months ago

Thanks for update; sounds hopeful. 👍

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Redhill Brook: Where Groundwater Meets Wastewater — and Promised Thames Water Upgrades Fail to Deliver a Cleaner River A catchment-scale investigation revealing how treated wastewater still drives pollution in the Mole’s largest tributary — despite Thames Water’s 2025 upgrade at Merstham sewage works.Our September 202...

🚨 Despite Thames Water’s recent upgrade at Merstham STW, our latest tests show contaminants >2× the legal limit and Bad water quality status in Redhill Brook. Wastewater treatment is still failing to deliver improvements needed to protect the River Mole www.rivermoleriverwatch.org.uk/post/redhill...

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5 months ago

haha, yes indeed! all linked with rising groundwater and reduced dewatering, so not going anywhere; as I'm sure you know.

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... While BIFFA is a modern managed contained landfill, older landfill east of lane is not ..runoff from this old site, not regulated in past to same standard, is known to be poor. Houses are planned here. :-/

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In short, no. we found no evidence of leachate from BIFFA site causing problems. Leachate from is collected, treated and tankered off site from white storage tank seen from cycle path.

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Redhill Brook: Where Groundwater Meets Wastewater — and Promised Thames Water Upgrades Fail to Deliver a Cleaner River A catchment-scale investigation revealing how treated wastewater still drives pollution in the Mole’s largest tributary — despite Thames Water’s 2025 upgrade at Merstham sewage works.Our September 202...

🚨 Despite Thames Water’s recent upgrade at Merstham STW, our latest tests show contaminants >2× the legal limit and Bad water quality status in Redhill Brook. Wastewater treatment is still failing to deliver improvements needed to protect the River Mole www.rivermoleriverwatch.org.uk/post/redhill...

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