Andy Collins

Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds.

🐦 🧪 Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/c...

The rate of change of renewables in China is accelerating. Solar has passed wind in generation. Fossil fuel generation is decreasing. Renewables will pass fossil fuels by the early 2030's or sooner. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

A very mistaken list of the last 12 presidents of the United States and their years in office produced by the Ph.D level scholar known as ChatGPT-5. Includes John F. Katwady, president 1991-1968; George W. bush, president 220Z-1999), and Bill Christen, president 1999-2001

I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.

🍂 🧪 David Botstein 1942-2026

How do the royals make money? Eight unanswered questions The taxpayer-funded sovereign grant goes towards the royal family’s finances each year — but how does Andrew benefit?

Good question: Why is there so little transparency over royal finances?

"The Palace line is that these royal financial affairs are “private”, although critics of this secrecy argue that this wealth stems from the public roles they were born into." (£)
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There is always a tweet.

YouTube video by Channel 4 News Have the Greens finished off Nigel Farage?

Enjoyed the discussion on this Channel 4 podcast, after Zack absolutely smashed it at the start...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=heQU...

Keir Starmer has written to all Labour MPs attacking the Green Party for embracing "divisive" and "sectarian" politics

I'm picking up concern among Labour MPs about how this letter will come across to people who have voted/are tempted to vote Green, as it could risk further alienating these voters

Green Party:

"The Green Party recognises that NATO has an important role in ensuring the ability of its member states to respond to threats to their security. We would work within NATO to achieve:

A greater focus on global peacebuilding.
A commitment to a ‘No First Use’ of nuclear weapons."

Of dear he’s very upset because the winner is;
A female ( with views)
A plumber and plasterer
A northerner
A local
A plain speaker
A hard worker
A person who believes the rich are taking the piss
A local councillor
A dog lover of rescued greyhounds
A product of our free education system
#Hannah

Hope Beats Hate: Green Party Defeats Reform and Labour in Huge Gorton and Denton By-Election Victory A concerted political and media campaign to scare voters about a “Green Menace” winning this by-election failed, reports Adam Bienkov

“In a battle between hope and hate, hope has won.”
Congratulations to new MP Hannah Spencer!
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/27/h...

This week's cover @thelancet.com

Good news for largest MPA Network in Europe.
#OceanOptimism #30x30

The PM who turned PI: why is Gordon Brown delving so deep into the Epstein files? Brown is said to be driven by moral anger but insiders suggest he may feel guilty for bringing Peter Mandelson back into government

Thank you Gordon Brown. May you continue to make the weather on bringing down those involved in Epstein’s disgusting world.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Can't wait for the AI apologists/enablers in higher education to argue that we have an obligation teach students how to "responsibly use" this horseshit

I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my friends into iron lungs.

We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives.

RFK Jr. is a disgrace.

These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

I don't find many nests but sunbird nests are easier - Garden Sunbird feeding young today #birds #Mindanao

He's not taking it well you guys

Great work!

#GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen

iRecord is really important as a repository for UK wildlife/nature records, including casual records, surveys and trapping, and non-native species. This is well worth doing 👇

There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org

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“We’re already experiencing changes in UK winter rainfall that global #climate models predict for the 2040s – we’re 20yrs ahead.

@metoffice.gov.uk data show that since the 1980s the UK... has been warming at a rate of ~0.25°C per dec –so we’re seeing almost 9% more rainfall that we did in the ’80s"

Some excellent goose watching in North Norfolk over the last week. A notable influx of White-fronted, Barnacle and Tundra Bean Geese joining the Pinkfeet flocks. The Netherlands is most likely the origin of these birds. Certainly livened up the grey weather.

Coffee and improved cognition, reduced dementia
>130,000 people followed 37 years
Benefit seen only with caffeinated coffee or tea and most pronounced ~2 cups/day
@jama.com ☕️☕️https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2844764

The Fight to Stop Data Center Creep - Truthdig Generative AI isn’t inevitable, and people are already fighting hard to keep power-hungry data centers out of their communities.

“Generative AI is going to be part of the infrastructure of authoritarianism. Stopping data center and fossil fuel plant construction is going to be antifascist work from here on out.“

What looks like a dark morph Lapwing seen at #RSPBGreylake #Somerset this morning. It was very aggressive to any other Lapwing that came to close.

The Green surge shows British politics has reached a turning point - and it has surprisingly little to do with Zack Polanski | Aditya Chakrabortty At a party event in a school hall in Lewisham, people told me how disillusionment with Labour has led to this moment, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Now's a great time to join us!

join.greenparty.org.uk

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