Dr Lori-Ann Foley

I'm a sucker for really good interactive science visualizations.

Check out this one that lets you explore a map of the known universe. It's beautiful, engaging, and very well done.

mapoftheuniverse.net

Assimilation isn't always easy in the modern United States. #USA

Don’t let mega-constellation-building billionaires steal your night sky Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

Elon Musk has already started plans to launch a million satellites.

Yes. A MILLION.

This is a colossally bad idea, and it's not too late to make your voice heard. I explain everything:

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ramp...

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When it calls for tomato paste, I find a squirt of ketchup works just as well. 😊

EU agrees to chop meaty names from vegetarian and vegan food products Lawmakers will ban use of 31 meat-related names as part of efforts to help livestock farmers in food supply markets

So "lawmakers will outlaw use of 31 meat-related names as part of efforts to help livestock farmers in food supply markets"... just when health, climate & environment scientists are stressing the urgency of helping more livestock farmers OUT of food supply markets?
And what a silly, pointless move!

I’ve recently installed solar panels on my house and have an EV, so feeling a bit smug at the moment. 😏

A man and a woman sit on a rocky ledge overlooking a forest view with a small reflective lochan below. They are surrounded by lush greenery and tall trees. Above them, text on a green brushstroke reads, "WE'RE HIRING! REWILDING EXPERIENCES LEAD."

Experienced in designing and delivering exceptional guest experiences?

We’re looking for a Rewilding Experiences Lead to help deliver and grow our programme of immersive Rewilding Journeys and training across Scotland.

✍️ Apply by 9am, 23 March 2026: https://scotlandbigpicture.pulse.ly/sb4d5dxbn8

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

Sure, renewable energy projects ought contribute to the communities where they operate

Absolutely

But why only solar and wind farms?

Mining and oil and gas developments should do the same
#AFAF

This week from @petemilne.bsky.social
www.boilingcold.com.au/email/486bb0...

Well deserved. 😀

Smart telescopes are brilliant! I have a Unistellar brand and you put a smart scope out, turn it on, it figures out where it is pointing in a few seconds, then you sit back and enjoying a tour of the wonders of the night sky. So renewing and wonderful. Enjoy 🤩

Indeed there seems to be a problem with the book section of Amazon (at least) and sale links don't seem to work. I'm sure this will be fixed reasonably soon, and in the meantime, a reminder that Amazon is but one retailer, and my books are available many other places, including your local bookstore.

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

What a good idea 😂

Solar power is just not feasible
Neither is wind, and its tremendous fumes
And what the hell are batteries? Whoever heard of batteries? How is that even a thing?
Electric vehicles?
Ridiculous tree huggers
How can you save a planet, FFS?
Where's the profit?

Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News

That moment you realize the philosophy conversation just turned on you.
#CalvinandHobbes #Ouch

Thank you so much for saying the SEALING of the Magna Carta, not the signing of the Magna Carta. It was, of course, sealed and not signed, but most people say signed, which is, of course, wrong (and to me very annoying). 😊

Your regular reminder that the UK is in fact a high trust society and anyone who implies it isn’t is either selling you a pup or has bought one.

Important terms for World Book Day

Abibliophobia: fear of running out of reading matter

Tsundoku 🇯🇵: letting books pile up without reading them

Librocubicularist: a person who reads in bed

Déjá-lu: you’re reading something you have already read

Bibliobibuli: someone who reads alot/drunk on books

I'm worried when Kristi Noem finds out she's been fired she's going to become America's first obedience school shooter.

Six trillion ways to solve climate change » Yale Climate Connections New research shows that mixing and matching manageable climate policy 'wedges' can add up to real solutions.

A new paper on the "stabilization wedge" idea was published in the journal Science today. The authors provide 36 wedge strategies that together can be mixed and matched into more than 6 trillion combinations able to limit global warming to 1.5°C. @bhensonweather.bsky.social has a detailed analysis:

Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

And the environmental destruction of the planet.

Renewables are a source of freedom from international energy bullying, high cost of life and pollution.

➡️ theconversation.com/the-strikes-...

#EndFossilFuels now!
#CleanEnergy

Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

How Fossil Fuel Disruptions Lead to Booms in Solar and Batteries Past oil crises forced countries to cut fuel use and pay high prices, but now falling prices of clean tech offer another solution.

Past fossil-fuel price spikes left import-dependent countries with two options: pay up or cut fuel use. Now there is an alternative in solar and batteries.

I looked at recent examples in Europe, Pakistan, Cuba to glean what might happen with the war on Iran.

🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Suzie Wiles needs some help thinking of ideas to lower gas prices. Any suggestions? How about:

• Don't bomb Iran.
• Restore fuel economy standards.
• Offer rebates to people who want an EV but can't yet afford one.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Exciting opportunity to join our campaigns team!

We’re looking for a campaigner to support the development and delivery of our bold and exciting campaigns that drive positive change across our food system.

Deadline: 9am 30th March 2026.

Please share! foodrise.org.uk/job/campaigner

It's mad that we'll once again try to tackle inflation (caused by fossil fuels increasing the price of energy) by raising interest rates, which will in turn make the real long-term solution (not fossil energy sources) more expensive in the short term. Monetary policy is homeopathy.