Adventure Guide, Trainer, Lecturer, Consultant. - Adventure & Marine Tourism - Outdoor Learning, Ocean Literacy
Penrith, Cumbria
Joined December 2010
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Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
The most cited, scientist in the world adresses the UN Security Council, with the most urgent message of our lifetime! A historical and truly great speech! Thanks @Yoshua_Bengio!
I was invited to address the @UN Security Council this afternoon to discuss the unprecedented threat posed by uncontrolled frontier AI agents.
Humanity has summoned the courage and wisdom to manage catastrophic risks before. This is one of those moments, far bigger than any personal, commercial, or national interest. The choices we make about this technology today will shape generations to come. We must act now.
Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
It's time to stop hyperscale AI Data Centres 🛑
If the 24 proposals for major sites in Scotland are approved, they will consume more than 1.5 times Scotland’s total peak power use.
The Scottish Government must urgently hit pause on all applications now!
ALT Scottish Greens call for action on hyperscale data centres
Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
More than three quarters of Scottish salmon farms certified as “sustainable” broke the environmental rules of the certifying body last year, but none lost their accreditation, The Ferret can reveal.
theferret.scot/three-quarter…
Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
If you support Scotland's right to self-determination, please retweet.
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The Pacific Ocean’s ‘Great Garbage Patch’ has a hidden twist: 46% of its plastic mass is fishing nets, outweighing the infamous plastic bags and straws combined
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Scottish Independence: Yes or No?
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92%Yes
8%No
5,018 votes • Final results
Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
Israel bombed and murdered the Prime Minister of Yemen along with several cabinet members, and there is zero outrage in Western media… it’s barely even a story. The level of impunity is breathtaking.
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The Scotsman newspaper tomorrow (Tue 2 Sep) will run an obituary for Dr Ulrich E. Loening (1931-2025), the pioneering molecular biologist who led the Centre for Human Ecology at Edinburgh University; contributed by his colleagues and family, p. 43 and online.
Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
I hope that the more artificial “intelligence” becomes a thing, the more real intelligence - intellectual, emotional & spiritual - will be sought out. A hunger will arise in the psyche for real presence, substance and meaning not conflated with data shovelled pattern recognition.
Does *anyone* buy this? "Zuckerberg told investors Meta is building superintelligence that empowers people to be more creative in our culture communities, connect with each other, and lead more fulfilling lives” ft.com/content/83250c1a-18f0…
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BREAKING 📢 The Government's own MPs and many others across parties call for a BAN on destructive bottom-trawl fishing in offshore marine protected areas🪸
This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥
theguardian.com/environment/…
Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
A lot of these dead 'cleaner' fish were put in fresh water meaning that their cells exploded one by one. This industry is an ethical and environmental nightmare. @rspcaassured @SoilAssociation What are you thinking? Stop legitimising this awful industry. #Offthetable
🔵 NEW: More than 135,000 fish have died at a salmon farm in the northwest Highlands run by a Norwegian company in the last two years.
Find out more: bit.ly/3Sxihpi
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This report shows how abundant Scottish seas can be, the terrible consequences of a lack of protection, and that the marine legacy of MSPs is little more than a litany of broken promises as the damage continues. @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan @lornaslater
openseas.org.uk/ocean-witnes…
Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
On Sunday we revealed more than 400 University staff have higher pay than Scotland's First Minister. They include Edinburgh principal Peter Mathieson who earns £380k. Today he announced 350 staff had taken voluntary redundancy with further cuts feared. bit.ly/4jjrBIZ
Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen.
IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
as an anthropologist, one of my specialisations is authoritarianism & revolutionist practice in response to it
one of my research foci for is the social processes of a society's descent into authoritarianism
a historian once told me:
it happens slowly, then all at once.
Myles Farnbank FRGS FTS SFIOL retweeted
If everyone who has been grateful for the NHS over the past 76 years followed and retweeted we’d reach a million by midnight
Please take just two seconds to show you’re right behind NHS staff
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The 392-year-old shark found in the Arctic Ocean is a Greenland shark, a species known for its astonishing longevity.
This particular shark, discovered by researchers, is believed to be the oldest living vertebrate on Earth, with its age determined through radiocarbon dating of its eye lenses. Greenland sharks grow incredibly slowly, about 1 centimeter per year, and can live for centuries in the cold, deep waters of the Arctic. Their slow metabolism and frigid habitat contribute to their remarkable lifespan.
This ancient shark has witnessed nearly four centuries of history, surviving through profound changes in the environment and the world. Its discovery has provided scientists with invaluable insights into the aging processes of vertebrates and the mysterious life cycles of deep-sea creatures, reminding us of the hidden wonders that still lie beneath the ocean's surface.
