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Can we have a sustainable economy? What do we need to think about and read? #degrowth #sustainability #economics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg1Q...

Boxing day - when you have been eating on a completely different schedule and have no idea if you are full or hungry. Safest to have a bit more to eat.

The Cure’s Perry Bamonte dies aged 65: “He was a warm hearted and vital part of the Cure story” | Louder share.google/IrlKPMe23RZw...

A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America

Unexpectedly reviving an old Bamford Xmas tradition

*advertising that my food truck has "4 Michelins"*

In case you're being hit with a bunch of things on the old timeline these days, I do highly recommend watching this. Just over a minute long. h/t @janeespenson.bsky.social

Please sir, my electoral system, he is very sick

Narrator: It turned out that the woke-related mind virus" was in the bigots all along.

Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0

'Fossil fuel lobbyists, polluting industries and climate deniers have donated £8.4 million ($10.6 million) to the Conservative Party since December 2019. Within the same period, they provided 92 per cent of the funds raised by the rightwing Reform UK' newint.org/democracy/20...

Tolkein: Isengard in Oxford. Proof that the current debates over cars and traffic and Oxford are longstanding! lareviewofbooks.org/article/isen...

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

The White House has been caught. The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims. In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

If you need to fly this could be something that makes a huge difference to the climate impact at relatively small cost @myzerocarbon.org #netzero #climatesolutions www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoOV...

the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024

The real divide right now isn’t left vs. right. It’s liberalism vs. illiberalism. Liberalism means: tolerance, pluralism, equal protection, and accountable rulers. I’m with @shikhadalmia.bsky.social on this. If you’re onboard with those four, we should be working together.

If you're looking for a holiday gift 🎁 that's guaranteed (maybe?) to spark joy 😊 look no further 👀 And if you need a gift now – like, NOW – give them the gift of an audiobook 🎧 www.penguin.co.uk/books/321644...

Ladies, do you like Having a credit card Going to college Wearing pants Voting Leaving a man who hits you Not worrying that divorce means leaving your kids Not being called sugar tits in the workplace THANK FEMINISM

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov. He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.

At this point the merchant of doubt strategy feels So outdated. The ew strategy is just to destroy the science that is inconvenient to polluters and racists.

Virtue signaling is not only acceptable, actually, it’s good and necessary to foster healthy communities, especially in a time where vitriol and hate is mainstream

NEW RESEARCH: UK heat pumps can perform far better than many think. Our analysis of HeatPumpMonitor.org data shows well-designed systems achieve ~40% higher efficiency than past trials (SCoP 3.86 vs 2.81), cutting bills (~£224/yr) and emissions. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NEW – Guest post: How to steer EVs towards the road of ‘mass adoption’ | Izzy Woolgar, Andy Hackett and Laurens Speelman Read here: buff.ly/eFTmSGu

oh man, I'm virtue signalling so hard about our new heat pump. Like, don't think you are going to see me in Oxford, and I'm not going to mention it.

The real story isn’t “renewables are cheaper” — we already knew that. An 82% renewable grid breaks marginal pricing. Once wind, solar + batteries dominate, fossil generators stop setting peak prices. Scarcity rents collapse. Volatility dies. That’s the system shock incumbents fear — not ideology. ⚡🔋

Our heat pump heats one home. This one heats 40,000! #Climatesolutions #netzero @myzerocarbon.org www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A mark of quality.

My son (11yo) likes to be given LEGO tasks. Yesterday, I told him to 'make me a philosopher in the style of The School of Athens for my office at the university.' I love how he even captured some Diogenes-like too-cool-for-school. And of course a couple of really excellent NPUs going on. #philosophy

Labour are running a draw to win an Electric car and hope to raise money in the process. Given their polling numbers of late this could be a great chance to win a car! labour.org.uk/christmas-pr...

Humanity. Working together across generations to produce wonderful things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUz_...

Using old coal mines to heat homes? Gateshead is doing it. Their mine-water project—the UK’s largest—draws 15°C water from boreholes, uses heat pumps to boost it to 80°C, and sends that heat through an underground network. The system now warms 350+ homes and 23 buildings.

Why does the coverage of this not point out climate change. We are just at the start of the impacts and it threatens to push up the cost of other important foods as well. Maddening.

EV Bargains galore. Cheap to run if you can charge from home, so why is anyone buying petrol? #netzero www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZeK...

Net zero is the cheapest option. The clean energy transition requires up front investment but generates long-term benefits. @myzerocarbon.org #netzero www.carbonbrief.org/net-zero-sce...

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How to decarbonise heritage buildings including churches @myzerocarbon.org #netzero #heritage www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMWJ...

This sounds like a great opportunity to be deployed on pumped storage reservoirs. WattRack allows Ciel & Terre to cover three different ranges of Floating PV solutions suited for environments with waves, water level variations or even full reservoir dry-out. 🔌💡 www.pv-tech.org/ciel-terre-r...

Are you net zero ready? Can you afford to pay for your carbon pollution? #Netzero www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkh9...

What is the biggest problem in the world? - For the left it is inequality - For environmentalists it is climate change - For liberals it is the destruction of the rule of law - For the US right (if Elon is anything to go by) it is seemingly miscegenation

The more I learn, the more ignorant I feel. Perhaps it is more a case of being more aware of past ignorance and that this applies to the present as well. #lifelonglearning

Christmas song without many chords but, my God, the lyrics are poignant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqI...

Load of flags up in Didcot now. Makes the place seem so tacky and fashy. 😞

Every so often you see a car with massive discount. Did the purchase fall through and now they need to move it on? 2025 GWM ORA 03 for sale for £17,995 (12k off new price). www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/...