Richard Knott
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He/him Legal IT consultant Ev enthusiast Bunny hugger Also on Mastodon: @
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Sustainable Us
37 minutes ago
Additional 220 electric buses for Manchester.
www.sustainable-bus.com/electric-bus...
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Bee Network accelerates electrification: £65m for 220 new e-buses and progress on tram-train plan in Manchester's future - Sustainable Bus
Greater Manchester has approved £65 million to accelerate the transition of its public transport system toward zero emissions
https://www.sustainable-bus.com/electric-bus/bee-network-manchester-220-electric-buses/
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CATLāStellantis Break Ground on ā¬4.1B Spain Gigafactory
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CATLāStellantis Break Ground on ā¬4.1B Spain Gigafactory
Chinese EV battery maker CATL, together with its partner Stellantis, celebrated the groundbreaking of their 50:50 joint ventureās 50 GWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) gigafactory in Zaragoza, Spain.
https://electriccarsreport.com/2025/11/catl-stellantis-break-ground-on-e4-1b-spain-gigafactory/
about 6 hours ago
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thimbles.bsky.social
about 14 hours ago
That isn't it.
@michaelemann.bsky.social
put out the idea that there are 5 interconnecting forces that are opposing science and actions based on it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Excuse my vanity, but I would like to add a sixth - permission structures.
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Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation ā posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez
From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our world
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/09/science-under-siege-weaponised-disinformation-michael-mann-peter-hotez
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New Scientist
about 12 hours ago
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading the late Iain M. Banksās Culture novel The Player of Games. Fellow science fiction author Bethany Jacobs reveals how his work inspired her
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Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an āastoundingā world-builder
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading the late Iain M. Banksās Culture novel The Player of Games. Fellow science fiction author Bethany Jacobs reveals how his work inspired her
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506129-why-sci-fi-novelist-iain-m-banks-was-an-astounding-world-builder/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SOC&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1764549051
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)
about 12 hours ago
Back to back in this weekās New Yorker: an exposĆ© of luxury airport lounges and a story about vanishing ice on Greenland. A snapshot of our species insanity.
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Lloyd
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George Takei
about 12 hours ago
All Trump and his cronies know how to do is steal then lie about it.
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Gavin Shoebridge
about 13 hours ago
Last week the Dongfeng Box charged 10-80% in 42 minutes. Well done to those who guessed correctly. You win a potato š„. This week I'm charging the new IM6. Place your bets on how quickly this one charges!
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CleanTechnica
about 11 hours ago
Sodium-Ion Battery Applications Grow
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Sodium-Ion Battery Applications Grow - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Sodium-ion batteries (SIB) are not just for EVs and home storage. Sodium ion is ideal in rugged environments like farms, and ...
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/28/sodium-ion-battery-applications-grow/
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Bad Choices Make Good Stories
about 10 hours ago
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The Roman & British empires died because of crushing debt, not military defeat.
The same thing is happening to America right now.
https://www.malloy.rocks/p/the-roman-and-british-empires-died
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Molly Jong-Fast
about 10 hours ago
Starting //// going
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Adam Bienkov
4 days ago
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
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LittleGravitas, āEU immigrant, UKā emigrant, anti-Brexit
about 24 hours ago
Centre of academic excellence folding in 2025, nearly four years before a general election in which Reform 2025 Ltd could conceivably, but probably will not, gain power. Complete spinelessness.
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CleanTechnica
about 23 hours ago
GAC T9 and Guangzhouās Shift to BEV Trucks
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GAC T9 and Guangzhouās Shift to BEV Trucks - CleanTechnica
Having been in Guangzhou last week, I wanted to give some firsthand context to Michael Barnardās excellent article: Chinaās BEV Trucks and the End of Dieselās Dominance. Overall, the heavy trucks that...
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/27/gac-t9-and-guangzhous-shift-to-bev-trucks/
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Alpine's next-gen sports cars will spawn a pair of drop-tops! | Autocar
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Alpine's next-gen sports cars will spawn a pair of drop-tops! | Autocar
Brand to expand with drop-top next-gen A110 sports car and all-new A310 GT
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/alpine-lifts-lid-plan-two-ev-roadsters
about 17 hours ago
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
1 day ago
In case youāre in the mood for some good news . . .
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Felix Hamer ⢠electricfelix
about 23 hours ago
Meanwhile in China šØš³ where I spotted a ton of dual gunning trucks, the triple gun charging truck is now arriving to the market: first plug is exclusively for pack cooling according to
#ChinaEV_Eng_Lif
the ramp up in 35 seconds to nearly 2000A fast charging 𤯠or 1.39MW
nitter.net/ChinaEV_Eng_...
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Ian Dunt
1 day ago
This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
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East Anglia Bylines
1 day ago
This week showed what online communities can do. By sharing the petition for an inquiry into Russian influence, people have forced Parliament to act.
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Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-policy/russian-influence-petition-surges-past-100000-signatures/
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Mark Philip Rennie
1 day ago
@allshorts.bsky.social
@richardknott.bsky.social
I Tried Walmart's $40 Thanksgiving MEAL &...
youtu.be/w9RSp78l_4I?...
via
#YouTube
The first issue with this, she points out... the pumpkin pie is missing $5 to $8 of ingredients... so is the meal really $40 - also look at how processed the food looks
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I Tried Walmart's $40 Thanksgiving MEAL and This Happened!
YouTube video by Frugal Fit Mom
https://youtu.be/w9RSp78l_4I?si=cO-RcuzIYPK-M-8K
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DrDinD.bsky.social
2 days ago
š§µA legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder. "the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons āplaced hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.ā ...
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A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administrationās boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
https://open.substack.com/pub/executivefunctions/p/a-dishonorable-strike?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=ayfs6
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M. Haytham Matthews
1 day ago
"U.S. agriculture and other breadbaskets are among the hardest-hit in the studyās projections, while regions in Canada, China, & Russia may benefit." The
#ClimateCrisis
is a national security issue in more ways than one. (& to state the obvious, it serves American interests to make nice w/Canada)
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JeffTrnka
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George Conway āļøšŗšø
1 day ago
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
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Lloyd
1 day ago
More than 25,000 whooping cough cases reported this year as Kentucky records 3rd infant death Deaths from whooping cough have been recorded in Louisiana and Washington.
abcnews.go.com/Health/25000...
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More than 25,000 whooping cough cases reported this year as Kentucky records 3rd infant death
More than 25,000 cases of whopping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/25000-cases-whooping-cough-recorded-year-higher-pre/story?id=127831021
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Dr Farbod
1 day ago
The Telegraph admits that Brexit has been a disaster a mere 9 years after the vote. Very demure. Very mindful. Very brave.
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Mike Galsworthy
1 day ago
āA petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.ā
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Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-policy/russian-influence-petition-surges-past-100000-signatures/
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Emma Monk
2 days ago
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra Ā£208 per month will āruinā his retirement. Letās take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a āpoor pensionerā scrabbling around for pennies⦠š§µ1/9
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
3 days ago
With the governmentās backing, the extension of the DLR to Beckton and Thamesmead will go ahead. It will help deliver up to 25,000 new homes & 10,000 jobs. My joint statement on the future of this major project with Secretary of State for Housing Steve Reed:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Housing potential at Thamesmead Waterfront and Beckton - joint policy statement
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-potential-at-thamesmead-waterfront-and-beckton-joint-policy-statement/housing-potential-at-thamesmead-waterfront-and-beckton-joint-policy-statement
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Luca
9 days ago
āHere kitty kittyā ā¤ļø 33 lb Maine Coon Theodore Scritches McWiggles TT: tonnagrimm
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CleanTechnica
2 days ago
Chinaās BEV Trucks and the End of Dieselās Dominance
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/26/c...
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Chinaās BEV Trucks and the End of Dieselās Dominance - CleanTechnica
Chinaās electric heavy truck boom signals a freight transition as low cost BEVs outpace diesel and gas across short haul markets. Exports are rising.
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/26/chinas-bev-trucks-and-the-end-of-diesels-dominance/
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Chris Geidner
3 days ago
BREAKING: As part of his contempt inquiry, Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations by 12/5 attesting to their actions relating to the decision not to turn around March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. Background:
www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
3 days ago
The climate crisis wonāt wait and neither will we. With this team, weāll meet it head-on.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
2 days ago
To recapāTrump pardoned Juan Orlando HernĆ”ndez, who was convicted of receiving millions in bribes & partnering with cocaine traffickers to flood American streets with drugs, but to protect American streets from being flooded with drugs, he has to mass murder innocent fisherman with impunity. Got it
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Otto English
3 days ago
A brief reminder that everyone should leave X and let that heil hole rot away as it deserves to
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Acyn
4 days ago
Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the USā¦.
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Liam Thorp
4 days ago
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as āBenefits Streetā, while the same people are moaning about a tax on Ā£2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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JA
4 days ago
Definitely have to share one of the most iconic Thanksgiving Day reenactments today. Grab those cardigans and highballs and enjoy! š¦ š šŖ¶š„š½ļø
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Addams Family Values: Thanksgiving play (HD CLIP)
YouTube video by Binge Society
https://youtu.be/MNmkfZN9Wbk?si=IHChklWxfEttuLEl
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Katharine Hayhoe
4 days ago
"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals." An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
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How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
https://www.splinter.com/how-fossil-fuel-money-made-climate-denial-the-word-of-g-1797466298
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PinkNews
3 days ago
Gay MP perfectly explains why EHRC's 'shocking' guidance on single-sex spaces is 'unworkable'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/ehrc-guidance-trans-josh-babarinde-lib-dem/?utm_content=1764296400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Gay MP perfectly explains why single-sex spaces guidance is 'unworkable'
A Lib Dem MP perfectly explained in parliament why the EHRC's draft single-space guidance is "unworkable".
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/ehrc-guidance-trans-josh-babarinde-lib-dem/?utm_content=1764296400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Peter Stefanovic
4 days ago
šØWOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! š LETāS KEEP GOING! If a petition is what itās going to take letās get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Timothy Caulfield
5 days ago
Every single day it become clearer... Antivaxx misinformation & hesitancy is mostly about political identity. A "My Team" flag that is doing incredible harm. My take:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
via @TorontoStar
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On measles and vaccines, Canada canāt keep ignoring the elephant in the room
Study after study has shown that political affiliation is one of the single strongest predictors of vaccination status.
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/on-measles-and-vaccines-canada-cant-keep-ignoring-the-elephant-in-the-room/article_317601ae-ce73-4529-9ef2-d0b47e7163ae.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link&utm_campaign=user-share
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Otto English
4 days ago
It's almost like much of the mainstream media and right wing press has an agenda, isn't it.
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Caroline Lucas
5 days ago
Since 2011 fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury a whopping £133bn and added to yet more climate emissions. Freezing it yet again is reckless & irresponsible
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
4 days ago
Since we introduced free school meals for Londonās state primary school children two years ago, an incredible 100 million have now been provided. Thank you to everyone who has worked together to reach this historic milestone.
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Robert Llewellyn
5 days ago
I'm currently reading this so at least I have some notion of what I'm talking about. Just to say this style of mileage tax was tried in the Australian state of Victoria and it was a disaster that was thrown out in the courts. Not saying the UK situation is the same, just an example.
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Scott Lemieux
5 days ago
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzziās horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
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Budget 2025: UK's pay-per-mile road tax confirmed to include plug-in hybrids | Autocar
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Fuel duty also going up next year ahead of this
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Budget 2025: UK's pay-per-mile road tax confirmed to include plug-in hybrids | Autocar
Government also confirms end of 5p fuel duty freeze, a change to luxury car tax and review of EV charging prices
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/consumer/budget-2025-pay-mile-ev-road-tax-confirmed-include-phevs
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Stop Rosebank
5 days ago
BREAKING šØ: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels. š§µ
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO
5 days ago
Donāt forget, no matter how much Nigel Farage tries to shape Reform UKās economic policy to win votes, at heart heās a disaster capitalist.
#Budget2025
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