#GlobalWarming #Ecology #GreenPolicy #Energy

If this is what triggers a military coup, I’m going to laugh.

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKIN ‘ELL

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Now I live in the sticks there's only one showing of No Other Choice next week that works with trains. I notice that at its forecast finish time a showing of Send Help starts, which would end just before the timetable goes wonky. Would they make a decent double bill? #Filmsky

This is a lengthy survey with deeply biased premises BUT anyone in the UK (or UK citizens elsewhere) who wishes for a compassionate immigration system that doesn’t privilege the rich & penalise the vulnerable would be advised to fill it out, carefully. I will now sit here in rage for a while.

Too late to learn about this ludicrous data centre to get to the protest. Anyone have email addresses for the relevant councillors? Saw Bella Caledonia's compelling objection but not how to add my 'energy consumption equal to 35 Edinburghs with no environmental impact, are you insane?!' to the chat

Could be a conflict here, given the key symptom I'm experiencing is an overwhelming urge to call out bullshittery and disengage from technology as much as life will allow

Whoever invented mobile phones without headphone jacks needs to be sentenced to a decade on public transport beside people with boisterous videos

ICYMI, I wrote about this very thing www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-muir-do...

It is absolutely insane that we are trying to come up with workarounds and bans on children accessing social media when the simple solution - holding social media platforms responsible for their content under existing law - has been staring us in the face for years.

Used to love CalMac, in a way I have rarely felt affection for corporations, but after various glitches over recent years this may be their daftest move yet

Back in the beforetimes of 2021, over on the other place, I set out to answer the age old question "is my wankpanzer bigger than a tank". Here are those findings for the Bluesky record. Q1. Is my Ford Ranger bigger than a tank? A. Not quite but getting there.

#Filmsky folks, why doesn't Dust Bunny have a UK release date? It's got a BBFC certification but UK isn't on the list of release dates I found. Loads of other countries. Are my Spanish and German friends going to get to see it but not me?!?!

I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud

“We’ve invented a machine the destroys our own planet, drives inequality and the rise of global fascism, destroys truth and veracity, undermines all of human achievements in knowledge, science, medicine, arts and culture. And frankly we’re upset that you’re not that into it and call us names.”

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

The Cat Who Visits has not appeared since the Big Move stuff arrived. This morning, however, a dead vole has been gently placed beneath the horseshoe trivet I use as a garden perch

Predictive algorithms in hiring, creditworthiness, and welfare programs are sold as objective and efficient, writes James O’Sullivan. In practice, however, they operationalize historical bias, scale discrimination, and launder political choices through opaque technical systems, he argues.

The Met Office weather app has 'upgraded' so now it's harder to tell what the forecast is but on the other hand there is prominent advertising for sports bras

Reform is a private Limited company majority-owned by one man, in the interests of making money for that man and the shareholders. We should casually talk about the inevitability of a Reform government the same way we’d talk about casually selling the country to Dyson or Wetherspoons.

Mum has woken cross with dad because in her dream last night he gave one of his fresh baked loaves to D***** T****

Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...

Going to miss this view. Am, however, going to enjoy watching the car get towed that ignored the parking suspension for the movers' van to fit in roadside

Hey y’all: if you use Libby and you hate them allowing generative AI content and incorporating it in other ways you can go to your profile, scroll down to “help and support”, and take a survey to tell them that you hate it

@dvbishop.com first confirmed "onwards" ?

Map Festival: This looks like a great event hosted by the National Library of Scotland @nls map room at Causewayside on February 6th. Full details on their website. #mapfestival #maps #cartography #edinburghevent

‘In Japan, automobile owners must obtain a shako shomei sho, or “garage certificate,” showing that they have secured a place to store the vehicle overnight at their residence or in a parking garage; leaving it streetside is not an option.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Honestly thought UKIP had *become* Reform, didn't realise they coexisted. On the upside, maybe they'll split the far right loon vote?

We love to see it! Community-created harm reduction infrastructure to contest the alarming integration of AI agents into the Windows operating system (which is currently the most reckless deployment environment) ♥️ github.com/zoicware/Rem...

All this kneeling to pack boxes has given me something I have self-diagnosed as Housemaid's Knee, which makes me oddly triumphant as I reckon that was the only affliction in the compendium of illnesses that J K Jerome didn't have in Three Men In A Boat, to his great chagrin

In other news, with an annual profit of £800,000 and fewer than 100 employees Twitter UK is about as significant economically as a single large Tesco Extra.

At the stage of packing where I have to face toiletries/makeup (a world of well intentioned gifting when people thought there was still hope for my appearance), pack up kitchen stuff so forced out for food, or pack up electricals so no more music so I'm curled in a foetal ball around my phone

"look what you made me do!", but extended to 3000 words and hidden behind a paywall.

Went the long way around to Aldi

⭐ Job Opportunity: EP Spaces Lead We are seeking a committed, highly organised individual to hold responsibility for representing and advocating for our Scotland wide network of temporary artists spaces. Closing Date: noon, Thurs 29 January https://f.mtr.cool/hocwczbiij

The Herald is seeking an outstanding journalist to be the next Edinburgh Correspondent. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to take on a brilliant patch and join our first-rate team. FIND OUT MORE: careers.newsquest.co.uk/pos...

And the signing queue at the George Street Waterstones was enormous when his art book was published because he chatted and doodled in them all, which felt really special

Online entries open tomorrow for our first event of 2026 at Cammo Estate on Saturday 17th. Courses for absolute beginners, improvers all the way through to one with a twist for more experienced orienteers. Full details at www.esoc.org.uk/events/cammo-estate-sat-17-jan-2026

Your fact of the day: The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132. bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...

Nearly gave up on the wolf moon then it popped up above the clouds on the horizon

Was firmly told getting something down from high in parents' garage was a 3 person job; mum holding ladder, dad receiving the thing from me. Stuck my head back in after to find mum popping up the ladder solo 'seeing as it's out' & when I objected 'but I do it all the time'. Like that makes it better

Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.

I have a Wolf supermoon stargazing challenge for you tonight (Jan3rd, weather Gods willing). Raise your arm to the moon to find Jupiter which is ~2-fingers below it to the right. The Gemini twins, Castor and Pollux are ~3-fingers to the left. This is your last #supermoon until Nov - enjoy! 🔭🧪

So far my 2026 is showing positive signs (I realise news worldwide continues terrible, but walking on the beach is an excellent way to avoid the news)

Watching my charity shop DVD of Armageddon as per filmsky folks Ben Affleck's commentary warrants it. Not seen since my cinema viewing, with a friend's housemate who was also mid accountancy exams, as a de-stress, and I began helplessly giggling during the romantic farewell montage and he got irate

At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!

Under the discursive alibi of "technology" or even "knowledge," the worst edtech scam of our lifetime is being granted global reach, to the pleasure of ideological grifters and authoritarian governments everywhere.

I guess the fun guests at his actual home have left so he's reduced to visiting me again. That and it's cold out. I'm under no illusions. I am, however, under a cat and that's pretty nice even though the timing could've been better