The reason there are no more good ideas in tech is that every office has these "low odor" whiteboard markers. Ten years ago, every Design Thinking session participant was way more creative because they were strung out on marker fumes.

I think I speak for all customers with agile electricity pricing when I say: "oof"

Tech stocks: *do literally anything* Me, a luddite entangled in global tech markets:

*Me, politics genius* Kier's little brother wears tshirts and uses Just For Men. What might this mean for Brexit

0900 on a sunny father's day, and the dads are already putting on their seasonal display. I've already seen three lawn dads out cutting grass, four dog dads nodding silently at one another, and a group of six brightly coloured cycle dads zipping down the road

Back in February 2018 I spent a very happy evening learning about Railfreight's graphic design language in D&AD's basement. So obviously I've got this book (and you should too at that price).

Well done to Voi for taking advantage of the high latent demand for cycling in Edinburgh. Imagine what we could do with better infrastructure and more cycle hangers! #Edinburgh #cycling www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

My service owner definition of done

The note in the intro about how science doesn't have to be intuitive to be correct reminds me of this outstanding intro to quantum mechanics. "In some sense the pressure is off for you guys...I don't get it, and you don't get it, and Feynman doesn't get it" First 60 secs: youtu.be/uK2eFv7ne_Q?...

THE STREET ARE OURS: THOUSANDS OF ANTIRACISTS RECLAIM THE STREETS IN GLASGOW AND HUMILIATE FAR RIGHT THUGS Glasgow reclaimed the streets from the far right today!

Digital transformation.

Interesting report by friends at @nestauk.bsky.social on my desk this morning. We've got far more work to do, but proud to see that parts of Scotland and Wales are massively outperforming the UK average in terms of heat pump uptake. www.nesta.org.uk/data-visuali...

Chart of the day. The energy transition is happening in real time! 😍

It's totally not important, but I'm brave enough to say it: that's not what a brake line looks like

What stage of the LinkedIn hype cycle is this?

This would work on me so hard

Just a reminder not to refer to this weekend as a "long weekend". Call 2 day weekends "short weekends" in order to normalise the idea of 3 day weekends.

This oversized sheep-impersonator has decided my veg patch is the best place to beat the heat. Goodbye to those spinach and rocket seedlings I guess 🌱

Excited to cross out 'anonymously quoted in the road.cc live blog' on my 2026 bingo card

I'm starting a new restoration project this month, and I've already soaked my watch strap in 20-year-old stale petrol. Walking around reeking of 'L'eau de Garage' rn

Look at this. You can build the worst cycle lane in the world* and still smash cycling records. *(www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now...)

This is a vg paper, worth reading if your job involves digitising services. It doesn't mention it specifically but it crystallised a useful metaphor for me: digitised services turn personal relationships into data entry, which has the result of making us more lonely

I'm just happy Charles Goodhart is alive to see this

Noel, Noel's mum; welcome to the war on cars.

FB marketplace continues to have the juice

Why does this dog sigh so much she doesn't even have a job

Important post, but also whenever I see this graphic I think 'i will move to the broadleaf woods, next to beach island'

As of today, I have been a parent for a DECADE. Mad.

Same Penitent Magdalene, same. Meme via bizwithbecs on Instagram.

Picked up a decent second hand electric drum kit off've gumtree this evening. Ostensibly as a birthday present for the big child... But damn drums are fun huh

Congrats to BP for making $3 billion profit last quarter! Love to see the underdog pulling through like that. 🥹

In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of commuting on track bikes

Sundays are for finding newts

We did it y'all 🌱

Teams by Microsoft Teams for Microsoft by Microsoft Teams.

"...those solar panels had to go somewhere. Mostly, they ended up in Pakistan, dumped there at such a massive discount that the country solarized virtually overnight... Pakistani bridal dowries now routinely include four panels, an inverter and a battery" billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

Thermoaccoustic heat pumps. Science's answer to the question: 'if I yell at a gas hard enough will it heat my house for me?'' www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/23/t...

Incredibly privileged to join @energysavingtrust.bsky.social colleagues y'day for a @theschoolofgood.bsky.social masterclass from @loudowne.bsky.social. Getting great feedback today - "so valuable - they linked stuff together which I've always thought about, but never had the framework to tackle!"

Took the kids to see the ancient megafauna exhibit at NMS this morning. Damn, some of those early mammals were really just Being Themselves and Having Fun With It huh? Our faves were these two absolute derps:

With every dumb tech innovation a new futurist gets their wings

'Stop yelling "fart cannon!" and open wide' Normal things I say to my children on a Friday evening

There's a reason every automotive electrical manual is like "Before you tear out the wiring loom looking for a broken wire, check the connectors. It's probably the connectors. Actually, it's always the connectors"

Ooh we got some new UK wind and solar records. Hitting record solar in *April* is wild btw. Records are going to tumble this summer.

The French government has announced the measures of its plan to accelerate electrification: - a ban on gas boilers in new houses from the end of 2026 - increased support for replacing old heating with heat pumps - 100 regions will pilot comprehensive heat transition plans to phase out gas by 2030

UPDATE: ha ha yesss let's gooo 🌱

books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.

The more I’ve learned about private equity, the more I’ve come to see it as a metaphor for how power and wealth now operate in Britain. I wrote about it for @theguardian.com - two days before THE ASSET CLASS publishes: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I put the big box of winter hats and gloves away yesterday. So to everyone waking up to snow showers in Scotland this morning: apologies, that's on me.

Realising that we're generating more energy than we know what to do with is kind of incredible