Lovely to see the impact SG / @energysavingtrust.bsky.social CARES scheme is having on stuff local to me. Reducing the bill from £40k to £8k for @wolct.bsky.social is pretty good...

The ol' 30k mile machine currently hangs on the wall behind my desk. It (& I!) got hit by a red-light-running scaffolding truck back in 2018, so it's sadly retired.

This is *such* a lovely video by @evanedinger.bsky.social And he's right about how important it is. I racked up 30k miles commuting in London by bike, and every day the ride was the best part of my day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmf6...

What are your new fiscal year resolutions

I found it. A virgin menu option, never before selected by a user

So sorry I couldn't get this offer to you earlier, @hildur.bsky.social "Operator Northern said the first 25 Bedlington terriers to arrive at the station on Monday between 10:00 and 12:00 BST would earn their owners a free travel pass." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just from a technical comic-making perspective @stephencollins.bsky.social *nailed* the rhythm and timing here. You can really feel the cogs turning. Masterclass.

More than any other year, this year I'm learning: 1. Systems of capital work to protect themselves. 2. That protective action is often an emergent result of lots of small, arguably reasonable actions by reasonable individuals following reasonable incentives. 3. That still doesn't make it OK.

It's WIMDY up in the Highlands rn, so I can charge my car for... basically nothing? Nice.

Make Things Look Like Spaceships Again

Today I am mostly sitting in my home office and using my binoculars to monitor early spring bud growth on a baby espaliered apple tree. 🌱 Reports that I've become "less cool" and "weird" in my old age are greatly exaggerated.

I love Product Picnic. My only problem is that each week it links to, like, 8 other distractingly interesting people and essays which I *also* want to read and oops now I'm late for standup

A sunny Sat of electrical gremlin chasing, and we're so back. Loose & corroded pin in the kill switch molex connector was the critical issue. Also spotted the alternator was quietly melting through corroded connectors at the reg/rec too 😬 Bodge fix for now, new connectors and pins on the way.

Brilliant analysis of what went wrong with the expensive redesign of Australia's version of the met office app. leisareichelt.substack.com/p/what-went-...

Rent: £1,500 Food: £600 Data: £45 Authentic Dutch Handmade Wicker Bullitt accessories: £8,200 Childcare: £600 Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. My family is dying

Brilliant news! The UK's Labour Government are going to make "plug in solar" legal. Grab some panels from Lidl, hang them off your balcony or out your window, plug them in to your mains. Done! https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-go-further-and-faster-in-becoming-energy-secure #solar

Just discovered the wealth of ideas and frameworks and tools @tomcw.xyz is sharing for free on his blog & The Good Ship for 3rd sector / gov / CiCs. Extremely useful and generous, thanks dude. good-ship.co.uk

I love 40 year old electrical systems, and enjoy relying on them for important journeys to my professional commitments.

Tiny Monday win: got keycard access to the cycle storage at my new work. We're so back.

Here's hoping Microsoft Teams (For Sticks) can leverage its new lignum architecture to deliver a more intuitive UX, amiright? Folks,

Ooh Edinburgh people: @edfoc.bsky.social 10th anniversary edition UA is FOR SALE: - Barely used - Rigorously serviced - Top spec 🤌 - TONs of accessories - RARE: 1 of 2 in Scotland, only 1000 worldwide - Flippin HOT looking machine 🥵 A bargain. If you're in the market you can't do much better...

Re adding a million more satellites: it's a good time to read about Kessler Syndrome. Huge numbers of satellites could trigger a kind of cascade or collapse which creates v expensive problems in the long run. A good exploration by @jonkelvey.bsky.social - aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/und...

This will be so lovely

This post is the single best advert for the fact that proper local journalism matters. If Jim’s team hadn’t put the pieces together quickly, this wouldn’t have been stopped.

@clivethompson.bsky.social wrote a *fascinating* primer on COBOL a few years back. I'm not an engineer, and it's a genuinely good read. If you're wondering why people might be nervous about letting AI loose on this stuff, read it: www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...

Years ago we had the mayor bike to school with my then 6 year old, within the first :30 seconds they were almost hit by a driver on live TV. Every leader should be required to ride a bike (if able) with a 6 year old before they provide any direction on bike infrastructure

This is the real value of (local) journalism: shining a light on ugly things powerful people don't want you to see.

IYKYK 🤢

Horrifyingly true. Over the years I've had the pleasure of working with a handful of v good business leaders, who's superpower was simply 'I read and comprehend stuff'. People *want* to read. But there's always another teams call...

My friends at @thebikestation.bsky.social are doing a £5 rapid fundraiser. TBS is incredible charity, doing practical work getting people onto bikes in Scotland. I ♥️ them, and if you can spare a fiver it'll make more of a difference than you know. www.thebikestation.org.uk/loveyourbike

Beautiful & terrifying writing from @hazelweakly.me hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...

This is the kind of internet I want. @harryjwilliams.bsky.social takes complex @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social planning and project docs and makes them feel simple, transparent and legible. @sw20.info @thebikestation.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com @edfoc.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social

oh no not the economy

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LOVE how many people are getting introduced to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social for the first time via this @volts.wtf episode. Next: a small army of energy nerds get radicalised (complimentary) by Maintenance Phase & @ifbookspod.bsky.social. Maybe even make the jump to @fivefourpod.bsky.social...

Huge news for Scotland’s nature! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌳🦅🪱 🍄 The Natural Environment Bill has officially been voted into law, marking a landmark victory for people and nature. 🧵 (1/4)

✅ Left my job ✅ Rode motorbikes ✅ Ate a whole thing of custard That's a successful Thursday right there.

Important snippet from a @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social thread on the recent AI research from govt, and the launch of the national training programme. Equating 'reported low confidence' with 'low knowledge' - rather than 'inherent technical untrustworthiness of the tool' - is particularly cynical.

Haven't read the detail on this yet, but looks pretty promising. That's a big number...

The Cycling Gardeners of Edinburgh are looking for new gardeners for their team for the 2026 season www.cyclinggardeners.co.uk/opportunities Love gardening and cycling? Maybe this could be your dream job 😉

I missed this 6 years ago: Scotland's £3bn+ A9 road project didn't make financial sense. But then a bunch of consultants invented a never-before-seen £430m 'driver frustration removal' bonus (SEPARATE to benefits for reduced journey times and collisions). It changed ROI from -11% to +12% Cool. 😮‍💨

Had to delay a departure last week cos a mate forgot to charge his gears

Genuinely excited about this tbh

It's a mostly useless £378 'clock'... but damn I kinda want one

Active travel campaigners, we can take two things away from this: 1. It works and it's worth it 2. We must think and plan in *decades*

computer Show Me Less Like This. show me Parisian streets and their denizens, show me futurist art and central american architecture. show me black forests and crystal pools, steady wildlife and bad poetry and confused yellow cabs. computer, show me the agonies of Men in love

Do you want my job? After 7 happy years, I'm moving on from @nilehq.com . So my lovely team is hiring for a new Consulting Principal to fill the hole in their hearts (& org chart). Genuinely cool team, doing really interesting work - worth a look, imho. (Salary to come - not yet on the listing)

Tiny mechanic's win to start the new year! The transalp had no spark. And with a wiring loom from before the fall of the Berlin wall, the fault could've been *anywhere*. But: turns out it was just a bad connection at the kill switch! Scrub w/contact cleaner, and it fired right up. Bulletproof ♥️

[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care

This dog is DONE