For generations, the American empire was the most powerful force on earth, and so we tended to assume that it was the most *durable* force on earth - surely anything so powerful *must* also be *eternal*? 1/

The UK Government’s new Code of Practice offers cruelty, not clarity. Despite promises and spin to the contrary, this is a bathroom ban and a huge rollback for human rights in the UK. Read now: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/05...

"Call it out. Tell your friends. Write to your MPs and councillors. There will be protests – join them, we are going to." Our statement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice. lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s...

Trans people in the UK can now be banned from spaces that both align & do not align with their gender because the UK Gov believes sharing a toilet with a trans person is dubious regardless of circumstance. The UK Gov has given services free reign to completely ban trans people from their premises

This truly is appalling. A massive racist would say they feel 'distressed' at black people being in the same space as them, and obviously what you do there is throw the massive racist out and ban them. This is pandering to bastards like they did to racists in the American South. Absolutely fuck this

So the EHRC guidance has been updated from "Fuck trans people's rights" to "I'm terribly sorry but fuck trans people's rights", and it remains glaringly obvious that the government's response to the Supreme Court judgement should have been to fix the law rather than cower in fear of bigots.

It's not a marathon, only ten miles, but I’m in a team of ten runners and it’s going to be HILLY (and I have to start at 5am!). Anyways: It’s the Hilly 100, and we’re fundraising to improve the access of disadvantaged Coventry children to University. www.justgiving.com/page/hilly10...

This is bad economic policy, because it will cost the government £400m+ in lost tax income.. ..bad progressive policy, because the richest 10% of households will benefit three times as much from the freeze as the poorest 10%.. ..and terrible climate policy: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fue...

- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now.

"In this vapid AI booster podcast episode...Claude Code creator...is asked why his product has Claude grep around in your terminal instead of giving it a client-side knowledge graph of the codebase. He says: From @boxomcfoxo.bsky.social boxobark.ing/3mm3m6rr4l22d

Our dependence on aviation fuel, and consequent pandering to Russia, has become horribly apparent in the same week that HS2 has been value-engineered yet again. This includes a reduction of the trains' speed, which in turn will reduce the shift of passengers from air to rail. Spreadsheet stupidity.

“Let’s use the Iran crisis to subsidise the aggressors in the Russia-Ukraine war” is immoral and stupid policy

Got to be honest, loosening sanctions on Russia before we’ve even tried any basic demand-side measures is not filling me with pride or joy

As Marx* said: "Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them…well, I have others." Disgraceful from Labour. *Groucho www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today, the DfT announced its marvellous, magical changes to HS2 to save costs. These changes are: ⭕ Reduce the maximum speed from 360 to 320 km/h 🤖 Remove Automatic Train Operation (ATO) 🚦 Reduce the signalling system (ETCS) specification This will save 2% off HS2's capex. Good idea?

On a scale from inconspicuous to absolutely invisible, how easy am I (1.8 m tall) to miss on a zebra crossing? A Mini driver was playing Follow the Leader and failed to stop. Only a jump backward to safety prevented her from losing a wing mirror. I just got an apologetic hand wave. #HiVizFail

New blog post: GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/gds-weighs-in-on-the-nhss-decision-to-retreat-from-open-source/ Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It …

Immigration make Britain brilliant

No one cares who won. This competition is soaked in blood and you should be disgraced to have attended it. #Eurovisión2026

Newcastle United's owner holds 200 Ethiopian men on death row, many convicted of low-level drug possession without even basic due procees. After a disappointing league campaign, the team currently sits in 13th. (Via @privateeyenews.bsky.social)

When institutions want to follow the preferences of their members, to remain trans inclusive, they can and should. Why should the self appointed toilet police at Sex Matters get to overrule the wishes of users?

Fun fact: the magical child safety solution which Jess Philips cited in her resignation letter is a vendor-specific offering, which benefited from an intense PR and lobbying campaign, and was previously praised by ... Prince Andrew. I always keep the receipts. heatherburns.tech/2026/02/20/t...

And with this, my time as a Green Party candidate comes to a close. 820 people in Bablake ward entrusted me with their vote, and I am honoured to have represented @coventry-gp.bsky.social in this most green and spacious of all Coventry wards.

At the count for Coventry City Council. Let's see if I got some votes.

Voter ID is voter suppression

"He was more than a hero. He was a union man." - Miles O'Brien #MayDay

There will be a day when we sit our grandchildren on our knees and we tell them...

Abolish the Home Office.

I'm in @theobserveruk.bsky.social today looking at why so many unis are in financial trouble and what the government needs to do to save HE. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

The Green Party has a plan for our high streets: ✅ Affordable leases for local businesses 🏚️ Bring long-term empty shops back into public use 🗣️ A real voice for residents in shaping the high street Vote Green in May. Let's bring our high streets back to life. 💚

You don't need to read German to comprehend the horrors unleashed by the publisher (!) Kohl Verlag, who sells (!) this textbook for use in classes integrating disabled pupils. Their use of AI plagiarises the style that most German readers of early years picture books will be familiar with.

NEW ANALYSIS: My new article in @natenergy.nature.com argues Europe keeps responding to energy crises by changing supplier. 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas was imported in 2024. The structural fix: reduce fossil fuel demand through electrification and efficiency. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Would anybody of my Coventry (or thereabouts) followers be willing to run 10 miles for charity on 31 May? Speed does not matter. I had one runner drop out of our team for the Hilly 100. Message me for details if interested.

⌛️ The deadline to register to vote on 7 May is midnight tonight! Don't lose the chance to have your say. Register to vote now ⤵️

Repost if your account is a safe place for the trans community 🏳️‍⚧️

Apparently the only radio we have is the car radio. Which is why I'm listening to Coventry seal promotion in the car. #PUSB

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Vote Green in Coventry on 7 May. I am one of the three candidates for Bablake ward, but we're standing a full slate of candidates in every ward, so you can vote Green with all your three votes, wherever in Coventry you may live. coventry.greenparty.org.uk/bablake-cand...

Slightly longer biography: Green Party candidate for Bablake ward, Coventry. Born, lives. Cares about active transport, including cycling, sustainability. Associate Professor in Materials Modelling at the University of Warwick. Pronouns: he/him. Imprint in bio: bsky.app/profile/pbro...

Currently cheering on Birmingham City in the Championship. If they hold on to their lead against Ipswich, it would reduce Coventry City's magic number for direct promotion to 6 points. #PUSB

After running it for 20 minutes to make the kitchen noticeably warmer, I earned the whopping sum of 6p. Gas would have cost me roughly the same. Next, I'll use the convection oven for bacon.

Using my convection oven as a space heater and earning money thanks to @octopus.energy

Labour have demonstrated over and over again that they are not up to the task of tackling the climate crisis. They're not up to the task of protecting our children and grandchildrens future. We must fight back. Join.greenparty.org.uk

A huge betrayal. Won't lower bills. Won't give us more energy security. Won't insulate from price shocks. And sends a clear message to the world that we are backing new oil and gas drilling. www.lbc.co.uk/article/ed-m...

1/ Why is atmospheric CO₂ accelerating faster than fossil fuel emissions are growing? The answer is buried in the data, and it's more worrying than most people realise. A thread. 🧵👇

Travelled Coventry-Brussels- Coventry for work in the past 2 days. Despite spending 6 hours aboard trains, it was impossible to do any kind of work that required just the tiniest bit of internet connectivity. WiFi dropped connection, 4G degraded to be unusable.

Nature published another pile of trash i am trying to catch up on some of my reading but this one is getting under my skin so here’s a thread highlighting why this piece is either ill-informed or intentionally ignorant of a wealth of knowledge from embodied cog sci and related fields 1/

#EV advice needed: We need a replacement car, with space for a family of 5, including a lanky teenager. Only BEV that fits budget (£15k) is the e-Berlingo (or similar). Downside is the mediocre capacity (50 kWh) and range, which would complicate trips to family on the continent (700m, 1-2/y).

As somebody hailing from the backwaters (Coventry), I find it absolutely fascinating that in Watford Junction you can tap-in/tap-out to board a train to Gatwick (changing in Clapham Junction) and you will pay less than the cheapest advance fare.

Oh boy! What a headline... Ask yourself: "What am I being asked to believe?" "Who am I being told to blame?" Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on. Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵 1/21