New Electric Boat To Banish Emissions From Offshore Wind Sites cleantechnica.com/2026/03/04/n...

I don't know (or care) if it will be the clear evidence of need, political self-interest, or shame at running a government with the largest majority but least popular support ever, but one way or another Labour must include #ProportionalRepresentation in the Electoral Reform Bill.

🚨 "Large groups of permanently unrepresented voters create fertile ground for anger and extremism." 🗯️ Powerful speech by @rozsavage.bsky.social about the dangers of sticking with FPTP in our current, fragmented and polarised reality. 👉 The Representation of the People Bill needs to address this.

Universities use QR funding for a wide array of costs to support their research. The idea that it all goes to “curiosity driven research” is totally wrong. Either UKRI knows this and is deliberately misleading Parliament, or, perhaps worse, it doesn’t. 🧪 committees.parliament.uk/publications...

I've often wondered if EV battery swapping might be a part of the transition to EVs generally. Swap batteries rather than spending time recharging while travelling. Similar business model to buying gas in a bottle.

Today is the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill. It's an important bill - it's just a shame it does nothing to change the voting system that leaves millions of people without representation 👀 We went to Westminster to speak to MPs about this. Our CEO Emma Harrison explains 👇

"While votes at 16 is a genuinely historic step, how motivated will young voters feel when, for so many, their vote will almost certainly change nothing? The most powerful thing we could do to engage all voters is to give them a system in which their votes actually matter." Well said 👇

The Representation of the People Bill will have its Second Reading today. While it includes some necessary measures, our position is clear: It won't fix our broken democracy without reforming the very voting system that leaves millions of people unrepresented. Scrap FPTP now.

"The Westminster system is crumbling. Labour must rebuild it – or we will find ourselves under the rubble." ✍️ Beccy Cooper MP & Tim Roca MP 🌹 #Labour4PR #ElectoralReform #Democracy @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social @timrocamp.bsky.social @politics.co.uk www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

Proportional Representation is the only way forward. I don't believe there is time for another Commission on this - legislation should be in the next King's Speech.

The UK can't be dragged into another protracted Middle Eastern war by a US President.

We’ve been sharing research and insight with MPs ahead of the Representation of the People Bill to ensure reforms genuinely strengthen voter representation.

Election campaigns should be about debating ideas - not fighting over bar charts and conflicting tactical voting advice. People should be able to vote with hope, not to block the party they fear most. If we don't want every election to look like Gorton & Denton, we must scrap FPTP.

People deserve the chance to make positive choices. Yet we have a voting system that forces voters to make tactical judgements about which parties might or might not be placed to beat another party that they might really dislike.

Arches-related #job: the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) is seeking a fixed-term Data Assistant to carry out a range of data enhancement tasks on the National Monuments Record, for which Arches is one of the underlying platforms.

"Under these rules, negative campaigning is rational. Bar charts (sometimes questionable ones) matter far more than manifestos." Our campaigner Livvy writes about what she saw and heard in Gorton and Denton - and why the case for PR is stronger than ever. 👇

🌿 Sector Sustainability Webinar from Historic England 🌿 ✨️ Gaining an understanding of soil carbon and its management in an archaeological context ✨️ Wednesday, 25th February 2026, 1 - 2 pm GMT ✨️ This event is free and open to all, but registration is required ✨️ buff.ly/NPspzxr

Whoever wins the by-election tomorrow, the whole country loses under a First Past The Post election. Please join me in signing the Electoral Reform Society 's call for a fairer voting system by 2029.

A good introduction to HERs, a great resource for #OnePlaceWednesday and #LocalHistory for #OnePlaceStudies with a focus on old buildings and #archaeology.

Historic England – Free Carbon Reduction Training for the Heritage Sector Historic England is offering a range of courses, workshops, webinars, and networking to support heritage organisations on their Net Zero journey. This is part of HE's ‘Sector to Net Zero’ programme. This initiative provides…

We should not have to buy our heritage back from treasure hunters. And our museums should not be in stark, market-driven financial competition with auction houses for our shared past. 🏺

They're calling it the Representation of the People Bill, while keeping a voting system that fails to represent the people. Add your name to demand they make it do what it says on the tin

𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is aimed at fostering collaborative research on apples across the historic Silk Road regions! The website is currently under construction. If you are working on apples in the region & like to join the network, please email via website www.silk-road-apple-association.org

This really shows how unrepresentative of public opinion our elections have become. It's not just that seats in Parliament have little to do with how people voted. It's also that people feel like they can't vote how they want in the first place. We need PR more than ever.

While 67% of current Green voters would tactically vote Lib Dem to stop Reform UK from winning their seat, this falls to 57% willing to back Labour in a contest between them and Reform and just 44% open to backing Labour to stop the Tories in their seat yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

In the event only the Conservatives and Lib Dems stood a chance of winning in a seat... Current Lab voters LD: 63% Con: 6% Stick with Lab: 21% Current Grn voters LD: 57% Con: 5% Stick with Grn: 35% Current Ref voters LD: 7% Con: 45% Stick with Ref: 37% yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

🧵/ With tactical voting ever more common, who do voters back when only two parties have a chance in their seat? Con 31% v Ref 24% Lab 35% v Ref 31% Lab 29% v Con 28% LD 41% v Ref 29% LD 34% v Con 26% LD 29% v Lab 21% LD 26% v Grn 25% Grn 42% v Ref 27% Grn 37% v Con 29% Grn 30% v Lab 20%

Excellent news 👏. A stable, professionally maintenance platform for 3D archaeological and built scan data might encourage HERs and the NHLE to start linking to these scans, improving access and understanding for all. 🏺💾

Elections bill will bring in once-in-a-generation change to voting – but misses big opportunity electoral-reform.org.uk/elections-bi... Electoral Reform Society – ERS

🏚️ "We are reaching a tipping point... Outdated institutions are dying hard and fast, and Westminster’s voting system is one of them." - Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP @jenny4suffcoast.bsky.social warns First Past The Post is headed for chaos #Labour4PR🌹 www.progressonline.org.uk/electoral-re...

You can't prove received wisdom wrong if you don't try... and you've got to give China credit for not being afraid to try. A step on the way to serious reduction of shipping emissions by 2050? Or an expensive experiment with niche coastal uses? Time will tell! maritime-executive.com/article/chin...

First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented. Tell Keir Starmer to change this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...

Age verification? I remember when all this were green screens. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochr...

"We need to face the fact that the threats to public trust in our democracy... also relate to the structural weaknesses in the way we do politics in this country." Thank you @elliechowns.bsky.social for making the case for fair votes. The Elections Bill must include Proportional Representation.

Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...

#OTD in 1478 #ThomasMore , later Saint, was born. Appropriate day to share this link to Sir Ian Mckellen's performance of the 'Strangers' speech from the play Sir Thomas More, partly attributed to Shakespeare. youtu.be/TQiw9xbQUYQ?...

Put another way, we could get rid of corn ethanol, switch 30% of the freed-up farmland to solar to generate 100% of US electricity, and use the other 70% of the freed-up land for whatever we want.

Winchester City Council has an exciting opportunity to join our specialist Historic Environment Team. We are seeking an ambitious Historic Environment Officer to play a vital role in the preservation & enhancement of the Winchester district’s historic environment ihbconline.co.uk/jobsetc/?p=1...

🏺 We're Hiring! ✨️ We are excited to announce we are looking for a new Digital Archives Assistant to join our team! 🕓️ Apply by 15th February! 👉To find out more and apply visit: buff.ly/S1Ozc59

With help from a new AI tool 🤖 astronomers at ESA have found 1400 quirky objects in the Hubble archive! More than 800 of them had never been documented before. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪

One of my last jobs before retirement was helping sort out Historic England support for the online communities for the heritage sector historicengland.org.uk/education/tr...

This will be of interest to anyone working in a @ciforum.bsky.social initiative.

New cards explaining the Three Gatherings for rebuilding trust, connection and hope together. A deliberate sequence of being present together in the pasts, the presents and the futures using codesign, civic assembly and active hope techniques.

Is soil contributing to the carbon footprint of archaeological digs? Heritage England commissions research on soil carbon and the potential impacts of excavation. Read more here: buff.ly/4pcTnk5 Or join a free webinar on 25th February 2026, 1pm buff.ly/R60nDyf #SocietalChallenge #NHSFMembers

UK Eurovision entry reworked as political commentary. Hope this was drifting along the corridors at #Davos youtu.be/-hu6R3ZnOdY?...

Imagine your house falls down one day and it's because a load of parakeets have been systematically eating your mortar

I am very taken with this argument, but I'm not sure anyone is ready for it - teach without LLMs and push heavily for LLMs in practical work but let the companies do most of the heavy lifting The obvious counter is that it's stepping away, but unis will still have to embrace AI for research

Labour have secured a record breaking 8.4GW of additional offshore wind capacity. The auction is the biggest in European history, with long term prices secured at about 20% lower than the maximum. The sites, off England, Scotland and Wales, are enough to power 12 million homes! 1/2

In my opinion this is the way that *all* self-driving vehicles will go: owned by a service provider (public or private) and called on demand. Nice to see that this organisation has side-stepoed the awkward 'passengers not closing the door' issue encountered by Waymo.