Andrew Jones
@arj2024.bsky.social
Programmer since the ZX80 days when a computer came as a kit you had to solder together yourself (and so long ago it was in black & white). Never been to pick up my A Level results, only ever worked for my own company.🇪🇺 ⬆️ Front garden, FR ⬇️ Cambridge
NEWS! Man who spent last five years insisting 'All Lives Matter' now calling for Royal Navy to sink migrant boats crossing the Channel
Man who spent last five years insisting ‘All Lives Matter’ now calling for Royal Navy to sink migrant boats crossing the Channel
A man who spent most of 2020 tweeting #AllLivesMatter whenever anyone called for help for a particularly vulnerable sub-group of our society, has today decided that the way to stop migrants crossin…
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The evolution of Dad’s Taxi : 1) Dropping the kids at a party and staying; 2) The party becomes a simple drop-off / pick-up later; 3) Drop them to a party when it’s dark and pick them up when it’s getting light; 4) Juggling one airport drop-off and one airport pickup all in the same day!
I still find it hard to take any government seriously in their pronouncements about the economy whilst their higher education policy is effectively destroying one of the most productive - and regionally diversified - parts of the economy, just to placate racists.
This should be a @countbinface.bsky.social manifesto promise, that universities must reject applications from children of any politician, commentator or influencer who has advocated reducing the number of students
For anyone questioning the impact of Brexit on EU trade, just look at how the range of exports to the EU dropped sharply after the TCA was introduced in 2021.
Jacob Öberg@profjacob.bsky.social · last wk.Peter's letter also contains a great chart based on the #brexit impact analysis by Jun Du, @shepotylo.bsky.social & Yujie Shi who demonstrate how regulatory barriers led to a huge fall in the variety of different products being traded between the EU and UK.
@150dow.bsky.social what do you make of the Col De La Loze webcam which since 10:45 on 18 June no longer shows the man-made lake. Is this a dodgy camera or are they hiding the design issues with the lake's construction?
Look who's back from the 90's...SheMan - Count Binface (Bins are good). www.facebook.com/reel/2047012...
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Why are UK firms struggling in Europe? It's not a language barrier; it's #Brexit. In today's @yorkshirepost.co.uk, Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social highlights FSB data: 34% of SME exporters expect to halt EU trade entirely. Will #AndyBurnham deliver an EU reset? 👇 #RejoinEU #Yorkshire #UKEconomy
I think the EU's use of the "electrification" term is much better than "net zero" which has become weaponised by Farage as part of his divisive culture war.
European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 3w agoWe aim to make Europe the world’s first electro-powered continent. Our new plan could cut gas demand by two-thirds, halve oil use, and save €260 billion in fossil fuel imports by 2040. How? ↓🧵
The scene as the returning officer announces the result will be a hoot won’t it? Farage has turned himself into an object of ridicule … www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Clacton by-election attracts 34 candidates
The list of people taking on Nigel Farage contains 20 independents and a number of joke candidates.
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Cambridgeshire council reform plans delayed by the government that puts "GDP per capita" growth as it's metric of success! Useless, you couldn't make it up! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cambridgeshire council reform plans delayed by government
Housing Secretary Steve Reed says he needs more time to decide on the options to carve up the area.
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Hey @octopus.energy 30 days ago you changed my meter. Since then my Home Mini has not worked. Your email responses are vacuous nonsense that don't fix the problem - and why do I have to chase multiple times to even get a response. Octopus support are absolutely hopeless.
Hi England, here’s the Christmas tree we’re sending you for Trafalgar Square this year.
I ask myself, though, Chris, whether the UK needs a by-election featuring a novelty candidate without a single coherent policy up against Count Binface.
one day, gravity batteries will be small enough to power household objects like grandfather clocks
Boing Boing@boingboing.net · 4w agoChina built a 40-story tower that banks wind power by hoisting giant concrete blocks, then dropping them when the grid needs juice. A skyscraper-sized battery with no lithium in it.
What next? FIFA announce Trump won the 2020 election 1-0?
JUST IN: FIFA DECLARES DONALD TRUMP WINNER OF THE 2020 ELECTION
A lovely day watching everyone graduate…or at least I think that’s what was going on. Hard to be certain, given the ceremony was in ecclesiastical Latin, mine regrettably, is not up to scratch.
Reform's answer to hot weather...get angry with Europeans.
Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat
A hot day is bad for : 🔥Gas power (overheats generators) ⚛️Nuclear power (cooling water intake too warm) ☀️Solar power (more heat = less efficiency) 🌊Hydroelectric (less water, slower moving) 💨Wind power (high pressure = less wind) 😬Your electricity bills (£545.21 per MWh up from £85.38 earlier today)
