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Simon Ferrigno

@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social

Dad Writer Editor Researcher Sustainability (esp cotton) Some history Long 'sanity' project "The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade", a satire on the idiots of Brexit ('C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie') Rejoiner Liberal

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Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 2h ago

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

Carol Hedges@riotgrandma.bsky.social · 6h ago

😟🇬🇧😟🇬🇧😟 Every time a BBC radio station is shut, it is a step forward in Robbie Gibbs’ campaign to close the BBC. It is OUR BBC Radio4xtra is so important to so many of us. The charter is up for renewal next yr. no coincidence they are trying to get rid you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

Do not scrap BBC Radio 4 Extra

The proposal to scrap a radio station which contains no news or current affairs represents a misjudgement in a world in which entertainment - even escapism - is more necessary than ever.

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Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 7h ago

👏 Caroline Voaden: "What we got was an eye-watering spike in the cost of doing business with the EU. Mountains of paperwork and crippling red tape have pushed many South Devon fishers, shellfish exporters and farmers to the brink, and overall, Brexit has reduced UK exports to the EU by 12%."

Brexit was sold on fantasies – now we must rebuild our place in Europe - Politics.co.uk

Ten years ago, the British public voted to leave the EU by a wafer-thin margin in a referendum marred by mistruths, dece

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Derbyshire Record Office@derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 9h ago

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. To mark the occasion, our latest blog post showcases some items in our collections linked to the battle: https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2026/10/21/trafalgar-connections-in-our-collections/ #Trafalgar #19thCentury #Nelson

Trafalgar Connections in Our Collections

Today marks the 211th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the famous naval battle that cost Admiral Horatio Nelson his life. For that reason, it seemed apt to share some of the items we have in…

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Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 9h ago

A new Bloomberg analysis shows ~3,000 MTCO2-e of extra US power pollution between 2025-2035 thanks to data centre growth. That is: = 84 new coal plants /yr = 33k lost jobs globally = 1.2m more ppl pushed into unlivable climate

Data-center power demand could keep US emissions above the Paris-aligned pathway to 2035, with BNEF scenarios holding around 4,000 MMtCO2e while the Paris trajectory falls toward roughly 2,500 MMtCO2e.Infographic comparing 3 gigatons of CO2 to familiar and national equivalents—e.g., 924M gas cars driven one year, billions of flights, 33B kg of beef, thousands of coal and gas power plants, 2B hectares of forest protected, and 2024 emissions percentages for several countries.Custom Scenario climate calculator showing 3,000 MtCO2 causing +0.0014°C additional warming and estimating 145.6 million heavy-labour hours lost annually, with circular icons for impacts like crop loss, heat stress, coral and glacier loss.Climate impact dashboard showing 3,000 MtCO2 selected, resulting additional warming +0.0014°C and a highlighted Climate Niche effect projecting 1.2 million additional people outside historically habitable temperatures (9.5 billion population scenario).
Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 11h ago

Cal Roscow, B4B Director of Campaigns: “The UK finds itself facing a global cost of living ‘crisis’ calcifying into an unsustainable new normal" “The Attainability Index arose to open a new window onto this reality and offer researchers, academics and campaigners a new language to convey it in”

New Attainability Index launched to fill cost of living data gap - Best for Britain

A new Attainability Index has been launched by economists and researchers to help fill the cost of living data gap and q

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Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 12h ago

👏 “Trump, Xi and Putin might form a troika of iliberalism standing in defiance of the achievements of liberal democracy”, warned Barry Andrews, an Irish MEP for Renew, saying that the EU should not treat the United Kingdom “like any other third country”. 🇪🇺 The EU wants us back...

MEPs open arms to UK rejoining EU to ‘correct’ Brexit mistake

Members of European Parliament from across the political spectrum are holding the door open for Britain to rejoin the un

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Simon Ferrigno@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 12h ago

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UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’ - Carbon Brief

A temporary breach of the 1.5C global-warming limit is now “inevitable” following “decades of insufficient climate action”, says the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Simon Ferrigno@brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 15h ago

Burning all the way to the bank. How many delays have there been down the last few decades to decarbonisation and renewable energy projects and regulations? Criminal www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · yesterday

Socks and sandals are nothing new! These well-preserved woollen socks from Egypt feature a split-toe design allowing them to be worn with thonged sandals to keep toes cosy in chilly weather some 1,500 years ago! 🩴🧦 V&A Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a pair of ancient red woollen socks from Egypt, viewed from the front, and displayed side by side against a cream background. The socks have a knitted texture, made using the technique known as nålbindning, sometimes called knotless netting or single needle knitting. They have an ankle-length cuff with an overlapping slit at centre front. They have a distinctive split for the big toe, designed to wear with thonged sandals. Excavated in the late 1800s from the cemetery of ancient Oxyrhynchus, a Greek colony on the Nile in Egypt. Dated to 300–500 AD, Part of the collections of the V&A Museum in London.
Alan Lester@alanlester.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s gratifying that this unfortunately necessary book has become a become a best-seller in Canada. My part was to help expose the trans-national far right networks that sponsor denial, & their tactics of distortion, distraction & cherry picking uofmpress.ca/books/truth-...

Truth Before Reconciliation

Embedded in the lived experiences of Survivors and supported by the evidentiary record, Truth Before Reconciliation is a valuable tool to help develop the historical and information literacy needed to...

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