Neil Williams (he/him)
@neil-williams.bsky.social
Emeritus Debian developer & Humanist. 🇪🇺🌍🏴🏳️🌈 Interested in ecology, Earth system science, renewable energy, diversity, inclusivity, panpsychism, pan-experientialism, education and bodily autonomy. My blog: https://linux.codehelp.co.uk/
Our Green MPs have consistently spoken out and voted on the right side of history. Standing up against ethnic cleansing, occupation and genocide, as all MPs should be doing. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Israel bans 12 British MPs from entering country after West Bank sanctions row
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar unveiled the counter-measures in response to sanctions on illegal West Bank settlements
independent.co.uk
Absolutely! UK needs to join the few countries which have called out Israeli genocide and imposed military aid sanctions. Until the international community takes positive action against the current Israeli govt it is not going to change direction. Calling out Israeli genocide is NOT antisemitic.
Ed Miliband’s statement on Israel is only a first step. We need to go further: a full ban on goods, services & investment. Labour is still shamefully refusing to recognise the Gaza genocide. We must have a full arms embargo, full sanctions & an end to military collaboration.
As someone who has been tweeted about personally by Rowling. And who spends my whole life trying to fight the damage caused by the litigation she funds. I think, personally, I would be less harmed by you giving me an actual kick in the ribs than watching the new Harry Potter & trying to justify it.
The Verge@theverge.com · last mo.As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
The British public's support for climate action remains unbending, seemingly regardless of what the planet and political leaders throw at it. There have been near constant attacks on the UK's net zero policies. www.businessgreen.com/analysis/453...
How public support for climate action remains as robust as ever
Series of recent surveys reveal how the UK public remains strongly supportive of climate action, with opposition to decarbonisation still a niche position
businessgreen.com
Marvellous - and hopefully visionary - from @bjennings90.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ben Jennings on a new idea for ‘carbon capture’ – cartoon
Private jets are only one carbon-emitting asset of the world’s richest people, who cause nearly $1tn a year of damage to the environment, according to Greenpeace
theguardian.com
Climate emergency cancels Reform's "cancel the climate emergency" meeting - council members were due to vote on Thurs on a Reform motion to rescind the climate emergency.
10 years since the Brexit vote, we need to turn the page. Billions of pounds lost, nearly 2 million jobs gone, a 6–8% hit to our economy. Enough. It's time for the Government to set out a roadmap to rejoining.
The future is in renewable energies and energy conservation, not creating carbon bubbles and resources we can't use. #Renewables #FossilFuels #Energy
The public overwhelmingly want water and energy in public ownership. Only the Green candidate Sarah Wakefield is pledging this in Makerfield. Only the Green Party has a serious plan to fix our country. Vote Green on Thursday 💚
Reminder to any aspiring Prime Ministers: approving new oil and gas licences is a climate crime. It won't deliver energy security and it won't take a penny off our bills. The only way to deliver cheaper, secure, homegrown energy is to invest rapidly in renewable power.
I have added my name to the 1000+ signatories of the "roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth", recognising that an endless pursuit of economic growth at any cost which fails to tackle inequality or protect the planet is no true marker of "success" at all.
We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others
Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others
theguardian.com
Lord Heseltine: "We must not have Reform or Restore or anything like it anywhere near the corridors of power in this country. I’ve seen it all before. [Oswald] Mosley in the 30s, Enoch Powell in the 60s."
Lord Heseltine: 'We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power'
Lord Heseltine speaks to Noah Vickers about regenerating Britain’s cities, the devolution agenda and why Margaret Thatch
politicshome.com
In an era of multiparty politics - first past the post is utterly broken. It is time for Proportional Representation. The climate crisis & our inequality crisis cannot wait for another general election. Failing to fix our democracy immediately will betray future generations.
It would also put the UK in the same extremist anti-ECHR group as Russia and Belarus.
Andrew Cutting@andrewcutting.coe.int · 5mo ago❗Leaving the ECHR would jeopardise the UK’s national security and hinder its efforts to tackle irregular migration, say a group of former justice secretaries and attorneys-general👇 🔗 www.ft.com/content/b3e4... via @financialtimes.com
And in the UK. AI is not "in the cloud", but very much down to earth, with #ClimateEmergency and other serious environmental impacts www.politico.eu/article/big-...
Don’t let Big Tech hide ecological cost of AI, environment agency chief tells EU
Brussels must require tech companies to disclose data centers’ energy and water use, Leena Ylä-Mononen says.
politico.eu
I've had an EV for 3 years now. They're FANTASTIC. I would NEVER go back to a fossil fuel car. Charge up at home, no problems. I save ££££££ on feeding greedy fossil fuel companies. And more importantly, I don't spew out cancer causing fumes out of my rear end!! octopusev.com/ev-hub/commo...
Common misconceptions about electric cars | Octopus EV
Discover the truth behind common misconceptions about electric cars. Learn about the realities of electric vehicle ownership, from range to charging.
octopusev.com
Secure Boot and CA Rollover - a heads-up for distributions 35 days and counting.... blog.einval.com/2026/05/22#s... Isn't this is all a bit short notice? Yes it is. :-( Spread the word - anyone involved with distributions needs to prompt the relevant people.
Steve's blog
blog.einval.com
“The result is a skewed understanding of the world: a proliferation of what Mason & Jayadev brilliantly call ‘anti-knowledge’.” The Case Against Money jacobin.com/2026/05/agai...
The Case Against Money
Economists often take money for granted, ignoring the role it plays in constraining the distribution of resources. A new book by economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev sets out to overturn the dogma...
jacobin.com
The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.
📣 Welcome to Mentoring Mondays, a weekly call where aspiring contributors can ask questions, see live demos, and learn from experienced Debian Developers. Next call Monday, May 4 at 12:30 UTC. Details optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-... #debian #linux #opensource #mentoringmondays
Mentoring Mondays for aspiring Debian contributors
I mentor several people in Debian, and have been repeatedly asked to offer an opportunity to ask questions on a live call. I have now started a recurring video call for exactly that, which I call Ment...
optimizedbyotto.com
Grid-scale batteries are going in an absolutely wild pace. Every whingey objection to renewables you've ever heard is basically solved by batteries. This is happening whether any of the hopeless dipshits running the US want it or not.
The world is installing grid batteries at a blistering pace
A total of 112 gigawatts of batteries were deployed around the world in 2025 — 10 times the amount added just four years prior.
canarymedia.com
"Heat pumps just shift gas burning to the power station." Wrong. Even if 100% of electricity came from gas, a heat pump at SCOP 3.8 uses 51% less gas than a boiler. At a terrible SCOP 2.5, still 25% less. David MacKay made this point in 2008. The maths hasn't changed.
I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.
Local election results are trickling in and we're already seeing the chaotic effects of First Past the Post. In Wandsworth, the Tories are the biggest party and are one seat away from a majority on just 31% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour got 34% of the vote - and fewer seats.
Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉
John Curtis corrects BBC narrative. Greens, not Reform taking Labour votes & seats. Reform taking Tory votes. Good people: don’t despair- this isn’t a bad morning; the game is still on. To continue the Green surge support, join, vote @greenparty.org.uk . If you already do, consider monthly donation.
