It's a blue rinse. Why isn't anyone saying that it's a blue rinse.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 5d ago

Blue Georgia, blue Texas, blue South Carolina…WHAT????

We need some of this over here - our onshore wind sector has really stagnated and barely picked up since the 10 year ban ended. Anyone who cares about land use and also survival should be cheering on wind power.

David Toke@davidtoke.bsky.social · 6d ago

davidtoke.substack.com/p/wind-power...

Last night I learnt a lot about glueing mushrooms to a face, and reckon I could really nail it given another go. So if you ever need advice on that, I'm your man.

Soften up a horror film An American Wheelwright in London

Rich Neville@richneville.bsky.social · last wk.

Soften up a horror film Night of the Living Dear

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Having done an electronic engineering degree with specialism in audio, I just thought that if things had gone differently I could have been the guy whose job it is to ensure that train announcements are completely unintelligible.

What on earth happened in this field?

Maybe this sort of thing always happens eventually when organisms start with tool use. Maybe a couple of million years is all you get before inevitably doing something stupid enough to wipe yourself out, and that's why there doesn't seem to be anyone else out there.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The US has deployed its first publicly acknowledged space-based weapon, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said. Meink said the weapon is already “on orbit” and is intended for “space control” and to defend US forces against “hostile adversary action.”

That's the problem with getting Ed in positions of power, you get these sudden unexpected bursts of moral clarity.

Just found this screengrab I took of a Family Guy episode a few years back 'cos I wanted to see what the music was briefly shown on the piano... it's the top line of the Family Guy theme song. Now you know.

Next Tuesday is our AGM! We welcome Leo Murray of @ridingsunbeams.bsky.social to give the headline talk on the potential of communities to power Great British Railways. Come along 7:30 for the talks, 6:30 if you want to join in the AGM business fun yorkcommunityenergy.org.uk/event/people...

@susiedentwords.bsky.social Hello! Don't suppose you'd spell out the Czech Word of the Week you gave in Unspeakable s4e1 broadcast this Monday? My Czech partner was a bit mystified.

It sounded like it would be complicated, it is complicated.

Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔴 NEW The Small Print Ministers Left Out of the Plug-In Solar Announcement By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓

I'm the last person to attack climate action but looking at how policy around Net Zero is being implemented - in a bureaucratic fudgestorm of dodgily awarded contracts to corporate blaggers in a desperate search for economic growth - it is only a matter of time before it becomes indefensible.

Thanks to our @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social for signing it also.

Amanda Grimm@amandafgrimm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Thank you to my MP @chrismurraymp.bsky.social for standing up against new oil and gas, which will only add fuel to the fire of the climate crisis. 🔥 Thanks to all the other MPs and MSPs who signed this pledge as well. Will UK Gov listen? #StopRosebank www.heraldscotland.com/news/2627626...

Sometimes you hear something said which you worry might break the Overton window with the force of its own stupidity.

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 3mo ago

British people should “enjoy” multiple heatwaves and shrug off warnings of dangerous climate change while enjoying more English fizzy wine, the deputy leader of Reform UK has said. www.ft.com/content/49ea...

This is no surprise. A lot of community energy groups looked into these and they're not usually viable: you can't sell the electricity for enough to pay for the steelwork and digging up the car park. Solar carports solve a bunch of problems but only get valued as one solution: energy generation...

Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?

My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.

Reuters@reuters.com · 3mo ago

Spain removes remains of 11th century kings from monastery as wildfire rages reut.rs/4zAAN4r

I absolutely endorse this. York Minster spent something like £2m on a carillon that just sounds horrid. Walked part a while ago and heard someone was just noodling on it! No. No. Wrong. Ick. Get rid.

Anon Opin@anonopin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Church bells should just bong one note - they shouldn't attempt to play tunes. They have very prominent non-harmonic overtones which make any melody a dissonant, unpleasant mess. I'll bet God tuts every time he hears them.

New Esk video dropped! (or 'released' if you're over 30) yesterday: m.youtube.com/watch?v=LxcU... I enjoyed filming it a lot more than it looks like.

The Chaffinch / The Blue Tit – Esk – folk viola and guitar

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people saying "huh eclipse who cares boring" ... blimey not to be rude but you guys are all dead inside, hollow shells inhabited only by the last joyless fumes of rotted humanity burped out by a dying imagination. but in the nicest possible way.

Every damn website I go on is all "ohh go on download our app for some reason" and I never do, but meanwhile Google Earth, which has worked brilliantly as an application for ~20 years is saying "oh no we're a website now". They can't even be annoying in the same direction.

It's important to only get mad about things that are real.

Hanging around a 16th century guard tower smiling at strangers in an official capacity this morning.

Please pray to any convenient deities or otherwise emit positive thoughts at the cosmos: our solar farm is getting the sign off test to go live at 8:30am tomorrow! 🤞🤞

Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies

Heard the VAT cut on electricity being talked about on the radio carefully to avoid any hint it might support electricification and help get off fossil gas.

This is kind of what TikTok seems like to me.

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It’s the 508th anniversary today of a woman starting to dance spontaneously in the streets of Strasbourg. Soon, she was not alone, and by the middle of August, hundreds of people were dancing uncontrollably in public place, and starting to drop dead 🧵