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Ember @ember-energy.org · 49m

ASEAN has already reduced power outages by nearly 60% over the past decade ⚡

But continued disruptions could still cost the region $2.3 billion in annual GDP losses unless ASEAN modernises its grids.

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/aseans-low-carbon-future-flows-through-smart-grids

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 9h

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cake’
(Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)

Photo realistic close-up in watercolour of a large slice of cream filled Victoria sponge

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 9h

Es schau’n auf’s Hackenkreuz voll Hoffung schon Millionen

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 11h

"My profession - that of university teacher - is in this way dangerous. If we are any good we must always be working towards the moment at which our pupils are fit to become our critics and rivals. We should be delighted when it arrives." - C. S. Lewis

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 11h

Early days, but so far so good: “Eurostar reports ‘encouraging’ speeds for new EU border checks at St Pancras” www.therailwayhub.co.uk/72017/eurost...

Eurostar reports ‘encouraging’ speeds for new EU border checks at St Pancras | The Railway Hub

The implementation of a new EU border system at London’s St Pancras railway station has been “quite encouraging”, a Eurostar executive said.

www.therailwayhub.co.uk

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 10h

Give that man a Peace Prize

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Politico @politico.com · 11h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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R Phelps @greygosling.bsky.social · 11h

Seems like a good hook for the UK press to discuss whether the UK government should be on a Nazi-run site like X and not say, on here, and whether Ofcom is doing its job.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12h

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 11h

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❤️Kai in Kanada🇨🇦 @kleinekin.bsky.social · 21h

Well, he and his dear old daddy used to attend KKK "rituals" together, so yeah, def tracks.

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 16h

Why is the UK Government still using X when Musk is using his wealth to defend terrorism against the UK?

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 18h

DSIT understood that the key to the uptake of digital ID was trust. Labelling it as a tool to find cheats and evaders destroys that trust.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 21h

Wile E Coyote's rules were both spoken and very specific.

The Rules:

1. The Road-Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going “beep-beep!”

2. No outside force can harm the Coyote—only his own ineptitude or the failure of Acme products.

3. The Coyote could stop anytime—if he were not a fanatic. (Repeat: “A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim.” –George Santayana)

4. No dialogue ever, except “beep-beep!”

5. The Road-Runner must stay on the road—otherwise, logically, he would not be called Road-Runner.

6. All action must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters—the southwest American desert.

7. All materials, tools, weapons, or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from the Acme Corporation.

8. Whenever possible, make gravity the Coyote’s greatest enemy.

9. The Coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by his failures.

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 18h

All the novels I mentioned are examples if what I, in my uneducated manner, think of as sprawling novels.

After those we get novels of interiority, nibbling at life.

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 18h

Thackeray: Pendennis
Gissing: New Grub Street
Hardy: A Pair of Blue Eyes
Trollope: The Three Clerks.
Somerset Maugham: Of Human Bondage
Lawrence: Sons and Lovers, The White Peacock
Conrad: Secret Agent

Dickens' Copperfield already mentioned.

I accept it depends in the definition of great writers.

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 20h

Reform make their own rules as both Tice & Farage have broken parliamentary rules

Tice not declaring Lavish Hospitality from Senior Russian ❌

Farage breached parliamentary rules over Trump event ❌

Nothing seemingly happened to Farage which begs the question what’s the bloody point of HOP rules 🤷🏼‍♂️

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 21h

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate

IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...

hopenothate.org.uk

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 19h

Where's the money for all the things you've promised coming from then, Nigel?

Brown bags from the Kremlin?

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20h

Boris Johnson, "My job was to deliver on the mandate of the people and to get Brexit done"

"In 2016, Margaret Thatcher would have been on the side of leaving the EU"

His expression shows that he doesn't believe what he's saying 🤷‍♂️

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 20h

At least Simon Jenkins is consistently Simon Jenkins

Feelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 1d

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 19h

And then be happy for that alternative hypothesis to be ruled out.

Basically how science works.

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 19h

That's essentialy my point.

It's a possibility that I would like to investigate.

Or someone more informed can shoot it down :-)

It's easy in the social media format to find statistics that provide confirmation bias.

Enquiring minds should question what alternative explanations might be true.

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 19h

Why does BBC radio, and in particular BBC Radio 3, keeping pushing listening on smart speakers?

Georgia Mann just now on #EssentialClassics telling us we can send messages by talking to a smart speaker.

Only around 15% of UK radio listening is on a smart speaker.

And I bet it's less for Radio 3.

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 19h

Hypothesis:

China engages in mass production, and robots are ideal for this.

Britain engages in specialist, small-scale, bespoke manufacure where robots are less useful.

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Andrew Richards @andrewwr235.bsky.social · 19h

The job of inquisitive minds is to ensure you don't take things at face value.

Particularly those things that at first sight appear to confirm your biases.

In this case, an alternative hypothesis that could be investigated:

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19h

New industrial robots added in China last yr, 295,000; UK 2,500.

China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .

China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.

UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
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