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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 22h

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 5h

With the average new car at $50,000, let's look at the real costs of "freedom":

✅ Decades of debt
✅ Social isolation for every trip
✅ A leading cause of death & injury

Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.

Forbes @forbes.com · 8h

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

Average U.S. New Car Price Surpasses $50,000—An All-Time High Amid Surging EV Sales

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 42m

Because: drivers

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1h

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1h

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

www.ft.com

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ᚇᚐᚏᚉᚅᚓᚄᚄ ᚋᚐᚅᚔᚃᚓᚄᚈᚓᚇ @ciara2001.bsky.social · Mar 16

I actually hadn't heard this one before, it's like the male version of finding an old farmer with a bad cough to settle down with

Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · Mar 16

In Kerry, a judge paused a bachelor farmer's driving ban for a few months to give him time to find a wife with a car.

www.bbc.com/news/world-e...

Judge tells County Kerry farmer to find 'nice wife'

A judge tells bachelor farmer from an isolated part of County Kerry that he should find a wife before his ban for drink driving comes into effect.

www.bbc.com

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 54m

Well, that was a new one!
Had to literally run to avoid getting hit by a driver this morning as he turned right into a side road at high speed, on the wrong side of the road, in fact on the wrong side of a pedestrian refuge! We have to share our streets with these maniacs 😔
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Screenshot from Google earth showing the junction. A green arrow represents me crossing the side road. A blue box and arrow shows another car waiting in the right turn lane on the main road, waiting to turn in. A red box and arrow represents the maniac in his car. He obviously couldn't wait patiently for his turn, so decided to undertake the blue car on the wrong side of the pedestrian refuge.

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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 49m

Read again what I wrote: *helps* prevent.

Several of my family members and multiple friends have died of cancer. I take every precaution I can: checkups, diet, and exercise. It’s proven to *help*.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 3h

Ireland will commit millions of euro in further aid to Gaza in the months ahead, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris will tell Cabinet

Tánaiste to tell Govt of substantial aid package for Gaza

Ireland will commit millions of euro in further aid to Gaza in the months ahead, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris will tell Cabinet.

www.rte.ie

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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 2h

If they don't want that, they could have kerb separated cycle lanes on Marylebone Road. It is the more obvious East/West corridor for me.

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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 2h

Yes those replies do explain a lot.

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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 2h

Yours is a callous way to phrase it, but yes, we know conclusively that exercise helps prevent it.

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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 2h

The form needs every detail imaginable including statements from our child's GP and school. I struggle to get medical appointments at the GP, I know for certain they won't be crafting letters for me.

This will take weeks to collate and complete. They are banking on us saying 'oh fuck it'.

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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 2h

HMRC have stopped our child benefit, claiming we left the country at Easter and never returned. We were away for Easter. Partner is PAYE employed. We've crossed the border multiple times since.

They helpfully enclose a FOURTEEN page form we need to fill out to restart child benefit.

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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 16h

If you continue to hold on to your X account..
If you continue to drive a Tesla...
If you continue using Starlink...

Remember who and what you’re supporting.
Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson’s legal costs.

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 11h

If someone invented a miracle pill that reduced your risk of cancer, heart disease and strokes as well as boosting mood, memory, and lifespan it would be the most popular drug ever. Except we already have it and it's called exercise, and most people can't be arsed doing it.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 11h

Musk is committed to bringing down the democratically-elected U.K government and, alongside turning Twitter into a megaphone for his deeply sinister worldview, he’s using the full force of his billionaire’s cheque book to fund our democracy’s enemies.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 11h

Tommy Robinson faces trial after officers said he refused to unlock his phone while carrying thousands in cash and driving a Bentley to the Channel Tunnel

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle

Tommy Robinson faces trial after officers said he refused to unlock his phone while carrying thousands in cash and driving a Bentley to the Channel Tunnel

www.thetimes.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13h

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 11h

Look at the date of the post

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

Why the hell does Trump’s Department of War keep using RUSSIAN military images? This is by no mean the first time this has happened.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17h

How the Labour government would have banned the Labour movement.
My latest column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Paul M 🇮🇪🇨🇦🇫🇷🇵🇸🚲🐟 @onebiskuit.bsky.social · 15h

What
Took
You
So
Long
?

The Independent @the-independent.com · 17h

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

www.independent.co.uk

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 1d

I stand with Salman Mirza.

Birmingham man takes down flags because he says 'people feel unwelcome'

Salman Mirza says he wants to

www.bbc.co.uk

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 20h

This goes even higher up. Forget Medvedchuk. Forget Medvedev

According to former Brexit Party MEP and defected Reform MP Rupert Lowe, the individuals at Gill's meetings claimed to be "close to Putin"

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 15h

I live 5min walking distance from 2 supermarkets, 2 pubs, a cinema and numerous restaurants, 10min from town, 15min from work, 30min bus ride to nearest city. Despite this, car-owing zealots seem to think I'm an idiot because I don't spend £200+ a month on a vehicle I don't need.

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