Ewan S
@ewansanderson.bsky.social
Climate, environment, politics, food, reading, music, cycling, climbing, mountains, skiing, cold water swimming. 317ppm.
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Ewan S
@ewansanderson.bsky.social
· Dec 25
20 albums that defined my musical taste, in rough order of discovery but in one 🧵
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Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death
Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death
Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death
Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ludwig Minelli, whose work had lasting influence on Swiss law, dies just days before his 93rd birthday
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
3rd visit today, first at 6 am taking a medical emergency son (appendicitis) into A&E.
November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
3rd visit today, first at 6 am taking a medical emergency son (appendicitis) into A&E.
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I haven't found any goods uses for it so far.
The accuracy rate is shite which means i spend more time checking it for errors than it would take to research it myself, and the one time i thought i had a use for it Microsoft limited its usage and wanted cash for more iterations. Pure shite.
The accuracy rate is shite which means i spend more time checking it for errors than it would take to research it myself, and the one time i thought i had a use for it Microsoft limited its usage and wanted cash for more iterations. Pure shite.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I haven't found any goods uses for it so far.
The accuracy rate is shite which means i spend more time checking it for errors than it would take to research it myself, and the one time i thought i had a use for it Microsoft limited its usage and wanted cash for more iterations. Pure shite.
The accuracy rate is shite which means i spend more time checking it for errors than it would take to research it myself, and the one time i thought i had a use for it Microsoft limited its usage and wanted cash for more iterations. Pure shite.
AI has utterly ruined 'listen to function' on news pages where it delivers a synopsis rather than verbatim. I've gone back to long reading and only use listen to if not AI.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
AI has utterly ruined 'listen to function' on news pages where it delivers a synopsis rather than verbatim. I've gone back to long reading and only use listen to if not AI.
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Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that #nuclear power faces the same fundamental challenges as fossil fuels – uncompetitive costs, stranded assets, a polluting legacy and unrivaled competition from #renewables.
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that #nuclear power faces the same fundamental challenges as fossil fuels – uncompetitive costs, stranded assets, a polluting legacy and unrivaled competition from #renewables.
Labour are holding the door open for fascism.
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Labour are holding the door open for fascism.
When the government acts like fascists then its many tentacles do likewise.
A woman recently went viral for holding up a window sign during a traffic stop, part of a growing trend of drivers using cards to assert their rights instead of speaking to police.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
When the government acts like fascists then its many tentacles do likewise.
Standing in for a nutcracker must be the shittiest Xmas job going.
Edinburgh cocktail bar manager Paul Paxton stands where an eight-foot nutcracker figure stood.
The £900 statue was stolen on Monday night
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘗𝘈
The £900 statue was stolen on Monday night
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘗𝘈
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Standing in for a nutcracker must be the shittiest Xmas job going.
I know of a rugby club who have a 10' plastic parrot in their loft space since 1981 that was brought home from an amusement park in Rhyl.
No don't ask...
No don't ask...
A cocktail bar manager has said he has “no idea” why an 8ft nutcracker statue, named Nolan, was stolen from outside an Edinburgh venue as the search to find it continues
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I know of a rugby club who have a 10' plastic parrot in their loft space since 1981 that was brought home from an amusement park in Rhyl.
No don't ask...
No don't ask...
shouting and charging at windmills, where have I read about that? 🙄
The Alba Party have launched a campaign to halt onshore wind farm development in Scotland
'Simply no need': Alba launch petition to halt onshore wind farm development
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
shouting and charging at windmills, where have I read about that? 🙄
This self-inflicted harm by BBC Scotland really boils my piss...
Axing Scottish Music Programming bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/28/a...
Axing Scottish Music Programming
Stephen McAll, Constant Follower on the catastrophic cuts to BBC Radio Scotland’s Music Programme content. This is a long but important read if you value Scottish music and don’t want to see …
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This self-inflicted harm by BBC Scotland really boils my piss...
Also comes in the new BS size
Stuck for a Christmas gift? Reform have come to the rescue. Yours for just £349 - complete with the chance of winning a “golden ticket” lunch with Farage:
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Also comes in the new BS size
Scotland's patriotic Mr Brexit, who fled his home country to live in a country he told us to hate, runs away and refuses to answer his links to Putin's blood money, which he'll have dodged paying UK tax on.
Dontcha love a patriot.
Dontcha love a patriot.
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Scotland's patriotic Mr Brexit, who fled his home country to live in a country he told us to hate, runs away and refuses to answer his links to Putin's blood money, which he'll have dodged paying UK tax on.
Dontcha love a patriot.
Dontcha love a patriot.
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Now just imagine this system with a panel of Reform-appointed judges pursuing a political agenda.
‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Lift The Ban: wedonotcomply.org
‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Now just imagine this system with a panel of Reform-appointed judges pursuing a political agenda.
Nailing jelly to the ceiling.
“Why have you broken your manifesto pledge on National Insurance for a second time?”
“We haven’t”
“You have”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges James Murray MP on the Government’s decision to freeze income tax and National Insurance thresholds.
#Newsnight
“We haven’t”
“You have”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges James Murray MP on the Government’s decision to freeze income tax and National Insurance thresholds.
#Newsnight
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Nailing jelly to the ceiling.
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Tackling child poverty is my driving mission - and thanks to our actions, Scotland is the only part of the UK where child poverty is falling.
Glad that Labour was finally shamed into doing the right thing.
Glad that Labour was finally shamed into doing the right thing.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Tackling child poverty is my driving mission - and thanks to our actions, Scotland is the only part of the UK where child poverty is falling.
Glad that Labour was finally shamed into doing the right thing.
Glad that Labour was finally shamed into doing the right thing.
Glasgow City Council sells itself and our hard paid for park spaces for a pittance...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2564692...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2564692...
Volunteers raise alarm over GlasGLOW’s impact and council fees
GlasGLOW in the Botanic Gardens raises community concerns over Glasgow City Council's Environmental Levy.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Glasgow City Council sells itself and our hard paid for park spaces for a pittance...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2564692...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2564692...
Blue Labour Glasgow South MP embroiled in a racism scandal.
I saw this article on the The National app and thought you’d be interested.
'Unacceptable': Scottish Labour MP panned for 'conspiratorial' Covid-19 claim
www.thenational.scot/news/2564697...
I saw this article on the The National app and thought you’d be interested.
'Unacceptable': Scottish Labour MP panned for 'conspiratorial' Covid-19 claim
www.thenational.scot/news/2564697...
'Unacceptable': Scottish Labour MP panned for 'conspiratorial' Covid-19 claim
A Scottish Labour MP has been accused of a 'conspiratorial anti-Chinese remark' ...
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Blue Labour Glasgow South MP embroiled in a racism scandal.
I saw this article on the The National app and thought you’d be interested.
'Unacceptable': Scottish Labour MP panned for 'conspiratorial' Covid-19 claim
www.thenational.scot/news/2564697...
I saw this article on the The National app and thought you’d be interested.
'Unacceptable': Scottish Labour MP panned for 'conspiratorial' Covid-19 claim
www.thenational.scot/news/2564697...
BREAKING: Nationwide APB announced to search of the other half of her wit...
Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
BREAKING: Nationwide APB announced to search of the other half of her wit...
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Budget 2025.
Household energy bills could be cut by £154, green levies shifted to general taxation.
No abolition of VAT on domestic fuel.
No curbs on energy company profiteering/dividends.
No change in the Ofgem pricing formula, which gives us one of the most expensive electricity in the world.
Household energy bills could be cut by £154, green levies shifted to general taxation.
No abolition of VAT on domestic fuel.
No curbs on energy company profiteering/dividends.
No change in the Ofgem pricing formula, which gives us one of the most expensive electricity in the world.
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Budget 2025.
Household energy bills could be cut by £154, green levies shifted to general taxation.
No abolition of VAT on domestic fuel.
No curbs on energy company profiteering/dividends.
No change in the Ofgem pricing formula, which gives us one of the most expensive electricity in the world.
Household energy bills could be cut by £154, green levies shifted to general taxation.
No abolition of VAT on domestic fuel.
No curbs on energy company profiteering/dividends.
No change in the Ofgem pricing formula, which gives us one of the most expensive electricity in the world.
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Labour came in promising to cut energy bills by £300. Now they’re almost £200 higher, and they trumpet a change that won’t even cover the increase since they took office.
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Labour came in promising to cut energy bills by £300. Now they’re almost £200 higher, and they trumpet a change that won’t even cover the increase since they took office.
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
This is an awful choice by Orwell Prize Foundation and undermines everything their namesake stood for. 🤢
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is an awful choice by Orwell Prize Foundation and undermines everything their namesake stood for. 🤢
eeee luv, it's grim dan saff...
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
eeee luv, it's grim dan saff...