Helen K Jeffrey
@imhelenj.bsky.social
Creative, crossing the streams. Former Associate Publisher @londonreview.bsky.social Supports @goodchancecal Has a #heatpump. #communityenergy. Gloucestershire mostly. Chairperson of Forest Community Energy ⚡
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Helen K Jeffrey
@imhelenj.bsky.social
· Nov 6
A Forest Community's Battle for Affordable, Clean Energy
YouTube video by Climate Centre
youtu.be
Here is a lovely short film about Forest Community Energy made by @climatecentreuk.bsky.social when Octopus Energy came to visit the Forest of Dean.. youtu.be/KliF6Abpee8?...
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Am overwhelmed by the huge response to this story. Lots of readers and shares - and new subscribers, too! THANK YOU.
I work hard to find unusual stories like this, to help expand our understanding of climate change and engineering. Subscribers help make this possible!
I work hard to find unusual stories like this, to help expand our understanding of climate change and engineering. Subscribers help make this possible!
NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating.
A new scoop for The Reengineer!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...
Church organ tuning records mirror our warming climate
The records appear to reflect climate change, as well as the increased heating of churches in winter
www.thereengineer.pro
December 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Am overwhelmed by the huge response to this story. Lots of readers and shares - and new subscribers, too! THANK YOU.
I work hard to find unusual stories like this, to help expand our understanding of climate change and engineering. Subscribers help make this possible!
I work hard to find unusual stories like this, to help expand our understanding of climate change and engineering. Subscribers help make this possible!
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Am thinking of writing a Christmas/anniversary post about why Jane Austen is our greatest writer about law.
She can deftly describe the most complex of legal relationships - entails, succession, etc - in a sentence or two. And you don’t even notice she’s done it.
Awesome.
She can deftly describe the most complex of legal relationships - entails, succession, etc - in a sentence or two. And you don’t even notice she’s done it.
Awesome.
December 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Am thinking of writing a Christmas/anniversary post about why Jane Austen is our greatest writer about law.
She can deftly describe the most complex of legal relationships - entails, succession, etc - in a sentence or two. And you don’t even notice she’s done it.
Awesome.
She can deftly describe the most complex of legal relationships - entails, succession, etc - in a sentence or two. And you don’t even notice she’s done it.
Awesome.
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We wish all our members, volunteers, supporters, and advisors a very Happy Christmas from the Forest of Dean! 🌳
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/seasons-gree...
It has been a fantastic year! Here are a few of the highlights... 1/3
#communityenergy
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/seasons-gree...
It has been a fantastic year! Here are a few of the highlights... 1/3
#communityenergy
December 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We wish all our members, volunteers, supporters, and advisors a very Happy Christmas from the Forest of Dean! 🌳
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/seasons-gree...
It has been a fantastic year! Here are a few of the highlights... 1/3
#communityenergy
www.forestcommunityenergy.org.uk/seasons-gree...
It has been a fantastic year! Here are a few of the highlights... 1/3
#communityenergy
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The authorities stopped the public having access to the River Roding.
It got choked by plastic and shat on by water companies.
A plucky band of trespassers decided to clean it up.
Give the public the right to roam to encourage more acts of wild service:
bsky.app/profile/righ...
It got choked by plastic and shat on by water companies.
A plucky band of trespassers decided to clean it up.
Give the public the right to roam to encourage more acts of wild service:
bsky.app/profile/righ...
The Roding is London’s largest forgotten river. It endures every modern indignity: scythed by motorways and concrete bridges; choked with sewage and rubbish; canalised, fly-tipped, thickened with the polluted slime of London clay. It is a forbidding place to call home. youtu.be/7sjOGOguq5A
A London barrister declared a river sacred. This is what happened next.
YouTube video by Right To Roam
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The authorities stopped the public having access to the River Roding.
It got choked by plastic and shat on by water companies.
A plucky band of trespassers decided to clean it up.
Give the public the right to roam to encourage more acts of wild service:
bsky.app/profile/righ...
It got choked by plastic and shat on by water companies.
A plucky band of trespassers decided to clean it up.
Give the public the right to roam to encourage more acts of wild service:
bsky.app/profile/righ...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If you have instagram this is great #solstice www.instagram.com/p/DSffVaCDXm...
Robert Macfarlane on Instagram: "“When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back...”
Today is 20 December—the eve of the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere & also the day on which Susan C...
2,233 likes, 84 comments - robgmacfarlane on December 20, 2025: "“When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back...”
Today is 20 December—the eve of the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere...
www.instagram.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you have instagram this is great #solstice www.instagram.com/p/DSffVaCDXm...
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Near Reading? Celebrate the winter solstice this Sunday morning by joining the Fobney Marshians on a massive marsh stomp, improving the habitat for local wildlife!
Wear wellies, dress warm, and find out more on the Fobney Marshians' website:
ruralreading.com
Wear wellies, dress warm, and find out more on the Fobney Marshians' website:
ruralreading.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Near Reading? Celebrate the winter solstice this Sunday morning by joining the Fobney Marshians on a massive marsh stomp, improving the habitat for local wildlife!
Wear wellies, dress warm, and find out more on the Fobney Marshians' website:
ruralreading.com
Wear wellies, dress warm, and find out more on the Fobney Marshians' website:
ruralreading.com
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Do you have a Smart Meter? If so is it fully working or have you got/had issues. Please take our survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90964266/...
(we're compiling information to help our campaigning for reform of the repair rules for smart meters)
(we're compiling information to help our campaigning for reform of the repair rules for smart meters)
December 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Do you have a Smart Meter? If so is it fully working or have you got/had issues. Please take our survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90964266/...
(we're compiling information to help our campaigning for reform of the repair rules for smart meters)
(we're compiling information to help our campaigning for reform of the repair rules for smart meters)
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🥳🎄 Merry Christmas!!! It’s time for my annual freelancer’s office Christmas party! 🎉☃️
Yes, it’s just me 😂 but I’m having fun! 2025 has been quite a year. I’ve covered lots of stuff. This time, I thought I’d share a selection of things people have said to me that have stuck in my head.
DEEP BREATH…
Yes, it’s just me 😂 but I’m having fun! 2025 has been quite a year. I’ve covered lots of stuff. This time, I thought I’d share a selection of things people have said to me that have stuck in my head.
DEEP BREATH…
December 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🥳🎄 Merry Christmas!!! It’s time for my annual freelancer’s office Christmas party! 🎉☃️
Yes, it’s just me 😂 but I’m having fun! 2025 has been quite a year. I’ve covered lots of stuff. This time, I thought I’d share a selection of things people have said to me that have stuck in my head.
DEEP BREATH…
Yes, it’s just me 😂 but I’m having fun! 2025 has been quite a year. I’ve covered lots of stuff. This time, I thought I’d share a selection of things people have said to me that have stuck in my head.
DEEP BREATH…
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“It’s the forums and people online, that’s what’s made the difference to me,” @imhelenj.bsky.social told me, about her battles to sort out an inefficient heat pump. “Without that, I would still be in the dark and probably really struggling.”
www.thereengineer.pro/p/an-interne...
www.thereengineer.pro/p/an-interne...
‘An internet stranger helped solve my heat pump puzzle’
Gadgets can monitor heat pumps and reveal their workings
www.thereengineer.pro
December 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“It’s the forums and people online, that’s what’s made the difference to me,” @imhelenj.bsky.social told me, about her battles to sort out an inefficient heat pump. “Without that, I would still be in the dark and probably really struggling.”
www.thereengineer.pro/p/an-interne...
www.thereengineer.pro/p/an-interne...
A fun festive Forest Community Energy team chill at Hips Social yesterday after a brilliant busy year! #communityenergy #communitycafe @fce-cbs.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A fun festive Forest Community Energy team chill at Hips Social yesterday after a brilliant busy year! #communityenergy #communitycafe @fce-cbs.bsky.social
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6 renewable energy co-ops have hit their 10-year anniversary this year, so in the build up to Christmas we'll be sharing what they're up to now.
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
6 renewable energy co-ops have hit their 10-year anniversary this year, so in the build up to Christmas we'll be sharing what they're up to now.
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NEW: Pumped hydro is fabulously interesting - and sometimes gigantically impressive - technology. It's having a renaissance! Why?
Find out in my latest story for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/pumped...
Find out in my latest story for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/pumped...
Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Is Having a Renaissance
As the world looks to incorporate more renewables into energy grids, centuries-old systems that can balance supply and demand are being reappraised and innovated upon.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
NEW: Pumped hydro is fabulously interesting - and sometimes gigantically impressive - technology. It's having a renaissance! Why?
Find out in my latest story for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/pumped...
Find out in my latest story for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/pumped...
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A 400 MW virtual power plant of decentralised energy sources, including rooftop solar panels, home batteries, EV chargers and heat pumps, for Germany. It's not quite the GWs envisaged earlier, but it's still an impressive achievement.
Enpal erreicht 400 Megawatt Leistung mit virtuellem Kraftwerk
40.000 Kundinnen und Kunden mit insgesamt 100.000 Photovoltaik-Anlagen, Batteriespeichern, Wallboxen und anderen Einheiten sind Enpal zufolge inzwischen beim Ende 2024 gestarteten „Enpal.One+“ vernetz...
www.pv-magazine.de
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A 400 MW virtual power plant of decentralised energy sources, including rooftop solar panels, home batteries, EV chargers and heat pumps, for Germany. It's not quite the GWs envisaged earlier, but it's still an impressive achievement.
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Red Kites gathering on a winter evening.
As they approach the roost site the kites decelerate and display to each other their intention to gather together.
It begins in the late afternoon - it's one of those wonderful winter sights.
#Raptors #Kites #Ukwildlife #BirdPhotography #Dorset
As they approach the roost site the kites decelerate and display to each other their intention to gather together.
It begins in the late afternoon - it's one of those wonderful winter sights.
#Raptors #Kites #Ukwildlife #BirdPhotography #Dorset
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Red Kites gathering on a winter evening.
As they approach the roost site the kites decelerate and display to each other their intention to gather together.
It begins in the late afternoon - it's one of those wonderful winter sights.
#Raptors #Kites #Ukwildlife #BirdPhotography #Dorset
As they approach the roost site the kites decelerate and display to each other their intention to gather together.
It begins in the late afternoon - it's one of those wonderful winter sights.
#Raptors #Kites #Ukwildlife #BirdPhotography #Dorset
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Meet the world’s largest heat pumps.
From the Rhine to cities in Denmark and Finland, vast heat pump systems are being built to heat thousands of homes. Using rivers, seawater and wastewater, the UK is also tapping heat from disused flooded mines for new heat networks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
From the Rhine to cities in Denmark and Finland, vast heat pump systems are being built to heat thousands of homes. Using rivers, seawater and wastewater, the UK is also tapping heat from disused flooded mines for new heat networks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The giant heat pumps designed to warm whole districts
Across Europe huge heat pumps are being installed that can heat tens of thousands of homes.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Meet the world’s largest heat pumps.
From the Rhine to cities in Denmark and Finland, vast heat pump systems are being built to heat thousands of homes. Using rivers, seawater and wastewater, the UK is also tapping heat from disused flooded mines for new heat networks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
From the Rhine to cities in Denmark and Finland, vast heat pump systems are being built to heat thousands of homes. Using rivers, seawater and wastewater, the UK is also tapping heat from disused flooded mines for new heat networks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
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What I did, BTW, was to buy this. As a physical card, but I think I then did it on the second laptop using a virtual card that I bought via Microsoft. It’s lifetime use on one laptop. I might buy a couple more just in case they stop offering this.
www.currys.co.uk/products/mic...
www.currys.co.uk/products/mic...
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
What I did, BTW, was to buy this. As a physical card, but I think I then did it on the second laptop using a virtual card that I bought via Microsoft. It’s lifetime use on one laptop. I might buy a couple more just in case they stop offering this.
www.currys.co.uk/products/mic...
www.currys.co.uk/products/mic...
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it took about three weeks, £200 and the help of a computer science graduate, but I have working copies of Word on two laptops with no AI on them
it will *fuck me* for my actual *career as a writer* to have AI trying to rewrite for me as I go. it will not stand.
it will *fuck me* for my actual *career as a writer* to have AI trying to rewrite for me as I go. it will not stand.
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
it took about three weeks, £200 and the help of a computer science graduate, but I have working copies of Word on two laptops with no AI on them
it will *fuck me* for my actual *career as a writer* to have AI trying to rewrite for me as I go. it will not stand.
it will *fuck me* for my actual *career as a writer* to have AI trying to rewrite for me as I go. it will not stand.
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Turn off automatic video on the platforms you use. Make a decision on whether you need to see something before watching. take control over what you allow into your memory.
December 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Turn off automatic video on the platforms you use. Make a decision on whether you need to see something before watching. take control over what you allow into your memory.
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Mears, Serco, and Clearsprings oversee most asylum accommodation in UK and make huge profits doing so, despite a significant proportion of accommodation being substandard. It isn't people seeking safety costing taxpayers money, it's the firms making profits off of them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mears: Life in the asylum hotels generating 'excessive profit'
Asylum accommodation provider Mears has had to return £13.8m to the Home Office after making more profit than its contracts allow.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Mears, Serco, and Clearsprings oversee most asylum accommodation in UK and make huge profits doing so, despite a significant proportion of accommodation being substandard. It isn't people seeking safety costing taxpayers money, it's the firms making profits off of them.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Agree. My copy was a gift and it's great.
I have a copy of 'Wild about Weeds'. It is excellent.
Order a last minute present with one of my signed books or prints www.jackwallington.com/shop/
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Agree. My copy was a gift and it's great.
www.ft.com/content/e356... for @hookland.bsky.social and there is a painting of Tolly with Mrs Oldknow by the fire, with the other painting above.
Green Knowe, the house that inspired a children’s classic
Myth and magic combine at The Manor, the oldest inhabited house in Britain
www.ft.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
www.ft.com/content/e356... for @hookland.bsky.social and there is a painting of Tolly with Mrs Oldknow by the fire, with the other painting above.