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Josh Owen Morris

@joshowenmorris.co.uk

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PR for BIG WIND in Wales. I once took a KOM off Ed Laverack. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷. Still waiting for the Electroclash revival. Mostly bikes and wind farms here. Views own etc. [email protected]. Bangor, Kingdom of Gwynedd.

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · Nov 10

The only reason I haven't deleted twitter yet is becaus it's the only public place I made this prediction

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 3h

In watching The Wire, I was not prepared for how much they say "The Wire"

It's like if every episode Don Draper was all BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP BEING MAD MEN.

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 6h

My opinion on this PM is going to be exclusively formed on the next renewables auction round.

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 6h

Here's my favourite tangent to this which I probably say all the time: the guy saying the french words is this guy: youtu.be/Ft2U58G5Szw?...

Etienne Daho - Week end à Rome

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

Ah bollocks

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

Having it happen for between 3pm and 5pm felt

a man wearing a chef 's hat and a leather jacket looks at the camera

Alt: a man wearing a chef 's hat and a leather jacket looks at the camera

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

Or, 5% of Delaware.

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

Just FYI, a gigawatt of demand capacity will need an equivalent offshore wind farm of maybe about 250-400 square km to produce the necessary GWh over a year.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Usually it's given in gigawatts of *capacity* - so IT load (the amount of stuff you can run) - because that's how "powerful" it is. Chips, however, are not bought in "gigawatts" and in this case the chips aren't even finalized. It's all hogwash
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Jon With Tattoos @jonwithtattoos.bsky.social · 1d

I’m curious, why is the size of data centers is given in gigawatts and not number of chips? I vaguely remember you explaining it on the podcast, but forget the reason.

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

The cat is doing his best to provide entertainment while the internet is down

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

There are no rules. You can post anything

a cartoon of homer simpson standing in front of a blue pipe and a sign that says neox

Alt: a cartoon of homer simpson standing in front of a blue pipe and a sign that says neox

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

My current job was two step. Any more than three and it means they don't know what they're doing imho

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists

When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sense of what happened?

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LewieP @lewiep.bsky.social · 1d

Peak Airbnb was 2012, when I booked a stay in San Francisco and got the spare room of one of the founders. He had stopped doing that by 2013.

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

That is nuts. In 2014 I remember getting somewhere in Rome for our honeymoon, and the owner being some dude that worked at the UN who left wine and chocolate it seemed worth as much as we were paying. Now it's people who are too lazy and also greedy to be buy to let landlords.

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

as an addendum, next time you do anything like travelling or hotel booking, try and imagine what it'd be like if you and your partner had three kids with you, if you want some proof about how un-family friendly the UK can be.

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

unfortunately not, I'm fortunate that mostly when I travel, it's for work and I don't have to worry too much. TBH for anywhere mainstream, I just wheel my bike in past the front desk without a word. Generally anywhere it's a problem they'll accommodate you somehow when you say "this is worth £2k"

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

mostly yes but not entirely. I think a lot of their trade is based on travelling business, tradesmen with vans etc. I've often travelled with a bike on the train, which helps. The absolute dream is always finding a little hotel/b&b with good rates that you can then book directly with :)

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

Stopped using AirBnB when I moved to north west Wales and saw what it was doing here.

A budget hotel is generally not more expensive unless you have three kids. And you get breakfast and no surprise cleaning costs.

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1d

AirBnB was good for about 5 minutes. Now it's more expensive than a hotel, more hassle and generally less convenient.

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

[your name]? I'm me?

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 1d

Caught a bit about the supposed Chinese spies on R4 this morning.

Is it bad that every time I hear about something Kemi Badenoch is going on about, I assume it must be insane?

I mean, it is bad, but bad for who?

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 2d

"jazz this up please"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 2d

Things have started to get moving again in the last year, but it's now 5 years since we last built an onshore wind farm, and 10 years since we last built an offshore one in Wales. Of the total Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions over the past 5 years, Wales has won less than 1% of the total.

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 2d

Same in Wales. Unfortunately, Welsh government is happy to put more and more conditions on everything, so less and less is happening, and developers under 350MW have been investing in Scotland instead...

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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 2d

Can't swing my 8yo around anymore, but I can still launch my 6yo and 3yo above my head

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 2d

Core training for new parents idea: children as kettle bells.

Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk · 3d

Just seen someone post about accidentally buying denture glue instead of toothpaste, and now I'm remembering wearing a denture, which feels like a whole other lifetime ago ...