Bruce
@davisonbruce.bsky.social
posting random stuff on cycling, climate change, sustainability, west London, Leeds United and occasional photography. Day job involves orchestrating the provision of data, currently environmental data
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Same old same old. Good but not good enough.
It's the same every week.
"doing the same thing and expecting different results"
Farke's just too conservative and reactive
#lufc
It's the same every week.
"doing the same thing and expecting different results"
Farke's just too conservative and reactive
#lufc
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Same old same old. Good but not good enough.
It's the same every week.
"doing the same thing and expecting different results"
Farke's just too conservative and reactive
#lufc
It's the same every week.
"doing the same thing and expecting different results"
Farke's just too conservative and reactive
#lufc
I used to think the tax billionaires line was ok but missed out on the quantity of money raised.
Ie. Yes they should pay more, but to make a dent in public finances you need to do hings on a big scale.
But when billionaires earn as much as HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY, that becomes the play
Ie. Yes they should pay more, but to make a dent in public finances you need to do hings on a big scale.
But when billionaires earn as much as HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY, that becomes the play
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I used to think the tax billionaires line was ok but missed out on the quantity of money raised.
Ie. Yes they should pay more, but to make a dent in public finances you need to do hings on a big scale.
But when billionaires earn as much as HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY, that becomes the play
Ie. Yes they should pay more, but to make a dent in public finances you need to do hings on a big scale.
But when billionaires earn as much as HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY, that becomes the play
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Bikes and Cars by Jen Sorensen
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Bikes and Cars by Jen Sorensen
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it's so good to hear a british politician on the main bbc news platforms actually saying this stuff though. like we just got used to it not happening for years
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
it's so good to hear a british politician on the main bbc news platforms actually saying this stuff though. like we just got used to it not happening for years
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This is the first in what may be a thread in building a home server.
There's a few motivations behind this but mainly
Reluctance to go all in with cloud storage, due to costs and privacy mainly
Some of the useful things you can get done
Reusing tech #homelab
Also it's a bit of a challenge 1/n
There's a few motivations behind this but mainly
Reluctance to go all in with cloud storage, due to costs and privacy mainly
Some of the useful things you can get done
Reusing tech #homelab
Also it's a bit of a challenge 1/n
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is the first in what may be a thread in building a home server.
There's a few motivations behind this but mainly
Reluctance to go all in with cloud storage, due to costs and privacy mainly
Some of the useful things you can get done
Reusing tech #homelab
Also it's a bit of a challenge 1/n
There's a few motivations behind this but mainly
Reluctance to go all in with cloud storage, due to costs and privacy mainly
Some of the useful things you can get done
Reusing tech #homelab
Also it's a bit of a challenge 1/n
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The growth of energy cooperatives in Spain shows how communities can act on climate locally to eliminate energy poverty www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The growth of energy cooperatives in Spain shows how communities can act on climate locally to eliminate energy poverty www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Brexit detonated our economy and our politics. Since then, our country seems to have lost its mind, veering off to the right, reawakening the racism genie, ruining itself to try to hide the dishonesty and snowballing damage of it all.
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Brexit detonated our economy and our politics. Since then, our country seems to have lost its mind, veering off to the right, reawakening the racism genie, ruining itself to try to hide the dishonesty and snowballing damage of it all.
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
And now Farage could be PM ffs.
Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
I cannot be convinced that residents of car-dominated streets in the UK wouldn't prefer this type of arrangement.
Bollards & one-way systems stop through traffic. Play signs tell drivers kids are in the street. Paving, build-outs & planting slow cars. People add benches, hang out, share drinks. The street becomes an extension of home - a social space, not a shortcut. This is what neighbourhoods should feel like
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I cannot be convinced that residents of car-dominated streets in the UK wouldn't prefer this type of arrangement.
Batteries providing grid stability #2
Now, 10,000 EV drivers in Finland are contributing to grid stability. The smart charging service Synergi, which already optimises EV charging according to dynamic power prices, now provides FCR support to the national grid using this aggregated fleet.
Finland’s first EV virtual power plant goes live
With the launch of its smart charging service, over 10,000 Finnish households can earn monetary rewards by allowing Synergi to optimise their home EV charging during grid-friendly hours.
tech.eu
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Batteries providing grid stability #2
Batteries providing grid stability #1
Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Batteries providing grid stability #1
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"The great majority of users have no awareness [that] their chats are being grabbed off their screen, sent over a network, packaged, and resold"
AI chats aren't private? 🤔
Profound is allegedly collecting & licensing sensitive ChatGPT & Google Gemini prompts via extensions, selling the data privacy risk to marketers. #AIChatbots #TechNews
Read more on PCMag 🔗 bit.ly/3LyZz0g
Profound is allegedly collecting & licensing sensitive ChatGPT & Google Gemini prompts via extensions, selling the data privacy risk to marketers. #AIChatbots #TechNews
Read more on PCMag 🔗 bit.ly/3LyZz0g
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"The great majority of users have no awareness [that] their chats are being grabbed off their screen, sent over a network, packaged, and resold"
Exactly this.
There is no logic to stopping a car that's going to pass in 1 minute instead of the one passing in 10 seconds.
There is no logic to stopping a car that's going to pass in 1 minute instead of the one passing in 10 seconds.
Why should pedestrians in Brum have to wait nearly a minute for a driver travelling from over half a kilometre away?
We deserves better!
Ask 2: Upgrade crossings and cut wait times so people can cross safely and quickly
✍🏼 Please co-sign the asks:
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/10-asks-to-a...
We deserves better!
Ask 2: Upgrade crossings and cut wait times so people can cross safely and quickly
✍🏼 Please co-sign the asks:
betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/10-asks-to-a...
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Exactly this.
There is no logic to stopping a car that's going to pass in 1 minute instead of the one passing in 10 seconds.
There is no logic to stopping a car that's going to pass in 1 minute instead of the one passing in 10 seconds.
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Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs.
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years
Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the w...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs.
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this.
pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...
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L'Uomo in Bici (The Man on a Bike)
Naples, 1953
📷Piergiorgio Branzi
Naples, 1953
📷Piergiorgio Branzi
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
L'Uomo in Bici (The Man on a Bike)
Naples, 1953
📷Piergiorgio Branzi
Naples, 1953
📷Piergiorgio Branzi
So is this where the populists, right wingers , MAGA , Reform dog whistling xenophobes, and opinion columns...
Complain about foreigners who weren't even born in the country coming over not paying tax and sponging off government handouts ??
No? I wonder why not?
Can someone help me out here
Complain about foreigners who weren't even born in the country coming over not paying tax and sponging off government handouts ??
No? I wonder why not?
Can someone help me out here
Shareholders of an epically overvalued company that’s epically taxpayer-subsidized overpay an epically overrated & unengaged CEO who epically underpays taxes while the U.S. faces an epic economic disparity, affordability & hunger crisis fuelled by that CEO’s epically evil actions.
“USA, USA, USA…”
“USA, USA, USA…”
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
So is this where the populists, right wingers , MAGA , Reform dog whistling xenophobes, and opinion columns...
Complain about foreigners who weren't even born in the country coming over not paying tax and sponging off government handouts ??
No? I wonder why not?
Can someone help me out here
Complain about foreigners who weren't even born in the country coming over not paying tax and sponging off government handouts ??
No? I wonder why not?
Can someone help me out here
Well not being disappointed by this government lasted about 24 hours
Hot on the heels of actually getting something right (trains)
They go do something stupid and cruel by ditching low income supporting energy efficiency eco literate scheme with something straight out of the daily mail
Hot on the heels of actually getting something right (trains)
They go do something stupid and cruel by ditching low income supporting energy efficiency eco literate scheme with something straight out of the daily mail
To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦♂️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Well not being disappointed by this government lasted about 24 hours
Hot on the heels of actually getting something right (trains)
They go do something stupid and cruel by ditching low income supporting energy efficiency eco literate scheme with something straight out of the daily mail
Hot on the heels of actually getting something right (trains)
They go do something stupid and cruel by ditching low income supporting energy efficiency eco literate scheme with something straight out of the daily mail
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November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Fair play.
This seems like a genuinely good move by the government
Maybe making public services and utilities better could be something they focus on more.
Next stop water companies 🤞🏻
This seems like a genuinely good move by the government
Maybe making public services and utilities better could be something they focus on more.
Next stop water companies 🤞🏻
Railways Bill looks like it's going to be pretty positive. From a London perspective, hopefully it will recognise value of TfL run services (eg not just prioritising GBR services over TfL where they share same track & being open to further devolution to TfL)
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Journey to Great British Railways gathers steam with landmark legislation
Bill includes fare and ticketing reform and a strengthened passenger watchdog to create a better, more inclusive railway for all.
www.gov.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Fair play.
This seems like a genuinely good move by the government
Maybe making public services and utilities better could be something they focus on more.
Next stop water companies 🤞🏻
This seems like a genuinely good move by the government
Maybe making public services and utilities better could be something they focus on more.
Next stop water companies 🤞🏻