James Jarvis
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"Make electricity cheaper" helps solve pretty much all of Europe's main challenges. The cheaper it gets, the faster we go.
Read this (and the other two papers) from @regassistproj.bsky.social who are knocking it out of the park.
Read this (and the other two papers) from @regassistproj.bsky.social who are knocking it out of the park.
The future energy bill is an electricity bill.
This is why we must 'Make Electricity Cheaper' for households, businesses and industry.
In our 3rd paper at RAP on this topic, Tom Butler & I look at reducing tax & levies added to electricity prices for industry.
tinyurl.com/4z4v5ssd
This is why we must 'Make Electricity Cheaper' for households, businesses and industry.
In our 3rd paper at RAP on this topic, Tom Butler & I look at reducing tax & levies added to electricity prices for industry.
tinyurl.com/4z4v5ssd
Making electricity cheaper: Modernising taxes and levies to incentivise electrification of industrial heat
RAP experts Sem Oxenaar and Tom Butler look at the state of electricity and gas prices for industry and the impact of reducing taxes and levies.
www.raponline.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Make electricity cheaper" helps solve pretty much all of Europe's main challenges. The cheaper it gets, the faster we go.
Read this (and the other two papers) from @regassistproj.bsky.social who are knocking it out of the park.
Read this (and the other two papers) from @regassistproj.bsky.social who are knocking it out of the park.
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At @incident.io SEV0 watching @lawrencejones.dev show some of the internals of their AI SRE
The product itself looks absolutely fantastic and incredibly powerful
But the other thing that is a joy to see is the sheer quality of internal tooling they’ve built to learn and improve and monitor 😍
The product itself looks absolutely fantastic and incredibly powerful
But the other thing that is a joy to see is the sheer quality of internal tooling they’ve built to learn and improve and monitor 😍
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
At @incident.io SEV0 watching @lawrencejones.dev show some of the internals of their AI SRE
The product itself looks absolutely fantastic and incredibly powerful
But the other thing that is a joy to see is the sheer quality of internal tooling they’ve built to learn and improve and monitor 😍
The product itself looks absolutely fantastic and incredibly powerful
But the other thing that is a joy to see is the sheer quality of internal tooling they’ve built to learn and improve and monitor 😍
It’s critically important to enjoy your work. If you don’t? Find the enjoying work outside of your primary employment.
October 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It’s critically important to enjoy your work. If you don’t? Find the enjoying work outside of your primary employment.
Watching the AI race atm.
New tech -> early adopters -> gold rush -> commodification-> consolidation.
We are exiting gold rush and entering commodification, will be interesting to see how the consolidation happens.
New tech -> early adopters -> gold rush -> commodification-> consolidation.
We are exiting gold rush and entering commodification, will be interesting to see how the consolidation happens.
October 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Watching the AI race atm.
New tech -> early adopters -> gold rush -> commodification-> consolidation.
We are exiting gold rush and entering commodification, will be interesting to see how the consolidation happens.
New tech -> early adopters -> gold rush -> commodification-> consolidation.
We are exiting gold rush and entering commodification, will be interesting to see how the consolidation happens.
Is Penfold (the pension provider) having some technical difficulties? Not sure they are processing payments correctly.
October 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Is Penfold (the pension provider) having some technical difficulties? Not sure they are processing payments correctly.
I recently joined a new company, and my second week was for an offsite to Greece!
Surprisingly, not as corporate as I had feared, and giving me huge optimism for the future.
This is the right decision to have made. LFG 🚀
Surprisingly, not as corporate as I had feared, and giving me huge optimism for the future.
This is the right decision to have made. LFG 🚀
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I recently joined a new company, and my second week was for an offsite to Greece!
Surprisingly, not as corporate as I had feared, and giving me huge optimism for the future.
This is the right decision to have made. LFG 🚀
Surprisingly, not as corporate as I had feared, and giving me huge optimism for the future.
This is the right decision to have made. LFG 🚀
Reading “from third world to first” by Lee Kuan Yew.
All I can think about is what if the UK and broader western world adopted more of these policies? (Notably the mandatory pension savings, healthcare contribution, home ownership schemes, lowering taxes as a result)
All I can think about is what if the UK and broader western world adopted more of these policies? (Notably the mandatory pension savings, healthcare contribution, home ownership schemes, lowering taxes as a result)
May 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reading “from third world to first” by Lee Kuan Yew.
All I can think about is what if the UK and broader western world adopted more of these policies? (Notably the mandatory pension savings, healthcare contribution, home ownership schemes, lowering taxes as a result)
All I can think about is what if the UK and broader western world adopted more of these policies? (Notably the mandatory pension savings, healthcare contribution, home ownership schemes, lowering taxes as a result)
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British businesses are closing due to high electricity bills. Zonal electricity pricing would lower everyone's bills. Hear why business owners need change:
May 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
British businesses are closing due to high electricity bills. Zonal electricity pricing would lower everyone's bills. Hear why business owners need change:
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When did journalism change? When I did my journalism postgrad, we were taught to ensure the opening sentence summarised the key info.
Today's online 'news' writers must've been taught to ‘hide the key info until paragraph 14!' so people must tediously scroll through copious ads
Today's online 'news' writers must've been taught to ‘hide the key info until paragraph 14!' so people must tediously scroll through copious ads
May 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When did journalism change? When I did my journalism postgrad, we were taught to ensure the opening sentence summarised the key info.
Today's online 'news' writers must've been taught to ‘hide the key info until paragraph 14!' so people must tediously scroll through copious ads
Today's online 'news' writers must've been taught to ‘hide the key info until paragraph 14!' so people must tediously scroll through copious ads
Follow me on my trip ‘China and South Korea 2025’ at www.polarsteps.com/JamesJarvis/...
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May 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Just handed in my laptop and badge on my last day at Thought Machine. Had a wonderful time with talented colleagues, but excited for the next chapter!
May 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Just handed in my laptop and badge on my last day at Thought Machine. Had a wonderful time with talented colleagues, but excited for the next chapter!
This whole time, I thought I liked working at startups, but also this whole time, I’ve actually only worked at scale ups…
Why do startups pay such low salaries? Unironically isn’t that what VC funding is for?
Why do startups pay such low salaries? Unironically isn’t that what VC funding is for?
April 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This whole time, I thought I liked working at startups, but also this whole time, I’ve actually only worked at scale ups…
Why do startups pay such low salaries? Unironically isn’t that what VC funding is for?
Why do startups pay such low salaries? Unironically isn’t that what VC funding is for?
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The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
March 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
Went to a policy summit last night hosted by lookingforgrowth.uk
Brilliant event with some of the most ambitious and optimistic change-ready participants I’ve met! LFG 🚀
Brilliant event with some of the most ambitious and optimistic change-ready participants I’ve met! LFG 🚀
Looking For Growth
We're Looking For Growth. Join us to be part of a force that Westminster can't ignore.
lookingforgrowth.uk
March 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Went to a policy summit last night hosted by lookingforgrowth.uk
Brilliant event with some of the most ambitious and optimistic change-ready participants I’ve met! LFG 🚀
Brilliant event with some of the most ambitious and optimistic change-ready participants I’ve met! LFG 🚀
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In 2025, GB billpayers have spent £250 million switching off renewable generators while switching on gas plants.
We’re wasting wind energy when we should be making it cheaper instead. Locational pricing would massively reduce waste and lower bills.
We’re wasting wind energy when we should be making it cheaper instead. Locational pricing would massively reduce waste and lower bills.
March 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In 2025, GB billpayers have spent £250 million switching off renewable generators while switching on gas plants.
We’re wasting wind energy when we should be making it cheaper instead. Locational pricing would massively reduce waste and lower bills.
We’re wasting wind energy when we should be making it cheaper instead. Locational pricing would massively reduce waste and lower bills.
If anyone hasn’t heard about Gary yet, I’d highly recommend checking out some of his videos, as they offer the closest thing to a clear explanation of the state and projection of the economy I’ve seen.
Wondering why you can’t afford a house? Wealth inequality
#economics #WealthInequality
Wondering why you can’t afford a house? Wealth inequality
#economics #WealthInequality
Why Labour and Trump will both fail www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCnI...
Why Labour and Trump will both fail
YouTube video by Garys Economics
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If anyone hasn’t heard about Gary yet, I’d highly recommend checking out some of his videos, as they offer the closest thing to a clear explanation of the state and projection of the economy I’ve seen.
Wondering why you can’t afford a house? Wealth inequality
#economics #WealthInequality
Wondering why you can’t afford a house? Wealth inequality
#economics #WealthInequality
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A big contrast:
From 2006 to 2023, China's nuclear energy production surged by 690%, rising from 55 TWh to 435 TWh.
Meanwhile, Germany's nuclear output plummeted from 167 TWh to zero, making it the only major economy to fully phase out nuclear power.
From 2006 to 2023, China's nuclear energy production surged by 690%, rising from 55 TWh to 435 TWh.
Meanwhile, Germany's nuclear output plummeted from 167 TWh to zero, making it the only major economy to fully phase out nuclear power.
February 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A big contrast:
From 2006 to 2023, China's nuclear energy production surged by 690%, rising from 55 TWh to 435 TWh.
Meanwhile, Germany's nuclear output plummeted from 167 TWh to zero, making it the only major economy to fully phase out nuclear power.
From 2006 to 2023, China's nuclear energy production surged by 690%, rising from 55 TWh to 435 TWh.
Meanwhile, Germany's nuclear output plummeted from 167 TWh to zero, making it the only major economy to fully phase out nuclear power.
About a quarter of the way through installing our new kitchen from @diykitchens.bsky.social
Ngl it’s a little bit nerve wracking but we think it’s going good so far, if a little slow!
#diy #kitchen #herringbone
Ngl it’s a little bit nerve wracking but we think it’s going good so far, if a little slow!
#diy #kitchen #herringbone
February 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
About a quarter of the way through installing our new kitchen from @diykitchens.bsky.social
Ngl it’s a little bit nerve wracking but we think it’s going good so far, if a little slow!
#diy #kitchen #herringbone
Ngl it’s a little bit nerve wracking but we think it’s going good so far, if a little slow!
#diy #kitchen #herringbone
Strange thought: shouldn’t a society have the ability to easily and cheaply demolish any ungainly or negative value structures? Or at least as easily as it can create them?
February 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Strange thought: shouldn’t a society have the ability to easily and cheaply demolish any ungainly or negative value structures? Or at least as easily as it can create them?
The UK government is going to mandate all rental properties be an EPC C or above by 2030.
Honestly this feels too little, too late? For the properties that cannot be reasonably upgraded, I believe demolition should be an option!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Honestly this feels too little, too late? For the properties that cannot be reasonably upgraded, I believe demolition should be an option!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Warm homes and cheaper bills as government accelerates Plan for Change
Households across the country are set to benefit from cheaper bills and warmer homes as the government accelerates its Plan for Change.
www.gov.uk
February 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The UK government is going to mandate all rental properties be an EPC C or above by 2030.
Honestly this feels too little, too late? For the properties that cannot be reasonably upgraded, I believe demolition should be an option!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Honestly this feels too little, too late? For the properties that cannot be reasonably upgraded, I believe demolition should be an option!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
A few years ago I made a little device that displayed random quotes on a nice paper like display.
I promptly lost that device and all record of it, so I made another.
This is how you can make one too!
#eink #badger2040 #pimoroni #electronics #diy
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I promptly lost that device and all record of it, so I made another.
This is how you can make one too!
#eink #badger2040 #pimoroni #electronics #diy
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Secret Santa: A Quote-a-day E-Ink display
This is the story of how I built (and how you can build) a cute little display that shows you a new famous quote every day.
jamesjarvis.io
February 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A few years ago I made a little device that displayed random quotes on a nice paper like display.
I promptly lost that device and all record of it, so I made another.
This is how you can make one too!
#eink #badger2040 #pimoroni #electronics #diy
jamesjarvis.io/posts/2025/0...
I promptly lost that device and all record of it, so I made another.
This is how you can make one too!
#eink #badger2040 #pimoroni #electronics #diy
jamesjarvis.io/posts/2025/0...
Spent the last week working remotely in Paris. Comparing it to London a lot!
Pros:
- Beautiful architecture/public spaces
- Rent control keeps the centre interesting
- Good cycling infrastructure
Cons:
- LVMH own the city
- Small apartments
- Few coworking cafes in the centre
Pros:
- Beautiful architecture/public spaces
- Rent control keeps the centre interesting
- Good cycling infrastructure
Cons:
- LVMH own the city
- Small apartments
- Few coworking cafes in the centre
February 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Spent the last week working remotely in Paris. Comparing it to London a lot!
Pros:
- Beautiful architecture/public spaces
- Rent control keeps the centre interesting
- Good cycling infrastructure
Cons:
- LVMH own the city
- Small apartments
- Few coworking cafes in the centre
Pros:
- Beautiful architecture/public spaces
- Rent control keeps the centre interesting
- Good cycling infrastructure
Cons:
- LVMH own the city
- Small apartments
- Few coworking cafes in the centre
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Charing Cross Road, pedestrianised today. Glorious. Because whenever you take cars away, cities get better.
February 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Charing Cross Road, pedestrianised today. Glorious. Because whenever you take cars away, cities get better.