Neil Gascoigne
@neilgascoigne.bsky.social
IT nerd in the UK utility sector, father, dog owner, reader of history, political slinger, analyst, car buff, aviation buff, owner of EV and solar because that matters for my kid’s future.
Dandelions flowering right before Christmas? Tell me that isn’t #climatechange.
December 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Dandelions flowering right before Christmas? Tell me that isn’t #climatechange.
@glynhudson.bsky.social hi! Is there any other way to update the OVMS3 unit with a 4G modem? The board is out of stock on your shop. O2 are now not allowing traffic for Hologram and they themselves are having issues with this.
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
@glynhudson.bsky.social hi! Is there any other way to update the OVMS3 unit with a 4G modem? The board is out of stock on your shop. O2 are now not allowing traffic for Hologram and they themselves are having issues with this.
An interesting short lecture on the lessons learnt from the Boer War in application by the British Army during the Great War/First World War. #boerwar #greatwar #ww1
youtu.be/qw0wbF9rWTs?...
youtu.be/qw0wbF9rWTs?...
Why the British Army was so effective in 1914: Learning lessons from Boer War
YouTube video by Historian 1915
youtu.be
May 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
An interesting short lecture on the lessons learnt from the Boer War in application by the British Army during the Great War/First World War. #boerwar #greatwar #ww1
youtu.be/qw0wbF9rWTs?...
youtu.be/qw0wbF9rWTs?...
My pension does not know whether to laugh or cry: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Stock markets rise as Trump says he will reduce tariffs on China ‘substantially’
US president also says he has ‘no intention’ of firing chair of American central bank Jay Powell
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
My pension does not know whether to laugh or cry: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
There’s much merit to this idea given the creation of the auxiliary beat role that is a PCSO (which was in part done to reduce costs). I hope if it meets the petition debate criteria, our MP @drlukeevans.org.uk would like to participate in that debate. www.leics.police.uk/news/leicest...
Leicestershire PCSOs lead campaign for long service medals
They've launched a national campaign
www.leics.police.uk
February 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There’s much merit to this idea given the creation of the auxiliary beat role that is a PCSO (which was in part done to reduce costs). I hope if it meets the petition debate criteria, our MP @drlukeevans.org.uk would like to participate in that debate. www.leics.police.uk/news/leicest...
Welsh dark night skies are so much better and more alike to what I remember them to be before too much light pollution came along. Orion, Jupiter, Aldebaran and Pleiades. Classic Winter sky. 🌌
January 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Welsh dark night skies are so much better and more alike to what I remember them to be before too much light pollution came along. Orion, Jupiter, Aldebaran and Pleiades. Classic Winter sky. 🌌
Well #Meta is on the fritz. Anyone remember this doozy from 2021 where a bad change prevented routing to their own DNS servers and they had to get into their data centres in person to fix it? www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/10/...
Facebook rendered spineless by buggy audit code that missed catastrophic network config error
Explains mega-outage with boilerplate response: We try hard, we're sorry we failed, we'll try to do better
www.theregister.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Well #Meta is on the fritz. Anyone remember this doozy from 2021 where a bad change prevented routing to their own DNS servers and they had to get into their data centres in person to fix it? www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/10/...
Cracker and dad joke time: I guess you could say we’re “sprucing” the place up? Nordmann firs smells amazing! 🌲🎄
December 8, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Cracker and dad joke time: I guess you could say we’re “sprucing” the place up? Nordmann firs smells amazing! 🌲🎄
The #sonos S2 app and architecture has gone from bad to worse on my old Play:3 speaker. Looking on here and Reddit, I’m not alone. However there is an easy downgrade route to the old S1 platform. Once done, things become slick and fast. Just don’t mention the likelihood that it restores SMBv1 too 😅
December 3, 2024 at 9:31 PM
The #sonos S2 app and architecture has gone from bad to worse on my old Play:3 speaker. Looking on here and Reddit, I’m not alone. However there is an easy downgrade route to the old S1 platform. Once done, things become slick and fast. Just don’t mention the likelihood that it restores SMBv1 too 😅
Life extension for the UK’s dwindling number of aged nuclear power stations. Can SMRs (small modular reactors) replace them without consequences above that of their larger brothers? There certainly seems to be an ongoing capability gap.
inews.co.uk/news/nuclear...
inews.co.uk/news/nuclear...
EDF set to extend life of UK nuclear plants as Government replacement plans falter
Power plants in Hartlepool, East Lothian and Heysham are set to have their lifespan extended before the end of the year
inews.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Life extension for the UK’s dwindling number of aged nuclear power stations. Can SMRs (small modular reactors) replace them without consequences above that of their larger brothers? There certainly seems to be an ongoing capability gap.
inews.co.uk/news/nuclear...
inews.co.uk/news/nuclear...
Good morning! A benefit of (nearly) Winter in the UK. Late dawns and low sun paints the sky as you get ready for work.
November 29, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Good morning! A benefit of (nearly) Winter in the UK. Late dawns and low sun paints the sky as you get ready for work.
I hope Dave Gorman has dropped Gregg Wallace from his act now. I don’t like GW and I’m not surprised about this news. Much of Gorman’s recent show was based around GW. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gregg Wallace steps aside from Masterchef as host as allegations are investigated
It comes after BBC News sent a letter outlining allegations by 13 people, including Kirsty Wark, that Wallace made inappropriate sexual comments.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 5:46 PM
I hope Dave Gorman has dropped Gregg Wallace from his act now. I don’t like GW and I’m not surprised about this news. Much of Gorman’s recent show was based around GW. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well that’s good news. 1 metre restriction removed and a big uplift in BUS.
“Energy bosses have welcomed a move by the government to ease planning rules on heat pump installations, as well as a decision to nearly double the annual budget for its Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).”
Source: Utility Week
“Energy bosses have welcomed a move by the government to ease planning rules on heat pump installations, as well as a decision to nearly double the annual budget for its Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).”
Source: Utility Week
November 21, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Well that’s good news. 1 metre restriction removed and a big uplift in BUS.
“Energy bosses have welcomed a move by the government to ease planning rules on heat pump installations, as well as a decision to nearly double the annual budget for its Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).”
Source: Utility Week
“Energy bosses have welcomed a move by the government to ease planning rules on heat pump installations, as well as a decision to nearly double the annual budget for its Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).”
Source: Utility Week
November 20, 2024 at 9:09 PM
There’s no real #detailing content on here! I tried Feynlab rinseless for the first time today. Usual snow foam phase with Bilt Hamber Touch-less, then a small dash of Feynlab in the soap bucket, followed wipe off with a drying towel. Really quick and easy. Good results, our cars were filthy before.
November 16, 2024 at 3:21 PM
There’s no real #detailing content on here! I tried Feynlab rinseless for the first time today. Usual snow foam phase with Bilt Hamber Touch-less, then a small dash of Feynlab in the soap bucket, followed wipe off with a drying towel. Really quick and easy. Good results, our cars were filthy before.
#backstreet evening vibes yesterday
November 16, 2024 at 3:11 PM
#backstreet evening vibes yesterday
What I think this doesn’t protect against is scraping the open content of this site by third-parties for training of their own AI models. Therefore don’t assume a level of out and out safety here beyond that found elsewhere?
Bluesky uses AI internally to assist in content moderation, which helps us triage posts and shield human moderators from harmful content. We also use AI in the Discover algorithmic feed to serve you posts that we think you’d like.
None of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.
None of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.
November 16, 2024 at 3:06 PM
What I think this doesn’t protect against is scraping the open content of this site by third-parties for training of their own AI models. Therefore don’t assume a level of out and out safety here beyond that found elsewhere?
Great to see this isn’t a SUV design. The width of the battery will still make it taller though. A big enough nose to house a V12 back in the day? ;-)
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
Finally! Jaguar's electric super-GT has hit the road. See Britain's Porsche Taycan rival here | Autocar
Prototype for Jaguar's £100k Taycan rival gives a long-awaited first look at the firm's new design language
www.autocar.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Great to see this isn’t a SUV design. The width of the battery will still make it taller though. A big enough nose to house a V12 back in the day? ;-)
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
Listening to the sports slot on Radio 4 Today this morning, I’m wondering if they are auditioning David James for BBC Match of the Day by first having him report on the radio. Came over rather well #motd
November 15, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Listening to the sports slot on Radio 4 Today this morning, I’m wondering if they are auditioning David James for BBC Match of the Day by first having him report on the radio. Came over rather well #motd
@carpervert.bsky.social any chance you can use Bluesky now that you’ve quit Twitter today? Here’s a picture of a nice GSA in Hinckley for no other reason.
November 10, 2024 at 12:16 AM
@carpervert.bsky.social any chance you can use Bluesky now that you’ve quit Twitter today? Here’s a picture of a nice GSA in Hinckley for no other reason.
Bluetongue has crept further west now hitting this part of the Leicestershire-Warwickshire border. Now most of eastern England appears to be under movement controls meaning no ruminant animals can go to slaughter. Christmas is going to be bad this year for farming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bluetongue restriction zone extended to West Northamptonshire
Farmers in West Northamptonshire will follow strict restrictions to help stop the virus spreading.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Bluetongue has crept further west now hitting this part of the Leicestershire-Warwickshire border. Now most of eastern England appears to be under movement controls meaning no ruminant animals can go to slaughter. Christmas is going to be bad this year for farming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I was late to the party. Thanks to my colleague James for sending me an invite to join. Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,377,974! PM
September 18, 2024 at 8:11 AM
I was late to the party. Thanks to my colleague James for sending me an invite to join. Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,377,974! PM