Sue Beesley
@suebeesley.bsky.social
Gardener. Occasional microlighter. SolarPV devotee since 2011. Heat pump nerd.... Also at @bluebellcottage.bsky.social. See also: www.bluebellcottage.co.uk
Except that we will probably have to pay to join it (why should we join for free?). And then the Telegraph will go nuts...
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Except that we will probably have to pay to join it (why should we join for free?). And then the Telegraph will go nuts...
Listened to a very troubling radio programme on BBC Radio 4 earlier, saying that by 2030 around 40% of space-based telescope images will be negatively affected by satellites...
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Listened to a very troubling radio programme on BBC Radio 4 earlier, saying that by 2030 around 40% of space-based telescope images will be negatively affected by satellites...
Nothing that I do, or that my staff do, can be better done by AI at a price that I would be willing to pay and that would make AI an acceptable level of return on investors' cash.
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Nothing that I do, or that my staff do, can be better done by AI at a price that I would be willing to pay and that would make AI an acceptable level of return on investors' cash.
Yes - no-one switches on their kettle and says 'I'm not putting any of that solar powered electricity in my kettle- I prefer the coal-fired stuff. Makes the tea taste so much better.'
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Yes - no-one switches on their kettle and says 'I'm not putting any of that solar powered electricity in my kettle- I prefer the coal-fired stuff. Makes the tea taste so much better.'
..and only because they like being MPs and think they'll keep their seats under Reform UK Ltd. Won't it be marvellous when the depth of Reform's ties to Russian money are fully revealed and they all jump ship in pretend horror...
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
..and only because they like being MPs and think they'll keep their seats under Reform UK Ltd. Won't it be marvellous when the depth of Reform's ties to Russian money are fully revealed and they all jump ship in pretend horror...
I really don't get it. The Chancellor decides the budget based on a plethora of data, driven by what they want to achieve and shaped by politics. It's up to her what she does with all of that. Why the furore - have some rich people lost a pile of money gambling on an outcome that didn't happen?
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I really don't get it. The Chancellor decides the budget based on a plethora of data, driven by what they want to achieve and shaped by politics. It's up to her what she does with all of that. Why the furore - have some rich people lost a pile of money gambling on an outcome that didn't happen?
I really don't understand the ongoing fuss. The Chancellor receives lots of information from a variety of sources. The budget is based on this plethora of information, directed by what they want to achieve and shaped by the constraints of the manifesto and the politics of the day.
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I really don't understand the ongoing fuss. The Chancellor receives lots of information from a variety of sources. The budget is based on this plethora of information, directed by what they want to achieve and shaped by the constraints of the manifesto and the politics of the day.
Ah - always a delight to find another lifelong Wuthering Heights devotee, with Kate Bush conjoined :-). Yes, it changes dramatically with every reading, especially if first read as a teenager.
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Ah - always a delight to find another lifelong Wuthering Heights devotee, with Kate Bush conjoined :-). Yes, it changes dramatically with every reading, especially if first read as a teenager.
Ah yes - have just spotted the Hudson reference bottom left.
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Ah yes - have just spotted the Hudson reference bottom left.
Hello Zack - strugging to square your graphic with the one from nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda... which shows Arctic sea ice for 2025 close to the previous record, but not as exceptional as yours...?
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hello Zack - strugging to square your graphic with the one from nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda... which shows Arctic sea ice for 2025 close to the previous record, but not as exceptional as yours...?
They, Edwin. They, not we. We said it would be a disaster and they didn't want to know.
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
They, Edwin. They, not we. We said it would be a disaster and they didn't want to know.
Something something piss-up something something brewery...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Something something piss-up something something brewery...
Oh fab - just what I need - a gadget for finding the missing single sock that vanishes after every wash.
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Oh fab - just what I need - a gadget for finding the missing single sock that vanishes after every wash.