Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Quote from the Fonagy review in John Harris's piece that will send a shiver down every parent's spine: “Young people today are contending with more powerful forces than I ever faced. They are not fragile. They are outnumbered.” 010
Reposted by Andrew RendelCalvin Bailey MBE MP @calvinbailey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026My statement on the Green Party's 'Zionism' motion 👇 1017924
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It is melting my brain that I now need to add the US government to my list of organisations who produce content I have to protect my children from. 021
Reposted by Andrew RendelUlrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 06/10/2026Basically all European states have financial issues and basically all are discussing (further) restricting social services/support/etc for the wealthier. See UK re childcare above £100 000. I totally get it. However: we need to acknowledge that this is creating a social contract problem. 1218237
Reposted by Andrew RendelBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores. 2854613342
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unless your child refuses despite you giving consent and then you have to organise an alternative at the GP anyway. Suffice to say, after all the grumbling about what a pain it is to organise outside school, the children are not going to make that mistake again! 020
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Meta now helping you "Stay in the moment" by constantly popping up messages between your eyeballs and the actual real world. 010
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026100% this👇👇👇. If the car industry wants investors to invest in charging infrastrucutre they should stop lobbying against the investment case. 010
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Can confirm that this is a truly wonderful cake. 001
Reposted by Andrew RendelNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Midweek Treat: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay! Sorry about the uneven layers, Paul🙈 www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...nigella.comChocolate Peanut Butter CakeOver the years, I’ve made many different cakes for my children’s birthdays, but for some time now this has been the chosen one, the cake of cakes, elected to celebrate many special occasions, and with... 1653153
Reposted by Andrew RendelRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”. 241378493
Reposted by Andrew RendelWill Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 25/09/2026👀London's newest section of Cycleway!! This section of the Cycleway 4 extension - between Gallions Rd & Charlton Church Lane - is due to open this week. We've expanded our network of Cycleways from 90km in 2016 to 450+km today. And cycling across the capital is soaring🚲🚲🚲 316733
Reposted by Andrew RendelAmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 10/10/2025sherman, for the love of god! 15078372314
Reposted by Andrew RendelTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 1031371463
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Come on, make you mind up Daily Telegraph. Which is the greater millenial crime, too much avocado toast or too little? 110
Reposted by Andrew RendelMags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea. 10830433
Reposted by Andrew RendelTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026These are thugs being thugs, not legitimate protests 77565119
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Some Scandinavian countries are now seeing political pushback against electricity interconnector projects because selling their cheap power to neighbours might push up local prices... 000
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is an excellent test for whether you should use AI for something and I might start asking this question at work. 010
Reposted by Andrew Rendelironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The same logic applies to houses! When the cost of housing rises everyone is poorer. Even if you own a house and your ‘wealth’ went up, your ability to consume higher amenities than you do currently has gone down. It’s actually just true that high house prices are a sign of poverty. 2253
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Tbf, there was at least one candidate in a previous year who they endorsed and who then went on to quickly and publicly reject the endorsement! Still, probably best to avoid these 5 just to be on the safe side. 030
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026For a few seconds there i thought you were talking about a different monty who has recently announced he is leaving and the reform revelation felt like ice in my soul. 130
Reposted by Andrew RendelRoland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNo cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in ScotlandA study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective". 6461332286
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The passive aggressive personality of duo is the thing that most puts me off. I now refuse to open the app just to show him that I will not be manipulated. Genuinely think Duolingo could improve their product by offering different versions with less annoyance here. 011
Reposted by Andrew RendelJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 632781881
Reposted by Andrew RendelPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Farage should attend a park run, a game of football, a Primary School in Clacton, a Prom concert before he goes all "Broken Britain" The country is NOT broken. It's millions of people, born without Farage's privilege, trying cheerfully trying their best for their families and communities. 35887190
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026But chances of a driver losing control and causing a head on crash at 140mph are much higher than those for a driver travelling at 70mph. Ignoring that fact is deeply unserious! 040
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I genuinely dont think government is worried about this but if they are then theyre shooting themselves in the foot. The biggest challenge I've faced when considering investments in charging infra over the last few years is the fear governments won't stick to their targets/policies. 001
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Sorry, wasnt clear. I think we're agreeing. Delaying EV mandate is bad for climate but minimal bad press, drilling north sea has limited climate impact but will be very unpopular with key green/labour swing voters. 010
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Sadly from a climate perspective, watering down the EV mandate (one of our best and most successful climate policies) is likely much more popular with his MPs and less unpopular with the voters he needs to win back from the greens. 110
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I am not what they call "a natural linguist" and I suspect they had no idea what i was talking about! 020
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Oh god, I completely weirded out a Spanish couple on an SUP a fortnight ago by swimming up to them and excitedly saying "Polpo, polpo!" and pointing under the water. 141
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Checking back on this thread after a few hours and disappointed that no one has yet (as far as I can see) brought up Point Horror/ Point Romance though i accept my definition of "literature" was and remains a low bar. 000
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Possibly stupid question but what's the target age group? (Should I buy it for me or the kids?) 000
Reposted by Andrew RendelMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible. 1563368974
Reposted by Andrew Rendelironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026But fundamentally taxes need to be a higher share of gdp than ever before because we have more old people than ever before and a substantial portion of the state is essentially that we socialised caring for the elderly into the state via pensions, health and social care. 0101
Reposted by Andrew RendelQueen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Air pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Read more: shorturl.at/Jx86o 13371168
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Finally got round to reading this. It's as good as everyone said it was. @pilitaclark.bsky.social How to stop global warming - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FTgiftarticle.ft.comHow to stop global warmingThe answer is obvious to all except the real climate change zealots: the anti-net zero movement 000
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Thank you so much! I dont go as often these days but in lock down we were weekly visitors at least. It was a real haven. 010
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Proposal to ban articles on tinnitus for the benefit of those of us who suffer. 010
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This would be a staggeringly short sighted capitulation to industry. 020
Reposted by Andrew Rendelironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We are spending over 2T globally on the energy transition. About half directly on renewables and the other half on storage, grid upgrades and things like that. People still way underestimating how fast the solar transition is happening. 79423
Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Before the harder stuff there is also a lot of emissions from low temp heat (<100°). This is also pretty easy to decarbonise these days even if broadly cost neutral (excluding externalities as always) versus cost negative like electricity. 000
Reposted by Andrew RendelDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We live in a country where building projects are disrupted by protests over something (and forgive me, but I feel like this needs caps) THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHarry Potter fans force power link diversion to avoid Dobby's gravePotter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview. 1163
Reposted by Andrew RendelSouth East London Community Energy (Selce) @seloncommenergy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Selce Needs You! 💡💙 ⏩ Help us find more investors for our current and 7th share offer. ❓How? Share our leaflet with friends, relatives, co-workers - anyone who might want to help Charlton Park Academy save £150k and 313.4 tonnes in CO2e emissions over 20 years. 011