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Andrew Rendel

@andrewrendel.bsky.social
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Live in Lewisham, work in climate/cleantech finance. Hardcore centrist dad.

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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Quote 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.”
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Calvin Bailey MBE MP @calvinbailey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My statement on the Green Party's 'Zionism' motion 👇
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It 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.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 06/10/2026
Basically 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.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Ben Niblett @benniblett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sculpture of identical male politicians standing in water up to different points in their bald heads.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless 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!
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meta now helping you "Stay in the moment" by constantly popping up messages between your eyeballs and the actual real world.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
100% this👇👇👇. If the car industry wants investors to invest in charging infrastrucutre they should stop lobbying against the investment case.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can confirm that this is a truly wonderful cake.
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Midweek Treat: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay! Sorry about the uneven layers, Paul🙈 www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Over 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...
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’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”.
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Will 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🚲🚲🚲
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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
sherman, for the love of god!
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So 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...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Come on, make you mind up Daily Telegraph. Which is the greater millenial crime, too much avocado toast or too little?
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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Still love you guys, we hate him!
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
These are thugs being thugs, not legitimate protests
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some Scandinavian countries are now seeing political pushback against electricity interconnector projects because selling their cheap power to neighbours might push up local prices...
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is an excellent test for whether you should use AI for something and I might start asking this question at work.
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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tbf, 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For 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.
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The 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...
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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:

[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]

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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. 

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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.

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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free 
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-

BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister 

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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?

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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill

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HITLER:
What we are proposing -

CHURCHILL:
Hang on

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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -

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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here

BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate

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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate 
You don't debate fascists

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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!

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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...

CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-

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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!

BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak

[ends]
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The 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.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I 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.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Farage 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
But 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!
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sorry, 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sadly 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I am not what they call "a natural linguist" and I suspect they had no idea what i was talking about!
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Oh 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Checking 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Possibly stupid question but what's the target age group? (Should I buy it for me or the kids?)
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026
This 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.
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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
But 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.
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Queen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Air 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
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Finally 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 @FT
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How to stop global warming
The answer is obvious to all except the real climate change zealots: the anti-net zero movement
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Thank 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Love this place.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Proposal to ban articles on tinnitus for the benefit of those of us who suffer.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This would be a staggeringly short sighted capitulation to industry.
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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We 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.
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Andrew Rendel @andrewrendel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Before 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.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We 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...
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Harry Potter fans force power link diversion to avoid Dobby's grave
Potter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview.
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South East London Community Energy (Selce) @seloncommenergy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Selce 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.
Selce Power Yes Please!
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