Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 7hYou can see the CEOs salivating over the chance to become bigger than government and rule it rather than the other way around. 000
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 9hI sadly think he’s partially correct. There will always be space for human music. Just a whole lot less demand. AI music will take over listening to a track you never intended to hear again just needed some pleasing noise. (Taxi,cafe, mall) etc. 000
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 10hI really like that this is a quick way to see which country tries to take care of those at the bottom Without a decently paid lower class mentatility. It moves into 2nd order costs pretty fast. Plus imo issues with pensions and paying enough for yours. 000
Reposted by Fred WittingJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 992109733
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Frankly is exhausted with corporations externalising costs to me. Making me use time to do the things their employees used to do. They add up. It’s why we’re all so busy now. I enter my order into their damn system. I have to do the time on hold. I have too.. I like the fact we’re pushing back 000
Reposted by Fred WittingMichael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I want this for you and me. Quick, smart, positive straw-timber infill, optoppen, everywhere. Affordable construction with carbon storage panels. lnkd.in/p/e95fd-gilnkd.in🌾 Retour sur la visite du chantier bois-paille - 27 juillet 2026 Un grand merci à toutes les personnes venues découvrir ce chantier et échanger autour de la construction bois-paille ! 🌿 Merci… | Ate...🌾 Retour sur la visite du chantier bois-paille - 27 juillet 2026 Un grand merci à toutes les personnes venues découvrir ce chantier et échanger autour de la construction bois-paille ! 🌿 Merci tout p... 23713
Reposted by Fred WittingKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 08/09/2026Also? Because climate impacts are nonlinear in global surface temperature rise, "the next gigatonne of climate pollution will cause more suffering and death than the previous gigatonne" will remain true for the rest of our lives. The case for mitigation gets stronger the more we emit. 05926
Reposted by Fred WittingAndy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The legwork, and the sting, which seems to have caught out James Orr, Nigel Farage and Reform-UK was carried out by Verbatim Investigations who have dropped their own take on the story.verbatiminvestigations.comDirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UKA yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics 201003440
Reposted by Fred WittingAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I note with astonishment the total lack of reporting about gilt yields falling back to their pre-spike level, the Times piece on how this makes it easier for gov't to fund stuff, and of course the Telegraph front page MARKETS LOVE BURNHAM. 725785
Reposted by Fred WittingMoisés Jauregui-Sanchez @moisesjauregui.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Lo que crea Thomas Jackson no es solo escultura: es una coreografía entre materia y atmósfera. En Emergent Behavior, el aire se vuelve colaborador, elevando velos translúcidos entre lo físico y lo intangible. No imita la naturaleza: revela sistemas de energía, tensión y equilibrio. 712124
Reposted by Fred WittingAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 04/12/2025Who does now? The public. Also it won’t be capital anymore. Capital is a process of profit generation. Socialism is perfectly capable of investing in machinery and innovation. There is nothing that says it can’t. 716413
Reposted by Fred Wittingaustin @aparker.io · 29/08/2026what i _do_ think needs to change is collaborative development and community formation, though. and it is regrettable, because i think we have to impose more friction here and it’s mostly because agents are an attention ddos. 3546
Reposted by Fred WittingMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It’s the alfalfa, stupid How does the USA — a relatively water-rich country — have a huge western water crisis? In the most arid part of the country we’ve assigned the majority of the water to low-value agriculture rather than cities & suburbs. www.slowboring.com/p/the-wester... 1011822
Reposted by Fred WittingAlaa Al Khourdajie @dralaaclimate.bsky.social · 17/08/20269/12 Two issues to reflect on. First, a feasibility feedback loop: the deeper the overshoot, the more it erodes the finance, institutions and land needed for the carbon removal that ends it. 2195
Reposted by Fred WittingSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 13/08/2026"High temperatures have meant London Ambulance Service (LAS) was busier in June than it was during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic." www.bbc.co.uk/news/a... 518579
Reposted by Fred WittingPatrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Oh, nothing really. It's just that the food we need to live is cooking in the ground. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comPotatoes ‘boil’ in the ground as record heatwave sweeps across swathes of AsiaSouth Korean farmers are suffering in record heat, as Hong Kong reports its highest ever temperature and Japan swelters through newly designated ‘cruelly hot’ days 9243130
Reposted by Fred WittingDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Here's a stat that never ceases to blow my mind 🤯: "Over the long lifetime of CO2 in the atmosphere, the cumulative CO2-radiative forcing exceeds the amount of energy released upon combustion by a factor >100,000." That's not a typo!agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comTime scales and ratios of climate forcing due to thermal versus carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuelsThe Earth is heated both by thermal energy and by CO2 greenhouse effect Time scales and ratios of warming from thermal versus CO2 are quantified Approximately 1% of net anthropogenic climate forcin... 44920
Reposted by Fred WittingSarastro @financeguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This is an auction for 1GW of firm (I.e 24/7/365) renewables plus batteries. At US 5.5 us $ cents /kWh it is the lowest price that has ever been achieved, reflecting the falling costs of battery and solar costs. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/10/s...pv-magazine.comIndia's round-the-clock renewables tender attracts lowest bid of $0.055/kWh - pv magazine GlobalThe Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has discovered a lowest tariff of INR 5.25/kWh in its tender to procure 1 GW of firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) on a round-the-clock (RTC) basis fr... 16010
Reposted by Fred WittingDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026New lifecycle study in the journal Science concludes: there are substantial climate benefits to swapping an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle for an electric vehicle (EV), *even if the ICE vehicle is brand new.* Even if it's a brand new hybrid!science.orgThe climate benefits of retiring a fully operational internal combustion engine vehicleInternal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles represent the single largest source of carbon dioxide emissions for most US households. Although battery electric vehicles (BEVs) considerably reduce use-phas... 15337116
Reposted by Fred WittingWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 08/08/2026#OtD 8 Aug 1845 UK Parliament passed an enclosure act taking away public land and appointing officials who could enclose more land without approval from MPs – one of 5,000 such acts passed. This dispossession created the working class stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1076... 313563
Reposted by Fred Witting/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Baby beavers born in Scotland's 'most beautiful glen' for the first time in 400 years share.google/wyHc2nND754q...share.googleBaby beavers born in Scotland's 'most beautiful glen' for the first time in 400 yearsThere are known to be at least two beaver kits in the Highlands. 594026619
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I love learning something new every day. Today’s was wonderful. 100
Reposted by Fred WittingBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Forget not being able to see the future, most people can’t even see the past. 317216
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I’d love to see the current bunch of UK builders reach these quality and design levels. Our housing stock is SO boring. 000
Reposted by Fred WittingBloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 01/07/2026The heatwave hitting the US right now needs to be taken seriously. Climate columnist @markgongloff.bsky.social has advice on staying cool and how to detect heat exhaustion 🎥 36133
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I trained a flock of birds to shit in the reflecting pool to start the algae bloom 100
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 25/06/2026@danneidle.bsky.social Would Farage have to income pay tax on that 5M gift? If not. Does that mean we can all receive a “payment for a job”. Re label it as gift if the giver is up for it and willing to sign the necessary and move on? 220
Reposted by Fred WittingJohn Butler @jbsustbuild.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Or - if outside air is cooler than extract air in summer - you can bypass the heat exchanger and bring the cooler air in. At all times filtered fresh air is supplied, CO2 and moisture laden air is extracted. In a house without MVHR, closed up to keep heat out, CO2 builds and causes fatigue. 021
Reposted by Fred WittingScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Morten Mørland, The Times 22410
Reposted by Fred WittingAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026. 236168357553
Reposted by Fred WittingJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey has unveiled a billboard campaign across the UK to mark the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum today. The billboards call out Reform leader Nigel Farage’s £5 million "reward for campaigning for Brexit, whilst people across the country feel the pinch." 281456661
Reposted by Fred WittingChris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 20/06/2026This is a fascinating discovery. For the first time, a study has shown that older mice given a transplant of gut microbiomes from younger animals boost their brain plasticity. This means their brains are better able to adapt to changes. 🧪 #health #microbiomes www.newscientist.com/article/2531...newscientist.comFaecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act young againOlder mice that received a faecal microbiome transplant from younger animals went on to have improved brain plasticity, which suggests their brains could overcome a neurological condition that is typi... 1818745
Reposted by Fred WittingSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Labour won by 20 points and net immigration is down by over 80% in two years. But sure write your column again. 1583729801
Reposted by Fred WittingAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra 1629888
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The key here should be algorithmic feeds with owner control vs not. Basically. Can they be a propaganda machine or not. I think Uk gov are a little off. Or maybe I don’t know enough about some of these platforms. Reddit for example. What’s that doing here. 010
Reposted by Fred WittingTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/04/2026my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 4647811697
Reposted by Fred WittingÓscar el Chiquitín @oscarsumano.bsky.social · 06/06/2026@twonks.bsky.social 9513101
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Wow. I’ve the tiniest London home. I can fit 4 panels only. With old outputs, 4 panel install costs vs output didn’t make sense. We’re getting to a point where adding 4 might. 010
Reposted by Fred WittingMichael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Let's look inside. #biobased #renewablematerial #strawhouse #carbonstorage 🧵 1/ of a lot, be sure to like and share this post so others can see that climate adaptive building is in the pipeline for elderly people, child care and social housing e.g. 35830
Reposted by Fred WittingJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The biohackers subreddit banned all posts about peptides and HRT because peptide companies were spamming + manipulating the sub in order to manipulate Google AI and ChatGPT answers. Very insidious industry that is drastically changing the internet www.404media.co/companies-ar...404media.coCompanies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI SearchPeptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google. 402664942
Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 03/06/2026“in pursuit of the familiar, the Democratic Party all but passed the baton back to reactionaries working toward something revolutionary.” A very good read 000
Reposted by Fred WittingJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 02/06/2026the framing about 401ks is a little weird but the actual story is more interesting: Musk is somehow getting the not-yet IPO’ed SpaceX stock forced into the indexes so that if you hold an index fund, you hold SpaceX, which would be fine if SpaceX was qualified for inclusion, but it does not. 19997346