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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 7h

You can see the CEOs salivating over the chance to become bigger than government and rule it rather than the other way around.

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 9h

I 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.

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 10h

I 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.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Frankly 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

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 08/09/2026

Also? 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.

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The 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.

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Dirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UK

A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I 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.

UK 30-year gilts down to the sub-5.8% they opened this week.

UK 10-year gilts down to the sub-5.1% they opened this week.

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Moisés Jauregui-Sanchez @moisesjauregui.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Lo 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.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 04/12/2025

Who 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.

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Economic systems, such as Capitalism, don't invent, create or build anything.
Workers do (See Soviet Space
Program). The "isms" only determine who gets compensated.
Nor does capitalism spur innovation; the pursuit of new ideas is fundamental to humanity, and takes place regardless of the economic system in place.
Inventions like rocketry, the internet, space travel, GPS, mobile phones, vaccines, were all developed under public funding.

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austin @aparker.io · 29/08/2026

what 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.

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wow. I’ve got to go read this book.

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’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...

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Alaa Al Khourdajie @dralaaclimate.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

9/12 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.

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Simon 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...

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Sarastro @financeguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This 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...

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India's round-the-clock renewables tender attracts lowest bid of $0.055/kWh - pv magazine Global

The 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...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026

New 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!

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The climate benefits of retiring a fully operational internal combustion engine vehicle

Internal 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...

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Working 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...

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I love learning something new every day. Today’s was wonderful.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Forget not being able to see the future, most people can’t even see the past.

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I’d love to see the current bunch of UK builders reach these quality and design levels. Our housing stock is SO boring.

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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 01/07/2026

The 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 🎥

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I trained a flock of birds to shit in the reflecting pool to start the algae bloom

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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?

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John Butler @jbsustbuild.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Or - 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.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Morten Mørland, The Times

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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

When 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.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Lib 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."

Lib Dem billboard of Nigel Farage laughing, captioned "Ten years on… do you feel better off?" above a Telegraph headline "Farage: I was given £5m as a reward for Brexit". Orange Lib Dem placards in the foreground.

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Chris Simms @chrisnsimms.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

This 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...

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Faecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act young again

Older 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...

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Labour won by 20 points and net immigration is down by over 80% in two years. But sure write your column again.

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Cracking way to start the day.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The 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.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage.
A woman answers the door.
We have come for the child, says the hooded figure
So soon? she asks
It is time, says the hooded figure.
The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card!
What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure
We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading!
For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness
Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman,
the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them.
Do not cry mother.
I am a writer now.

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Fred Witting @fredwitting.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Wow. 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.

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Let'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.

straw panel building behind a scaffolding

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The 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...

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Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.

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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

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Literally this

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

the 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.

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