Reposted by Jamie Risnerfoaming pipe snake @guntoucher.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"snowpiercer is trying to say that class societ-" WRONG, snowpiercer is saying that it even in the worst circumstances that it kicks ass to be on a train 394614785
Reposted by Jamie RisnerGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Let me try this once more. It was a choice. EITHER the Greens adopted a slogan. OR they could have joined the next govt, where they could push for an end to arms sales, sanctions, support for the arrest warrants etc. It was never going to be both. Which one makes a material difference? #GazaGenocide 243935130
Reposted by Jamie Risnerworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10261021709
Reposted by Jamie RisnerSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This mindset is the least we deserve from a leader. Of course it has to be turned into action. But this kind of ambition and love for the country, this kind of personal but positive vision is what takes people with you. How feeble-minded Farage and Badenoch seem. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 471074247
Reposted by Jamie RisnerKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776512128
Reposted by Jamie RisnerDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger. 442231730
Reposted by Jamie RisnerAlastair Harper @alastairharper.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thomas Edison in 1910. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves on this net zero business, lads 214061
Reposted by Jamie RisnerIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Flicking through a 1976 issue of the NME and discovered this incredible couple of pars. Lesson right here for any commentator talking too confidently about the present day. 3129428
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJamie Douglass @jamesldouglass.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Just don't get a penguin to do your due diligence. Expert swimmers, atrocious fact-checkers 17863156
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It's not going to become 'the norm' though, is it? That's what so fucking terrifying about it. It's going to become a lot worse, very quickly. 1016961
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I have known Le Porge since I was a child. Much of it is now ash. We were warned this would come. We kept burning fossil fuels anyway. Adapting to this is not a plan. Stopping the cause is. 30657286
Reposted by Jamie RisnerAdam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Cities dismantled their tram networks to become “motor cities of the future”. The result? You could travel further within 30 mins via public transport in 1957 than you can in 2026. Cities are seeking billions to rebuild networks. Incredible piece of work this. 11672284
Jamie Risner @jamierisner.bsky.social · 18/07/2026"Ball possession is not in our DNA like it is in the Spanish DNA or the Argentinian or Brazilian DNA,” Tuchel said after the game. 100% disqualifying www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comTuchel would rather put down the English game than admit to his own cowardice | Jonathan LiewEngland’s coach said ball possession is not in the team’s DNA – it’s an opinion that should disqualify him from the job 000
Reposted by Jamie RisnerMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 15/07/2026[boldly] I just don't think the British government needs to have Shabana Mahmood in it, I think we managed fine without her and we can just keep going without her, it's fine, Andy Burnham doesn't need to find a space for her in cabinet, there are other MPs 461136182
Reposted by Jamie RisnerAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Just sharing one of my most Burnham-friendly old pieces: Lots of Little Things. In which I argue that the key to economic growth is doing lots of little things well - and that devolving more of those things to local areas is a good way to do that…acjsissons.medium.comLots of little things: what if there are no big answers to productivity growth?One of the core problems with UK policy-making is that it is dominated by a quest for big, elegant, all-solving ideas that can fix… 1153
Reposted by Jamie RisnerIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Really pleased that Morgan McSweeney has finally discovered that it's better to prepare for government. Thanks for that mate, nice one. Lucky there wasn't a lot riding on it, or you'd really have fucked up inews.co.uk/opinion/hard...inews.co.ukStarmer’s vacuous sidekick has just admitted something truly devastatingIan Dunt: Labour attacked the Tories for governing like drunken clowns and then did the exact same thing 881145254
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 29/06/20268) Double down on net zero, but as economic policy not climate policy. Stop talking about net zero and start talking about electrification. UK was fast to digital tech where others clung to fax machines; now it is fast to electric industry where others cling to clunky old fossil fuels. Own it. 617432
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 29/06/20263) Move the capital to Manchester. I've been banging on about this for almost a decade (see below) but the point stands: devolution is good but creating a viable second centre to UK would be much, much better. www.economist.com/bagehots-not...economist.comThe pragmatic case for moving Britain’s capital to ManchesterThe vast Victorian complex by the Thames is in a dreadful state 107011
Jamie Risner @jamierisner.bsky.social · 29/06/2026We need to start working on this seriously in the UK. Local Councils will need to manage equitable disconnection of the gas grids 000
Reposted by Jamie RisnerAllan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Not to obsess over decentralisation but I think fundamentally the UK Government's approach to local government reform in England is paradoxically neither small nor big enough, when compared with pretty much any other country outside these (very bad at local government) islands. 5304
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Elledge had won the war against himself. He loved Big Burnham. 71727
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Yeah. It's just words, so far, but man it's nice to hear them. 1221
Reposted by Jamie RisnerLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 28/06/2026As a proud northerner I’ve been depressed but not surprised by ridiculous and patronising responses to the idea of moving parts of our painfully centralised government out of Westminster People are talking about powerhouse global cities as if they are parochial villages in middle earth A rant 👇liverpoolecho.co.ukResponse to Burnham's northern plans is depressingly predictableHysterical and patronising reactions to putative Prime Minister's plans to move parts of government up north show exactly why such changes are needed, writes Liam Thorp 3531175
Reposted by Jamie RisnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I am genuinely excited about a PM who will be serious about devolution. If done right it could give people more sense of control about their locality; free up Whitehall to focus on big strategic issues; and make it harder for a future national govt to burn everything down. 61763103
Reposted by Jamie RisnerHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 29/06/2026Very relatable. If you want to get a heat pump, don't wait until your boiler fails! 8346
Reposted by Jamie RisnerCarlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 12/06/2026Reminder, this “Blessing of the Bicycles” is tomorrow outside St. Paul’s Cathedral. 2449
Reposted by Jamie RisnerContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Yearly Murmuration of Starlings in Rome are incredibly adaptable songbirds known for their mesmerizing, synchronized aerial acrobatics, exceptional vocal mimicry, and shifting, shimmering plumage 17160401161
Reposted by Jamie RisnerGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026It's amazing how many posts and stories like this you see. E-bikes are revolutionizing transportation, enabling people to go more places without cars, and there's an all-out assault to kill them. 71268201
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Heating oil prices in the UK have trebled in a week. 2 million homes, no price cap protection, no warning. Heat pumps + solar are multiple times more efficient, don’t require an oil tank and oil deliveries and are an insurance against such frightening price spikes. 1125776
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 09/03/2026No rush lads, it's not like you've only got three years until the next election to demonstrate material change or anything.planningresource.co.ukGovernment pushes publication of revised NPPF back from spring to summer 0111
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 08/03/2026I feel like given events in the Middle East, if I were the government I would want to be a bit more ambitious than planning to approve one (1) small modular reactor by the end of the Parliament. 2173
Reposted by Jamie RisnerTom Forth @tomforth.co.uk · 02/01/2026"Welcome to Decline" -- still one of my favourite graphs from last year. In the late 1970s, Britain's economic fate very clearly split in two. How much you blame Thatcher will depend on your politics, but her leadership is useful to understand the timing. tomforth.co.uk/welcometodec... 45433
Reposted by Jamie RisnerAdam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Anyone with time on their hands that would like to run some numbers on this (or the comparable Bristol schemes) might find themselves wondering about a lot of elements of the British state... 063
Reposted by Jamie RisnerBen Meakin @bnmkn.bsky.social · 09/08/2025(Men's) football is shitttt change my mind 151
Reposted by Jamie RisnerJohn Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Even the miasma people thought anti-vaxxers were nuts. 14712
Reposted by Jamie RisnerDread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 03/08/2025People will be like "I would do anything for my kids!!!" right up until you suggest dropping the speed limit to 20mph. 13640131
Reposted by Jamie RisnerDan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 03/08/2025I really hate incinerators (euphemistically called "energy from waste" or "energy recovery" plants by industry). They gave government, local and national, the option to stop promoting recycling which they duly took; just 44% of waste is recycled, and a rate that has actually fallen in recent years 352
Reposted by Jamie Risnerceej @ceej.online · 27/07/2025when driving on the highway it’s important to at all times have established an enemy 652799357
Reposted by Jamie RisnerMatt Severn @mattsevern.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Best thing for the north would be to make a Yorkshire and a Lancashire on their traditional whole boundaries and make them states equal to Wales in law and practice. Would leave out a few areas including my own, but it would balance power out. 261
Reposted by Jamie RisnerMunicipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Part I of my housing history of Rochdale (HT @wellcomecollection.bsky.social for its great collection of online resources) looks at housing conditions and housing reform before World War II. (Part II looking at post-war housing on Tuesday.) municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/a... 2336
Reposted by Jamie RisnerAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Reposting this piece (from a September heat wave 2 years ago) about how air conditioning could be helpful in tackling climate change. Air con is usually actually a type of heat pump, and can provide efficient, clean heating as well as cooling www.nesta.org.uk/blog/how-air...nesta.org.ukHow air conditioning could help us tackle climate changeHeatwaves always lead to debates about air conditioning. But did you know most air con systems could actually be a green and cost-effective way to heat your home? 74418
Reposted by Jamie RisnerKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 11/07/2025Healthcare workers care a lot about public health, but hospitals that burn fossil fuels pollute the air and climate, putting people at increased risk of illness, disease and death. This article talks about how hospitals can outgrow fossil fuels by fully electrifying their operations.healthcaredesignmagazine.comMaking The Case For All-electric Hospitals: Part 1 - HCD MagazineWith sustainability in mind, Henderson Engineer's Mark Chrisman discusses how all-electric hospitals create more energy-efficient care. 29027
Reposted by Jamie RisnerAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025It continues to shock me that India has a nearly fully electrified rail network and the UK, country that invented railways, has Les than 40% of its network electrified. There are highly polluting diesel trains coming into city centres across the country. Ugh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukFrustration in Sheffield as rail electrification project paused - BBC NewsThe scheme is being halted short of Sheffield on the route to London, Department for Transport says. 47523
Reposted by Jamie RisnerNesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Today we’re launching Start at Home - a first-of-its-kind scheme to boost the heat pump workforce, by supporting newly-trained installers to access a fully-funded heat pump of their own: StartAtHome.org.uk 15524
Reposted by Jamie RisnerRo Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 17/02/2025In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it. 737314065238
Reposted by Jamie RisnerLeo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Good afternoon to nearly everyone! This is another absolute BANGER of a campaign from the wonderful folks at @cleancitiescampaign.org cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/cleancitiescampaign.orgCarspreading: When big cars make our cities smaller.Cars are getting bigger – about 1cm wider every two years. The only thing is, our streets aren’t. 410240
Reposted by Jamie RisnerOliver Lord @olord.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬 That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car. Why? 🧵1/8 47706324