Reposted by King_KlongDoug Bamford @dougbamford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Critics bang on about the cost of the energy transition, while ignoring the massive savings on fossil fuels (as well as avoiding pollution) that results from those energy investments. 112
Reposted by King_KlongGavin Alexander @gavin83bay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Quite an achievement to get the man's name wrong twice in the same post. 34720154
Reposted by King_KlongMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026Tell me again that climate change is a hoax. 221025375
Reposted by King_KlongTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A bit insane that councils have written to the Chancellor to complain that a new tax targeting wealthier home owners means the wealthier home owners in their boroughs will have to pay more tax "This tax has a disproportionate impact on our residents" I mean, yes? That's the point?thetimes.comMansion tax ‘as bad as 1696 window tax’, councils tell HealeyFour London boroughs have written to the chancellor to oppose the charge on high-value homes 022926
Reposted by King_KlongDuncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Rod Hull, time traveller. Villa Romana Del Casale. 231350328
Reposted by King_KlongBen Zaranko @benzaranko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Treasury announced last week that for the first time in more than 20 years, it’s changing the single most economically significant, philosophically contentious number in government: the discount rate. Why? And why does it matter? My latest newsletter: observer.co.uk/news/politic...observer.co.uk‘Project tram’ v ‘Project pothole’: why the government is...The single most economically significant, philosophically contentious number in government is being changed for the first time since 2003 2175
Reposted by King_KlongDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115623176
Reposted by King_KlongDoug Bamford @dougbamford.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Really pleased that the UK National Climate Emergency Briefing film will be shown in our lecture theatre at @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk 2nd November 2026, 7-9pm. It is on the map here along with all the other showings: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map Free entry but booking required. 🙂 #PEBUKnebriefing.orgNational Emergency BriefingFind a People's Emergency Briefing screening near you, or spot a gap that you can fill by hosting a screening. 011
Reposted by King_KlongPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Brexiters: people who think Britain still rules the world, but at the same time is too insignificant to have any impact on climate change. 519243
Reposted by King_KlongM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026My beef with Morrissey runs all the way back to 1986 when he said this about Black artists. Nineteen Eighty Six, while the Smiths were still active. It’s not a “later phenomenon” don’t try and lie to me www.standard.co.uk/culture/musi... 1502996765
Reposted by King_KlongDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Dang they really got a category for everything 203285745477
Reposted by King_KlongAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Has any other politician ever called a by-election on an explicitly anti-transparency, pro-sleaze ticket before? 511817437
Reposted by King_KlongRhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 26/06/2026Ten years ago today I saw this van in a car park and I think about Topcret and Baxab surprisingly often 1414824
Reposted by King_KlongAngus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 26/06/2026More than anything right now, I wish to experience the sweet, cooling relief of being tossed into a chest freezer by an errant emu. 621574
Reposted by King_Klongkim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 08/06/2026basketball’s all like gimme that pumpkin i need it and tennis is all like fuck this lemon you take it. 272452658
Reposted by King_KlongThe London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"30 women have been murdered in Northern Ireland in the last six years - not one road was closed, not one protest. What was the connection? They were murdered by white locals." 111337617
Reposted by King_KlongRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Just noting that when Sarah Everard was kidnapped and murdered by a police officer and a vigil held for her on Clapham Common, Farage urged people not to attack men or the police. 351233487
Reposted by King_KlongCaptKarnstein @captkarnstein.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Wes Streeting, Angela Raynor, and Andy Burham prepare for Labour leadership fight. 12504145
Reposted by King_KlongBrenda O'Neill @guessweredone.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Why does it look like Rachel Reeves is officiating a wedding between Keir Starmer and Gordon Brown 391241239
Reposted by King_KlongWarren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/03/2026How can this go on for another 3 years? 197106783834
King_Klong @longecon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Harvesting the last of the winter curly kale as it starts to bolt. Will go nicely in a sweet potato curry tonight 000
Reposted by King_KlongAlexander Fox @alexanderfox1.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I simply refuse to believe this isn’t a Chris Morris sketch: 781830452
Reposted by King_KlongAlan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 02/03/2026So loads of people are sharing an obvious ai "glow up" of an actual photo. I never share ai stuff even to dunk, but in this case I'm sharing a comparison to show the problem. We have to stand against this slop at every level or it becomes normalised. They want us to stop caring. See alt text. 802306735
Reposted by King_KlongStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Every ad now 8271793089
Reposted by King_KlongIain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery. 14390662341
Reposted by King_KlongAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20/01/2026“business could falter without customers” 321082119
Reposted by King_KlongJoanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 15/01/2026Happy 25th birthday, @wikipedia.org! 🎂 The first edit in Wikipedia's database, to HomePage, was made on January 15, 2001, at 19:27 (UTC), and stated in its entirety "This is the new WikiPedia!" Over 65 million articles across 300+ languages. Here's to many more 🎉 #Wikipedia25 🧪 0399
Reposted by King_KlongJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 15/01/2026The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”. 421948575
Reposted by King_KlongJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram. 1172367706
Reposted by King_KlongKeith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it. 4212685110163
Reposted by King_KlongSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 10/07/2025MEDIA STUDIES: How the Times bungled its coverage of the OBR report on climate change & UK govt debt Yesterday's newspaper reported a major shift: "The OBR now thinks…net-zero will have a far more damaging impact on borrowing…" In fact, the OBR had said the opposite! 1/6 12214133
Reposted by King_KlongKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 10/07/2025i dno, maybe time to let it go 1621773235
Reposted by King_KlongDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 23/06/2025From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax." 18853293
Reposted by King_KlongKevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 12/06/2025On the Today programme, Kemi Badenoch tells Emma Barnett: “You are asking questions that are changing the very focus of what it is I’m talking about.” Yes, that’s how interviews work. 551162202
Reposted by King_KlongJack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 08/06/2025sometimes when I'm sad I go on my photos from seven years ago from a holiday to Portugal when I saw two stuffed lions who look like Neil and Christine Hamilton 331519265
Reposted by King_KlongJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 26/05/2025MAGA agenda spreading to Tesco. 219418
Reposted by King_KlongJoanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 12/05/2025Pet parrots were taught to do video calls, and it was a hit. The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots. Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare. 🧪🦜 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 742641544
Reposted by King_KlongJess Ralston @jessralston.bsky.social · 14/04/2025🚨Some major errors & misleading claims from experienced presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today, when discussing British Steel with Treasury Minister James Murray I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme, and Robinson sticks to the facts in future. Here's what he got wrong... 🧵 861145631
Reposted by King_KlongOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen 8859112228452
King_Klong @longecon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Happy Shrove Tuesday to all who celebrate. Kept it traditional this year with sugar and lemon 020
King_Klong @longecon.bsky.social · 26/01/2025What an impressive endeavour by three eager young scientists www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comThe framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on filmThree young scientists set traps to capture and film species of special concern in move that can help conserve the shrew 010
Reposted by King_KlongDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 25/01/2025"A strange assumption has taken hold, including in the chattering classes: that there is a trade-off between good things like regulatory protections, and economic growth" A long standing UK problem. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comLabour’s decision to muzzle regulators in the name of ‘growth’ will backfire horribly | Nicolas ShaxsonThe Competition and Markets Authority is the strongest line of defence against monopolies, so its change in leadership really matters, writes the journalist Nicholas Shaxson 1226395
King_Klong @longecon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Trying something new for dinner tonight: vegetarian empanandas with bravas, guacamole and salsa dips. With @dougbamford.bsky.social 120
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JANET:
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LIZ:
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LIZ:
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[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
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[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
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[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
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