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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 34m

@smmt-ukauto.bsky.social have published UK new car registrations in September. BEV market share since April has been above 26% every month. If sales follow a similar trajectory as for previous years last quarter we will see sales 30% and above for the rest of the year.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."

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The Vulkan Working Group @vulkan.org · 29/09/2026

New Sample - Shader Quad Control Shader Quad Control. See how VK_KHR_shader_quad_control lets fragment shaders share values across 2x2 quads for more stable derivatives and texture LOD. Check it out: docs.vulkan.org/samples/late... #Vulkan #GraphicsProgramming #GPU #Shaders

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Untitled :: Vulkan Documentation Project

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Terry @retroterry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Everybody #VOTE on November 3. Everybody! This is how we break the Republican stranglehold on our government and reject their cult of fascism. #VoteOutEveryRepublican #VoteOutTheGOP #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #resist

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.

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Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

To this comparison I would add only one allows you to take advantage of variable tariffs, home solar and batteries. Only one completely removes local air pollution - both in the house and neighborhood. Heat pumps are the solution to so many issues and are cheapest to run too.

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Lewis Standing @lewis-standing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

youtu.be/0XqkvbCk_lc Is @octopus.energy still the best EV tariff on the market? Or does anyone else have longer off peak periods, and cheaper prices? Should I say bonjour to #EDF…?

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EV Tariff Update : should I leave Octopus?

YouTube video by EV & Renewables with Lewis

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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sportswashing is an oily stain on our sports. We campaign for all running events drop high-carbon sponsors. We’ve identified 41 races with high-carbon sponsors. 24 gas & oil, 14 airline & three car manufacturers. No doubt we’ve missed many more. @badvertising.bsky.social

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Sportswashing: Drop polluting sponsors - The Green Runners CIC

The Green Runners say that taking sponsorship money from high-carbon industries to support a running event or fund local charities isn’t ethical. We’ve called

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 456 - September 20th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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The Vulkan Working Group @vulkan.org · 21/09/2026

New Sample – Descriptor Heap This sample renders textured cubes to demonstrate VK_EXT_descriptor_heap, which replaces the traditional descriptor set and pool workflow with a memory-centric one where descriptor data is written directly into heap memory. docs.vulkan.org/samples/late... #vulkan #code

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Descriptor heap :: Vulkan Documentation Project

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Jikes. Really not looking forward to what the impact will be of such a strong El Niño.

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chrisjardine.energy @chrisjardineenergy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've studied solar energy for decades, but I never thought of looking underwater. Perovskite cells can be tuned to the blue-green light that penetrates water, reaching ~34% conversion efficiency at 10 m depth. Potential uses: sensors, cameras and underwater vehicles.

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Octopus Energy @octopus.energy · 18/09/2026

😁 Weekend Happy Hours Reminder 😁 Remember to book in your slot and get your free power this weekend! Show us what you get up to using the hashtag #OctopusHappyHours 🤳 Each Weekend Happy Hour gives you up to 16kWh of free power. That's enough to light up a stadium! More info 👉 online dashboard

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

These super high satisfaction figures resonate with my own experience of living with a BEV. Our MG5 is fun to drive, cheap to run and massively reduces pollution getting from A to B. Best car we've ever owned - because it's fully electric.

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The Vulkan Working Group @vulkan.org · 15/09/2026

New Sample - Swapchain Present Timing The sample queries past presentation timing information and uses the last known display time along with the swapchain’s refresh cycle duration to predict when the next frame should be presented. docs.vulkan.org/samples/late... #vulkan #sample #swapchain

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Swapchain Present Timing :: Vulkan Documentation Project

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good day to recirculate our paper on how to respond to the 2026 energy crisis, which we published nearly 6 months ago… www.nesta.org.uk/report/how-t...

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How to respond to the energy crisis

How the government can respond to an energy crisis by reducing reliance on oil and gas

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Kudos to @volkswagen.bsky.social for building a super efficient concept vehicle. It's 55kWh battery is capable of taking the car over 1400km (870miles) thanks to it's efficient design: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwah... Would love to see production vehicles built on these principles.

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Volkswagen Mission Efficiency | Three World Records for Efficiency and Aerodynamics

YouTube video by Volkswagen News

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Angela Francis @angelaisfranc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Watch this! Tessa Khan brilliantly sets out why we need to take this opportunity to build the UK energy system and industrial policy around renewables. Despite what the oil and gas lobby say, there is no industrial or economic benefit from delay, only more costs and risks youtu.be/IUBc1fDySqg?...

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The Next Economic Shock Is Coming. Green Energy Is The Only Way Out | Aaron Bastani Meets Tessa Khan

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 454 - September 6th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Republicans’ midterm convention last night featured Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for creating a digital drug market. He’s one of the many white collar criminals pardoned by Trump, oftentimes in exchange for hefty donations. Here’s what you need to know.

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Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme

Corporate executives who defraud nursing homes? Pardoned.Reality TV stars who evade millions in taxes? Pardoned.Thousand

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What do we need to do to deal with the firehouse of lies from dishonest and corrupt politicians? Fact check them. Share those fact checks. Make sure that media and other politicians know how to differentiate facts from shilling for the fossil fuel industry.

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Life threatening consequences of heat-waves aren't just the acute issues caused by the heat & humidity, they can be due to delayed treatment. Clearly the NHS will need to upgrade hospitals to cope with heat-waves even worse than the ones this Spring & Summer. We also need to reduce emissions fast.

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Khronos Group @thekhronosgroup.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

-- Khronos Safety Critical Survey -- Help shape the future of safety-critical GPU acceleration! Khronos is collecting requirements for Vulkan SC, SYCL SC & OpenGL SC. Survey closes Friday, Oct. 2. www.surveymonkey.com/r/8L6LPN2 #safetycritical #SYCL #Vulkan #OpenGL

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saschawillems.bsky.social @saschawillems.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer 4.13 released @vulkan.org . Better late than never, this version adds support for additional format feature flags introduced with VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2. Note that the database will need some time to catch up. Download at vulkan.gpuinfo.org/download.php

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Download - Vulkan Hardware Database by Sascha Willems

Vulkan GPU hardware database

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Turns out in India the best pairing with intermittent solar is not coal thermal plants used intermittently but batteries. This is a lesson for those who want to back up Wind and Solar with Nuclear thermal plants. Thermal cycles create stress and fatigue, increasing maintenance and costs.

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 453 - August 30th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In 3 years Vietnam has gone from almost no BEV sales to half the market. Maintain this rate of transition and they will have transitioned new car sales to fully BEV by the end of this decade.

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@smmt-ukauto.bsky.social have posted their UK new car registration data for August and electrified cars all show big gains with BEVs staying ahead of s-curve that would see BEV with over 50% share before the January 2028.

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

These X looking transition curves are known logistics curves. Real world data shown here is noisy for a range of reasons such as COVID, supply chain issues, effects of legislation etc. Despite all of these factors we are still seeing a similar story across markets, transition is happening.

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Once lockdowns were lifted and supply chains improved the ICE sales bounced back to nearer production capacity, but BEV sales were already near production capacity even during lockdowns so the market share swung rapidly back to pre-covid levels. The shift to BEV since has been more gradual.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

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Keith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Proposal: the energy transition needs to be sold (to public and politicians) as a package deal. Synergies between renewables, batteries, grid upgrades, heat-pumps, electric vehicles, retrofit, get us to clean, secure energy cheaper, faster and smoother when we embrace the whole package.

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I too have noticed AI "assisted" PR/issues. It's not a healthy trend. Understanding the nature of software development issues is hard, but it's an essential step in resolving them completely. Verbose AI babble drowns the signal with noise, it's just makes a hard task more difficult.

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A few thoughts after reading this Guardian piece: 1. Europe has had a brutal summer: extreme heat, wildfires, record temperatures and deaths linked to the heat. ...and yet you barely hear many political leaders talking about climate change. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Why are European leaders staying silent after our summer of climate shock?

Lethal temperatures and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

And we have a new all-time record warm *absolute* temperature for the oceans, according to ERA5 (which goes back to 1940): August 21st likely marked the warmest Sea Surface Temperatures have been for the entire Holocene period. Should be major news!

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Glyn Hudson @glynhudson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I've finally published the update video on my home heat pump on YouTube, it takes me so long to edit these😅 youtu.be/Vu8bXFJuePs

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How My Heat Pump Saved Me £1,400 vs Oil (OpenEnergyMonitor Data)

YouTube video by Glyn Hudson

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The way I'd frame the issue is not inflation caused by climate change but link it directly to Inflation caused by inaction on stopping chronic fossil fuel pollution.

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Underplaying the cost of climate change and adaptation to it seems endemic.lnin business and institutions. Not only does this leave us woefully unprepared for the consequences but also diminishes the urgency and value of reducing emissions.

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

For the last 3 months I have been busy improving handling of very large paged databases and support for task/mesh shaders in the VulkanSceneGraph projects. Further information about this work and the developer releases I made today can be found on the project forum: github.com/vsg-dev/Vulk...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 20/08/2026

NEW – Factcheck: 10 flaws in the Conservative report on ‘cheap power’ | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/nrChFfc

Conservative shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho during a press conference on 19 August 2026. Credit: Stefan Rousseau / Alamy Stock Photo

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What an udderly fantastic use of heat pump!

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#BBC article on research into affects of low emissions zones: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... While this research is focused on children, everyone will benefit from lower pollution. My take: lowering pollution leads better health & quality of life -> lower NHS costs & higher productivity.

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Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

EMERGENCY EPISODE: Harmeet Dhillon just announced the DOJ will deploy 1,000 election observers for the midterms. The DOJ wants you to think this is business as usual, but I break down why this deployment is laying the groundwork for what comes after Election Day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZjB...

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BREAKING: Trump DOJ Announces 1,000 Monitors to Watch You Vote

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Keith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Andy Burnham says drilling for more oil is pragmatic because "we will continue to burn oil for years to come". You might think, "oh, he's done the sums". But no. Globally, oil production plans vastly outstrip our planned oil consumption.

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

@mygridgb.bsky.social has this excellent UK historical annual grid generation plot, that illustrates how the UK has transitioned from being dominated by Coal and Gas generation: www.mygridgb.co.uk/historicalda... Would love to see the ordered left to right from low to high gCO2/kWh sources.

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 450 - August 9th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's almost as if each Super El Niño is warmer than the last? 🧐

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Robert Osfield @robertosfield.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"The science is clear, why isn't the journalism?" My take is media isn't functioning as it should. It's all too often functioning more as a mouth piece for the oil and gas industry. Alas politicians, especially on the right, are also pushing the same anti-science, climate change denying lies.

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