Aidan Skinner
@aidan.skinner.me.uk
No longer has any opinions
"is 16GB enough? not really" is a terrifying discussion to have about RAM. My first work computer had a 10GB hard drive.
January 28, 2026 at 7:53 PM
"is 16GB enough? not really" is a terrifying discussion to have about RAM. My first work computer had a 10GB hard drive.
January 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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What if you could visualise how electricity flows from a wind farm in Scotland to your home in London?
Ok it's not quite that simple, but it got me thinking that there must be a way of visualising the complexity of the electricity transmission grid in Great Britain.
This is my first attempt…
Ok it's not quite that simple, but it got me thinking that there must be a way of visualising the complexity of the electricity transmission grid in Great Britain.
This is my first attempt…
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 PM
What if you could visualise how electricity flows from a wind farm in Scotland to your home in London?
Ok it's not quite that simple, but it got me thinking that there must be a way of visualising the complexity of the electricity transmission grid in Great Britain.
This is my first attempt…
Ok it's not quite that simple, but it got me thinking that there must be a way of visualising the complexity of the electricity transmission grid in Great Britain.
This is my first attempt…
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Oh but it turns out this isn't shares as you might assume, but chance of winning based on Electoral Calculus's model which is uhh not great practice
January 28, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Oh but it turns out this isn't shares as you might assume, but chance of winning based on Electoral Calculus's model which is uhh not great practice
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Thanks to Tom who's decided to share his own material featuring an unusually well proportioned bar chart bsky.app/profile/tomm...
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Thanks to Tom who's decided to share his own material featuring an unusually well proportioned bar chart bsky.app/profile/tomm...
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is attacked with a unknown liquid in a state where Trump has called the Somali community “garbage” and told them to “go back.” Yet the BBC relegates Trump's racist & dehumanising remarks to two lines at the bottom 👇Serious failure of journalism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'I don't let bullies win,' says US congresswoman Omar after substance thrown at her
The Minnesota Democrat was uninjured and continued to speak at her event, after being sprayed with an unidentified liquid.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is attacked with a unknown liquid in a state where Trump has called the Somali community “garbage” and told them to “go back.” Yet the BBC relegates Trump's racist & dehumanising remarks to two lines at the bottom 👇Serious failure of journalism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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Really hoping that this does indeed get resolved fairly and things can move on.
Legal aid is critically important and a decent uplift in fees is the right thing for the Scottish Government to be offering.
#LegalAid #Law
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2580287...
Legal aid is critically important and a decent uplift in fees is the right thing for the Scottish Government to be offering.
#LegalAid #Law
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2580287...
Ministers make major offer to increase legal aid fees to end long running dispute
The Scottish Government has made a major offer to increase legal aid fees in a bid to end a long running dispute with solicitors, The Herald can…
www.heraldscotland.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Really hoping that this does indeed get resolved fairly and things can move on.
Legal aid is critically important and a decent uplift in fees is the right thing for the Scottish Government to be offering.
#LegalAid #Law
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2580287...
Legal aid is critically important and a decent uplift in fees is the right thing for the Scottish Government to be offering.
#LegalAid #Law
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2580287...
Red Button opt out for the dubstep warz 20 year anniversary adverts on 6
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Red Button opt out for the dubstep warz 20 year anniversary adverts on 6
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REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
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"Why, indeed, should we have Members of Parliament at all, when sure we are that MR. BABBAGE would construct a legislating machine, which, in the hands of SIR ROBERT PEEL, would fully answer all the purposes of living senators?"
shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/01...
shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/01...
The absurdity of technocracy
Punch was a satirical magazine first published in Victorian London. It had a long and noble history of poking fun at... well, just about every fashionable idea of the day. Anyone who pricked the pub...
shkspr.mobi
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 AM
"Why, indeed, should we have Members of Parliament at all, when sure we are that MR. BABBAGE would construct a legislating machine, which, in the hands of SIR ROBERT PEEL, would fully answer all the purposes of living senators?"
shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/01...
shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/01...
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GWR mainline out of Exeter has reopened. My on-the-train source tells me it's like riding the train in Spirited Away.
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 AM
GWR mainline out of Exeter has reopened. My on-the-train source tells me it's like riding the train in Spirited Away.
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A commitment to confronting Empire by *checks notes* removing our capability to do so.
Right
Right
The answer is “no”.
Every pound spent on bombs & tanks is money stolen from schools & hospitals.
Anti-imperialism isn’t vibes, it’s a commitment to confronting empire.
If you recognise NATO as an imperialist war machine we should leave immediately, join Your Party: in.yourparty.uk/users/sign_up
Every pound spent on bombs & tanks is money stolen from schools & hospitals.
Anti-imperialism isn’t vibes, it’s a commitment to confronting empire.
If you recognise NATO as an imperialist war machine we should leave immediately, join Your Party: in.yourparty.uk/users/sign_up
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
A commitment to confronting Empire by *checks notes* removing our capability to do so.
Right
Right
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This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is the Bone Marrow Rice with Fermented Daikon from BAO by Erchen Chang, Shing Tat Chung and Wai Ting Chung!
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is the Bone Marrow Rice with Fermented Daikon from BAO by Erchen Chang, Shing Tat Chung and Wai Ting Chung!
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
Is there anything to say for finding an OpenWRT compatible router these days or should I embrace the Ubiquiti lifestyle?
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Is there anything to say for finding an OpenWRT compatible router these days or should I embrace the Ubiquiti lifestyle?
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Oh my god. When I left my ex husband 4 years ago, he stated that he didn't have any friends in Derby, or any contact numbers. I had done all organising of social life and friendships, without realising it! We'd been there 7 years!!
A lot of the Male Loneliness Epidemic can be traced back to the fact that most cis dudes don’t participate in communal logistics.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Oh my god. When I left my ex husband 4 years ago, he stated that he didn't have any friends in Derby, or any contact numbers. I had done all organising of social life and friendships, without realising it! We'd been there 7 years!!
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The Surprising Physics behind Mommy
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The Surprising Physics behind Mommy
I feel like we deserve a sticker or a lollipop for finishing all of our veg box before the new one arrived.
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 AM
I feel like we deserve a sticker or a lollipop for finishing all of our veg box before the new one arrived.
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This is insane, but expected thanks to all that “clarity.”
January 27, 2026 at 8:42 AM
This is insane, but expected thanks to all that “clarity.”
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This also makes me wonder what percent of Katie’s followers know what “liberal democracy” means.
I bet it might be less than half
I bet it might be less than half
January 26, 2026 at 8:40 PM
This also makes me wonder what percent of Katie’s followers know what “liberal democracy” means.
I bet it might be less than half
I bet it might be less than half
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lol in for 2026: reading contracts THOROUGHLY
January 26, 2026 at 6:02 PM
lol in for 2026: reading contracts THOROUGHLY
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VG by @samfr.bsky.social. samf.substack.com/p/who-runs-b... Sorting out UK state is decades of work, but my starting points - echoing some of the failings Sam identifies - are:
1. Replace SPADs with properly-resourced Cabinets on the European model, loosen the link with Departments and promote
1. Replace SPADs with properly-resourced Cabinets on the European model, loosen the link with Departments and promote
Who runs Britain?
The paradox of executive power
samf.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
VG by @samfr.bsky.social. samf.substack.com/p/who-runs-b... Sorting out UK state is decades of work, but my starting points - echoing some of the failings Sam identifies - are:
1. Replace SPADs with properly-resourced Cabinets on the European model, loosen the link with Departments and promote
1. Replace SPADs with properly-resourced Cabinets on the European model, loosen the link with Departments and promote
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Historically, uprisings in the Gulag system in the USSR achieved actual reform and results
An uprising broke out at an immigrant jail in southern Texas on Saturday, with around 1,000 immigrants detained in the facility — many of them children — chanting “Libertad” and “Let us go,” according to an attorney who witnessed the event.
Immigrant Children Lead Uprising at Texas Detention Center
The immigrant jail, where many children are detained, has “horrible” conditions, including “putrid” drinking water.
truthout.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Historically, uprisings in the Gulag system in the USSR achieved actual reform and results
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I have long noticed that it sucks at its main task of parsing resumes into a web form -- but it SUPER SUCKS for long resumes. And who has long resumes? People with long careers.
January 26, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I have long noticed that it sucks at its main task of parsing resumes into a web form -- but it SUPER SUCKS for long resumes. And who has long resumes? People with long careers.