Gavin Deichen
@gdeichen.bsky.social
Climate technology fan. Overthinker. ☕
Trying to understand how everything works.
Often hoping to be wrong.
Trying to understand how everything works.
Often hoping to be wrong.
Pinned
Gavin Deichen
@gdeichen.bsky.social
· Oct 15
Hey, anyone who's out there, I'd like you to think about one thing…
Big changes are possible. We can fix things. We can make things better. Hard problems, wicked problems even, can be resolved, if we have sufficient resolve.
Don't dismiss the difficult as impossible.
Big changes are possible. We can fix things. We can make things better. Hard problems, wicked problems even, can be resolved, if we have sufficient resolve.
Don't dismiss the difficult as impossible.
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
THIS, YES
It's not illegal to use the right toilets and no one should adhere to Mary-Ann Stephenson's headmistressly call to "follow rules" that serve no good purpose, breach the UK's human rights obligations, will be bad for all women, and debase trans dignity. Make her appoint her sodding toilet police.
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
THIS, YES
Amazing - the anti-wind turbine movement in the US was achieved due to the perseverance of one man, who actually believes in man made climate change, but just thinks off-shore wind is expensive, an idea that he seems to have pulled out of his ass and stuck to.
Man this @fieseler.bsky.social long-read for @canarymedia.com is fantastic, and long both due to its length and the fact you will need to walk away from your device, scream into the sky for 5 minutes and return to continue reading
So much to break down here.....
So much to break down here.....
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
www.canarymedia.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Amazing - the anti-wind turbine movement in the US was achieved due to the perseverance of one man, who actually believes in man made climate change, but just thinks off-shore wind is expensive, an idea that he seems to have pulled out of his ass and stuck to.
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
I don't know if I can clap slowly enough to do this justice.
Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
December 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I don't know if I can clap slowly enough to do this justice.
What does Rupert Murdoch want?
I've never been able to figure out if he's primarily a businessman, or if the stupifying effect of most of his news media was the ultimate motivation.
I've never been able to figure out if he's primarily a businessman, or if the stupifying effect of most of his news media was the ultimate motivation.
December 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
What does Rupert Murdoch want?
I've never been able to figure out if he's primarily a businessman, or if the stupifying effect of most of his news media was the ultimate motivation.
I've never been able to figure out if he's primarily a businessman, or if the stupifying effect of most of his news media was the ultimate motivation.
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
“The proposes changes represent the biggest overhaul of the immigration system since the Immigration Act 1971. Almost all of the changes will make life worse not just for immigrants but also the British citizens who love them, the universities that teach them and the businesses that employ them.”
New from Free Movement: Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice | Alex Piletska freemovement.org.uk/briefing-the...
Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice - Free Movement
We’ve now had a few weeks to digest the “earned settlement” policy document, which outlines the proposed changes to the settlement system ahead of the public
freemovement.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“The proposes changes represent the biggest overhaul of the immigration system since the Immigration Act 1971. Almost all of the changes will make life worse not just for immigrants but also the British citizens who love them, the universities that teach them and the businesses that employ them.”
There are fanciful elements, but there's a lot of subtle accuracies in The Expanse that make it really satisfying to watch.
www.cbr.com/the-expanse-...
www.cbr.com/the-expanse-...
‘A Wonderful Story’: Prime Video’s Masterpiece Sci-Fi Series Gets High Praise From Space Expert
One of Amazon's biggest sci-fi epics gets high praise from a real-life astrophysicist after diving into the series for a hit interview series.
www.cbr.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
There are fanciful elements, but there's a lot of subtle accuracies in The Expanse that make it really satisfying to watch.
www.cbr.com/the-expanse-...
www.cbr.com/the-expanse-...
Moulin Rouge and A.I. Artificial Intelligence were films that I ended up watching in their entirety but found so mindnumbingly dull that I occasionally have boredom flashbacks.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Moulin Rouge and A.I. Artificial Intelligence were films that I ended up watching in their entirety but found so mindnumbingly dull that I occasionally have boredom flashbacks.
Do people even really have teeth, though? I think it's time for Wes Streeting to commission a lengthy review.
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Do people even really have teeth, though? I think it's time for Wes Streeting to commission a lengthy review.
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
If you have a PhD in literally anything, and no morals, there's never going to be a better time to become a "science" grifter on behalf of the government.
Can you "prove" that poor people should be eating cheaper food, somehow?
Maybe that damp homes are better for your immune system?
Cash in! £
Can you "prove" that poor people should be eating cheaper food, somehow?
Maybe that damp homes are better for your immune system?
Cash in! £
December 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
If you have a PhD in literally anything, and no morals, there's never going to be a better time to become a "science" grifter on behalf of the government.
Can you "prove" that poor people should be eating cheaper food, somehow?
Maybe that damp homes are better for your immune system?
Cash in! £
Can you "prove" that poor people should be eating cheaper food, somehow?
Maybe that damp homes are better for your immune system?
Cash in! £
Surely you'd have to be outlandishly credulous to think that there wasn't already a foregone conclusion that they're working towards, here?
Will Streeting’s review of mental illness, autism and ADHD just be another Sewell or Cass (gaslighting the nation into agreeing with pre-decided government policy/ideology)?
December 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Surely you'd have to be outlandishly credulous to think that there wasn't already a foregone conclusion that they're working towards, here?
I listened to this CD on repeat right up until I left it on the parcel shelf in the back of my MX5 and it melted in the sun.
I think I managed to persuade literally no-one that it was good.
I think I managed to persuade literally no-one that it was good.
the la roux eponymous debut remains a basically perfect album. a grand cultural failure that we didn't all decide this is where music was supposed to be going from 2008 on
La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy
YouTube video by LaRouxVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I listened to this CD on repeat right up until I left it on the parcel shelf in the back of my MX5 and it melted in the sun.
I think I managed to persuade literally no-one that it was good.
I think I managed to persuade literally no-one that it was good.
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
A journey of growing wheat, making high performance wall panels from the leftover straw, and pre-assembling the panels into larger wall segments for one of the biggest biobased buildings in Europe
Large scale biobased construction is here 🌾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4kp...
Large scale biobased construction is here 🌾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4kp...
Productieproces stro gevelpanelen - BESTSELLER
YouTube video by Bouwbedrijf Van de Ven
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A journey of growing wheat, making high performance wall panels from the leftover straw, and pre-assembling the panels into larger wall segments for one of the biggest biobased buildings in Europe
Large scale biobased construction is here 🌾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4kp...
Large scale biobased construction is here 🌾
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4kp...
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Undoubtedly this'll be much more devastating than the gloves on version
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Undoubtedly this'll be much more devastating than the gloves on version
I often find myself trying to actively reimagine the motivation of someone or some group who seem to be doing a bad job of achieving their supposed goal.
David Cameron, for example. What if he always intended to make Britain much worse? Perhaps he's a massive overachiever.
David Cameron, for example. What if he always intended to make Britain much worse? Perhaps he's a massive overachiever.
December 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I often find myself trying to actively reimagine the motivation of someone or some group who seem to be doing a bad job of achieving their supposed goal.
David Cameron, for example. What if he always intended to make Britain much worse? Perhaps he's a massive overachiever.
David Cameron, for example. What if he always intended to make Britain much worse? Perhaps he's a massive overachiever.
It seems kind of risky to be making ever blander media in a world where the technology to make traditional media has got incredibly cheap.
all the mass media conglomerates consolidating into one behemoth megacorp is an interesting business experiment to see how long an entertainment company can survive without making any good shows
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It seems kind of risky to be making ever blander media in a world where the technology to make traditional media has got incredibly cheap.
You honestly couldn't come up with a pair of worse examples to support this line of thinking.
These things absolutely aren't enforced organically and require active, relentless effort that impinges upon the daily lives of almost everyone.
These things absolutely aren't enforced organically and require active, relentless effort that impinges upon the daily lives of almost everyone.
falkner argues the bathroom ban will be self-enforcing
just like *checks notes* . . . traffic laws
just like *checks notes* . . . traffic laws
December 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
You honestly couldn't come up with a pair of worse examples to support this line of thinking.
These things absolutely aren't enforced organically and require active, relentless effort that impinges upon the daily lives of almost everyone.
These things absolutely aren't enforced organically and require active, relentless effort that impinges upon the daily lives of almost everyone.
Mulling over how similar Johnson and Starmer actually are:
- Ruthlessly dishonest
- Lazy; shallow grasp of brief, delegates everything
- Think any reasonable person agrees with them
- Extremely privileged, but pretend not to be
- Terrible communicators
- Plastic patriots
- No discernable values
- Ruthlessly dishonest
- Lazy; shallow grasp of brief, delegates everything
- Think any reasonable person agrees with them
- Extremely privileged, but pretend not to be
- Terrible communicators
- Plastic patriots
- No discernable values
December 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Mulling over how similar Johnson and Starmer actually are:
- Ruthlessly dishonest
- Lazy; shallow grasp of brief, delegates everything
- Think any reasonable person agrees with them
- Extremely privileged, but pretend not to be
- Terrible communicators
- Plastic patriots
- No discernable values
- Ruthlessly dishonest
- Lazy; shallow grasp of brief, delegates everything
- Think any reasonable person agrees with them
- Extremely privileged, but pretend not to be
- Terrible communicators
- Plastic patriots
- No discernable values
What to do when a public service broadcaster becomes a public disservice broadcast?
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What to do when a public service broadcaster becomes a public disservice broadcast?
This has ultimately all been possible because of a weak and pathetic government with no values.
The nasty government before them lost their way badly enough, but even then still had enough about them not to desperately suck up to a bunch of media shits who will never be satisfied.
The nasty government before them lost their way badly enough, but even then still had enough about them not to desperately suck up to a bunch of media shits who will never be satisfied.
For non-Brits: nobody can afford to get sued by revved-up wingnuts and crackpots armed with JK Rowling’s money, and nobody wants to be the next organisation protested by the far right and monstered into the heart of the earth by the world’s most poisonous media outlets. So they are folding.
Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This has ultimately all been possible because of a weak and pathetic government with no values.
The nasty government before them lost their way badly enough, but even then still had enough about them not to desperately suck up to a bunch of media shits who will never be satisfied.
The nasty government before them lost their way badly enough, but even then still had enough about them not to desperately suck up to a bunch of media shits who will never be satisfied.
I'm glad I watched Ex Machina before this, but I really like this interpretation.
youtu.be/s0UAEjsKy4I?...
youtu.be/s0UAEjsKy4I?...
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'm glad I watched Ex Machina before this, but I really like this interpretation.
youtu.be/s0UAEjsKy4I?...
youtu.be/s0UAEjsKy4I?...