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.
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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.
So it's basically Facebook?
The unusual thing about Moltbook is its users. To join the online chat room, you have to be an artificial-intelligence bot. No humans allowed econ.st/4bzXn3y
Illustration: The Economist
Illustration: The Economist
February 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM
So it's basically Facebook?
Ha ha! Stupid constituents with their silly ideas. Can you imagine??
someone came to you in person to raise concerns about Mandelson over 12 years ago. his connections to Epstein had already been reported in some of the UK's biggest papers, and he was several times disgraced beyond that.
you chose to mock yr constituent's concern publicly to your large following
you chose to mock yr constituent's concern publicly to your large following
February 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Ha ha! Stupid constituents with their silly ideas. Can you imagine??
Even from a cynical, game theory point of view, going on social media and intimating that you'll vote Labour to keep Reform out is writing them a political black cheque.
You're demanding nothing other than that they aren't more obviously awful than Farage. You're saying that you can be ignored.
You're demanding nothing other than that they aren't more obviously awful than Farage. You're saying that you can be ignored.
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Even from a cynical, game theory point of view, going on social media and intimating that you'll vote Labour to keep Reform out is writing them a political black cheque.
You're demanding nothing other than that they aren't more obviously awful than Farage. You're saying that you can be ignored.
You're demanding nothing other than that they aren't more obviously awful than Farage. You're saying that you can be ignored.
Brits need to get a bit of self respect and stop demanding so little from our politicians.
It's not "being realistic" to not demand good things that are absolutely possible, it's cowardice.
At the *bare minimum* they don't need to be demonising minorities!
It's not "being realistic" to not demand good things that are absolutely possible, it's cowardice.
At the *bare minimum* they don't need to be demonising minorities!
February 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Brits need to get a bit of self respect and stop demanding so little from our politicians.
It's not "being realistic" to not demand good things that are absolutely possible, it's cowardice.
At the *bare minimum* they don't need to be demonising minorities!
It's not "being realistic" to not demand good things that are absolutely possible, it's cowardice.
At the *bare minimum* they don't need to be demonising minorities!
Zack Polanski: We need to have hope, or what's the fucking point?
Cowardly realpolitik centrists: Hope is for fools and children
Cowardly realpolitik centrists: Hope is for fools and children
February 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Zack Polanski: We need to have hope, or what's the fucking point?
Cowardly realpolitik centrists: Hope is for fools and children
Cowardly realpolitik centrists: Hope is for fools and children
Yeah, the Tories don't pretend to not be Tories.
They also weren't as ruthlessly unpleasant to trans people and immigrants.
They also weren't as ruthlessly unpleasant to trans people and immigrants.
Like a lot of people here, I’d love to see our current government do more to tackle poverty, reduce inequality and protect the most vulnerable in our society. That’s the true mark of civilisation, to my mind. But I still don’t believe they’re “just like the Tories”.
February 3, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Yeah, the Tories don't pretend to not be Tories.
They also weren't as ruthlessly unpleasant to trans people and immigrants.
They also weren't as ruthlessly unpleasant to trans people and immigrants.
One could be forgiven for seeing this as a de facto legalisation of corruption.
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:19 AM
One could be forgiven for seeing this as a de facto legalisation of corruption.
I'm just guessing in this case, but a lot of online (far) right-wing propaganda seems to be spread by people who know it's bullshit, but think they're fooling other people (who also generally aren't being fooled).
Thus they all think they're very clever and in the know. Sort of reverse gaslighting.
Thus they all think they're very clever and in the know. Sort of reverse gaslighting.
How did anyone fall for this shit? As if a 7 year old's dying wish would be to meet Farage of all people ffs.
February 3, 2026 at 7:43 AM
I'm just guessing in this case, but a lot of online (far) right-wing propaganda seems to be spread by people who know it's bullshit, but think they're fooling other people (who also generally aren't being fooled).
Thus they all think they're very clever and in the know. Sort of reverse gaslighting.
Thus they all think they're very clever and in the know. Sort of reverse gaslighting.
Details, details…
SpaceX buys xAI in $1.25tn deal. Wildly curious about how space-based AI data centres are meant to be cooled? Anybody know?
“SpaceX based the price for xAI on a recent $20bn funding round that valued the two-year-old start-up at $230bn”
www.ft.com/content/8ee7...
“SpaceX based the price for xAI on a recent $20bn funding round that valued the two-year-old start-up at $230bn”
www.ft.com/content/8ee7...
SpaceX buys xAI in $1.25tn deal to unite crucial parts of Elon Musk’s empire
Rocket company boosts valuation to $1tn and pays $250bn to acquire AI start-up as Musk envisions data centres in space
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Details, details…
Look what they took from us 🙁
twitter must be dead dead cause someone posted a rat coin purse that would have 2019 twitter losing its collective mind and most of the top comments are bots saying random words or people not nearly amped enough about the rat coin purse
February 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Look what they took from us 🙁
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
Here you can see at Bioblow what you need in extra infrastructure to switch to #strawhouse #strawbuilding.
Nothing, it works with the existing infrastructure. Why? It's already there. Using straw leads to the smallest foot prints in construction with performance.
www.linkedin.com/posts/bioblo...
Nothing, it works with the existing infrastructure. Why? It's already there. Using straw leads to the smallest foot prints in construction with performance.
www.linkedin.com/posts/bioblo...
February 3, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Here you can see at Bioblow what you need in extra infrastructure to switch to #strawhouse #strawbuilding.
Nothing, it works with the existing infrastructure. Why? It's already there. Using straw leads to the smallest foot prints in construction with performance.
www.linkedin.com/posts/bioblo...
Nothing, it works with the existing infrastructure. Why? It's already there. Using straw leads to the smallest foot prints in construction with performance.
www.linkedin.com/posts/bioblo...
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
Student loans: why is Martin Lewis clashing with Rachel Reeves?
Student loans: why is Martin Lewis clashing with Rachel Reeves?
MoneySavingExpert founder has said changes that will lead to some graduates in England and Wales paying more are ‘not moral’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Student loans: why is Martin Lewis clashing with Rachel Reeves?
LLMs are getting pretty good at code. This will change things.
Thoughts from using Claude Code for two days as a non-programmer
- This is absolutely incredible
- This doesn’t seem fair
- We, as a world, need UBI ASAP.
- The AI hype has been real all along and I was wrong
- This is absolutely incredible
- This doesn’t seem fair
- We, as a world, need UBI ASAP.
- The AI hype has been real all along and I was wrong
February 3, 2026 at 6:44 AM
LLMs are getting pretty good at code. This will change things.
I dunno, maybe there should be some limit to privitising?
Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster services in England, ‘bleeding the sector of money’.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster ser...
Three London firms are now the biggest players in the provision of foster carers in England
observer.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I dunno, maybe there should be some limit to privitising?
I've hated Facebook from the moment I became aware of it, and this is the fundamental reason why - it's a walled garden, intended to digitise relationships and conversations and monitise them.
It's become a part of most people's daily infrastructure, but it's not run for our benefit.
It's become a part of most people's daily infrastructure, but it's not run for our benefit.
I hate Facebook for many reasons, one of the smallest being how it shuts non- account holders out of local info
My parents are cut off from so much info in their village because everyone puts events, news, council admin on Facebook.
Social media shouldn’t be public infrastructure
My parents are cut off from so much info in their village because everyone puts events, news, council admin on Facebook.
Social media shouldn’t be public infrastructure
February 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I've hated Facebook from the moment I became aware of it, and this is the fundamental reason why - it's a walled garden, intended to digitise relationships and conversations and monitise them.
It's become a part of most people's daily infrastructure, but it's not run for our benefit.
It's become a part of most people's daily infrastructure, but it's not run for our benefit.
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
The hemp-lime masonry blocks now had to weather outside for a year.
There are not many options left for building in compliance with climate targets. Hempcrete (without cement) is one of the few. Because this is a race to zero, not a race to the bottom.
There are not many options left for building in compliance with climate targets. Hempcrete (without cement) is one of the few. Because this is a race to zero, not a race to the bottom.
February 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The hemp-lime masonry blocks now had to weather outside for a year.
There are not many options left for building in compliance with climate targets. Hempcrete (without cement) is one of the few. Because this is a race to zero, not a race to the bottom.
There are not many options left for building in compliance with climate targets. Hempcrete (without cement) is one of the few. Because this is a race to zero, not a race to the bottom.
This is the sort of thing you'd instigate if you wanted to gradually weaken a nation.
February 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This is the sort of thing you'd instigate if you wanted to gradually weaken a nation.
Imagine if we had this kind of straightforward clarity from all politicians.
From Cameron onwards the conventional approach has been to dodge, subvert and spin your way through interviews. Hence the weirdly loaded questions.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air.
From Cameron onwards the conventional approach has been to dodge, subvert and spin your way through interviews. Hence the weirdly loaded questions.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air.
#bbclaurak asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social, doesn't opposing genocide stir up division?
February 1, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Imagine if we had this kind of straightforward clarity from all politicians.
From Cameron onwards the conventional approach has been to dodge, subvert and spin your way through interviews. Hence the weirdly loaded questions.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air.
From Cameron onwards the conventional approach has been to dodge, subvert and spin your way through interviews. Hence the weirdly loaded questions.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air.
As far as the establishment is concerned, Andy Windsor's crime was to be insufficiently discrete in his activities.
I love that Prince Andrew had a codename email address to avoid suspicion and all the emails are like 'Had to spend the weekend at Balmoral, Mother wants me to look after the corgis, my brother's here too - not Edward, but Charles, you know the heir apparent.'
February 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
As far as the establishment is concerned, Andy Windsor's crime was to be insufficiently discrete in his activities.
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
BBC Breakfast Sunday sport coverage is so fucking dire.
My count is 9 men's events covered, to 4 womens', with the women's sports coverage being international level and men's coverage including lots of regional coverage. Just openly outright discriminatory coverage
My count is 9 men's events covered, to 4 womens', with the women's sports coverage being international level and men's coverage including lots of regional coverage. Just openly outright discriminatory coverage
February 1, 2026 at 8:49 AM
BBC Breakfast Sunday sport coverage is so fucking dire.
My count is 9 men's events covered, to 4 womens', with the women's sports coverage being international level and men's coverage including lots of regional coverage. Just openly outright discriminatory coverage
My count is 9 men's events covered, to 4 womens', with the women's sports coverage being international level and men's coverage including lots of regional coverage. Just openly outright discriminatory coverage
Can you convince your own party, though? Streeting has a clear agenda, with foregone-conclusion studies already in operation.
There’s been a lot of talk about ADHD being over-diagnosed — but the evidence doesn’t support it.
ADHD is under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated.
When ADHD goes undiagnosed, it doesn’t disappear. It shows up in our health services, our schools and our criminal justice system. 👇
ADHD is under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated.
When ADHD goes undiagnosed, it doesn’t disappear. It shows up in our health services, our schools and our criminal justice system. 👇
February 1, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Can you convince your own party, though? Streeting has a clear agenda, with foregone-conclusion studies already in operation.
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The post-Me Too era has really taught me that the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the “believe women” slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter.
It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files
He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls
www.justice.gov/epstein
He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls
www.justice.gov/epstein
www.justice.gov
January 31, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The post-Me Too era has really taught me that the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the “believe women” slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter.
Reposted by Gavin Deichen
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how the #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how climate crisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:52 AM
‘Homes may have to be abandoned’: how the #climatecrisis has reshaped Britain’s flood risk
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- As rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictions
Story by me and and Steven Morris
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Kind of weird how people forget David Cameron in all of this.
The public really aren't buying this anymore...
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Kind of weird how people forget David Cameron in all of this.
I'm absorbing this movie frame by glitchy frame right here on Bluesky.
Love the new Aronofsky scene where the colonist takes off his hat to cheer, revealing that underneath it was a second and somehow larger hat
Masterful artsistic choice
Masterful artsistic choice
January 30, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I'm absorbing this movie frame by glitchy frame right here on Bluesky.