Patrick G. Cox
@harryitu.bsky.social
Retired firefighter and instructor/lecturer, former Lay Reader in the Anglican Church, author of the Harry Heron series and several more books. Companion of two Shelties, father and grandfather. Married and living in Germany.
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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"As with so much of what has gone wrong in the past 10 months (or years), this chaos can be laid squarely at feet of SCOTUS. Here, they’ve allowed him to continue collecting hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs despite multiple lower courts ruling it's patently illegal." — @lizdye.bsky.social
Costco demands a refund from Trump
The mega-retailer is suing to get its tariff money back.
www.publicnotice.co
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"As with so much of what has gone wrong in the past 10 months (or years), this chaos can be laid squarely at feet of SCOTUS. Here, they’ve allowed him to continue collecting hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs despite multiple lower courts ruling it's patently illegal." — @lizdye.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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For all the talk of how the Trump Administration has failed to do Regime Consolidation (which is true, they are incompetent) his billionaire allies, who now run most of the news media and social media, have continued their version of it mostly unabated.
The Trump administration and Larry Ellison are going to go out of their way to ensure that Larry is the one that gets to buy HBO/CNN/Warner Brothers
Paramount Accuses Warner Bros. Discovery of Unfair Bidding Process, Favoring Netflix in Letter to Zaslav
The letter accuses the sales process of being "tainted by management conflicts"
www.thewrap.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For all the talk of how the Trump Administration has failed to do Regime Consolidation (which is true, they are incompetent) his billionaire allies, who now run most of the news media and social media, have continued their version of it mostly unabated.
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📆Dec 2nd 2012: Anna Ushenina made history, winning the Women’s World Chess♟️ Championship, becoming Ukraine’s 1st women’s world chess champion, proving strategy & resilience can change history over a board. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
📆Dec 2nd 2012: Anna Ushenina made history, winning the Women’s World Chess♟️ Championship, becoming Ukraine’s 1st women’s world chess champion, proving strategy & resilience can change history over a board. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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The NYC Young Republicans are pivoting from having Nazi-sympathizers in their ranks to featuring them at their galas.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The NYC Young Republicans are pivoting from having Nazi-sympathizers in their ranks to featuring them at their galas.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
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Kash Patel is sketch AF
Let's wait to see who they accuse & why
Let's wait to see who they accuse & why
FBI has arrested somebody in investigation into pipe bombs planted in DC on eve of Jan. 6 insurrection, AP reports.
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Kash Patel is sketch AF
Let's wait to see who they accuse & why
Let's wait to see who they accuse & why
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Never underestimate MAGA's talent for missing the point.
Lilly Wachowski Shares How She Had To 'Let Go' Of 'The Matrix' After It Was Twisted By Right-Wing Theories
www.comicsands.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Never underestimate MAGA's talent for missing the point.
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I think that's an important point.
Any thoughts on the take (Phillip Bump) that because there was no public declaration on war until after the boat bombings became public, and this was the first such bombing, the victims could not possibly have understood they were in a war zone.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I think that's an important point.
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"Russia would never attack Ireland" -people in my mentions four days ago
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Russia would never attack Ireland" -people in my mentions four days ago
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Having one of those very cynical mornings when I think that our
democracies are in full failure mode because we can't rely on the bulk of people voting for evidence-based policies--it's all about feelings, and right now people are scared and resentful. It's a very toxic cocktail.
democracies are in full failure mode because we can't rely on the bulk of people voting for evidence-based policies--it's all about feelings, and right now people are scared and resentful. It's a very toxic cocktail.
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Having one of those very cynical mornings when I think that our
democracies are in full failure mode because we can't rely on the bulk of people voting for evidence-based policies--it's all about feelings, and right now people are scared and resentful. It's a very toxic cocktail.
democracies are in full failure mode because we can't rely on the bulk of people voting for evidence-based policies--it's all about feelings, and right now people are scared and resentful. It's a very toxic cocktail.
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More cynicism: we like to think we make rational decisions but in our natural state we very seldom do, and it's a bias that needs to be monitored and guarded against.
Having one of those very cynical mornings when I think that our
democracies are in full failure mode because we can't rely on the bulk of people voting for evidence-based policies--it's all about feelings, and right now people are scared and resentful. It's a very toxic cocktail.
democracies are in full failure mode because we can't rely on the bulk of people voting for evidence-based policies--it's all about feelings, and right now people are scared and resentful. It's a very toxic cocktail.
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
More cynicism: we like to think we make rational decisions but in our natural state we very seldom do, and it's a bias that needs to be monitored and guarded against.
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The Trump strategy is to lie and blame Biden for anything and everything. It's become a joke for us, but unfortunately, a lot of people still believe it because it's more comfortable.
#WeAreTheFlood #Afghanistan #leavingmaga #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #NAFO #AntiFascist #BuildCommunity
#WeAreTheFlood #Afghanistan #leavingmaga #TruthWarriors #theresistance #resist #NAFO #AntiFascist #BuildCommunity
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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In pardon of narco trafficker, Trump destroys his own case for war
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-pardon...
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-pardon...
In pardon of narco trafficker, Trump destroys his own case for war
It appears more important to the White House that the party of convicted Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández wins Sunday's volatile election.
responsiblestatecraft.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
In pardon of narco trafficker, Trump destroys his own case for war
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-pardon...
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-pardon...
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BREAKING: Vladimir Putin declares that if Ukraine does not broker a deal which gives them a large portion of their territory, then Russia will invade and take over ALL of their lands.
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
BREAKING: Vladimir Putin declares that if Ukraine does not broker a deal which gives them a large portion of their territory, then Russia will invade and take over ALL of their lands.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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"It's just the weather"
"Record heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded
3 of the 5 worst harvests on record have occurred since 2020"
#GlobalBoiling
"Record heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded
3 of the 5 worst harvests on record have occurred since 2020"
#GlobalBoiling
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"It's just the weather"
"Record heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded
3 of the 5 worst harvests on record have occurred since 2020"
#GlobalBoiling
"Record heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded
3 of the 5 worst harvests on record have occurred since 2020"
#GlobalBoiling
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The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
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December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Bad manners ! Thank you to @vicvolunteering for today's #FoxOfTheDay
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Bad manners ! Thank you to @vicvolunteering for today's #FoxOfTheDay
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Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.
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This woman, who now regrets voting for the pedophile psychopath, represents the mind-numbing stupidity of MAGA to perfection. 😳👇
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This woman, who now regrets voting for the pedophile psychopath, represents the mind-numbing stupidity of MAGA to perfection. 😳👇