Steven Goddard
@sgoddard.bsky.social
Retired; keen on science; not keen on flat-earthers and their ilk; very much left-of-centre. AND - unsolicited DMs will result in instant block. No, really, I mean it! INSTANT!
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Ah, of course! I should have realised that the logistics of trouser-changing are well beyond his grasp!
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Ah, of course! I should have realised that the logistics of trouser-changing are well beyond his grasp!
π Same here, though I have to admit one wasn't what I thought it was π
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
π Same here, though I have to admit one wasn't what I thought it was π
He's sort of like Trump, but he doesn't have to change his trousers as frequently π
February 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
He's sort of like Trump, but he doesn't have to change his trousers as frequently π
Slow-cooked beef brisket with vegetables. Not as healthy as yours, but definitely appropriate for this cold, miserable weather!
February 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Slow-cooked beef brisket with vegetables. Not as healthy as yours, but definitely appropriate for this cold, miserable weather!
Well if things carry on as they are, then there wonβt be very much inbound international traffic to worry about π
February 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Well if things carry on as they are, then there wonβt be very much inbound international traffic to worry about π
It was OK once I got going, but quite a toughie.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
It was OK once I got going, but quite a toughie.
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I think this is the first time Iβve come across him. He really ought to know better than to say this stuff out loud!
February 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I think this is the first time Iβve come across him. He really ought to know better than to say this stuff out loud!
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The Labour Party is dying. Mandelson, McSweeney and their followers are the Labour Party now. If they go, whatβs left? A brand name, and a lot of people who wittered about βthe Labour familyβ and βLabour valuesβ while looking the other way. Decent progressive politics is elsewhere now.
If Morgan McSweeney goes it won't be to protect Keir Starmer (Starmer is a dead man walking anyway). It will be to protect the political faction that wrecked, smeared, lied & purged its way to the top of the party, & which McSweeney was/is an integral part of.
February 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The Labour Party is dying. Mandelson, McSweeney and their followers are the Labour Party now. If they go, whatβs left? A brand name, and a lot of people who wittered about βthe Labour familyβ and βLabour valuesβ while looking the other way. Decent progressive politics is elsewhere now.
Some interesting words today! π₯΄
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I played squaredle.com 02/03:
23/23 words (+5 bonus words)
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π₯ Solve streak: 33
Squaredle
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February 3, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Some interesting words today! π₯΄
I played squaredle.com 02/03:
23/23 words (+5 bonus words)
π In the top 23% by bonus words
π₯ Solve streak: 33
I played squaredle.com 02/03:
23/23 words (+5 bonus words)
π In the top 23% by bonus words
π₯ Solve streak: 33
Good point! It's not as if a "team" is a single entity with a mouth than can eat, after all (cue Terry Gilliam cartoon!) I tend to avoid this kind of debate by re-wording. In this case I'd write, "The members of the team were having lunch", or something similar.
February 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Good point! It's not as if a "team" is a single entity with a mouth than can eat, after all (cue Terry Gilliam cartoon!) I tend to avoid this kind of debate by re-wording. In this case I'd write, "The members of the team were having lunch", or something similar.
Thanks Craig. That answer seems very reasonable. π
February 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Thanks Craig. That answer seems very reasonable. π
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Batteries are the fossil fuel killer.
Much of the main stream analysis about the energy transition is still pretending this didn't happen in the past two years.
But it did.
Much of the main stream analysis about the energy transition is still pretending this didn't happen in the past two years.
But it did.
#Battery storage major says costs have fallen 60 pct in two years, helping redefine the #grid and customer needs, and along with #solar is cheapest and easiest to build.
Battery prices plunge 60 pct in two years, changing face of grid and the nature of contracts
Battery storage major says costs have fallen 60 pct in two years, helping redefine the grid and customer needs, and along with solar is cheapest and easiest to build.
reneweconomy.com.au
February 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Batteries are the fossil fuel killer.
Much of the main stream analysis about the energy transition is still pretending this didn't happen in the past two years.
But it did.
Much of the main stream analysis about the energy transition is still pretending this didn't happen in the past two years.
But it did.
I had reason to look at my local area on Google Earth yesterday and noticed for the first time a distinct line, more or less straight, running diagonally across the screen, like a scar. Ah yes, HS2! π€¬ On the plus side, our daughterβs partner is an archaeologist, so heβs had some work out of it.
February 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
I had reason to look at my local area on Google Earth yesterday and noticed for the first time a distinct line, more or less straight, running diagonally across the screen, like a scar. Ah yes, HS2! π€¬ On the plus side, our daughterβs partner is an archaeologist, so heβs had some work out of it.
D seems grammatically correct, strictly speaking, but just sounds wrong!
February 3, 2026 at 10:04 AM
D seems grammatically correct, strictly speaking, but just sounds wrong!
Easily done, it seems.
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Easily done, it seems.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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How capitalism works, 1:01.
They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
How capitalism works, 1:01.
Indeed. Starmer must have been aware of Mandelsonβs history at the time he made the appointment, even if the full extent of his relationship with Epstein was not yet established.
Well why the FUCK did you appoint him ambassador?
Prime Minister Keir Starmer believes Peter Mandelson should be stripped of his peerage due to his links to the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
February 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Indeed. Starmer must have been aware of Mandelsonβs history at the time he made the appointment, even if the full extent of his relationship with Epstein was not yet established.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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And blue first - impressive!
February 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
And blue first - impressive!
It's definitely time for the trebuchet to make a comeback. And the oubliette. In fact, we could have some fun trying to twang such people into an oubliette using a trebuchet. We could sell tickets, I'm sure. π
Run your privately held company as stupidly as you want, my dude. You go bankrupt it's your money.
All of this is "Why can't I be filthy rich and also untethered from obligations to anything other than my genius" load these people into a trebuchet
All of this is "Why can't I be filthy rich and also untethered from obligations to anything other than my genius" load these people into a trebuchet
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
It's definitely time for the trebuchet to make a comeback. And the oubliette. In fact, we could have some fun trying to twang such people into an oubliette using a trebuchet. We could sell tickets, I'm sure. π