Shafiq Ahmed
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Test Engineer (R&D - Software - Embedded) | #technology, #investing, #environment, #politics... | Posts/follows/likes personal and not endorsements.
Birmingham, UK
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Big thanks to @ecosiasearch.bsky.social for using one of my posts to highlight the almost magical powers of urban street trees! 🌳
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Big thanks to @ecosiasearch.bsky.social for using one of my posts to highlight the almost magical powers of urban street trees! 🌳
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The only one telling us not to talk about it now is Donald J. Trump.
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The only one telling us not to talk about it now is Donald J. Trump.
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
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🎸 The impact of Brexit is most acute amongst lower earners and those at the start of their career.
❌ Music creators at this level are micro-businesses, and with minimal resources available to them, Brexit often makes touring the EU untenable.
https://bit.ly/3XpLzIz
❌ Music creators at this level are micro-businesses, and with minimal resources available to them, Brexit often makes touring the EU untenable.
https://bit.ly/3XpLzIz
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November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🎸 The impact of Brexit is most acute amongst lower earners and those at the start of their career.
❌ Music creators at this level are micro-businesses, and with minimal resources available to them, Brexit often makes touring the EU untenable.
https://bit.ly/3XpLzIz
❌ Music creators at this level are micro-businesses, and with minimal resources available to them, Brexit often makes touring the EU untenable.
https://bit.ly/3XpLzIz
Wisdom tooth extraction 😬
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Wisdom tooth extraction 😬
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Healthcare should be a human right.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Healthcare should be a human right.
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The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Bullies are cowards. Stand up to them.
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bullies are cowards. Stand up to them.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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If Trump does sue the BBC for $1bn it may leave some of his ideological fellow travellers here in a tricky situation. Do the Conservatives and Reform join in with BBC bashing? Or will doing so be seen as unpatriotic? After all, it would be the British public who would ultimately pay for any damages.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If Trump does sue the BBC for $1bn it may leave some of his ideological fellow travellers here in a tricky situation. Do the Conservatives and Reform join in with BBC bashing? Or will doing so be seen as unpatriotic? After all, it would be the British public who would ultimately pay for any damages.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
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Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Right now #wind is meeting 32% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Right now #wind is meeting 32% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk
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On Donald Trump's attack on the BBC this PM, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:
"It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
"The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
"The PM [and others] should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it."
"It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
"The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
"The PM [and others] should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it."
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On Donald Trump's attack on the BBC this PM, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:
"It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
"The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
"The PM [and others] should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it."
"It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
"The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
"The PM [and others] should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it."
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Kind of familiar.
Isn't it.
Isn't it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Kind of familiar.
Isn't it.
Isn't it.
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ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
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If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
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I watched "No Other Land" with my students last week and afterwards, one commented at how their focus on Gaza these past years had diverted them from thinking enough about the grinding repression in the West Bank.
Earlier today, a mob of Israeli Jewish settlers attacked and assaulted roughly 30 Palestinian villagers and activists, plus about 10 journalists who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I watched "No Other Land" with my students last week and afterwards, one commented at how their focus on Gaza these past years had diverted them from thinking enough about the grinding repression in the West Bank.