Graham Shaw
@shawgrahamsshaw.bsky.social
UK-based. Making the move from the other place. Interested in science, tech, politics, renewables, DIY and other bits and bobs. All views my own.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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Scotland!!
a man in a suit and tie is saying scotland in front of two flags
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying scotland in front of two flags
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Scotland!!
This was the summary on twitter of Tuesday's Liverpool game. The game finished 1-0.
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This was the summary on twitter of Tuesday's Liverpool game. The game finished 1-0.
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'Its defining characteristics are that its providers are privately owned, are (very much) for-profit, deliver non-specialist courses principally in Business and Management, and have been (very) rapidly expanding in recent years.'
How higher education became a get rich quick scheme
Jim Dickinson examines the explosive growth of franchised business courses in England’s higher education sector – and asks why the Department for Education continues to fund providers with such poor s...
wonkhe.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'Its defining characteristics are that its providers are privately owned, are (very much) for-profit, deliver non-specialist courses principally in Business and Management, and have been (very) rapidly expanding in recent years.'
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Yessss
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Yessss
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BlueSky shows that if you offer up a reasonable alternative to a toxic App, a sustainable audience will migrate and stick with you through the growing pains.
We need to start doing this for EVERY compromised App, from TikTok to Facebook.
And I think UK/Europe should be doing this ASAP together.
We need to start doing this for EVERY compromised App, from TikTok to Facebook.
And I think UK/Europe should be doing this ASAP together.
September 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
BlueSky shows that if you offer up a reasonable alternative to a toxic App, a sustainable audience will migrate and stick with you through the growing pains.
We need to start doing this for EVERY compromised App, from TikTok to Facebook.
And I think UK/Europe should be doing this ASAP together.
We need to start doing this for EVERY compromised App, from TikTok to Facebook.
And I think UK/Europe should be doing this ASAP together.
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It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
September 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity
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Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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September 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Good news everyone!
September 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Good news everyone!
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If there’s one thing that the Covid lockdowns did, it was to embolden a certain kind of arsehole to take direct action against things they didn’t like nor understand. Really stupid arseholes. And here we are.
County Durham weather stations destroyed in speed camera mix-up
It is believed the stations, used to monitor County Durham weather, were mistaken for speed cameras.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
If there’s one thing that the Covid lockdowns did, it was to embolden a certain kind of arsehole to take direct action against things they didn’t like nor understand. Really stupid arseholes. And here we are.
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we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
we can sneak around town / hunting working folks down / I hear they got a great benefit plan
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
join ICE boy ain’t it nice / join ICE take my advice
www.tiktok.com/@jessewelles...
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This column made me laugh more heartily than anything I've read in a good couple of a years
medium.com/the-hairpin/...
medium.com/the-hairpin/...
The Best Time I Pretended I Hadn’t Heard of Slavoj Žižek
One weird trick to frustrate the hell out of a Marxist bro
medium.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This column made me laugh more heartily than anything I've read in a good couple of a years
medium.com/the-hairpin/...
medium.com/the-hairpin/...
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Bill and Ted’s Existential Adventure
July 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Bill and Ted’s Existential Adventure
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If you want to know what OBR really said on all this, I wrote a brief summary
TL;DR: Since net-zero is much cheaper than thought and unchecked global warming is far more costly than thought, climate action makes even more sense than thought
www.carbonbrief.org/...
6/6
TL;DR: Since net-zero is much cheaper than thought and unchecked global warming is far more costly than thought, climate action makes even more sense than thought
www.carbonbrief.org/...
6/6
OBR: Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly - Carbon Brief
Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected – and the economic damages of climate change far more severe.
www.carbonbrief.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If you want to know what OBR really said on all this, I wrote a brief summary
TL;DR: Since net-zero is much cheaper than thought and unchecked global warming is far more costly than thought, climate action makes even more sense than thought
www.carbonbrief.org/...
6/6
TL;DR: Since net-zero is much cheaper than thought and unchecked global warming is far more costly than thought, climate action makes even more sense than thought
www.carbonbrief.org/...
6/6
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“Leavers thought they'd won. Remainers knew we'd all lose; that leaving the EU would be catastrophic, not just for our economy and living standards, but in validating an ugly wave of populism and nativism which continues to this day.” ~AA @pimlicat.bsky.social
www.bestforbritain.org/brexit_9th_a...
www.bestforbritain.org/brexit_9th_a...
Brexit 9th Anniversary: Britain at last moving in the right direction on Europe
On the ninth anniversary of the Brexit referendum which saw Britain vote to leave the EU, campaigners are urging the UK government to go further and faster on repairing the damage of June 23, 2016.
www.bestforbritain.org
June 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Leavers thought they'd won. Remainers knew we'd all lose; that leaving the EU would be catastrophic, not just for our economy and living standards, but in validating an ugly wave of populism and nativism which continues to this day.” ~AA @pimlicat.bsky.social
www.bestforbritain.org/brexit_9th_a...
www.bestforbritain.org/brexit_9th_a...
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The verdict, nine years on: “an unambiguous stagnation in investment.”
“A large chunk of [tax rises] would not have been necessary if the UK had voted to remain in the EU or chosen a softer form of Brexit.” ~AA
www.thetimes.com/article/346e... #BrexitMemorial
“A large chunk of [tax rises] would not have been necessary if the UK had voted to remain in the EU or chosen a softer form of Brexit.” ~AA
www.thetimes.com/article/346e... #BrexitMemorial
Predictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’
Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist
www.thetimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The verdict, nine years on: “an unambiguous stagnation in investment.”
“A large chunk of [tax rises] would not have been necessary if the UK had voted to remain in the EU or chosen a softer form of Brexit.” ~AA
www.thetimes.com/article/346e... #BrexitMemorial
“A large chunk of [tax rises] would not have been necessary if the UK had voted to remain in the EU or chosen a softer form of Brexit.” ~AA
www.thetimes.com/article/346e... #BrexitMemorial
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This is the last thing the BBC needs
June 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is the last thing the BBC needs