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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 9h

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Justin Gundlach @justingundlach.bsky.social · 1d

Wanna guess when this article was published in Scientific American?

(No cheating)

The Heat Pump
Invented a century ago and widely applied in recent years, the device that utilizes the temperature of the ground or the air to heat and cool houses is still evolving
by John F. Sandfort

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 21h

I would’ve said 1960s based on the font.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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Dave @davemck.bsky.social · 4d

You're all wrong. It's the washing machine and dishwasher and the fridge.
They powered the post war boom as more women stopped working exclusively in the home and started picking up jobs. They weren't tied to back breaking labour in the home.
Electrification powers equality.

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Joannes Laveyne @jolaveyne.bsky.social · 4d

It may have escaped your attention, but the Belgian energy system has quietly passed an important test. During the weekend of 4-5 October 2025, our consumption was almost entirely covered by renewable energy. And yet the system ticked like a Swiss watch. /

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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 2d

City of Berlin’s solar mandate drives surge in rooftop photovoltaics

Since 2023, the number of PV systems in Germany's capital has tripled

www.cleanenergywire.org/news/city-be...

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Tara Connolly @taraconnolly.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from Gare du Midi in Brussels!

I'm railing and sailing to Dublin today and thought I would bring you along with me.

The journey will be 1) the Eurostar to London 2) a train to Holyhead with a change in Chester and 3) a ferry to Dublin.

Crossing my fingers it goes smoothly🤞🏻

Photo of the entrance to the Eurostar terminal in Gare du Midi.

There are glass windows with decals showing Big Ben, the London Underground and a royal guard. The foreground is a grey tiled floor.

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 1d

Bit missed up to be posting on BlueSky when people are….. oh, hold on, 😳

Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 1d

It sounds like BTP need training in binary searches. As long as the video quality is decent enough to determine the presence / absence of the bike, it should take minutes to find the footage of the theft, regardless how long it was left at the station.
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Christos Leonidopoulos @cleonidopoulos.bsky.social · Nov 24

A computer scientist who had his bike stolen tries to explain binary search to a cop 😄

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Luke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 2d

British Transport Police's decision to not investigate bike thefts outside train stations where bikes have been left for more than two hours is really concerning. It could effectively decriminalise it.

Together with Lib Dem colleagues I've written to the BTP to get clarity.

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1d

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 1d

Earth’s strongest ocean current is slowing down.

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current moves 173m cubic metres of water a second, but melting ice is weakening the “ocean conveyor belt” that moves heat, nutrients and carbon, a University of Melbourne study finds.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Earth's strongest ocean current is slowing down due to climate change

Earth's strongest ocean current is slowing down due to climate change with potentially disastrous consequences, scientists have warned.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 1d

🚗⚡️2,000 public EV charge points installed into lampposts in Tower Hamlets in less than four months.

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Ubitricity installs 2,000 charge points in Tower Hamlets

Ubitricity has installed 2,000 charge points in just under four months as part of the company’s rollout in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. The charge points, operated under the Shell Recharge net...

myenergyst.theenergyst.com

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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 2d

Sander has a point about demand-side support being a fiscal policy no-brainer for Germany but demand side support for cars is also the worst mobility policy. A tough needle to thread.

Greening corporate fleets gets you part way there (how much?) without too negative impacts on mobility shifts.

Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 2d

German auto summit tomorrow.

The sole focus on the EU combustion engine phase-out, which is 10 years away, is baffling because German cars have a demand problem today

Berlin worries a new EV subsidy scheme would be fiscally too expensive.

But demand-side support is a fiscal no-brainer here.

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 2d

Oooh- that’s interesting! I do have Eurostar membership, but have never managed to get points when buying my Interrail reservations.

Who do you buy the Interrail Eurostar reservations through to get your points? (I use SNCB.)

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks. Not sure how many UK Interrail travellers start off at St Pancras every year, but I imagine an sig proportion of those (the majority?) don’t know exactly when they’ll be returning / on what train.

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 2d

Are you always this condescending when clarifying “use cases”?

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 2d

No - the Interrail ticket allows me to buy Eurostar tickets at €40 each way, so I wouldn’t have bought my outward ticket months earlier either.

My plans may be flexible so I don’t necessarily know what day / time I’ll be returning.

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t have Advantage / other status. Thanks though.

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 2d

No, it’s literally because I haven’t yet bought the return Eurostar ticket, because I haven’t confirmed the date that I’ll be returning to the UK.

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not that I’m “wealthy enough to buy non-advance Eurostar tickets”.
If I’m travelling on an Interrail ticket, I’m able to be more flexible to buy my €40 Eurostar return when I need it / when it’s available.

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t always have a return ticket when I take the Eurostar - should I be concerned?

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 2d

@jonworth.eu - do you need to have a return ticket when you enter the Schengen area from the UK?

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