Charlie W
@charlie-w.bsky.social
Officially … advocacy for low energy buildings and active travel. In reality, a running commentary on what I’m reading or doing. I also journal (intermittently) at groupbuilding.net. Passivhaus Certified Designer.
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The German forces have acquired the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile systems, which will be deployed this week. It is the first deployment of that system outside Israel and the costs amount around $3.6 billion. Its mission profile is to destroy incoming ballistic missiles or satellites in low orbit.
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The German forces have acquired the Arrow-3 anti-ballistic missile systems, which will be deployed this week. It is the first deployment of that system outside Israel and the costs amount around $3.6 billion. Its mission profile is to destroy incoming ballistic missiles or satellites in low orbit.
Chris Mason, witchfinder. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Chris Mason, witchfinder. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A bit sad; I used it for a few years. That showed me just how useless cars are. Only really good for a holiday (and then it’s Hertz, whatever).
What?? This is very bad news for people (at least in inner-ish London) who want to live without a car. I'm more of a Zip van user myself and they can be very, very useful.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A bit sad; I used it for a few years. That showed me just how useless cars are. Only really good for a holiday (and then it’s Hertz, whatever).
Dissertation second (and probably final) draft sent off to my supervisor. There’s still two weeks. Go supervisor!
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Dissertation second (and probably final) draft sent off to my supervisor. There’s still two weeks. Go supervisor!
A wisdom tooth has decided to try to emerge. Not very successfully, and also painfully. Feel this should have happened two decades ago? Naproxen (NSAID prescribed for something else but never used) seemed to help.
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A wisdom tooth has decided to try to emerge. Not very successfully, and also painfully. Feel this should have happened two decades ago? Naproxen (NSAID prescribed for something else but never used) seemed to help.
Interesting. Ukrainian wolf pack scenario.
Russian linked shadow fleet tanker Mersin (IMO 9428683) currently sinking off West Africa.
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
Fog of war, but seems it was attacked, probably by a USV, in past few days.
Third picture unladen for reference so you can see how low in the water it now is
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Interesting. Ukrainian wolf pack scenario.
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Every so often cars get stuck at Park Square in Sheffield when they follow a tram and don’t realise it’s a traffic free area. That much is normal.
Just *how far* they get from there is what is interesting. This person has driven 100 metres over a narrow pedestrian footbridge.
Just *how far* they get from there is what is interesting. This person has driven 100 metres over a narrow pedestrian footbridge.
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Every so often cars get stuck at Park Square in Sheffield when they follow a tram and don’t realise it’s a traffic free area. That much is normal.
Just *how far* they get from there is what is interesting. This person has driven 100 metres over a narrow pedestrian footbridge.
Just *how far* they get from there is what is interesting. This person has driven 100 metres over a narrow pedestrian footbridge.
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Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
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Firstborn continues to fall into my traps.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Firstborn continues to fall into my traps.
Nigerian Modernism at Tate M.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Nigerian Modernism at Tate M.
Sami artist’s installation at Tate Modern. Reindeer hides! Hopefully sustainable.
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sami artist’s installation at Tate Modern. Reindeer hides! Hopefully sustainable.
'The Real Thing' at the Old Vic a couple of years back: truly fantastic.
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
'The Real Thing' at the Old Vic a couple of years back: truly fantastic.
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Today's Unzoomed made @sabsldn.bsky.social think of Bratislava, which was not only a great guess but is somewhere I've not yet been. A sort of zig-zag rail trip from Prague to Trieste is vaguely planned.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today's Unzoomed made @sabsldn.bsky.social think of Bratislava, which was not only a great guess but is somewhere I've not yet been. A sort of zig-zag rail trip from Prague to Trieste is vaguely planned.
'Industry' rarely steps up (annoyingly). Needs clear regulation. Very similar pattern with carbon.
Nearly two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. Child obesity is growing at an unprecedented rate. Urgent action is needed to tackle today's weight crisis in the UK: https://bit.ly/4rt2F6v
How to tackle obesity: why industry must step up
Nearly two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. Child obesity is growing at an unprecedented rate. Urgent action is needed to tackle today's weight crisis in the UK.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
'Industry' rarely steps up (annoyingly). Needs clear regulation. Very similar pattern with carbon.
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The next Democratic president cannot fail like Biden did by appointing Garland.
It is hard but necessary to bring up murder charges on Hegseth and other top level officials who did this.
It is hard but necessary to bring up murder charges on Hegseth and other top level officials who did this.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The next Democratic president cannot fail like Biden did by appointing Garland.
It is hard but necessary to bring up murder charges on Hegseth and other top level officials who did this.
It is hard but necessary to bring up murder charges on Hegseth and other top level officials who did this.
Depressing, given the huge & carefully reasoned literature on the ethics of armed combat.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Depressing, given the huge & carefully reasoned literature on the ethics of armed combat.
Well, that would be:
(1) Sheep (lots, mostly in the West Country)
(2) OK, those aren't wild. Black bears sort of are (Wyoming)
(3) Bison (same place)
(4) Crocodiles, lions, etc. (SA)
(5) The Mouse Lemur (Madagascar)
And other lemurs. And then a whole bunch of things I can't name.
(1) Sheep (lots, mostly in the West Country)
(2) OK, those aren't wild. Black bears sort of are (Wyoming)
(3) Bison (same place)
(4) Crocodiles, lions, etc. (SA)
(5) The Mouse Lemur (Madagascar)
And other lemurs. And then a whole bunch of things I can't name.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- badger
- badger
- badger
- badger
- SNAKE!
- mushroom mushroom
- badger
- badger
- badger
- badger
- SNAKE!
- mushroom mushroom
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild
- Hedgehog
- Toad
- Kingfisher
- Squirrel
- Fox
- Hedgehog
- Toad
- Kingfisher
- Squirrel
- Fox
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Well, that would be:
(1) Sheep (lots, mostly in the West Country)
(2) OK, those aren't wild. Black bears sort of are (Wyoming)
(3) Bison (same place)
(4) Crocodiles, lions, etc. (SA)
(5) The Mouse Lemur (Madagascar)
And other lemurs. And then a whole bunch of things I can't name.
(1) Sheep (lots, mostly in the West Country)
(2) OK, those aren't wild. Black bears sort of are (Wyoming)
(3) Bison (same place)
(4) Crocodiles, lions, etc. (SA)
(5) The Mouse Lemur (Madagascar)
And other lemurs. And then a whole bunch of things I can't name.
Changing jobs is risky. You don't really know the employer, and they don't know you. I feel there should be a 'have your old job back, no questions asked' rule, even.
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Changing jobs is risky. You don't really know the employer, and they don't know you. I feel there should be a 'have your old job back, no questions asked' rule, even.
Unfair dismissal, huh. This has gone back and forth my whole working life. Tories always put the qualifying period back to two years, Labour always shortened it to one year again. In my 20s I would get sacked a lot and did appreciate the Labour stance at the time. Zero years to qualify a bit much?
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Unfair dismissal, huh. This has gone back and forth my whole working life. Tories always put the qualifying period back to two years, Labour always shortened it to one year again. In my 20s I would get sacked a lot and did appreciate the Labour stance at the time. Zero years to qualify a bit much?
'Beleaguered but defiant Reeves vows to carry on after successful budget'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
'Beleaguered but defiant Reeves vows to carry on after successful budget'.
Two big chunks of construction moved forward yesterday: third runway at LHR, plus J P Morgan at Canary Wharf (building out what I assume is an old existing consent?).
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Two big chunks of construction moved forward yesterday: third runway at LHR, plus J P Morgan at Canary Wharf (building out what I assume is an old existing consent?).
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Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Just before that OBR document dropped, I wrote this about why sluggish household spending is part of the grim plan
open.substack.com/pub/gileswil...
open.substack.com/pub/gileswil...
the chart of misery, and also a sign of success
stagnant household real consumption is what we were told we needed
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just before that OBR document dropped, I wrote this about why sluggish household spending is part of the grim plan
open.substack.com/pub/gileswil...
open.substack.com/pub/gileswil...
Slightly more seriously on the budget (only slightly): they seem to have threaded the needle pretty well. Very little ammo for critics, some room for spending.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Slightly more seriously on the budget (only slightly): they seem to have threaded the needle pretty well. Very little ammo for critics, some room for spending.