John T
@jayt22.bsky.social
Oracle database expert. Glider pilot, ex scuba diver, bit of a geek. Fan of news and current affairs. Follow technology, politics, space exploration, astronomy and Physics. Been vegetarian for several years. Can't give up cheese, sorry about that cows
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
First Past the Post has always been a coin toss method of electing a government. With five parties almost level-pegging the situation is even worse.
We could end up with a government almost nobody wants.
Do you want your vote to count? Sign.
First Past the Post has always been a coin toss method of electing a government. With five parties almost level-pegging the situation is even worse.
We could end up with a government almost nobody wants.
Do you want your vote to count? Sign.
Petition: Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election
Change the voting system to Proportional Representation instead of First Past the Post. We think this would eradicate disillusionment and encourage voter participation as people could start to believe...
petition.parliament.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
First Past the Post has always been a coin toss method of electing a government. With five parties almost level-pegging the situation is even worse.
We could end up with a government almost nobody wants.
Do you want your vote to count? Sign.
First Past the Post has always been a coin toss method of electing a government. With five parties almost level-pegging the situation is even worse.
We could end up with a government almost nobody wants.
Do you want your vote to count? Sign.
Channel 4 News
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December 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Channel 4 News
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The first thing @lothianbuses.bsky.social need to fix in their app...
Don't ask people to send feedback via an insecure website!
Don't ask people to send feedback via an insecure website!
December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The first thing @lothianbuses.bsky.social need to fix in their app...
Don't ask people to send feedback via an insecure website!
Don't ask people to send feedback via an insecure website!
@therestpolitics.bsky.social Rory missed the vision in digging into Zak Polanski's knowledge of economics.
Climate change and nature depletion are existential threats to US.
Whether debt interest is £100bn or more is not going to matter when London and Edinburgh are under the waves. @350.org
Climate change and nature depletion are existential threats to US.
Whether debt interest is £100bn or more is not going to matter when London and Edinburgh are under the waves. @350.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
@therestpolitics.bsky.social Rory missed the vision in digging into Zak Polanski's knowledge of economics.
Climate change and nature depletion are existential threats to US.
Whether debt interest is £100bn or more is not going to matter when London and Edinburgh are under the waves. @350.org
Climate change and nature depletion are existential threats to US.
Whether debt interest is £100bn or more is not going to matter when London and Edinburgh are under the waves. @350.org
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December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
BBC News - 'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site
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Intriguing. I hope it's as interesting as they seem to be suggesting.
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Intriguing. I hope it's as interesting as they seem to be suggesting.
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
BBC News - 'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site
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Intriguing. I hope it's as interesting as they seem to be suggesting.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Intriguing. I hope it's as interesting as they seem to be suggesting.
I couldn't remember the figure while chatting the other day and said 3-5%.
This apparently accredited source says 6-8% of the UK's economy has evaporated thanks to the second most stupid decision in history taken by democratic means... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This apparently accredited source says 6-8% of the UK's economy has evaporated thanks to the second most stupid decision in history taken by democratic means... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I couldn't remember the figure while chatting the other day and said 3-5%.
This apparently accredited source says 6-8% of the UK's economy has evaporated thanks to the second most stupid decision in history taken by democratic means... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This apparently accredited source says 6-8% of the UK's economy has evaporated thanks to the second most stupid decision in history taken by democratic means... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
BBC News - King Charles honours Wiltshire woman championing net zero flights - BBC News
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King Charles honours Wiltshire woman championing net zero flights
Rachel Gardner-Poole dreamed of working for a humanitarian flying charity since the age of six.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
BBC News - King Charles honours Wiltshire woman championing net zero flights - BBC News
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John Thomas is backing the campaign to end compulsory religious worship in schools.
Please add your voice by contacting your MSP today. Opponents are lobbying MSPs intensively - we need supporters like you to make their voice heard!
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John Thomas
Please add your voice by contacting your MSP today. Opponents are lobbying MSPs intensively - we need supporters like you to make their voice heard!
humanist.eaction.org.uk/religious-ob...
John Thomas
Tell your MSP why school pupils deserve the right to opt out of religious worship
humanist.eaction.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
John Thomas is backing the campaign to end compulsory religious worship in schools.
Please add your voice by contacting your MSP today. Opponents are lobbying MSPs intensively - we need supporters like you to make their voice heard!
humanist.eaction.org.uk/religious-ob...
John Thomas
Please add your voice by contacting your MSP today. Opponents are lobbying MSPs intensively - we need supporters like you to make their voice heard!
humanist.eaction.org.uk/religious-ob...
John Thomas
Wow.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
It wasn't like the DG was personally involved in the editorial decisions, and while the edit may have been unwise, Trump did speak those words, the video of his speeches contains no fakery.
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It wasn't like the DG was personally involved in the editorial decisions, and while the edit may have been unwise, Trump did speak those words, the video of his speeches contains no fakery.
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Deborah Turness, the CEO of news, says “mistakes have been made”.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Wow.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
It wasn't like the DG was personally involved in the editorial decisions, and while the edit may have been unwise, Trump did speak those words, the video of his speeches contains no fakery.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
It wasn't like the DG was personally involved in the editorial decisions, and while the edit may have been unwise, Trump did speak those words, the video of his speeches contains no fakery.
Political parties, what's that about?
I agree with some on some policies, some more than others, but I can't sign up to any of them because they each have "red lines" I will not cross.
I agree with some on some policies, some more than others, but I can't sign up to any of them because they each have "red lines" I will not cross.
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Political parties, what's that about?
I agree with some on some policies, some more than others, but I can't sign up to any of them because they each have "red lines" I will not cross.
I agree with some on some policies, some more than others, but I can't sign up to any of them because they each have "red lines" I will not cross.
This is exactly the sort of activity anti-Big Brother legislation like GDPR is supposed to protect us from.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What on Earth makes this defensible?
HMRC are entitled to investigate fraud, but they must pay due regard to quality of information, surely?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What on Earth makes this defensible?
HMRC are entitled to investigate fraud, but they must pay due regard to quality of information, surely?
HMRC likely to have breached privacy laws in stopping child benefit – experts
Watchdog contacts tax authority after families’ payments stopped based on flawed travel data
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This is exactly the sort of activity anti-Big Brother legislation like GDPR is supposed to protect us from.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What on Earth makes this defensible?
HMRC are entitled to investigate fraud, but they must pay due regard to quality of information, surely?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
What on Earth makes this defensible?
HMRC are entitled to investigate fraud, but they must pay due regard to quality of information, surely?
British Army Increases Challenger 2 Tank Fleet to 288 for Stronger Heavy Armour Posture share.google/R7vu3HwsSCPj...
What, exactly, would the British Army do with these in a time of war?
They are not known for floating very well and any attempt to ship them to Europe would not end well.
What, exactly, would the British Army do with these in a time of war?
They are not known for floating very well and any attempt to ship them to Europe would not end well.
British Army Increases Challenger 2 Tank Fleet to 288 for Stronger Heavy Armour Posture
UK MoD tables list 288 Challenger 2 tanks for 2025. The bigger fleet highlights a tougher question for Britain and NATO, how many are actually ready to fight.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
British Army Increases Challenger 2 Tank Fleet to 288 for Stronger Heavy Armour Posture share.google/R7vu3HwsSCPj...
What, exactly, would the British Army do with these in a time of war?
They are not known for floating very well and any attempt to ship them to Europe would not end well.
What, exactly, would the British Army do with these in a time of war?
They are not known for floating very well and any attempt to ship them to Europe would not end well.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yes, but we need more storage to cover the gaps and emissions free baseload helps.
Yes, but we need more storage to cover the gaps and emissions free baseload helps.
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Yes, but we need more storage to cover the gaps and emissions free baseload helps.
Yes, but we need more storage to cover the gaps and emissions free baseload helps.
@theobserveruk.bsky.social TV switch-off date could cut access for 10m UK viewers share.google/GTaaU9OtKD2E...
Your headline's broken. 2025 is this year, one year ahead of the decision date.
Your headline's broken. 2025 is this year, one year ahead of the decision date.
TV switch-off date could cut access for 10m UK viewers
Plans to move to internet-only streaming by 2025 are moving too fast for many British households, according to a new report
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October 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@theobserveruk.bsky.social TV switch-off date could cut access for 10m UK viewers share.google/GTaaU9OtKD2E...
Your headline's broken. 2025 is this year, one year ahead of the decision date.
Your headline's broken. 2025 is this year, one year ahead of the decision date.
@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social Something I never see talked about much in the climate change debates... in burning fossil fuels we are getting back very old stored sunlight. Energy captured by plants hundreds of millions of years ago, that took hundreds of millions of years to turn into oil & gas.
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social Something I never see talked about much in the climate change debates... in burning fossil fuels we are getting back very old stored sunlight. Energy captured by plants hundreds of millions of years ago, that took hundreds of millions of years to turn into oil & gas.
You can't store 400MW of electricity. Sigh, guess Paul Murphy means 400MWh, but who knows....
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'Design failure' poses fire risk at Navenby battery storage site
A government body warns plans for the battery storage site at Navenby put people's health at risk.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
You can't store 400MW of electricity. Sigh, guess Paul Murphy means 400MWh, but who knows....
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Found this in a coffee shop in Stirling at the weekend and had to buy it to celebrate the 47th president of the United States.
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Found this in a coffee shop in Stirling at the weekend and had to buy it to celebrate the 47th president of the United States.
Larry Ellison's latest craze: Vectorizing all the customers • The Register share.google/zYxOqjuEmk1t...
Larry Ellison's latest craze: Vectorizing all the customers
Comment: Oracle slurps your data whether you like it or not... for the good and bad of the planet
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October 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Larry Ellison's latest craze: Vectorizing all the customers • The Register share.google/zYxOqjuEmk1t...