John Pedersen
@john-pedersen.bsky.social
Building small timber passivhaus in Correze, France. An area that was important to the resistance in WWII.
I might yet use it to escape UK fascists.
Growing trees for the deer to eat, fruit for the birds and nuts for the boars. It's going well.
I might yet use it to escape UK fascists.
Growing trees for the deer to eat, fruit for the birds and nuts for the boars. It's going well.
Oh go on. It's Christmas. Just a few germs won't harm you. It's only once a year.
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Oh go on. It's Christmas. Just a few germs won't harm you. It's only once a year.
Grok must have been using these sources. I looked into why it suggested masks were only 10-50% effective. Part of the reason was that people didn't wear them correctly. So I asked if I wear a N95 correctly? 80-95% effective.
If you don't wear a seat belt correctly, they don't work well. Who knew?
If you don't wear a seat belt correctly, they don't work well. Who knew?
December 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Grok must have been using these sources. I looked into why it suggested masks were only 10-50% effective. Part of the reason was that people didn't wear them correctly. So I asked if I wear a N95 correctly? 80-95% effective.
If you don't wear a seat belt correctly, they don't work well. Who knew?
If you don't wear a seat belt correctly, they don't work well. Who knew?
Aha. Just had a little debate with the head of the Royal Society - a big proponent of evidence based medicine - about masking.
His evidence for masks not working seems to include people not wearing them.
theconversation.com/as-flu-cases...
Thanks for this link.
His evidence for masks not working seems to include people not wearing them.
theconversation.com/as-flu-cases...
Thanks for this link.
As flu cases spike, is it time to start wearing masks again?
NHS leaders are encouraging people with flu symptoms to mask up in public. Does the science support this advice?
theconversation.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Aha. Just had a little debate with the head of the Royal Society - a big proponent of evidence based medicine - about masking.
His evidence for masks not working seems to include people not wearing them.
theconversation.com/as-flu-cases...
Thanks for this link.
His evidence for masks not working seems to include people not wearing them.
theconversation.com/as-flu-cases...
Thanks for this link.
Going over there, eating shepherds pie without an apostrophe.
It may be pedantic, but shepherd's pie is a kind of pie eaten by a shepherd, whereas a shepherds pie is a pie containing shepherds.
Why can't they learn English before they emigrate?
It may be pedantic, but shepherd's pie is a kind of pie eaten by a shepherd, whereas a shepherds pie is a pie containing shepherds.
Why can't they learn English before they emigrate?
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Going over there, eating shepherds pie without an apostrophe.
It may be pedantic, but shepherd's pie is a kind of pie eaten by a shepherd, whereas a shepherds pie is a pie containing shepherds.
Why can't they learn English before they emigrate?
It may be pedantic, but shepherd's pie is a kind of pie eaten by a shepherd, whereas a shepherds pie is a pie containing shepherds.
Why can't they learn English before they emigrate?
I agree.
BTW, what happened with your career in diplomacy?
BTW, what happened with your career in diplomacy?
December 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I agree.
BTW, what happened with your career in diplomacy?
BTW, what happened with your career in diplomacy?
Should have been a FIFA Peace prize winner vs a Nobel Peace prize winner....
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Should have been a FIFA Peace prize winner vs a Nobel Peace prize winner....
Stark raving, like no president ever before.
Where are the men in the white coats?
Where are the men in the white coats?
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Stark raving, like no president ever before.
Where are the men in the white coats?
Where are the men in the white coats?
So it was YOU I called!
The offer is still thee.
The offer is still thee.
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
So it was YOU I called!
The offer is still thee.
The offer is still thee.
Thought that might be the case.
Thanks.
(Shame you didn't get more time though! Attention spans eh?)
Thanks.
(Shame you didn't get more time though! Attention spans eh?)
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thought that might be the case.
Thanks.
(Shame you didn't get more time though! Attention spans eh?)
Thanks.
(Shame you didn't get more time though! Attention spans eh?)
You suggest resetting masks to avoid infecting other people, but don't mention using masks to avoid infection in the first place. Nor what kind of masks.
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
You suggest resetting masks to avoid infecting other people, but don't mention using masks to avoid infection in the first place. Nor what kind of masks.
He's right about one thing though. Give him credit.
It's a great time to have Christmas.
It's a great time to have Christmas.
December 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
He's right about one thing though. Give him credit.
It's a great time to have Christmas.
It's a great time to have Christmas.
Whenever I pass the farm gate, I pick up a box of range eggs. They're free!
December 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Whenever I pass the farm gate, I pick up a box of range eggs. They're free!
Oh no! The hero is brown with an Arab name!
Now what?
Now what?
December 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Oh no! The hero is brown with an Arab name!
Now what?
Now what?
Thanks. Bookmarked that link. Tired of making the case myself.
Here's a link. Take it or leave it. Though if you leave it, it may affect my assessment of you.
Microbiologist.
Here's a link. Take it or leave it. Though if you leave it, it may affect my assessment of you.
Microbiologist.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thanks. Bookmarked that link. Tired of making the case myself.
Here's a link. Take it or leave it. Though if you leave it, it may affect my assessment of you.
Microbiologist.
Here's a link. Take it or leave it. Though if you leave it, it may affect my assessment of you.
Microbiologist.
First out the door was my Polish dentist.
Quickly followed by affordable dentistry.
By gum.
Quickly followed by affordable dentistry.
By gum.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
First out the door was my Polish dentist.
Quickly followed by affordable dentistry.
By gum.
Quickly followed by affordable dentistry.
By gum.
You don't mind producing and rearing 7 kids in a bland house in Blandsville, but you won't eat at Stinky's?
December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You don't mind producing and rearing 7 kids in a bland house in Blandsville, but you won't eat at Stinky's?
Hurray! Piracy is back! I always wanted to be a pirate.
Well done America.
Well done America.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hurray! Piracy is back! I always wanted to be a pirate.
Well done America.
Well done America.
10 mph or 10 decibels, whichever comes first.
December 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
10 mph or 10 decibels, whichever comes first.
You're just showing off that you care about how you buy your stamp.
I'm still saving up for my next stamp.
I'm still saving up for my next stamp.
December 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
You're just showing off that you care about how you buy your stamp.
I'm still saving up for my next stamp.
I'm still saving up for my next stamp.
Yeah, but it's maths!
How's that going to help unless our legislators have a working knowledge of maths?
(It IS pretty simple maths though!)
How's that going to help unless our legislators have a working knowledge of maths?
(It IS pretty simple maths though!)
December 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Yeah, but it's maths!
How's that going to help unless our legislators have a working knowledge of maths?
(It IS pretty simple maths though!)
How's that going to help unless our legislators have a working knowledge of maths?
(It IS pretty simple maths though!)
2 days out from Italy bound for Mallorca, I could stand my idiot crew no longer. They didn't notice me turn the boat 180 degrees and didn't realise it wasn't Mallorca till we checked in back in Italy. Sailed on alone to Mallorca. Much better!
December 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
2 days out from Italy bound for Mallorca, I could stand my idiot crew no longer. They didn't notice me turn the boat 180 degrees and didn't realise it wasn't Mallorca till we checked in back in Italy. Sailed on alone to Mallorca. Much better!
Excellent. Watched the video on the washing machine.
Now he just has to invent the rinsing machine.
Now he just has to invent the rinsing machine.
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Excellent. Watched the video on the washing machine.
Now he just has to invent the rinsing machine.
Now he just has to invent the rinsing machine.
'Immuno-suppressed' gives you a free pass. I use that if the subject comes up (which it very rarely does) and I can't be bothered explaining about Covid (which I usually can't). Cos the data is already out there, easy to find.
Not my job to make the stupid horse drink the stupid water.
Not my job to make the stupid horse drink the stupid water.
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
'Immuno-suppressed' gives you a free pass. I use that if the subject comes up (which it very rarely does) and I can't be bothered explaining about Covid (which I usually can't). Cos the data is already out there, easy to find.
Not my job to make the stupid horse drink the stupid water.
Not my job to make the stupid horse drink the stupid water.