Russell
@parsl.bsky.social
Science, tech, energy. EV driver, motorcyclist, cyclist & pedestrian.
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Nighthawks 2025
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Nighthawks 2025
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Absolute marmalade-dropper, this. Well worth a read.
My latest: Move over bat tunnel, here’s the wild story of how HS2 were forced to build a multi-million pound bridge for a road that… doesn’t actually exist.
How HS2 built a bridge to nowhere
A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.
martinrobbins.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Absolute marmalade-dropper, this. Well worth a read.
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Worth reading. UK has made massive savings thanks to wind energy
Reduced demand for gas has cut gas prices and saved money on building new gas power stations
Savings are despite the horrific way the UK sets electricity bills - effectively at the same price they would be if generated 100% using gas
Reduced demand for gas has cut gas prices and saved money on building new gas power stations
Savings are despite the horrific way the UK sets electricity bills - effectively at the same price they would be if generated 100% using gas
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010.
#renewables #climate #windpower
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#renewables #climate #windpower
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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 8:50 AM
Worth reading. UK has made massive savings thanks to wind energy
Reduced demand for gas has cut gas prices and saved money on building new gas power stations
Savings are despite the horrific way the UK sets electricity bills - effectively at the same price they would be if generated 100% using gas
Reduced demand for gas has cut gas prices and saved money on building new gas power stations
Savings are despite the horrific way the UK sets electricity bills - effectively at the same price they would be if generated 100% using gas
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It's the Fesshole/Vagina Museum crossover event you've all been waiting for. Tons of you tagged us into this across all of our socials, asking for a fact-check. The consensus of the reply guys is that it Didn't Happen. However, this is in fact very possible. Here's why...
October 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It's the Fesshole/Vagina Museum crossover event you've all been waiting for. Tons of you tagged us into this across all of our socials, asking for a fact-check. The consensus of the reply guys is that it Didn't Happen. However, this is in fact very possible. Here's why...
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Top trolling, no notes
October 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Top trolling, no notes
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Are you sick of Government ignoring publicans & only listening to big pubcos & global brewers? 🤬
We need a #RealVoiceforPubs! 📣
Just £25 a year to be part of the grassroots campaign to protect, promote & support #pubs.
Grow the voice…join here ⬇️🤝
campaignforpubs.org.uk/join-campaig...
We need a #RealVoiceforPubs! 📣
Just £25 a year to be part of the grassroots campaign to protect, promote & support #pubs.
Grow the voice…join here ⬇️🤝
campaignforpubs.org.uk/join-campaig...
October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Are you sick of Government ignoring publicans & only listening to big pubcos & global brewers? 🤬
We need a #RealVoiceforPubs! 📣
Just £25 a year to be part of the grassroots campaign to protect, promote & support #pubs.
Grow the voice…join here ⬇️🤝
campaignforpubs.org.uk/join-campaig...
We need a #RealVoiceforPubs! 📣
Just £25 a year to be part of the grassroots campaign to protect, promote & support #pubs.
Grow the voice…join here ⬇️🤝
campaignforpubs.org.uk/join-campaig...
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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We’ve written to Peter Kyle, the new Secretary of State for Business & Trade welcoming him to this important role & urging him and the Govt to support #pubs including stopping the ongoing endemic abuse of the #beertie & exploitative behaviour by #pubcos ⬇️
campaignforpubs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
campaignforpubs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
October 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We’ve written to Peter Kyle, the new Secretary of State for Business & Trade welcoming him to this important role & urging him and the Govt to support #pubs including stopping the ongoing endemic abuse of the #beertie & exploitative behaviour by #pubcos ⬇️
campaignforpubs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
campaignforpubs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.
September 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.
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I live in Huntsville, Alabama. This city was a podunk until the nazi rocket scientists came here in the 1950s with Wernher von Braun. The public schools had as many students who were primary German speakers as English. Vance again speaks as a willing stupid for the rapist trump. 🧪⚒️ #Trump#USA
September 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I live in Huntsville, Alabama. This city was a podunk until the nazi rocket scientists came here in the 1950s with Wernher von Braun. The public schools had as many students who were primary German speakers as English. Vance again speaks as a willing stupid for the rapist trump. 🧪⚒️ #Trump#USA
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I work in a real ale micropub. If you walk in and ask "What beer do you recommend?" we just "recommend" whichever beers been on longest that we want to get rid of.
July 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I work in a real ale micropub. If you walk in and ask "What beer do you recommend?" we just "recommend" whichever beers been on longest that we want to get rid of.
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Boaty McBoatface brushes shoulders with Rock ‘n’ Roll Nerd! 🎹💛
We were thrilled to host Tim Minchin and his band for a special visit to Southampton!
We loved sharing our Discovery Collections, BOSCORF sediment coring facility, and ocean engineering workshops during their visit!
We were thrilled to host Tim Minchin and his band for a special visit to Southampton!
We loved sharing our Discovery Collections, BOSCORF sediment coring facility, and ocean engineering workshops during their visit!
July 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Boaty McBoatface brushes shoulders with Rock ‘n’ Roll Nerd! 🎹💛
We were thrilled to host Tim Minchin and his band for a special visit to Southampton!
We loved sharing our Discovery Collections, BOSCORF sediment coring facility, and ocean engineering workshops during their visit!
We were thrilled to host Tim Minchin and his band for a special visit to Southampton!
We loved sharing our Discovery Collections, BOSCORF sediment coring facility, and ocean engineering workshops during their visit!
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Media commentators across Britain have reacted with outrage to something said by an Irish rap group named after the practice of shooting people in the knees.
[From issue 1649, May 2025]
[From issue 1649, May 2025]
June 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Media commentators across Britain have reacted with outrage to something said by an Irish rap group named after the practice of shooting people in the knees.
[From issue 1649, May 2025]
[From issue 1649, May 2025]
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The RIAA wanted thousands in damages for someone sharing an MP3, let's hope those same level of figures are applied to AI companies. An entire industry based on massive copyright infringement. If paying for content breaks your business model, then tough, you deserve to fail.
June 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The RIAA wanted thousands in damages for someone sharing an MP3, let's hope those same level of figures are applied to AI companies. An entire industry based on massive copyright infringement. If paying for content breaks your business model, then tough, you deserve to fail.
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🩸 Just donated blood at Southampton’s NEW donor centre this morning. Must have been one of the first customers. Quick, easy, free parking and WiFi!
So quick, I was out and and work for 9am!
Thankyou @NHSBT @GiveBloodNHS Team! #GiveBlood #NationalBloodWeek 9-15 June
🔗 www.blood.co.uk/the-donation...
So quick, I was out and and work for 9am!
Thankyou @NHSBT @GiveBloodNHS Team! #GiveBlood #NationalBloodWeek 9-15 June
🔗 www.blood.co.uk/the-donation...
Southampton Blood Donor Centre
Donate blood in Southampton – find your local centre and book an appointment
www.blood.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🩸 Just donated blood at Southampton’s NEW donor centre this morning. Must have been one of the first customers. Quick, easy, free parking and WiFi!
So quick, I was out and and work for 9am!
Thankyou @NHSBT @GiveBloodNHS Team! #GiveBlood #NationalBloodWeek 9-15 June
🔗 www.blood.co.uk/the-donation...
So quick, I was out and and work for 9am!
Thankyou @NHSBT @GiveBloodNHS Team! #GiveBlood #NationalBloodWeek 9-15 June
🔗 www.blood.co.uk/the-donation...
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One of the clearest signals that a tech business is run by wronguns is when they use a .io domain name.
May 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
One of the clearest signals that a tech business is run by wronguns is when they use a .io domain name.
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Ramsgate Marina Art Deco, Seawater Pool, opened in 1935 and closed in 1975. It is now a car park!
May 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Ramsgate Marina Art Deco, Seawater Pool, opened in 1935 and closed in 1975. It is now a car park!
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“There you go, a cheeky pint”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
May 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“There you go, a cheeky pint”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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As my book "Pie Fidelity: In Defence of British Food" shows, like most famous “English” dishes, the full English breakfast is a product of international trade and migration. Not just the ingredients: most Greasy Spoon Caffs have been run by the families of Greek and Italian immigrants.
Lee Anderson's antics are going to be the reason Tim Wetherspoon ends up woke.
May 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
As my book "Pie Fidelity: In Defence of British Food" shows, like most famous “English” dishes, the full English breakfast is a product of international trade and migration. Not just the ingredients: most Greasy Spoon Caffs have been run by the families of Greek and Italian immigrants.
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Happy Birthday to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum! One of the most influential computers ever made and one of the all-time bestselling British computers, over five million units were sold. It was released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982.
April 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Happy Birthday to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum! One of the most influential computers ever made and one of the all-time bestselling British computers, over five million units were sold. It was released in the United Kingdom on 23 April 1982.
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Renewable energy co-operative Ripple Energy – which allows customers to co-own wind turbines for discounts on their energy bills – has been saved from collapse after a new owner successfully acquired the stricken firm
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
tinyurl.com/23k3ndcr
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
tinyurl.com/23k3ndcr
April 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Renewable energy co-operative Ripple Energy – which allows customers to co-own wind turbines for discounts on their energy bills – has been saved from collapse after a new owner successfully acquired the stricken firm
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
tinyurl.com/23k3ndcr
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
tinyurl.com/23k3ndcr