Phil Brown
@philbrown917.bsky.social
Retired atmospheric scientist and trade union official at the Met Office. Former Chair of EUFAR airborne research network. Some things I like: Prog rock, jazz, the landscape of Devon, Exeter Chiefs rugby club, social democracy.
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Solidarity with Prospect members at the Civil Aviation Authority ✊
Our members are out on strike for the first time in 40 years in a dispute over pay.
Our members are out on strike for the first time in 40 years in a dispute over pay.
February 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Solidarity with Prospect members at the Civil Aviation Authority ✊
Our members are out on strike for the first time in 40 years in a dispute over pay.
Our members are out on strike for the first time in 40 years in a dispute over pay.
Wouldn't it be even more innovative to start thinking about data centres that have a reduced demand for water?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Water shortage fears as Labour’s first AI growth zone sited next to new reservoir
First datacentre site proposed seven miles from Abingdon reservoir planned for water-stressed south-east England
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Wouldn't it be even more innovative to start thinking about data centres that have a reduced demand for water?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
If you're in the UK and into signing online petitions, then I heartily recommend this one to you.
38d.gs/yjlf
38d.gs/yjlf
Sign the petition: Britain is not for sale: don't let the likes of Elon Musk meddle in our democracy
🚨 WORLD’S RICHEST MAN BUYING OUR DEMOCRACY 🚨 Elon Musk is set to pump £78m into Nigel Farage’s party—a sum that would allow Reform to flood our politics with targeted ads. Maybe other countries allow ...
38d.gs
December 22, 2024 at 7:28 PM
If you're in the UK and into signing online petitions, then I heartily recommend this one to you.
38d.gs/yjlf
38d.gs/yjlf
Couldn't help thinking that on this issue that, rightly, cuts across party lines, the majority of MPs in support was much greater than in that crappy referendum in 2016.
1. I’m pretty sceptical about representative democracy: broadly speaking, I think it’s a contradiction in terms. But if we are to have such a thing, it should look like the assistant dying bill debate in Parliament yesterday. That debate showed us what we are missing all the rest of the time. 🧵
November 30, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Couldn't help thinking that on this issue that, rightly, cuts across party lines, the majority of MPs in support was much greater than in that crappy referendum in 2016.
Seems appropriate to be landing on this platform today. We have the first blue skies after many days of anticyclonic gloom.
November 12, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Seems appropriate to be landing on this platform today. We have the first blue skies after many days of anticyclonic gloom.