Richard Chin
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Richard Chin
@richardchin.bsky.social
Interested in stuff.

Particularly interested in history, science, nutrition, fitness, AI, brain and behaviour. And Wimbledon.

Like a good podcast, BBC R4 & World Service.
Image if hate preacher Abu Hamza had his own social media platform with multiple millions of engagements
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
What if the green technology improved to the point where even the British weather afforded Australian levels of solar energy?

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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In numerous appearances Trump has called someone a communist and a socialist in the same sentence
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The average Reform member voting for closing care homes looks a lot like turkeys voting for Christmas
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Arguably it is the war in Ukraine that is slowing Russia's meddling more in other areas of the world.
If the war did stop I'd expect to see Russian troops in another territory within the year.
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"my energy is getting up to inflation" 😂
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Are you tired of winning yet?
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Farage is clearly a fan of 1980s economic policy, but something in the back of my head warns against trusting his judgement 🤔
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Some people are saying OpenAI knows it is too big to fail, and the White House knows it too - that is what Sam Altman is banking on (literally).
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Wasn't it the Chair of the Federal Reserve who predicted the DotCom burst 5 years before it happened? The thing is, while it was overvalued at the time of the burst, its new lower lever was still higher than at the time of the prediction.
Still caused a lot of suffering though.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Oh the infamous double tap strike
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Starmer more interested in Amazon than Amazon
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I'm old enough to remember when a British PM thought it was a good idea to make Musk a guest of honour.
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Anglo-Saxons were Germanic people from the 5th century.
NF's politics are Germanic from the early 20th century.
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
If you're kidnapped by an actual ICE officer you're less likely to be freed anytime soon?
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Or Mr Szcepansky's father turns out to have been a KGB agent so he is given a place in the House of Lords
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Many with many enemies dies in mysterious circumstances 🤔

If only there were some files on Epstein that could be released to the public that might show who would have wanted him dead.
October 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"So funny I laughed my head off"
October 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Barely legal? Is that all Maga activity that isn't actually illegal?
October 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Up to 20% of ChatGPT answers could be hallucinations - making it about 80% more accurate than Boris Johnson.
October 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Will listen.
Do you know how long Stevens is out for?
October 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM