William Box
@wdmbox.bsky.social
Low carbon building performance, music, poetry, art and very amateur horn playing.
What he said 👇
You're not even pushing them around much. The electrons kinda slowly drift in the direction of the voltage difference (well, bouncing around quickly, but slowly drifting on average).
The energy is carried by the electric field, not by the electrons.
Veritasium has a good video about that.
The energy is carried by the electric field, not by the electrons.
Veritasium has a good video about that.
December 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
What he said 👇
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Being still while everything else around you is shifting is its own kind of movement. It is not “doing nothing”. It is “being still”.
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Being still while everything else around you is shifting is its own kind of movement. It is not “doing nothing”. It is “being still”.
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TRLs provide a route for policymakers to analyse innovation, but in doing so they presume greater levels of control over innovation than may be legitimate. It is highly unclear that innovation is as linear and single track as they imply. /4
October 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
TRLs provide a route for policymakers to analyse innovation, but in doing so they presume greater levels of control over innovation than may be legitimate. It is highly unclear that innovation is as linear and single track as they imply. /4
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I need some help from a proficient Cornish language speaker please! I paint landscapes & when my work is based on my homeland I always use the Cornish language as titles. The trouble is I don't speak it. Literal translations from English don't always work poetically so a little conversation 1/2
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I need some help from a proficient Cornish language speaker please! I paint landscapes & when my work is based on my homeland I always use the Cornish language as titles. The trouble is I don't speak it. Literal translations from English don't always work poetically so a little conversation 1/2
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For almost three decades, the UK energy sector has chased the promise of open data, yet we’re still stuck in pilot mode.
In her guest blog, Dr Ola Michalec, Lecturer at the University of Bristol, explores why progress has stalled, and what it will take to move forward.
In her guest blog, Dr Ola Michalec, Lecturer at the University of Bristol, explores why progress has stalled, and what it will take to move forward.
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For almost three decades, the UK energy sector has chased the promise of open data, yet we’re still stuck in pilot mode.
In her guest blog, Dr Ola Michalec, Lecturer at the University of Bristol, explores why progress has stalled, and what it will take to move forward.
In her guest blog, Dr Ola Michalec, Lecturer at the University of Bristol, explores why progress has stalled, and what it will take to move forward.
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Kind of interesting list of 'endangered' crafts categorised by riffing on the conservation redlist of wildlife https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/categories-of-risk/
www.heritagecrafts.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Kind of interesting list of 'endangered' crafts categorised by riffing on the conservation redlist of wildlife https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/categories-of-risk/
The Fal this morning
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Fal this morning
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NEW POST about pianists Myra Hess & Elly Ney, and how they used Beethoven during #WWII.
"Myra and Elly’s stories show just how mercurial musical meaning can be, and how much the stories we tell about music matter."
open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...
"Myra and Elly’s stories show just how mercurial musical meaning can be, and how much the stories we tell about music matter."
open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...
Conscripting Beethoven
How two pianists used Beethoven on both sides of World War II
open.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NEW POST about pianists Myra Hess & Elly Ney, and how they used Beethoven during #WWII.
"Myra and Elly’s stories show just how mercurial musical meaning can be, and how much the stories we tell about music matter."
open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...
"Myra and Elly’s stories show just how mercurial musical meaning can be, and how much the stories we tell about music matter."
open.substack.com/pub/leahbroa...
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ENYS MEN is currently streaming free on Channel 4 - share.google/7MeVu0mHYUgC...
Enys Men
(2022) Mark Jenkin's eerie expressionist poem of a film set on a remote Cornish island
share.google
September 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
ENYS MEN is currently streaming free on Channel 4 - share.google/7MeVu0mHYUgC...
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It was fantastic to work with Doug and Greenpeace colleagues on this. For my money, this is the most immediate step the Government could take to reduce costs on bills.
Moving gas plants - which set the price of electricity- out of the market and into a nationally controlled reserve, would take £5bn off the UK’s energy bills
“Renewable energy is cheaper than gas but we’re not reaping all of the benefits clean power brings”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Renewable energy is cheaper than gas but we’re not reaping all of the benefits clean power brings”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Energy users ‘could save £5bn a year’ if gas plants are removed from market
Former energy tsar suggests the ‘radical step’ as one of the few options the government has for cutting bills
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It was fantastic to work with Doug and Greenpeace colleagues on this. For my money, this is the most immediate step the Government could take to reduce costs on bills.
Dragon Rock this evening.
OK - it’s actually called Gull Rock, but it really should be Dragon Rock
OK - it’s actually called Gull Rock, but it really should be Dragon Rock
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dragon Rock this evening.
OK - it’s actually called Gull Rock, but it really should be Dragon Rock
OK - it’s actually called Gull Rock, but it really should be Dragon Rock
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Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
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We're happy to announce dates for Organised Atoms 2025 - free workshops for kids and their families and friends where we search for crystals, examine them under a microscope and make electronic noises with them!
Location: United Downs Raceway, St Day, Cornwall (situated to the south east of St […]
Location: United Downs Raceway, St Day, Cornwall (situated to the south east of St […]
Original post on social.thentrythis.org
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August 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We're happy to announce dates for Organised Atoms 2025 - free workshops for kids and their families and friends where we search for crystals, examine them under a microscope and make electronic noises with them!
Location: United Downs Raceway, St Day, Cornwall (situated to the south east of St […]
Location: United Downs Raceway, St Day, Cornwall (situated to the south east of St […]
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We're having a little studio warming on 16 Aug, 11am-2pm, at Gray's Wharf in Penryn - all welcome!
It'll also be the launch for Drawings About Things (our new illustration and print offerings) so there will be lots of lovely textural print bits and bobs to take a look at.
It'll also be the launch for Drawings About Things (our new illustration and print offerings) so there will be lots of lovely textural print bits and bobs to take a look at.
July 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We're having a little studio warming on 16 Aug, 11am-2pm, at Gray's Wharf in Penryn - all welcome!
It'll also be the launch for Drawings About Things (our new illustration and print offerings) so there will be lots of lovely textural print bits and bobs to take a look at.
It'll also be the launch for Drawings About Things (our new illustration and print offerings) so there will be lots of lovely textural print bits and bobs to take a look at.
From this morning’s walk with added iridescent Banded Demoiselle damselflies
August 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
From this morning’s walk with added iridescent Banded Demoiselle damselflies
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On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Graham Parsons reflects on the real lesson of the bombing, that the assumption of a conflict between military strategy and morality is an illusion and hinders strategic thinking. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The World Learned the Wrong Lesson From Hiroshima
Reflections on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on its 80th anniversary.
www.lawfaremedia.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Graham Parsons reflects on the real lesson of the bombing, that the assumption of a conflict between military strategy and morality is an illusion and hinders strategic thinking. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Lyrics for A Line In The Sand by PJ Harvey from 2018 album The Hope Six Demolition Project
July 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Lyrics for A Line In The Sand by PJ Harvey from 2018 album The Hope Six Demolition Project
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Without the right to peaceful protest, there is no democracy. The UK, USA and many others are on the wrong side of history here.
July 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Without the right to peaceful protest, there is no democracy. The UK, USA and many others are on the wrong side of history here.
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Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
July 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
As a general rule in Cornwall, the further west you go, the stranger things can become. So here’s Mazey Day with head on a plate as the Mock Mayor👇 Thousands of people attend Mazey Day festival www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thousands of people attend Golowan Festival in Penzance
Tens of thousands of people filled the streets of Penzance for the Mazey Day event on Saturday.
www.bbc.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As a general rule in Cornwall, the further west you go, the stranger things can become. So here’s Mazey Day with head on a plate as the Mock Mayor👇 Thousands of people attend Mazey Day festival www.bbc.com/news/article...
At the Poly in Falmouth eagerly awaiting @matthewthomason.bsky.social ‘s Arlodes a Shalott with Elizabeth Freeborn (soprano) and Kath Buckler (cello)
June 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
At the Poly in Falmouth eagerly awaiting @matthewthomason.bsky.social ‘s Arlodes a Shalott with Elizabeth Freeborn (soprano) and Kath Buckler (cello)
