neilgascoigne.bsky.social
IT nerd in the UK utility sector, father, dog owner, reader of history, political slinger, analyst, car buff, aviation buff, owner of EV and solar because that matters for my kid’s future.
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Free sub via our local County library to PressReader helps us here. Also a new Beano every week, still better than some media.
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It would not be the first time two major powers negotiated the future without consent of the people concerned. One example was the 1916-17 Sykes–Picot Agreement.
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I hope US mil and civil defence are preparing for a smooth transition of power in 2029.
Last term was a tactic of setting absolute truth as a matter of debate, which invaded UK politics also. Now the debate is not there and decisions are absolute.
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Dreich++
At least the differential in daylight hours is once again accelerating. Sunrise by month end is 30 mins earlier here at 52.5N so daylight at morning alarm time :-)
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Shropshire Hills/Montgomeryshire is a lovely area less spoilt by man’s input, still pastoral farming, but biodiversity more akin to the Midlands when I was a kid. These will do well.
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Maybe you’re thinking of this, Tash? www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...
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Aren’t they all controlled from Estonia? That’s a long distance call for help!
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Small modular reactors are still a way off. All bar Sizewell will have gone offline by the end of the decade leaving the prospect of increased gas-based generation, higher prices and risking net-zero targets. There’s no certainty Hinkley will be online by then. auroraer.com/sector/flexi...
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CG was key in ensuring Briatore stayed on at Renault F1 during brand-damaging “crash gate” and a relatively poor period of performance. Now Briatore is back it seems despite the ban. Odd things happen.
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I wonder if they are tired of their own boom and bust cycles, they grow too quickly then have to lay off, which has been my local-to-Coventry observation. Plus the engine issues. Super niche might solve that? I don’t think those who like the brand and got upset realise where Jag is now headed.
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Source link and no paywall: www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/e...
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Holly says welcome back. I reckon she’d be good at attacking tech debt given how long her toys last 😅
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Hello Mr. Blue Sky 🙌 Quite fun knowing Neil’s love of ELO. Hope he and Cathy are doing okay.
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Of all the WHW episodes, yours on this sticks in the mind. Bless you for keeping this going. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
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Pretty much the same here too. One good excuse using that approach is that the car won’t get scratched from anyone cleaning it 😄
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Sadly this year it’s a £30 pcm TNT Sports subscription to watch the Autumn Nations.
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Nothing quite so advanced in reality, at least for now. I think he or his minions will be instructing the engineering team to black list the source data upon which it is based. Can’t have an errant employee on the payroll, even a virtual one!
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Hey Tash. Checked yesterday to see if you were here. Keep up the good work as always. And get your goof on ;-) Welcome and followed.
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Yay! Good morning DM.
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Disappointed Willey near Lutterworth does not feature.
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Very well. Carry on.
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I can hear Lewis MacLeod doing this as a skit 😄
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Settings>Moderation echos and links this page
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The former net-zero strategic plan under ex-CEO Ben van Beurden might have worked, albeit slowly, but I think there was a top-level change in approach where the (diplomatically put) "traditional crowd" won out, resulting in a new CEO. The intent long-term was to be electrons, not molecules.
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Here’s some more engagement. Followed and welcome to bsky. Thanks for being here 😊
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Solcast API is hoping for better.
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Same tactics like before. Make the fact a matter of debate where the truth can be bent. Claim the other side is doing it, not you, when you in fact are. A kind of maskirovka if you will? And as before, how do we reinforce right from wrong for our kids when these stories are in the media?
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You’re rated 94% and so the most stand-out artist of a talented bunch contributing in Private Eye. IMHO. Thanks for your efforts :-)
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Pannick himself issued advice to Labour in the dim and distant, which they heeded and dropped from previous Manifesto. Now they are up against him.