Adrian Bowyer
@adrianbowyer.bsky.social
No worthwhile human achievement has ever been instigated on the basis of demonstrable cost effectiveness.
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Most areas of human thought are wrong because they assume they're right. Science is mostly right because it assumes it is wrong.
Most ways of achieving things fail because they assume they'll work. Engineering mostly works because it assumes things will go wrong.
Most ways of achieving things fail because they assume they'll work. Engineering mostly works because it assumes things will go wrong.
Thing about Eurithmics on TV. I'd forgotten how much Annie Lennox looks like David Bowie.
January 3, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Thing about Eurithmics on TV. I'd forgotten how much Annie Lennox looks like David Bowie.
5 Eyes consists of four Commonwealth countries and the USA. Seems to me it's high time to kick out the odd one out.
January 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
5 Eyes consists of four Commonwealth countries and the USA. Seems to me it's high time to kick out the odd one out.
My watch has just given me a message from my car, which is in the garage.
What a fascinating and modern age we live in.
What a fascinating and modern age we live in.
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
My watch has just given me a message from my car, which is in the garage.
What a fascinating and modern age we live in.
What a fascinating and modern age we live in.
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This sounds like a Victorian euphemism for ‘homosexual’.
January 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
This sounds like a Victorian euphemism for ‘homosexual’.
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It’s as if the FIFA Peace Prize means nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 AM
It’s as if the FIFA Peace Prize means nothing.
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Looking over my left shoulder, I see Mom staring at me, knuckles white on the handle of her cart. I turn my head to find Nana behind the avocados, glaring. My heart pounding, I raise a hand towards the shelf. A bead of sweat falls from my forehead, hitting the floor with a splat.
January 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Looking over my left shoulder, I see Mom staring at me, knuckles white on the handle of her cart. I turn my head to find Nana behind the avocados, glaring. My heart pounding, I raise a hand towards the shelf. A bead of sweat falls from my forehead, hitting the floor with a splat.
Normally, of course, diagnoses should not be made absent an in-person examination.
But sometimes the sheer quantity of evidence publicly available and the harm being visited on others must override that principle.
But sometimes the sheer quantity of evidence publicly available and the harm being visited on others must override that principle.
Here we go~ it has taken too long for professional mental experts to come forth. We need many more of these announcements/analysis.
January 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Normally, of course, diagnoses should not be made absent an in-person examination.
But sometimes the sheer quantity of evidence publicly available and the harm being visited on others must override that principle.
But sometimes the sheer quantity of evidence publicly available and the harm being visited on others must override that principle.
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Those philosophical and theological discussions were all very well, but did the Council of Nicea fix the potholes?
Pope marks the 1700 anniversary of the Council of Nicea, celebrates Christian unity in Iznik, Turkey
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Pope marks the 1700 anniversary of the Council of Nicea, celebrates Christian unity in Iznik, Turkey
twp.ai
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Those philosophical and theological discussions were all very well, but did the Council of Nicea fix the potholes?
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Now would be a really good time to disinvest in fossil.
The great thing about solar is that you don't have to pay to dig more out of the ground whenever you want a few more joules.
The great thing about solar is that you don't have to pay to dig more out of the ground whenever you want a few more joules.
Solar is the fastest-growing source of electricity in history
It will become over 50% of all the electricity on Earth by 2036, with the battery supply chain future-proofing the solar takeover
Another one of my charts of the year
It will become over 50% of all the electricity on Earth by 2036, with the battery supply chain future-proofing the solar takeover
Another one of my charts of the year
December 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Now would be a really good time to disinvest in fossil.
The great thing about solar is that you don't have to pay to dig more out of the ground whenever you want a few more joules.
The great thing about solar is that you don't have to pay to dig more out of the ground whenever you want a few more joules.
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
The World looks at the Russia-Ukraine war thinking that Russia is a great power.
But it's not.It's a medium power* that inherited nukes and a permanent seat on the Security Council.
Recognise that and the war looks very different.
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* A bit smaller than Italy. Imagine Italy had invaded Ukraine...
But it's not.It's a medium power* that inherited nukes and a permanent seat on the Security Council.
Recognise that and the war looks very different.
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* A bit smaller than Italy. Imagine Italy had invaded Ukraine...
It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
January 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The World looks at the Russia-Ukraine war thinking that Russia is a great power.
But it's not.It's a medium power* that inherited nukes and a permanent seat on the Security Council.
Recognise that and the war looks very different.
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* A bit smaller than Italy. Imagine Italy had invaded Ukraine...
But it's not.It's a medium power* that inherited nukes and a permanent seat on the Security Council.
Recognise that and the war looks very different.
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* A bit smaller than Italy. Imagine Italy had invaded Ukraine...
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A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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My first act as global emperor will be to declare that everything created in the 20th century is now public domain.
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
My first act as global emperor will be to declare that everything created in the 20th century is now public domain.
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I have yet to hear an American Christian say this.
(Yes. I know the Pope's American.)
(Yes. I know the Pope's American.)
Pope Leo: “The world is not saved by sharpening swords, nor by judging, oppressing or eliminating our brothers and sisters. Rather, it is saved by tirelessly striving to understand, forgive, liberate and welcome everyone, without calculation and without fear.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I have yet to hear an American Christian say this.
(Yes. I know the Pope's American.)
(Yes. I know the Pope's American.)
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Three of the top five British grid electricity records smashed in 2025!
This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
January 1, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Three of the top five British grid electricity records smashed in 2025!
This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
This is a huge success story, despite what Russian bots and U.S fossil fuel shills scream on X.
Every unit of clean domestic energy we produce means a safer future for our children…🥳
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Could have been the UK, we had 3 times as much oil and gas.
Instead it was sold off by Thatcher for pennies and you got nothing.
Instead it was sold off by Thatcher for pennies and you got nothing.
January 1, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Could have been the UK, we had 3 times as much oil and gas.
Instead it was sold off by Thatcher for pennies and you got nothing.
Instead it was sold off by Thatcher for pennies and you got nothing.
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Happy New Year and all that but they shouldn’t be allowed to add CG images to the fireworks coverage. Either it’s all real or what’s the point?
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Happy New Year and all that but they shouldn’t be allowed to add CG images to the fireworks coverage. Either it’s all real or what’s the point?
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a lot of people are aware that you can factor
2025 = 45²
i'm honored to announce the factorization
2026 = (45-i)(45+i)
2025 = 45²
i'm honored to announce the factorization
2026 = (45-i)(45+i)
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
a lot of people are aware that you can factor
2025 = 45²
i'm honored to announce the factorization
2026 = (45-i)(45+i)
2025 = 45²
i'm honored to announce the factorization
2026 = (45-i)(45+i)
Fireworks on the TV. And you can have drone displays, obvs.
But I've never seen a view from a drone flown through a fireworks display. Don't think there'd be too high a chance that it would get hit.
Happy New Year, by the way.
But I've never seen a view from a drone flown through a fireworks display. Don't think there'd be too high a chance that it would get hit.
Happy New Year, by the way.
January 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Fireworks on the TV. And you can have drone displays, obvs.
But I've never seen a view from a drone flown through a fireworks display. Don't think there'd be too high a chance that it would get hit.
Happy New Year, by the way.
But I've never seen a view from a drone flown through a fireworks display. Don't think there'd be too high a chance that it would get hit.
Happy New Year, by the way.
Just going for a Donald.
December 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Just going for a Donald.
So I've just shocked the whole family by saying that I just take a random chocolate from the box and never read the key.
Apparently this is in some way socially deficient.
Apparently this is in some way socially deficient.
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
So I've just shocked the whole family by saying that I just take a random chocolate from the box and never read the key.
Apparently this is in some way socially deficient.
Apparently this is in some way socially deficient.
It's important to realise how much more important this sort of thing is than, for example, stopping wars*.
40 million humans have Alzheimer’s. That's 200 times as many as those who die in wars in a year.
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* Which we should also do, of course. We can do more than one thing at once.
40 million humans have Alzheimer’s. That's 200 times as many as those who die in wars in a year.
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* Which we should also do, of course. We can do more than one thing at once.
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's important to realise how much more important this sort of thing is than, for example, stopping wars*.
40 million humans have Alzheimer’s. That's 200 times as many as those who die in wars in a year.
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* Which we should also do, of course. We can do more than one thing at once.
40 million humans have Alzheimer’s. That's 200 times as many as those who die in wars in a year.
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* Which we should also do, of course. We can do more than one thing at once.
Irresistible "These are not the droids you're looking for" energy from Derren here...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkHe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkHe...
Paying Out On Losing Tickets At The Races - Derren Brown
YouTube video by Derren Brown
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December 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Irresistible "These are not the droids you're looking for" energy from Derren here...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkHe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkHe...