Ewan Kirk
@ewan.thekirks.co.uk
Look, I know that there is a lot of stupidity in this exchange but I feel I have to <tap the sign>
Power stations don’t *make* electrons. They just move them around.
Power stations don’t *make* electrons. They just move them around.
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Look, I know that there is a lot of stupidity in this exchange but I feel I have to <tap the sign>
Power stations don’t *make* electrons. They just move them around.
Power stations don’t *make* electrons. They just move them around.
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Reeves should risk it all on one last roll of the dice.
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Reeves in Zugzwang
Incremental politics no longer works
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Reeves should risk it all on one last roll of the dice.
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
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Time to watch some proper grownup telly you losers
Great news - one of the best mini-series ever with a dazzling & eccentric screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin & superb direction by Martin Campbell is back on iplayer.
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
If you haven’t seen it then you’re in for a real treat.
Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Edge of Darkness - Series 1: 1. Compassionate Leave
Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Time to watch some proper grownup telly you losers
Well…that’s pretty clear.
October 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Well…that’s pretty clear.
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The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)
So Microsoft uses AWS?
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
So Microsoft uses AWS?
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Still $10k too much
October 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Still $10k too much
Who robbed the Louvre, Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Who robbed the Louvre, Right answers only.
Still use mine pretty much every day. Easier than bringing up the calculator app for things I can’t do in my head.
October 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Still use mine pretty much every day. Easier than bringing up the calculator app for things I can’t do in my head.
Insightful and prescient from @thedailymash.bsky.social once again.
www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science...
www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science...
The seven stages of your workplace getting obsessed with AI then realising it's bollocks
ANYONE with a job is likely to have witnessed managers gushing about AI then quietly ditching the idea. See where your employer is in the cycle of AI hype.
www.thedailymash.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Insightful and prescient from @thedailymash.bsky.social once again.
www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science...
www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science...
October 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Well, this is exciting.
(Also, iPhone photography is really very good nowadays).
(Also, iPhone photography is really very good nowadays).
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Well, this is exciting.
(Also, iPhone photography is really very good nowadays).
(Also, iPhone photography is really very good nowadays).
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The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
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I use this graph a lot.
September 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I use this graph a lot.
Well, in really exciting news, I learned today that there is a word “benignant” which is the opposite of malignant.
September 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Well, in really exciting news, I learned today that there is a word “benignant” which is the opposite of malignant.
What I was doing yesterday: Launching a centre to bring spatial learning to all of the children in Scottish Schools.
A cheap and highly effective way to close the attainment gap (especially for girls and those from deprived backgrounds).
www.twinkl.co.uk/news/univers...
A cheap and highly effective way to close the attainment gap (especially for girls and those from deprived backgrounds).
www.twinkl.co.uk/news/univers...
www.twinkl.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What I was doing yesterday: Launching a centre to bring spatial learning to all of the children in Scottish Schools.
A cheap and highly effective way to close the attainment gap (especially for girls and those from deprived backgrounds).
www.twinkl.co.uk/news/univers...
A cheap and highly effective way to close the attainment gap (especially for girls and those from deprived backgrounds).
www.twinkl.co.uk/news/univers...
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Material deep inside Earth, near the planet’s core, has undergone a mysterious shift
The discovery, possible because the geological shift altered the planet’s gravitational field, is a testament to Earth-orbiting GRACE satellites.
Planetary science rocks!
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The discovery, possible because the geological shift altered the planet’s gravitational field, is a testament to Earth-orbiting GRACE satellites.
Planetary science rocks!
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Mysterious changes near Earth’s core revealed by satellites in space
Orbiters can pick up gravitational shifts thousands of kilometres below the surface.
www.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Material deep inside Earth, near the planet’s core, has undergone a mysterious shift
The discovery, possible because the geological shift altered the planet’s gravitational field, is a testament to Earth-orbiting GRACE satellites.
Planetary science rocks!
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The discovery, possible because the geological shift altered the planet’s gravitational field, is a testament to Earth-orbiting GRACE satellites.
Planetary science rocks!
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
The Turner Kirk Trust ( @turner-kirk.com) recently awarded a grant to the One Zoom Tree of Life project. This is a little off piste for us but it's a fascinating way to explore and understand the complexity and depth of the tree of life. Highly recommended.
www.onezoom.org/linnean/@_oz...
www.onezoom.org/linnean/@_oz...
OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer, text page for All life
OneZoom Tree of Life Explorer
www.onezoom.org
September 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Turner Kirk Trust ( @turner-kirk.com) recently awarded a grant to the One Zoom Tree of Life project. This is a little off piste for us but it's a fascinating way to explore and understand the complexity and depth of the tree of life. Highly recommended.
www.onezoom.org/linnean/@_oz...
www.onezoom.org/linnean/@_oz...
This from @kevverage.bsky.social in the context of Scottish fiscal sustainability is interesting for a much wider set of reasons. E.g I would not have expected the Netherlands to be where they are.
September 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This from @kevverage.bsky.social in the context of Scottish fiscal sustainability is interesting for a much wider set of reasons. E.g I would not have expected the Netherlands to be where they are.
Weird timeline coincidences.
September 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Weird timeline coincidences.
I see that we’ve now got someone who is really knowledgable about STEM as Science Secretary…
Oh wait…
<sigh>
Oh wait…
<sigh>
September 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I see that we’ve now got someone who is really knowledgable about STEM as Science Secretary…
Oh wait…
<sigh>
Oh wait…
<sigh>