Marianne Heaslip
@marianneh.bsky.social
Workingtonian in Liverpool (home)/Manchester (work), UK.
Architect working on tools and processes for better building retrofit, mostly in houses, mostly for coops and community energy orgs. Keen on the need to #stopburningstuff.
Architect working on tools and processes for better building retrofit, mostly in houses, mostly for coops and community energy orgs. Keen on the need to #stopburningstuff.
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I'm curious as to why @bylinetimes.bsky.social are running tech corporation talking points, including pushing them out to hundreds of thousands of people.
Here's my recent post breaking down why this line is so profoundly misleading:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
Here's my recent post breaking down why this line is so profoundly misleading:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I'm curious as to why @bylinetimes.bsky.social are running tech corporation talking points, including pushing them out to hundreds of thousands of people.
Here's my recent post breaking down why this line is so profoundly misleading:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
Here's my recent post breaking down why this line is so profoundly misleading:
ketanjoshi.co/2025/08/23/b...
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Just trying to sign in to Teams on my phone (because, dear god, these things are sent to try us) and am delighted to have a QR code sent to my phone that requires I use my phone camera to access it, which of course doesn't work because I am *using my phone*
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Just trying to sign in to Teams on my phone (because, dear god, these things are sent to try us) and am delighted to have a QR code sent to my phone that requires I use my phone camera to access it, which of course doesn't work because I am *using my phone*
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The article doesn't say it, but this cool solar forecasting software uses no large language models, the thing people usually think of when they hear "AI." It uses a fairly simple convolutional neural network that's readily trained on a laptop. No data centers or LLMs involved. Research paper here:
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The article doesn't say it, but this cool solar forecasting software uses no large language models, the thing people usually think of when they hear "AI." It uses a fairly simple convolutional neural network that's readily trained on a laptop. No data centers or LLMs involved. Research paper here:
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Natural fiber insulation leads to dryer, more durable structues (dryer wood - less chance of failure) compared to mineral wool.
You may need to update your urban myths.
You may need to update your urban myths.
"The influence of the insulation material on moisture release of the wood is also very clear."
After 80 days, the wood in the mineral wool-insulated construction had released ~ 6 g of moisture.
The wood with wood fiber insulation released ~ 25 g of moisture over the same period #renewablematerials😘
After 80 days, the wood in the mineral wool-insulated construction had released ~ 6 g of moisture.
The wood with wood fiber insulation released ~ 25 g of moisture over the same period #renewablematerials😘
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Natural fiber insulation leads to dryer, more durable structues (dryer wood - less chance of failure) compared to mineral wool.
You may need to update your urban myths.
You may need to update your urban myths.
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
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Heads up 😅
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Heads up 😅
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
It's a wet Sunday, so I've spent the morning in Bootle at a @ipha.bsky.social Passive House open day visit - Daniel from DK Building letting us all have a nosy round his own home, where he's aiming for EnerPHit.
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It's a wet Sunday, so I've spent the morning in Bootle at a @ipha.bsky.social Passive House open day visit - Daniel from DK Building letting us all have a nosy round his own home, where he's aiming for EnerPHit.
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Can’t wait to hear fuel duty get frozen again in the budget in ten days or so!!
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Can’t wait to hear fuel duty get frozen again in the budget in ten days or so!!
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JUST RAISE TAXES. MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR SOLIDARITY AND SHARED SACRIFICE FOR ONCE
I’m with Vince.
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
And 2p on income tax plus 2p off NICS to raise £6bn feels like being hung for half a lamb.
www.ft.com/content/9e56...
November 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
JUST RAISE TAXES. MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR SOLIDARITY AND SHARED SACRIFICE FOR ONCE
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Tolkein is good strong medicine for any climate person and always has been
they never at any point thought they would win, and winning came at a terrible price, but what is there to do except the work
take the Ring, though you do not know the way
they never at any point thought they would win, and winning came at a terrible price, but what is there to do except the work
take the Ring, though you do not know the way
![them: "there's no hope of stopping global warming now"
me:
[image is Aragorn from the 1978 Lord of the Rings speaking to Frodo. Someone MSPainted a black bandana on Aragorn's face.]
"Then we must do without hope. There is always vengeance."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreic5gogoyf2gqurrb44ru5t4euqnmj3hvmalnmhqlnbvwotuc42ff4@jpeg)
November 8, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Tolkein is good strong medicine for any climate person and always has been
they never at any point thought they would win, and winning came at a terrible price, but what is there to do except the work
take the Ring, though you do not know the way
they never at any point thought they would win, and winning came at a terrible price, but what is there to do except the work
take the Ring, though you do not know the way
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A rallying cry for my fellow journalists to put their boots on and grow a backbone.
drilled.media/news/media-b...
drilled.media/news/media-b...
Make Media Brave Again
The only way to protect what’s left of journalism is to do the job right.
drilled.media
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A rallying cry for my fellow journalists to put their boots on and grow a backbone.
drilled.media/news/media-b...
drilled.media/news/media-b...
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Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
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I love architecture exhibition text. It really helps the general public understand things.
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I love architecture exhibition text. It really helps the general public understand things.
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"Franklin led the team that created what has been called 'arguably the most important photo ever taken,' the celebrated Photo 51, which revealed the helical structure of DNA. When the structure was published in 1953, however, Franklin... was not among the authors."
The (male) authors won the Nobel.
The (male) authors won the Nobel.
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Franklin led the team that created what has been called 'arguably the most important photo ever taken,' the celebrated Photo 51, which revealed the helical structure of DNA. When the structure was published in 1953, however, Franklin... was not among the authors."
The (male) authors won the Nobel.
The (male) authors won the Nobel.
Going to get a sticker made saying this - that I can give to anyone who tells me smart meter data is all you need to make decisions about building retrofit.
Qualitative research isn't a consolation prize for when we can't get 'real' numbers. It's a different way of knowing; one that captures complexity, context, and meaning that statistics alone cannot provide.
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Going to get a sticker made saying this - that I can give to anyone who tells me smart meter data is all you need to make decisions about building retrofit.
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This is not good
www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/11/04/b...
www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/11/04/b...
Building control giant Assent ceases trading
Shockwaves to hit Building Safety Regulator approval process
www.constructionenquirer.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is not good
www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/11/04/b...
www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/11/04/b...
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💯. Got induction because of air quality inside our home and climate benefits, but now I like it so much better for cooking. Like, I don’t ever want a gas stove again. Ever.
Faster, safer, cleaner, and easier: This is why you should consider switching to an induction stove. www.reviewed.com/ovens/featur...
Induction cooking—here's why you should make the switch
Induction cooking is superior to gas and electric in many ways.
www.reviewed.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
💯. Got induction because of air quality inside our home and climate benefits, but now I like it so much better for cooking. Like, I don’t ever want a gas stove again. Ever.
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One in five people are *now* economically inactive says Justin on the radio, asksing "is there a way out of this mess?"
You probably know that one in five people have been economically inactive since we started measuring it over half a century ago.
You probably know that one in five people have been economically inactive since we started measuring it over half a century ago.
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
One in five people are *now* economically inactive says Justin on the radio, asksing "is there a way out of this mess?"
You probably know that one in five people have been economically inactive since we started measuring it over half a century ago.
You probably know that one in five people have been economically inactive since we started measuring it over half a century ago.
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This New Yorker documentary about the 1988 UK government ban on broadcasting the voices of Sinn Féin and I.R.A. leaders is pretty good but they show *that clip from The Day Today with no explanation and no indicator that it is satire.
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
The Ban
www.newyorker.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This New Yorker documentary about the 1988 UK government ban on broadcasting the voices of Sinn Féin and I.R.A. leaders is pretty good but they show *that clip from The Day Today with no explanation and no indicator that it is satire.
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...
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I’m at the British Textile Biennial, with exhibits and events in Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn etc.
Theme this time is invention and innovation, so plenty of #histsci and #histech among the new fibres and Lancashire looms.
Some of the things I’ve seen…
Theme this time is invention and innovation, so plenty of #histsci and #histech among the new fibres and Lancashire looms.
Some of the things I’ve seen…
Stack of Jacquard loom cards, about two meters in length at Queen’s Street Mill, near Burnley
By my calculation about 120kb of data
By my calculation about 120kb of data
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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It is not true “England cannot effectively subsidise travel costs”. Retired people get free travel. By freezing the fuel duty escalator we are subsidising car drivers, which compounds inequality. See more here: bettertransport.org.uk/media/groups...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It is not true “England cannot effectively subsidise travel costs”. Retired people get free travel. By freezing the fuel duty escalator we are subsidising car drivers, which compounds inequality. See more here: bettertransport.org.uk/media/groups...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Farage said the flag raisers were ordinary grassroots citizens
In fact, they were “people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler”
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
In fact, they were “people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler”
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Farage said the flag raisers were ordinary grassroots citizens
In fact, they were “people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler”
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
In fact, they were “people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler”
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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There’s been some good coverage of the government’s new climate plan this morning, but nothing troubling the front pages or top of the bulletins. Again, this is one of the most ambitious and consequential economic plans in modern history.
At first glance this is a good and serious plan that has every chance of delivering on its twin goals of decarbonising and revitalising the economy. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Carbon budget and growth delivery plan
The Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan sets out how the government meets its statutory carbon budgets and secure the benefits of this transition for people and businesses.
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
There’s been some good coverage of the government’s new climate plan this morning, but nothing troubling the front pages or top of the bulletins. Again, this is one of the most ambitious and consequential economic plans in modern history.
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