Sonic Sloth Scientist
@slothlydad.bsky.social
Bikes, synths, maps, LCC, homegrown, homebrewed, G/green.
Croydon / S London mostly.
https://cycle.travel/by/angus_hewlett
Personal views. Actual contents may vary. May contain cats.
Croydon / S London mostly.
https://cycle.travel/by/angus_hewlett
Personal views. Actual contents may vary. May contain cats.
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
Abolishing cycle-to-work schemes in the middle of a climate emergency is exactly the sort of thing this dour, unimaginative lot would do.
And then they wonder why people are deserting them en masse for the Greens.
And then they wonder why people are deserting them en masse for the Greens.
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Abolishing cycle-to-work schemes in the middle of a climate emergency is exactly the sort of thing this dour, unimaginative lot would do.
And then they wonder why people are deserting them en masse for the Greens.
And then they wonder why people are deserting them en masse for the Greens.
Insomniacs of the world rejoice, @politicanimal.bsky.social has the cure you were looking for.
You’d need to reinstate Radio 4 Longwave in order to cover all the councils with alternate week collections in different parts of the borough.
‘SE7, dry recycling only, becoming non-recyclable waste later.’
‘SE7, dry recycling only, becoming non-recyclable waste later.’
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Insomniacs of the world rejoice, @politicanimal.bsky.social has the cure you were looking for.
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Holy shit, an ‘expert’ on R4 PM just said ‘if your child has trouble with friends and there’s an AI chatbot that can make them feel better, where’s the harm in that?’
Seriously, what on earth? Not someone being critically interviewed but a co-presenter on AI.
Seriously, what on earth? Not someone being critically interviewed but a co-presenter on AI.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Holy shit, an ‘expert’ on R4 PM just said ‘if your child has trouble with friends and there’s an AI chatbot that can make them feel better, where’s the harm in that?’
Seriously, what on earth? Not someone being critically interviewed but a co-presenter on AI.
Seriously, what on earth? Not someone being critically interviewed but a co-presenter on AI.
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at one point in his life, Andreesen invented the graphical browser. Ever since then, he has done his level best to make sure that rather than this, his obituary will read "That Shitco Guy".
It amuses me how low the Conehead has fallen. open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
at one point in his life, Andreesen invented the graphical browser. Ever since then, he has done his level best to make sure that rather than this, his obituary will read "That Shitco Guy".
Obviously with the state of our water companies, it's going to take more than one flush, but these turds just keep on coming back up river.
what do you MEAN Palantir UK is run by the grandson of Oswald Mosley
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Obviously with the state of our water companies, it's going to take more than one flush, but these turds just keep on coming back up river.
This machine kills fascists.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This machine kills fascists.
Look peasants, it's complicated. We NEED more airports and we can't afford to electrify the railways. Stop demanding better or we'll set Farage on you.
EXCL: The Green party is offering “simple solutions to complex problems” and making “undeliverable” promises to voters ahead of next election, PM's chief secretary Darren Jones tells me 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Look peasants, it's complicated. We NEED more airports and we can't afford to electrify the railways. Stop demanding better or we'll set Farage on you.
bUt wHy aReNt iNdIa aNd cHiNa dOiNg aNyThInG oN cLiMaTe
Here is an embarrassing graph I have just made for a report. Fun fact:
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
in 2020/21 Indian Railways added the equivalent of the UK’s *entire electrified railway network* (over 6000 route kilometers!) to their own electrified network - and then did this again in 2021/22
…and AGAIN in 2022/23! 🤯
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
bUt wHy aReNt iNdIa aNd cHiNa dOiNg aNyThInG oN cLiMaTe
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All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.
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‘Our priorities are growth and climate’
Oh rly???
Oh rly???
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 9:27 AM
‘Our priorities are growth and climate’
Oh rly???
Oh rly???
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Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
That's literally what the @greenparty.org.uk is for.
And if Sensible Grown Ups who find certain of their policies to be in need of a little fine-tuning, there are open and plentiful ways for said SGUs to get involved, provided they do so respectfully and with an open mind.
And if Sensible Grown Ups who find certain of their policies to be in need of a little fine-tuning, there are open and plentiful ways for said SGUs to get involved, provided they do so respectfully and with an open mind.
Yep. People vote for it but also complain about it. Why not try offering something else?
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
That's literally what the @greenparty.org.uk is for.
And if Sensible Grown Ups who find certain of their policies to be in need of a little fine-tuning, there are open and plentiful ways for said SGUs to get involved, provided they do so respectfully and with an open mind.
And if Sensible Grown Ups who find certain of their policies to be in need of a little fine-tuning, there are open and plentiful ways for said SGUs to get involved, provided they do so respectfully and with an open mind.
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The point of politics is to do what individuals can’t do for themselves alone. Nobody wants to be sitting in traffic all day but in the absence of political action all we can do as individuals is sit in traffic in a nicer car. Primitive self-defeating behaviour that politicians are supposed to fix.
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The point of politics is to do what individuals can’t do for themselves alone. Nobody wants to be sitting in traffic all day but in the absence of political action all we can do as individuals is sit in traffic in a nicer car. Primitive self-defeating behaviour that politicians are supposed to fix.
Sherman keeping a close eye on the weather. #proofofcat
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Sherman keeping a close eye on the weather. #proofofcat
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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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 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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...
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Last 30 days global temperature 🌡 anomalies
Incredible anomalous warmth at high latitudes both N and S Hemispheres
North of 80⁰N a staggering 6.1C above normal!
Incredible anomalous warmth at high latitudes both N and S Hemispheres
North of 80⁰N a staggering 6.1C above normal!
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last 30 days global temperature 🌡 anomalies
Incredible anomalous warmth at high latitudes both N and S Hemispheres
North of 80⁰N a staggering 6.1C above normal!
Incredible anomalous warmth at high latitudes both N and S Hemispheres
North of 80⁰N a staggering 6.1C above normal!
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Parts per million ...... doesn't seem to be very much, does it?
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Parts per million ...... doesn't seem to be very much, does it?
Somehow appropriate that this morning's poll showing the Greens two points ahead of Labour is from "Find Out Now".
When your politics are awesomely popular with an enthused and passionately supportive public, and you personally are beloved by all
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Somehow appropriate that this morning's poll showing the Greens two points ahead of Labour is from "Find Out Now".
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73% of Copenhageners don’t own a car, and the city has made huge strides reclaiming public space for people that had been previously surrendered to cars. Now candidates in the upcoming city election want to prioritize “car storage” again. Not surprisingly, @colville-andersen.com isn’t holding back.
Debunking political myths about car #parking in #copenhagen #kv25 #cities #cars
YouTube video by Coolville feat.:The Life-Sized City
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
73% of Copenhageners don’t own a car, and the city has made huge strides reclaiming public space for people that had been previously surrendered to cars. Now candidates in the upcoming city election want to prioritize “car storage” again. Not surprisingly, @colville-andersen.com isn’t holding back.