Angus Proud
@angusproud.bsky.social
Geographer; hooked on places, stories, people, Burnley FC, Hans Rosling, Bob Marley, Manu Chao, ...
This is what we are still doing, and this will be the consequence, in two posts.
May 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is what we are still doing, and this will be the consequence, in two posts.
When will we learn? This happened at Turf Moor too.
We're there to watch the sport, not the stunts. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/3601310...
We're there to watch the sport, not the stunts. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/3601310...
April 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When will we learn? This happened at Turf Moor too.
We're there to watch the sport, not the stunts. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/3601310...
We're there to watch the sport, not the stunts. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/3601310...
Most people now believe Brexit has done more harm than good on most things, but especially on our cost of living and the economy.
January 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Most people now believe Brexit has done more harm than good on most things, but especially on our cost of living and the economy.
They could've chosen a better photo.
January 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
They could've chosen a better photo.
We should focus our efforts on the emissions we can control and go hard on those. Short of banning short flights, for which there are reasonable alternatives, that doesn't include the 2 % of global emissions from aviation.
We need those runways.
We need those runways.
January 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should focus our efforts on the emissions we can control and go hard on those. Short of banning short flights, for which there are reasonable alternatives, that doesn't include the 2 % of global emissions from aviation.
We need those runways.
We need those runways.
Says it all. UTC!
January 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Says it all. UTC!
I wish Trump would just get his facts right.
January 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I wish Trump would just get his facts right.
I tend to support mainstream media but this is really, really poor. So what we really need to do is find out which platforms have proper journalists doing the work and who we can trust to be accurate.
January 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I tend to support mainstream media but this is really, really poor. So what we really need to do is find out which platforms have proper journalists doing the work and who we can trust to be accurate.
Musk deserves to be exposed out in the open like this, instead of sniping away to his fans on X. His attacks on Britain bring no credit to anyone who supports him.
January 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Musk deserves to be exposed out in the open like this, instead of sniping away to his fans on X. His attacks on Britain bring no credit to anyone who supports him.
Did Friedrich Trump have to go through all this paperwork when he snuck into the US from Germany in 1886?
January 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Did Friedrich Trump have to go through all this paperwork when he snuck into the US from Germany in 1886?
Musk reposted a tweet by a British far right activist, based on a mocked-up Telegraph headline. He clearly fails to check his sources and was royally misinformed.
January 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Musk reposted a tweet by a British far right activist, based on a mocked-up Telegraph headline. He clearly fails to check his sources and was royally misinformed.
If there's a reason, this isn't it. In 1970, the UK was already one of the richest countries in the world. Since then, average incomes have continued to grow, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but leaving us 4 times better of than we were then.
December 30, 2024 at 4:55 PM
If there's a reason, this isn't it. In 1970, the UK was already one of the richest countries in the world. Since then, average incomes have continued to grow, sometimes faster, sometimes slower, but leaving us 4 times better of than we were then.
I think it's true that real wages for the the bottom 50% have actually fallen at times in the US for most of the last 50 years.
December 29, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I think it's true that real wages for the the bottom 50% have actually fallen at times in the US for most of the last 50 years.
Wages did grow in the 1970s, but we are so much better off now than then. Maybe the memories that matter to us, though, are much more short-term.
December 29, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Wages did grow in the 1970s, but we are so much better off now than then. Maybe the memories that matter to us, though, are much more short-term.
Let's not not forget that it took France just 10 years to go carbon neutral using nuclear.
We need all the low carbon sources in our energy mix.
We need all the low carbon sources in our energy mix.
December 27, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Let's not not forget that it took France just 10 years to go carbon neutral using nuclear.
We need all the low carbon sources in our energy mix.
We need all the low carbon sources in our energy mix.
I like Al Jazeera and other foreign sites for a view of UK news from a different perspective. Our view of bias, though, tends to come from our own perspective. That said, the UK is fortunate to have a news platform, which has both reach and trust.
December 20, 2024 at 10:36 PM
I like Al Jazeera and other foreign sites for a view of UK news from a different perspective. Our view of bias, though, tends to come from our own perspective. That said, the UK is fortunate to have a news platform, which has both reach and trust.
It's what most people believe - you're not alone - but it's not true. Crime has been dropping since the turn of the century, but good news doesn't make it to the front pages, does it. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
December 20, 2024 at 8:59 PM
It's what most people believe - you're not alone - but it's not true. Crime has been dropping since the turn of the century, but good news doesn't make it to the front pages, does it. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
The last one I can find was Berlin, 2016.
December 20, 2024 at 8:53 PM
The last one I can find was Berlin, 2016.
Interesting to look at renewables. More interesting, though, to look at ALL low carbon electricity sources, including nuclear.
We've made progress since 2015, but France tops this chart for low carbon electricity, and those all-important low emissions. euanmearns.com/electricity-...
We've made progress since 2015, but France tops this chart for low carbon electricity, and those all-important low emissions. euanmearns.com/electricity-...
December 20, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Interesting to look at renewables. More interesting, though, to look at ALL low carbon electricity sources, including nuclear.
We've made progress since 2015, but France tops this chart for low carbon electricity, and those all-important low emissions. euanmearns.com/electricity-...
We've made progress since 2015, but France tops this chart for low carbon electricity, and those all-important low emissions. euanmearns.com/electricity-...
Road deaths are a less than a quarter of what they were 50 years ago, despite more traffic. It's not particularly young people who are dying either.
December 20, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Road deaths are a less than a quarter of what they were 50 years ago, despite more traffic. It's not particularly young people who are dying either.
Mayotte is a French Département and this is Kawemi, the largest shanty town in France and, actually, the European Union. Is there a reason why France keeps it's citizens in homes like these?
December 20, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Mayotte is a French Département and this is Kawemi, the largest shanty town in France and, actually, the European Union. Is there a reason why France keeps it's citizens in homes like these?
China is changing fast.
Fast enough?
Fast enough?
December 13, 2024 at 2:00 PM
China is changing fast.
Fast enough?
Fast enough?
France is already cooking Christmas using nuclear. It took them 15 years to switch.
I love wind and solar, but what capacity will we need? On some days we're almost there, but on days like Nov 9 they only generated 5% of our needs. We need every low carbon source we can get.
I love wind and solar, but what capacity will we need? On some days we're almost there, but on days like Nov 9 they only generated 5% of our needs. We need every low carbon source we can get.
December 13, 2024 at 11:23 AM
France is already cooking Christmas using nuclear. It took them 15 years to switch.
I love wind and solar, but what capacity will we need? On some days we're almost there, but on days like Nov 9 they only generated 5% of our needs. We need every low carbon source we can get.
I love wind and solar, but what capacity will we need? On some days we're almost there, but on days like Nov 9 they only generated 5% of our needs. We need every low carbon source we can get.