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Systems wrangler.

Be excellent to each other
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Think my freezer is on the way out :( - ice-cream came out more like cold custard. #homeassistant showing a clear progression to abnormal power usage.
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Computing Insight UK 2025 will take place in Manchester 4-5 December 2025 with the theme "Computing Unites" with an exhibition of hardware and software, presentations and breakout sessions, a poster competition, and the 4th annual CIUK Student Cluster Challenge​. www.sc.stfc.ac.uk/computing-in...
CIUK - Scientific Computing, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
www.sc.stfc.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's that time of year again! #ciuk #stfc
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Not the highest draw we've seen, but did our part during the #octopus free sessions.
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Day 2 of #HPC-SIG hosted here at #Hartree
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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STFC Hartree Centre Launches ‘Mary Coombs’ Supercomputer to Accelerate UK AI and Research

https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/231198/

Oct. 21, 2025 — The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Centre has launched a powerful new…
STFC Hartree Centre Launches ‘Mary Coombs’ Supercomputer to Accelerate UK AI and Research - Canada News Beep
Oct. 21, 2025 — The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Centre has launched a powerful new supercomputer designed to help UK industry
www.newsbeep.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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THIS is one of the biggest problems of our time . . .

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September 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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We are so sick of this…

In what world is a ‘double-tap’ a mishap?
August 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Which government ministers have received donations or donations-in-kind from lobbying firms? 🚨🚨🚨
September 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The algo obviously HATES us talking about this.

So would you do us a favour and share?

UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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July 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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NEW: Our latest research shows that pay gaps at the largest UK companies between CEOs and their employees are as wide now as they were 5 years ago, with a FTSE 100 CEO paid 78 times more than their median employee.

Has the time come for a maximum wage?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
CEO pay at UK’s top companies is 52 times that of typical worker, report finds
High Pay Centre thinktank says median pay of FTSE 350 chief executive was £2.4m in 2023-24 financial year
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Shrink from it? He can hardly wait to deliver for his investors.
June 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Since our comms team are still not on here for some reason, #Hartree Centre's new #hpc debuts at 62 in the #top500 list!
#marycoombs #supercomputer
June 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Last year, the northwest's water company, United Utilities, doubled its profits & hiked bills.

Since privatisation, water companies have failed to build a single new reservoir.

This is the reality of privatisation. Shareholders gain; we suffer the pain of a climate crisis & growing drought risk.
May 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Maximus, UK arm of a US contractor, that tests whether some people should receive disability benefits reported 23% hike in pre-tax profits, from £23.6m to £29.1m.

It has £800m govt contracts. US CEO got $10.2m paypacket.

Public services increasingly privatised. We pay more, get less in return.
US firm that tests eligibility for UK disability benefits reports 23% rise in profits
British arm of Maximus is biggest provider of functional assessment services for DWP
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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This is phenomenal.

Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.

It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
May 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Thames Water & Anglian Water face 53 criminal investigations over sewage dumping.

TW already has over 187 convictions, AW 128; water companies total 1,135. Still fleecing customers, dumping sewage, paying dividends.

No company shut down, no exec prosecuted.

Must remove profit motive. Nationalise
Thames Water and Anglian Water face 53 criminal investigations over sewage
Firms among England and Wales suppliers facing record 81 investigations as sources say ‘polluter will pay’ for their cost
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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The latest paper from our Quantum Applications team and partners at Hartree Centre improves resource estimates for codebreaking of binary elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). Shor's algorithm helps our team benchmark resource estimates for commercial applications. www.psiquantum.com/featured-new...
March 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#Hartree's new HPC has completed its first few perf testing runs. Few more to go as compiler options are tweaked, but we're pretty happy.
Official top500 announcement at #ISC
May 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... nothing to see here, just #unitedutilities taking the piss (and dumping it in the river). #nationalise our water now.
United Utilities profits double as it hikes customer bills
United Utilities pre-tax profits more than doubled to £355m for the year ending 31 March.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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A reminder that Eurovision banned Russia while Israel continues to participate.

Meanwhile the Israeli government has killed at least 140 ppl in 24h and has been openly starving Gaza for over two months.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Eurovision crew member hit with paint amid bid to disrupt Israeli performance
Two pro-Palestinian protesters try to rush on stage as Yuval Raphael sings New Day Will Rise in Basel
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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#Eurovision is tonight, and here's a hilarious fun fact about it: Israel has started a massive offensive against civilian populations in Gaza with the explicit aim of conquering the entire territory and ethnically cleansing its population, and Eurovision has aggressively refused to give a shit.
May 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM