Gideon Richards
@gideonrichards1.bsky.social
Sustainability, Conformity Assessment, Renewable Energies, ESG are my main thing but supporting others with climate change (Kirklees Climate Commission) is another. Love photography and sub-aqua.
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Why read books? Because there's a book for EVERYONE out there. And once you find the right book - reading will change your life forever! #literacy
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
July 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Why read books? Because there's a book for EVERYONE out there. And once you find the right book - reading will change your life forever! #literacy
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
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My brother in law dived into shallow water when he was stoned. He has been suffering from paraplegia for 9 years now.
STAY SOBER!
STAY SOBER!
May 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
My brother in law dived into shallow water when he was stoned. He has been suffering from paraplegia for 9 years now.
STAY SOBER!
STAY SOBER!
This has taken its time coming! We proposed this in 2004 for the introduction of the Part L Building Regulations. While they were more expensive then it would have driven down cost quicker and developers wanted level playing field. Why wait for 2027? www.edie.net/solar-mandat...
Solar mandate for new-build housing ‘set for green light' - edie
The UK Government is reportedly set to finalise rules mandating that up to 99% of new-build homes are fitted with rooftop solar panels from 2027.
www.edie.net
May 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This has taken its time coming! We proposed this in 2004 for the introduction of the Part L Building Regulations. While they were more expensive then it would have driven down cost quicker and developers wanted level playing field. Why wait for 2027? www.edie.net/solar-mandat...
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Well, that is a beautiful end to the week. Earlier today, I posted about some reassuring and comforting lines in Elif Shafak's brilliant book "There are Rivers in the Sky". Then I got to the end & found she found my book Blue Machine helpful for research. Books are awesome.
bsky.app/profile/hele...
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I love this, from Elif Shafak, & it's what I need to hear at the moment:
"When times are confusing, everybody is a little lost. No-one is as inwardly confident as they present themselves to be. Hence the reason we must read, my boy. Books. like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog"
"When times are confusing, everybody is a little lost. No-one is as inwardly confident as they present themselves to be. Hence the reason we must read, my boy. Books. like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog"
March 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Well, that is a beautiful end to the week. Earlier today, I posted about some reassuring and comforting lines in Elif Shafak's brilliant book "There are Rivers in the Sky". Then I got to the end & found she found my book Blue Machine helpful for research. Books are awesome.
bsky.app/profile/hele...
bsky.app/profile/hele...
@alexverbeek.bsky.social I are heading over to the Netherlands next week for a few days in Amsterdam before driving over to Berlin and then back via Rotterdam. Haven’t been to Amsterdam for probably 50years. Any thought on where to go that is great but not in the guide books? Nice to say hi f2f.
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@alexverbeek.bsky.social I are heading over to the Netherlands next week for a few days in Amsterdam before driving over to Berlin and then back via Rotterdam. Haven’t been to Amsterdam for probably 50years. Any thought on where to go that is great but not in the guide books? Nice to say hi f2f.
@bbclooknorth.bsky.social your article on heat pumps and Greener Living going bust didn’t mention the Warranty Back Scheme that should cover the installation if the work was carried out through the government scheme!
March 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@bbclooknorth.bsky.social your article on heat pumps and Greener Living going bust didn’t mention the Warranty Back Scheme that should cover the installation if the work was carried out through the government scheme!
This is powerful, I come from a similar historical background and could feel every word vibrant in my body reading it.
I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. As you know, my name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan—after the warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant.
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is powerful, I come from a similar historical background and could feel every word vibrant in my body reading it.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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- What happens when a small country decides to play Monopoly... with an ENTIRE US state? 🤯 Buckle up:"
- Breaking: One nation's billion-dollar fever dream about to shock the world 💥
- Breaking: One nation's billion-dollar fever dream about to shock the world 💥
Help Denmark Buy California – Because Why Not?
Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdfunding ever
denmarkification.com
February 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
- What happens when a small country decides to play Monopoly... with an ENTIRE US state? 🤯 Buckle up:"
- Breaking: One nation's billion-dollar fever dream about to shock the world 💥
- Breaking: One nation's billion-dollar fever dream about to shock the world 💥
Has anyone considered what Putin/Trump discussions on Ukraine were really about? Would be really interesting to hear what was actually said in phone call! US Wheat and other agri products, Russian? Share and control the world?
As for climate mitigation and adaptation? I feel disillusioned
#Discuss
As for climate mitigation and adaptation? I feel disillusioned
#Discuss
February 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Has anyone considered what Putin/Trump discussions on Ukraine were really about? Would be really interesting to hear what was actually said in phone call! US Wheat and other agri products, Russian? Share and control the world?
As for climate mitigation and adaptation? I feel disillusioned
#Discuss
As for climate mitigation and adaptation? I feel disillusioned
#Discuss
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90% of Investors Say CSRD, SEC Climate Reporting Rule Will Drive Better Investment Decisions – ESG Dive | #Climate | MORE at EcoSearch
March 11, 2024 at 7:38 PM
@helenczerski.bsky.social had you written #BlueMachine when I was 14/15 it may have driven me on to my dream job working on mini-subs for ocean research. But I got diverted by other things and a lack of educational prowess, which I could/should have over come! Hope to meet you one day and thanks!
December 26, 2024 at 1:09 PM
@helenczerski.bsky.social had you written #BlueMachine when I was 14/15 it may have driven me on to my dream job working on mini-subs for ocean research. But I got diverted by other things and a lack of educational prowess, which I could/should have over come! Hope to meet you one day and thanks!
I put some groceries in the under boot compartment of my car today. I really hope they don’t get fume damaged. Advice anyone. That void is very useful.
What car was it?
What car was it?
December 20, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I put some groceries in the under boot compartment of my car today. I really hope they don’t get fume damaged. Advice anyone. That void is very useful.
What car was it?
What car was it?
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Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
@gjuk.bsky.social I was really surprised by this👇What am I missing?
@octoverse.bsky.social can you explain why I have paid a 30% uplift on the cost of a charge compared to using a credit card? I thought this was meant to be cheaper! I could have used the credit card but decided to use the card for discount. This is first time I have used it. Shall I cancel the card?
December 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM
@gjuk.bsky.social I was really surprised by this👇What am I missing?
@octoverse.bsky.social can you explain why I have paid a 30% uplift on the cost of a charge compared to using a credit card? I thought this was meant to be cheaper! I could have used the credit card but decided to use the card for discount. This is first time I have used it. Shall I cancel the card?
December 15, 2024 at 6:05 PM
@octoverse.bsky.social can you explain why I have paid a 30% uplift on the cost of a charge compared to using a credit card? I thought this was meant to be cheaper! I could have used the credit card but decided to use the card for discount. This is first time I have used it. Shall I cancel the card?
My increasing unhappy stripes from left to right. I wonder how they would look as an epitaph and how much more dark red will be showing? Or can we change these to happier stripes? @edhawkins.org @unitvectori.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social
showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...
showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
November 27, 2024 at 2:46 PM
My increasing unhappy stripes from left to right. I wonder how they would look as an epitaph and how much more dark red will be showing? Or can we change these to happier stripes? @edhawkins.org @unitvectori.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social
showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...
showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...
Does this make any sense for EV tax. If the same size car has an ICE or a battery and travels the same mileage.
The fossil fuel car will be cheaper but likely produce more harmful emissions. Especially for those that generate their own electricity.
Is this FF fud
greenfleet.net/news/2011202...
The fossil fuel car will be cheaper but likely produce more harmful emissions. Especially for those that generate their own electricity.
Is this FF fud
greenfleet.net/news/2011202...
Simpler tax system for EVs proposed by emission experts | GreenFleet
A new study from emissions experts Nick Molden, CEO of emissions testing company Emissions Analytics, and Felix Leach, Associate Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, finds tha...
greenfleet.net
November 21, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Does this make any sense for EV tax. If the same size car has an ICE or a battery and travels the same mileage.
The fossil fuel car will be cheaper but likely produce more harmful emissions. Especially for those that generate their own electricity.
Is this FF fud
greenfleet.net/news/2011202...
The fossil fuel car will be cheaper but likely produce more harmful emissions. Especially for those that generate their own electricity.
Is this FF fud
greenfleet.net/news/2011202...
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Nitrous oxide is 270x more potent than CO₂ and the top ozone-depleting substance still emitted.
A new United Nations Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment launched at #COP29 provides tools to cut N₂O emissions by 40%—key to safeguarding 1.5°C and human health: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
A new United Nations Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment launched at #COP29 provides tools to cut N₂O emissions by 40%—key to safeguarding 1.5°C and human health: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 21, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Nitrous oxide is 270x more potent than CO₂ and the top ozone-depleting substance still emitted.
A new United Nations Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment launched at #COP29 provides tools to cut N₂O emissions by 40%—key to safeguarding 1.5°C and human health: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
A new United Nations Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment launched at #COP29 provides tools to cut N₂O emissions by 40%—key to safeguarding 1.5°C and human health: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.
November 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.
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"The Brazilian government, the United Nations and UNESCO are joining forces to strengthen research and measures to address disinformation campaigns that are delaying and derailing climate action."
www.un.org/en/climatech...
#COP29
www.un.org/en/climatech...
#COP29
G20 Leaders’ Summit: Brazil, UN and UNESCO launch Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change | United Nations
www.un.org
November 20, 2024 at 12:53 PM
"The Brazilian government, the United Nations and UNESCO are joining forces to strengthen research and measures to address disinformation campaigns that are delaying and derailing climate action."
www.un.org/en/climatech...
#COP29
www.un.org/en/climatech...
#COP29
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I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
November 19, 2024 at 12:53 PM
I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
Is Kai Musk follow you on here? He has me and I wonder why? What and who is now following me to keep tabs and reporting back to people I am not wanting to connect to?
November 19, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Is Kai Musk follow you on here? He has me and I wonder why? What and who is now following me to keep tabs and reporting back to people I am not wanting to connect to?