Henk Muller
@henk-muller.bsky.social
We live in a time where demagogues, billionaires, and chancers try to take control. Hence the quote above that loosely translates as “A people that cave in to tyrants will lose more than life and possessions; they’ll lose light itself”
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
This is nuts; we’re spending 17 billion on improving the gas grid, 10 on the electric grid. Why invest money on something that we’re trying to phase out?
This is nuts; we’re spending 17 billion on improving the gas grid, 10 on the electric grid. Why invest money on something that we’re trying to phase out?
Households face higher energy bills as £28bn grid upgrade gets go-ahead
Plan to improve gas networks and rewire electricity systems across Great Britain likely to add £30 to average annual bill
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
This is nuts; we’re spending 17 billion on improving the gas grid, 10 on the electric grid. Why invest money on something that we’re trying to phase out?
This is nuts; we’re spending 17 billion on improving the gas grid, 10 on the electric grid. Why invest money on something that we’re trying to phase out?
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‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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Tommy Robinson openly celebrating Labour's new asylum seekers policy should tell everyone exactly how far right Labour are now.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Tommy Robinson openly celebrating Labour's new asylum seekers policy should tell everyone exactly how far right Labour are now.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors.
Do not vote Labour.
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An excellent, as always, article from the excellent Zack Polanski.
"This is our moment to prove that climate action is key to freedom from poverty, pollution, and fear. The future is still ours to write, but only if we act now."
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
"This is our moment to prove that climate action is key to freedom from poverty, pollution, and fear. The future is still ours to write, but only if we act now."
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
COP30 must confront the climate and cost of living crises together
By Zack Polanski
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
An excellent, as always, article from the excellent Zack Polanski.
"This is our moment to prove that climate action is key to freedom from poverty, pollution, and fear. The future is still ours to write, but only if we act now."
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
"This is our moment to prove that climate action is key to freedom from poverty, pollution, and fear. The future is still ours to write, but only if we act now."
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/cop30-must...
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“The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.” www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.” www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
The Windsor formerly known as Prince
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Windsor formerly known as Prince
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October 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Is she even listening to herself? Does she want to be “sent home” to the Netherlands?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Is she even listening to herself? Does she want to be “sent home” to the Netherlands?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Fact check incoming! Badenoch's climate and energy claims comprehensively taken apart.
As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?
We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Fact check incoming! Badenoch's climate and energy claims comprehensively taken apart.
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This week’s #CookbookCorner stars Beyond Baking: Plant-Based Baking for a New Era by Philip Khoury! Read more about this wonderful book and get his recipe for these luscious Peanut Butter Choc Chip Cookies right here:
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
October 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This week’s #CookbookCorner stars Beyond Baking: Plant-Based Baking for a New Era by Philip Khoury! Read more about this wonderful book and get his recipe for these luscious Peanut Butter Choc Chip Cookies right here:
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
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Happy (?) 17th birthday to the excellent "Wake Up,Freak Out, then Get a Grip" video of @crisortunity.bsky.social
Posted online Sept 29 2008
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnyL...
Posted online Sept 29 2008
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnyL...
Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip (HD)
YouTube video by Ligermorph
www.youtube.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Happy (?) 17th birthday to the excellent "Wake Up,Freak Out, then Get a Grip" video of @crisortunity.bsky.social
Posted online Sept 29 2008
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnyL...
Posted online Sept 29 2008
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnyL...
There’s always hope that this was in Clacton.
September 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There’s always hope that this was in Clacton.
February 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The stage production of Dr Strangelove is a marvel. Great adaptation of the film, and Steve Coogan does an amazing job juggling four roles.
January 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The stage production of Dr Strangelove is a marvel. Great adaptation of the film, and Steve Coogan does an amazing job juggling four roles.
And so a new metric was born
January 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
And so a new metric was born
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Today’s poem takes the form of my Christmas To Do list.
December 16, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Today’s poem takes the form of my Christmas To Do list.
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One to two million years of nonstop rain.
Million. Not thousand. Not hundred.
I did... not know that happened.
Million. Not thousand. Not hundred.
I did... not know that happened.
Earth endured over one million years of rain in the "Carnian Pluvial Event"
A period known as the Carnian Pluvial Event, which occurred about 232 million years ago, marked a dramatic turn in Earth's climate history
www.earth.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:12 AM
One to two million years of nonstop rain.
Million. Not thousand. Not hundred.
I did... not know that happened.
Million. Not thousand. Not hundred.
I did... not know that happened.
Friday we lost our comrade of the last 12 years. Farewell Pi.
November 17, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Friday we lost our comrade of the last 12 years. Farewell Pi.