Iaan
@iaanwasere.bsky.social
Interested in facts relative to real life, and fiction as fiction. Less interested the other way around...
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Maccabi TLV fans are at risk of antisemitic attacks by antisemites (as they were in Amsterdam), and Muslims are at risk of anti-Muslim attacks by some Maccabi TLV fans (as they were in Amsterdam)
Why do so many struggle to hold multiple facts at once? I feel like I’m losing my mind
Why do so many struggle to hold multiple facts at once? I feel like I’m losing my mind
October 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Maccabi TLV fans are at risk of antisemitic attacks by antisemites (as they were in Amsterdam), and Muslims are at risk of anti-Muslim attacks by some Maccabi TLV fans (as they were in Amsterdam)
Why do so many struggle to hold multiple facts at once? I feel like I’m losing my mind
Why do so many struggle to hold multiple facts at once? I feel like I’m losing my mind
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Wow. We've reached the next level here
MP mistakes charity rowers for "illegal migrants" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for 'illegal migrants'
Rupert Lowe says he will donate £1,000 to charity but makes
www.bbc.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Wow. We've reached the next level here
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This is getting ridiculous now. Given demographics, this number is soon going to go down to - what - 20% or lower. What the hell does the UK state do then, when its main strategy is near-universally rejected?
August 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is getting ridiculous now. Given demographics, this number is soon going to go down to - what - 20% or lower. What the hell does the UK state do then, when its main strategy is near-universally rejected?
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Obvious point this, but people need to stop believing what they are told by Farage, GB News, and the general declinist and alarmist media narrative and start paying attention to what is really going on regarding crime in this country.
The BBC and mainstream media have a duty to get the truth out.
The BBC and mainstream media have a duty to get the truth out.
Crime and the perception of crime: @jburnmurdoch.ft.com via @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9623...
August 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Obvious point this, but people need to stop believing what they are told by Farage, GB News, and the general declinist and alarmist media narrative and start paying attention to what is really going on regarding crime in this country.
The BBC and mainstream media have a duty to get the truth out.
The BBC and mainstream media have a duty to get the truth out.
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The grid battery storage line looks small on this plot, but no other line grew by a larger percentage. Batteries are coming to the grid, as we speak.
Fascinating! I foresee that battery storage will strongly increase (which combined with strong battery price decreases means ~100x more batteries in the coming 10 years) and this will support solar+wind and reduce grid investments.
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
August 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The grid battery storage line looks small on this plot, but no other line grew by a larger percentage. Batteries are coming to the grid, as we speak.
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There is negative net migration from the EU - after the UK left the EU, ended free movement, and liberalised immigration from outside the EU.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
August 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
There is negative net migration from the EU - after the UK left the EU, ended free movement, and liberalised immigration from outside the EU.
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
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Photo of the Day.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Photo of the Day.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.
This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.
Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.
there is a certain demographic that moved out of london to the home counties in the 80's / 90's, and haven't been back to london since retirement who lap up the stories of London as a foreign country. similar with Manchester, Glasgow etc.
I've lived in London for 30 years.
It's safer, cleaner, more at ease with itself by far now than it was when I came here and the only people who believe otherwise have either never set foot in the place or have a massive chaos agenda.
Check out homicide figures in that time 1/2
It's safer, cleaner, more at ease with itself by far now than it was when I came here and the only people who believe otherwise have either never set foot in the place or have a massive chaos agenda.
Check out homicide figures in that time 1/2
July 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
there is a certain demographic that moved out of london to the home counties in the 80's / 90's, and haven't been back to london since retirement who lap up the stories of London as a foreign country. similar with Manchester, Glasgow etc.
i see the comments about enterprise being smothered by regulation a lot but without detail.
the major issues effecting SME growth are not regulations and bureaucracy(although owner/managers do hate them & whinge a lot) but access to fairly priced long term finance mostly due to bank policies 1/
the major issues effecting SME growth are not regulations and bureaucracy(although owner/managers do hate them & whinge a lot) but access to fairly priced long term finance mostly due to bank policies 1/
This note by the Labour Growth Group is good on the politics of growth and stagnation imo. But I worry it just isn't engaging seriously with the question of why economic growth slowed down.
Here are their "five giants" holding back the UK economy...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Here are their "five giants" holding back the UK economy...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
July 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
i see the comments about enterprise being smothered by regulation a lot but without detail.
the major issues effecting SME growth are not regulations and bureaucracy(although owner/managers do hate them & whinge a lot) but access to fairly priced long term finance mostly due to bank policies 1/
the major issues effecting SME growth are not regulations and bureaucracy(although owner/managers do hate them & whinge a lot) but access to fairly priced long term finance mostly due to bank policies 1/
there may be some truth in this, but given thames water especially have been flirting with bankruptcy how much money would really be needed IF the private companies were forced to actually meet their obligations?
I’m going to take a wild guess that the answer is “because there’s no money”
Why isn’t Labour nationalising water?
The Government is promising a “revolution”. But campaigners don’t believe them.
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The Government is promising a “revolution”. But campaigners don’t believe them.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
there may be some truth in this, but given thames water especially have been flirting with bankruptcy how much money would really be needed IF the private companies were forced to actually meet their obligations?
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that seems a fairly common view point - young will bias progressive but split between the various parties, and turn-out will continue to be lower so the net impact will be relatively minor - probably 'margin of error' stuff
Based on the 18-24 age range, Labour may pick up some votes from reducing voter age, but a Green/Lib Dem coalition gains more, also bolstered by exodus of supporters from Labour at the moment. Personally, I don't think there'll be enough engagement from 16/17 year olds to massively influence though.
July 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
that seems a fairly common view point - young will bias progressive but split between the various parties, and turn-out will continue to be lower so the net impact will be relatively minor - probably 'margin of error' stuff
i've just perused the headlines but i think giving 16-17's the vote is the more significant one. give politicians an incentive to engage with schools / colleges and you'll get more involvement in politics moving forward
July 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
i've just perused the headlines but i think giving 16-17's the vote is the more significant one. give politicians an incentive to engage with schools / colleges and you'll get more involvement in politics moving forward
Harsh but fair. all PM's, and especially labour ones, are held to account by the press to ridiculous standards. It's also true media attacks have been relentless and often unrelated to Starmers actions, BUT as PM you're in a unique position to control the narrative and that has just not been done..
July 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Harsh but fair. all PM's, and especially labour ones, are held to account by the press to ridiculous standards. It's also true media attacks have been relentless and often unrelated to Starmers actions, BUT as PM you're in a unique position to control the narrative and that has just not been done..
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Reform: the party that literally couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery. It's too easy a joke, but irresistible.
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK summer party planned for Lancaster Brewery is cancelled by venue
A summer party for Reform UK politicians booked for Lancaster Brewery has been cancelled by the venue.
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reform: the party that literally couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery. It's too easy a joke, but irresistible.
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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A HISTORIC MILESTONE: For the first time, solar power generated more electricity globally than nuclear, making it the world’s 4th largest power source.
In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up.
@ember-energy.org
In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up.
@ember-energy.org
June 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A HISTORIC MILESTONE: For the first time, solar power generated more electricity globally than nuclear, making it the world’s 4th largest power source.
In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up.
@ember-energy.org
In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up.
@ember-energy.org
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The RW media is all over this scandalous behaviour by Angela Rayner!
Oh wait, it's Farage, they don't give a fuck
Oh wait, it's Farage, they don't give a fuck
EXCL: Nigel Farage claimed with great fanfare last year to have “bought a house” in Clacton – but it turns out the property is owned in the name of his girlfriend
@rowenamason.bsky.social reports 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@rowenamason.bsky.social reports 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage said he’d ‘bought a house’ in Clacton – it’s actually owned by his girlfriend
Reform UK leader said he’d ‘exchanged contracts’ to buy property last November, but it’s in name of Laure Ferrari
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The RW media is all over this scandalous behaviour by Angela Rayner!
Oh wait, it's Farage, they don't give a fuck
Oh wait, it's Farage, they don't give a fuck
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Reform councillors are segment 1...behind Green councillors
May 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reform councillors are segment 1...behind Green councillors
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To call the fragrantly stupid Ms. Jenkyns thick as two short planks would be deeply insulting to the planks.
May 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
To call the fragrantly stupid Ms. Jenkyns thick as two short planks would be deeply insulting to the planks.
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And in our current voting intention the difference is stark - Reform is leading among Britons with no degree, but in fourth place for those with a degree
April 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
And in our current voting intention the difference is stark - Reform is leading among Britons with no degree, but in fourth place for those with a degree
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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One sign that we are living under an authoritarian regime is that a lot of people are acting like they are living under an authoritarian regime.
The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US
April 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
One sign that we are living under an authoritarian regime is that a lot of people are acting like they are living under an authoritarian regime.
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'Polestar takes advantage of Tesla sales slump'
Global sales up 76% compared to the same period last year, mirroring the drop in Tesla sales. Even up 74% in the USA.
www.msn.com/en-gb/money/...
Global sales up 76% compared to the same period last year, mirroring the drop in Tesla sales. Even up 74% in the USA.
www.msn.com/en-gb/money/...
April 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
'Polestar takes advantage of Tesla sales slump'
Global sales up 76% compared to the same period last year, mirroring the drop in Tesla sales. Even up 74% in the USA.
www.msn.com/en-gb/money/...
Global sales up 76% compared to the same period last year, mirroring the drop in Tesla sales. Even up 74% in the USA.
www.msn.com/en-gb/money/...