Jim
@jdjunior.bsky.social
I prefer evidence over belief, and I'm into playing music and mucking about in VR.
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We don’t need MORE faith schools with the power to select 100% of their pupils based on religion. This does not promote diversity – it undermines it. Faith-based selection segregates children by religion, exacerbates racial division, and reinforces economic inequality.
humanists.uk/2025/02/06/g...
humanists.uk/2025/02/06/g...
Government votes to allow 100% faith selection by new state schools
An amendment to keep the 50% cap on faith-based admissions in all new schools was voted down by the Government at Committee Stage for the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill after it wrongly claimed...
humanists.uk
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We don’t need MORE faith schools with the power to select 100% of their pupils based on religion. This does not promote diversity – it undermines it. Faith-based selection segregates children by religion, exacerbates racial division, and reinforces economic inequality.
humanists.uk/2025/02/06/g...
humanists.uk/2025/02/06/g...
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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I guess now is a good time to remind folks there is a massive glut of PV solar panels just lying in US warehouses that don’t need to cross any borders and incur additional duties to start delivering more energy to American consumers and businesses.
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February 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I guess now is a good time to remind folks there is a massive glut of PV solar panels just lying in US warehouses that don’t need to cross any borders and incur additional duties to start delivering more energy to American consumers and businesses.
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1. If Trump runs out of immigrants to persecute, I suspect the next target for his performative sadism will be people with disabilities. Already, without a shred of evidence, he has blamed the air crash on disabled air traffic controllers, with horrible, stereotyping slurs about their disabilities.🧵
February 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
1. If Trump runs out of immigrants to persecute, I suspect the next target for his performative sadism will be people with disabilities. Already, without a shred of evidence, he has blamed the air crash on disabled air traffic controllers, with horrible, stereotyping slurs about their disabilities.🧵
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Word of the day is one I may have mentioned (frequently): a ‘snaccident’ is the inadvertent eating of an entire packet of biscuits.
January 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Word of the day is one I may have mentioned (frequently): a ‘snaccident’ is the inadvertent eating of an entire packet of biscuits.
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i think it would be really cool if we had a way of evaluating different claims about reality using empirical evidence to see which, if any, is true
January 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
i think it would be really cool if we had a way of evaluating different claims about reality using empirical evidence to see which, if any, is true
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I can’t speak for armed forces but the other things he highlighted here, scientists, engineers and universities, have all been categorically and demonstrably damaged directly by Brexit AND by the disastrous effect it has had on the UK economy and its priorities. I can never forgive such destruction
Five years ago today, the UK left the EU.
Johnson's faux-Churchillesque speech on the day ended with these lines.
How did that work out?
Johnson's faux-Churchillesque speech on the day ended with these lines.
How did that work out?
January 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I can’t speak for armed forces but the other things he highlighted here, scientists, engineers and universities, have all been categorically and demonstrably damaged directly by Brexit AND by the disastrous effect it has had on the UK economy and its priorities. I can never forgive such destruction
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We’re in a new Gilded Age - which sounds great, but the Robber Barons are back.
And this time, they’re more selfish than ever, as Prof Tobias Jung, St Andrews University, writes:
theconversation.com/andrew-carne...
And this time, they’re more selfish than ever, as Prof Tobias Jung, St Andrews University, writes:
theconversation.com/andrew-carne...
Andrew Carnegie and the 19th-century ‘robber barons’ have lessons for today’s oligarchs about the responsibilities of wealth
The 19th-century industrialists were called ‘robber barons’ – but they did more to improve society than many of today’s super-rich.
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We’re in a new Gilded Age - which sounds great, but the Robber Barons are back.
And this time, they’re more selfish than ever, as Prof Tobias Jung, St Andrews University, writes:
theconversation.com/andrew-carne...
And this time, they’re more selfish than ever, as Prof Tobias Jung, St Andrews University, writes:
theconversation.com/andrew-carne...
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Where do you find your news? Social media serves us up an increasingly skewed perspective on the world. Some of our traditional media is extremely politically biased.
I like @theconversation.com - written by expert academics; curated but not politically steered by editors:
theconversation.com/uk
I like @theconversation.com - written by expert academics; curated but not politically steered by editors:
theconversation.com/uk
The Conversation UK is your most reliable trusted news. Written by academics.
Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from th...
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Where do you find your news? Social media serves us up an increasingly skewed perspective on the world. Some of our traditional media is extremely politically biased.
I like @theconversation.com - written by expert academics; curated but not politically steered by editors:
theconversation.com/uk
I like @theconversation.com - written by expert academics; curated but not politically steered by editors:
theconversation.com/uk
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some ways to generate electricity
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
January 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
some ways to generate electricity
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
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The scientific method served humanity well for hundreds of years but it was rendered obsolete in 2013 with the discovery of Vibes
January 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The scientific method served humanity well for hundreds of years but it was rendered obsolete in 2013 with the discovery of Vibes
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I did not anticipate how quickly people would move to comply with Trump. Makes it much easier for an aspiring authoritarian when so many potential obstacles are removed preemptively - billionaires bend the knee, Meta changes its policies, Wray resigns, Barr resigns, DOJ drops the cases against Trump
✔️ Money to the Trump inaugural
✔️ Dinner at Mar-a-Lago
✔️ Getting rid of fact-checking
✔️ Putting UFC's Dana White (a key Trump ally) on Meta's board
Hard not to see these moves as an effort to avoid being politically targeted by an illiberal president.
✔️ Dinner at Mar-a-Lago
✔️ Getting rid of fact-checking
✔️ Putting UFC's Dana White (a key Trump ally) on Meta's board
Hard not to see these moves as an effort to avoid being politically targeted by an illiberal president.
Huge changes across Facebook's platforms coming soon. Mark Zuckerberg says the recent elections "feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech..." www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/...
January 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I did not anticipate how quickly people would move to comply with Trump. Makes it much easier for an aspiring authoritarian when so many potential obstacles are removed preemptively - billionaires bend the knee, Meta changes its policies, Wray resigns, Barr resigns, DOJ drops the cases against Trump
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Have written about Starmer's speech- his best moment yet as PM. He implicitly identified what sits at the heart of this story: the emergence of a common UK/US online right, headed by the radicalised Musk.
It is making extremist, until recently fringe politics mainstream in British conservatism.
It is making extremist, until recently fringe politics mainstream in British conservatism.
Starmer's best moment as PM
And the Powellisation of conservative thought
open.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Have written about Starmer's speech- his best moment yet as PM. He implicitly identified what sits at the heart of this story: the emergence of a common UK/US online right, headed by the radicalised Musk.
It is making extremist, until recently fringe politics mainstream in British conservatism.
It is making extremist, until recently fringe politics mainstream in British conservatism.
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It's not about Musk, it's about what the idiot followers in this country will do, it's about main stream media constantly bringing Musk, Farage & Reform into daily news cycles, it is influencing a lot of idiot minds in this country & it will only get worse, so much so to influence elections here.
January 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It's not about Musk, it's about what the idiot followers in this country will do, it's about main stream media constantly bringing Musk, Farage & Reform into daily news cycles, it is influencing a lot of idiot minds in this country & it will only get worse, so much so to influence elections here.
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It turns out that Farage was right; foreigners were coming for his job.
January 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It turns out that Farage was right; foreigners were coming for his job.
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'Blue hydrogen' is hydrogen made from natural gas, the friendly-sounding name for methane—a highly potent greenhouse gas.
The fossil fuel industry hopes to inject it into the gas grid for heating homes.
But it’s as bad as coal for the climate, as @kevinclimate.bsky.social and I explained here.
The fossil fuel industry hopes to inject it into the gas grid for heating homes.
But it’s as bad as coal for the climate, as @kevinclimate.bsky.social and I explained here.
Warning: the UK government's hydrogen plan isn’t green at all, it’s another oil industry swindle | Kevin Anderson and Simon Oldridge
A taxpayer-funded drive for ‘blue’ hydrogen is good news for fossil-fuel lobbyists, but bad news for the climate crisis, say climate academics Kevin Anderson and Simon Oldridge
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
'Blue hydrogen' is hydrogen made from natural gas, the friendly-sounding name for methane—a highly potent greenhouse gas.
The fossil fuel industry hopes to inject it into the gas grid for heating homes.
But it’s as bad as coal for the climate, as @kevinclimate.bsky.social and I explained here.
The fossil fuel industry hopes to inject it into the gas grid for heating homes.
But it’s as bad as coal for the climate, as @kevinclimate.bsky.social and I explained here.
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Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘crapulence’ (18th century): sickness or indisposition resulting from excessive drinking or eating.
January 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘crapulence’ (18th century): sickness or indisposition resulting from excessive drinking or eating.
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I want to thank Elon Musk for attacking Wikipedia for being a part of the internet he can't currently control. It reminded me to donate to support Wikipedia, the best remaining thing about the internet. You can donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
December 26, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I want to thank Elon Musk for attacking Wikipedia for being a part of the internet he can't currently control. It reminded me to donate to support Wikipedia, the best remaining thing about the internet. You can donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
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The myth of the genius sole inventor. Tesla was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard & Marc Tarpenning
DOE bailed out Tesla with a big loan in the Great Recession.
Tesla wasn’t profitable through at least 2021 without a government-created emissions credit trading program www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/i...
DOE bailed out Tesla with a big loan in the Great Recession.
Tesla wasn’t profitable through at least 2021 without a government-created emissions credit trading program www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/i...
December 25, 2024 at 7:49 PM
The myth of the genius sole inventor. Tesla was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard & Marc Tarpenning
DOE bailed out Tesla with a big loan in the Great Recession.
Tesla wasn’t profitable through at least 2021 without a government-created emissions credit trading program www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/i...
DOE bailed out Tesla with a big loan in the Great Recession.
Tesla wasn’t profitable through at least 2021 without a government-created emissions credit trading program www.cnn.com/2021/01/31/i...
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A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 8:40 AM
A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
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Word of the day (of course) is ‘scurryfunging’, from US dialect: the frantic attempt to tidy the house just before guests arrive.
December 23, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Word of the day (of course) is ‘scurryfunging’, from US dialect: the frantic attempt to tidy the house just before guests arrive.
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Imagine agreeing that it’s necessary to change the rules but waiting a bit so that someone can have a go at smashing up your democracy in the meantime.
December 22, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Imagine agreeing that it’s necessary to change the rules but waiting a bit so that someone can have a go at smashing up your democracy in the meantime.