John McLean
John McLean
@mistralf5.bsky.social
I'm mid 50s.
I have been listening to a lot of podcasts via apple rather than music this year though.
December 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is probably the one they did the foundations for 15ish years ago, and is going to upset a lot of people in the swanky flats at the end of middle dock. Shame

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
JP Morgan boss gave go-ahead for new £3bn tower in London after UK assurances
Decision by US bank’s CEO Jamie Dimon followed trip to New York by top adviser to Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
las terrazas de abama
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by John McLean
Farage is a man of very little of anything, bar BS. This is a guy whose business (literally) is to ween as much as possible from state funds and extremists. He cares not of how, where or what the repercussions are of his greed.

Read this little article…

Link!

www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
It's absolutely chucking it down, still solar keeps working!
September 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hard hat - check
Hi Vis - check
Safety footwear - hmm
Why do they bother?

i.guim.co.uk/img/media/33...
September 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
August 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Reposted by John McLean
As the Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the United States, China continues huge investments in wind and solar power. See images of the scale of China’s solar-power projects:
Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects
As the Trump administration's “big, beautiful bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.
bit.ly
July 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
nothing to see here
April 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
When did roller skates become a thing again? Westfield Stratford full of ‘young uns’ on them
April 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Reposted by John McLean
'Europe is not only home to our traditional allies; it is an enviable zone of democracy, wealth and prosperity with which it benefits us to have good relations, and from which we can sometimes learn'

Snyder on the new US imperialism

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
March 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Reposted by John McLean
Colleagues are cancelling their US work trips. I worry that international colleagues in the US are at risk if they collaborate with us on certain topics.

I've written a new post about the increasing danger of being a foreign scientist in the US.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/trumps-att...
Trump's attacks on universities get ever darker, with the shadows reaching our shores
The US has become a hostile and authoritarian state to foreign scientists and is choosing ideology over science.
christinapagel.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM