Andrew Thomson
@quantinghome.bsky.social
I switched to an EV a couple of years ago. Its battery stores 65kWh if energy. Just for fun I worked out how much energy was in a tank of diesel in my old ICE - 500kWh!
ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I switched to an EV a couple of years ago. Its battery stores 65kWh if energy. Just for fun I worked out how much energy was in a tank of diesel in my old ICE - 500kWh!
The Malthusian Catastrophe is just around the corner, and has been for over 200 years...
“Here we are, approaching eight-and-a-half billion human beings, the biggest herd of mammals ever on the face of the planet, wanting to consume more, to have growth. And growth in a finite system ultimately must [lead to] collapse”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Bob Brown: ‘Being an environmentalist is sensible. I like defying the growth mentality because it’s irrational’
At 80 years old, the trailblazing environmentalist on the state of activism, optimism and why he is comfortable with the concept of his own ‘perpetual annihilation’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Malthusian Catastrophe is just around the corner, and has been for over 200 years...
I see the Cockneys have cracked open their fancy dress box again...
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I see the Cockneys have cracked open their fancy dress box again...
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
Unbelievable tone deaf interviews on Jeremy Vine today. He appears to have found the two people in the country who think Andrew's been hard done by.
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Unbelievable tone deaf interviews on Jeremy Vine today. He appears to have found the two people in the country who think Andrew's been hard done by.
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She’s right. She *deliberately* hacked into Harriet Harman’s website, whereas Rachel Reeves is accused of obtaining a license late by accident. I assume that’s what she means, given Badenoch is widely known for her thoughtfulness and her self-awareness.
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Kemi Badenoch has said hacking into Harriet Harman's website when she was younger is "not the same" as Rachel Reeves failing to get a £900 rental licence for her home.
news.sky.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
She’s right. She *deliberately* hacked into Harriet Harman’s website, whereas Rachel Reeves is accused of obtaining a license late by accident. I assume that’s what she means, given Badenoch is widely known for her thoughtfulness and her self-awareness.
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Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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There is a serious, principled case for a codified constitution, for some of the reasons George sets out.
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
There is a serious, principled case for a codified constitution, for some of the reasons George sets out.
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
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Spare a thought for all the #Heritage teams heading out to #Stonehenge #Avebury and the #RingOfBrodnar as the clocks change
October 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Spare a thought for all the #Heritage teams heading out to #Stonehenge #Avebury and the #RingOfBrodnar as the clocks change
I must thank @theresthistory.bsky.social that I can get this joke.
oh for fucks sake i was JOKING
October 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I must thank @theresthistory.bsky.social that I can get this joke.
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Argentina edition of Libertarian bible
October 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Argentina edition of Libertarian bible
AI maths strikes again...
October 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
AI maths strikes again...
I guess it's for the greater good.
Thought lost when it closed in 2017, the Jeremy Bentham pub on University Street has risen from the ashes
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I guess it's for the greater good.
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Stop pretending a wealth tax is a serious idea
It brings me no pleasure to say this.
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The God I believe in don't need saving, mister.
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
October 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The God I believe in don't need saving, mister.
Jim Henson's early work is often overlooked.
Here’s another new one #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends
October 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Jim Henson's early work is often overlooked.
The lesson here is never get AI to produce your maps. Apparently the UK gained independence from itself in the 1700s...
October 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The lesson here is never get AI to produce your maps. Apparently the UK gained independence from itself in the 1700s...
Most disastrous Tory conference in history... so far...
October 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Most disastrous Tory conference in history... so far...
Just checked out a possible Leeds-Berlin train trip next year. Does #europeansleeper work out? Well, not really... 1/
October 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just checked out a possible Leeds-Berlin train trip next year. Does #europeansleeper work out? Well, not really... 1/
Not been watching #kingandconqueror but flicking through the channels just now, apparently the Battle of Hastings took place on the slopes of #Whernside. Best left unwatched.
October 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Not been watching #kingandconqueror but flicking through the channels just now, apparently the Battle of Hastings took place on the slopes of #Whernside. Best left unwatched.
In government the Tories did pretty well in reducing emissions. Badenoch is tearing up one of the very few, perhaps only, positive legacy of their time in office. Bonkers.
As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?
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 7:08 AM
In government the Tories did pretty well in reducing emissions. Badenoch is tearing up one of the very few, perhaps only, positive legacy of their time in office. Bonkers.
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Reform in the last 7 days:
1) immigrants are eating swans
2) you cant be brown AND english
3) but dont call us racist
yeah brilliant. its like we all trod in shit and cant get the stink off
1) immigrants are eating swans
2) you cant be brown AND english
3) but dont call us racist
yeah brilliant. its like we all trod in shit and cant get the stink off
October 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Reform in the last 7 days:
1) immigrants are eating swans
2) you cant be brown AND english
3) but dont call us racist
yeah brilliant. its like we all trod in shit and cant get the stink off
1) immigrants are eating swans
2) you cant be brown AND english
3) but dont call us racist
yeah brilliant. its like we all trod in shit and cant get the stink off