Simon Palmer
@simonjohnpalmer.bsky.social
Global crisis comms and media relations for an global energy company that is helping to decarbonise the planet. Former RTE broadcaster/journalist. Ex-Mixmag. DJ, kickboxer, and music maker. Dogfather. London head, Dublin heart. Old raver. NUJ #trancefamily
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A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.
July 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A wildlife photographer joked that his wife managed to capture an extraordinary photo that outdid him: a European eagle owl, one of the world's largest, perched on his camera lens.
Love this so much.
July 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Love this so much.
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When you start losing even the MAGA ultra-loons…
July 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When you start losing even the MAGA ultra-loons…
When are Labour finally going to
repeal the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that outlawed acid house raves. The rave that led to this was Castlemorton and Kier Starmer defended the organisers in Court, one of whom is now Guido Fawkes: share.google/6Y5KOG51soRQ...
repeal the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that outlawed acid house raves. The rave that led to this was Castlemorton and Kier Starmer defended the organisers in Court, one of whom is now Guido Fawkes: share.google/6Y5KOG51soRQ...
Castlemorton Common: The rave that changed the law
It started as a free festival but Castlemorton Common became the UK's biggest ever illegal rave.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
When are Labour finally going to
repeal the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that outlawed acid house raves. The rave that led to this was Castlemorton and Kier Starmer defended the organisers in Court, one of whom is now Guido Fawkes: share.google/6Y5KOG51soRQ...
repeal the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that outlawed acid house raves. The rave that led to this was Castlemorton and Kier Starmer defended the organisers in Court, one of whom is now Guido Fawkes: share.google/6Y5KOG51soRQ...
You have can't have crisis communications protocols that require supervisor approval out-of-hours if a supervisor isn't on duty. This has to be delegated to trusted individuals who can react quickly and get the messages out to alert people and save lives.
Q: There are reports where a fire dept commander asked a Kerr County sheriff dispatcher for a code red to be issued but they said they couldn't without a supervisor approving it. Almost 6 hours passes. How do you account for that lapse of time?
KERR COUNTY SHERIFF: There's gonna be an after action
KERR COUNTY SHERIFF: There's gonna be an after action
July 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You have can't have crisis communications protocols that require supervisor approval out-of-hours if a supervisor isn't on duty. This has to be delegated to trusted individuals who can react quickly and get the messages out to alert people and save lives.
Hitachi Energy says AI power spikes threaten to destabilise global supply - on.ft.com/4kwJyDQ via @FT
Hitachi Energy says AI power spikes threaten to destabilise global supply
Head of the world’s biggest transformer maker calls for rules to alert utilities to the wild fluctuations in data centre demand
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July 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hitachi Energy says AI power spikes threaten to destabilise global supply - on.ft.com/4kwJyDQ via @FT
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Q: There are reports where a fire dept commander asked a Kerr County sheriff dispatcher for a code red to be issued but they said they couldn't without a supervisor approving it. Almost 6 hours passes. How do you account for that lapse of time?
KERR COUNTY SHERIFF: There's gonna be an after action
KERR COUNTY SHERIFF: There's gonna be an after action
July 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Q: There are reports where a fire dept commander asked a Kerr County sheriff dispatcher for a code red to be issued but they said they couldn't without a supervisor approving it. Almost 6 hours passes. How do you account for that lapse of time?
KERR COUNTY SHERIFF: There's gonna be an after action
KERR COUNTY SHERIFF: There's gonna be an after action
Whenever we are in Houston we head over to New Braunfels to float the Guadalupe River, in o-rings with beers. We were on it six weeks ago and some of the levels were so low I would beach and have to push myself off. I can't imagine it as this raging torrent.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Who Are The Victims In The Central Texas Floods?
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Whenever we are in Houston we head over to New Braunfels to float the Guadalupe River, in o-rings with beers. We were on it six weeks ago and some of the levels were so low I would beach and have to push myself off. I can't imagine it as this raging torrent.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There has to be a lot of worried TikTok influencers in the US right now.
January 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There has to be a lot of worried TikTok influencers in the US right now.
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His Majesty Arrives 👑!
Everything stops when this magnificent Elk struts around this town in Colorado.
What I will never understand is how anybody could kill this magnificent animal just to display its rack on his or her wall.
🎦 Credit: Colorado Adventures.
Everything stops when this magnificent Elk struts around this town in Colorado.
What I will never understand is how anybody could kill this magnificent animal just to display its rack on his or her wall.
🎦 Credit: Colorado Adventures.
January 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
His Majesty Arrives 👑!
Everything stops when this magnificent Elk struts around this town in Colorado.
What I will never understand is how anybody could kill this magnificent animal just to display its rack on his or her wall.
🎦 Credit: Colorado Adventures.
Everything stops when this magnificent Elk struts around this town in Colorado.
What I will never understand is how anybody could kill this magnificent animal just to display its rack on his or her wall.
🎦 Credit: Colorado Adventures.
You'll never guess what I just got? I can't believe it. It just doesn't happen anymore. I feel honoured. Like I've won the lottery. I...just...go...a GP appointment! *faints*
January 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You'll never guess what I just got? I can't believe it. It just doesn't happen anymore. I feel honoured. Like I've won the lottery. I...just...go...a GP appointment! *faints*
The FT is reporting that tech companies are looking to fossil fuels to meet the power demands of AI. With a predicted surge in the building of new gas power plants in the U.S. on.ft.com/4hdidVY via @FT #ai #fossilfuels #climateaction
AI set to fuel surge in new US gas power plants
Climate targets in peril as Big Tech turns to fossil fuels to feed energy demand
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January 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The FT is reporting that tech companies are looking to fossil fuels to meet the power demands of AI. With a predicted surge in the building of new gas power plants in the U.S. on.ft.com/4hdidVY via @FT #ai #fossilfuels #climateaction
The Race to Renewables: @hitachienergy's high-voltage direct current system transforms DC to AC to enable renewable energy from offshore wind farms to get to where it is needed efficiently, before being converted back to AC. #sustainability #GreenEnergy
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January 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Race to Renewables: @hitachienergy's high-voltage direct current system transforms DC to AC to enable renewable energy from offshore wind farms to get to where it is needed efficiently, before being converted back to AC. #sustainability #GreenEnergy
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A quick reminder on how to contribute to uksnowmap.com ahead of any possible #uksnow tomorrow 👀
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 PM
A quick reminder on how to contribute to uksnowmap.com ahead of any possible #uksnow tomorrow 👀
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
Post with the hashtag #uksnow, the first-half of your postcode, and a snow rating x/10 and help draw a real-time map of where it is snowing in the UK.
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“There are no checks and balances in a world where only charisma matters, no rule of law in a world where emotion defeats reason—only a void that anyone with a shocking and compelling story can fill” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
“There are no checks and balances in a world where only charisma matters, no rule of law in a world where emotion defeats reason—only a void that anyone with a shocking and compelling story can fill” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Sociopath Of The Day
Trophy Hunter Rick Paillet travelled to Alaska to have the opportunity of a lifetime!
Here he poses proudly with the paw of the Bear that he murdered! 🤬🤬
SHARE if you want #trophyhunting banned worldwide.
Trophy Hunter Rick Paillet travelled to Alaska to have the opportunity of a lifetime!
Here he poses proudly with the paw of the Bear that he murdered! 🤬🤬
SHARE if you want #trophyhunting banned worldwide.
January 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Sociopath Of The Day
Trophy Hunter Rick Paillet travelled to Alaska to have the opportunity of a lifetime!
Here he poses proudly with the paw of the Bear that he murdered! 🤬🤬
SHARE if you want #trophyhunting banned worldwide.
Trophy Hunter Rick Paillet travelled to Alaska to have the opportunity of a lifetime!
Here he poses proudly with the paw of the Bear that he murdered! 🤬🤬
SHARE if you want #trophyhunting banned worldwide.
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"Burren Tree" One of my earlier Burren paintings, it came out of a cycling visit to my favourite limestone karst region of Ireland. I do like the other parts of County Clare, but find the Burren's stone walls on fields of stone intoxicating. #SpeirGorm #ArtAdventCalendar
December 18, 2024 at 9:50 AM
"Burren Tree" One of my earlier Burren paintings, it came out of a cycling visit to my favourite limestone karst region of Ireland. I do like the other parts of County Clare, but find the Burren's stone walls on fields of stone intoxicating. #SpeirGorm #ArtAdventCalendar
Got to love being woken up on a Friday by a request to join a 7am Teams call, in response to an invite that was sent at 5am.
December 13, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Got to love being woken up on a Friday by a request to join a 7am Teams call, in response to an invite that was sent at 5am.
It is that time of year when scammers are running rampant on social media. Here's a great tip: if you need to verify a url/website page to stop scammers, then use Grabify. It will provide you with details of the IP address, including location. Be aware. #ScamAlert
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Grabify IP Logger & URL Shortener
Grabify IP Logger & URL Shortener allows you to tracks IP address, track locations and much more. Advanced web analytics at the tap of a finger!
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December 12, 2024 at 9:32 AM
It is that time of year when scammers are running rampant on social media. Here's a great tip: if you need to verify a url/website page to stop scammers, then use Grabify. It will provide you with details of the IP address, including location. Be aware. #ScamAlert
grabify.link
grabify.link
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Bashar al-Assad's relatives bought 19 apartments in Moscow City for $40 million. The properties were purchased between 2013 and 2019.
13 properties are owned by Assad's cousin. Another two apartments were bought by the wife of another cousin of Assad, Rami Makhlouf.
www.ft.com/content/fb48...
13 properties are owned by Assad's cousin. Another two apartments were bought by the wife of another cousin of Assad, Rami Makhlouf.
www.ft.com/content/fb48...
December 9, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Bashar al-Assad's relatives bought 19 apartments in Moscow City for $40 million. The properties were purchased between 2013 and 2019.
13 properties are owned by Assad's cousin. Another two apartments were bought by the wife of another cousin of Assad, Rami Makhlouf.
www.ft.com/content/fb48...
13 properties are owned by Assad's cousin. Another two apartments were bought by the wife of another cousin of Assad, Rami Makhlouf.
www.ft.com/content/fb48...
In arguing the Left is in league with the devil, Jordan Peterson is starting to sound a bit nuts. #jordanpeterson
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The Trumpian Power Worship at the Heart of Jordan Peterson’s ‘We Who Wrestle With God’
In arguing the Left is in league with the devil, Peterson inadvertently reveals the religious reverence to power and money defining the pro-Trump Right
bylinetimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM
In arguing the Left is in league with the devil, Jordan Peterson is starting to sound a bit nuts. #jordanpeterson
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