Ian Clark
@togetherian.bsky.social
Executive Director of Business Improvement at Together Housing Group MCIH, vegetarian, lapsed drummer and juggler.
Burnley UK
Burnley UK
Does anyone else listen to albums only at a particular time of the year? I only play "and then there were three" by Genesis in December. It's a house rule. I got it in December over 45 winters ago and it reminds me of this season.
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Does anyone else listen to albums only at a particular time of the year? I only play "and then there were three" by Genesis in December. It's a house rule. I got it in December over 45 winters ago and it reminds me of this season.
Working from home means I can be flexible, focussed and productive.
Should I include my best pal in my work station assessment?
Should I include my best pal in my work station assessment?
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Working from home means I can be flexible, focussed and productive.
Should I include my best pal in my work station assessment?
Should I include my best pal in my work station assessment?
"That net zero scam is adding so much to our electric bills"
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"That net zero scam is adding so much to our electric bills"
Windows 10!!!!
This highlights the problems government (local and central) has recruiting good tech staff on sub market salaries. But it increases the reliance on costly external contractors.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/u...
This highlights the problems government (local and central) has recruiting good tech staff on sub market salaries. But it increases the reliance on costly external contractors.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/u...
UK dept spent £312M moving to Win 10 as support D-day hits
: After a £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
www.theregister.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Windows 10!!!!
This highlights the problems government (local and central) has recruiting good tech staff on sub market salaries. But it increases the reliance on costly external contractors.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/u...
This highlights the problems government (local and central) has recruiting good tech staff on sub market salaries. But it increases the reliance on costly external contractors.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/u...
This is a great article on men's mental health, but I think it also applies to mental health services generally.
The moustaches for Movember make it the sexiest month of the year - but we do need to have conversations beyond just “it’s okay to be not okay” and meet men where they are and improve mental health access if we’re going to do better.
Movember: Great Moustaches, Terrible Mental Health Infrastructure
We’ve nailed the slogans and motivational posters. Now it’s time to build the bloody scaffolding underneath them
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is a great article on men's mental health, but I think it also applies to mental health services generally.
I'm flabbergasted that someone is writing in defence of landlords letting damp and mouldy homes.
thecritic.co.uk/against-awaa...
thecritic.co.uk/against-awaa...
Against Awaab’s Law | Charles Amos | The Critic Magazine
This week, Awaab’s Law came into force. This law requires social landlords to inspect a house for damp and mould within ten working days of being notified and for the situation to be made safe within…
thecritic.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm flabbergasted that someone is writing in defence of landlords letting damp and mouldy homes.
thecritic.co.uk/against-awaa...
thecritic.co.uk/against-awaa...
Watching the final series of #brassic. Series 7 Episode 2 was supposedly filmed in Germany, but in reality it was filmed in the iconic Domus near Burnley @wowhaus. It's for sale if you have £1.25 m. : www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 4 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove
4 bedroom detached house for sale in Domus, Domus, Reedley, Lancashire, BB10 for £1,100,000. Marketed by The Modern House, London
www.rightmove.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Watching the final series of #brassic. Series 7 Episode 2 was supposedly filmed in Germany, but in reality it was filmed in the iconic Domus near Burnley @wowhaus. It's for sale if you have £1.25 m. : www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
My music tastes are metal prog & jazz in that order. But it's sad to hear the passing of Dave Ball of Soft Cell. He brought humanity to synth pop. His electro album Photosynthesis is worth a listen #RIPDaveBall
BBC News - Soft Cell's musical force Dave Ball dies, aged 66
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Soft Cell's musical force Dave Ball dies, aged 66
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Soft Cell's musical force Dave Ball dies, aged 66
The musician, best known for Tainted Love and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, died in his sleep at home.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My music tastes are metal prog & jazz in that order. But it's sad to hear the passing of Dave Ball of Soft Cell. He brought humanity to synth pop. His electro album Photosynthesis is worth a listen #RIPDaveBall
BBC News - Soft Cell's musical force Dave Ball dies, aged 66
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Soft Cell's musical force Dave Ball dies, aged 66
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@togetherhousing we have an award winning Business Improvement, Data and ICT service. But I do wish our help desk looked a bit more like this.
The modern world in old Ladybird books.
“A small digital computer designed for the businessman” (1971)
Artist: BH Robinson
“A small digital computer designed for the businessman” (1971)
Artist: BH Robinson
October 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@togetherhousing we have an award winning Business Improvement, Data and ICT service. But I do wish our help desk looked a bit more like this.
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Changing our diets is one of the best things we can do for ourselves … and for the planet.
Here is our assessment of how modest changes in diet could have big impacts on climate change.
drawdown.org/explorer/imp...
Here is our assessment of how modest changes in diet could have big impacts on climate change.
drawdown.org/explorer/imp...
Improve Diets
The Improve Diets solution is coming soon.
drawdown.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Changing our diets is one of the best things we can do for ourselves … and for the planet.
Here is our assessment of how modest changes in diet could have big impacts on climate change.
drawdown.org/explorer/imp...
Here is our assessment of how modest changes in diet could have big impacts on climate change.
drawdown.org/explorer/imp...
This comprehensive article debunks myths about solar power by meticulously fact-checking them against a wide range of reliable data sources.
A nice antidote to the FUD from some fossil fuel funded MPs!
A nice antidote to the FUD from some fossil fuel funded MPs!
NEW – Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar power
✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
🎨 @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org @jjgoodman.bsky.social Tom Pearson
Read here: buff.ly/47kIjiZ
✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
🎨 @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org @jjgoodman.bsky.social Tom Pearson
Read here: buff.ly/47kIjiZ
August 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This comprehensive article debunks myths about solar power by meticulously fact-checking them against a wide range of reliable data sources.
A nice antidote to the FUD from some fossil fuel funded MPs!
A nice antidote to the FUD from some fossil fuel funded MPs!
An interesting @demos-uk.bsky.social report authored by Geoff Mulgan calling for a smarter approach to efficiency.
demos.co.uk/research/dog...
demos.co.uk/research/dog...
DOGE done better: The case for progressive efficiency and a streamlined state
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
An interesting @demos-uk.bsky.social report authored by Geoff Mulgan calling for a smarter approach to efficiency.
demos.co.uk/research/dog...
demos.co.uk/research/dog...
Got my first Tesla in 2020. The second in 2023. Both before I knew about #elonmusk politics. Musk believes in free speech. I believe in free choice. I won't be getting another Tesla because of Musk's politics. Happy to contribute to the decline in sales.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/t...
Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple
Tesla faces a number of challenges in Europe including continued intense competition and brand damage from Elon Musk's political involvement.
www.cnbc.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Got my first Tesla in 2020. The second in 2023. Both before I knew about #elonmusk politics. Musk believes in free speech. I believe in free choice. I won't be getting another Tesla because of Musk's politics. Happy to contribute to the decline in sales.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/t...
Whatever you think of Nick Clegg, this is an interesting interview where he shares his inside view of the Silicon Valley grievance culture, the growth of agentic AI, the growth in resentment of vast wealth hoarding by the tech bros, and an overly cautious Starmer.
Silicon Valley is full of wealthy men who think they’re victims, says Nick Clegg
Silicon Valley is full of wealthy men who think they’re victims, says Nick Clegg
Former Lib Dem leader and Meta strategist writes in new book that power in tech capital is interlaced with ‘self pity’
Silicon Valley is full of hubris and hugely wealthy and macho men who think they are victims, the former politician and Facebook executive Nick Clegg has said.
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats makes the claim in a new book chronicling his three careers as an MEP in Brussels, an MP and deputy prime minister in Westminster and as a communications and public policy strategist in San Francisco. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Whatever you think of Nick Clegg, this is an interesting interview where he shares his inside view of the Silicon Valley grievance culture, the growth of agentic AI, the growth in resentment of vast wealth hoarding by the tech bros, and an overly cautious Starmer.
He was @togetherhousing.bsky.social office surely?
August 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
He was @togetherhousing.bsky.social office surely?
We need more Dame Stephanies #STEM
BBC News - Tough, smart and ahead of her time - how Dame Stephanie changed women's role in the tech industry
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Tough, smart and ahead of her time - how Dame Stephanie changed women's role in the tech industry
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91
She founded the software company Freelance Programmers in 1962, which almost exclusively hired women, and in later life donated almost £70m of her fortune.
www.bbc.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We need more Dame Stephanies #STEM
BBC News - Tough, smart and ahead of her time - how Dame Stephanie changed women's role in the tech industry
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Tough, smart and ahead of her time - how Dame Stephanie changed women's role in the tech industry
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Contrary to popular belief, thinks are actually getting better, if you look at the data. Good article by Fraser Nelson in the Times
archive.ph/AFWfc
archive.ph/AFWfc
archive.ph
August 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Contrary to popular belief, thinks are actually getting better, if you look at the data. Good article by Fraser Nelson in the Times
archive.ph/AFWfc
archive.ph/AFWfc
One of the first people to leave Earth orbit and travel to the Moon in Apollo 8. Returned to the Moon in Apollo 13. One of only 3 people to fly to the Moon twice. Ad Astra Jim Lovell.
We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran.
Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. https://go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq
Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. https://go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq
August 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One of the first people to leave Earth orbit and travel to the Moon in Apollo 8. Returned to the Moon in Apollo 13. One of only 3 people to fly to the Moon twice. Ad Astra Jim Lovell.
45 years ago I was a competition swimmer. In the pool at 6am, back in at 6pm. 5 hard years and I stopped. I wasn't the best in my town let alone my region or country. So hats off to the amazing swimmers at #WorldAquatics2025. Looking forward to the Mens 100m freestyle tomorrow with Matt Richards
July 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
45 years ago I was a competition swimmer. In the pool at 6am, back in at 6pm. 5 hard years and I stopped. I wasn't the best in my town let alone my region or country. So hats off to the amazing swimmers at #WorldAquatics2025. Looking forward to the Mens 100m freestyle tomorrow with Matt Richards
Just finished reading Head North by @andyburnham.bsky.social and Steve Rotherham. A very good book, with practical suggestions to make things work regardless of party politics
Why do so many people feel completely alienated from politics? And when did politics on the left stop being about helping them with the fundamentals in their lives?
I sat down with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to find out how he thinks the hard-right can be defeated 👇
I sat down with Labour's Greater Manchester Mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social to find out how he thinks the hard-right can be defeated 👇
Andy Burnham: These Dangerous, Alienating Times Call for Radical Change of Our Politics
From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the 'incestuous' Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be ...
bylinetimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just finished reading Head North by @andyburnham.bsky.social and Steve Rotherham. A very good book, with practical suggestions to make things work regardless of party politics
Reposted by Ian Clark
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
July 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
Lucky enough to have seen the wonderful @weezer.bsky.social twice. Under the California skies in 2017 in San Diego, and last night under the Yorkshire skies at the amazing #PieceHall in Halifax. Amazing shows in sublime settings.
July 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Lucky enough to have seen the wonderful @weezer.bsky.social twice. Under the California skies in 2017 in San Diego, and last night under the Yorkshire skies at the amazing #PieceHall in Halifax. Amazing shows in sublime settings.
Reposted by Ian Clark
Batteries are now so cheap that solar power no longer sleeps. ☀️🔋 2024 marked the inflection point: storage doubled, solar soared, and fossil electricity flatlined. This isn't just a tech milestone—it's a civilisational shift. From fossil dusk to solar dawn. The sun can now power the night! #SolarEra
Batteries are so cheap now, solar power doesn’t sleep
Batteries are now cheap enough to make 24/7 solar power affordable, unlocking round-the-clock clean energy in the world’s sunniest cities.
electrek.co
June 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Batteries are now so cheap that solar power no longer sleeps. ☀️🔋 2024 marked the inflection point: storage doubled, solar soared, and fossil electricity flatlined. This isn't just a tech milestone—it's a civilisational shift. From fossil dusk to solar dawn. The sun can now power the night! #SolarEra
Indulge me here in some simple calculations. I'm currently in Arrecife capital of #Lanzarote. It's got wind, sun, waves & geothermal but 91% electric is from burning oil. But if just 1 sq mile (out of 326 total land area) were solar panels it would generate 120% of current annual electric demand!
June 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Indulge me here in some simple calculations. I'm currently in Arrecife capital of #Lanzarote. It's got wind, sun, waves & geothermal but 91% electric is from burning oil. But if just 1 sq mile (out of 326 total land area) were solar panels it would generate 120% of current annual electric demand!