Active part of a village community in a place with an interesting history. Seeking to enjoy today while actively enhancing community resilliance and well-being.
Hampshire, UK
Joined July 2011
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Keep exploring.
Ignore the arrogance of dominant greed.
Look out for those who graft with humility 2 recreate a caring society.
Find the many good people that are not fooled by the parasitic self serving pompous arses that have grasped power & wealth.
There is beauty in this land
It transpires that I started using this platform around 15 years ago. 👀🫣🙄🎉
The thing is that I am more of an X user than you might think. Perhaps Grok will misinterpret that but that’s ok!
Recovery starts by admitting there is an opportunity.
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People talk about Work:Life balance.
Well, it has seldom been better than this for me!
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Just for clarity @BBCNews
It is @Nigel_Farage that is “the biggest scandal in British Politics in a century”
@BBC6Music
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I wonder whether @g__j knows about the opportunity that @oxdelivers might represent [with a little support from the right people]
The story is all over LinkedIn but this might also be a place to do some good [for a change]
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What is happening?
There is joy in looking at the majority of content on X.
In recent past it has got more unpleasant; even vulgar.
The opinions expressed by many are simply meant to stir hatred, discontent or misunderstanding.
X is a time parasite that adds no value for me!
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Kemi Badenoch said Iran is more of an immediate threat for the UK than Trump’s declared intention to acquire Greenland by force!
She said that Venezuela had been acting with Iran against US and that was part of Trump’s justification for recent action.
@KemiBadenoch IS CONFUSED.
"Greenland... is a second order issue"
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says there are more important issues in global politics than Donald Trump's attempts to acquire Greenland, such as the protests in Iran
#BBCLauraK
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This is absolutely right from @DaleVince
The trouble is that too many industrial buildings are not built with capacity for roof top #PV. Many have skylights that are not safe to walk on & some don’t even have reasonable roof access & maintenance infrastructure. Build better!
We built the first onsite green energy project in y2k, makes perfect sense to make energy where you use it and vice versa...:)
reuters.com/sustainability/b…
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I mourn the passing of Martin Biermann.
He was an inspiration. His integrity built from solid principles. His support for those motivated to protect our environment for mutual benefit was a gift that I will always cherish.
I aspire to celebrate his influence sustainably.
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Thank you @RachelMoiselle for writing this piece & also to Sunday @Independent for commissioning & printing it.
I have read the piece & recommend it to those that I know.
Nationality should not limit our freedom of expression, the text we read or choice of religious belief.
Good morning, everyone.
From yesterday’s Sunday Independent. Of any piece on antisemitism I have written, I put the most thought into this one, and I do hope you will do me the honour of reading it in full. The piece focuses on themes of identity, loyalty, betrayal, and with whom one’s fate belongs.
As Irish Jews continue to be alienated in Irish society, I relay one plea from the Irish Jewish community: listen to us.
‘I think often of the quote by Polish communist Isaac Deutscher, who stated after The Holocaust that he had “long since abandoned my anti-Zionism, which was based on a confidence...in European society and civilisation, which that society and civilisation have not justified”.
In refusing to listen and accept the concerns of its Jewish sons and daughters, Irish society has punctured the confidence that many of us had in this great nation and, indeed, has strengthened the case for Zionism.
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” is a famous phrase by yet another esteemed son of Ireland. This is a value the Jewish community have lived by since their arrival here in the 1600s. It is not too much to ask for one thing in return: listen.’
I want to thank the Sunday Independent for asking me to write another piece. As the poll results included in my article illustrate, this is not a popular subject to write on in this county. In order for the Jewish community to be listened to, it first must be heard. A platform such as this is most appreciated.
To my previous observation shared with @mgshanks
Combine Community Energy Sharing Networks with BESS & #EV Rapid chargers & suddenly it becomes profitable [for mutual benefit] to electrify road transport.
It IS just a political choice now!
A first: Batteries have become so cheap that around-the-clock solar is becoming economically viable.
In 2024 alone, average battery prices fell by 40% and signs are a similar fall is occurring in 2025.
Pairing solar with enough batteries to keep the electricity flowing though the night is no longer a distant dream – it's an economic reality. At around just $76/MWh all in, dispatchable solar is already competitive with other forms of firm generation in many markets. ember-energy.org/latest-upda…
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🐠 Andy Molloy retweeted
A first: Batteries have become so cheap that around-the-clock solar is becoming economically viable.
In 2024 alone, average battery prices fell by 40% and signs are a similar fall is occurring in 2025.
Pairing solar with enough batteries to keep the electricity flowing though the night is no longer a distant dream – it's an economic reality. At around just $76/MWh all in, dispatchable solar is already competitive with other forms of firm generation in many markets. ember-energy.org/latest-upda…
🐠 Andy Molloy retweeted
Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1990 from about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) away, as it was leaving our solar system. Here is how Carl Sagan described it:
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
This is hailed as news to celebrate!
@mgshanks
Imagine what would be possible in the electrification of transport when Rapid #EV charging can be engineered for delivery at <£0.30/kWh; comparable fuel cost to ICEV.
Grid infrastructure cost is a barrier but there are solutions.
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🐠 Andy Molloy retweeted
"That was Mussolini. That was Hitler. That was Goebbels. That is Farage."
Yanis Varoufakis breaks down how Farage and Reform mime the fascist playbook.
Better still. If the building served by that drive has #PV on the roof.
Imagine community buildings [including schools, colleges, village halls & churches] with potential to charge #EV from renewables; affordable rapid charging for mutual benefit.
Got a driveway and a charger that sits idle most of the day?
That’s wasted potential.
Share it with nearby drivers, earn extra income,
And help your street electrify without waiting for councils.
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🐠 Andy Molloy retweeted
The haunting 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year image captures a sloth clinging to a barbed wire fence — the closest thing it could find to a tree.
Titled "No Place Like Home," the photograph by French photographer Emmanuel Tardy shows a brown-throated three-toed sloth clinging to a barbed wire fence post in Costa Rica’s Alajuela Province. After slowly crossing a road, the sloth reached for the post—likely mistaking it for a tree in the fragmented landscape.
Tardy captured the moment after waiting for traffic and onlookers to disperse, preserving a raw and quiet glimpse into the daily struggle of displaced wildlife.
The image underscores a pressing environmental issue: the rapid fragmentation of natural habitats, forcing sloths and other arboreal species to risk dangerous ground-level journeys.
Costa Rica, once known for its lush connectivity, is now working alongside NGOs to build wildlife corridors that reconnect critical forested areas. With over 60,000 entries submitted this year, Tardy’s photo stands out not just for its emotional weight but also as a visual call to preserve the fragile ecosystems so many species call home.
Perfection for your review on the day after Boxing Day.
Happy Christmas to you and The Cast!
Thank you to @PrivateEyeNews
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I am pleased that @Keir_Starmer made a robust correction to the nonsense spouted by @JDVance
We may not always get things right in the UK but the misinformation from the political clown populists must be seen for what it is; malicious power plays!
⚠️ Here's British Prime Minister Kier Starmer CASUALLY LYING to US President JD Vance's face, that there is FREE speech in the UK,in front of the World media.
THERE IS NOT.
Bare faced LIAR!
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There are so many things that I love about Christmas.
Celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ is the main event but enjoying time with family, discussing / testing fresh ideas / plans while trying new foods / flavours, is my choice.
I am very lucky to have opportunities to relax
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