Electric Kestrel

Exactly. Disgusting racists with a sinister agenda.

Drove past and the numbers of racists were far lower than they made out, literally about 40 disgusting people who are no doubt just bussing in from elsewhere. Shows how broken platforms like Meta and X really are when misinformation suggesting massive attendance spreads freely.

#booksky

Growth and innovation in the UK’s net zero economy | CBI The latest CBI Economics commissioned report looks at the growing contributions of net zero to the UK economy.

www.cbi.org.uk/articles/gro....

The surest sign of limited knowledge is unwavering confidence, while true wisdom carries the weight of doubt. ChatGPT

Quotation by Voltaire.

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire

#quote #philosophy

The principle that underlies the [Stoic] method may be described as depreciation by analysis. When we decompose into its constituent parts the object which has been of so much concern to us, we shall realise that it is a matter of no moment Baudouin and Lestchinsky, 1924. #Stoicism

Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them.

- Epictetus

#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy

NATO victory would be straightforward in a conventional war, and we know it

Good Day!
Winter Landscape by Caspar David Friedrich c. 1811
Oil on Canvas
(The National Gallery)

Saturn captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft

I can see Venus from inside my house with the lights on, crazy how bright it is ⭐

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is a metaphor here somewhere

European Parliament OKs new commissioners Ursula von der Leyen’s new team is set to take office Dec. 1.

🚨 BREAKING: The European Parliament has agreed to approve all seven pending European commissioner nominees.

Will solar PV soon be the cheapest source of electricity in most places around the world?

This Nature paper says yes.

Most surprisingly this is AFTER including short- and long-term storage costs for renewable energy sources.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

it be like that

So sad to hear this

Note to self: use this app instead.

Meanwhile. Elsewhere and Elsewhen...

The first video I share on here has to be my favourite rendition of Whole Lotta Rosie by Tico (parrot) and Frank (non-parrot) of Tico and the Man (a truly great squawk n' roll band)

Expressions of interest | Institute for Government We are inviting expressions of interest from anyone with recent experience working in UK government/politics who would like to join us at the IfG.

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Turns out coffee is a heath drink ☕

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These are the cutting edge technologies of our time. They will be the engine of the second half of this century. If I was a young person today, this would be where I'd be looking to work

There’s a proverb in Naples about people who don’t necessarily know much but like to sound like experts when things are easy. It goes quando il mare è calmo ogni strunz e marenar, or “when the sea is calm, every asshole is a sailor”

My reading journey is taking me on a winding path through the stoic philosophers, and on towards a deep dive into Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.