Xris Xeating
@chriskeating
Fundraixer, Wikimedian, also tweets about politics and playing the violin.
Thought for the day: Don't forget to savour the things you enjoy...
How opposing house building is destroying the hopes of young people AND the British village - driving the closure of pubs and local shops 👇
🏡 How Labour is destroying the British village Plans to build 170 homes on fields between the town of Flitwick and Steppingley were vehemently rejected by more than 5,000 locals 👇 Read more: telegraph.co.uk/money/property…
I understand more of this tweet than I want to but yet don't fully comprehend it
2. Data Controllers MOU OPERATIONS LTD Company number 16359847 are listed here & seem to be at least 2-1 Feinstein/Driscoll wing: …te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/163598…
Oh the compounding levels of stupid in this
There is no such thing as a low-energy rich country.
Because the gambling industry is largely a scam
Just over 4% of active accounts had some sort of restriction That includes outright closures, stake factors and turning off certain sports/bet types (like horseracing)
What's happening with the kilowatts per hour squared, though...
"kilowatts per hour" is a real unit. In 2024, we installed solar at a rate of 68,000 kW/h. It's just not the same unit as "kilowatt-hours," of which solar generated 2,129,000,000,000.
How much do you save on electricity by turning off tvs, chargers and laptops rather than leaving them on standby?
Remembering to turn lights off when you leave the room or when you’re not using them is a really easy way to save energy and save money on your bills! Using LED lightbulbs in your home can help you save even more.
EXCLUSIVE: I understand Jeremy Corbyn has not agreed to join the new left party with Zarah Sultana yet He is furious and bewildered at the way it has been launched without consultation.
EXCLUSIVE: I understand Jeremy Corbyn has not agreed to join the new left party with Zarah Sultana yet He is furious and bewildered at the way it has been launched without consultation.
I think British politics would be more fun if we had vote-o-ramas and Magic Minutes. Maybe we could introduce the Sin Bin and the Danger Zone as well?
Tax thresholds being frozen has resulted in a big increase in income tax for middle earners, fwiw
JUST RAISE TAX Rachel Reeves cannot tweak her way out of a crisis. The tax system must be torn down. The government’s attempt to save £5.5bn has failed, as did the attempt to cut the winter fuel allowance, with the government spending slightly more than if it had done nothing at…
file under "no shit Sherlock"
1) It takes *way* longer than anticipated to actually build/deploy custom AI agents for large enterprises. AI makes the engineering fast. But sales, product, system integration, and implementation are *incredibly* slow. Customers don't know what they want, getting stakeholders…
A REMARKABLE JOURNEY: Not long ago, the UK’s power sector was the country’s largest source of carbon emissions. Today, it has become the smallest emitter among all sectors.
Any railway nerds know how Delay Repay works in the following situation: You're due to travel on Train A which is cancelled. You instead take Train B 30 mins earlier. Train B is delayed 37 minutes so you arrive 7 mins after your original arrival time. Can you Delay Repay?
While moral consistency is too much to expect, this is quite something to post two years into the Gaza War:
Too many politicians treat the world like a student union. Abstract, simplistic and completely disconnected from reality. The world is not a debating club. It is a dangerous place where power matters, where democracy is fragile and where enemies don’t play by the rules. That’s…