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Bluesky and Threads don't seem to be as active as Twitter yet, but I suspect I'll be making an effort to spend more time on alternatives to Twitter and less on Twitter itself (probably not going to stop logging in though). linktr.ee/wight1984
Water shortages are an entirely self-imposed problem: if we invested more money in building new or expanding existing reservoirs and in other kinds of water infrastructure, then this would not happen, but we've allowed NIMBY attitudes to prevent construction/development.
Exclusive from @breeallegretti
Ministers have been secretly warned that some English reservoirs are at risk of running dry, hitting water supplies to homes in the run-up to Christmas
The government’s emergency committee, known as Cobra, is meeting up to twice a week to discuss the situation in the southwest of England and Sussex
A secret “reasonable worst-case scenario” was drawn up, anticipating that several reservoirs’ water stocks could fall to 0 per cent — dubbed “day zero” — within weeks
Officials warned that without action, supplies to some homes could be affected, along with disruption to the construction of a nuclear power station and operations at a prison
Wimbleball reservoir, which supplies more than 400,000 people in Somerset, has 13 per cent of its capacity, while Ardingly, which serves 280,000 customers across West Sussex, is at 17 per cent
Ministers battling to avoid reservoirs running dry by Christmas
thetimes.com/article/7812e10…
Jamie H retweeted
Once again we have NIMBYS to thank for bringing this country to its knees. Water companies are bad, but they have put forward plans for new reservoirs only to be blocked by NIMBYs.
Exclusive from @breeallegretti
Ministers have been secretly warned that some English reservoirs are at risk of running dry, hitting water supplies to homes in the run-up to Christmas
The government’s emergency committee, known as Cobra, is meeting up to twice a week to discuss the situation in the southwest of England and Sussex
A secret “reasonable worst-case scenario” was drawn up, anticipating that several reservoirs’ water stocks could fall to 0 per cent — dubbed “day zero” — within weeks
Officials warned that without action, supplies to some homes could be affected, along with disruption to the construction of a nuclear power station and operations at a prison
Wimbleball reservoir, which supplies more than 400,000 people in Somerset, has 13 per cent of its capacity, while Ardingly, which serves 280,000 customers across West Sussex, is at 17 per cent
Ministers battling to avoid reservoirs running dry by Christmas
thetimes.com/article/7812e10…
The irony is the context for this was that some Christians will launch into apologetics for why God can't or shouldn't address suffering in the world, but also believe that god performed a minor miracle to get them a free lunch because they were tired and upset.
It's extremely unlikely that a given person will win the national lottery, but it's unsurprising that someone will, and so a story of someone winning the lottery is not evidence of God... no matter how unlikely it is for any one given person to be that person.
Old man complaints about lamp posts being ugly and making his home unsellable. bbc.co.uk/videos/cgr4566e6r0…
The typical parliament should sit for the full five years... not just until something happens that some portion of the electorate don't approve of. Most people don't want a general election every couple of years.
I remember seeing the Microsoft Ribbon interface for Office demoed and realising that my specialist knowledge of how to navigate Office's labyrinth of drop-down menus was obsolete. Bad news for me, good news for new entrants to IT work xitter.cf/wight1984/status/21114…
Jamie H retweeted
Conservatives overtake Reform for the first time since January 2025 in our poll tracker. Labour still rising economist.com/interactive/20…
The problem with being partisan is it obliges you to find reasons to criticise politicians from across the political divide... which can make you look odd when it's a politician raising money for charity via appearing on a popular television show (never watched it myself)
'Is that a really good use of his time?'
'Raising money for a cancer charity?'
The Green Party's @floschechter brands Andy Burnham going on Gogglebox as 'ridiculous'.
I'm often surprised at how common hyperbole is in politics because it always reads as absurd and unserious to me. A negative but proportional and nuanced criticism hits harder for me.
Jamie H retweeted
I’ve just been travelling around the US and honestly one big difference is their authorities want to see growth and development and that means building supermarkets and homes.
In the UK we have these wet wipes as Cllrs who celebrate stopping Lidl from being built. Zero ambition
This sounds like an unfortunate situation to me in and going into debt to solve it is desperate, but does banning the desperate option help the peasants? Or do they just starve instead? (is this 'gruel ban' logic?)
I will now summon @FreeManDespair as I’m curious as to how Jewish law treats this sort of thing
