afewbugs

afewbugs, 10 days ago to random

Today I learned that hi vis workwear kilts exist, and I think it's very important that I inform the Fediverse of this fact.

https://www.blaklader.uk/en/product/19211831-hi-vis-kilt

afewbugs, 17 days ago to random

"Just use Linux" is much like "just ride a bike" or "just shop at a refill store" - accessing the non default option can be time consuming, expensive or unavailable locally. We need to recognise you need a certain degree of privilege to have the capacity to complicate your life voluntarily. We need to be trying to make the better, harder thing more accessible, not blaming people for not using it.

afewbugs, 8 months ago to random

The university where I work has one of those robot lawnmowers. Maybe a month or so ago someone stuck googly eyes on it. On my way in this morning I found it caught up on a tree root just off its regular path, and while lifting it off caught myself saying "Are you stuck old fellow? Let's sort you out." I now can't shake the feeling I was caught on some hidden camera and will end up in someone's psychology thesis on anthropomorphisation

afewbugs, 5 months ago to climate

I maintain that trying to live as sustainably as possible is important for my sanity, but reading about yachts that emit more than a small African country does make carrying your own cutlery and using ecological laundry detergent feel a bit futile.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/11/megayachts-environment-carbon-emissions-ban

#MegaYachts #ClimateCrisis #CarbonEmissions #GoTeamOrca

afewbugs, 2 months ago to UKpolitics

UK doctors who receive convictions for climate protests face threat of being struck off

Particularly alarming given how permissible forms of protests in the UK are being continually restricted.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/16/uk-doctors-involved-in-climate-protests-face-threat-of-being-struck-off

#UKPolitics #RightToProtest #DirectAction #ClimateCrisis

afewbugs, 1 month ago to random

Do you ever see something so niche you just have to buy it purely because you're just delighted that it exists?

afewbugs, 8 months ago to folk

I'm extremely sad and angry at the felling at #SycamoreGap, and will probably do another thread on that, but would just like to take a moment to appreciate Simon Heywood's poem and how it ties into the #folk tradition of rage and protest

afewbugs, 1 month ago to ebikes

"Electric vehicles as a whole displaced about 1.5m barrels of oil a day globally in 2022, according to Bloomberg. Two-thirds of that – almost 1m barrels a day – was just from electric bikes and mopeds, which are known as electric micromobility."

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2024/apr/11/evs-are-booming-but-electric-bikes-are-really-cutting-emissions

#eBikes #ElectricBikes

afewbugs, 8 months ago to random

"The idea that solar power could interfere with the UK’s food security is utterly detached from reality. Solar power generated over 8% of all our electricity this spring, but takes up less land than golf courses."

Better idea than banning solar panels on potential farmland - turn all the golf courses into community gardens and allotment sites.

#UKpol #energySecurity #FoodSovereighty #SolarPower

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/07/rishi-sunak-plans-to-restrict-solar-panels

afewbugs, 2 months ago to repair

Rather a lovely series of interviews with people who run or attend #repair cafes.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/12/theres-a-real-joy-in-fixing-something-the-rise-of-the-repair-cafe

#RepairCafes

afewbugs, 1 month ago to random

The trouble with crafts is you start out learning something sane and sensible like basketry and the next thing you know you're wondering if you can put old inner tubes through a pasta maker

afewbugs, 1 month ago to random

For people concerned about the proposed #asylumSeeker roundup in preparation for deportation to #Rwanda there's a list of local #AntiRaids groups here:

https://antiraids.net/local-groups/

#UKpol

afewbugs, 10 months ago to random

Ah, good old journalistic standards, I see #AfricaIsACountry is doing the rounds again 😔

"The fabrics that Bridget uses are all 100% cotton. They are sourced from various regions in Africa, either directly from the country, or from suppliers based in the UK that trade with Africa, which is Bridget’s home country."

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/womans-colourful-new-stall-plymouth-8637327

afewbugs, 2 months ago to UKpolitics

The NHS is on its knees, there's shit in our water, children are dying of mould inhalation in damp homes their parents can't afford to heat, and we're told that what we should be outraged at is checks notes the #nationaltrust's scone recipe.

There's a lot of justified anger in this country right now, and it benefits the shower in government if it's misdirected at bullshit like this. Don't fall for it.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/01/national-trust-defends-vegan-scone-recipe-after-wokery-criticism

#UKPolitics #WokeScones #ManufacturedOutrage #CultureWars

afewbugs, 7 months ago to climate

#GianlucaGrimalda, the climate researcher who lost his job at the #kielinstitute for refusing to fly back from fieldwork

"Many people will think that it is madness to give up their dream job to avoid taking one flight. But in the current era of climate breakdown, it is, in my opinion, insane to continue with “business as usual”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/12/fly-climate-breakdown-germany-climate-change-papua-new-guinea

#FlightFree #ClimateEmergency

afewbugs, 1 month ago to random

I hate many things about commercial social media, but one of the things I particularly hate is that in order to get the algorithm to show people things they now have to be videos which means instead of reading a page of text you have to read it three words at a time with a distracting video in the background

afewbugs, 2 months ago to random

I suspect part of the reason #15MinuteCities took off in Paris but have spawned conspiracy theories in the UK is that #AnneHidalgo invested in the benefits alongside the traffic calming measures, whereas UK councils had no budget to invest in the positives and also no budget for proper public consolations explaining what was going to happen so people felt it had just been dropped on them without warning.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2024/apr/06/why-has-15-minute-city-taken-off-paris-toxic-idea-uk-carlos-moreno

#LowTrafficNeighbourhoods #LTNs #LiveableNeighbourhoods

afewbugs, 1 month ago to permaculture

A very satisfying afternoon pruning the lavatera at the station garden, then putting the prunings through a chipper borrowed from #Exeter #LibraryOfThings to make wood chippings we can use in the #Hotbin composter. It all felt nicely #permaculture, using the waste from one job to make something we could use for another process.

#compostodon

Charlie feeding the branches into a wood chipper
A plastic bin full of wood chips

afewbugs, 1 month ago to BikeRepair

Just a quick recommendation/review for The Bike Sanctuary #BikeRepair shop in #Exeter #Devon - I popped in there yesterday to get my rear wheel looked at. Denes has only been running his own shop for three months after working for others for 16 years, and I went on a friend's recommendation - I don't think there's a lot of social media/SEO out there for it yet. He was very knowledgeable, friendly and efficient and the shop has a strong sustainability focus on repair and reuse

afewbugs, 1 month ago to random

Isn't it weird how serene this scene looks to us and how terrifying it must look if you were a fish

afewbugs, 2 months ago to UKpolitics

#GeorgeMonbiot on the #SouthDevonPrimary - attempt to resolve the #TacticalVoting dilemma and let voters decide which progressive candidate to unite behind to have the greatest chance of unseating the Tories under the #FirstPastThePost system.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/20/revolution-britain-politics-devon-tory-mps-afraid

#UKPolitics #SouthDevon #Totnes #ElectoralReform

afewbugs, 1 month ago to random

The new Cybertruck is smaller than I expected

afewbugs, 2 months ago to random

Boost walking and cycling in towns and cities, urges UK government adviser

“Cars particularly destroy the liberty of the child and the teenager to move around safely,” it said. “Children are much less free now than they were 50 or 100 years ago, a fact which changes the nature and vitality of our towns.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/19/boost-walking-and-cycling-in-towns-and-cities-urges-uk-government-adviser

#urbanism #ActiveTransport #LTNs #SafeStreetsNow

afewbugs, 17 days ago to climate

“The UK and Ireland face a wetter, damper and mouldier future due to #climatechange Until the world reduces emissions to net zero, the climate will continue to warm, and rainfall in the UK and Ireland will continue to get heavier.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/22/never-ending-uk-rain-10-times-more-likely-climate-crisis-study

This is the message we need to get out to combat the populist nonsense like "well if climate change is real at least we'll have nice hot summers"

#ClimateCrisis #UKpol