@petesurfing
Middle-aged surfing enthusiast husband and dad. Mildly alternative when younger. Into electro pop music, obviously surfing, motorbike, cycling, running slowly, science, clean energy transition revolution, space science, cricket and politically aware.
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage want Britain to blindly follow Trump into this illegal war, even though the President has no plan for what comes next.
There is nothing patriotic about outsourcing Britain’s foreign policy to Donald Trump.
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face
Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
🚨VERY IMPORTANT!
ON 16 MARCH PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT
Make sure your MP attends!
youtu.be/LPO_ZWlyb7Q?...
Really enjoyed this interview with one of my favourite surfers Devon Howard open.spotify.com/episode/39iI...
This is promising.
We need to work closer with our European allies.
https://www.ft.com/content/28e1a901-623a-4ba0-84ec-2281a23634d7
While there is justified outrage about Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor &others, the relentless media focus on Keir Starmer (who was NOT mentioned in any Epstein file) is overdone.
By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…
In the same way the invasion of Ukraine motivated Finland & Sweden to immediately request full membership of NATO, both for their safety & as statement, Starmer should consider making an emergency request for the UK to rejoin the EU.
The post WW2 peace is over.
We live in a time of sharks & food.
UK adds 1.9 GW of solar in 12 months www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/27/u... - and more solar PV to come for the energy transition in the UK: doi.org/10.1049/rpg2...
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"Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy"
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I used to let my "I [bike picture] NYC" t-shirt speak for itself, but now that I'm armed with this little tidbit, rest assured, that t-shirt will be worn with a big wallop of GUESS WHO'S REALLY ENERGY EFFICIENT energy
What genius thought it was acceptable to release the the UK money claims website beta version with no functionality to enforce claims! What was the point?
‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘
‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’
In-cred-i-ble show by The Divine Comedy at The Barbican last night. Not that I haven’t pointed it out before but Neil Hannon is by some distance the greatest songwriter of his generation. What a remarkable body of work. What a privilege to get to listen to it grow over 30 years.
UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.
40% of Unis in financial crisis.
Major exporter destroyed by successive govts
Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.
How will the UK compete with other nations?
A graphic showing the enormous improvements since the launch of the original Nissan Leaf 14 years ago the new one goes four times further charges three times faster has two times more power and is 36% cheaper than the original
Useful comparison
We’re celebrating breaking into the global top 150 and rising 17 places in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026, now ranked 143rd - our highest-ever position! 🏆
What a year for us - we’re so proud of you #TeamLivUni 💙
Read more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/09/u...
Lots of talk about the "cost of renewables"
But have they actually LOWERED the price of electricity we pay TODAY?
TLDR; yes, by around a quarter, or £25/MWh
That's why it's a mistake to stop investment in them (*cough* certain politicians).
eciu.net/analysis/rep...
The basic racial implications of Farage's policy are clear. He has pledged a mass deportation programme, including those with legal status. He will not deport Europeans and has said so. He refuses to give the same assurances to those from Commonwealth.
Weekend listening fun!
A composite of Sadik Al-Hassan MP photographed with colleagues in labs and buildings around campus.
It was a pleasure to welcome Bath graduate and North Somerset MP Sadik Al-Hassan MP to the University to explore research in hydrogen and aviation.
https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/sadik-al-hassan-mp-learns-about-pioneering-green-hydrogen-research-at-bath/
At Manchester, we’re building on Turing’s legacy:
800+ AI researchers
£75m active grants
Projects in health, climate, energy & beyond
From predicting floods to accelerating drug discovery, AI here is tackling real-world challenges.
Read more 👇
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/magazi...
Map showing wind farms across GB. Grey circles are based on the max capacity of the wind farm, with an inner yellow circle representing output. Lots of large yellow circles basically indicating wind farms operating close to their maximum capacity.
Lots of wind farms operating close to their max output (capacity factors of 90+%). The ones that aren't are mostly further north and presumably being curtailed - still plenty to do to resolve that particular issue.
Nice map with live data is from here: renewables-map.robinhawkes.com
We're celebrating rising six places in the 2026 Guardian University Guide, placing 21st overall in the UK and second overall in the North West! 🙌
We're so proud of you #TeamLivUni 💙
Read the full story here >>> brnw.ch/21wVMmw
UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study by @transportenvironment.org shows
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
‘But the British government will be delighted to continue using his media platform.’
It’s INSANE. Get off X NOW.
Show some f**king LEADERSHIP. 😡
A growing number of Labour voices now demanding Keir Starmer start taking on Elon Musk and the far-right.
Here Labour MP Noah Law writes for Byline Times on why it's time for the Government to quit Twitter and start treating Musk as the 'foreign extremist' he now is
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/15/m...
Banning disposable condiments are low hanging fruit if we want to reduce plastic pollution.
www.bbc.com/news/article...