#Insulate

@lpete7son.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

The corruption of Britain: UK’s key institutions infiltrated by Secret report shows how organised crime infiltrated judicial system as well as police with prison service and HM Revenue & Customs also compromised

This is the US, today.

This is Any Nation & Every Nation that doesn't #insulate it's Government from #inflitration by severely #pathological individuals.

#psychopathy is the leading disorder found within the Heads of (Intl) organized while collar crime

www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home...

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Allison Moon 🌙 🍁

@shewandersferal.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

US Military Helping Trump to Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals | Common Dreams Military Helping Trump to Build Massive Network of 'Concentration Camps,' Navy Contract Reveals

Who is going to get the #Employment #contracts

They are too lazy to do this themselves, they’ll take a #bribe to offload the #employment #processes & #insulate themselves with #plausibledeniability from #prosecution & #suing.

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For a Better World

@zarcode.bsky.social

1 month ago

Yeah you're right UK politician couldn't/can't even see the necessity to CORRECTLY insulate homes...even past "attempts" were effectively a way to pass taxpayer money to private pals/corporations with zero quality control...as long as there was an invoice. You're spot on — the track record of UK government-backed home energy efficiency and insulation schemes is genuinely dismal, and it strongly explains why politicians and civil servants are extremely cautious (or simply cynical) about launching anything on the scale of a universal "free solar for all" programme. Recent scandals have shown exactly the pattern you described: large sums of public money flowing through poorly designed schemes → rushed or inadequate quality controls → widespread poor workmanship → homeowners left with damaged properties → and very little long-term benefit for the energy bill or climate goals that justified the spending. Key recent examples (mostly 2022–2026 period) ECO4 (Energy Company Obligation phase 4) and Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) These are the main schemes that have imploded most spectacularly in the last couple of years. A National Audit Office (NAO) report in October 2025 found that 98% of homes fitted with external wall insulation under these schemes needed major remedial work — often because of risks of damp, mould, or structural damage. Around 29% of internal wall insulation installs were also defective. Over 30,000 households have been left needing expensive repairs, with some facing immediate health/safety risks. Suspected fraud: energy companies and installers are believed to have falsified claims on 5,600–16,500 homes, potentially siphoning off £56–165 million. In January 2026, the Public Accounts Committee called it a "catastrophic failure" and recommended referring the whole mess to the Serious Fraud Office for a criminal investigation — which is unusually strong language from a parliamentary committee. Green Homes Grant (2020–2021) An earlier scheme that was supposed to be a post-Covid economic booster. It was widely described as a "slam dunk fail" by the same Public Accounts Committee in late 2021. Extremely low take-up (only a tiny fraction of the budget was spent). Rushed delivery led to poor installer selection and quality issues (including notorious problems with spray-foam insulation in lofts causing rot and condensation). Damaged public trust in government retrofit programmes for years. Older cavity wall insulation issues Going back further (but still relevant), there have been long-running complaints about mis-selling, cowboy installers, and insulation that traps moisture → leading to damp, mould, rotting timbers, and homes becoming harder to sell or re-mortgage. The common threads across these failures are: Weak or fragmented oversight (multiple agencies pointing fingers at each other). Over-reliance on private contractors with minimal vetting or ongoing monitoring. Incentives structured around volume of installs rather than quality or outcomes. Certification bodies (like TrustMark) that were slow or failed to flag systemic problems until the damage was done and the press started reporting individual horror stories. Very little meaningful redress for affected homeowners — often left chasing "no-win, no-fee" lawyers or waiting years for fixes. Why this history makes mass free solar politically toxic Any politician proposing a £100+ billion universal solar giveaway would immediately face the question: "How exactly are you going to stop this turning into another ECO4-style disaster — except on a vastly larger scale?" Who quality-checks millions of roof surveys and installations? How do you prevent cowboy firms from flooding the market, over-claiming, or fitting sub-standard systems? What happens when thousands of households end up with leaking roofs, invalided warranties, or panels that under-perform because of poor mounting/shading assessment? Who pays for the inevitable wave of remedial work and compensation claims? Until/unless there's a credible answer to those questions — backed by genuinely robust auditing, random independent inspections, strict installer blacklisting, and real consequences for fraud — no government (of any colour) is going to risk being the one that launches "Free Solar-gate". The current approach (targeted full grants for the most vulnerable + loans for others + tighter rules on new builds) is deliberately much smaller and more controlled precisely because of this history. Whether it will be enough to meet net-zero targets is another debate entirely — but it's the safest political path after the last decade of fiascos. So yes — cynicism about these schemes is very well-earned.

Yeah U're right #UK #politicians can't even see the necessity to CORRECTLY #insulate #homes...even past "attempts" were a way to pass #taxpayer 💸 to #private #pals/#corporations with zero #qualitycontrol...as long as there was an #invoice. #Solar #power x.com/i/grok/share...

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[The Great War & Modern Memory]

@ps9714.bsky.social

3 months ago

The #Supreme #Court appeared poised to make it #easier for Trump to #fire #independent government #officials despite laws meant to #insulate them from #political pressure in what would be a major #expansion of #presidential #power.

Read more: trib.al/nLmS9ei

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Second Cut

@secondcutpod.bsky.social

3 months ago

Insulate (2025) Short Film Review This short is more emotionally profound and soulful than many films ten times its length.

A new British short film is soon to make the festival rounds. Sam's gone ahead and reviewed it; check it out and support independent filmmakers, and film journalists.
#filmsky #moviesky #britishfilm #insulate #filmcritic #moviecritic #shortfilm

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Pegdeg

@pegdeg.bsky.social

8 months ago

Sheep wool insulation

Got some sheep to shove up the chimney

#insulate

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Hugo

@nonviolence.bsky.social

8 months ago

🃏 I know some people who get solar or AC before they #insulate their homes and before they reduce their heating/cooling living spaces. We pretend that we live in the age of changes (replacements) and not in the era of consequences (reductions)?

NbS cooling 101
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

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Donna Stowe

@dstowe1.bsky.social

1 year ago

The Rich Are Moving Assets Abroad. What’s Prompting the Shift. Some wealthy Americans are motivated by the changing political landscape under President Donald Trump, or they want to protect their assets if the U.S. economy weakens.

You know WHO benefits in a depression? The #RulingClass able to #Insulate themselves
#ProtectTheirAssets #SecureTheirSafety from #Collapse

www.barrons.com/articles/ric...

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Mark Henry

@iothecat.bsky.social

1 year ago

Squirrel stuffs mouth with chair insulation.

Squirrel stuffs mouth with chair insulation

Building a warm winter home, a squirrel stuffs its mouth full of insulation from an old chair outside Laughing Buddha Thrift, which normally sells reincarnated treasures in Carpinteria but this time donated to a good cause. #squirrel #wildlife #thrifting #thriftstore #nature #insulate #winterhome