Eddie

Eddie

@eddie.cloud

Food and tech.

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Eddie
@eddie.cloud

“Thirty years ago, nobody had bottles of water. You had a drink from the tap when you got home and suddenly we were persuaded that you can’t go 10 minutes without being thirsty. This is a derangement. Millions of plastic bottles everywhere, as if being thirsty was a terrible affliction" - Ian McEwan

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Declassified UK
@declassifieduk.org

“Court documents indicate how national security concerns were not a central factor in the Home Office’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action. “Indeed, they barely feature in the government’s open evidence.” 👉 Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...

declassifieduk.orgRevealed: How Palestine Action was bannedExclusive: Documents seen by Declassified reveal serious concerns within the UK government and MI5 about proscribing Palestine Action.

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Peter Stefanovic
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

More than 500 people arrested after Palestine Action protest - with almost half aged 60 and above Some 522 arrests were for displaying a placard. Around half of them (259) were aged 60 and above - including almost 100 people who were in their 70s. news.sky.com/story/more-t...

news.sky.comMore than 500 people arrested after Palestine Action protest - with almost half aged 60 and aboveSome 522 arrests were for displaying a placard in support of a proscribed organisation contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000. As of 9pm on Saturday, the number was put at 466.

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Jan Rosenow
@janrosenow.bsky.social

Unthinkable just 10 years ago: Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear. Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.

Eddie
@eddie.cloud

I always forget how bad the seats on Avanti trains are these days. Comfort rating just slightly above a church pew.

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Liberal Democrats
@libdems.org.uk

People are worried about Trump’s trade war and want to know what they can do to help. The Government should launch a campaign to encourage people to Buy British and support our high streets, as part of a national effort to back British businesses.

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Adam Bienkov
@adambienkov.bsky.social

Matt Hancock used his personal email account to help a 'VIP' supplier win a £25 million PPE Covid contract The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions bylinetimes.com/2025/04/03/m...

bylinetimes.com​​Matt Hancock Used His Personal Email Account to Help ‘VIP’ Supplier Win £25 Million COVID PPE ContractExcalibur Healthcare, which supplied the UK Government with tens of millions of pounds worth of unusable PPE, ultimately folded owing taxpayers £22 million
Eddie
@eddie.cloud

I hate that service charges have crept up to 12.5% as standard in restaurants these days. If you think your staff are worth the money then pay them correctly, put the prices up on your menu and say that no tips are required or asked for. Tipping culture is toxic.

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism
@jksteinberger.bsky.social

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism@jksteinberger.bsky.social

Blessings of the morning: going over student weekly reading reports, and as requested, they didn't use chatgpt. It's all full of life and originality and actual thinking, confusion, brain work. 😍😍😍 Will share the anti-AI motivational slides I showed them, French and English versions, a bit later.

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

Check the date on this shocking story. And then ask yourself why Nigel Farage and Elon Musk haven’t been tweeting about these people. You know why. They know why. We all know why.

Eddie
@eddie.cloud

Insane how far Meta are sinking.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social

I don't really use TikTok that much, but I find it fascinating that our government is on the verge of banning an app for national security reasons that are still unclear in the same week that Meta, the largest social media company, says it's now fine to hate LGBTQ people and call us mentally ill.

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Dr Calum Carson
@drcalumcarson.bsky.social

Interesting findings here from a hybrid working case study, with rises in retention & job satisfaction rates among other positive metrics: and, crucially, a productivity rise that went counter to an expected drop. Highlights the mindset challenge for employers in accepting flexible working models.

hbr.orgOne Company A/B Tested Hybrid Work. Here’s What They Found.Since the pandemic, executives have had to rethink their work-from-home policies to better support their companies’ bottom line. Recent research conducted in a real company showed that employees who w...

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Ian Fraser
@ianfraser.bsky.social

One reason that James Dyson is so angry could be that he bought 36,000 acres of British farmland with a view to saving roughly £100 million in inheritance tax. Curiously The Times’ news article fails to mention this. 🤔

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