Jonty

Isn't it about time you got a new job? Come and join the amazing team I'm building up in Scotland in Energy Saving Trust. This is your chance to use your service design skills against the big bad: the climate emergency. Give me a shout w/ qs! careers.energysavingtrust.org.uk/jobs/8541312...

I've grown nervous about any riding below freezing tbh... I have a number of permanent scars on knees and elbows gathered from black ice situations 🥶 Still super rideable, even with my stricter rules👇 shifter.info/bike-rideabl...

As we head into the cosy seasons, please enjoy this demonstration of Different Ways to Sofa provided by your local furrèd horse

😲 Moving your #CementMixer ... delighted to help @sw20.info get this #Carla trailer for their bike-loan service --> www.spokes.org.uk/documents/ad... @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @cadi.scot @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @laidbackbikes.bsky.social

Now, THIS is an Op-Ed! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/o...

Inspired by @edjefferson.com's excellent Local Wiki, I made a version where you can see where everything is on the map: www.neil-scott.com/localwiki/

These French energy gels are incroyable

Some sobering reading out from our research team @energysavingtrust.bsky.social this morning. We're in our 3rd energy crisis in 5 years, but this time we're heading into winter with higher household energy debt & fuel poverty levels. Worth a look👇 Our new whitepaper: tinyurl.com/5ax4ywhb

As we head into the cosy seasons, please enjoy this demonstration of Different Ways to Sofa provided by your local furrèd horse

Monday morning bump! Come and join my team in Scotland and start working on something that really matters (reskeets appreciated)

This is really making me think that teaching those skills like we've started doing is the most critical intervention. Any design or research education that doesn't teach explicitly about power is lacking because both design and research require engagement, if not full struggle, with power.

And coming up next: is the pope a catholic? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Absolutely peak autumn out there today. Got the kids to do the classic 'find me a leaf of every colour' challenge to liven-up the morning dog walk 🍂🍁

My favourite bit of the advert; "Don't meet every criterion? We'd still love to hear from you. We're a learning organisation, and we'll support you to build the skills and experience you need... some of our most capable colleagues at EST didn't tick every box when they applied either" (see: me!)

My favourite bit of the advert; "Don't meet every criterion? We'd still love to hear from you. We're a learning organisation, and we'll support you to build the skills and experience you need... some of our most capable colleagues at EST didn't tick every box when they applied either" (see: me!)

New blog: there are rumours swirling that the Warm Homes Plan and particularly the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (the heat pump subsidy) will be cut in the Budget. Scrapping it would be a disastrous decision, leaving UK climate and energy policy in disarray www.nesta.org.uk/blog/four-re...

Ever had a day when you're walking around like "I bet I know most animals"

We're so back. NHS upgraded me to a lighter, moulded mini-splint, and the hospital hand expert - that's THE expert on hands in Edinburgh - said I had "good hands"

While absolutely not scientific & deserving of a graph... versions of this slide have served me well when trying to convince stakeholders that a qual study doesn't need 50 interviews to offer 'valid insights'.

Today, in achingly twee autumnal activities 🌱: The Harvesting of the Cabbage, The Picking of the Apples, The Playing of the Conkers, and of course, The Spiralising of the Apples for the Apple Sauce

The Power of Cycling | Official Launch Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kd6... Cycling towards healthier, more connected and more liveable places contentwithpurpose.co.uk/ecf/thepower...

Riding an e-cargo bike around Edinburgh on a crisp autumn morning has gotta be one of the top 10 human experiences #bikesky

*Extreme narrowcasting warning* Y'all ever spent an evening preloading the bearing stacks in a 1970s BMW wheel hub, juggling a blow torch, a freezer, tubs of grease, 1.2m of string, a fish scale, & a pile of tiny 0.05mm shims, and think "y'know what, maybe this DID belong on the scrapheap"? #motosky

Views from an evening run out in the Pentlands, including an unexpected forest doorbridge / floordoor

*Deposition* Lawyer: so you're an experienced cycle commuter, then? Me: oh absolutely L: How often might you forget to pack an essential item? Say, for example, your work shoes? M: *mumbling* L: For the tape, please. M: *visibly flustered* about once a week, OK? Happy? Goddammit.

Providing judicious and sensitive feedback to my colleagues

🚨 What's that? My Kessler Syndrome alarm is going off again. Linking to this good exploration by @jonkelvey.bsky.social aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/features/und...

Ooh a price update! I wonder if it's going down.

Great turnout at #GovCamp Scotland this morning. Time to queue up and build a conference...

Morning views at the edge of Edinburgh

Inflation hits 3.1%. Energy price cap about to go up to £1723. And some scary predictions of where energy costs might go next year (see next tweet). Foodbanks already see too many people pushed to the brink. We’ll need targeted support to protect people already facing hunger.

You may not like it, but this is what innovation looks like

The urge to post 'sickos.jpg' is strong. But then I remember that you and I live in this economy, and this is millions of people's pensions going down the toilet. Screenshot from my current UK company pension (Aviva). This is the *standard option* when joining, not even some tech-focused portfolio.

Reviewing some user stories

Recently I've been struggling to help a couple of internal research teams communicate recommendations clearly. Today I finally read the old doteveryone guide @jukes.ie recommends and... Damn. It's the best thing I've ever read. Tempted to print off 20 copies and scatter them around the office...

About time I got rid of those 12-year-old tyres and tried some fresh rubber on this thing #motosky

Climbed Calton Hill to see out Emii Alrai's 'Guardian'. A colossal fragmented relic of maybe an ancient Sumerian Lamassu. It's good, actually.

Spending Sunday afternoon picking up groceries and corrupting the citizenry with questions like 'what if bikes were long'

Still got it baybee