Will

Will

@squawkbox.uk

It is better to educate yourself about the world than to live in fear of it. // Numbers. Travel. Stuff. // 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 📍Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Caræsten 🇵🇸
@cara.city

I know it’s sorta cheesy but someone posted this from Paris on Reddit and I felt this immediate rush of hope

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Charlie Warzel
@cwarzel.bsky.social

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

theatlantic.comThe Man Who Saved the Internet YesterdayOndřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security. Then the internet exploded.
Will
@squawkbox.uk

Sad to see the stunning L’hôtel de ville in Limoges in flames. From more peaceful times...

Will
@squawkbox.uk

From BBC News: "The average price in Scotland was £2.00.8p at lunchtime on Friday according to the UK Government Fuel Finder. In England it was £2.00.0, Wales was £1.99.7 and Northern Ireland £1.94.2." The formatting of those prices makes my eyes bleed.

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The Man in Seat 61
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social

INTERRAIL PASS SALE! From Thursday 24 September until Wednesday 30 September 2026, save 50% on long-validity Interrail Global Passes (one month continuous or longer) and 15% on shorter-duration Global Passes, and One Country Passes (all validities). www.interrail.com/en/interrail...

interrail.comInterrail Global Pass for EuropeThe Interrail Global Pass is the fun and cheap way to see more of Europe. Travel to up to 33 countries with one train Pass!
Will
@squawkbox.uk

Interrail have a very good sale on at the moment. 50% off for continuous passes valid for 1 month or longer, 15% off those valid for less than one month. Sale until 30th of Sept. An adult 1st class pass for three months is only £540/€621, Std is £416/€478!

Will
@squawkbox.uk

First time in front of a class today since *checks notes* early March. I think I've forgotten everything...

Will
@squawkbox.uk

I try to keep negative stuff off here, but I read this article earlier and thought the exact same thing. 🚮

Torsten Bell@torstenbell.bsky.social

So much of the right these days have a massive patriotism problem. This guy: - is a tax exile (left long before this govt) - hates his own country while complaining he doesn’t get big enough subsidies from it - laments the manufacturing hit from a Brexit he supported www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
Will
@squawkbox.uk

My favourite is when you find the exact thing you want and it is no longer available as the person no longer works there. Amazing(!)

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Neil Kaye
@neilrkaye.bsky.social

Here in the UK, 2018 was the hottest summer on record, then 2025 was the hottest summer on record and now 2026 is the hottest summer on record as well as being very dry. Here is a climate/weather summary for the past 12 months showing the multiple heatwaves we have had. #globalwaming #climatechange

Will
@squawkbox.uk

I was thinking about perhaps updating my M1 Mac mini after the recent updates, then I looked at the new pricing. Yikes! With education pricing for M6 16GB/512GB = £999 In an ideal world I was looking for M6 24GB/1TB, but that is £1,469. Truly insane pricing. I think I'll keep my M1 for now...

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ESC Discord
@escdiscord.com

🇸🇪 SVT has published the regulations for Melodifestivalen 2027. 🔹 30 entries selected by SVT. 🔸 Song submissions open tomorrow until 11 September 2026. 🔹 No major changes compared to last year.

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Met Office - weather and climate
@metoffice.gov.uk

Unprecedented heat has affected much of Europe this summer and this week will be no exception🌡️ Yet another spell of extremely hot weather is set to spread north across much of the UK with temperatures reaching the mid 30s Celsius in places📈🌍

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal)
@politicanimal.bsky.social

One minute you are running for vice-president, the next you’re muscling in on the obscure border anomaly YouTube niche.

Governor Tim Walz@governorwalz.mn.gov

A mapping error from the Treaty of Paris in 1783 led Minnesota to have one of the most beautiful pieces of land in the world at the north end of Lake of the Woods. Every Minnesotan should make the trip.

Will
@squawkbox.uk

This is beautiful.

Robin Hawkes@robhawkes.bsky.social

Britain's electricity network* *now in high-res with floofy clouds More experiments visualising energy data using Blender and Geometry Nodes

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Phil Burton-Cartledge
@philbc3.bsky.social

Worth remembering that this government is subsidising a theme park to the tune of £1.3bn. An amount that would go some way to preserving the intellectual and economic footprint of our universities.

James Woodfield@jameswoodfield.bsky.social

According to the parliamentary annual report & accounts for the 2025/26 financial year, the cost of subsidising the bars in the House of Commons alone was around £5.8 million. Meanwhile, to save £3 million less than that, Jodrell Bank is being defunded and shut down. share.google/MRHIvCsCsKoc...

share.googleJodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understandsAstronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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John Burn-Murdoch
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com

New from me: Until recently, the gap between comfortably-off and just-getting-started could plausibly be crossed in a decade or two of hard work. Growth in asset prices means that’s no longer true: even a lifetime of striving doesn’t offer a realistic prospect of feeling you’ve “made it”.

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Chris
@chrsphr.uk

A few years ago I started a site to gather all the UK prides and put them together on a map.... well I finally sat down and finished it this weekend It's a little out of date, so I added the ability to submit new routes pridemap.mcneill.fyi