2026: Not really here anymore so if you want to get in touch visit my site or send me an email/message!
UK based car, computer and lightweight internet nerd. Was once enamoured with cars and still know *way* too much about them. I plan on making #EVs last for as long as possible.
I spend most of my reading and learning time on #sustainable design (particularly houses), social enterprise, #lowimpact and #lowenergy stuff in an attempt to figure out how to live ethically and sustainably.
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Tim Cook sold Apple's soul
https://www.loopwerk.io/articles/2026/tim-cook-sold-apples-soul/
Apple used to stand for something. Now Tim Cook gifts golden statues to Trump, removes apps at the administration's request, and cozies up to accused rapists at White House screenings. The company I once admired has become morally bankrupt, but leaving the ecosystem feels almost impossible.
I love the #fairphone but I am not in a position to switch away from iOS just yet. Apple are doing their best at putting me off buying a new iPhone in the future however!
If you are in the UK, need to upgrade your phone and would consider a fairphone but perhaps cannot afford it - please let me know and I will contribute towards the cost for you. DMs are fine or I have made an email:
This is so clearly the best video I have ever seen online and I'm not even half way through it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEFBn0r53uQ
(apologies for the YT link)
The thing annoying me most about replacing our TV after 11 or so years is that this one is doing a 1.5GB software update every week or two - madness.
What a waste of bandwidth.
If you're curious how #Mastodon is doing by the numbers, the 2023 Annual Report is finally here. How large is our budget, and where does it go? Who works on Mastodon? For all of this and more, we've got an answer--at least as far as 2023 goes.
With so much awful going on it’s becoming more and more important to be out there doing good, and this Bath woodland & wetland will be the best thing my charity has ever done.
Here’s a video showing the plan: https://youtu.be/2raJT5RM6mE
Donate here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/reforestation-warleigh-woods-bath
#reforestation #rewilding #rewetting #ukrewilding #beavers #ClimateAction #
Summary: Car bloat is terrible – for road safety, for the planet, for equity, and for road maintenance.
But bigger cars are often more profitable, so automakers like making them.
The only way out: Government action. Examples:
🔹 Tax vehicles by weight.
🔹 Test vehicles for pedestrian and cyclist safety (still doesn’t happen in the US).
🔹 Require a CDL for the most gigantic vehicles.
Left alone, this problem will only worsen. Governments must step up.
https://slate.com/business/2023/01/electric-cars-hummer-ev-tax-fees-weight-joe-biden.html
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