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GP

@gpshewan

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I live in Northumberland (UK) with Herself.
She works in Renewables (Finance and Risk stuff), I work in Technology (For too long now)

I have nothing important to say, this is all just personal

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Website	https://www.gpshewan.com
Favourite quotes	“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats” “Anni, amori, e bicchieri di vino - non si contano mai” “La vita non ti aspetta, o la vivi o ti fotte” “In vino veritas”

GP 30m ago

*YAWN* Urgh, I knew the clocks were changing. But forgot the clocks were changing in the end.

All because ‘the man’ wanted more productivity out of the population. We all now need to experience a bit of jet lag. Just…urgh.

GP 13h ago

Gabriele Svelto 18h ago

We're all wondering when this bubble will burst, but what if it already has? The flash of a distant explosion might not look like much, but only until the shockwave reaches you

GP 1d ago

flexghost.1d ago

Try to unsee it

Level: impossible.

GP 1d ago

Anne Applebaum 1d ago

Viktor Orban wants Hungarians to re-elect him, even though he has turned Hungary into the most corrupt and one of the poorest countries in the EU. To do so, he is telling Hungarians to fear sabotage, thievery, or even a military attack from … Ukraine
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/hungary-first-post-reality-political-campaign/686565/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK37-Y6fom7PlbOaHEiFHg-lI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

In Hungary, the First Post-Reality Political Campaign

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is waging cognitive warfare on a new scale.

The Atlantic

GP 1d ago

Dataline 1d ago

My friend won a hundred bucks at a poster competition for *promoting generative AI adoption* with this poster, by popular vote no less. Hilarious

GP 1d ago

James Gleick 1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/116302256715422168

If you aren’t following Representative Sean Casten (D-Illinois), you probably should consider rectifying that.

GP 1d ago

Steve Williams 1d ago

“And across the agricultural regions of four continents, the spring planting window is closing, one irreversible day at a time, on farms whose operators do not know whether the molecules they need to produce the food the world needs to eat will arrive before the soil chemistry that governs their yields renders the question permanently moot.

The clock is the position.”
https://shanakaanslemperera.substack.com/p/the-nitrogen-trap?utm_medium=ios

THE NITROGEN TRAP

How a 21-Mile Strait Threatens the Nutrient System Feeding Half the World

Shanaka Anslem Perera

GP 3d ago

I’m all for ridiculing these Call of Duty Cosplayers. But are US pals not concerned about the normalisation of having a paramilitary force being in your airports? “Hehe they’re not actually doing anything useful” no they’re not. They just need to be seen there until folk are used to it

French pals would have burned the entire country to the ground long before this stage

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx298j7xg0yo

ICE deployed to US airports as security queues stretch for hours

Hundreds of ICE agents have been deployed to 14 airports, in cities including New York, Atlanta and Houston.

BBC News

GP 3d ago

[name] (he/him)3d ago

US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds

US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/us-climate-damage-research

GP 3d ago

One day you get to that age where life consists of managing a list of things to fix, making sure you’re eating enough fibre and stretching, and wondering if that new twinge is something to worry about or its just because you slept ‘wrong’.