2026-08-23T16:46:00Z https://nostr.now Jonathan Schofield https://nostr.now/npub1hfwkjq7umjjkj8wj73e30pgv3qxa8d07pxvsrw2np85djg8q0ucsqrpfwr https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/010/546/original/a3d7f324f7518519.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/010/546/original/a3d7f324f7518519.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxk5qu8t902m99esefmryn3mechzgfwv6nzlnym482h0zuj8jfysszyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnze8zlzc “Burnham was also accused of failing to take the push for net zero seriously enough”<br/><br/>and… ‘net zero’ is a framing that fails to take the #EarthCrisis seriously enough. <br/><br/>That the main focus of this article is about EV sales speaks volumes about how little clue the UK has <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/14/andy-burnham-new-ev-sales-targets">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/14/andy-burnham-new-ev-sales-targets</a> 2026-08-15T07:25:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszmaapjyfhqx6ysvxx68ccfc043208x8ajsavq0x76cjsyuna6y7czyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnz3kwhee In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwve77rvqd4xayq6xf707yjquqwpnepmr962sjtquxyxvdkdn3ng0lqnqd'>nevent1q…qnqd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>…There was a line that my aunt had written, which was read out at her funeral last year. It has stayed with me. <br/><br/>In her old age, in her eighties I think, she wrote in her journal about being at ease with having entered the period of “her diminishment”.<br/><br/>I’m still physically active and able but looking back I can see an arc.<br/><br/>In my early twenties I read EF Schumacher’s ‘Small Is Beautiful’, saw its wisdom, and then shelved it because I was captivated by fossil expansionism… 2026-08-10T08:13:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswwve77rvqd4xayq6xf707yjquqwpnepmr962sjtquxyxvdkdn3ngzyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnzzxdpj8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs858u9utuaxpcly6nw82vknv26tvcts7wh77qemfrt2ghl94yx3hcvfm7qm'>nevent1q…m7qm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>…So when our options are fewer, and they will be, we’ll change our rationalisations 2026-08-10T08:00:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs858u9utuaxpcly6nw82vknv26tvcts7wh77qemfrt2ghl94yx3hczyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnz6dg6u2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdwlstpw63jymkqeczzsyh4gdy9qz88h026yh02ekjazpg38sd24s02fjjs'>nevent1q…fjjs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>…Going out on a neurological limb here that I’m not qualified to pontificate on. Imprudently, here goes anyway… <br/><br/>As I understand it, our amygdala is much faster than our frontal cortex. Which has the effect that the latter is where we rationalise what we have already decided to do.<br/><br/>If we scale this up to the level of societies, we might speculate that governance and ideologies are rationalisations of what we’ve already decided to do. <br/><br/>And what we do is what we *can* do… 2026-08-10T07:59:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx37t2chnew6tx7zktksygxhxpx83srztwjnh3gs60e8wumegllkczyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnzqxpcva The bottom of the coffee jar moment. Just enough for 2 scoops to put into making coffee, secure in the knowledge that there’ll be more coffee. <br/><br/>In a world daily making it more difficult to grow and ship coffee 2026-07-20T08:43:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4cnky9s9m7k84a3yzd9la7fgp8j9uw00908nwrqx49w7zd6gaqqzyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnzvqqfcc When I was a kid, “You berk” was a common mild rebuke. <br/><br/>Yesterday, I learned it’s not so mild <br/><br/>🫣 🦊 <br/><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berk#English">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berk#English</a> 2026-07-15T06:10:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswaqq5ygh8avfmwjcq277he8jupje8z7kewa749mlrezd9k5xw6yqzyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnzyvqrqr UK Prime Ministerial tenures since Milk-Snatcher Thatcher, approximated as lettuces<br/><br/>Keir Starmer<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/><br/>Rishi Sunak<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬<br/><br/>Liz Truss<br/>🥬<br/><br/>Boris Johnson<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬<br/><br/>Theresa May<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬<br/><br/>David Cameron<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/><br/>Gordon Brown<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬<br/><br/>Tony Blair<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/><br/>John Major<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬<br/>🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬 2026-06-22T09:31:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgt8eqr2vs8s5sydtu698frj06eq90fcm23cjv76h3u0zcylpaycgzyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnzsk8mn2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9qufn59nq7995sn6akhct9zse6d9es6fvu93l52qz3j4xsekrels3s5f0x'>nevent1q…5f0x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>…6/n <br/><br/>My thought at the top was roughly “What was the temperature in India like in the 1930s?”<br/><br/>I’ve not found a source for that, but <a href="https://data.opencity.in/dataset/daily-temperature-70-years-data-for-major-indian-cities">https://data.opencity.in/dataset/daily-temperature-70-years-data-for-major-indian-cities</a> provides data for 8 major Indian cities back to 1951.<br/><br/>From its CSV source, the average of average daily temperatures in Kolkata for the 7-day period from 21 to 27 May, from 1951 to 1955 was:<br/><br/>1951: 34.7° <br/>1952: 34.6°<br/>1953: 35.4°<br/>1954: 34.5°<br/>1955: 34.3°.<br/><br/>So across those 5 years the average was 34.7°C.<br/><br/>This week, it’s been 37.3°C 2026-05-28T07:54:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhlgraaqx06gm5w8s632ussjwxwvqh7pw7z9srtq4cad9wmtapeczyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnzhlcxsr 1/n<br/><br/>I saw this heat wave map of India and immediately found myself wondering what would the equivalent for late May have been like for my mother and aunt growing up as young girls in India in the 1930s. <br/><br/>I’ll get to some hints of answers in a bit, but first just wanted to note the cognitive surrender being fed by LLMs (next post) <br/><br/><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/116649502661415044">https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/116649502661415044</a> 2026-05-28T06:44:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg66drmc055zn7jq49yq4agdyl9hlgg7fecshadtc0dzf30zgurfszyza966grmnw226ga6t68x9u9pjyqm5a4lcyejqde2vy73kfquplnzdrz5h4 “Most people seem to have no idea he’s wearing anything other than normal eyeglasses.”<br/><br/>Which will apply to him and the other 7 million and rising wearers of Meta Ray-Bans <br/><br/>#banRayBans<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj37z8357e5o">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj37z8357e5o</a> 2026-05-13T08:33:42Z