It absolutely is, although they are being slow about it. I'd love to really be able just get local elec as Whitelee must cover most of it, but the random cost of some gas station in England currently sets the levels.
Because gas is king. Everything must be submissive to the bloke who gives out the biggest bungs.
In similar ways, getting all electric heating has resulted in my EPC getting worse because the system still thinks that means your gran's three bar fire.
Free short science fiction for you to read!
Well Tester: an empty planet, a borehole, and the devil himself...
And a reminder @diabolicalplots.com has loads of other free stories on there for you to dip into.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
Good morning to you all, especially whichever god of fate pushed this into my shuffle on this morning's run.
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The Albacon Logo. A slightly faded black and white albatross with wings spread over the text 31st Annual British Science Fiction Convention on the left and Guest of Honour: Colin Kapp, Fan Guest of Honour: Jim Barker and Toastmaster: James White on the right.
The ghost of Eastercon past has come to call!
Albacon! Albacon! Albacon! Today we visit the first Scottish Eastercon: Albacon 1980! Held in the Albany Hotel, with Colin Kapp as GoH, and followed by Albacon II (83) and III (86). If you went, let us know!
I hope whoever wrote this headline (click to see) took the rest of the week off www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Upping this again, if anyone has a few minutes to spare! It's just about your general tastes, and we all know there are always exceptions to every rule, so don't sweat about the answers too much. Many thanks to those who responded and / or reposted. You're gems, so you are.
That's sad to hear as the idea of fencing getting more of an audience sounds great, but not if they crap all over it.
From an amateur fencer: look how the dominant fighter barely does any flourishes--it's all to the point flow
Not convinced, I'll admit, but there is next to nothing here to work with, so I'll wait to see.
Also, feels important to mention these days that this indie film was made by humans.
True, although I'd assumed that what work was asking me to do would take more thought.
Just saw someone pondering why "just write the first draft even if it's bad" type advice keeps popping up in the recent discourse
It's not wrong to question that advice; isn't it smarter to draft well from start?
And the answer is: "sometimes?"
Sometimes it comes out all right the first time, BUT
I did consider having this whinge when I saw it, but didn't like to without something to back me up, which you helpfully provided.
Interesting to consider along with noting that the recent Guardian article breathlessly says that Reform might come 2nd in Scotland, but doesn't note that the Tories they're displacing already were.
We have our problems, but I'm not convinced there is as much of a rightward swing as some people hope
Welp, just worked out I spent the last week revising for an exam that turns out to have been the online accreditation thing I passed two weeks ago.
Provided I just tell my boss the bit about passing, hopefully no one will ever know of my failure at simple reading comprehension.
MRPs are such a helpful addition to out political discourse! Look here's a bunch with an SNP majority! Ah but here's one with not even an SNP + Green majority, but what it DOES have is the Lib Dems winning *three* North East List MSPs on 10% average constituency vote there, with 0 2021 MSPs! 🤔
I recommend another cup of tea while you wait.
Full rainbow over the river
Rainbow over the Clyde
Anything I ever write is terrible to start. But you can't edit a blank page and any good bits form out of the terrible as it goes by some strange metamorphosis powered by higher powers beyond my ken.
So you just have to start and let it be bad
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Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.
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Very glad to hear it. Take care of yourself.
Tell them it's the old version of Squid Games or something.
Some indy research that I'll be sharing results of for everyone to see / use! This survey is on short fiction anthologies. You can take it even if you never read them, as there are Qs about that, too. The aim is to help anthologies shine, so please share it!
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A still from Goodies Rule OK in which the trio are chased by a giant puppet of Dougal from the Magic Roundabout
The more I read about Starmer's complete failure to even know what his government is up to, the more I wish for a better quality of puppet government.
Illustration: a dour looking pig. Speech bubble reads “Look at this absurd joke. It is a well meaning but ultimately doomed construct designed to distract us from our inevitable journey into nothingness I shall not be complicit in its foolishness.” Caption: Werner Herz-hog
Werner Herzhog.
#art
Lols in West of Scotland climate...
Thread. GenAI and coding.
A view across a road. On the right, an old pub building, currently being redeveloped and so surrounded by porta cabins. On the left, trees. Above is a sky shading from dark to light grey and with a rainbow arcing through to land behind the trees
Morning all from a very Glasgow sort of day.