The only lasting way out of the fossil dependency is shifting electricity generation to renewables and nuclear.
And electrifying the economy as rapidly as possible.
We will present our electrification strategy before the summer.
Electrifying Europe means making Europe more independent.
Meanwhile, here in St Albans we have fallen to 10th place from number 1 just 3 years ago (64.2% to 59.1%).
This will likely be part due to other councils catching up and the introduction of a subscription for the garden waste collections.
At least we can now add Tetra Pak cartons to the black bin.
Birmingham City Council is, unsurprisingly, 3rd from the bottom.
Somehow Liverpool City Council and Tower Hamlets (London Borough) have managed to do even worse than a city with a barely functioning waste collection system!
Just looking through the recently published English council recycling league table:
www.letsrecycle.com/league-table...
#recycling
This time next week, Oxford Street, London, come and see Imogen Bhogal talk to 2 incredibly intelligent men and 1 old bloke who's driven some electric cars.
Greg Jackson (Octopus Energy) Rory Sutherland (Alchemist and Behavioural Science Impresario) and me.
www.eventbrite.com/e/everything...?
A week today I’m performing my family comedy show just up the road from me in Harpenden - if you know anyone with kids in Harpenden, St Albans or anywhere remotely near please do share this with them!
everyonetheatres.com/whats-on/ola...
IPv6 addresses are too hard to memorize.
That ends today, with the launch of my new, free service: sentence2IPv6
❌ 0788:7b06:edcb:24f1:a2ff:08f0:6525:be66
✅ The lazy chickens explode awkwardly beneath the mad toilet while ugly dogs eat the imaginary bacon.
https://is.gd/gyxSQG
SADC/Veolia were finally forced to accept them by the government's new Simpler Recycling rules which came into effect today.
To be fair, they already had pretty much everything else covered.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"Recycle Tetra Paks You will be able to recycle Tetra Pak containers from this April together with aluminium foil, tubs and trays. These should all be put into your black mixed recycling bin for fortnightly collections. The initiative complies with the UK Government’s new Simpler Recycling legislation which all local authorities must follow. See page 8 for more recycling information."
St Albans and Harpenden residents can, from today, recycle food and drink cartons (Tetra Pak etc.) with their mixed recycling (Black Bin).
So no more trips to the overflowing banks at Waitrose!
Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Constituency Support Officer for Victoria Collins MP (Harpenden and Berkhamstead)
RIA calls on the public sector to adopt IPv6
https://www.byteseu.com/1889969/
The development of Estonia’s digital country has reached a new stage, public services will gradually move to the IPv6 address space. Although the national network has been IPv6-ready for years and the technical …
TalkHome use the EE mobile network, EE's APN and therefore the BT ASN 2856.
They are very much a no-frills provider, I'm paying £2.89 per month for a 3GB SIM-only deal.
On the downside, I currently cannot receive SMS messages and the provider's app is broken. Hopefully this is just over-running maintenance.
I finally have IPv6 support from my mobile provider - TalkHome Mobile (UK)!
I woke up this morning to see a new 'VoLTE' icon on my phone. Checked the status and see an IPv6 address on the mobile interface for the first time, and it works. Woohoo!
#IPv6
This is cool. The Government is set to allow plug-in solar, low cost solar panels that families can buy at supermarkets and put on their balconies or outdoor space.
"In Germany over a million have been sold, helping households with energy costs and reducing dependence on fossil fuels."
Linux is looking for testers for their upcoming #IPv6 CLAT support in NetworkManager gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManag...
social.ipv6.army/@ipv6/status...
Fast Show character Jesse saying: "This year I've been mostly eating marzipan"
Screenshot from Nectar App. Yellow background with text that reads: "Your 2025 in review. Your were the #08 buyer of Golden Marzipan in England in Sainsbury's"
Sainsbury's Wrapped 2025 has dropped.
I am the number 8 buyer of Golden Marzipan in all of England.
I stocked up when it was reduced to 20p after Christmas.
Picard engage meme. Top text: Don’t jus wish for a good 2026 Bottom text: make it so
2026: engage.
Happy IPv6 Holidays! hoggnet.com
The videos from the UK IPv6 Council 2025 Annual Meeting are now up:
www.youtube.com/@ukipv6counc...
#IPv6 #UKIPv6Council
In niche mashup news I completely forgot I’d done a Stranger Things intro in the style of Round the Twist last season. Enjoy.
I have tested Windows 11 prev 27924 and CLAT. My network have DHCP option 108, RA with PREF64 and RDNSS with DNS64.
Everything looks okay/correct with the CLAT setting, but I can't get CLAT to work. I finally disabled IPv4, but I still can't get CLAT to work. Has anyone managed to get it working?
More than 4,400 new trees are to be planted at Verulamium Park in St Albans and new wildflower meadows created.
The aim is to enhance the park’s biodiversity and provide a natural habitat for a wide variety of wildlife.
More info: www.stalbans.gov.uk/news/thousan...
New IPv6 Transition Technologies in Windows 26220.7271
"Windows CLAT Enters Private Preview: A Milestone for IPv6 Adoption" buff.ly/KIVP0zK #Microsoft #techcommunity
"Delivering web applications over IPv6" buff.ly/V458rc6 #Microsoft #techcommunity
The Treasury is widely reported to be considering cutting energy bills, perhaps via a VAT cut. What's the best way to do this?
We think the answer is to remove the taxes from electricity bills. Here is Nesta's proposal out for Tax-free Electricity:
@nestauk.bsky.social
