The New Twin Fossil Shock | Ember How the energy crises of the 2020s speed up the electric age

Trust your common sense: yes, a series of massive fossil fuel supply shocks is, in fact, going to radically accelerate the process of electrification & decarbonization.

Almost an entire weekend spent writing, as I work on my talk at Oxford University in a couple of weeks about The Thursday Night Show and #ALTcRadio.

It’s been interesting digging back into the history of #TTNS and the weather has been good enough to write outside on a number of occasions.

Who seems to be inexplicably forgetting human rights and lawyerly practice now that he’s become PM too!

I found them quite nicely complementary, particularly when broadcast back-to-back. Both opened up my ears to so much music I wouldn’t have heard anywhere else at the time. Kershaw might take the edge in terms of ‘world’ stuff I listen to now. So sad indeed.

Rejoin is coming Customs union is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future.

Rejoin is coming: Talk of the customs union and single market is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future

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"Christ-splaining to the [checks notes] pope"

Vampiric AI doesn’t sound that unfitting as a reading of the current moment…

Gap in my knowledge right there. Can you say more?

Starmer is certainly getting harder and harder to support or endorse in his current job. Spoke to a local councillor asking for my vote yesterday. Fairly clear that support for No. 10 was through pretty gritted teeth.

Ah. Listening to the track now, but will check the video too. Heard the MA track before I saw the video too…

I’ve not heard the Rihanna track - sounds like worth checking out.

Yeah, that MA/TW track is bleak as anything. But then so is what they’re commenting on…

Holy sh*t indeed…

#MassiveAttack #TomWaits

‘Embrace’ is a rather different word than ‘accept’, ‘recognise’ or ‘use’.

Reminds me a little of the Attlee government’s insistence on Britain getting a nuclear bomb and slapping a Union Jack on it. Arguably similar reliance on the US…

Poster for D1 Radio Hour set on The Thursday Night Show (April 16th 2026, 23:00 UK time). Main image of a baby’s feet sitting on a father’s lap, while the father’s larger hands hold the baby’s feet.

Today, my daughter became a teenager - a milestone for the whole family. My radio show tonight - starting at 23:00 UK time - is a set of songs by well known artists about their own kids.

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At least there’s somewhere to escape to from it.

Still don’t quite understand why our electricity costs are so tightly coupled to the cost of gas - seems like a madness in market mechanisms that aren’t designed to benefit consumers at all.

Happy Tax Day, New York ☺️

Hear hear!

Suspect he’s already taken them up…

Is he trying to bring Epstein back to life in that picture??

one immediate dramatic consequence of the Hungarian result:

Magyar has promised to repair relations with the EU and unblock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine

no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

Oh yeah, all this and Mexico’s about to introduce an NHS too! More good news.

Sometimes, they lose. Which is always worth bearing in mind.

What exceptionally good news!

Holy sh*t, this is extremely excellent news. Almost #MoonJoy levels about an Eastern European election! May this begin to rupture the edifice…

Taylor Branch’s MLK trilogy? Starting with ‘Parting The Waters’…

Not remotely feminism-related, but ‘Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee’ should probably be on the must-read list for all Americans.

(being a Brit, have also read suitable ones on our imperial past too, but that’s not what the original question was about)

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