Ed Chester
@chwarae.bsky.social
Chartered engineer (space systems are my jam); team/ process/comms facilitator (Lego SeriousPlay is my other jam); chair of school governors (education is my other other jam). Tri-jammed. Erdös number is 5, Dijkstra also 5. Does not suffer fools gladly.
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Remember the old bumper sticker:
Voting is like driving:
Vote "D" to go forward
Vote "R" to go backward
Voting is like driving:
Vote "D" to go forward
Vote "R" to go backward
July 15, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Remember the old bumper sticker:
Voting is like driving:
Vote "D" to go forward
Vote "R" to go backward
Voting is like driving:
Vote "D" to go forward
Vote "R" to go backward
About once every 2 years I get to have breakfast in my favourite breakfast place.
I wish everyone something joyful today.
I wish everyone something joyful today.
July 5, 2026 at 7:14 AM
About once every 2 years I get to have breakfast in my favourite breakfast place.
I wish everyone something joyful today.
I wish everyone something joyful today.
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A small minority of people ruin everything. Whether you’re in traffic, in school, at work, there is a tiny fraction of the population who makes everything worse for everyone.
June 29, 2026 at 9:23 PM
A small minority of people ruin everything. Whether you’re in traffic, in school, at work, there is a tiny fraction of the population who makes everything worse for everyone.
Given EES is such a shambles, and brexshit still makes me physically ill, my perfect leader now joins the UK to Schengen and takes the euro on. Surely the pretence that there's any merit in making everything worse has to end?
June 22, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Given EES is such a shambles, and brexshit still makes me physically ill, my perfect leader now joins the UK to Schengen and takes the euro on. Surely the pretence that there's any merit in making everything worse has to end?
Wearing a suit in stupid heat. Was asked at checkout if I was going to an interview. Weirdly I said, "kinda. funeral. I'm one of the cheerleaders for my friend's interview for the afterlife."
Dunno what I meant by that. Don't believe in it.
Dunno what I meant by that. Don't believe in it.
June 22, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Wearing a suit in stupid heat. Was asked at checkout if I was going to an interview. Weirdly I said, "kinda. funeral. I'm one of the cheerleaders for my friend's interview for the afterlife."
Dunno what I meant by that. Don't believe in it.
Dunno what I meant by that. Don't believe in it.
Back in Darmstadt for reasons. I lived and worked here between 2004 and 2007 and my days it is still ugly. But, the forests, trails, and people remain calm, friendly and cool. Nothing seems to have changed, but other languages have replaced my German skills it seems :( #hessen
June 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Back in Darmstadt for reasons. I lived and worked here between 2004 and 2007 and my days it is still ugly. But, the forests, trails, and people remain calm, friendly and cool. Nothing seems to have changed, but other languages have replaced my German skills it seems :( #hessen
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RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
June 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
Solnedgång over stockholm. Cranes getting ready for midsommar, when they get flowers in their gantries and pretty dresses. This part of the city is still a mess, but it is sometimes nevertheless beautiful.
June 14, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Solnedgång over stockholm. Cranes getting ready for midsommar, when they get flowers in their gantries and pretty dresses. This part of the city is still a mess, but it is sometimes nevertheless beautiful.
I love the skeppsbro bakery vans, their shape, their colour, and the way they huddle together at night for warmth. If I wanted to own a vehicle, it would be one of these. #sthlm
June 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM
I love the skeppsbro bakery vans, their shape, their colour, and the way they huddle together at night for warmth. If I wanted to own a vehicle, it would be one of these. #sthlm
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EVs = they’re going to crash the grid!!
Data centers = “let’s build 3,000 of them!”
Data centers = “let’s build 3,000 of them!”
June 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
EVs = they’re going to crash the grid!!
Data centers = “let’s build 3,000 of them!”
Data centers = “let’s build 3,000 of them!”
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BREAKING:
Indigenous white people commit riot and arson.
Incompetent indigenous white police fire water cannon.
Indigenous white politicians who fucked up our economy discuss "legitimate concerns" in lying newspapers owned by indigenous white tax evaders.
Immigrants somehow remain the problem.
Indigenous white people commit riot and arson.
Incompetent indigenous white police fire water cannon.
Indigenous white politicians who fucked up our economy discuss "legitimate concerns" in lying newspapers owned by indigenous white tax evaders.
Immigrants somehow remain the problem.
June 11, 2026 at 7:47 AM
BREAKING:
Indigenous white people commit riot and arson.
Incompetent indigenous white police fire water cannon.
Indigenous white politicians who fucked up our economy discuss "legitimate concerns" in lying newspapers owned by indigenous white tax evaders.
Immigrants somehow remain the problem.
Indigenous white people commit riot and arson.
Incompetent indigenous white police fire water cannon.
Indigenous white politicians who fucked up our economy discuss "legitimate concerns" in lying newspapers owned by indigenous white tax evaders.
Immigrants somehow remain the problem.
jag behöver rekommendationer på ett trevligt #coworking i #sthlm. j söker tyst och ro i ett centralt läge, ett bord, laddningspunkter, wifi, kaffe och motivation. och fler timmar varje dag ;)
June 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
jag behöver rekommendationer på ett trevligt #coworking i #sthlm. j söker tyst och ro i ett centralt läge, ett bord, laddningspunkter, wifi, kaffe och motivation. och fler timmar varje dag ;)
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If U.S. voters had behaved with a modicum of responsibility and maturity, we could have avoided all this.
June 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
If U.S. voters had behaved with a modicum of responsibility and maturity, we could have avoided all this.
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I keep being reminded of this question and answer:
"What is the problem that AI services are being built to solve?"
"Wages."
"What is the problem that AI services are being built to solve?"
"Wages."
June 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I keep being reminded of this question and answer:
"What is the problem that AI services are being built to solve?"
"Wages."
"What is the problem that AI services are being built to solve?"
"Wages."
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This is not “inorganic foreign interference.” This is people rising up together to stop data centers from overrunning our communities. None of us want the dystopian AI world that Big Tech billionaires are trying to push on us.
May 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This is not “inorganic foreign interference.” This is people rising up together to stop data centers from overrunning our communities. None of us want the dystopian AI world that Big Tech billionaires are trying to push on us.
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We will never know or properly appreciate how many lives have been saved by librarians. The right book in the right hands at the right time. Astounding.
May 27, 2026 at 6:17 PM
We will never know or properly appreciate how many lives have been saved by librarians. The right book in the right hands at the right time. Astounding.
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how did we go from “reduce your carbon footprint” to building data centers everywhere
May 27, 2026 at 12:52 AM
how did we go from “reduce your carbon footprint” to building data centers everywhere
At edge of sea yesterday in rockpools chatting to the residents. One has persistent upflowing water. Submerging head and drinking confirmed freshwater aquifer that just happens to surface in a rockpool.
May 27, 2026 at 7:01 AM
At edge of sea yesterday in rockpools chatting to the residents. One has persistent upflowing water. Submerging head and drinking confirmed freshwater aquifer that just happens to surface in a rockpool.
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Support our libraries!
May 26, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Support our libraries!
This does my head in because I literally had to do this in high school, along with everyone else, over 35 years ago. I have a certificate somewhere in pcb design and production. This is wholly remarkable.
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Electronics buff hand-draws and etches custom PCBs at home — functional home-etched PCB runs a 3D-printed fume extractor fan
Pentel N850 marker was the best photo resist, ferric chloride etched away the rest very cleanly.
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May 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This does my head in because I literally had to do this in high school, along with everyone else, over 35 years ago. I have a certificate somewhere in pcb design and production. This is wholly remarkable.
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