David Thomson
@dhthomson.bsky.social
Shetland. Many hats (not literal). Renewables, Sports, Charities, Governance. Good at thinking what to say then not saying it.
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An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface
August 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface
Tell me you’re not an engineer without telling me you’re not an engineer…
June 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Tell me you’re not an engineer without telling me you’re not an engineer…
Great line:
“You don’t sit out an industrial revolution”
“You don’t sit out an industrial revolution”
Even if climate change wasn't happening
Even if burning fossil fuels didn't kill millions
It would still make sense to invest in the green economy because these are the technologies of the future, and fossil fuels are the technologies of the past
You don't sit out an industrial revolution
Even if burning fossil fuels didn't kill millions
It would still make sense to invest in the green economy because these are the technologies of the future, and fossil fuels are the technologies of the past
You don't sit out an industrial revolution
UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Great line:
“You don’t sit out an industrial revolution”
“You don’t sit out an industrial revolution”
This #WorldCupDraw is so bad I’m beginning to think I might just go do something else and find out who we get later. Jonathan Pearce making it nearly bearable. #Where’sDrunkRodStewart
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This #WorldCupDraw is so bad I’m beginning to think I might just go do something else and find out who we get later. Jonathan Pearce making it nearly bearable. #Where’sDrunkRodStewart
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Interesting study from researchers at UCL on how wind power has held down energy costs in the long term.
The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Interesting study from researchers at UCL on how wind power has held down energy costs in the long term.
The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Show this and the old reports about FlyBe to anyone who ever posts on Facebook about wanting other airlines to “compete” with Loganair. The only reason Shetland has any serious flight service is the ADS. #RealityVsFantasy
Offshore platform airline files for administration with debts of £25m
An airline which takes workers from Sumburgh Airport to offshore oil and gas platforms is days away from going out of business, according to reports.
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Show this and the old reports about FlyBe to anyone who ever posts on Facebook about wanting other airlines to “compete” with Loganair. The only reason Shetland has any serious flight service is the ADS. #RealityVsFantasy
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25%
New analysis finds wind power reduced the wholesale price of electricity by up to a quarter (25%) in 2024, equivalent to around £25/MWh.
eciu.net/media/press...
New analysis finds wind power reduced the wholesale price of electricity by up to a quarter (25%) in 2024, equivalent to around £25/MWh.
eciu.net/media/press...
Analysis: Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by…
Gas power now only setting the price of electricity around 85% of the time.
eciu.net
October 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
25%
New analysis finds wind power reduced the wholesale price of electricity by up to a quarter (25%) in 2024, equivalent to around £25/MWh.
eciu.net/media/press...
New analysis finds wind power reduced the wholesale price of electricity by up to a quarter (25%) in 2024, equivalent to around £25/MWh.
eciu.net/media/press...
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Just out - new educational animation films about Autistic Experiences that I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social team - would love to hear your feedback!
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic
youtu.be/3O6hy-usIug?...
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic
youtu.be/3O6hy-usIug?...
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic
YouTube video by Thriving Autistic
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just out - new educational animation films about Autistic Experiences that I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social team - would love to hear your feedback!
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic
youtu.be/3O6hy-usIug?...
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic
youtu.be/3O6hy-usIug?...
Annoying in its predictability.
September 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Annoying in its predictability.
Just stop giving him headlines. Report the fact that a man (apparently named Stuart) has plead and goes to trial in December. This circus is his reward so he’ll keep doing it.
Maybe the dimwits in Reform are right. He’s an immigrant who washed up on our shores in a small boat. Off to Afghanistan!
Maybe the dimwits in Reform are right. He’s an immigrant who washed up on our shores in a small boat. Off to Afghanistan!
Stuart Hill to face trial over motoring offences - The Shetland Times
Sovereignty campaigner Stuart Hill will argue he is not the person accused of motoring offences at a trial in December. Hill was charged with driving...
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just stop giving him headlines. Report the fact that a man (apparently named Stuart) has plead and goes to trial in December. This circus is his reward so he’ll keep doing it.
Maybe the dimwits in Reform are right. He’s an immigrant who washed up on our shores in a small boat. Off to Afghanistan!
Maybe the dimwits in Reform are right. He’s an immigrant who washed up on our shores in a small boat. Off to Afghanistan!
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
“Should we change our spelling of the thing we’ve been stubbornly misspelling for years?”
Yes. Yes, you should Shetland Times.
How they originally spelled things 100+ years ago isn’t an excuse. You’re not the Hjaltland Times.
Yes. Yes, you should Shetland Times.
How they originally spelled things 100+ years ago isn’t an excuse. You’re not the Hjaltland Times.
POLL: Should we change our spelling of Up-Helly-A'? - The Shetland Times
With many changes happening at newspaper we are taking a fresh look at our style guide – including the spelling of Up-Helly-A’.
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Should we change our spelling of the thing we’ve been stubbornly misspelling for years?”
Yes. Yes, you should Shetland Times.
How they originally spelled things 100+ years ago isn’t an excuse. You’re not the Hjaltland Times.
Yes. Yes, you should Shetland Times.
How they originally spelled things 100+ years ago isn’t an excuse. You’re not the Hjaltland Times.
“could be”
Won’t be.
Won’t be.
Weekly Bergen sailing could be included in new NorthLink contract - The Shetland Times
A weekly ferry service to Bergen could be considered as part of the next NorthLink contract, a meeting heard.
www.shetlandtimes.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“could be”
Won’t be.
Won’t be.
Haven’t had time for social media recently but seeing notifications for likes on really old posts I made. Wondering if @bsky.app is manipulating to encourage more posts? Possibly too cynical…
May 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Haven’t had time for social media recently but seeing notifications for likes on really old posts I made. Wondering if @bsky.app is manipulating to encourage more posts? Possibly too cynical…
Wanted to let this settle for a moment to see if what followed rose to the occasion but I think many years from now this image will be as famous as the Yalta conference ones.
May 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wanted to let this settle for a moment to see if what followed rose to the occasion but I think many years from now this image will be as famous as the Yalta conference ones.
This Shetland Times headline seems significant. Right up until you read who it is. By my memory she’s heading for double figures of publicly threatening to leave Unst/Shetland. Change the ferry = going. Build the windfarm = going. Increase NorthLink fares = going. etc etc. Yet here she is again.
April 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This Shetland Times headline seems significant. Right up until you read who it is. By my memory she’s heading for double figures of publicly threatening to leave Unst/Shetland. Change the ferry = going. Build the windfarm = going. Increase NorthLink fares = going. etc etc. Yet here she is again.
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
End scene, Gangs of London, episode 2 of season 3.
two men wearing headphones are talking to each other in a stadium .
ALT: two men wearing headphones are talking to each other in a stadium .
media.tenor.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
End scene, Gangs of London, episode 2 of season 3.
I imagine Waltz adding Goldberg to his phone, unsure how to spell Jeffrey and putting it under something like “JG Atlantic”
Later he’s populating the Signal group but used lazy similar shorthand - JD Vice Pres, JR CIAD - and doesn’t realise he’s pressed JG as well as he scrolled.
Later he’s populating the Signal group but used lazy similar shorthand - JD Vice Pres, JR CIAD - and doesn’t realise he’s pressed JG as well as he scrolled.
Perhaps the top person at The Atlantic was added to the Signal chat because those on the chat believed there was a person in charge of the Atlantic.
March 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I imagine Waltz adding Goldberg to his phone, unsure how to spell Jeffrey and putting it under something like “JG Atlantic”
Later he’s populating the Signal group but used lazy similar shorthand - JD Vice Pres, JR CIAD - and doesn’t realise he’s pressed JG as well as he scrolled.
Later he’s populating the Signal group but used lazy similar shorthand - JD Vice Pres, JR CIAD - and doesn’t realise he’s pressed JG as well as he scrolled.
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So let’s have a little look at the Right wing media feeding off its own ecosystem.
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
March 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So let’s have a little look at the Right wing media feeding off its own ecosystem.
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
HAMVER ̶B̶O̶T̶…PIA?
(It could catch on)
((Poor NOR))
(((It’s fine)))
(It could catch on)
((Poor NOR))
(((It’s fine)))
March 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
HAMVER ̶B̶O̶T̶…PIA?
(It could catch on)
((Poor NOR))
(((It’s fine)))
(It could catch on)
((Poor NOR))
(((It’s fine)))
Not sure about all this world reordering going on but had a day of travel yesterday where flights (Loganair), buses (First Bus) and trains (ScotRail) went perfectly so swings and roundabouts.
March 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Not sure about all this world reordering going on but had a day of travel yesterday where flights (Loganair), buses (First Bus) and trains (ScotRail) went perfectly so swings and roundabouts.