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This Bitcoin Mine Gets Paid to Switch Off ⛏️⚡️ I Investigated a Swedish energy company way up in the Arctic Circle that's doing something extraordinary with the local grid. *full documentary*

The UK generates less electricity per person today than it did in 1968 - @OurWorldInData Think about that: AI, data centres, EVs, heat pumps & advanced manufacturing etc. You cannot build an electricity hungry future without abundant electricity. The UK is a shambles!

Being bearish in 2026 has wrecked so many 🤦‍♂️

Printing Just A Little Bit I’d say we are roughly at the 2 minute mark …

Andy Burnham says doesn’t want to be constrained by the Bond Market. There’s a secret way he can do this - it’s called fiscal responsibility. It’s a big word that means spending less on unproductive nonsense that makes the economy worse. The economy grows based on a formula… Capital Allocation x Productive Labour x Innovation = growth. The problem is that government doesn’t do any of those three things well. They tried capital allocation and we ended up with a railway that still doesn’t run. They tried productive labour and we ended up with a record number of government employees and record low productivity. They tried innovation and we have the most expensive power costs in the world. Time to stop borrowing from the bond market, cut costs in government and let the real economy cook.

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the Downing Street. One is from London, another is from Birmingham and the third is from Manchester. All three go with a Downing Street official to examine the fence. The London contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about £900. £400 for materials, £400 for my crew, and £100 profit for me." The Birmingham contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for £700. £300 for materials, £300 for my crew, and £100 profit for me." The Manchester contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the Downing Street official and whispers, "£2,700." The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?" The Manchester contractor whispers back, "£1000 for me, £1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Birmingham to fix the fence." "Done!" replies the government official. And that, my friends, is how our government works. It may be funny but, sadly, it's also very accurate.

Don't look at the charts in this thread if you don't want Britain's inability to build anything to depress you. My favorite part is that "the paperwork for Birmingham’s one-mile Eastside Tram Extension is longer than the extension itself." A bonfire of the law and regulation that led to this idiocy might be the single best thing a government could do for our productivity and our economy. It might even mean that we can build power generation and reservoirs again!

Robert Colvile @rcolvile

a week ago

Every time I think I've got a handle on how bad we are at building infrastructure, @Ben_A_Hopkinson finds new ways to shock me. Have pulled out some of the most jaw-dropping stats/charts in the thread below (1/?) x.com/Ben_A_Hopkinso…

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@BitcoinForWales It's such an obvious win but noo..

🇬🇧🌬️ September 2026: Worst month I’ve recorded to date. The UK wasted £403.05 million switching wind turbines OFF and paying gas plants to switch ON because the grid can’t take the power. Same problem every time. The wind blows, the cables can’t move it, so we pay twice, once to switch the wind off, once to burn gas instead. Bitcoin miners could soak up that surplus, turn wasted MWh into money, and help secure the grid like they already do in Texas. #BitcoinMining

@asjwebley Great work by you and the team. The most exciting space right now!

The internet has thousands of creators who do a better job of entertaining than the BBC or any subsidised arts body. Citizen journalists get closer to the truth than the BBC or Channel 4. Danny Tommo does a better job of defending our borders than the Home Office, and is arrested for his trouble You get better data from independent research than rom the ONS. Independent analysts make better forecasts than the OBR. Bitcoin and gold are both better money than whatever the Bank of England is currently debasing. You get better knowledge online than you do at school or university. AI diagnoses most things faster and more accurately than a GP. You get more truth about Covid origins and vaccines online than you do from the medical establishment. Self-driving cars are better than TfL. Lime bikes are better than Boris bikes. A private pension lets you own and manage your own retirement assets rather than state-mandated bond buying. You can buy a prefab house online for less than £100,000. The problem is where to put it. Which wouldn't be a problem were it not for planning laws. What gets subsidised should be decided by the person paying for it And on and on. Everywhere you look, the private sector does a better job, to a higher standard and for a lower price. So what, exactly, is the point of the state?

@freddienew 3 always do stuff myself. Interested to see if there is demand and have had a couple of people ask me to do it for them.

The math is simple now. Reform can't win a general election, any idea of turning this around is cope - too many failures, too much insulting of the electorate, too much chaos. They were warned and didn't listen. Conservatives are back in contention, but have lost too many on trust. Won't be able to win on their own. Restore is in the race on % of vote and growing. Could be bigger than Reform in three years, a snap election would be different maths. If the country wants to stop the lunatic left and continual decline of the country, a coalition is likely the only answer. But a coalition has the problem of egos. Probably has hard as Fury and AJ arguing over who walks out second. Then how does the right agree on sensible policies and things the country has the stomach for? How does it stop wasting its time on silly ideas like welfare cards, which are flawed and unserious. The focus should be simple: - Border control - Productivity gains (literally everyone wins with this) - Deregulation - Slashing the welfare bill - Build more prisons + return to punishing crime - End of the two tier system The above is all obvious to anyone with half a brain.

It's very important that nobody sees these Mitchell and Webb sketches, banned by @BBC . Please share so that every one knows what to avoid!

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2 weeks ago

That Mitchell and Webb Look Offensive Banned Sketches Full Episode

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Economist and the man who coined the term Quantitive Easing, Prof. Richard Werner, @scientificecon, joins me on the pod to discuss: - Traitors in the Central Banks - Why recessions are a choice - How we can get 10% growth annually Click first comment for full show 👇

@coinjoined It's true mmm pineapple 🍍

@DominicFrisby That is bonkers

Here here. Stop the rot

Dominic Frisby @DominicFrisby

4 weeks ago

I have never bought a government bond or a gilt in my life. Why? I consider them immoral. Lending the government money is like lending vodka to an alcoholic. Don’t enable them! The private sector can do almost anything a government does better - to a higher standard for a

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Lets hope

Freddie New @freddienew

4 weeks ago

This is actually a massive 'crossing the chasm' moment @Togetherdec has been fighting for our rights and freedoms in the UK for quite some time, and has huge reach, far beyond that of many privacy advocates or those with a geeky or technical focus, like me. For them to be

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