dave forman

Seasoned designer / creative visualiser with an environmental and social conscience. Making it up as I go along.

[Greg Jackson @g__j]

when I was a kid, copious amounts of dettol and tcp were applied to any wound - but that seems less common now. I made the mistake of asking google about this...
[geek delight]

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”

City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.

I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
https://t.co/GCTYxz59Td

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

If something can be destroyed by the truth, then it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.

[dave forman @1amdave]

@boardmasters daughter 16 + boyf 17 accidentally bought After Party tickets (18+). contacted you straight away but flatly refused refund. Like many of your target audience, they are minors and this is their 1st festival experience - please review #CustomerFairness #fail

[dave forman @1amdave]

@ThreeUK customer service hitting new lows. your 'system upgrade' requiring re-registration simply doesn't work. live chat can't help and customer service hang up. judging by extended wait times, I'm not alone in wanting to jump ship. #fail Smarty here I come.

[dave forman @1amdave]

@ThreeUK sims for personal, family and home hub, all requiring account re-registration but no way to do so as all your email verification links are failing on all platforms available. how long will this go on? #fail

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

NEW

The UK government has just quietly published estimates showing wind and solar will be several times cheaper than gas, for the foreseeable future

A few senior cabinet members (& a large section of the media) might like to take a look?

THREAD with charts + caveats

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Why does someone as tiny as Rishi need such a large plane

Does he always take his ego with him ?

[dave forman @1amdave]

@POferriesupdate They’re all still there. Latest news from our daughter at 7am was loo broken on coach and no sign of a change. Adverse weather being blamed on top of ‘unexpected volume of traffic’… unexpected???

[dave forman @1amdave]

@suebeesley @KateFantom @TheSolarShed @Tesla @OctopusEnergy desperately need to add a ‘solar priority’ charge mode to facilitate green-as-possible EV home charging (for those lucky enough to have resource). I have solar, EV + PW2 but once PW2 full, excess solar gen goes to grid not car for poxy 4.5p kWh 😖

[dave forman @1amdave]

@KateFantom @climbtechy It is probably not in FF industry interests to go into full declaration mode regarding impacts. Turkeys / Christmas scenario.

[Greg Jackson @g__j]

If proven, this is shocking - and another sign that electricity is broken. £500m is a huge figure, but comes on top of billions in “curtailed” wind, balancing costs, etc. We need more renewable generation, dynamic pricing and decentralisation to drive down costs.

[dave forman @1amdave]

@Tesla_App_iOS UK

[dave forman @1amdave]

@Tesla_App_iOS Any news on roll out of this *essential* feature?

[dave forman @1amdave]

@BBCMoreOrLess Do these stats check out? Govt ONS say HE students at *lower* than average risk… (if true would be great obvs). Is it same for over 18?
https://t.co/QEzd4lkAPh

[john thackara 约翰·萨卡拉 @johnthackara]

this book anticipated today's 'polycrisis' 50 years ago

[dave forman @1amdave]

Being messed about by @ThreeUK customer support #FAIL. 'Ashish' clearly incapable of helping me access online account so they bailed out after one feeble attempt and leave me hanging. Piss poor effort. Good mind to pull the plug.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

A No10 "Spokesperson said since the industry was privatised in 1989, the equivalent of £5bn had been invested to upgrade water infrastructure."

Let me remind you during the same period WCs have paid out over £72bn to shareholders.

Just hold that thought

https://t.co/ku48cIQAwM

[dave forman @1amdave]

@IAmGiantWoman @Sciensus_Group I finally received good assist via [email protected] Took most of the morning to sort though. Best of luck.