Marc Thomas

Architect, Product support specialist at Bentley Systems.

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

Hi @amolrajan the right to buy and housing crisis problem in one graph; social housing construction stopped dead in its tracks during Thatcher's first term, the private sector did not provide an alternative. Figures for dwelling completions from https://t.co/2egf3T9DQQ in 2019.

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

@ABDfishMKT @BobFromAccounts Floral St fortunately has a much wider pavement on the other side

[Climate Science Breakthrough @ClimateSciBreak]

Politicians are failing us abysmally on the #ClimateCrisis. Can comedians step up and save the day?

Watch the heroic Jo Brand give it a proper shot with scientist @ProfMarkMaslin 🔥

If this doesn't prompt revolution, what will? Please share far and wide!

#NoNewOil #COP28

[Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili]

For those on social media obsessed with shouty point scoring:

[Lisa Nandy MP @lisanandy]

Suella Braverman is wrong.

Multiculturalism isn’t the problem.

But we know what the problem is…

#bbcqt

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

@MhehedZherting https://t.co/JMktOrDrjQ

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

@Ralph_Grabowski I've walked that wonderful stretch of Hadrian's Wall. The Sycamore Gap tree was beautiful and very photogenic, but on reflection highlighted the absence of millions of other trees formerly present on Britain's uplands.

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

@Ralph_Grabowski They are commercial plantations harvested for timber over 20 years, meanwhile 270 new trees were planted over the same period https://t.co/F9RFi4Yord

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

@markmiodownik They might make more impact with a buy-back for reuse scheme aimed at people who don't have the storage space or inclination to keep their Lego for the next generation.

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

'Right to Buy' and the Tory anathema to social provision broke Britain's housing.
The market did not provide enough new houses.
Too much of what it did and does provide is of low quality.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"Get architects on board" with building social housing, Muyiwa Oki, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects tells @cathynewman

https://t.co/ySZoM0D5Re

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

And if anyone complains about the RSPB spending public money on tweets criticising government inaction on river pollution I'll gladly ask @RSPBEngland to ringfence my subscription for that purpose.

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

Wanting our rivers to be clean is hardly a controversial thing to expect!

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

Also...

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

In took just 17 hours of trading yet the owners of Britian's 3 largest house building firms go to bed tonight £643,000,000 richer than when they woke up yesterday morning.

This was never about persevering our rivers it was always about persevering Conservative Party donations.

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

When people say they won't do something, then a short while later do that very thing, what else can you call them?

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

I don’t like this sort of politics. Societies are made up of individuals with different backgrounds, opinions, economic interests and moral and philosophical positions. The primary job of politicians in my view is to at least try to navigate these differences (guided of course by their own hopefully well-thought out political philosophy) with the aim of building a stable consensus - a necessary foundation for a well-functioning and prosperous society. That’s very hard of course, but it should be the desired destination. Nobody gets everything they want in a democracy, because a free society is a collection of individuals who hold different views, but also nobody should feel absolutely defeated. This is not compromise in a wish-washy sense of the word - it’s the very essence of and indeed the guarantor of our freedom as individuals. As Feynman memorably said, democracy is based, like science, on a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance; running societies is very hard, and nobody really knows how to do it, so we regularly change direction whilst building on the achievements of the past. Understanding this requires humility, and the instinct to unify rather than to divide. Seeking division therefore runs counter to everyone’s interests because it undermines a key idea underpinning democracy itself - the idea that individuals have legitimately differing views. To Mr Sunak - topically - I would say read some post-war Oppenheimer. He was aiming to persuade national leaders not to do what this article says you want to do, because in the context of countries with atom bombs, that would be literally playing with fire.

[Physics World @PhysicsWorld]

"A harmonized measurement system is one of humanity’s greatest achievements and for any government to promote a return to the old ways is foolishness beyond measure" https://t.co/UrMFBR0oOV

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

@castelm11 @gavinesler But everyone in the UK who measures anything that really matters, i.e. industry, healthcare, transportation, construction, etc. uses metric.

[Marc Thomas @isisst]

The tech is ready, you just have to care enough to want to join the dots and use it!

[Bike Bureau @thebikebureau]

🚨 BBC unveils Bike Bureau for green broadcasting 👀

Take a look at the experiment @kate_vandy and @annaholligan have been working on: a mobile broadcast studio and office on two wheels ✌️ 🚴 💚
https://t.co/NfiHZnDWDt

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

Data visualisation helps us to understand the world, and in the case of the #ClimateStripes, helps us understand #ClimateChange. Explore five graphs that changed the world with @AdamRutherford and @bbcideas:
#EarthDay