leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es

"Claims that the majority of the UK’s housing stock is not suitable for a heat pump appear to be [lies].

Research published in 2022 found that properties including Victorian terrace houses and 1960s flats could have a heat pump successfully installed.

A 2021 study found: “Homes can convert to electric heating at a cost far lower than the accepted wisdom” and “with no threat to comfort”. Additionally, greenhouse gas emissions would “fall very dramatically as a result”."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/31/can-heat-pumps-be-installed-in-older-properties

I’m still a newbie to Mastodon and to let others know, that I’m here, I thought a Raffle is a good idea! =)

Only requirement is: you have to boost this post!
But there is a bonus for followers!

You can get 1 digital version of one of the 3 sketches (see image) with the character you want (species in the sketch is not fixed) and your favorite color for the Oodie.
✨Bonus for followers: More individualised Oodie! Choose a motive, theme or elements you want on your hoodie, you can send me any ideas.

Raffle ends 19.06.2024 22:00 (UTC+02) ❗️

Good luck 😊

Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards - Petitions, for UK citizens only but please share.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/661601

In the most glorious "fuck you" I have seen in a while, you know the book that Cumberland City Council banned because they're homophobic bigots - Holly Duhig's "A focus on Same Sex Parents"? Well, the publisher, BookLife Publishing, have made a PDF version of the book available for free.

Sure be a shame if it was shared far and wide now, wouldn't it?

Every time you ban a book filled with hope and kindness, and care and love, we will resist.

https://www.booklifepublishing.co.uk/a-focus-on/same-sex-parents/

#CumberlandCityCouncil #SameSexParents #BookBans #Bookstodon

@alttexthalloffame My much older brother tells the story, from his childhood in the 1950s, of my mother driving the car through the countryside and narrating what she saw so that her blind (from diabetes) husband could enjoy the view. My brother would lie down on the back seat, close his eyes and see the world the way his father saw it.

I think of that every time there’s a request here to include ALT text descriptions on Mastodon. It’s such a small ask with such a huge upside.

Don't let companies like Ubisoft take away access to games you paid for and own. Please sign and share this petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071

#ubisoft #anticonsumerism

"Being alive is as special an occasion as it gets" 😍

Another petition to get the UK government to recognise non-binary gender.

Just to recap, this has already gone to court, and the government successfully pled that it is too hard not to discriminate against non-binary people.

If you think that's bullshit, as I do, and you're a UK citizen, sign this petition to get the issue debated in parliament.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659107

It's that time again. There was no active UK parliament petition about #nonbinary identities being recognised in law, so I made one.

#UK #petition: Recognise nonbinary people's genders in law and in identity documents

Sign here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659107

Track signatures here: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/659107

Deadline: 11th October 2024

To whoever needs to hear this:

Your blog is better without an image than with an AI-generated one. I came here to read your words — let them stand for themselves!

If you *must* use an image, and some soulless AI mockery would suffice, do this instead:

Step outside, and take a photo of wherever you are.

Include a lot of sky, if you can.

This implicit "here's where I am" is a better reflection of your work than whatever midjourney or stable diffusion would splort out.

Journey into space with Captain Rhys Griffiths in ‘Reborn’, a furry sci-fi novel by @jfrcoates

Now available on our website

Still so happy about how my pride pins came out. I'm wearing mine every time I go out. :>
You can get one of these beauties here: https://ko-fi.com/s/9194908864
#KofiChallenge