Sam G

Please follow @SGhibaldan for my Consumer Scotland related tweets. I’ll keep this account for non-work things.

I’m also at @samghibaldan.bsky.social

I’ve successfully completed the challenge I face every 4 years of finding CNN on my TV #electionday2024

Clarity, cost and convenience. Thinking like a consumer is key for policymakers focused on making the transition to Net Zero happen. My blog on @Consumer_Scot’s recent research. consumer.scot/blog-posts/the…

The rather wonderful Neil Mackinnon was great company, astute and impossible to stay cross with. @BecMcQ has written his obituary in today’s Herald. heraldscotland.com/business_hq/24…

Our cat Izzy is missing. She escaped from her carrier outside the vet and is a long way from home. If you live Loanhead area please look out for her. She is a white tortoiseshell and has a very distinctive black smudge on her nose. #loanhead

@TinaDolbaia M i tree N N

To everyone who’s still not quite sure what is happening in 🇬🇪 right now, and why the events unfolding on the ground are truly unprecedented, or why the struggles of the Georgian people should even matter to those in Western capitals, here’s a (belated) not-so-short recap 🧵

@KirstyLewin Worth reporting your suspicions tsscot.co.uk/latest-scams/

Weird call today on landline today that might have been a potential scam. Bloke called himself Michael rang me on landline (knew my name/address) and said he was from Thermal Homes. Said they had fitted the loft insulation years ago and needed to come back to do a moisture check.

Look closely to see three #otters playing on the #WaterOfLeith yesterday #Edinburgh

@mediawummin Hi Jolene happy to share

@SamGhib Hi Sam. Love this. Could you follow so we can DM? Be great to feature this in the paper if you are happy to share? Full credit given! Thanks

Ice breaking #cygnet style. A column of swans smash a path through ice on the Union Canal in #Edinburgh this morning

@BBC_HaveYourSay Happy to share

@SamGhib Hi Sam, could you please follow us back so we can DM you? Thanks, BBC News.

@BiggerBoat177 I thought so as well. And our 8 year old loved it.

@SamGhib It stands up very well, I think. (The film, not the little alien!)

'#SycamoreGap ' by Northumberland printmakrt and artist Rebecca Vincent #WomensArt

New @consumer_scot research shows consumers are still facing energy affordability challenges this winter despite today’s cut in the price cap. Read more➡️ bit.ly/3LjtlDh

@hughhenry_12 And a very good Roman one

@SamGhib Cartagena has an interesting civil war museum.

Sitting in a cafe in #Cartagena, a city founded by the Carthaginians, then invaded and controlled by the Romans, destroyed by the Visigoths and rebuilt by Catholic monarchs. Apt then that #EverybodyWantsToRuleTheWorld came on the radio.

British diplomat Sir Peter Marshall died in June this year. He finished his Foreign Office career as UK Permanent Representative in Geneva (1979-83) before becoming Deputy SG of the Commonwealth (1983-88). Here are his ten precepts of diplomacy. 🧵

The final stage in our move away from fossil fuels in the home was our gas meter being removed yesterday. Our Net Zero transition is a heat pump, induction hob and insulation. Great advice and grants from @HomeEnergyScot

FYI @janrosenow @hannon_matthew @k8_morrison @shandsmith

We’ve had a heat pump for 18 months. It’s been great: cheap to run, very low carbon and warm. Here’s ⁦@BecMcQ⁩ on our experience. heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23…