{"ancestors":[{"id":"111936449797718487","created_at":"2024-02-15T16:31:15.869Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/Edent/statuses/111936449797718487","url":"https://mastodon.social/@Edent/111936449797718487","replies_count":3,"reblogs_count":19,"favourites_count":22,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"<p>British Gas have 12 million domestic customers.<br />They made £751 million profit this year.</p><p>That&#39;s an outrageous profit of... £5.21 per household per month.</p><p>Oh, they also have a large number of non-domestic customers.  So the actual amount of profit paid by domestic customers is significantly lower.</p><p>Should energy companies be renationalised? Yes.<br />Will it save every household hundreds of pounds? No.</p><p>For more info - see my post from last year <a href=\"https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/big-numbers-are-difficult-to-contextualise/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/big-n</span><span class=\"invisible\">umbers-are-difficult-to-contextualise/</span></a></p>","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Web","website":null},"account":{"id":"7112","username":"Edent","acct":"Edent","display_name":"Terence Eden","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2016-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","note":"<p>Longer hair than you.<br />Got the ⏻ symbol into <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Unicode\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Unicode</span></a>.<br />Open Standards / Source / Data geek.<br />Known as <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Edent\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Edent</span></a></span> on most social platforms.</p><p>Bit obsessed with <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SolarPower\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>SolarPower</span></a> but not quite a <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SolarPunk\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>SolarPunk</span></a>.<br />Please read the link before replying. Yes, that means you!</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/@Edent","uri":"https://mastodon.social/users/Edent","avatar":"https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/007/112/original/388649acb2026701.webp","avatar_static":"https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/007/112/original/388649acb2026701.webp","avatar_description":"","header":"https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/headers/000/007/112/original/31bb18ff6d89ad3d.jpeg","header_static":"https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/headers/000/007/112/original/31bb18ff6d89ad3d.jpeg","header_description":"","followers_count":9474,"following_count":1760,"statuses_count":26745,"last_status_at":"2026-04-20","hide_collections":false,"show_media":true,"show_media_replies":true,"show_featured":true,"noindex":false,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Location","value":"London, UK","verified_at":null},{"name":"Contact","value":"<a href=\"https://edent.tel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">edent.tel/</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":"2022-05-04T16:47:47.550+00:00"},{"name":"Blog","value":"<a href=\"https://shkspr.mobi/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">shkspr.mobi/blog</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":"2022-05-04T16:51:16.145+00:00"},{"name":"Pronouns","value":"He/Him/♂/男","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"tagged_collections":[],"quote":null,"card":{"url":"https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/big-numbers-are-difficult-to-contextualise/","title":"Big Numbers Are Difficult To Contextualise","description":"Numbers are hard. I don't mean that in a snarky way. It's easy to visualise a bunch of bananas, but it's almost impossible for most people to comprehend how many bananas are shipped around the world each year. It's easy to understand your pay-cheque, but understanding a national budget pales in comparison. So British Gas [...]","language":"en","type":"link","author_name":"","author_url":"","provider_name":"Terence Eden’s Blog","provider_url":"","html":"","width":1024,"height":499,"image":null,"image_description":"","embed_url":"","blurhash":"UrP6ml.TVr%NtSaKt7o#t8RjkCV@WCRjoft7","published_at":"2023-07-27T11:34:22.000Z","authors":[]},"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111938135098160944","created_at":"2024-02-15T23:39:50.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111936449797718487","in_reply_to_account_id":"7112","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.me.uk/users/quentinsf/statuses/111938135038199020","url":"https://mastodon.me.uk/@quentinsf/111938135038199020","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Edent\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@<span>Edent</span></a></span> Yes... As much as we all admired Captain Tom and his helpers, I remember working out that the entirety of their fundraising efforts ran the NHs for about 20 mins.</p>","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"109524946928606624","username":"quentinsf","acct":"quentinsf@mastodon.me.uk","display_name":"Quentin Stafford-Fraser","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"<p>See <a href=\"https://quentinsf.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">quentinsf.com</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a></p>","url":"https://mastodon.me.uk/@quentinsf","uri":"https://mastodon.me.uk/users/quentinsf","avatar":"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/accounts/avatars/109/524/946/928/606/624/original/e0ebffe75402cd44.jpg","avatar_static":"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/accounts/avatars/109/524/946/928/606/624/original/e0ebffe75402cd44.jpg","avatar_description":"","header":"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/accounts/headers/109/524/946/928/606/624/original/3a4ff8aa9d57236b.jpeg","header_static":"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/accounts/headers/109/524/946/928/606/624/original/3a4ff8aa9d57236b.jpeg","header_description":"","followers_count":211,"following_count":125,"statuses_count":748,"last_status_at":"2026-04-13","hide_collections":false,"show_media":true,"show_media_replies":true,"show_featured":true,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"<a href=\"https://statusq.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">statusq.org</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":null},{"name":"Personal","value":"<a href=\"https://quentinsf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">quentinsf.com</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":"2026-04-12T19:12:02.967+00:00"},{"name":"Youtube","value":"<a href=\"https://youtube.com/@quentinsf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">youtube.com/@quentinsf</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":null},{"name":"Gravatar","value":"<a href=\"https://en.gravatar.com/quentinsf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">en.gravatar.com/quentinsf</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":"2026-04-12T19:12:06.700+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"7112","username":"Edent","url":"https://mastodon.social/@Edent","acct":"Edent"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"tagged_collections":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}],"descendants":[{"id":"111941349365218444","created_at":"2024-02-16T13:17:16.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111939851241371267","in_reply_to_account_id":"7112","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.me.uk/users/quentinsf/statuses/111941349317292189","url":"https://mastodon.me.uk/@quentinsf/111941349317292189","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":1,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Edent\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@<span>Edent</span></a></span> Ah, interesting - didn’t know that.  Thanks!</p>","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"109524946928606624","username":"quentinsf","acct":"quentinsf@mastodon.me.uk","display_name":"Quentin Stafford-Fraser","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-12-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"<p>See <a href=\"https://quentinsf.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">quentinsf.com</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a></p>","url":"https://mastodon.me.uk/@quentinsf","uri":"https://mastodon.me.uk/users/quentinsf","avatar":"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/accounts/avatars/109/524/946/928/606/624/original/e0ebffe75402cd44.jpg","avatar_static":"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/accounts/avatars/109/524/946/928/606/624/original/e0ebffe75402cd44.jpg","avatar_description":"","header":"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/accounts/headers/109/524/946/928/606/624/original/3a4ff8aa9d57236b.jpeg","header_static":"https://files.mastodon.social/cache/accounts/headers/109/524/946/928/606/624/original/3a4ff8aa9d57236b.jpeg","header_description":"","followers_count":211,"following_count":125,"statuses_count":748,"last_status_at":"2026-04-13","hide_collections":false,"show_media":true,"show_media_replies":true,"show_featured":true,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Blog","value":"<a href=\"https://statusq.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">statusq.org</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":null},{"name":"Personal","value":"<a href=\"https://quentinsf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">quentinsf.com</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":"2026-04-12T19:12:02.967+00:00"},{"name":"Youtube","value":"<a href=\"https://youtube.com/@quentinsf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">youtube.com/@quentinsf</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":null},{"name":"Gravatar","value":"<a href=\"https://en.gravatar.com/quentinsf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"\">en.gravatar.com/quentinsf</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>","verified_at":"2026-04-12T19:12:06.700+00:00"}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"7112","username":"Edent","url":"https://mastodon.social/@Edent","acct":"Edent"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"tagged_collections":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}}]}