Israel's escalating military campaign in southern Lebanon has already killed thousands of people and forced more than a million from their homes. This utter disregard for civilian lives is inexcusable. We saw these patterns in Gaza - it cannot happen again in Lebanon.

Extraordinary, important interview 7.41am by Justin Webb of Sarah Wynn-Williams’ lawyer after she sat in silence on stage at the Hay Festival with @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. #BBC public service broadcasting.

Not one, but two disposable BBQs sparked separate gorse fires on Bray Head. Disposable BBQs pose a real and preventable risk for both wildlife and public safety. Its time to ban them altogether. www.greystonesguide.ie/the-high-cos...

Just a reminder to Blair and all the other fossil fuel lobbyists, that: medium.com/the-new-clim...

Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.

Faragists are increasingly gunning for abortion. Suella Braverman called decriminalisation "repulsive" Tice called it "Labour's abortion carnage" Andrea Jenkyns said it was a "tragedy for unborn babies" & now Reform's by-election candidate says abortion is a "cowardly act" Surprised? Don't be

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

@timsmedley.bsky.social Another must read: yes, it's infuriating. medium.com/the-new-clim...

Two weeks ago here in Northern Virginia we had two days in a row of 97 degrees. My Hostas have to acclimate over time to heat to take that kind of weather. They can stand that in July, and morning sun also, but NOT in May.

tl;dr — I finally downloaded Merlin A bird was screaming this morning and I wanted to know what it was because it looked like a blue jay but it wasn’t blue. TURNS OUT THERE WERE NINE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BIRDS AROUND ME WTF WHY DIDNT ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT BIRDS

Burning fossil fuels has made this heatwave hotter. True for the UK today, and everywhere else, all of the time.

Universal Basic Income. Universal Human Rights. That should do it, tbh...

I feel like the photographer could have gotten a little closer tbh

Today marks six years since George Floyd was murdered by the Minneapolis Police Department. A day that changed our city, our country, and the lives of so many forever. Today is a day for grief, rage, reflection, and remembrance. George Floyd should still be alive.

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Satellite data shows oil spills from shipping happen far more often than reported, revealing high-density 'slick belts' that correspond with shipping lanes. Most spills are not investigated. The cost of cleaning up oil pollution is often paid by coastal communities. share.google/zjELnkfcKMpZ...

1. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally.

Solar and wind generated more electricity globally than gas power for the first time in April. At 531 TWh, electricity generated from wind and solar reached a new global record in April 2026. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/22/s...

Looking good so far…

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BREAKING: Global Sumud Flotilla activists released from Israeli custody after Israel seized an aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters, say they were tortured, sexually assaulted and denied basic legal rights. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/finz9n

Sorry to start the day with another 'thing to be angry about'. But jeez, this story is awful. The flippancy of this judge. The message it sends to girls (and to boys)... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We Own It have set up an open letter calling for Andy Burnham to make clear his views on public ownership of services, incl water sector. 👀 weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...

Important new evidence below, adding to my recent @prospectmagazine.co.uk column - Labour (and the potential new leader/PM) needs to look Greenwards for policy and votes, not to Reform. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/735...

Important new evidence below, adding to my recent @prospectmagazine.co.uk column - Labour (and the potential new leader/PM) needs to look Greenwards for policy and votes, not to Reform. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/735...

OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child

204 years ago now. RIP Pfeilstorch.

I just signed the campaign calling on the new Health Secretary to get Palantir out of our NHS. Add your name here: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/to-the-n...

In any other era, this would be a scandal big enough to take down a government. Today, it's just a Wednesday.

1. What I found in Trump's new 113-page financial disclosure report. It doesn't look good.

The latest The Bookseller newsletter largely reads "AI takes more publishing share, sleb memoir, another sleb memoir, Richard Osman tops charts again..." I try to stay upbeat, but feeling rather end of days for writers right now...

In any other era, this would be a scandal big enough to take down a government. Today, it's just another Tuesday.

Still thinking about this (from @ferrisjabr.bsky.social 's Becoming Earth): "a single gallon of gasoline represents 100 tonnes of ancient life, roughly equivalent to 20 adult elephants". I knew it was big, but never worked it out. A tank of petrol is a LOT of ancient life. +1 reason to electrify!

Everyone listen to Jake! ⬇️

I've got an entire other satchel of issues with the ever present campaign to exclude kids from public spaces. As the meme goes

On the left is an Onion headline from March. On the right is Reuters, today.

You know, a President accusing a NYT reporter of committing treason just for asking a question is actually quite a big deal, and this bunch just standing there listening to it and doing nothing is not encouraging the public to think of journalism as a serious business or of words meaning anything.

“Solar is so cheap, batteries are so cheap and EVs are getting so cheap that this is the first energy crisis where people say, ‘but there’s an alternative,’” Turner said. 💡 paywalled

Each year nuclear adds only as much net global power capacity as renewables add every two days. The long-standing argument that renewables lack reliability no longer holds. Today, renewables can deliver reliable, round‑the‑clock power. www.irena.org/News/pressre...

Nigel Farage insisting "I cannot be bought," after being exposed for secretly trousering £5 million from a crypto billionaire, buying a house with the money, and then immediately launching a lobbying campaign for the crypto industry, is quite something

This is the hardest I’ve laughed in 2026. Maybe in 2025 too. Impossibly it gets funnier the longer it goes on.

Yeah if you're only counting scandals where there's personal enrichment (Ecclestone and Cash for Peerages for instance both involved payments to the parties and were significantly bigger in size)

The Green Party did well last week. But did they do so by being less, well, green? I take a look for my latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk column... www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/735...

Why exactly would a Thailand-based economic migrant secretly give Nigel Farage £5 million as a 'reward' for delivering Brexit? I won't get to ask either of them this question but every single journalist & broadcaster granted access could...

How quickly does your induction stove boil water? 🤯

Turns out, if you stop tearing up the seabed, wildlife thrives: ten years after banning bottom trawl fishing, there are 3 times the number of sea creatures + double the number of species in the South Arran MPA, Scotland, than there were before the ban 👏🦪🐟 share.google/2M5WqP3CXwSH...

UK politics has descended into farce again. Here's an idea to make it full WWE smackdown - what if Zack Polanski stands against Burnham for Makerfield?!