We had a heatwave in the summer of 76 and just got on with it. Back then the sun was known as Ra and his word was gospel. We fired 12 people from each community into the sun to appease him. Only four came back, but they were... different. Hose pipe ban was on. We got by visiting the old haunted well

Haha, nice one @privateeyenews.bsky.social !

Except that Starmer didn’t move Labour ‘to the centre on issues like immigration’. He moved Labour to the right. His policies were harsher than any Conservative government in living memory. This wasn’t moderation in any meaningful way.

holy shit bsky has a water sealant expert that predicted the reflecting pool failure mode perfectly

'It Ain't Half Rot, Mum'. Or, 'Exorcise This House'. Or, 'Are You being Grifted?'. Or, 'Dad's Racist'. Or, 'Porridge'.

Successful Refugee Lunch Raises Money for Palestinian Children All images credit: Mike Robertson. The Organisers of this year's Refugee Lunch would like to thank all those who came and those who supported the event - an amazing £2,361.92 was raised....

Yeah, right.

Burnham’s new chief of staff was chief executive of lobbying firm Flint It’s like the British political elite is addicted to conflicts of interest www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Oh, great.

Oh boy.

I saw this referred to as the Strait of Warm Ooze. Very good.

Rettet Bäume Pflanzt Bäume

1. Free public transport. Also, reinstate all public footpaths / right to roam, install wind farms on Trump's uk golf courses, reinstate all rail lines closed by Beeching, and bring back Spangles.

Record-breaking heat for several days and nights with high humidity join forces to make this week's heatwave truly unprecedented. How hot will it get? And how long will it last? Bringing you this week’s weather forecast is Aidan McGivern 👇

Bloody Net Zero.

“Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise” (Tom Flood)

Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...

Hahaha excellent stuff

The Met Office has issued a Red Extreme Heat Warning for Wednesday and Thursday, with June’s all-time daily record temperature forecast to be broken. Find out more in our latest news release 👇

Met Office has changed Wednesday and Thursday's heat in central South (inc London) to a red alert, stating: High risk of failure of heat-sensitive systems and equipment, with the loss of power and other essential services, such as water, electricity, gas or mobile phone services

Take care out there. ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-heal...

Hmm, Wednesday's going to be fun. Super-early dog walks this week, then.

My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday

1st anniversary of the best photo ever of the Royal Highland Show.

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

And yet amazingly no riots and calls for all white men to apologise for the actions of the attacker. Islamophobia is rising across the UK, stoked by political rhetoric and far right ideology. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK should be tremendously proud of this. Instead, our oligarchic media and opposition parties use it as a stick with which to bash the government.

The contract went to "Greenwater Services"? Should've gone to Clearwater, or even Bluewater.

Everyone shut up I finally got a video of Jyn doing her cartoon snoring thing

I see we’re getting the “Starmer’s only fault was that the press hated him” and “Starmer’s a decent man” takes. No, Starmer’s failing is that he has pushed racist, authoritarian policies especially on immigration while completely failing to tackle the far right. Also decency is a verb not a noun

Bit of a damp, misty walk today. Loved it, nevertheless.

Completely gaga.

Perhaps the Reflecting Pool is now a source of the purest Green youtu.be/TkZFuKHXa7w?...

savage 😆

That's what happens when you go up against a more intelligent opponent.

Solar nerds! We have some movement on plug-in solar. DESNZ's consultation on plug-in solar (panels on balconies and gardens, good for renters) has just launched, and it closes 30 June. Suggesting they want to move fast on this. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Well, what do you know? Americans are embracing plug‑and‑play solar to slash energy costs despite Donald Trump's anti-renewables push. #MAGA www.dw.com/en/the-diy-s...

Otterton to Exmouth today, via Budleigh Salterton and the Otter Estuary. And very nice it was too.

Haha, very good! 🤣

Proof this footpath is indeed, tidal.

Unless I'm mistaken it looks like we're in Beaver country.

Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

Icymi: Very positive findings about solar on peatland. Co-benefits of renewables just keep piling up.

Beavers good

The outline of a female Viking grave at the Broch of Gurness on Orkney. Enclosed by small upright slabs, the grave dates to around AD 850-950. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Gurness #Orkney

Lost in the sauce.

Increasing biodiversity with solar farms

Matt covers the bonkersness of it all superbly. And hilariously.

Today's walk along the River Otter, approaching Otterton.