It appears #AI is being actually helpful to mathematicians. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ8K...

What is Count Binface's appeal to Clacton? "I'm not Nigel Farage" followed by silence. youtu.be/aGOmzQbRT_E?...

Repair Cafe volunteers (at Quay Arts) help mend bikes, furniture and gadgets this Saturday - book your slot onthewight.com/have-your-br... #iwnews #IsleofWight @repaircafeiow.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy

One of the downsides of getting up stupidly early on a hot day is that it's only 9am and I've already downed three pints of cold water. At this rate of water consumption someone in Government is likely to want to privatise me. 🚰💦

Oh great. So not only have the #heatwave conditions been uncomfortable and dangerous for those of us that live on the land, the plants and creatures in the seas are also stuffed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So with the wheels coming off the Reform/Farage wagon at the moment, what do we think uber loyal folk like Jenrick and Anderson will hitch themselves to next? Back to the cuddly old Conservative party, or over to Restore Britain?

A couple of places still available for this Saturday's #CarbonLiteracy community training event at the Climate Hub. Your chance to find out more about #ClimateChange and what we can do to tackle it in #StratfordUponAvon. Free thanks to sponsorship from the RSA! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rsa-challe...

Over 200 people now booked into this screening on 29th July. Still time to get your free tickets though!

One thing I noticed this morning is that the hazel trees on my plot are already surrounded by nut husks, where the squirrels and birds are obviously having a field day with the unripe hazelnuts. I doubt I'll be getting many ripe ones!

Back home from my early morning #allotment visit. Already getting pretty warm out there... according to Mrs Google we're look at a peak of 32ºC today. Cold water and ice creams on standby! 🥵🌞

The early bird catches the water supply! Up at the #allotment plot just after 5am to water before everyone else comes down, and also put some shade netting in the greenhouse as everything is scorching in there. #gardening

Nigel Farage vs "the establishment" He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash What a rebel

Any Clacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior, ping me a line!

Colombia v Switzerland being referred to as Charlie v The Chocolate Factory.

Perfect. A joke candidate vs Count Binface. #BinFarage

No proper rain for an age. Trees are dropping not just leaves but entire branches in places . Kindling dry …

First Trump butting into #football #WorldCup for a bit of cheating and now we find out our PM asked the Foreign Office to talk the Fifa folk out of changing match schedules. Who knew politicians were so involved in what amounts to an expensive glorified kickabout? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Worth noting that many of the same voices demanding air conditioning today were dismissing heatwaves with "it's called summer" not long ago. The irony: An AC is effectively a heat pump. Those now demanding mass AC spent years campaigning against same technology when it runs in the other direction.

Considering the weather man kept saying its not as humid in this #heatwave compared to the last one and so will be less unpleasant, I'm still jolly hot and sticky sitting here working from home. Less hot, humid and unpleasant appears to still be hot, humid and unpleasant. 🥵🌞

I see that Nigel Farage has just announced he's stepping aside to give his Parliamentary seat to @countbinface.bsky.social . That surprisingly decent of him

Reminder that it's our monthly meeting this evening at the Climate Hub, 30 Meer Street. All are welcome and we'll be discussing South Warwickshire Local Plan, Great Big Green Week, the national emergency briefing screening and plans for the future. Come along and join in!

When Large Language Models like ChatGPT generate text, they're using probability to predict the next word, but they don't necessarily "understand" what those words mean. Watch the full talk with science journalist Claire Malone (@geeknproud42.bsky.social): youtube.com/watch?v=CBbLEOirHzI

Cooked rice + tikka masala + MSG + blender = a puree that I then proceeded to top a pizza with (instead of using tinned pizza sauce). Everyone liked it but I'm not going to tell them how I made it.

🌡️ Hot weather reminder! Please put your bins at the boundary of your property the night before collection day. To keep our crews safe in the heat, collections may start earlier than usual. Thanks for helping us keep collections running smoothly! 😎♻️

That annoying moment when you discover there are birds that are better at sewing than you are. 😳🤨

Unbeatable AI book spam. I will never receive a better one than this.

Oo, oo, please sir, I know this one! Is it because he's a dodgy grifter pretending to be a politician for his and his mates' own benefit?

Happy aphelion! At 18:30 British Summer Time Earth is at its furthest point in its orbit from the sun.

Our #GreatBigGreenWeek "Closing Conversations" event videos are now available online: Key Note: youtu.be/ZAv4w-rwaN8?... 1st panel: youtu.be/eNqvcvYBFXY?... 2nd panel: youtu.be/8I_-QhRHvRs?...

Just walked into the scullery, where I'd stupidly closed the internal door last night. The scullery has a large east facing window and was already stiflingly hot inside. Gave all the plants in there a quick water as they were already beginning to look a bit droopy! Going to be 29ºC apparently. 🥵😳🌞

In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood. With: 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5K mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on the edge.

#CommunityRail & #ModalShift go hand-in-hand🤝 Empowering communities to travel through more sustainable means brings a range of benefits for people, places & the environment - & is a major pillar of our movement. Discover more in our report this #NetZeroWeek 🚲🚄 communityrail.org.uk/wp-content/u...

The pumpkins are getting into their stride and putting on lots of growth. They've had diluted nettle tea feed too, so hopefully they'll keep it up! #allotment #gardening

The tied up and side shoot removed tomatoes just before I left the site this evening. I gave them a good drink with nettle tea enriched watering cans so hopefully they'll survive the heat tomorrow and romp upwards. There's some flowers and a few tiny green fruits already forming though. #garden 🍅

Just been tying up some of the #allotment outdoor tomatoes, removing side shoots and weeding. Skulked into the shade of the shed though as the dry dusty soil is getting a bit to hot to kneel and lean on comfortably. 🥵🌞🌱

Bridge strikes by lorries against railway bridges have happened for years, and were one of the things that really riled up my chum Nigel Harris when he was editor of Rail magazine because people often blame the railway staff. But this BBC story doesn't really add anything we didn't know?

There are on occasions advantages to being single. The evening when I process all my garlic crop for dehydration is probably one of those. Luckily for me I have a very poor sense of smell. 😂😂🧄🔪👃

A friend of mine is on the isle of wight and took her kids to what is apparently a kids play place but it was actually terrifying and filled with certified nightmare fuel.

280ppm ➡️ 428ppm #USA250

And politicians and policies. Only the policy you buy will probably be one of the "failures and experimentation"

Another #RepairCafe done and dusted. In addition to the usual secateurs, shears and scissors, I had two scythes and a sickle turn up today. So not only sharpening but a quick demo on use too.

These were still big fat buds when I left the house this morning. Rather impressive flowers. #gardening

It's #RepairCafe day today, 10am-2pm at the Methodist Church Hall in Old Town. There's also a "Give-n-Take" stall until 1pm with this month's theme being "homewares". So bring any unwanted homewares and give them a new home! 👍

To translate this for non-techies: something is wrong on the internet so the cats and flowers don't appear in BlueSky posts sometimes.

I've drunk five pints of water since I got home this evening, so I suspect I got a bit dehydrated on the walk to/from the allotment to water the plants. I also suspect I'll soon get a call from Team GB for my future Olympic efforts in "pissing for Britain" later tonight.

I think Adam obviously drew the short straw within the regular #GardenersWorld presenters in having to do his episode with heavy construction and big planting in what was obviously one of the recent heat waves. He looks a bit scorched... definitely in need of watering!

I bet this rose lady keeps David Austen company going! Looks fantastic though. #GardenersWorld

If you enjoy a bit of bindweed clearing, pop round here, Adam. I've got plenty to entertain you! #GardenersWorld

Ah good old Carol.... keeping up the British Grit Marketing Board adverts on #GardenersWorld! 😉🤣🤣

That's a very impressive delphinium display. #GardenersWorld