The creative industries is one of the largest sectors of the UK economy - just saying ….

This is great to see, but Ed Miliband and the whole of government now need to stop using Elon Musk’s hellsite bsky.app/profile/matt...

Miliband says it's 'possible' government should come off Elon Musk's X social media platform DO IT www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty. If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐 There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles. Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.

How is this not front page news? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

. “The U.S. is ceding this technology future to China no question,”-. “If climate change is the dominant issue of this century, it’s clear China is the super power that is doing something about it.”

Well said Lewis -given the amount of data that people voluntarily give to US tech companies - I have never had any issue with compulsory ID

Twitter is a particularly stark example but in general the gap between the public and elites (left+right) on ID cards is huge

I just signed the petition to to demand the Government tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Hilarious

Fascinating data on ancient DNA and the mixing of ancient populations

Another of the epic waterfalls in western Norway

Lots of water in the impressive waterfalls “thanks” to heavy rain in August

One from our recent trip to Scandinavia in the camper-van

This is how blatantly the #BBC and other news favours Reform. This is appalling and unbalanced and needs addressing NOW. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

ember-energy.org/latest-insig... . China is the biggest investor in clean energy worldwide, spending $625 billion USD in 2024 – 31% of the global total of $2,033bn. The volume of installed battery storage tripled in the three years to 2024.

The price tag to upgrade the entire UK to cheap, clean energy is £319 billion. That’s just 8 times what the UK Gov had to spend capping rocketing gas prices in winter 2022/3 👇 Instead of pouring money away propping up yesterday’s dirty tech and wrecking our home, why not invest for a better future?

NEW: Some cities used to be far better at shading windows and doors to keep buildings cool in summer... I spoke to one designer who has looked to the past for climate adaptation ideas. www.thereengineer.pro/p/the-big-co...

Great thread, hopefully story. I’ve never been sure how much you can trust the sun-national GVA data (even before the problems at the ONS), but this story about Greater Manchester seems very plausible based on what we know

The inglorious 12th tomorrow. On the left the devastation of a driven grouse moor on the right an alternative vision 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌳

Follow @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social. They push for 10 wealth tax reforms (including a wealth tax) that could raise £60 billion a year. taxjustice.uk/blog/how-to-...

Income & Inequality in the Nordic Countries More about the map: brilliantmaps.com/income-in...

A few years ago my colleague @codrinacretu.bsky.social wrote about the rise of Climate Inactivism which has, sadly, proven very astute. Rather than outright denying climate change, inactivists argue we just need to go slower. Gonna make a thread of some classic tells of an inactivist argument…

Well done Ed, this brief statement is a good start. But how shameful the house was so empty, particularly the opposition benches. The next step is to give MPs a full briefing. How can they make the right decisions unless they're armed with the facts? www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLe3...

Gorgeous- it would be great to see a hefty dollop of TLC lavished on this. I hope it gets the care it d deserves

NEWS: C20 has requested a key decorative element be saved from the former home of London College of Fashion (TP Bennett, 1959-63), which is set to be redeveloped: This square mosaic panel (artist unknown) on the building's Oxford Street elevation depicts tailors shears, a sewing machine and ribbon.

NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction 🧵 www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/6

Ben More #2 - which is better ?

Ben More , Mull

Sanna Bay , Ardnamurchan

Sanna Bay

Pugin’s St Giles , Cheadle

Ferns on Mull #3

Ferns on Mull

Haven’t posted any photos for a while so heres a few iPhone shots from a recent trip to Mull

Gary Larson. Genius...

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

This is nuts. We shouldn’t have to be fighting needless battles like this. So annoying. Just like the coal mine farce, mad ideas like this just get in the way of sensible policy making for improving lives and dealing with climate.

-Spot on.Excellent thread from @robertsaunders.bsky.social. Disgraceful language.Politically suicidal and cowardly emulation of Farage. Wrong not to make the case for migration &Dishonest with voters: who is to pay for social care & universities if we reduce migration ?

Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue. Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n

And politically stupid, too. Alienates core vote (& they do have places to go) in pursuit of votes he'll rarely get, & demolishes his core policy agenda of growth, making his re-election more unlikely. Even those (inc. me) willing to cut him a lot of slack feel betrayed. A truly awful day for UK.

Europe/ US electrification (de-carbonisation) vs China shows how we will be left behind if we dont stick to #netzero

The vast fire on #Dartmoor should alert us to the ecological disaster there. This should not be a fire-prone landscape. Were it not for the elimination of trees by grazing, the vegetation type on the high moor would be temperate rainforest, which is extremely hard to burn. But only specks remain.

Nice thread on the old Ouse Bridge in York

Delightful film about a 1300year old inn in Japan in 718 AD, operated by the same family for 46 consecutive generations.

The total net investment needed for net zero—and a more prosperous future—is just 40% of the £795B wealth of Britain’s billionaires. Just saying.

Heartily agree 👇

If, like 80s me, you saw the Habitat catalogue as a kind of manual for an imagined future, you will love this.