So pleased to see my old home of Hockerton Housing Project now offering ceremonies. While there we delivered a funeral, naming ceremony and wedding for residents & they were the most beautiful, meaningful days. Super eco venue w/ talented residents. www.hockertonhousingproject.org.uk/blog/

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heat pump successfully moved to the boundary. Time to wrap its feet to match its body.

Found them

Anyone on the March? Where’s the climate bloc

Cleaning my mind and timeline with some dahlia joy. Back to the jobs I shd be doing.

Know a landlord who wants to understand what #MEES could mean for them - I’m pleased to share @ecofurb.bsky.social has scaled its advice services to offer cost-effective options for landlords of every size. 1/2 ecofurb.com/ecofurb-for-...

Last day of the consultation on #MEES and #DecentHomes. For the former the main flag for landlords is that EPCs pre #EPC reform (due 2026) are valid ten years so getting homes sorted now could buy time (plus benefit your tenants now). Want advice? Help’s here ecofurb.com/ecofurb-for-...

Every student I've asked about commuting into Nottingham has told me how my son can dodge ticket barriers - now that we're trying to navigate train/tram/bus I'm starting to realise why (but we won't)

I'm currently trying to compute the cheapest way to get my SEN son to college, am a few hours in and have a spreadsheet on the go with all the options, and have now gone down a rabbit hole of wondering how many SEN kids have SEN parents, and HTF do they work through this stuff. 1/4

Maybe Eric Cantona’s trawler statement was actually an attempt to warn Man United about Grimsby

Well done @grimsbytown.bsky.social and well done that fella for the celebratory knee slide to the camera. Joyous.

Need to buy a new tv. Having spent more than the cost of a tv trying to repair 2 Samsungs which decided to fail at the same time 🤦‍♀️. Do all tvs promote GB News or is that just a Samsung thing? Is there a make which will let me delete apps (not just remove them only for them to reappear)

Love this but also I try not to use online maps all the time, or my sense of direction and awareness of place would go dark.

Really wish more time in school English classes had been spent on how we read, without judgement. Joining a book club has been a revelation in how my mind compares to others. Pretty sure more consideration of that wd have been more helpful than the resulting grade.

A year ago non-EHCP SEN provision broke my son (and me). How can a school offer SEN but also be unable to adapt the curriculum and requirements to sit GCSEs completely unattainable to my son? It can’t. I wdnt have been able to u/stand SEN before my son and don’t think Whitehall can now.

Housing association runs into financial trouble, regulator de-registers it and lender gets to marketise the affordable homes at 10x the rent www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

One of my favourite Facebook memories. Screenshots of the French version of GBBO. Absolute carnage.

Given the UK Government first published plans for bringing homes off gas was published ~15 years ago, with intent to deliver by 2030, a CEO who hasn’t planned a pivot is a) lucky but b) surely on borrowed time? Even if regs have been delayed, the direction of travel hasn’t changed.

The UN human rights rapporteurs also said on 1 July , 'According to international standards, acts of protest that damage property, but are not intended to kill or injure people, should not be treated as terrorism.' The Terrorism Act 2000 must be amended. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Electronics repair in UK - somewhere that can fix a mechanical keyboard (ergodox): recommendations please! Willing to pay up to secondhand cost to keep out of landfill (about £200)

Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha. Haahahahahahaaaha

Shame on #channel4. The one comedy that recognises mid life for women. They probably think it’s enough to have a man dressed as a woman on #BBC. To make more room for male-written comedy and male-hosted housing no doubt. 🥱 www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8427...

There is nothing as invigorating as cycling … along a narrow path bordered with nettles … only to find a dead end so you have to cycle back with all the nettles pointing at you ready for another go.

Anyone else signed up to the @energysyscat.bsky.social a2a heat pump trial? Think we scared the surveyor off by questioning why the company had defined what we were eligible for before the survey - based on the budget not the house! Suggested we used the single unit to heat our conservatory!

Very much enjoying the ‘green crap’ and net zero wokeness of having a house that stays cool enough - without ac - that I forget it’s hot outside. Hope those climate deniers are enjoying sleepless nights.

Moved on from every local trade having helped build my house. Today a local farmer and part time digger driver came round and said he last came to our house on a tour with his infants school. Back then it had compost loos, the highlight of any school tour!

Much confusion at my son insisting Joe Biden was in Centre Court - says he saw him on tv while I was at Court 1. Then, “you know, the comedian”. “Ah, Rob Brydon”

We get the latest GDP figures tomo at 7am. So ahead of that, for #wakeuptomoney, tell me: how’s business? Let me know your industry and what you’re seeing

Want to keep up with #retrofit policy proposals? Join us on 30th July: Navigating #DecentHomes and #MEES. We’ll be covering the impacts and ways to manage them - for landlords, loca authorities and lenders events.teams.microsoft.com/event/aab35f...

Off to Wimbledon. Still calling it Timbledon.

Scotland’s HEETSA proposals aim to create accredited advice beyond #EPCs. Cd guide owners on suitable retrofit and heating systems, intro standards (skills + advice), fill gaps in methods to allow tailoring to household, & perhaps support future regulations. V welcome. www.gov.scot/publications...

Anyone else working thru a mountain of #retrofit related consultations? Turns out @scottishgov.bsky.social #HEETSA condoc doesn’t help insomnia and I’ve consumed it overnight. Very welcome move to accredit advice beyond #EPCs. Nice mention for @ecofurb.bsky.social 1/n www.gov.scot/publications...

Happy weekend. Two sea swims today, off the wild, windy and surprisingly warm Lincolnshire coast, has set mine off to a v good start.

Need this.

And on it goes. Israeli politicians using UK media to stoke up outrage around Bob Vylan & Kneecap must be laughing their heads off at how easy it all is. I think this brings the Palestinian death toll *since the Glastonbury performance* in to triple figures. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Former business owner here. If your employees need to claim benefits to make ends meet, they aren't the benefit scroungers. You are.

Felt v old watching #glasto last night - please can women stop the writhing on the floor thing, I’m worried they’ll get splinters - much prefer the party bangers from Scissor sisters and Chic.

So our son has just started watching Nativity 🎅 The days are getting shorter after all.

Back from #housing2025 and thinking about a client’s timely question of what next after #MEES, and why the sector needs to ask the question now. www.cotality.com/uk/insights/...

At a school reunion, turns out a classmate designs SMR, and we’ll be ok

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 reminds me - is UK govt learning from French experience in 2003? Three issues: nuclear reactors had to shut down/restrict output; understanding which homes/households were at risk; and planning permission for external shading. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Pathways to Work Green Paper sets out plans to cut billions from health and disability benefits. Instead of getting people into work, these cuts will push hundreds of thousands into poverty. Our new report looks at the impact of cuts to PIP, UC health & scrapping the WCA (🧵)

We knew money is wasted due to planning #retrofit delivery in a ‘sustainability silo’, & once we’d built our Asset Manager Workspace to integrate retrofit w/ repairs and maintenance the savings were 👀 . Here’s why the sector needs the synergies, for tenants, taxpayers & targets tinyurl.com/Cotality

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is something a bit different, a landing Puffin in slowmo! #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

Anyone know if this will apply in UK?

A hammock. Dappled shade. A long week. Not looking good for book club 😴

I offered Bob Holness a ‘T’. I think he actually ordered a coffee. #blockbusters