There is no hope…

When is bin day in Clacton? Thursday 13 August.

Candlelight #photography #chandelier #AmbientLight

If Spider-Man is your thing then iPlayer has you covered this month. #TV #Drama #Film #OnDemand #Streaming #SpiderMan

Yup. Pretty much.

Send them some brooms, Donald, why don't you, then they can sweep their forests properly. #Trump #insanity #ForestFires #Canada

Chair in Sunlight #Photography #StillLife

The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon looks like a landlocked country negotiated a corridor to the sea in case the inhabitants of Llandrindod Wells needed a safe haven from which to escape the barbarians. #maps

Thorium: The Future We Walked Away From youtu.be/eUXvxkveaUU #energy #nuclear #thorium #NetZero #ClimateCrisis #politics

Is that some AI imagining or is the real thing that Trumpian level vulgarity the real thing?

Centre Point #photgraphy #architecture #brutalism #London

Did I accidentally make 2½ portions of pasta by dumping all the spaghetti into the water instead of measuring? Why, yes it seems that I did. And did I deliberately eat it all? Oh yes! seems that I did that too. 🤣 #food #cooking #greedy

If an anonymous social media account contacted you claiming to be a recruiter / headhunter for SpaceX what would it take to persuade you it wasn't a joke or a scam?

And lunch… #food #cooking #baking #bread #lunch

Mrs where's the £37bn unlawfully appointed Test and Trace fiasco Penrose? No fekkin' way! www.change.org/p/the-depart... #NHS #England #politics

Boss Ceiling #photography #architecture #vault #ceiling #heraldry

but it will be released on physical media

Greek temple in Sicily you won’t want to miss youtube.com/shorts/a-XEL... #Sicily #Archeology #History

The two worlds I live in: World 1: Being told for 1/4 of a century by UK publishers & agents that my books will not sell outside this landmass due to being "too British". World 2: Writing a blog with subscribers who are 50% outside the UK & seeing more and more people buy my books on import.

Bubble and squeak Garlic mash for the bubble and squeak braised with onions, fresh sage adn rosemary. Okay, not visually impressive. But damned tasty. #food #cooking #potato #cabbage #dinner

Team binface out canvassing a windswept Clacton.

Ten batch rolls #food #cooking #baking #BreadMaking #yeast #rolls

It is mad that we have, somehow, allowed net zero - a policy common to all major parties under 5 years ago and supported by a majority of the public - to become a synoym for mad radicalism. It is doubly mad that we've allowed this to happen during the hottest summer on record.

Castelo di Calatubo Alcamo, province of Trapani, Sicily. #photography #ruins #castle #sicily

Brent above $85. European gas back over €50/MWh as Hormuz escalates again. A reminder: A fifth of global oil and LNG passes through that strait. Every heat pump, EV and electrified factory shrinks this exposure. Electrons made at home cannot be blockaded in a shipping lane.

#humour #humor

President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. has been extended several times. Now, it's set to last until Inauguration Day 2029. n.pr/3SVGd9e

So now you know.

Lucky start. Le Mot (@WordleFR) #1647 2/6 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 wordle.louan.me #Games #WordGames #Puzzles

Judge Kathleen Williams didn't just reject Trump's $1.776 billion "slush fund" deal—she dismantled it, step by careful step. It's one of the most consequential opinions of the year, and every page matters. I break down why. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Canal #Photography #sunrise #reflection #silhouette

This is the Amnesty International report on the anti-rights groups. These anti-rights groups have immediately engaged in lawfare to bury this report. *be a shame if people kept sharing it. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...

Nearly 11 years ago, I’d had a great night out with friends and got back to my flat in a state you’d call ‘rather tipsy’ You know when it’s late and you should go to bed but you’re not tired, you’re wired? That It was nearly getting late but I wasn’t ready to sleep 1/

Home made baked beans with braised cabbage and onion. #food #cooking #dinner

I need to know the backstory on this cake…

Democratic politicians telling us today how sad they are about Lindsey Graham's death because he purportedly had such a "great sense of humor" are why Democrats are currently struggling with a base angry and resentful at the evil agendas promoted by the likes of vile toadies like Lindsey Graham.

Rubber gloves with holes in them are worse than useless. They promise security then betray your trust.

Crumb #food #cooking #baking #bread #sourdough #crumb

Side Eye #photography #portrait

Why would anyone come up with a file naming scheme that allowed not for thirty three duodecillion five hundred and thirty undecillion and change files, but that number multiplied by the number of atoms in the observable universe (the Eddington number) files? It's good to have ambition, but…

I told myself that I would mop the kitchen floor while it was still cool in there. But in any rational order of cleaning mopping the floor comes last. So it remains unmopped and it is no longer cool. Maybe tomorrow?

Truth absolutely has an unintended but obvious liberal bias.

The world still tells us it's somehow a desirable quality to have lots of friends & adore company. I have tried for decades to fit that mold & found myself in various degrees of exhaustion. Some of us don't just prefer solitude, we actually, physically need it. And that is ok. #GoodMorning, everyone

Europe’s slow electrification is a ‘major mistake’, warns IEA chief archive.ph/fl2CT #energy #electricity #renewables #FossilFuels

Black Petunia (Not a perfume.) #photography #flower #allusion

This is hilarious.

Early this morning when lighting the oven didn't feel impossible. 2.022 kg (2 lb 4 oz). #food #cooking #baking #bread #sourdough

Caledonian Road #Photography #EveningLight #Urbanism #London

Unfortunately, too many schools teach only about what fascists do once they have already taken power... and neglect to teach student what the rise of authoritarianism looks and sounds like.