No matter what you think of Shamima Begum or what she did, this decision set a precedent which could lead to my mum getting deported. Out of all the appalling things the last government did, including Brexit, it's right up there with the worst.

Entirely by chance @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social showed this around the time of this episode and I finally had time to watch the film last night and listened to the pod this morning.

We made the changes to the house for environmental reasons but if you're arguing with someone who doesn't believe in climate change just show them my annual electricity bill. We have an EV so don't forget this figure includes fuel for the car.

Spooner's career as a continuity announcer was short-lived

They've pulled it out of the hat again. This is fantastic.

This is an excellent article. It doesn't mention the BUS grant - I assume deliberately, that's not the focus of the article - so I would just add that you'll get £7.5k off the cost of installation.

Great thread about what is, let's be honest, my absolute favourite film.

Believe it or not I have stayed in this building and I loved every second of it. It's an incredible place... Crowdfunder anyone? search.savills.com/property-det...

Watching Amélie and there's a line which is rendered in the subtitles as "I've known lots of boys, they're interested until they discover chestnuts and snowballs" - I can only assume this is a French idiom that I don't know, which doesn't work in English.

I was really sad to hear that Brighton Retired Greyhounds are having to close their doors after nearly 50 years of rehoming these gentle dogs. If you're in the area and thinking of getting a dog they're great pets. #Greyhound www.brightonrgt.org.uk

Watching The Sea Devils and I was struck by Pertwee's impeccable radio procedure, which reminded me that any actor his age would have seen war service. Quite an incredible career. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Per...

And what is the name of the episode? Charlie X Oof

My copy arrived today and I've read a fraction of it. It's more than a magazine, something new that I can't quite define. The writing is dense, beautiful and always fascinating. I've learned loads and I'm not even half way through.

This is awful and I hope everyone will be ok but... Don't we all think we should stop burning stuff? A battery the size of a traditional diesel genny would happily run lighting and power tools all day. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Follow Emma. These debunking threads are just absolutely brilliant.

Like everyone else caught up in the Unbound “drama”, John Finnemore is working out what to do with a book that was terminated with incompetent prejudice by people who vanished. If you would like a lovely Xmas gift, he’s opened a shop, announced in this post here! open.substack.com/pub/johnfinn...

I've been seeing a lot of these around as well, interesting backstory! I haven't driven any myself but I keep up with reviews, the consensus seems to be that recent Chinese cars have left European brands in the dust...

Sultana and Corbyn act like they were put together in a competition by Simon Cowell and now they're contractually obliged to go on tour

This is extraordinary. The high street here is shared-use (pedestrianised with vehicles allowed for deliveries and disabled access) and I frequently see drivers bullying pedestrians out of the way by revving engines, coming too close and sounding horns. I fear this will happen here.

My #CrossBorderRail trip from Brugge 🇧🇪to Nuits-sous-Ravières 🇫🇷has gone so badly, and will leave me €59.94 out of pocket So Alberto Mazzola of @cer-railways.bsky.social is getting an open letter and an invoice for €59.94 from me Here's the letter 👇 jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...

If the EV road charge is set at 3p per mile tomorrow, that's about the same as adding 25p per litre to fuel duty. Let that sink in.

I've got a (fairly) golden rule never to chat about prosecutions on here because We Do Not Know All The Facts but I'm going to break it just this once - this bloody well was harassment. Genuinely stunned he was found not guilty.

I definitely have followers eligible for this, if anyone fancies a go at a prize draw.

This article is quietly and forensically furious at the bluster and the lies. Lord knows I'd love to forget about covid but we mustn't - the lessons from this are too important for next time - and there will be a next time.

Went to Herstmonceux Observatory today, which is a brilliant museum, but the question in our heads all day was "does anyone ever still look through these telescopes?" One of them had a 90-odd year working life, surely it would still be useful for education at least!

I've always been fascinated by sci fi book covers, here's a lovely little anecdote about the one on an excellent Star Trek novel.

This one hit really hard. So much going on that I read as WWII allegory when first broadcast that's actually happening around the world now. My grandad was still alive when this was broadcast and he always warned against complacency, he knew fascism might come back.

always remember: Terry Pratchett said trans rights this book was written in 1996 by a 48 year old British man and no cis person in 2025 has a single goddamn excuse to behave differently

This matches our experience. We don't have "significant levels of insulation" but we do have a battery which helps shift the load to off-peak times. Like comparing fossil cars with EVs, the difference in efficiency is just incredible.

So having annoyed the whole sector by announcing a cut to the BUS grant... They're actually improving it. Yes, I know Labour are doing some terrible things. They are also doing some good things and obscuring them with the worst comms the world has ever seen.

Every word of this. Policies that will cost consumers more, suffocate nascent industries, leave us dependent on gas for longer, and jeopardise green transition are really not great overall..... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Always worth listening to Rahaeli on this stuff. FWIW I think it's pretty obvious the post was a joke but it's not a joke I'd have made either on here or around a pub table with friends.

This is the core of it. Yes I am one of those middle class people, but it's also benefited my neighbours and all the people in that supply chain. Several of the installers were very young, this better not take their careers away.

This is as stupid as the Tories kneecapping solar. That subsidy is needed while we build the industry, we're not there yet but this will lead to job losses - even if you don't care about decarbonising home heat. Sincerely hope this doesn't happen.

They've got Rock Star Ate My Hamster on here!!

It's International Women in Science Day ♀️, and I want to talk briefly about Rosalind Franklin. A conventional choice for unconventional reasons: Dr. Franklin was one of the FIRST STRUCTURAL VIROLOGISTS. Let's talk about her work outside of the Crick & Watson debacle.

I also came home from seeing Bugonia, talked about it to my wife at some length then said "no it's definitely not for you." For the record I loved it, but not for everyone. youtu.be/q_OBGb3XxJo?...

I love an overcoat but it's just never cold enough to need one any more. Mine - 1980s British Rail uniform - didn't even come out of the wardrobe last year. I miss it.

Well, after three years without them I am a speccy once again. Bit annoying but not the end of the world, it'll just be for driving and so on. Still very glad indeed that I got LASEK but wish I'd done it a bit sooner, would have been nice to have a bit more time without glasses.

Star Trek TNG, S5E19: Captain Picard yells at Wesley do to the right thing and Nick Lorcano* yells at Wesley to do the wrong thing, and Wes has to decide who he's more afraid of *legally distinct from Tom Paris 8/10 cool story, shame none of this will ever come up again

This B5 rewatch takes on new resonance all the time. Seeing B5 security taken over by Night Watch while stories about ICE are coming out of the USA... This was an allegory in the 90s, it looks like an awful warning today.

The data continues piling up from non-sophisticated anecdotes, to sophisticated anecdotes (this one), right up to fleet telematics data that the battery management systems in EVs have solved battery degradation (at least to a level that keeps the vehicle on the road)...

This is a place that's very important to me, and a vital part of Hastings seafront. I really hope it can be saved. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This has been doing the rounds for a day or so now and I don't think it's a thing? That "rude" setting was always there, I've just checked my moderation settings and they're exactly how I left them. I don't think Bluesky is changing our settings behind our backs.

Just back from seeing Bugonia, which I enjoyed much more than Peter Bradshaw did. I thought it said a lot about conspiracy theories and how sad, angry people (ok, men) can be drawn into them. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

The UK press has seemingly panicked about solar panel fires over the last few days How concerned do we need to be? The numbers suggest... not very 🧵

There should be a Bake Off contestant that doesn't have any friends. No family to show up at the end, no anecdotes about their grandad's old leather suitcase or whatever. A contestant with a dark and tragic past who never smiles and swigs brown liquor as they bake

Horrifying and somehow unsurprising.

"You may be wondering why I 'ave zis ridiculous get up on. It is because I 'ave just 'eard the Nazis are terrified of the smell of onions."

This is joyous.