Yorkshire Water announces hosepipe ban after driest spring in 132 years

What a pleasant surprise to hear from Action Oak @actionoak.bsky.social at our IWater event.

I had a productive call with Ursula von der Leyen this morning. We’re ready to build on our free trade relationship, bolster economic security, and work side-by-side on shared defence and security challenges. When Canada and the European Union build together, our futures are stronger.

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

Where is our humanity?

It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear Farage’s "biggest rally in history" flopped northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." A quote from George Orwell's novel, 1984, and modus operandi of Trump's cabinet. youtube.com/watch?v=dkK_...

Fellow Canadian Jasmine Mooney makes it home after two weeks of Kafkaesque detainment. The cruelty is the point. And so is making a lot of money from people's misery. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US Department of Justice pardon attorney gets sacked for refusing to roll over for Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, and wait for it, Mel Gibson. Law and order is now whatever MAGAmerica says it is. #DarkestTimeline

Civil disobedience is often necessary. Thank you Chris Kluwe.#civil disobedience

No baskets, no trolleys, no self serve scanners today at Selly Oak, Birmingham location. @sainsburys.bsky.social, you can't run stores with a skeleton crew.

There are loads of challenges ahead. But I'd like to thank @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social for keeping the Rea River route tidy. My fly tipping reports are always actioned quickly. Let's hope we #KeepBrumTidy in 2025.

UK drinking water ranks among the safest in the world. Keeping standards high needs appropriately accredited testing labs and equipment. @theguardian.com lays out another Brexit "disbenefit" that smarter people than me could've advertised next to that red bus back in the day. First @bsky.app post.