Zack Polanski is discovering you don’t need hypnotherapy to make a massive boob.

🌱 We will be running two 1-day in-person training days on designing and building with EcoCocon straw wall system, a mix of theory and practice: 5th August Carlisle 19th August NSBRC Swindon If you're an architect, homeowner or a builder seriously interested in joining, please let me know.

I used to think thw German Greens transitioning Germany away from nuclear and renewables and back toward coal was the most anti-green Green Party policy I'd see in Europe, but subsidising fossil fuel usage during the best transition opportunity of our lifetimes gives it a run for its money

Yay for healthy Passivhaus! "The ... Passivhaus Low Energy Building Standard was central to improving residents’ health and wellbeing by reducing energy bills, enhancing ventilation, and maintaining stable indoor temperatures." Good for hearts and lungs, and safer winters for vulnerable residents.

Putin’s aims for Ukraine are textbook genocidal. He says Ukraine doesn’t get to exist, that Ukrainian language & culture doesn’t exist. His actions - civilian massacres, occupation, executing people who have Ukrainian symbols, the child abductions - all genocidal

Creating a humanoid robot that can catch you no matter how fast you can run does not actually give the comfort the manufacturer intended.

Buring stuff is bad - who knew? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We need to judge a political party by what they do with their power. The Green Party aren’t serious about tackling climate change. Large Solar Farms are the lowest carbon, lowest cost energy we can get. They are also more biodiverse than the farmland they will replace.

@catherinerowett.bsky.social Hey Catherine, how are you? Good I hope. 😊 So, many of us have now seen the BBC article where you oppose large scale solar farms. While I understand your concerns re your local community, you do know this is impractical don't you? (1) www.bbc.com/news/article...

A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol

re-upping this following yet more fossil-fuel-friendly comments from the Tony Blair Institute - How ‘out of touch’ Tony Blair became a serious threat to climate action - ex-PM’s lucrative links with fossil fuel nations criticised #cllimatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I went to a new opticians today, old glasses never been 100% After eyetest the optician put my glasses in his lensmeter which fed detailed optical spec into his computer. Noted my new prescription was 0.25 diopter higher, maybe worth new glasses. At home I looked at old precsription: same as todays

Currently on 51% to rejoin

"The image clearly depicts me as a simple vendor of seafood sandwiches"

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Nothing that was ever real has been lost, and slightly more of a grasp on reality has been gained 👍👍👍

One is reminded of the story of King Croesus, who, before attacking Persia, consulted the oracle. The oracle told him that if he proceeded, he would destroy a great nation. What Croesus didn't realize was that the nation would be his own.

Don't subsidise energy prices during a supply crisis: give cash transfers to low-income and vulnerable households instead.

🚨NEW BLOGPOST 🚨 The Hormuz crisis has a real chance of causing energy shortages in the UK. The government is insisting it's business as usual, and opposition parties are arguing for fiscal measures that will stoke shortages. Neither is serious. open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...

"Boldly going where no man has gone before..."

That woman is a legend. No fucking about arguing, just straight under there. Also "Can you please go away, this is a national emergency." = derisive laughter from me.

💥 BREAKING NEWS: the UK has officially entered its Straw Era 🌾

Really enjoyed this by @evanhd.bsky.social - especially the line about this being the first time since the Stone Age we’ve moved away from burning stuff to keep ourselves warm. And he’s right about the central problem in Britain: electricity is just too expensive relative to gas (unlike in France)

It's happening #R4Today

; BREAKING! 🚨 Farage wants to cancel Christmas and ban Easter! no Christmas lights in Trafalgar square, blessing of the crib ceremony cancelled, carol singing forbidden, Christmas tree can fuck off back to Norway, Good Friday crucifixon re-enactment cancelled. ReFoRm HaS gOnE WoKe!!!

Possible solution to the Strait of Hormuz?

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. It does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz or any other geopolitical chokepoint.

move slow and repair things

Irregular reminder that heat pumps work in old buildings - this is our local cinema, built in 1910, not insulated - but now warm thanks to air-air heat pumps

And all I want is #AbolishThePatriarchy 🫠

🙌52 new Passivhaus/ PHI LEB homes for Somerset! Greengauge was Passivhaus Consultant & M&E Designer on Nailsea social housing development, led by N. Somerset Council & Stonewood Homes. 44 homes certified @ Passivhaus Classic/ Plus 8 homes certified @ PHI LEB ggbec.co.uk/portfoli...

If you liked Guy Martin's House Without Bills, architect Hannah Dixon / Progress in Practice and the builder Josh Day / Mysza Group take a deep dive into this EnerPHit retrofit project From the @passivhaustrust.bsky.social Retrofit Case Study Series www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgY2...

Apropos of nothing in particular, just resharing this chart showing why North Sea gas is drying up (we burned it all already)

Honestly the collective national level of disdain for Brits living in Dubai on all my social media platforms today really is bringing the UK together as one in a way that's hard to achieve in the modern era.

The current argument of the British right is that Muslims turned out in "blocs" with "family voting" to cast their ballots for a party led by a gay Jewish man, and this shows that multiculturalism has failed, voting is "sectarian" and we are in a crisis. Hmmmmmm.

This looks logical enough - till you ralise there's actually a bloody great hole full of mud and water, untraversably bisecting the blue half 🤯 Map *actually* looks like this

Looking at these ebikes in pic I don't think the police are limited to 15mph here - would it be helpful to call them electric motorbikes? (can see motorebike helmet, I assume they are legally motorbikes)

Owners of Ring doorbells are being advised to smash them to splinters after a commercial showed how they could be used to surveil and identify humans with AI. Super Bowl LX may be remembered as the start of a counter-revolution against the technology. lloydalter.substack.com/p/the-smart-...

Another AI side-effect - computer chip prices have doubled! Motherboard on my PC just failed. RAM not compatible with new one so bothering to replace with 2nd hand from ebay (to save about £800 - also reflecting only performance upgrade I need is for it to work reliably)

Peaky blinder - Energy specialist Es Tressider transforms '70s Highland home into one of the best #retrofits we've ever published, using a high skillset & #retrofit innovation to create a comfy, healthy family haven with breathtaking views of Ben Nevis. mailchi.mp/passivehouse... #passivehouse

Do please respond to this consultation and push back on the government's sickening proposals to fuck up the security of our colleagues, neighbours carers and friends. Closes tonight. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Irregular reminder that heat pumps work in old buildings - this is our local cinema, built in 1910, not insulated - but now warm thanks to air-air heat pumps

I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?

This is on tonight on Channel 4 at 9pm. Very interested to see how they make telly out of retrofit.

7 new petrol cars sold in Norway last month! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Pretty happy with the final result!

Wood burners treble children’s exposure to pollution in homes, study finds - Research in Wales found that home, not outdoor travel, was largest contributor to children’s daily exposure #airpollution Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📺 Guy Martin's 'House Without Bills' Passivhaus retrofit takes centre stage in the Channel 4 programme Guy Martin’s 'House Without Bills' on Monday 9 February 2026 at 9pm. Read more: https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1534 AECB Passive House Plus Nesta Passive House Accelerator

Morning!