I love the way she introduces Count Binface with "the sole challenger to nigel farage". Fox not even counted 🤣🤣

...WTF! What BS is this. :/

When will ministers & Labour MPs leave X? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The criminal who funded Nigel Farage before his election made undisclosed donations to Reform UK in an apparent breach of electoral law. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... Latest from me and Insight

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Recent Belgian Heatwave Declared Deadliest on Record: “the situation during the peak weekend was so severe that excess mortality surpassed even the worst weekend of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between June 22nd and June 27th, a staggering 1,747 excess deaths were recorded.” #Belgium #heatwave #europe

I'm finally digging into the cross tabs underlying the @searchlightinst.bsky.social memo telling Dems not to talk about climate change. It surprised me, but may not surprise you, that the memo lies about what US swing voters actually said in the polling. Let's have a look, shall we? 🧵

China's June EV exports reached 523,000 units—a 160% increase over 2025—and for the first time were more than half of all Chinese vehicle exports. EV exports were up 120% for first 6 months of 2026. EV sales surge 91% outside of China, Europe & US! battery-tech.net/battery-mark... #energysky

Seemingly Cottrell's mum has donated £1.5m to Refuk / Refuk-linked entities. Which seems a lot for a 'retired stylist' whose deceased husband left her a £1.5m estate. Reminds me of how Farage's gf could fund that Clacton house... There is no suggestion of any wrong-doing though. Or right-doing.

Temperatures have exceeded 34°C today for the 8th day this year 🌡️ That makes it a record for the most number of 34°C or higher in a calendar year 👇 The record was previously set in 1976 and 2020 for 7 days

🇬🇧 Homes with solar panels generated around £40 million of electricity during June’s heatwave, according to Uswitch. The UK now has about 1.7 million homes with 🍃 ☀️ solar panels. Many made the most of long, sunny days by using more of their own power and selling extra back to the grid.

Two headlines from today's papers

My daughter sent me the 7-day forecast for where she lives in Arizona Friday 7/10 112°/ 89° Saturday 7/11 110°/ 89° Sunday 7/12 109°/ 89° Monday 7/13 109°/ Tuesday 7/14 110°/ 91° Wednesday 7/15 109°/ 89° Thursday 7/16 106°/ 88° Friday 7/17 100°/ 84° Saturday 7/18 101°/ 85° Sunday 7/19 104°/ 87

I went in a heat chamber so you wouldn't have to. They tested me at 35°C & 50% humidity, like in the record heatwave in June. What did I learn? Despite being in decent health, I'm not well adapted to the heat--and you probably aren't either. www.newscientist.com/article/2533...

if it was good enough for Larry Craig, it should be good enough for our soldiers

I thought this was in connection to the other thing for a second

🚨 NEW: Police say Ann Widdecombe's alleged murder is not currently being treated as politically-motivated

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp... Man, 26, arrested on suspicion of murder after Ann Widdecombe found dead at home - BBC News WTF!!! Wasn't a fan but violence is never the answer

What if I told you one woman, with little accountability, is wearing the name of the United Nations to launder false anti-trans forum posts into global legal fights, including the US Supreme Court? Our reporter S. Baum investigates Reem Alsalem in our collaboration piece with The Nation.

I'm not sure if you can find more brutal car numbers than China 2026 part 1 (first half) by @thinkercar.bsky.social in China (aka Shanghai production) Tesla is now bigger than Audi and BMW combined (yes this includes exports) I'd not be surprised if #Xiaomi ends FY above all Germans except VW

Goodwood Festival of Speed livestream link, for your viewing pleasure. www.youtube.com/live/DcgTWc0...

In case you missed it: Exxon's executive counsel is leaving the company to join the U.S. DOJ's newly renamed Energy & Natural Resources division, which lists blocking climate lawsuits against oil and gas majors as a priority. 🫠🫠

you thought Mercedes was bad? here's BMW: "which also owns the Mini and Rolls-Royce brands, expects an automaking margin of 1% to 3% this year after the measure declined to 5.3% in 2025. That would put BMW on course to be least profitable major Euro automaker" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🔴 NEW: The UK Allows Former Politicians To Break Lobbying Rules With Impunity. That Could Be About To Change The free-for-all in which former Government ministers are able to cash in on their connections, with little to no scrutiny, could be about to end, reports… Read the full story below.

oh good grief

Former MI6 officer Christopher Steele told a conference on Russian interference on Tuesday that the UK's 2024 GE cost roughly £94.5m in total, compared with around $2bn in the US A single Wisconsin Supreme Court judge election drew about $100m It makes UK elections comparatively cheap to influence

Nearly 80 Labour MPs sign letter urging Andy Burnham to retreat on Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms, warning voters in Makerfield did not talk about “making it harder for care workers and nurses to settle here” and raising serious concerns over hostile rhetoric 👏🏼 inews.co.uk/news/politic...

The biggest barrier to EV adoption in the U.S. isn’t charging, isn’t range, isn’t cost, it’s misinformation. I’m constantly seeing variations of this play out over and over and over again. It’s like saying don’t get a smart phone because the palm stylus wasn’t very accurate.

Reuters: EU drafts ‘Buy European’ rules for public tenders to curb foreign dependence – ‘would allow European authorities to rule out bids for big public contracts that have less than 50% European content and favour EU companies in strategic sectors.’

If you're using mu and want to set-up two-factor authentication or app passwords, you need to be logged in with your username and password NOT with OAuth (the default option). After you login go to settings -> Privacy and Security

Send the bill to Trump

The EU tariffs on BEVs is really a failing strategy as they dont apply it to ICEs and PHEVs. It is too rarely mentioned how they just tryed to close the door on BEVs. Now they will probably include PHEVs and not ICE 🙄

The world added <12GW of ☢️ for context. Lol ☢️

"Shares of Musk's SpaceX took a beating on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the company made its debut in the Nasdaq-100... The stock slid to a record low of just over $145 by late afternoon on Wednesday — below its IPO opening price of $150 — a disappointing outcome for investors..."

🚨 NEW: Nearly 80 Labour MPs have signed a letter demanding Andy Burnham scraps Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms "We need an expansion of managed asylum routes, a review of the pause on family reunion and the introduction of right to work for asylum seekers"

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🚨 BREAKING: The Met Police is conducting a criminal investigation into at least £500,000 donated to Reform UK by the mother of convicted fraudster George Cottrell before the 2024 election

Mr Jenrick's wife, as I understand it, does not have British citizenship

I’ve just invited my MP to an urgent briefing on the disastrous US-UK pharma deal, which threatens to cause 229,000 extra deaths. Invite yours here: act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4853

He knows, Rupert Lowe is disgusting.

THIS IS FINE

Solar's sharp rise continues. As of April 2026, global solar capacity now exceeds 3 terawatt. 1 gigawatt → 1 terawatt: 20+ years 1 terawatt → 2 terawatt: 33 months 2 terawatt → 3 terawatt: 19 months

🔴 NEW: A Hostile Foreign State Could ‘Buy A UK Election For Just £25m’ By Andy Pryce A former UK diplomat who spent a decade tracking Russian influence operations explains how open our politics is to foreign capture Read the full story below.

Tolkien wrote a YA novel where the villain was Smaug, an evil dragon that hoarded wealth & polluted the earth. Everyone working in tech who loves that book & that author has missed its point. These are also the same people who assert that thinking about literature is a waste of time. 🤬🤬

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Rome is going after the EU's number 1 environmental rule: That public funds shouldn't pay for dirty, polluting projects. That won't sit well with a bloc of EU countries — particularly the Nordics — pushing in the opposite direction. Read our exclusive: www.politico.eu/article/ital...

Leaked WhatsApp messages reveal Reform UK has ordered its northern activists to abandon their high-stakes Manchester mayoral campaign to travel 250 miles and rescue Nigel Farage's chaotic Clacton by-election. 📊🚗👇

BYD Denza Sports car reveal #ev youtu.be/Ip-8hIhFnzY?...