Chart of the day. The energy transition is happening in real time! 😍

Grid-scale batteries are going in an absolutely wild pace. Every whingey objection to renewables you've ever heard is basically solved by batteries. This is happening whether any of the hopeless dipshits running the US want it or not.

Cat in a basket

Independent Green Voice also on the Edinburgh & Lothians East list as well, be careful when voting

A feel-good story if you need it. Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries bylinetimes.com/2026/04/09/f...

Keep Elon Musk and his like out of UK politics: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

This looks like a real possibility for a way to reopen the Edinburgh South Suburban to commuters chng.it/6BPJ7CgRbw

Now that she owns Jeremy Clarkson (net worth £55m) Victoria Derbyshire's family have to pay inheritance tax on him when she dies.

Can highly recommend The Lucan Obsession on BBC Sounds by @alexvont.bsky.social - it's helping me get through today by being a fascinating exploration of a 50 year old mystery (and therefore nothing to do with current politics)

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