Morse Code "coin". Not particularly useful for learning but the "receive side" is interesting. See if you can figure it out.

Didn’t want to get affected like this giving evidence. Caught me by surprise. We all lost so much. We have to act on the inquiry’s recommendations. We have to be better now, so that we can be better next time.

A friend is driving to Ukraine next week (with basically no notice - job needed doing) to drop off lifesaving aid - and a vehicle to help efforts there. He's self funding the costs presently, but if any of you fancy helping him you can do so by donating here.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Fish killed off in yet another stream in Oxfordshire.

The Government needs to realise more regulation won’t fix our broken water system. We need to kick financial predators out & take it back into public control. But don’t just take it from me. Listen to a sewage campaigner who inspired Channel 4’s ‘Dirty Business’. @windrushwasp.bsky.social

Ticks next to a 5p coin - that’s the scale. Nymphs (poppy-seed sized) are so easy to miss! Check skin after being outdoors, especially hidden spots and remove ticks promptly. Awareness prevents Lyme. #TickAware #LymeDiseaseAwareness

Trump's tireless efforts to destroy the series of alliances forged by generations of American leaders of both parties are as striking as his relentless pursuit of the favor of Vladimir Putin. The story behind this will be told at some point.

Some thoughts - Shed no tears for Khamenei et al - Islamic Republic has been brutal at home and scourge regionally - Revolted at Bibi/Trump reckless and self interested adventurism - UK has little alternative re use of Fairford and Diego Garcia - defence of GCC is a thin but defensible line /1

Talisker bay, Isle of Skye #Scotland #Talisker #IsleofSkye www.damianshields.com

Dirty water, death and decline: the inside story of a privatisation scandal

After countless public campaigns, petitions, hefty fines and even a government inquiry, can three-part docudrama Dirty Business really make a difference? www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Excellent piece by @sandralaville who did so much of the early work to unocver this stinking scandal www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Jan is too modest. It's been 5 years since the hydrogen ladder came out. And at least 3 years since his conclusive meta-study of hydrogen studies. We were clear that hydrogen as a fuel was a terrible idea. Hydrogen promoters owe us billions in wasted money & years we can never recover.

Very excited about this factual drama which will bring to our screens two of my real life heroes Ashley Smith and Peter Hammond. It will be strange to see them portrayed by actors but the story is a great one although the villains, as with the PO scandal, have not yet been brought to justice.

Great insight here into the disastrous state of our politics today, and the role played by oligarchs and media moguls in corrupting government. One man may be the focus but the rot is set much deeper.

I yield to nobody in my hatred of these blockchain tokens, but this isn't quite right. There is no "con", nor is it "pyramid scheme" nor are the buyers "rubes." If any of that were true, the value would have hit zero years ago. /1

Flooding: it’s a ‘full waterproof’ kinda day. ICYMI when we ran them, we have two, very different articles on flooding in Oxfordshire. The first about the causes of flooding… oxfordclarion.uk/flooding-in-...

This is such a scandal - why are water companies not subject to the law? This has to end.

Agrivoltaics can help lettuce survive extreme heat #energysky -- via pv magazine usa:

I’m sure Indian billionaire, Sunny Varkey, wants to give Farage a ton of cash to improve the lives of the people of Clacton. And definitely not to lobby for crypto or fossil fuels or to have first dibs on the firesale of British assets (eg the NHS) that Farage is bartering for power. FFS wake up UK.

#Solar grazing: ‘triple-win’ for sheep farmers, renewables and society or just a PR exercise for energy companies? TLDR - the former www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Make no mistake: Trump is not calling off his genocide. He's just chastising Noem for putting a guy in charge who revealed his power level too soon. He's got nine months to go before midterms, he's got to slow his roll as he figures out how many ICE agents he needs to patrol key voting districts.

I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage

Link to the report here:

This is required reading

Useful explainer of the bazooka

A man called Chris Rokos paid himself £477m last year. It’s not clear what he does to earn it. Welcome to the Bermuda Triangle of the wealth-shuffling classes app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/72144/...

There's no reason why everyone except the PM shouldn't mention the two unmentionables

Sharing, or threatening to share, a deepfake intimate image without consent is a criminal offence. This offence, created by the Data Act last year, will be brought into force this week, and I will make it a priority offence in the Online Safety Act too. www.gov.uk/government/s...

Some pictures from last week's walking on the #southwestcoastpath in Devon (UK). We were blessed with glorious sunshine to take the edge off the bitter cold for three days before Goretti arrived. Ludo enjoyed the sunny days but battled through the wet last morning in his sou'wester.

We covered the project in an introductory long read last May: oxfordclarion.uk/abingdon-res... A three-part series by Vale of White Horse councillor Andy Cooke also took a forensic look at the proposals: oxfordclarion.uk/abingdon-res...

Sharing our starter pack for those new or recently come back to bluesky. As ever, let us know of any omissions. go.bsky.app/Gf6AWuT

Good morning here is your FT Weekend thread of highlights because it is freezing and you should stay inside. Gift links are free 300x. I don’t want a repeat of the Yann LeCun lunch where it escaped our little community and I had AI fans shouting about links for days.

This is good to see. There is no valid excuse or reason to use Musk's hell site.

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

Russia will not accept any peace deal that allows Ukraine to aggressively defend itself the next time we invade it.

Some tlc for Santa from #sophiefromromania before what’s left of him goes away until next year

Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway. It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything. Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨

Water companies are issuing increasing amounts in 'green' bonds - over £10bn since 2017. We found cases where funds have refinanced completed projects & others where the money was used for activities that companies are obliged by law to deliver My latest: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/11/30/w...

• ”In exchange for a share of the profits, the Americans will be tasked with marketing Russian gas in Europe.” • ”For the Russians, the capitulation of Ukraine is merely a prelude to the vassalization of Europe.”

Europe’s water reserves are drying up because of climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate. Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

"As a new generation of Labour MPs grapple with their unease...Taverne’s example reminds us of the importance of having independently minded MPs with the shrewdness and elegance of the 'Victor of Lincoln'." Words by our Manager Tom Chidwick in the latest @thehousemag.bsky.social! shorturl.at/BeTPd