In common with many I’ve felt hugely relieved that Murdoch has finally decided to expose Farage for what he is. The Times’ impressive reporting power has finally been unleashed. but as @carolecadwalla.bsky.social reminds me here before breakthrough in uk journalism comes failure. Read every word…

With 57% of its electricity now coming from renewables, including 22% from solar & 21% from wind, Spain built one of Europe's most impressive electricity systems. Solar is now the country's fastest-growing source of power & has helped drive some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe.

👉“7 further counts of rape, 3 facilitating trafficking, 3 ABH, 19 relating to indecent images of a child..” “Farage praised Tate.. &…spoke in favour of Tate for defending “male culture”…the self-proclaimed misogynist said women belonged in the home and were a man’s property”

Lots of grandstanding from BASC on this ruling, which is odd, because the ruling isn't really that significant. No licence required to keep gamebirds "imprisoned" in pens prior to release on protected sites, BUT A LICENCE IS STILL REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY RELEASE THEM ON PROTECTED SITES!

We are also incredibly grateful for the support from local businesses and individuals in helping provide supplies for those on the front line. The Loch Garten Nature Centre remains closed, and we would ask everyone to adhere to the requests from the SFRS including not to travel to the area.

RSPB Abernethy is an incredible place for nature, supporting more than 5,000 species including some of the UK's rarest and most threatened wildlife. Its importance is recognised not just on a UK level but an international one by many protected area designations.

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It's interesting how much of this stuff is coming from within Reform. Not a happy ship.

Please don't turn your lawn into plastic. Fake grass reduces food & shelter for wildlife such as bees & butterflies; has a high carbon footprint; sheds micro-plastics which wash into our rivers & seas; and in summer can get hot enough to harm pets. More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/gra...

Today marks the 10th day in a row where somewhere in the UK has recorded 30°C or higher 🌡️ This is the most since 2006, when we recorded 14 consecutive days 👀

Performative patriotism He’ll wear the shirt but dodge the tax #bbclaurak

Garbage - wearing kilts for last night's performance at Edinburgh Castle. Professing gratitude for the cool weather, after weeks of playing in a sweltering Continent. Shirley Manson rocked her hometown.

Change begins when we stop waiting for rescue and act locally. True strength is found in the quiet, collective decision to step forward together and heal our shared corner of the world. ✨🌱👇

Together we're pushing back against GB News - and it's working - every donation sends a message that we won't let hate go unchallenged: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-...

RSPCA warns over rise in AI pet advice New research reveals that more pet owners are turning to AI for health advice as concerns grow over rising veterinary costs | Karen Reeve @kazzie70.bsky.social

"Ofcom needs to step up on broadcasters who spread hate" - @goodlawproject.org goodlawproject.org/gb-news-incl...

Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...

NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I: "Heat waves tend to attract less attention than the charismatic megafauna of climate disasters—floods, storms, wildfires—in part because they cause less property damage & thus less obviously financially costly" phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo... Graphic @TheEconomist

The Mail on Burnham becoming PM without a general election vs. when Tories do it: 🤯

Absolutely, definitely, not “the Establishment”…

It’s quite exciting to be getting a PM who is at least trying to articulate the shape of their premiership 🎧👇

Two headlines from today's papers

I'd love this to happen. It'd be great to see the Church honour the Creation*. (*other views on the origins of life on Earth are available)

'Disappearing before our very eyes.' Climate change means extinction.

I'm not sure "he's not even a real bin" is the winning electoral argument some of Count Binface's opponents imagine. I think the voters of Clacton had pretty much already realised that on their own.

CNN montage of Trump claiming for months that Iran wants to make a deal

As I was saying on @quietriotpod.bsky.social - the electoral commission needed to do this. Glad they have.

Foreign journalists trying to cover UK politics right now #Farage #Clacton

Good first the LibDem council for taking this obnoxious flag intimidation on. …and winning. May other councils follow suit.

#Morocco is finding a clever way to produce #cleanenergy while protecting one of its most valuable resources: water. By installing floating #solarpanels on reservoirs and dams, the country is allowing the same surface to generate electricity while helping reduce water evaporation during dry periods

Move over Keir and Kemi. Here's the real Prime Minister's Questions: Binface and Burnham! #PMQs

Last episodeof the season and I think it's the one I'm most proud of. Origin Story in its most distilled form: telling a tight, thrilling story of the past which equips us to understand the present.

In one move, Farage has turned from a threat into a laughing stock inews.co.uk/opinion/one-...

Farage may yet be on his own in the Clacton by-election because the bins are collected on a Thursday there.

I don’t know what country you’re from, but it’s not as cool as mine. #Newsnight

Something I love about Count Binface is that he’s clearly been played by several different men at this point, while remaining the same character. This makes him a quintessential British Hero like Doctor Who and James Bond.

Pretty sure this book has already been banned in Utah libraries or soon will be.

IN THE BIN

Jimmy Kimmel Live: Medical advice from a fake doctor. #CDC

In politics, we’re torn between ideals and practicalities, aspirations and realities, the world as we want it, and as we find it But one day a manifesto comes along that reconciles both in every pledge. A rare moment of clarity and hope

Did you know that charities working to challenge racism, support refugees & promote human rights increasingly face large-scale online abuse & threats? What this report - quite strikingly - omits to mention is that such abuse often follows hostile UK media attacks /1 news.sky.com/story/staff-...

I have donated to Count Binface. I think this is the first time I have donated to a political candidate. Ko-fi.com/home/coffees...

The strangest thing happened today. We went to the uninhabited island of Lunga, west of Mull, to look at the puffins nesting there. I was just taking photos when I felt a thump as something landed quite heavily in my head. It was a puffin! It stayed for about a minute before flying off.

Quite a significant Brexit moment happening, with the removal of Spain-Gibraltar border posts in preparation for the UK-EU agreement being signed & implemented next week. Effectively, this marks the end of the process triggered by invoking Article 50 in 2017: etias.com/articles/spa... 1/3

Fascinating how rattled Farage allies are by Count Binface. I doubt he can really marshal a serious challenge - perhaps they do. Or maybe they just need to build him up into more than a guy with a bin on his head so this contest doesn't look, well, silly

Together we can #makehatecostmore www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-...

GB News has announced it's cutting up to *a third* of its workforce, as losses mount and advertisers steer clear of its toxic content /1 www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...

This one is better youtu.be/aGOmzQbRT_E