So Britain has a decade or so to reengineer itself to cope with 40⁰ tempretures. This is terrifying and not adapting will mean people dying because of the heat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My review of the book ‘Climate changed’ by Mara Freilich, Irmak Turan, Jessica Varner, Lizzie Yarina has just been published with @springernature.com in @metasciencejournal.bsky.social. Read here: rdcu.be/fisGy #hps #histsci #climate #climatescience #climatechange

Elected officials should be discouraged from using analogies. This is a classic case of a baseless analogy intended solely to serve the speaker. Pilots do change mid-flight on long haul but, more importantly, to rationalise this analogy, how is running government like flying a plane?

My new favourite Github repo: github.com/patrickschap...

This article makes it look like all 650 pieces were returned today while in fact only 19 were. 612 were returned back in November 2024 and 26 in July 2025 as reported by Indian media (www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

An unnecessary, specious, cheap hit piece on Zack Polanski. I agree he should’ve never ‘liked’ posts name-calling journalists but if that’s the worst thing about him, given society today, there are viler, more repugnant candidates deserving @economist.com’s criticism. economist.com/britain/2026...

Lower/negative migration did *not* benefit native workers in US. Good analysis but dumb headline - pretty much every serious immigration economist predicted exactly this.. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Unacceptable. Time to complain (link further down the thread).

Well, this news certainly was expected but its timing wasn’t. Following Jobs seemed impossible when Cook took over, but he had a great era by all counts. He certainly oversaw a more critical era than any Apple will possibly ever have. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Might be helping the Pope that even atheists are on his side in this one.

In other news, as the likes of Andrew Tate appear high on Substack’s ranking, my defunct newsletter from years ago has been pulled from public view for violating Substack guidelines. I wouldn't have known if, a couple of days ago, I hadn't decided to delete my account.

Spot on. This just feels wrong.

This is wild.

Thanks for the reminder to delete my old decaying Substack.

Treble Clef: here are the notes I hope you like them ☺️ Bass Clef: I moved all your stuff, good luck finding anything, Ds are Fs now fuck you

Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres

A single line in this piece just made my day: “The electricity system operator is understood to be preparing to run the grid without any gas for short periods as soon as this summer, in a first for the UK energy system.” Renewables *work*. And progress matters🎉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Very interesting thread!

Sky seems to be a recurring feature.

Pretty persistently frustrating that enviro opposition to data centres get clumsily dismissed as "NIMBY" when, as you can see here, it's well-evidenced and packed to the brim with real-world examples of material harm. And GP goes further than most in pointing out the end-goals of the system:

Morning! If you’re someone who loves walking/cycling & history, I’ve built a walking planner & companion for the website. You put where you want to walk, and it will automatically pop up with historic sites from our project and of listed structures. Let me explain a bit more!

Untranslated headlines in German are much clearer than New York Times headlines in English

Well done both Cambridge teams! We still hold the records for both teams too: • 18min 22s for the women • 16min 19s for the men And also the overall wins: • 88 wins for the men (against 81 for the other place) • 49 for the women (against 30) www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

A tone deaf response. The perception that an AI I can talk to is inherently better than an algorithm is what should be addressed. What makes it not create a silo, what ensures fairness in what it’s culling from its recommendations? Why is a shortcut to community-building critical infrastructure?

With pleasure.

Here’s the original document for anyone interested: www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

Brilliant interview with @president.ecb.europa.eu by @zannymb.economist.com of @economist.com ~ www.economist.com/insider/the-...

Not enough that Reform has a 24/7 cheerleading channel (GB News)—they also get 37 mins live on the BBC, while the Greens' press conf. don’t even get a mention. Is Ofcom asleep, or selectively awake? And the BBC?Are they failing to do their jobs, or doing exactly what they’ve decided their job is?

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Readinge complex textes not for ynformacioun but for understandinge, writinge nuanced argumentes, reasoninge criticallye and also beinge critical of reasoninge when needid -- these are the vital technologyes taught by humanityes disciplines lyke literarye studyes, historye, and philosophye.

A few weeks ago Ofcom was grilled in Parliament by a cross-party group of MPs over its failure to deal with climate misinformation. When questioned, the communications regulator repeatedly struggled to give clear and credible answers.

Britain’s electricity is currently 72% zero carbon. We’re defeating the oil barons, petro-state dictators, paid fossil fuel lobbyists, and every right wing grifter on the internet one wind turbine at a time. Cool Britannia is back, baby…🇬🇧⚡️♻️🔋😎

As Farage whines about YouGov, support for Reform falls in FIVE other polls

Thankfully, no other president ever needed to.

Trying desperately to see ANY bright side -- it's never been a better time to be a decent hetero guy who wants a full partner and knows how to do his own laundry and actively likes women as people.

Truly awful (so obviously I like it)

A new analysis of 95 posts by BBC political editor Chris Mason suggests the issue may not be accuracy – but framing. No single headline is inaccurate. Impartiality rules appear unbroken. But repeated talk of “predicament”, “backlash” & “U-turn” frames a misleading story of permanent crisis..

A Green Party source tells @siennarodgers.bsky.social : “Starmer is clearly coming to the end of his premiership, one that he has barely been clinging to. He has learnt nothing from the Greens’ stunning victory and once again he is tone deaf... (1/2)

Interesting new icon for @glass.photo and an equally interesting write-up by @tmwtsn.com — I had no idea the original letter mark was by Jessica Hische! On first glance the icon reminded me of The Guardian for some reason. On second glance they’re very different. Yet… ~ glass.photo/highlights/a...

Very good. ~ www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...

Useful stuff www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Reminder to people voting in the Gorton and Denton by-election today: although it may be enticing to vote for Sir Oink A-lot of The Official Monster Raving Looney Party, maybe don’t. However, if your other choice is Reform, do give Sir Oink A-Lot a chance. ~ www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_re...

Scrubs review – daft gags and volcanic fury bring the medical sitcom back from the dead

PSA again..,

Wordle 1,709 5/6* ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ridiculous.

Very good statement. There continue to be moment after moment when I’m so pleased to have been a Bayern fan for years now. ~ www.bavarianfootballworks.com/bayern-munic...

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

Gold.