Excellent nominative determinism, BBC News website.

It’s official. Summer is here. The County Championship has started.

"The microinverter syncs with your home’s electrical grid, meaning your appliances will automatically use the free, sun-generated power before they start pulling expensive electricity from your supplier." www.independent.co.uk/extras/indyb...

Starmer and Streeting now take away the promise of 1,000 training places? Punishing the NHS and ultimately the patients, and wasting the money the country already spent on training the doctors so far. @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social can you ask questions about that? www.bmj.com/content/393/...

I gather it’s been speaking again… ‘This the rank posturings and insights of the unutterable’ #FallFriday youtu.be/8HOc2_7e4GU

FACTCHECK UPDATE: No, the UK can't "be more like Norway" in the North Sea 🇬🇧 extracted most of its oil & gas after privatisation 🇳🇴 has much more left due to state stewardship 🤔Lawson spent UK windfall on tax cuts; Norway got a sovereign wealth fund www.carbonbrief.org/...

Dallas is 48 years old today! To celebrate here's the Pam & Bobby Vs Billy Dainty dance off!

She forgot the bits about rich men, loving your neighbour, sharing possessions, caring for the poor & needy. Funny how they always do that…

Hmmn…not so sure. If it was me, I’d be wondering whether a tantrum in the White House might lead to the funding being cut. The guy in charge is quite capable of leaving us up there without a second thought.

Another triumph for deregulation! By saving a few million in monitoring and enforcement, our governments have landed us with a vast illegal waste dumping problem, new organised crime networks and a clean-up bill that could run to tens of billions. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to have a No Fools Day. That would be a shock…

Tuesday

Media constantly pushing a right wing agenda. They have no interest whatsoever in keeping people informed. The priority is to keep them misinformed.

A company founded by a man who doesn't believe in democracy and which is aiding Trump's destruction of the American republic and whose UK arm is run by the grandson of Britain's most famous fascist, which helped him get his job, criticises "ideological groups." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

From which they will conclude that they need to further tweak it with extra gimmicks until it squeezes even more life out of live football www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Hollywood has gone too far this time.

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Climate has almost disappeared from our conversation. But it remains the most pressing challenge of our times. Last week the WMO said the planet is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history.” Energy security and climate security are not competing priorities.

Lagoon

Good evening

Lagos (Portugal)

Caves, viewed from a boat…(southern Portugal)

Farage and Badenoch know that we can’t become energy sufficient or reduce bills by drilling the remnants of N Sea oil & gas. Yet their lies are being repeated again & again without correction. Something has to change or Reform will get in on a wave of propaganda. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

But of course, & the media will as usual dance to the Farage tune. There will be no proof of anything but that will be because of a woke conspiracy.

Good evening

Just as well I’ve retired. This bombshell new information would have forced significant changes to my human microbiome lectures…

There are two particularly remarkable things in this episode. 1) RFK Jr says that the stomach is microbiome is made up of plants. He specifically says "Your stomach microbiome is plants". It is not. I think he has been confused by the term "gut flora". He is the head of Health and Human Services.

I’m sure the BBC will give just as much airtime to this…

More wasted police time. It would appear that any right wing blowhard with a media presence can get the police to waste their time whenever they feel like it.

We’re talking about thousands of avoidable British deaths caused by poor government decisions & the British media response generally is…meh, not interested

Yes, strangely the press are not keen to tell the public that the obviously horrific and crooked government the press worked themselves sick to inflict on the public then killed their grannies. That would make them look bad.

Me & the Mrs on a bridge. Nearest I get to selfies…

Tavira

✋ Fortunately, our kids never showed the slightest interest in the Potter

Following up his campaign for greater celebration of Psalm Sunday, to further protect our culture from the heathen, Robert Jenrick is also keen to upgrade God Friday & the 40 days of Leant, with compulsory leaning on lamp posts to celebrate the life of St George of Formby…

‘See the clouds are darkening With wings of chickens They're coming home to roost’ #FallFriday youtu.be/lU1hrjXFqxA

Good evening

Lagoon

Boat trip

‘She wants it now, and she will not wait But she's too rough and I'm too delicate’

Sunset last night

Good evening again…

Good evening

Faro

Any excuse to post this again… www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Got a lovely welcome from the team at Ipswich Town.

Sunset last night (southern Portugal)

Sunset in Faro…

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Wind & solar are currently producing 65% of Britain's electricity. Meanwhile, renewables now offer 30,000 more UK jobs than oil and gas. Meanwhile, we're in a climate emergency. Meanwhile, we're in a fossil fuel supply crisis. Meanwhile, the Tories and Reform want to scrap Net Zero. grid.iamkate.com