Bore da from Nantymeillion, where Chris, Elsa and i camped out in the roundhouse last night to get away from the heat

How's everybody holding up in the heat?

It's #buyastrangerabook day! @melissaschuh.bsky.social is buying two people a book each today! Tell Melissa the kinda stuff you enjoy reading. Melissa will offer you a choice of 4 books, based on your literary tastes. Choose your favourite, Melissa will buy it for you! Get in touch! UK only.

Alanis Morrisette is in the building....

Never before seen .. the text states that only 1..2% of the planet was hotter than france yesterday, and today and tomorrow will be worse... we as humans have really screwed the pooch on this one

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Yo. It’s my birthday today. Fancy buying one of my books?

Oh my gosh, its just going to end up as a puddle of melted goths....

Stay in the shade if you can, lovelies x

Apropos of *trying to make a living as an author*... can I interest any of you in a nice math-western alt history satire in these trying times? Renegade gunslinging mathematicians fighting against the vilification of expertise? payhip.com/StarkHolborn

Ten years ago today we decided to leave England....

Who's got two thumbs and decided it was a good idea to traverse the Annika Hansen Gate in trainers? (I have just done washing my feet, should have made an onlyfans video....)

Excellent thread, up and down

Nominations open for £5000 movementforgood.com/draws/specia... Please nominate us Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue Thank you everyone There’s something extra exciting about this draw… it’s double the winners of our other special draws! 14 days #skyhounds #bluesky #dogsofbluesky #bluesky

Well, I was rudely awakened by the dustmen so I guess I'll be getting up early..

It is already blistering hot here and its meant to hit 36 degrees mid week. We've got the gazebo upland just sitting watching the dragonflies skimming the pond

IMPORTANT 🚨 But absolutely the right call to postpone the lobby. Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard organising this.

www.ainsley-harriott.com/recipe/sweet... Lunch tomorrow, maybe?

Sorry yep, it’s badly worded as it is focussed on trans women (though does also say LGBTQ+ overall) but gets to the heart of the legislative issue and already well supported petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

I know y'all remember Goyte from "Somebody That I Used to Know"which is a banger, but they also had a song called Bronte which I'm pretty sure is about a dog and is absolutely rip-your-heart-out devastating... youtu.be/le34ygtODfI?...

This is excellent from @iandunt.bsky.social

If you are interested in graphs and numbers and percentages and the real minutae of British politics, I strongly recommend you follow @electionmaps.uk , who I habe followed for many years both on The Other Place and here.

If Andy Burnham becomes PM (and a week is a long time in politics) what i want to see is : A doubledown on the commitment to Net Zero No more trying to appease Reform voters and fascists Protecting human rights for trans people Sack Wes Streeting I fear we won't get any of this...

It's nice to see the combined vote of the Fash and the Ultra Fash and the Tories still wouldn't have won it. I don't trust Andy Burnham all that much, but better him than them.

“The subtlety and complexity with which Brenchley handles this forces you as a reader to think harder about your own expectations and sympathies; it’s challenging and fascinating, and also refreshing not to be spoon-fed. Very highly recommended.” — Juliet Kemp Get it here: storybundle.com/pride

1000 times this!

We have a TOC (all the stories but not necessarily in the right order) for They Are Still Here - huzzah!

My local bookshop of choice :) Tim is lovely and he is very patient with me bursting in and ordering weird books.

Or, hear me out, we could tax billionaires, maybe?

Owen Jones is ok :)

It's #buyastrangerabook day! @lindacdolan.bsky.social has very kindly sent me £20 to buy someone a book with. So, if there's a particular book you're after, let us know. UK only

This is rather lovely www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There's no alt text but its the meme of the arms of the black muscley guy and the white muscley guy gripping hands. The black man is labeled "Strait of Hormuz". The white man is labeled "Reflecting Pool" and the place where their hands grip says "Uncontrollable bodies of water"

@nonbinarysmurf.bsky.social !!!

If you're in and around Derby, and sci-fi, fantasy and horror are your thing, then a day out at Edge-Lit this September might be just the thing for you! Stacks of panels, workshops, interviews and more incoming... www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel... #derby #derbyshire #sf #scifi #fantasy #horror

www.msn.com/en-us/weathe... Article if anyone really wants btw

Oh brilliant news!

Decades of research said organic farming builds soil better. A study of 3,000 actual farms says: not so fast. It's not organic vs. conventional — it's about biomass inputs, nitrogen, and tillage. The practices matter, not the label. My latest... csanr.wsu.edu/what-actuall...

Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.

Dinner? hungryhealthyhappy.com/creamy-leek-...

Salvation's Child by @aptshadow.bsky.social @mikecollins99.bsky.social @pippabowland.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social is now *the* bestselling digital comic on Amazon! amzn.eu/d/03H1H7QB

Thousands of solar panels installed on the roof of Cardiff's Principality Stadium have begun generating electricity as part of efforts to reduce the Welsh Rugby Union's carbon footprint

Who's got two thumbs and has been sent home with incapacitating hay-fever?

16 very queer and DRM-free books for just $30? Don't mind if I do. Check out the 2026 Pride StoryBundle, featuring Chaz Brenchley, Geoff Ryman, Melissa Scott, JB Lemberg and many others: storybundle.com/pride

Kettle's on at Nantymeillion, where I'm piloting the farm solo and it's very hot, so anything that's done today is going to be done at pottering pace. Ask me anything!

A message of love to our trans friends and colleagues and partners at the end of another week of being brutalised by the State. We're still here, we care, we're fighting for you. Please don't despair. Oh, and, lest I forget, #FuckWesStreeting

📣 24 amazing chances to visit a Passivhaus this June! From Passivhaus retrofits under construction to large-scale social housing projects, we have a wide range of projects to visit across most parts of the UK. Book a site visit: https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/event_detail.php?eId=1542

One for your block list.

”Shifting out of gas cars by opting into public or active transit dramatically reduces emissions. Our research shows that living car-free is 78 times more impactful than composting.” Active mobility is better for your health compared to driving. #Sufficiency www.wri.org/insights/cli...