Nick Grant

Former Superman actor Dean Cain reveals he’s becoming an Ice agent to support Trump’s mass deportation agenda The actor will be sworn in ‘ASAP’ amids the federal agency’s recruitment drive and unprecedented immigration raids that have sparked protest across the US Former Superman actor Dean Cain has announced he has signed up to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), in order to support US president Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda. The federal law enforcement agency has aggressively ramped up immigration raids since Trump’s return to the White House and was recently awarded $75bn in extra funding as part of his “big beautiful bill”, which includes billions for hiring an additional 10,000 Ice agents by 2029. Continue reading...

Former Superman actor Dean Cain reveals he’s becoming an Ice agent to support Trump’s mass deportation agenda

Twenty-four reasons why we are hooped On human cognitive deficiency

Twenty-four reasons why we are hooped open.substack.com/pub/reeswill... - even one might be too many.

I meant with the book but you did get to test drive the cart!!

Thanks for your input and inspiration Lloyd.

The Good Building Book The Good Building Book reimagines design and construction for optimal performance and value while minimising environmental impacts.Accessible yet thorough, this…

Available to pre-order, The Good Building Book has been a labour of love for me and Jon but it would be nice if it sells! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/good-buil...

Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building.

Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/w...

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Interesting article www.theguardian.com/environment/...

YouTube video by Diaper Diplomacy “The Whole Thing Is a Con Job” – Trump’s Windmill Rant at EU Presser

I have serious worries about AI but this is nicely done youtu.be/BZYhCC-XfTA?... The eyes!!

YouTube video by Nick Grant Harewood Gravity Games 2025 backwards over the finish line!

Down from second to 4th place at Harewood Gravity Games this year but we got to experiment and learnt something useful for next season. Last leg of last (untimed) run with ballast removed. Driven by ex rally driver and Passivhaus builder Dai Rees youtu.be/UyOZRr6Jfys

Landmark Scottish Passivhaus school is outperforming targets | Project Scotland Image credit: Architype/David Barbour Edinburgh-based architect Architype is working on a number of Passivhaus schools, including the recently completed Riv ...

🙌Landmark Scottish Passivhaus school is outperforming targets!

Monitoring data from the first year of Riverside Primary - the first Passivhaus certified school in Scotland - demonstrates it is more than delivering on energy and indoor comfort.

projectscot.com/2025...

@sarahlewis.bsky.social

First time I’d heard James Talarico (D-Tex) speak…

How the Grift Works Trump pulls off a nasty con--and maybe he gets rolled too

1. A characteristically brilliant explanation by @billmckibben.bsky.social of why Trump's attempt to force the EU to buy US fossil gas (please let's stop calling it "natural gas") will fail. Unfortunately, the UK is now locked into US gas dependence. 🧵 billmckibben.substack.com/p/how-the-gr...

Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under the Terrorism Act for holding a Palestinian flag and having signs saying “Free Gaza” and “Israel is committing genocide”, accusing her of supporting a proscribed organisation. Officers told Laura Murton, 42, that her demonstration in Canterbury, Kent, on Monday evening expressed views supportive of Palestine Action, which was banned under terrorism legislation earlier this month. Continue reading...

Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag

In defence of the doomer David Suzuki The scientist and broadcaster has offended many environmentalists. Again

In defence of the doomer David Suzuki open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt... I put off reading this!

The Machine Stops The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.

In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.

Dotard is the new Kim Nuke Un

Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The ar...

Utrecht, Netherlands is about to build the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood.

12K people
6K homes
1.8K social rental homes
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes
21.5K bike parking spaces
250 shared cars
2 parcel hubs
Parking structures on the edge
nltimes.nl/2025/02/25/u...

Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects As the Trump administration's “big, beautiful bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent ...

www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possible, says Guasrdian columnist George Monbiot

Obscene ideas are injected into public life with "humour" ... and then enacted. My column this week is pegged to the recent calls in the Spectator to murder people at Glastonbury, and on GB News to starve and shoot disabled people.
You could call it wink murder.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hi Ant. Looked at the thread about handle issues but not sure what the easily disprovable point in the article is?

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops o...

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A bit of perspective

A photo of Speaker Johnson surrounded by GOP members all smiling broadly with their thumbs up, just after passing a Bill which strips healthcare, food nutrition and school meals from some of the most vulnerable families in America.

Wilhelm Reich’s 1933 book - The Mass Psychology of Fascism - concluded that a key characteristic of fascism is the ability to derive joy from inflicting cruelty.

Hours after Putin spoke to Trump
And a few days after the US announced it would cut supplies of Ukrainian air defense

Ken Casey: ‘I’m Not Going to Shut Up’ A conversation with the Dropkick Murphys front man about punk, politics, and Donald Trump

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Soapbox crashing during Richard’s Castle race

George Mikurcik of Ecococon posing by his soapbox for team Passiv Agressiv

Pushing the limits and smashing through barriers but @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social still managed 3rd place with only 2 timed runs. Spectacular crash but no one hurt. Richard’s Castle Soapbox races are a great community event raising thousands of pounds for local charities.

Soap Box Derby | Richards Castle | Race your carts 29th June 2025 Our Soap Box Derby is held on Hanway Common, Richards Castle on 29th June 2025, 10am to 4pm

Looking forward to Richard’s Castle Soapbox race Sunday www.richardscastlesoapbox.co.uk won by 0.517 seconds last year. Great driving by @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social Good day out even if not racing.