Jill Segger

Bumblebee on lavender

Bee, enjoying the last of the lavender.

Loud applause, Paul. Thank you.

What went right this week: the good news that matters World’s marine reserves are ‘working’, renewables united rival superpowers, and music was shown to slow ageing, plus more

What went right this week.
#PositiveNews
www.positive.news/society/good...

OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’ GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.

OpenAI claims GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to 'PhD level'

Bubble, bubble, pop.

What a downright stupid claim. PhD’s *add* to the body of knowledge. LLM’s derive averages from *the* body of knowledge. See?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

📌

Thank you.

Bloom scrolling - now that's a good idea!

A fair point. Thank you. (Though I'm not objecting to the handle, nor to the shape.)

This amazing woman makes so much sense.

#Allotments are the right direction and rich property developers "land banking" is the wrong direction.

@greenjennyjones.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#GreenParty @greenparty.org.uk

7 Nobel Prize-winning economists are demanding a wealth tax in France.

Their proposed solution is simple: a 2% minimum tax on fortunes over €100 million to ensure the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.

The world's leading economic experts agree. It's time for a #wealthtax.

I don't like dimpled glasses though.

Jeremy Corbyn warns new rules on council asset sales threaten allotments Sales of eight allotment sites approved since Labour took power as councils seek to fund day-to-day spending

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

More stable perhaps, rather than docile? Rapid ascents and descents often seem a little overwrought.

Rewilding group to assess possible return of white storks to London Citizen Zoo to map habitats in the capital and consult boroughs and the public about reintroduction of the birds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What went right this week: the good news that matters The return of seahorses to British shores, a new era in Earth observation, jab free vaccines and a whole lot more good news

www.positive.news/society/good...

"All gone to look for America".

📌

Wide earthen path stretches away into the distance, tall green-leafed trees cast intricate shadows on ground, people relax or play

Green foliage and intricate shadows are the real stars of Isaak Brodsky’s ‘Alley in a Park’ (1930). Brodsky was born in what is now Ukraine

"The thing about 
democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion". The late, great Molly Ivens, US political commentator.

I have, Paul. I think it's my conscience thst keeps me there...

Beware the blizzard of lies: US advice on how to handle Farage’s Trump tactics Pro-democracy campaigners suggest ‘pre-buttal’ is more powerful than factchecking in fighting falsehoods

“Media literacy is extremely important and something that should be invested in and taught at a young age."

Beware the blizzard of lies: US advice on how to handle Farage’s Trump tactics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

War itself is inhumane. The objective of war is to kill other human beings. Attempting to inject morality into something that is at its core and in its very essence immoral is insanity.

mood

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage and ‘lawless Britain’: dangerous hyperbole has real-life consequences | Editorial Editorial: The Reform leader’s summer campaign is a cynical exercise that will exacerbate social tensions and fuel insecurity

"Reform’s leader is more interested in sinister mood music than data, as he seeks to foment a feelbad factor."
The Guardian view on Nigel Farage and ‘lawless Britain’: dangerous hyperbole has real-life consequences | Editorial www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The left need to be leafleting heavily against Reform in Clacton. It has the perfect demographic for this type of approach. They will read leaflets.

I hope the mend progresses. Please take good care of yourself, Guy. I'll be holding you in the Light.

📌

Oh Guy! What happened?

Faiths across Southport open their doors in memory of stabbings victims ​Southport Quaker Meeting House will join with other places of worship next Friday to mark the first anniversary of last July's appalling knife attack.

Southport Quaker Meeting House will join with other places of worship tomorrow to mark the first anniversary of last July's appalling knife attack.

We hold in the Light all those affected.

www.quaker.org.uk/communities/...