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40C heatwaves are now reality. It's time to transform our cities What can we do to reduce the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme heatwaves? Quite a lot actually, writes Jon Burke

One Manchester study found that shade from street trees reduced surface temperatures by an average of 12C - but they still aren't seen as a vital part of city infrastructure (article from 2022)

I just put the first episode on to watch the series from the start while I sit in front of the fan all day. Hopefully should go some way to catching up. 😅

Tom-AR-to as an native English person 😅

Government ignores warnings of new DWP deaths, and UN intervention, as MPs pass universal credit cuts bill Labour MPs have voted to impose £2 billion-a-year cuts on disabled people who cannot work, despite a last-minute intervention by UN disability rights experts, and repeated warnings that the bill wi…

#WelfareReformBill

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Let's call the whole thing off?

anti-apartheid suppression has returned

27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws.

Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.

This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.

Peaceful protest where you say things the government doesn't like are now illegal and graffiti is terrorism.

Also chanting that you would really like a murderous militia to maybe stop being so murderous is terrorism?

The actual terrorists are tidy though, if they're on the side where the money is.

Exactly this, which is sad.

Not sure why folks are simping for the current labour government as if they haven't been a full on disaster from the start. This is true regardless of how it happened and what they inherited.

They've shown very clearly who is important and who is expendable with no clear reasoning as to why.

Nation Sets Off Fireworks To Commemorate Surviving Another Day

Nation Sets Off Fireworks To Commemorate Surviving Another Day

And there's only one cast member you could be talking about.

Outside of #RHOP and #RHOA you can usually say 'the POC' or similar while you're still learning cast names and only be talking about one person, but that's Bravo for you.

Why is it that all the housewives franchises have at least a couple of cast members who are very similar in the way they look and style themselves?

Some of them it's practically the whole cast, so you can say 'the blonde ones or 'the curvy one'.

I thought this was Faye Resnick for a minute

I'm finding that being nice and even helpful when making a #complaint is leading to them saying thank you for the feedback, we'll take that forward.

In my desire not to be a Karen, I'm not getting my issue addressed and I really don't know how to find a mid ground where everyone is happy

I just found out that the very first NOW album came out the year I fell pregnant with my son

Coincidence, I think not. It's a known fact that compilation albums encourage teenage pregnancy.

Gingers boy mode has shifted from a plus size Lesley Jordan to a pocket sized Elton John. I'm a Lesley Jordon stan first and foremost, always and forever, but I'm very glad that they're feeling more comfortable in their skin now.

#RPDR #AS10 #dragrace

Have some sunday cuteness 😍

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#WelfareReformBill

Joint statement from @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
@crips-against-cuts.bsky.social
@disrightsuk.bsky.social
@nsunnews.bsky.social
Mad youth Demand & Taking The PIP

Which rejects the concessions that the Labour government put forward under the welfare reform bill

A Protest Graphic. A DPAC Cymru logo sits in the top left corner. A Megaphone with a red cone shape framing some text are in the middle. Text outside the red cone says "#TakingThePIP". Inside the red cone, white and dark grey text reads: "A two tier system is not the solution. No concessions, No Sacrifices, No disabled people left behind" with the last line underlined with white chalk. Outside the red cone at the bottom, bold white text reads "Write to your MP, tell them to bin the bill" this is underlined twice and on a dark grey background.

The concessions announced put future/young disabled people at risk of poverty, with identical cases receiving very different financial support, depending on when they applied.

Labour rebels must stand firm.

Write to your MP this weekend, tell them to Bin the UC and PIP Bill!

#TakingThePIP

‘It’s a complete assault on free speech’: how Palestine Action was targeted for proscription as terrorists It started as a group of activists on a budget – now it could be banned under terrorism laws. But were lobbyists behind the proposed ban?

"It’s a complete assault on free speech": an interview with Huda Ammori, cofounder of Palestine Action, highlights pro-Israel lobbyists' involvement in Labour's proscription of the group as "terrorists" www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

I use the cooling pads meant for dogs. Icy water in a hot water bottle is great too. 🥰

Keep waiting for the 'early twitter' vibes to kick on on here but I haven't got close yet.

Does anyone have some advice on how to find the right corners of bluesky or is it never going to have early twitter vibes?

Hoping I can put some nitrile gloves over my lightweight hand supports so I don't have to take them off when I cook in a bit.

Watching the #vanderpumprules reunion episode they did from home because of the pandemic.

Glad to be at the end of this season to be honest. Next season is no boring narc new people and no Jax. 🥳

Enjoying the bug off today in #ACNH

Made some coin selling my stored bugs to Flick and now seeing if I can get all the bug off rewards. The backpack is so cute and I'm wearing it already.

Is there a corner of Bluesky that likes #Nintendo #Nintendoswitch #Switch ?

#CozyGaming #AnimalCrossing

Where are people talking about drag race?

Is it just reddit? I won't reinstall twitter, it's toxic af.

#RPDR

The problem with repeating challenges that are so close to previous ones is that they will always be compared.
The doggy bitchelor just didn't stack up though that's not a surprise given the concept.
The original bitchelor in all stars was 🔥🔥🔥

#RPDR #AS10

Just started the last episode in the third bracket and 10 minutes in i can see the clear winner

#CynthiaLeeFontain bejewelled Chankla!

I love Cynthia so much! I want her to be my big sister. 🥰

#AS10 #allstars #AllStars10 #RPDR #Dragrace

Lethal being way more achievable with the #assisteddyingbill that was rushed through and is not safe in the hands of the current government however much they try and quell fears from the general public with talk of 'safeguards'.