Tabitha Potts

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China’s latest energy data offers a signal worth paying attention to. In 2025, emissions from energy and industry fell by 0.3%, modest, but notable, even as total energy consumption rose by 3.5%.

The key driver? A continued surge in solar power capacity.

ruined temples and broken shrines under a red moon. a vast figure of cruel aspect moves past between the two.

a renaissance female presenting person holds a tripartite moon mask to her features.

an apricot orchard heavy with fruit in autumn. A path leads to a subtly disturbing shed which emits green smoke.

A Victorian greenhouse glows turquoise at the end of a flower lined path. cherry blossoms on the branch in the foreground.

Whimsey here, that is not afraid of the dark, and an illustrator in love with books. I have some of the best publishers and authors in the world. I'd love to work with you in 2026.
thomassbrown.com

This is so deeply corrupt

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

So we can also expect that if Farage gets in or Badenoch, that they won’t care either about asking Parliament before attacking another country. This is the message this sends out.

Approximately 61K - I’ll know exactly once edits are finalised

🎙️Lottie Moggach joins us to talk about her new novel Mrs Pearcey, inspired by a shocking Victorian true crime case
🎧 Listen now 👇
player.captivate.fm/episode/c414...
#MrsPearcey #LottieMoggach #TrueCrime #VictorianHistory #BookPodcast #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #Booksky

Under a Reform UK government, only British citizens will be able to vote. FARAGE: Letting non-British citizens vote in UK threatens democracy

Farage and Reform are bad losers.

Their failure to secure the seat was down to the vast majority of voters roundly rejecting their hate because Gorton and Denton is a progressive place.

68% of voters in the constituency voted Green, Labour or Lib Dem.

Don't let them use lies to twist the truth.

Just naked racism from Farage and the Mail.

Only British and commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote. It's not 'stealing' to legally take part in your own country's elections

The utter idiot optimist me, a couple of years ago, thinking, "Hopefully this will improve when Labour get in."

"Thaw" by Edward Thomas

"Over the land half freckled with snow half-thawed
The speculating rooks at their nests cawed,
And saw from elm-tops, delicate as a flower of grass,
What we below could not see, Winter pass."

"A Rookery In March" by
Eric Fitch Daglish via ArtUK
@iangrebe.bsky.social

It’s a modern Gothic mystery!

Trump’s Effort to Steal the Midterms Is Getting Serious MAGA groups have drafted an executive order that would allow the president to take over the country’s elections.

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@hillaryclinton.bsky.social: "I don't understand why it's so difficult for the press to have a consistent narrative about how dangerous Trump is."

I’m sure today’s theme will be filled with incredible moon shots…but this one will always be my favorite I’ve ever taken.

Right as I pressed the shutter, a bat flew straight through the frame — turning a simple moon photo into a cool moment. #BlueSkyArtShow #Round #BlueSkyPhotography #Night

The MAGA propaganda that Trump liked peace was clearly very misleading. Please impeach him, and lock him up!

Finished #editing chapters 1-10. A third of the way through! It’s quite intense #novel #booksky

Waxing Gibbous Moon 2-26-2026 #photography #moon #moonshot #skyphotography

Trump administration ends protections for rare dancing prairie bird A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected after the Trump administration agreed with arguments by three states and the...

BURNING IT ALL DOWN
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Rolls-Royce boss pushes for UK taxpayer support for new jet engine Firm, which has announced record profits and £9bn share buyback, has £3bn project for smaller commercial planes

WTF?

Rolls Royce wants tax payers money to fund development so it can carrying on shovelling billions into shareholder pockets.

This just beggars belief

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Do you ever notice how Silicon Valley never talks about AI replacing corporate executives? Every other white collar job seems to be fair game, but executives for some reason aren’t even discussed. 🤔

JUST IN: Advisors to Hillary Clinton say the House Oversight Committee’s closed-door deposition has been paused after it was revealed that Lauren Boebert shared an unauthorized photo from the hearing with Benny Johnson, who then posted it on social media, as seen below.

The ocean as system Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere and absorbed by water lowers its pH level, making the ocean more acidic and less able to sustain life. In 2009 a group of scientists included this ocean aci...

Recommended reading: The Ocean as System – Overcoming policy fragmentation in the fight against ocean acidification.
An essay from the Back to Blue Initiative on ocean policy and why ocean and planetary stewardship matters:
backtoblueinitiative.com/the-ocean-as...

The PM who turned PI: why is Gordon Brown delving so deep into the Epstein files? Brown is said to be driven by moral anger but insiders suggest he may feel guilty for bringing Peter Mandelson back into government

‼️👀 Former PM Gordon Brown has written that he found it “hard to find words to express my revulsion at what has been uncovered about Epstein and his impact on our politics” and the “time is overdue to let in the light”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I’m finding the news hard to deal with. I try and do active things, like sign a petition etc, and positive things like draw or write.

A Gorillaz short film by The Line studio is coming on February 27 on Youtube : "The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucRu...

I hope my rejoining the main timeline hasn’t caused an anomaly

Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

The New York Times has joined CNN and NBC in confirming Roger Sollenberger's reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child

I was obviously moved to the ‘no Black Velvet’ timeline in the 1980s. There must be lots of subtle differences by now.