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Congratulations to all involved in making a synthetic scumbag.

This was quite intense: a 40 minute silence, one minute for every thousand killed in the blast at Nagasaki (of whom only ~150 were soldiers). About the same number again died in the aftermath.

A wraparound poster (as it happens, in the toilet of a Crosscountry train) showing an aerial photo of York's historic core with the caption. "Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate. The shortest street in York, also has the longest name."

If you come to York (a worthwhile thing) and anyone comes out with this "Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate is the longest street name in York" nonsense, just say "Lower Darnborough Street" to them.

Really, no further arguments are necessary.

At a party in my house a girl once left a note hidden in my desk telling me she fancied me & giving her number. Only found it months later, by which time I figured she'd have assumed I'd ignored it & would probably feel rejected, possibly resentful... Felt too awkward; never called her. Sorry J.

*Some* of us are building renewables to displace fossil fuels, but plenty of others are building alongside fossil projects which they have no intention of shuttering. He's not saying building RE is wrong, but that we shouldn't be so self congratulatory when we've not done the hard & important bit.

IMO the question is *how* do we force capital to close assets if they're rendering the biosphere uninhabitable, irrespective of the amortisation or projected income. Goes beyond fossil fuel infrastructure too.

The media often highlights individual cases of dissatisfaction with heat pumps, implying a broader problem.

However, even the Daily Mail, previously very critical of heat pumps, now reports that 94% of households are satisfied with theirs, surpassing satisfaction rates for gas boilers.

Thank you Rachael.

*being exposed. damnit.

A group of people wearing 'Bargestra' t-shirts standing outside in a paved courtyard around a person in a duck mascot costume. One is holding a trumpet, another a colourful umbrella. The duck is holding a trombone.

To remind us all that the world isn't just genocide, ecological collapse and the resurgence of fascism, here's me and some of my bandmates with a giant duck.

It was Labour in 2000 who redefined terrorism to encompass direct action, and it was Labour in 2025 who doubled down on it to prevent Israeli genocide behind exposed in a UK court.

Jack Straw masterminded that. The 2000 Terrorism Act redefined terrorism to include acts which "creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public" for a political cause. Which includes the health and safety of the protestors. From then on direct action=terrorism

‘Stick to your guns’: Press readers react as Rachael Maskell suspended from Labour Press readers have urged Rachael Maskell to “stick to your guns” after she lost the Labour Party whip following her rebellion against the…

Glad to see local response to @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social has been overwhelmingly supportive of integrity over vindictive disciplinarianism: www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2532064...

Tomorrow will see two very different types of protestors appear in court on criminal charges:

🇵🇸🫟✈️ The four Palestine Action members who spray painted some planes at RAF Brize Norton in protest at UK supplying arms to a genocide

📷💣💥The man who blew up a ULEZ camera in SE London in December 2023

The sort of radical and dangerous view that proliferates behind the cloak of anonymity.

Reform have 4 MPs, as do the Greens. They have about the same number of councillors. Why aren't the Greens talking as big as this? (Answer is, I guess, that they aren't arseholes)

Is that 11 MPs so far chucked out by Starmer for putting integrity over obedience? He seems intent on screwing that pooch. I wouldn't fault our Rachael if she jumped ship.

Are different regions competing in setting bed sizes for their obesity rates?

YouTube video by folkviola Goose and Common – Helen Bell [folk viola song accompaniment 2]

My pal & awesome folk composer Helen Bell offers this arrangement & expansion of the traditional rhyme: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stva... (see also www.helenbell.co.uk/goose-and-co... )

2000 years ago: the Romans would let an aqueduct destroy the Gardon Valley. We need clean water, but at what cost?

I saw a head-on bike/bike collision once, it was harrowing. One man got a small cut on his finger and said 'look you cut my finger you bloody wanker' and then they both cycled off.

I wrote to my MP (@rachaelmaskell.bsky.social) this morning urging her to oppose this chilling overreach by our deeply compromised government. Please do the same!

Yes I was thinking the same thing. No way they'd want to put pal action on trial.

This week I learnt that horses are surprisingly dexterous with those lips when looking for mints in a jacket pocket in a cycle pannier. And will eat the padding out of a helmet (presumably because salty)

The great thing about the British Elite is they'll work in lockstep to proscribe some red paint as terrorism, then hold a press conference discussing their steadfast support for the IDF's latest plans to 'use violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.'

Fella standing in a very sunny field wearing dark glasses, a "Big Solar Co-op" T-shirt (barely legible cos the phone is on a stupid default setting to mirror the selfie camera) and holding a lumphammer in his left hand, which is resting on a stake he has just hammered in to the ground.

Occasionally I get to go out from my desk and do some community energy work in the field. Yesterday was a literal field and the first time I ever got to use my lumphammer professionally.

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Glad to have helped assuage your frustrations 💯👍

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