Dan Etchells

Environmentalists decry ‘crushingly disappointing’ Pfas action plan for UK Ministers’ proposals to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ fail to match tougher stance taken in Europe, say experts

Tuesday morning's least surprising news, ever... 🤬

"Environmentalists decry ‘crushingly disappointing’ Pfas action plan for UK.

Ministers’ proposals to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ fail to match tougher stance taken in Europe, say experts."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Friday morning, Trend Setters... ☺️

Including a very fast moving Hairy Genius, said HG 'up a tree', a Tree Creeper, and only a bloody otter, mind!! 😁

‘It’s astonishing how well it has lasted’: Anglesey marks 200th anniversary of beloved bridge Despite repair problems, its admirers say Thomas Telford’s Menai Bridge is good for another two centuries

"‘It’s astonishing how well it has lasted’: Anglesey marks 200th anniversary of beloved bridge.

Despite repair problems, its admirers say Thomas Telford’s Menai Bridge is good for another two centuries."

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Who are you, again?? 😀

Exactly!!

UN risks 'imminent financial collapse', secretary general warns António Guterres says the international body could run out of money by July due to members' unpaid fees.

Yeah!! I mean, what has the UN ever done for us, eh?? 😬

"UN risks 'imminent financial collapse', secretary general warns."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Vintage photograph of a boy seated on a checkered surface, holding a toy, framed in an oval with an ornate border on a textured beige background.

29 January 1936 | A French Jewish boy, Michel Ejzenberg, was born in Paris.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 26 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

I have to say, half asleep first thing this morning, I read that as 'Secret!! Warehouse guards have lost a world of treasures found on HS2 route' - even more dramatic!!

Secret warehouse reveals lost world of treasures found on HS2 route Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.

"Secret warehouse guards lost world of treasures found on HS2 route.

Treasures unearthed by hundreds of archaeologists so far during work on the controversial planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate Projects in development expected to grow global capacity by nearly 50% amid growing concern over impact on planet

There was me, thinking we were in the midst of a climate crisis?? 🤬

"Projects this year expected to triple global gas capacity, forecast finds, as concerns grow over impacts on planet."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

That advice being 'don't catch it', presumably...??

Wednesday morning, Trend Setters... A, frankly, glorious stroll around with a very fast moving Hairy Genius... 😎

The coffee and flapjack from Central Cross Cafe was - as ever - an absolute life saver, mind...

Nice one - thanks...

Indeed - but, if the figures work out, this is a great short-term storage solution, isn't it??

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Absolutely... Worth exploring fully, as quickly as possible...

#HolocaustMemorialDay

First of its kind ‘high-density’ hydro system begins generating electricity in Devon Project employs technology that can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes

"First of its kind ‘high-density’ hydro system begins generating electricity in Devon.

Project employs technology that can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes."

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

Absolutely. I keep reminding myself of that...

Sly Dunbar, Influential Sly & Robbie Drummer, Is Dead At 73 Grammy-winning producer and drummer Sly Dunbar — one half of the Jamaican duo Sly and Robbie — has died aged 73, DancehallMag has confirmed. Rory Baker, a

RIP Sly Dunbar (1952-2026)

'We're a party that accepts talent - no matter how miniscule, twisted, bitter and racist...'

Screenshot of a tweet from Paul Graham "If someone had predicted before the last election that if Trump won, federal officers would be shooting Americans in the streets, he'd have been dismissed as an alarmist."

We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.

Just kinda seems like refusing to tell us which ICE agents murdered Alex Pretti undercuts the idea that they’re wearing masks to protect themselves — rather than to be able to kill people with impunity.