Janet Law

The Power of the Sun While its implementation as a renewable energy may seem new, humans have used solar energy for hundreds of years.

“The scale of solar being deployed in such a short period of time has not been seen, I think, anywhere ever before.”

This is my take on solar adoption in Pakistan covered by National Geographic.

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This feels like a very odd speech. The government is in crisis, the Labour party is on the brink of mutiny... and the Prime Minister is talking about litter-picking

By the time Starmer is replaced this summer, we'll have had two wasted years, in which a country crying out for transformation instead got more of the same, or even worse where environmental legislation is concerned, and a high possibility of Farage running the next government.
Thanks Keir.

A truly sickening fact in the USA right now:
MAGAs are calling ICE down on anyone they disagree with in any shape, way, or form.
Neighbours, family, the restaurant server who wasn't obsequious enough.

Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff says Ukraine and Russia agreed to exchange 314 prisoners.

This means that yet another round of the US-pushed Kyiv-Moscow talks predictably brought neither peace nor even a ceasefire.

Did you know that in Scotland between 2023-24 and 2024-25 recorded crimes of Murder and culpable homicide decreased by 24% from 58 to 44 crimes [8.1 per million].There was a 27% decrease over the 10 year period between 2015-16 and 2024-25 from 60 to 44 crimesOur murder rate is 20% lower than England

The point that Mandelson's past dodgy behaviour would have made him vulnerable to (in effect) blackmail by Trump is a good one - countering the cynical "we need a Trump whisperer" argument

A ‘Labour MP’ who thinks Wes Streeting is the answer to this particular crisis is, I would suggest, Chris Philp in a wig.

My duty is to protect Scotland’s interests.

It is absolutely unacceptable if they were undermined by Peter Mandelson during the financial crisis or at any time since.

I have ordered the Scottish Government to conduct a full investigatory audit to establish the facts.

🚨BREAKING: The UK economy would be 3.6% smaller by 2040 if net migration fell to zero, forcing the government to raise taxes to combat a much bigger budget deficit, a thinktank has predicted.

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

AI can waste time. Even in my very ordinary life in retirement, I have had to waste time researching things I knew could not be true to explain to a friend what the facts are and how she can check. Also had to explain why I think AI had got it wrong so she didn't feel too bad about it. 😊

AI use is rampant among students at uni. Bizarrely, AI seems to know a lot about things you don't know about, and very little about the things you do know about. To me, it's like that overconfident friend who gives out random info & advice and you have no idea if any of it is accurate.

Bezos Remains Silent About The Washington Post For Nearly A Year —As It Slashes Stafff The newsroom Bezos once poured money into and celebrated as a proud achievement already lost 400 people in the last three years.

The newsroom Bezos once poured money into and celebrated as a proud achievement already lost 400 people in the last three years.

Reform UK urged to explain why party treasurer named in dozens of Epstein files

Reform UK are under pressure to explain why their treasurer appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade

John Swinney orders probe into Scottish Government dealings with Peter Mandelson

NEW: John Swinney has ordered an investigation into his Government’s dealings with Peter Mandelson to see if the 'interests of Scotland have been undermined'

Did you know.
In the last 5 years of the Labour/Lib Dem government in Scotland - from 2002 to 2007 - 371 homes for affordable rent were built.

In the last 5 years of the SNP Government, 2019 to 2024, 18,215 were built.

Almost 50 times as many.

Great to spend time in the Borders today, visiting local businesses and highlighting the support we’re delivering for local families.

On May 7, vote:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Calum Kerr in Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 John Redpath in Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire.

"The Polish government think Epstein may have been spying for Vladimir Putin, is the PM concerned that Mandelson may have been leaking state secrets, not just to a paedophile, financier, but also a Russian agent?" asks Ed Davey.

Starmer: "The investigation will go wherever the evidence leads"

Washington Post reporter laid off while freezing in a war zone by one of the world’s richest people.

UK Government buries '200 containers of radioactive waste' underground in Scotland The UK Government has buried 'almost 200 containers' of radioactive material underground in Scotland

www.thenational.scot/news/2582564...

Mandelson was given secret spreadsheet to vet left-wing MPs in Labour power struggle Whistleblower's revelation shows extent of his direct involvement in bitter battle to gain control of the party ahead of 2024 election

Peter Mandelson was directly involved in helping Morgan McSweeney select Labour’s parliamentary candidates ahead of the 2024 general election.

This is despite his past misbehaviour.

It was all part of the purge of the left and push Labour to the right.
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Trump's border czar announces 700 DHS personnel will be withdrawn from Minneapolis immediately as part of its immigration enforcement drawdown https://cnn.it/49V8ouY

layoffs, huh, i thought wapo was owned by a squazillionaire with deep pockets and a commitment to news?

Many Trump voters wanted state violence and shows of bigoted cruelty in service of making the US whiter. But other Trump voters bought a fantasy of stopping criminals.

As @gregsargent.bsky.social shows, seeing this in reality—eg building concentration camps—they don’t like it.

That’s a big wedge.

Bold text asks Keir why he is hiding what he knew, demanding full truth about Mandelson with a blurred photo of two men in suits clipped to a folder.

Keir Starmer must not attempt a Labour Party cover-up over the Peter Mandelson scandal.

The public deserves the full truth.

BREAKING: Government sources have admitted they may be forced to change their own amendment as Labour MPs have warned they will vote down any attempts to limit disclosures about Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador

Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications

This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Anas Sarwar left red-faced in disastrous interview on transgender prisoners

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar came a cropper in an interview on transgender prisoners after pledging to ban them from female jails 'within days' if he becomes first minister

Washington Post announces widespread layoffs, gutting numerous parts of its newsroom. https://cnn.it/4bTMREv

Is Mandelson's real sin that he gave confidential information to Epstein? Or that he got caught doing what so many do? Why do Ministers sell access to business people for huge 'donations'?