Juraj Mikurcik

So soothing

Nieco co dava nadej ze US este nie je uplne stratena

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Having some history lessons (?) Taking a DNA test to see how *pure* their blood is (?)
Visiting mosques, gurdwaras or synagogues (?)
Sharing food with local immigrants and hearing their stories (?)

Graph showing today’s electricity production from a domestic PV system.

Graph showing a comparison of annual electricity production from a domestic PV system, 2025 being the most productive in the last few years

Grim day for solar PV today, not even a single kWh produced from a 6.4kWp system. Can’t complain though as this year’s been by far the best for solar production for years.

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yup

Still plenty of time to book places for the winter version of Passivhaus open days in November 👇

Snap!

This is why I'm going to apply for citizenship. I just can't risk the future UK gov scrapping ILR and being left in limbo. I resisted so far as Slovakia didn't allow dual nationality but that has changed recently so I'm going for it. Good luck.

I genuinely find this very worrying, as someone with settled status! sure, Lam probably won't be home secretary tomorrow, but the mood music is changing, you can feel it, and I just don't trust Labour to fight like hell on our behalf, so unclear where this is going to go

1 Nurse: It’s become a real problem in this area 2 Nurse: We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction 3 Show a building sign posted: Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it Nurse: Ministers, Spads, Researchers… 4 Nurse: Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely [Nurse on phone taking a call] Ok - we’ll be right over 5 Nurse: We just have a gentle chat [Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster Minister: I understand your concerns… 6 Nurse: Are you OK love? Minister: Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters 7 Nurse: That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian [Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters] Nurse 2: Give us your phone, love 8 Nurse: At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to [We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.] 9 Minister: YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR [woman looks baffled] 10 woman: I just want a bus service Minister: LOOK AT MY FLAG [produces a St George's flag] [ends]

Some reasons to be cheerful

I don't think I've ever needed to know any of this stuff during the 25 years of living here, whereas it would have been handy to know how to register for a GP, how to find a dentist (!!), how to open a bank account, milk first or tea first, what to order in the pub...

A long and illustrious history Which cross on the Union Flag represents the patron saint of Ireland? Select ONE answer A The diagonal white cross B The diagonal red cross C The upright red cross D None of these

A long and illustrious history Which TWO groups were associated with King Charles I and Parliament during the English Civil War? Select ONE answer A Tories and Roundheads B Cavaliers and Luddites C Roundheads and Cavaliers D Roundheads and Luddites

A long and illustrious history Which of the following statements is correct? Select ONE answer A Mary, Queen of Scots was unrelated to Queen Elizabeth I. B Mary, Queen of Scots was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth I.

A long and illustrious history Why is 1918 an important date in the history of women's rights? Select ONE answer The first divorce laws were introduced. B Women over the age of 30 were given voting rights. C Equal pay laws were passed. D Women were made legally responsible for their children.

Just a few to give you a flavour

I'd love to know whether an opinion on Marmite ever lead to a divorce. But I already know that divorce cases in UK are held in County Courts

…or colonialism, the origins of inequality, class system, Bloody Sunday, miners strikes and unions, Brit pop and the rave scene, competitive baking and veg growing, …I could go on

a man in a suit and tie is holding a brown jacket . Alt: a man in a suit and tie is holding a brown jacket .

Just doing mock ‘Life in the UK’ tests for UK citizenship and I’m shocked by the absence of questions about tea, biscuits and weather.

One for those who say Ukraine should draw a line and give up the occupied territories

Unthinkable to any sane person

Controversial UK oil field reveals climate impact if approved The impact from the Rosebank oil field is estimated at nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming CO2.

Rosebank forced to admit its climate impact would be 50x greater than it initially claimed. Clear evidence that this climate-wrecking oil field must never be developed

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

YouTube video by The Guardian The city that reveals Britain's biggest problem: nowhere to live | Anywhere but Westminster

Strong reporting from Liverpool, but it could be anywhere

The city that reveals Britain's biggest problem: nowhere to live

#UKhousing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me8K...

A very energy efficient single storey house with black facade and roof, within green landscape. New wildflower meadow starting to grow in the foreground

☁️ These past few days were without any sunshine, so today we’ve put the towel rails on for the first time this heating season.

You still need *some* heating in a passivhaus after all 😉

In other news, the wildflower meadow has started to sprout 🌱

still looks very fresh. a recent refurb?

That would make a lot more sense

Do you live in, design, or build #Passivhaus projects? 🏡 Open your doors & inspire others during the #PHOpenDays 2025!

Whether it’s a #home, #construction site, or #commercial space, we’re calling on UK hosts to share their #PassiveHouse experience 👉 https://bit.ly/PHopendays2025

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

🔥 "Existing buildings and infrastructure should be upgraded to withstand temperatures of at least 2C higher than normal by 2050. Any new constructions intended to last decades should be prepared for 4C above preindustrial levels" 🔥

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

But very few politicians spell this out clearly. Most discussions on immigration in the media are desperately muddled.

How many English people have passed A-level English I wonder?

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It's the only party that currently gives me hope @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Photo of misty landscape with trees of different autumnal colours

Photo of misty landscape with trees of different autumnal colours and sheep

Feels autumnal and dunkelflaute-y today

White mice 🐁 are supposed to be alcohol induced hallucinations