I used to have a dog called taffy. I miss him. This cat looks OK too though, I guess.

Also: anyone who wants to use this as a chance to wallow in doom and despair can fuck right off - every tonne of CO2 matters, every fraction of a degree we prevent saves lives and ecosystems. We need to fight like HELL to save what we can, grieve what we can’t, and lock up those responsible.

I created my first Bluesky feed. It's called Espionage etc and is picking up spy stuff and I quite like it bsky.app/profile/did:...

Reading this book at the moment. Enjoyed the passage this article analyses even if I didn't think as deeply about it as they did!

This is a fascinating article!

Enjoyed this account. Respect you prioritising yourself and family though.

New York Times. Feb 4, 1939

"In their public appearances, they displayed a lack of any positive attitude towards National Socialism and therefore caused grave annoyance in public and especially to party comrades."

The Internet started as a web but has become a cocoon
(not my quote but can't remember the source!)

Is another Gareth Bale really too much to ask?!

Screenshot of the bbc's reporting of Tottenham's lineup vs Psg in a 3-5-2 formation

Gotta say 3-5-2 (Romero Danso VdV at the back) would make more sense... But who knows maybe Spence is the new Bale #COYS

Keir Starmer: Sorry, Mr Blair, but 1441 does not authorise force Keir Starmer: The attorney general has a tricky task in defending the legal basis for war.

www.theguardian.com/politics/200... Keir Starmer Re Iraq in 2003 "The mere fact that Iraq has a capacity to attack at some unspecified time in the future is not enough."

Well if he said that it must be true...?!

On recent commutes into #London, have noticed a real decrease in #cyclist etiquette. Few helmets, many phones/earpods, and almost got knocked over twice by bikes today (including by one on the wrong side of the road on a pedestrian crossing). Am I getting old and grumpy or is this getting worse?

Woah, oh. Woah oh oh ohhhh (thanks, this is stuck in my head now)

Beautifully put?!

Big oil (and its money) has done a remarkable job persuading powerful people that an obviously good idea is, in fact, somehow unworkable

Relating to this today

This

My prediction: Frankie and Charlotte accuse each other of lying and being traitors, thus getting themselves both banished and the money gets split between the rest #thetraitors

My 4 year old has already figured out I am lying to him about this...

Stark

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

A rare piece of good news?

SCIENCE!

First post. Hello world. Mostly lurked on the other place but might post more here.