Jack Morris

Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage

Not sure I trust my FoxCloud app bc data comes & goes but I max spend £1.70 a day on electricity for heating whole house to 17-18deg & hot water. Plus standing charge max £2.15.

This is bc of battery in back garden, which charges at cheapest time.

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The wild old wicked gang: great Irish writers – in pictures Edna O’Brien on her sofa, Joseph O’Connor in his garden, Seamus Heaney surrounded by books … British photographer Steve Pyke on capturing the greats of Irish literature

Steve Pyke's pictures of Irish writers in @theguardian.com, featuring @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, Edna O'Brien, me, @lucycaldwell.bsky.social, Glenn Patterson, Joseph O'Connor, @felispeaks.bsky.social, Colin Barrett, @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social & Iris Murdoch. www.theguardian.com/books/galler...

Cop30 live: ‘We need to think about how to live without fossil fuels’ Brazilian president Lula tells summit Brazilian president underlines need to reduce emissions as Turkey set to host next year’s summit

#Cop30 live blog - ‘We need to think about how to live without fossil fuels’ Brazilian president Lula tells UN summit

#climatecrisis
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Truth hard to hear above the chorus of fossil fuel voices at COP

less potentially noxious too, I’d think. I use my current ninja most days. and just found glass one at J Lewis in sale … collect next week …

Ooooh, right fancy. A glass one, you say … (off to Google)

I try to write with deep focus. Everywhere I let the eye of the reader turn should be in deep focus. It should be an implied, readable background at almost all times. The reader and I may not being going into the post office today, but if we walk past it and gaze at the window I am going to let them see the posters in it, the droplets of rain racing the glass. Most of us desire immersion, I have to facilitate this. Whatever the level of fantasy in the world that you are building, it has to feel real. Hookland is a salt-line blur of the actual and imaginary. Its actualities require as much thought and work as its imagined elements. If I am going to used a Ford Cortina as bridge into the 1970s, I have to do it well because I want the existence of it to imply beyond itself, to imply that the world contains not only it, but other cars, roads, garages. I will combine real world details of model, engine capacity et al with haptic fiction, textured writing. The way the vinyl feels to the touch, the way the car smells of plastic tainted by cigarette smoke, the way surface of the road travels through the seats, that squeaking that comes only from the left-side of the vehicle. My guiding principle is always EVEN A CLEAR FICTION MUST FEEL REAL.

Writing Hookland. #Writing #Hookland.

Ah congratulations, Sumitra, I loved this

Dog with paw on my lap - lying on sofa up against my legs. Me in organise socks, blue jeans and beige slippers. Dog with red collar

Quite the dream the dog is having. Feels like he’s learning to breakdance. Either that or he’s finally cornered a squirrel

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Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social

ICYMI I have a wee piece, featuring Vegemite, in this wonderful Joy issue of @templeinacity.bsky.social inspired by @jackmmorris.bsky.social @kateaxeford.bsky.social @juliaruthsmith.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @stillsquirrel.bsky.social.
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The side of an woman's effigy tomb showing the bottom of her dress and her feet (she lays on her back). The dress is depicted as many wiggled folds of fabric, and we can see the soles of her small shoes.

slightly obsessed about the end of this lady's effigy tomb with the voluminous folds of her dress and petite heeled shoes

A vintage thanksgiving postcard

This is some next-level American Folk Horror to rival the Wickerman and anything the English could come up with.

Gaia something something …

linear decrease in emissions consistent with 1.5C, 1.7C and 2C

Keeping warming well below 2°C is still within reach, but with massive acceleration of emission mitigation.
It’s time to step, not to give up.

A vintage thanksgiving postcard

This was published. And apparently thought well of enough to be purchased multiple times.

Oh what a great cover!

Rooks shout the dying day. Spirits wake. Twilight as threshold engine for my magics. Twilight as a time of summoning. My tongue spills secret names. My tongue seduces the world to see things my way. I am a witch. Change is the wake of my walking. – #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky

Don’t be left out in the cold! BCC is reopening for previously published work in under two weeks!!

💡 November 24! 💡

Yes! Soooo good!

The development of the Pizol Glacier within a few decades – and there are still retards who claim that man-made #climate change does not exist.

Act 1 makeup

Act 2 Make Up

First night The New Venture Theatre in Brighton. Pic on left at start of Act 1, pic on right start of Act 2.

It’s quite the wild ride!

I hope they sing for you …

PS: had to look up gooseneck kettle. wtaf - I have never seen such an odd looking creature

Another myth busted. Hot damn

I’ve enjoyed the cognitive dissonance a lot and spent a few minutes in an Alice like state of wonderment (like when I found out about syrup on bacon. You Americans, what are you like?!)

I’m a bit sad you have kettles tbh. I’ve seen all those microwaving tea videos & swallowed ‘em whole

This is an American thing, teapots that make a noise?

Just when I think I’ve got a grip on reality, there it goes, sliding away …

This school just made an announcement that an entire hallway is closed "due to a bathroom situation," which honestly captures today's vibes with frightening accuracy.

Back cover of Unquiet Guests: ‘A house is more than just a place to lay your head at night. Sometimes the walls remember. Gathering 10 modern masters of the strange and the unsettling Unquiet Ghosts sets fire to the blueprints and reimagines the haunted house from the foundations up …’

Unquiet Guests - hardcover edition ed Dan Coxon

Just read the first story from this anthology from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social. Love @dancoxon.bsky.social’s intro - was inspired to jot some ideas down for first time in months.

Then there’s I am the House by @gradyhendrix.bsky.social

Woah! 👏👏👏

Can’t wait to read the rest …