Code Black for water shortage in the Delft region of the Netherlands! No use of surface water (canals, lakes) allowed anymore. Water managers fear intrusion of salty seawater, as damage to dikes due to low water levels need to be prevented. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Vanwege de droogte voor het eerst de sluizen dicht in het waterrijke westen: ‘Het is code zwart, vanaf middernacht is water onttrekken verboden’

Droogte: Vanaf woensdagnacht gaan in het Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland de sluizen dicht en gaat een verbod in om oppervlaktewater te onttrekken. Dat besef lijkt nog niet bij iedereen ingedaald. „Voor...

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Greenhouse growers in the region want an exception, saying they need the water for irrigation. Water management board refuses. Growers: "Please give us water, or we'll have millions of damage to our crops. We don't care if salty seawater enters, any water is better than no water." nos.nl/l/2625554

Glastuinders niet uitgezonderd van sproeiverbod, sector vreest miljoenenschade

De glastuinbouw in onder meer het Westland krijgt geen uitzondering op het sproeiverbod dat woensdag ingaat.

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I said it before, I’ll say it again. If we cut down all trees and concrete over the countryside, we’re completely safe from wild fires or land slides.

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 2d ago

Up is down. Black is white. Orwell lives! #RupertMurdoch #CriminalDisinformation www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...

I want the BBC to do better. Incredibly in 2026 they’re still helping the fossil fuel industry to create doubt.

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 6d ago

I was not informed by the BBC that they would have a right wing political figure or lobbyist on after me to rebut what I said. The individual in question went on to spout lies about China, etc. to distract attention from the Trump administration's assault on climate action. This is unacceptable.

Ah yes ignoring the laws of physics when the world is burning. Next Burnham will be pragmatic about gravity. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas

PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’

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Just to repeat once more, small and nearby, large and far away. Lerwick harbour.

This is a great and understandable write up of what happened. I fear the next Morris worm won’t be far away

Simon Willison@simonwillison.net · 2w ago

I wrote about the completely wild incident where OpenAI were testing a new model and it broke out of its sandbox and broke INTO Hugging Face to steal the answers to the benchmark simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/...

See the alternating warm and cold patches in the Northern mid-latitudes? That's the imprint of a quasi-stationary Rossby wave (i.e. oscillations in the jet stream). It's rare to see it so clearly in a monthly-average temperature map.

is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

May this seal of approval from an evil man be all Andy Burnham and Co need to realise that they’re on the wrong side of history.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's Day 1 of Andy Burnham being Prime Minister & Donald Trump is celebrating the destruction of our planet. Meanwhile Spain doubled it's renewables - before they had some of the highest bills in Europe and now some of the lowest bills. Labour need to stop appealing to Trump.

Please let this headline be false. Out of all the policies that Burnham could’ve created, he’s opting to placate Trump and the oil industry, and hasten Armageddon in the process? Has anybody in Westminster observed the heatwaves and wildfires in the UK? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling

Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.

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Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley

@metoffice.gov.uk This is not a “New Normal”. That term suggests that we have plateaued. There’s no reduction of fossil fuel or carbon emissions in sight, so far from a “New Normal” @edhawkins.org could you tell them that this is a misleading term? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK's extreme weather is the new normal - Met Office

The latest report on the UK's climate warns cold mountainous areas are also being lost.

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy capital growth come, thy riches be won, on Earth, that it become Hell. Lead us not into rewilding, but generate asset growth, for we desire money, power and glory, forever and ever, Amen.

“The finest solid plastic“. What is there not to like?

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3w ago

“Ladies’ Home Journal” 1953 Boltaflex www.tumblr.com/oldtimesnew/...

This is something that would work in many countries; especially good with electric trains

The Register@theregister.com · 3w ago

Photovoltaics are still running after a year under Swiss trains

Debunking Rupert Lowe’s claims on Rogan’s podcast. Please share as widely as you can open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

Debunked! 9 False Claims Made by Rupert Lowe to Joe Rogan About Muslims, Migrants and More

The Restore Britain MP's description of the Dunblane massacre as 'one murder' has been widely and rightly condemned. But at Zeteo UK, we call out his many other offensive and ridiculous claims.

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Blocking traffic to highlight the prospects of, amongst other, heatwaves that so far in 2026 caused 25,000 excess deaths in Europe is punishable by prison and deportation.

The looney project to go after www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @georgemonbiot.bsky.social taking aim at green-washing combined with more fossil fuel subsidies

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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On 30 June 2026, The Canary announced that Lloyds Banking Group had frozen its accounts, withholding a substantial sum of its money, with no explanation given. I've written at least 5 pieces for The Canary tracking the UK duopoly's nationwide rollout of free zones. substack.com/@europeanpow...

The Debanking Machine: How Britain Quietly Built a Financial Kill Switch for Dissent

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8aVWCRBLqgk&t=1096s&pp=2AHICJACAQ%3D%3D&ra=m

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At risk of sounding arrogant, the #FOTW contains urgent info about where our climate, our world, and our society are headed, which everyone needs to hear But it is getting very little traction 😞 Please help share and promote 🙂 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @jporritt.bsky.social @anthonyhorowitz.com

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level

Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...

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++BREAKING++ Leading climate scientists in the UK have written to senior editors in broadcast media - and OFCOM and IPSO: "To express our concern about recent media coverage of extreme weather, climate change and net-zero and to urge you…to inform public audiences of the scientific links"

Here's our crowdfunder. Please do chip in if you can. We need to counter the deeply pernicious industrial lobbying that has far too much influence in this country, and uses Brexit as a golden opportunity to rip down public protections. Thanks. www.crowdjustice.com/case/fightin...

UK Government scraps chemical safety laws - so we're going to court

George Monbiot, Georgia Elliott-Smith and Steve Hyndside are Fighting Dirty, using the law to stop harmful pollution in its tracks. Find out more and follow our work at https://fightingdirty.org/

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Douglas Adams: > Anything in the world when you're born is normal, ordinary and a natural part of the world. Anything invented between when you’re 15-35 is new, exciting and revolutionary and you can get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things. 1/

In case you missed it ... On the night of the Brexit ref in 2016, as the result came in, this young woman was asked how she felt. Her mixture of anger, grief, shame, shock and despair spoke for millions of us. Everything she feared might happen came true. In Britain, and now in the USA.

Is this the future?

Rav@rvbdrm.com · 2mo ago

Autonomous robot clown roundhouse kicks a small child

One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

In little over 24 hours, the petition for government to stage a UK-wide briefing on the climate & nature crisis has passed the 10,000 milestone. Please help us get this to 100,000 to secure a parliamentary debate - by sharing widely. #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp

Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...

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