I keep meaning to mention BBC Radio 4 Extra have a short season of repeats related to Studio Ghibli. Programmes about the studio and their films, alongside dramatisations of the original stories they turned into films www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC - The Stories of Studio Ghibli

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Studio Ghibli's first release

bbc.co.uk

what kind of a bizarre line is ‘the moon has clearly seen better days’

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

SpaceX

The strongest available evidence supports a zoonotic origin for COVID-19. - The virus is genetically diverse in ways typical of natural viruses and atypical of gain-of-function (GoF) viruses. 🧵

I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …

Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups

theguardian.com

Alfred Hitchcock, by Otto Bettmann, 1950.

Someone posted this picture of neolithic lego scenes to r/Scotland on reddit so blessing your timeline with it:

Favourite commission I had drawn for the weekend. Why, it's only Judge Death!

. California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record Find out more: www.latimes.com/environment... #ClimateAction

California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record

New batteries to store solar electricity and low demand in May both contributed to high percentage of electricity that came from solar.

latimes.com

Announcing Judge Dredd: Compact Crimes, Volume One! A new range collecting Judge Dredd from the beginning in new compact editions in 2027 - and only £9.99 per volume! https://bit.ly/3S9QM8u

Of all the things to admit on the internet, “I don’t know how bananas work” is one of the funniest

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 20h ago

Spoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.

"This is a significant step in our city’s recovery from the Princes Street fire, and I wholeheartedly welcome the Scottish Government's announcement today." Council Leader Jane Meagher. A £5m fund to support the city's response has been confirmed.

“No city has yet claimed the territory Edinburgh is uniquely placed to occupy: the world’s first regenerative festival city – a place where the very events that draw millions become the engine of community renewal.“ theconversation.com/edinburgh-fe...

Edinburgh festival: how the city’s residents could benefit after the crowds leave

Every year the festival attracts thousands of people to Scotland’s capital, but is the city able to harness this and improve it as a place to live?

theconversation.com

I'm as shocked as you are, dear reader, that the leader of the Conservative Party would omit to mention or factor in the 11,651 prison places that were closed over the same period due to either prison closures or cell dilapidation.

Full Fact@fullfact.org · 10h ago

Andy Burnham has claimed only 500 prison places were added between 2010 and 2024, but Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives created 14,000 new places. Can these two claims add up? We’ve had a look at the figures 👇 fullfact.org/crime/how-ma...

Insider trading from inside the Oval Office...

Bad news for historians: dead people now off limits for criticism

Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · 2d ago

Sad to see people posting on social media negatively about Rod Liddle, who died yesterday. If I have disagreed with you very strongly in life - and you die - I hope I'll be either silent, or kind.

The FRIENDS of PRINCES STREET GARDENS were set up on Sunday 2 August 2026. Please join if you love the gardens and want to participate in our plans — and be on the mailing list receiving updates. MEMBERSHIP is free — for now! The launch meeting will follow in September. Go to: shorturl.at/aXbB3

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

theguardian.com

I love this painting! Happy Birthday former POTUS Barack Obama! You’re 65 today! Dig that tan suit!

Here is a clear example of how corporate capitalist forces (and their media) try to undermine science & create their own counterfactuals (and enemies) - in this case using useful idiots. A clear example of false consciousness - where publics must be deceived to protect corporate capital accumulation

Reform UKs plan to use the Royal Navy to intercept migrant boats in the Channel brilliantly taken apart by ... er ... Nigel Farage

This should be EVERY city on a permanent basis. The city closing down streets so children can play www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Leeds: The city closing down streets so children can play

In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.

bbc.co.uk

I've built a map displaying where on the Amtrak network you can take your bike, line-by-line and station-by-station. This data isn't available anywhere else, check out where you can go! amtrak-bike-map.transittools.dev

Amtrak Bicycle Access

Explore carry-on, checked, and station-level bicycle access across the Amtrak rail network.

amtrak-bike-map.transittools.dev

Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups

theguardian.com

We’re aware of a local seller of an Urban Arrow CargoLine (Kiox) electric cargo bike: 🚲 2000 miles ⏳Bought in Oct 2022 🎁 Comes with Rain Cover, box mat, box cover and GPS tracker fitted. If interested, we can put you in touch. Let us know.

In case any Edinburgh social history people are interested: I have an MSc student looking at bath- and wash-house usage statistics, and he's turned up a Carnegie report from 1918 with these photos of the Simon Square wash-house.

In a week when sleeper trains from Scotland to Europe are mooted, there’s also this very interesting interview with one of the founders of European Sleeper news.stv.tv/scotland/wor...

Transport bosses to explore future Caledonian Sleeper services to Europe

Direct sleeper services linking Scotland and mainland Europe are being explored in a new study

news.stv.tv

The Man in Seat 61@seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 6d ago

An interview with Chris Engelsman, one of the founders of @EuropeanSlpr: Some key background to ES's aims and future here... back-on-track.eu/in-conversat...

Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West

MIDDLE EAST HEAT WAVE Brutal conditions with over 50C daytime and over 35C nightime continues. Widespread records allover the area. Some of the most extreme MINIMUMS tonight in the EMIRATES: 38.5 Swiehan 36.8 Al Ain Next days,we might see some MINIMUMS of 40C. Absolutely brutal

It's time for another round of the low stock game! There are *3* Xenomorph, *1* Great Pumpkin, *3* BTILC, and *2* Draper prints left in the shop! www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products