Paul Watson

@lazaruscorporation.co.uk

Artist | Hastings, UK | He/him | Grand Council of #Hookland | https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/

Horrible new bullshit from the sea every time. It’s never ‘oh we found a new pink fish that is so happy’ it’s always stuff like this, the crush-depth screw-headed dongwongler, and it’s got to have big long creepy bits. Sick of the ocean tbh.

A photo of a Magnapinna squid captured by a deep sea drilling company.

THIS!! THIS!!!! Every time I hear "British homes are designed to keep the heat in, that's why they're so hot" I swear I get closer to a breakdown. Look at the sine nature of the curve versus the flat line for the internal temperature. Properly insulated and ventilated (without AC) does this. 1/

Juraj Mikurcik@jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · last mo.

🫠 Tarmac is melting, trains are cancelled and people & animals are seeking refuge where they can. We feel very lucky that our home can provide that refuge. Over the last few days, when outside temperatures peaked at 32.5C here in Herefordshire, our house remained comfortably below 22C.

Graph of monitored internal and external temperatures during the UK heatwave

Usually when the government seeks to prohibit or ban something they treat it like a spell. That’s why they often don’t work. But sometimes the government will self-sabotage a ban by having exceptions so wide so as to render the ban ineffective. Like fox hunting, and now like this.

Nancy Kelley@nancymk.bsky.social · last mo.

I've spent years working towards a ban on conversion practices, hoping to see a bill published. Today, I just feel so profoundly sad. As many others have noted, the draft has a carve out for "healthcare" so broad it makes a mockery of the idea this is a 'ban'. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/p...

This is why cities need trees. Hard surfaces and parked cars can reach extreme temperatures, while shaded grass and tree-covered areas stay dramatically cooler. This is the urban heat island effect in one image: hard surfaces absorb and radiate heat, while vegetation and shade reduce it.

Photo showing a combination of hard and soft landscape with callouts of surface temperatures