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OUR FLAGS! NOT THEIRS! North East England - Christian, Lib Dem, love family, travel, reading, food, laughter, classical music and wildlife. Committed to social justice, Europe and a fairer, more sustainable world. I follow back. Will you?

#EU 's Von der Leyen on latest #Russia airstrikes "Once again we wake up to the news of horrible atrocities by Russia through its aerial attacks on #Ukraine. Russia must pay for the destruction it has caused.... [We will] use the proceeds from the immobilized Russian assets to make sure it does"

Scott Lucas@scottlucas.bsky.social · 12h ago

#UkraineWar, Day 1,624: #Russia Murders 15+, Injures 51 In and Near #Kyiv #Ukraine #RussiaWarCrimes eaworldview.com/2026/08/ukra...

On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂‍↕️

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I celebrate the wonderful NHS staff of all colours, ethnicities and backgrounds! If people object to being treated by someone of a different colour, ethnicity or religion, then they can make a choice! Accept with grace or do without! Thank you for my life NHS - whatever colour it came in!

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · yesterday

"There's a real thing going on in the composition of the staff...does that not have to be looked at as well?" Nick Robinson, on Today, discussing this news.sky.com/story/nhs-st...

Unlike conventional batteries, sand batteries don't need rare earth materials: "Electricity is taken off the grid when there's plenty of wind or solar power. That's used to heat up the sand to very high temperatures. The heavily insulated silo can keep that energy stored for days or weeks."

Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery

A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.

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