Not sure why this isn’t the dominant topic of national conversation rn: “Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
You probably weren’t planning to spend a few minutes reading about slime today. Trust us, you should. This astonishing organism has scientists questioning what intelligence really is. Genuinely one of the most fascinating things you’ll read today.
The slime that may be smarter than you
Slime mould may look like an unassuming fungus but it’s far from ordinary
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Good piece by Nando Signa on different narratives. A [dangerous] protest as much as a serious effort to migrate. How far Moroccan relaxation of controls was conscious effort to create this tbc. US right voices did suggest Morocco do this, but may be opportunists using it, not agents of this
Nando Sigona@nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d ago#Ceuta: an extraordinary migration event nandosigona.info/2026/07/31/c...
Russia has started employing North Koreans for the Wildberries warehouses. You understand the importance of Wildberries for the Russian regime when they are forced to import migrants to keep this system running.
Thames Water: there’s a hosepipe ban because our reservoir levels are getting low. Cut to scenes of the road next to Farmoor reservoir where a Thames Water pipe has leaked hundreds of thousands of litres of water on to the road such that it looks like a canal!!
Our resident political diarist Pecksniff peers behind the scenes of Starmer's final night in office. * Burnham reaches out across party lines. * Kemi Badenoch draws her red lines.
Pecksniff: It was just as Angela Rayner walked up Downing Street that the beer ran out
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Among the very many dim takes around the Ceuta incident... the very, very dumbest must be the assumption in Reform circles that all those people were somehow trying to make it to Britain. How exceptionalist and indeed exceptionally stupid can you get?
Think of Trump as a boil — an infected pustule on the giant ass of the American system. The boil would have become infected eventually because of deeper flaws in how the system has evolved. Let me introduce you to the first piece of why our system is failing: Jamie Dimon.
A Realist's Guide to the American System
Part 1: Dimon and the enshittification of everything
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Who is Schrödinger's putin? A man who can end the war tomorrow, yet also can't [my latest op-ed in a 🧵 thread] Few medieval figures loom larger in 🇷🇺’s origin story than Yuriy Dolgorukiy, the prince who founded an outpost on the Moskva River from which russian empire arose 1/28
A shapeless, nagging terror has gripped russian rulers since time immemorial: the risk of discovering that what lacks meaning, substance, and coherence is 🇷🇺 itself, a fragmented empire of peoples #moscow colonized in a hurry, forever searching and never finding a unifying national idea 4/28
We need to take a moment to salute Gianni Infantino for being the first person in history to get 55 European countries to unanimously agree on anything.
🚨 More than 50% of England is now officially in drought. That should be a wake up call. Today, on #Farm24, I've joined 15 fellow Labour MPs in writing to the Secretary of State to request a meeting on strengthening England's water security. 🧵👇
I feel hopeful about the talks today on fixing our broken care system but this is just the beginning. A solution is desperately needed. I will always stand up for family carers through this process.
Andy Burnham has gone up in my estimation by 900% since he has made social care an obsession.
All the hyped hype about Bayeux tapestry viewing at BM seems to miss fact that this wonderful artefact has been readily on display in Bayeux for past 40 years .. yes it’s the same tapestry ..
Not that I doubted for a second but a check double check and yes it’s real.
Jack Harrison@jlharrison.bsky.social · last wk.I’ve found out that if you google Zebedee the AI overview will pull through a description of the biblical Zebedee and an image of Zebedee from The Magic Roundabout.
The Russian army is now offering almost $90k a year for recruits - putting further strain on the economy. I still don't think a lot of people here have clocked how bad Russia's position is or the potential consequences of that.
Trying not to share X content on here. But rules exist to be broken and this is just too funny.
I am normally the first to defend civil servants. However, if this reporting is true then there should be mass firings and if at all legally feasible, criminal charges. To butcher a West Wing quote: everyone who did it, everyone who ordered it, and everyone who knew about it.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests
The hypocrisy of those criticizing Miliband’s appointment, when it’s been Trump systematically eroding transatlantic trust, attacking allies, coddling dictators, not UK. Moreover, it’s Trump who’s appointed wildly unsuitable people to key positions - JFK Jr; Hegseth; Patel; Noem; Gabbard; Bondi😡
Byline Times@bylinetimes.bsky.social · last wk."What all the critics of Miliband’s appointment are overlooking is that it is not actually the purpose of the Foreign Secretary to appease Donald Trump. The job of Foreign Secretary is to stand up for British interests." ✍️ @alexhh.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/07/27/i...
And here is Peter Hennessy’s valedictory speech, from the King’s Speech debate this spring: View the Hansard contribution by Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield (CB) (Valedictory Speech) on Monday 18 May 2026 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...
I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.
Hundreds slam proposals to turn car park into children's home in Bromley
Plans to build a children’s home on a car park in Bromley have been slammed by nearby residents who call the current parking situation “a…
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Best Glovo and KFC ad ever, I believe. Delivering fast food to positions by Warriors of the 3rd Regiment of the Special Operations Forces via a drone.
The #drought situation is deteriorating many forecast models have no measurable rain over next 10 days. Would be approaching 50 consecutive days since last rain for parts of south 😬 With more hot weather next week and heightened water demand at already peak time. (1/2)
To me the red flag is that Cottrell, A’zami and Christopher Harborne all operate financially out of the same small entity in Montenegro located next to a casino run by a fourth associate Hon Kong Yong
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2w agoReform UK donor and Farage ally George Cottrell carried a fake Swiss passport under the name ‘Oscar Drewitt’. Cottrell was hired under the name by the future Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami. A’zami later vetted Cottrell’s mother's donations to Reform, now the subject of a police investigation
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana moved from prison to psychiatric hospital
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana moved from prison to psychiatric hospital
Exclusive: Clinical assessments concluded Rudakubana could not be safely managed in prison, sources say The Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been moved to a psychiatric hospital from a prison after an assessment by psychologists, the Guardian can disclose. He was transferred to Broadmoor high security hospital from the category A prison Belmarsh earlier this week after it was concluded that he cannot be managed safely in a prison environment, sources confirmed. Continue reading...
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