Misty was appalled that I took his photo whilst he was blepping.

This story is alarming because of the sum involved I know the bins outside Waterloo station - they are almost always overflowing! This does suggest enforcement officers are hanging around waiting to catch people out Either hang onto your rubbish or make sure it is properly inside a bin

I was fined £500 after putting a coffee cup in a rubbish bag next to a full bin

Reader expresses consternation after enforcement officer issues penalty notice outside station in London

theguardian.com

You also have to wonder if councils are deliberately not emptying the bins so people have no choice but to do this, and then get fined

Do you have what it takes to guide Rhiannon from her home in Cardiff to Barry Island to get ice cream with her aunt, Fflur? Challenges along the way include a strange magician, an enchanted forest and a broken down bus. Play in English or Welsh. ymestyn.cymru/intera...

Interactive Fiction - Ymestyn

Practising your Welsh should be fun, and what better way to add new words to your vocabulary than by playing an interactive […]

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Rhiannon just wants to get an ice-cream at Barry Island with her aunt Fflur, but her journey won’t be easy.  Mae Rhiannon jyst eisiau cael hufen iâ yn Ynys y Barri efo’i modryb Fflur, ond fydd ei thaith hi ddim yn hawdd.  Chwaraewch rŵan, am ddim.  https://ymestyn.cymru/interactive-fiction/

If it fits, I sits

This orange smudge visible from past the Channel Islands last night could only be a cloud of wildfire smoke, persisting in the air even though the Surrey fire is out.

I saw a gannet!! It flew alongside the ferry briefly, and then was gone. But that beak is unmistakeable.

Renewables offer so much opportunity, and necessity is mothering so much innovation.

Suw@suw.bsky.social · 3d ago

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

Oh good. Rod Liddle is dead. One less toxic asshole pouring poison into the public discourse. And journalists who find themselves wanting to defend him because he was one of them needs to take a long hard look at what exactly they are defending.

[Rebekah] Brooks added that "he challenged conventional thinking and left an indelible mark on British journalism." An indelible mark is a stain, Rebekah.

My new followers are going to be so disappointed to find out I’m mostly made of cat pictures and confusion.

Whahey - AgriPV is part of a broader EU project. talosproject.eu/about/ www.wur.nl/en/research/... Have a good trip!

I have never owned a baseball cap before, but I think I picked a good one to buy!

According to Luke Tryl on Radio 4 disillusioned Reform voters think Farage is “just the same as the rest” on the corruption front. But he isn’t is he? He’s exponentially worse. And his grifter tendency has been obvious for a very long time.

Researchers’ results point to a way to improve both food production and solar power. Europeans: Whahey! This is exciting! Americans*: It’ll never work! *so far, 100% white male.

Freeview switch-off is a terrible idea for many reasons, not least that the signal is much, much more reliable than broadband and isn't subject to DNS attacks.

Adam Sherwin@adamsherwin.bsky.social · 2d ago

Cult channel Talking Pictures TV has revived the ‘golden age’ of cinema. Will Freeview digital switch-off kill it? inews.co.uk/news/how-onl... @theipaper.com @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

Ah, America has woken up. Welp, I’m about to get on a cross channel ferry so rip my notifications I guess.

Ohio Todd@lettucewrangler.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is a bit of a canard since the only crop (in the US) routinely grown under panels is grass, and we have known for a long time that grass LOVES 20-40% shade. It's not nothing, but you wouldn't grow, say, tomatoes, beans, or corn under solar panels.

Want to practice your Welsh over the summer? Perhaps learn some new words? Try my interactive fiction game and lead Rhiannon from Cardiff to Barry Island, without dying or getting turned into an owl along the way! Free to play. Suitable for intermediate+. https://ymestyn.cymru/interactive-fiction/

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds

The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.

theconversation.com

It's always funny to me (positive) when allegedly utopian solarpunk ideas prove viable and measurably beneficial. Didn't even have to put it in a yogurt ad.

Suw@suw.bsky.social · 3d ago

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

This is like a footnote in a sci-fi novel that explains away some current problem. This is a goddamn miracle and should be grabbed with both hands by any country with sunlight and fields

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media

For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar

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Exactly! This has very much been on my mind. We saw such effective work on drink-driving. And this *isn't* resource intensive: it's never been easier to spread messages – especially when it's footage of a scrote losing their illegal bike. The nation bloody loves this. It's such an open goal.

Mike Knell@blat.at · 3d ago

And we know the British police can do this. They were a major part of the decades-long campaign that changed drinking and driving from being akin to minor speeding to being something that is so socially unacceptable that if you get caught doing it the consequences are life-changing. So what changed?

"Trust in me, trust in meee..."

I have spent four days cleaning and tidying, and if I may paraphrase Brené Brown, No matter what gets cleaned and how much is left uncleaned, I have cleaned enough.

I genuinely have never had a cat that eats as messily as Copurrnicus. I mean, look at. There's almost as much discarded kibble as there is in kibble in the bowl.

I have genuinely never had to hoover my curtains before, but this house is so bloody dusty. Anyway, life first: I have hoovered my curtains.

Fuck sake. How have I managed to buy a new washing up bowl that does not fit in the damn sink?