That was different... I heard the sound of loud engines outside thinking it may have been a chinook. When I peer outside I see a large vintage bomber doing a lap of East London. Possibly a B17? Not bad photos considering I didn't have very long to grab the big camera.

Newham in East London has not had a single millimetre of rainfall since the 28th June. That was 46 days ago.

Ugh, I knew I shouldn't have put the air conditioner away last weekend. I'm now melting :(

Eeep... Having noted how brown and dry everything is looking outside this morning I was wondering how long it has been since it last rained over my bit of East London. Checking my smart weather station it hasn't rained at all here since 28th June... 31 days ago. Yikes.

I feel less guilty about buying a 3D printer now that I’ve actually custom built something useful… that’s not going to stop me printing off several kilograms of pointless tat of course.

How long after getting their first 3D printer does it generally take people to stop endlessly printing pointless trinkets you have absolutely no use or need for? Asking for a friend.

Ooof… I’m watching Disclosure Day and even the stellar casting isn’t going to save this movie. It might even be worse than Greenland.

Calling all nerds... who makes the best 3D filament printers these days? I've been hunting but it's so long since I last looked that I don't recognise any brands except BambooLabs who are a trash company with disgusting business practices. Elegoo and Creality seem OK but would appreciate input.

Running late to the Pride Ride, or fancy joining us part way through the ride? You can find our live location at the link below. glympse.com/!prideride

Day 3 on mounjaro... constant but very mild background nausea paired with sulphery burps so rancid they could wilt a houseplant from a neighbouring room. Definitely feeling some appetite suppression and the food noise is much reduced. Asides from the toxic burps I'm pretty happy with this so far.

Bleurgh... the minimum overnight temperature here in East London was 22.6c last night.

Being the sucker who maintains and curates the metadata for Prime Minister's Questions on the TVDB used to be quite easy... I'd prefill all of the HoC sitting Wednesdays, then occasionally edit episodes when the deputies host. The last couple of years though I feel like I'm doing edits monthly.

Oooh... the exceptionally dishy Downing Street podium man is out. Starmer's either about to resign or dig his heels in. Today is going to be an interesting day.

Ooops... #HomeAssistant sent me an alert that the temperature on the balcony had reached 40c. It turns out that I hadn't been paying attention to where I aimed the exhaust host of the air conditioner when I turned it on earlier, so it was blasting hot air right into my NetAtmo weather station.

Good grief… some of the forecasting models are showing the potential for 42 degrees Celsius in London on Wednesday… I’ve managed to avoid using the air conditioning so far this year but 35C + indoors is my breaking point.

Just under a week to go until this year’s Pride Ride London! Starting outside the National Theatre on the South Bank on Saturday 27th June 2026 - heading off at 1:30pm For event details please check www.prideride.co.uk

What on earth is going on in docklands this evening? I'm seeing a lot of thick black smoke coming from somewhere around Canary Wharf :/

"Call it out. Tell your friends. Write to your MPs and councillors. There will be protests – join them, we are going to." Our statement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice. lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s...

Statement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice - LGBTIQA+ Greens

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I watched Project Hail Mary last night… is it just me or was it essentially a knock-off of Spaceman with Adam Sandler from a couple of years ago?

While doing a bit of spring cleaning I stumbled on my ancient iPod Nano… this thing can’t have been used or even charged in over a decade. I press the power button not expecting anything to happen and it boots right up. Going to charge it and see if it’s even still usable in 2026.

Good grief… I guess Plex don’t want people buying the lifetime subscription anymore and want to drive new users to the monthly tiers instead… understandable I guess but yikes that’s a lot. I’m very glad I bought mine back when it was under $100

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live: The Cardigans Gloria Gaynor The XX Loyle Carner Muse Will Young S Club 7 Sugababes A1 McFly

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Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live: Madonna The Cranberries Tina Turner REM Sleeping at Last Kate Bush Kylie Minogue Bette Midler Matt Alber Adele

Struggling to separate my absolute loathing of Elon Musk from my admiration for the engineers at #SpaceX. Tonight they hopefully launch test flight 12 of #Starship with some very major upgrades since last time. I'm a little giddy for this one. Livestream will be here from 10:30pm

Watch the first Starship V3 launch for Flight 12!

YouTube video by Everyday Astronaut

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Watching the livestream of Newham Council’s first meeting since the local elections and you can physically feel the toxicity radiating off the Newham Independent councillors through the screen… If this is the kind of attitude and disrespect they intend to maintain it’ll be a very tough few years.

Well bugger me sideways with a nobbly-hatted lawn ornament... an ebay package I was expecting that was shipped via Evri actually arrived at the right address, on the right day, and undamaged. What sorcery is this?

No Eurovision Song Contest for me tonight… the endless cheating and the corruption of the competition has completely ruined it for me, I just can’t enjoy it anymore. Instead I’ll be celebrating the 32nd birthday of one of my favourite films. The adventures of Priscilla Queen of the desert.

How we rock up to the start of the Pride Ride… You won’t want to miss this year’s ride on Saturday 27th June. Starting at 1:30pm outside the National Theatre on London’s South Bank. Sign up for free at the link below: www.ticketsource.com/ibikelondon/...

This storm is an absolute monster. A couple of smaller storms have drifted across London this morning but the one I can see rolling in right now is absolutely massive. Here's a quick and dirty timelapse video from my skyline camera:

Did somebody order an apocalypse?

RIP balcony pigeon It has been 2 months since I last saw him so I have to assume he is now an ex pigeon. A daily visitor to my balcony since summer 2021 when Input water out during the heatwave. He must have had some crazy genetics he would do mid-air backflips and had tan and salmon pink plumage.