“Mine. All miiiine….”

The politics of climate change are complex. You’ve summed it up well. I’m hoping the Hormuz and looming Bab el Mandeb crises will knock some sense. Last week I was in France and I breezed smugly past queues of people at the petrol stations, on the way to the vehicle recharger. Wot range anxiety?

“Keep moving. Nothing to see here”

Good idea. I’ve largely moved on from my DSLR to the phone camera, which is almost as good. Also, it’s worn out and I can’t afford to replace it. My Olympus 1N still works - perhaps I should go back to E6. Old style slide photography teaches a lot about framing.

On top of everything else

@doctorcdf.bsky.social Its interesting that the words “Trump” and “unhinged” sit together so frequently in social media posts.

@garde24.bsky.social Curie got tangled up in transuranics, like Fermi, and missed discovering fission. Einstein won the Swedish prize for the photoelectric effect, not relativity. Which was more important? Probably relativity, which is still passing gravitational wave tests 100 yrs later.

He’s proper poorly. It’s easy to follow the mission with a largeish amateur telescope in the back garden and listen to their transmissions as well. Amateurs could do this during the Apollo missions over 50 yrs ago.

Iran warns of 'devastating' retaliation after Trump's expletive-filled threats Trump says he will strike Iran's power plants and bridges if the Strait of Hormuz is not open before an apparent deadline of 20:00 ET on Tuesday (01:00 BST Wednesday).

Iran will never forgive America for this. They will still be angry about it in 500 yrs. Trump has no understanding, not the slightest notion, of what he has done. And he has no comprehension of what Iran might be able to do in 10-15 yrs. www.bbc.com/news/live/c5...

Donald Trump asks for $152m to reopen Alcatraz prison Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi calls the plan a

Ah, excellent news. They’ve been looking for somewhere big enough to incarcerate Trump and his cronies for a while. The Orange Man of Alcatraz. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here’s Moonlight. With you all the way.

You can’t take your eyes off them for a moment

This cat has a paw in the tuna loin futures market. I suspect insider trading but she’s sayin’ nowt

Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive Solar panels that can be plugged in at home could be available to buy in supermarkets in the coming months.

About time. The battery problem can be addressed by installing neighbourhood vanadium flow batteries which are bigger than Li but could connect to a couple of dozen houses. No need to meter individually because it’s storing free solar. There’ll be a Li shortage soon. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man…..

Precedent?

Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia investigation, dies at 81 A former FBI director, Mueller led the high-profile inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election

Trumps comments as usual say a lot more about himself than they do about Mueller www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Those shadow fleet tankers are so dodgy it probably blew itself up. Possibly with the aid of a crewman lighting a roll up.

No doubt eyeing up the birdies with predatory interest.

My first Beethoven purchase was on the Philips Fontana label. It was on one of those funny black discs with a hole in the middle. 5 on one side and 6 on the other. 7 shillings and sixpence in 1967. I still have it but it’s a bit worn out.

A fine town. I once drank a Heineken with a Dutch friend at that very café

Britain wakes up to the condition of its Navy - Navy Lookout For years, warnings about the declining strength of the Royal Navy have been largely ignored. The crisis in the Middle East has placed the size and readiness of the RN in the spotlight, with various p...

A deeply depressing read www.navylookout.com/britain-wake...

“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite.” - J K Galbraith

US and Israel launch attack on Iran, as Trump says 'major combat operations' under way - follow live The Israel Defense Forces say that Iran has launched retaliatory strikes towards Israel.

The fact that the only ally Trump has been able to draw into this was is Israel speaks volumes about both regimes www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

Nothing wrong with that. And an encouraging purr, of course. We would be nowhere without that.

Elections are never won but only lost.

Parliament Square Winston Churchill statue defaced with graffiti The statue of the former prime minster at Westminster is being cleaned up after the vandalism attack.

All the wartime leaders were flawed. Churchill and Stalin were alcoholics, and FDR had his own health problems. Hitler and his cronies were demonstrably insane. But there’s no excuse for this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Much enjoyed the Ireland - Thankyou. I was a huge fan of Richard Hickox. His recording of Elgar’s “Spirit of England” was superb. Most conductors take it too slow. He died far too young 😰

One does one’s best 🤣

Live updates: Secret Service shoot man after 'unauthorised entry' at Mar-a-Lago The suspect was carrying a shotgun and a fuel can, authorities say.

The SAS shoot first and ask questions afterwards. Trump’s security detail shoot first and shoot afterwards. I expect he just wanted a swim and didn’t fancy paying the entrance fee. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...