Love uncle Lubin!

Good, I hate them. Also touchscreens in cars

It’s a shame Artemis II went to the moon when it was big and round, not a crescent like now. They could have saved so much time hopping over the thin sliver to get to the Far Side!

🇰🇵🤔 A bridge has been built for Russians in the DPRK.

The connection of the spans of the road bridge across Tumannaya River, connecting the two countries, has been completed on the border between Russia and North Korea.

this is so profoundly dishonorable

At least we’ve got Miliband

The world order is under sustained attack.

War. Greed. Apathy. Impunity. The growing assumption that rules can be ignored.

The UN wasn't built for the easy moments. It was built for moments like this.

Thank you @chathamhouse.org for hosting this discussion.

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

“The BBC… found a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or sometimes minutes, before a [market-moving Trump] social media post or media interview was made public.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I recognise this publishing model #royalties?whatroyalties?

Of course every publisher using AI to vet/summarise a manuscript routinely clears the rights with the author. And every author submitting a MS is totally comfortable with their work being ingested by the AI company in question, for free. No problem here at all.

Omg!

The BBC, like most broadcasters, does not have a dedicated energy editor, which is a glaring omission given that almost everything revolves around energy

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They yearn for the heady days of the Brexit horrorshow. So tedious

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Ruth Francis obituary Other lives: Communications head for scientific publishers who also chaired her industry body

Ruth Francis was excellent at navigating/communicating between the world of scientists and the world of the media with their horrible deadlines and weakness for sensationalism. And she was a wonderful person 💔

Yes it’s fab until the sun goes behind a cloud :)

Either act on the Mandelson debacle with leadership challenge, or drop it and move on. This endless dissection is just so pointless and damaging. Or is the plan to limp on till after terrible May election results and do it then?

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.

The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

Let us salute the rogue genius of Desmond Morris, ape-watcher and last of the Surrealists, gone at 98. Here he is, less than 2 years ago, with his Man Ray tribute work - the photographic lips are those of Diana Dors, whom he dated in the 40s when she was still Diana Fluck.

Amazing. Actually squirming

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I'm not even sure what are my side-hustles and what's my main hustle any more but anyway, these are selling well, give me a shout if you want one.

Got a pond fountain! It’s like lake Geneva here now!

Zelenskyy makes a big announcement: “We have already reached 10-year agreements with three key countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. We already have requests from 11 countries – the Middle East and the Gulf, plus we’re also gradually turning our attention to the Caucasus.

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THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026

* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
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Oh no!

So exciting to have treatment for this rapid killer

apropos of the Palantir manifesto circulating, here's a thread reviewing the book it's derived from

Ugh