So the big news here this morning isn't the historic Burnham win or anything footy related - I briefly saw a large bird fly through our garden during dusk last night - though it might have been a barn owl - but today the BBC has this news...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d21mldd…
Rhine river, where it enters the Netherlands, reaches record low flow for July (and still going down).
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/07/14/bij-lobith-stroomt-historisch-weinig-water-de-rijn-door-a4932457
Baby, we can never kill excel. Long live spreadsheets
Source: https://hachyderm.io/@liztai/117097082760512046 (Forked due to the lack of proper alt text for the image in the original toot.)
Ahhhja. Die lokalen Vertreter haben sich "leicht vertippt". Der Waldbrand ist "nur" 50ha groß, nicht 500ha. Letzteres wäre seeeehr hässlich, das wäre größer als die Fläche bei Hürtgenwald - und die ist schon trauriger Rekordhalter. Hoffen wir, dass die Evakuierten am Ende noch was haben und nicht Alles wegbrennt…
"But air conditioning gives me a stiff neck"
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260716-at-least-12-000-excess-deaths-in-europe-s-june-heatwave-afp-analysis
"From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves
Damian Carrington - Environment editor"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
fascinating survey of the early lower east side music scene, 1900-1920. deep #nyc history. https://klezmor.im/@carkner/117021352714755930
Spain's three worst wildfires since 1961 happened in last two years #Spain