
2025-09-04 16:00:58
"Summer 2025 was UK's hottest on record and experts say 'extremes' like this are becoming more common"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"Summer 2025 was UK's hottest on record and experts say 'extremes' like this are becoming more common"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
Uninstalled the NHS App. I dunno but there’s something about Wes Streeting getting his dirty little paws on it that makes me be a little wary.
If I need to use it, I’ll use it purely via the web, at https://www.nhsapp.service.nhs.uk/
Thar she blows! (Light blue is energy generation from wind in the UK, taken from gridwatch.co.uk)
#StormFloris #UKenergy #WindPower
"More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Farming
Had a great time at Good Vibrations Society this weekend.
First act I saw was the most entrancing. Rozsa stroking a harp and singing angelically with a backing track. She was great.
The North London Gospel Choir doing Graceland was pretty cool. They got some mad energy, all those gospel synced dance moves. Lovely to hear that album in a new way.
Enjoyed the Gentlemen Dub Club and Riot Jazz and So Solid Crew. Watched a nice sunset at camp.
Lovely small site, great crowd. Hung with some friends and met old ones I hadn't seen for years.
Also tripped over a guy rope in the dark on the first night and hurt my wrist pretty bad.
Walked away after a moment on the floor assessing damage but visited the medical tent. My wrist swelled up so much the next day I had to have my wristband replaced. Drive home somewhat more perilous as a result. Thank goodness for automatic gear boxes.
#goodVibrationsSociety #festival #uk
"UK study finds space-based solar could supply 80% of Europe’s renewable energy needs"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy #SolarPower
Sitting in the shade enjoying the first day of my holiday and I'm already half way through Rory Stewart's "Politics on the Edge". It's a beautifully written if slightly concerning run through his political career and how the system fails us. #ukpolitics #books
"UK energy companies could fund home efficiency upgrades until late 2026"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy
Palestine Action / UK censorship
Good article from @….
"While the groups actions may constitute criminal damage, their actions do not represent an attempt to induce fear in the population by creating an imminent threat to life. ...
"Proscribing Palestine Action as terrorists is not about public safety – it is about suppressing protest that we may disagree or agree with, but that stands well short of being an attempt to strike fear into the British public through the use of indiscriminate violence against people. In equating support of damage to military property with support of terrorism, it endangers legitimate debate about the UK-Israel arms trade. ...
"As there is no public evidence of any link to terrorism or support of terrorist groups from Palestine Action, Open Rights Group supports their decision to appeal proscription. While we may have differing opinions on their tactics, we stand against this attack on their right to exist and speak out."
#PalestineAction #UK #censorship #UKPol
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
UK Subs:
🎵 Plan of Action
#UKSubs
https://uksubsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/plan-of-action
https://open.spotify.com/track/1fT9ihTFaA2VkgTCs8HhUD
🔐 UK phone retailers lock shop doors while trading to tackle rising thefts
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/06/phone-retailers-lock-doors-tackle-rising-thefts
Additionally the yellow line is solar, so that's 50% wind, 22% solar meaning almost ¾ of UK power generation is clean and renewable right now. There's another 12% that's nuclear generated. Very, very little fossil fuel burning at the moment.
#UKenergy #Renewables #CleanEnergy
"From Kemi Badenoch to Nigel Farage: How UK Plc’s sustainability leaders can respond to net-zero backlash"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Sustainability
Come on #UK! This is not the way to go!! You want more heat waves, pollution, droughts, storms, floods? No?? So do something!!
”UK falling behind EU on environmental rules amid post-Brexit rollback”
Imgur has been completely blocked in the UK.
(Using Mozilla VPN to connect to Manchester to verify)
#BlockedWebsite #imgur #ukosa
"Starmer says UK will recognise Palestinian statehood in September unless Israel agrees ceasefire and two-state solution”
Erm, surely, if a two state solution was implemented, then we would recognise the state of Palestine so none of this makes any sense??
#ukpolitics
"UK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stall"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
Well Zack's won, convincingly, 20k votes to 3k votes for the others.
So that's good.
Now lets see if he can make the media actually reflect the message like they reflect Farage constantly.
Gonna be harder for anti-capitalists than pro-capitalists, what with the media all being owned by the capital.
#ZackPolanski #green #uk
"Revolutionary city-scanning satellite from UK-France partnership set to transform climate monitoring"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #France
Welcome, #UK #publichealth, to the 1990s. The last kids where I grew up (Ontario, Canada) to not receive the #chickenpox vaccine as part of the standard childhood regimen are pushing 40 by n…
I love it when bands play in these abandoned warehouse settings. This is from a place operated by The state51 Conspiracy in London.
#music #uk
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UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle addressed his critics head-on at Google Cloud London today.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/peter-kyle-addresses-big-tech-criticisms
"Summer 2025 was hottest on record in UK, says Met Office"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange
#UkPol
"Starmer says UK ‘can’t just tax our way to growth’ as he brushes off call for wealth tax – UK politics live"
https://www.theguard…
"UK government unveils solar roadmap, outlines steps to 47 GW by 2030"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy
I knew someone whose Dad died of TB. This would've been about 20-odd years ago. He caught it on holiday, and when he came back to the UK, doctors didn't twig at first what it was. And then it was too late.
#tuberculosis #UK
"Common toad is becoming uncommon in UK, study shows"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Toad #Animals
"Where does the UK most need more public EV chargers"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV #ElectricVehicles
"Analysis: Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy
So in theory today is the day when all the site have to try and get their UK users to verify their age. Which is mostly done by verifying their ID.
I expect the kids will have little trouble figuring out a way around this.
The boomers will have more trouble though. Expecting calls from my folks asking what's going on and if they really have to scan their face and indeed how to do that and probably giving up and just not using the thing.
I'll just be not using the things which demand it in general.
About the only upside in all this is it might get the boomers off of Facebook I guess.
#onlineSafetyAct #uk
"UK Government mulls 'polluter pays' fees for wet wipe manufacturers, confirms 1.lbn recycling funding"
#UK #UnitedKingdom
For fucks sake - there are actual, important, and urgent things that need money spending on them. Today. 🤦♀️
#ukpolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025…
"UK’s richest set to produce 13 times more transport emissions than poorest by 2035"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Cars
"UK Government approves 1.5GW offshore windfarm"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Solar #Energy
"UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SouthKora #Japan
"UK firms to pay electric company car drivers more towards charging costs"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV #ElectricVehicles
"UK banks jointly support green building innovations including ‘heat batteries’"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Banks #Finance
"Don’t delay flexible plastic recycling for UK homes, businesses tell Ministers"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Plastic #Plastics
"UK Football Team Unveils ‘World-First’ Vegan-Certified Kit"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Football
"How fuel used in 'green' bin lorries could be destroying rainforests"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Rainforest #Environment
"The areas where householders are missing out on cheaper solar electricity, mapped"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy
"UK offshore wind developers set to pay more for staff training and community development"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #WindTurbines
"175 researchers urge UK Prime Minister to stand up to President Trump on climate change"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"Cut electricity bills by scrapping green levies, say Labour MPs"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy
"Report: NHS England could reap £1.4bn cost savings from building retrofit"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Health
"In numbers: The UK’s clean energy mix"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy #Renewables
"Zack Polanski elected new Green Party leader"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange
"What will expanding Heathrow do to UK’s net zero plans?"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero #Climate
"UK's largest lake 'dying' as algae blooms worsen"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Wildfire damage to English and Welsh landscapes could reach £12m this month"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales #Environment
"London Inches Closer to Running Transit System Entirely on Renewable Power"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #London #PublicTransport
"Half of UK councils still use pesticides in public places, research finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Chemicals #Pesticides
"Four Montagu’s harrier chicks take flight in first UK breeding success since 2019"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Birds #Animals
"UK air quality is improving but pollution targets are still being breached – new study"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Pollution
"How researchers tracked the biggest hidden sources of forever chemical pollution in UK rivers"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #PFAS
"Decarbonising British glass: The technology exists, now the Government must catch up"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Glass
"Reform UK Council Backs Climate Denial Motion Saying Man Made Climate Change Is 'Unproven'"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"Analysis: UK foreign aid for nature hits £800m record due to cash for carbon credits"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"From shutters to reflective paint: how to prevent UK homes overheating"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Houses
"Zonal pricing is dead – here’s how the UK should change its electricity system instead"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy
"UK retailers ‘unprepared’ for mandatory nature action requirements"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Nature #Business
"Climate groups call for UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #CoalMine
"Millions of litres of oil seeping into UK soil from ageing electricity cables"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #FossilFuels
"One in four Brits has ‘no understanding’ of net-zero, survey finds"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero
"‘An enormous scar’: the battle over solar farms and pylons as Reform UK takes aim at net zero"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero
"Strongest year on record for UK solar generation as deployment accelerates"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy
"Analysis: Record UK wildfires have burned an area twice the size of Glasgow in 2025"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Glasgow #Wildfires
"OBR: Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero
"Turning over a new leaf: historic English gardens adapt to the changing climate"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange
"From the Peak District to St Austell Bay - how beloved beauty spots are in decline"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Survey: UK school leavers keen to enter green jobs right away"
#UK #UnitedKingdom
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"UK’s second-hand retail market growing rapidly, research reveals"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Retail
"Labour must create green jobs or lose voters to parties who oppose net zero, unions warn"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero
"Heatwaves, floods and sea level rise: UK weather extremes are increasing, Met Office confirms"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Heatwave
"UK may be on verge of triggering a ‘positive tipping point’ for tackling climate change"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"Six additional EVs added to UK electric car subsidy scheme"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #EV #ElectricVehicles
"Nature-friendly farming budget swells in UK – but cuts elsewhere make recovery fraught"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Farming #Nature
"The 2025 ‘Tree of the Year’ Is an Ash Growing in the Middle of Glasgow"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Trees #Environment
"Scheme to release beavers into wild in England has stalled, say nature experts"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Beavers #Animals
"As climate change hits, what might the British garden of the future look like?"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange
"Zack Polanski’s ‘eco-populism’ could put voters off Greens, opponents say"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange
"Vape waste: Recycling giants call for separate collections to stop battery fires"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Recycling #Batteries
"Businesses and charities call for UK to scrap VAT on refurbished electronics"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Technology
"From dirty water to wildlife protections, the environmental cost of Brexit only gets higher"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Wildlife
"Conservationist Hail Recovery of 150 Struggling Species Thanks to Projects by Natural England"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Conservation
"Reform Council Bans All Mentions of Climate Change While Quietly Taking Green Funds From Government"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate