Mill Glen
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NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues.
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues.
Just throwing away the opportunity to learn every day, for the terminally uncurious.
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Just throwing away the opportunity to learn every day, for the terminally uncurious.
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This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Somebody tell Reform and whichever remaining Tory hasn’t already resigned in disgrace that Texas - the epitome of anti-woke ideology - are decarbonising their energy grid rapidly due to the simple fact that solar energy is incredibly cheap and coal is incredibly expensive.
This is a watershed moment for Texas - for the first time ever, solar supplied more electricity than coal in 2025.
I will say it again: At this rate, TX will likely decarbonize its electricity sector faster than CA.
TX clean electricity is growing at 13%,m more than twice that of CA's at 6%.
I will say it again: At this rate, TX will likely decarbonize its electricity sector faster than CA.
TX clean electricity is growing at 13%,m more than twice that of CA's at 6%.
Texas solar power surpassed coal in 2025 for the first year ever. Here's why.
In 2025 — for the first year ever — solar arrays provided more electricity to Texas’ main power grid than coal-fired power plants.
www.houstonchronicle.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Somebody tell Reform and whichever remaining Tory hasn’t already resigned in disgrace that Texas - the epitome of anti-woke ideology - are decarbonising their energy grid rapidly due to the simple fact that solar energy is incredibly cheap and coal is incredibly expensive.
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"When it was built in the late 1950s the bunker was more than 100 yards from the sea." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nuclear bunker nears collapse due to coastal erosion - BBC News
The brick building, on the East Yorkshire coast, is thought to be about 70 years old.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:46 PM
"When it was built in the late 1950s the bunker was more than 100 yards from the sea." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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And the party’s sharp slide began the moment the general election was announced, i.e. from the moment the public stopped consuming politics ambiently and started paying attention to what the Labour Party was doing and saying, and what type of people were now leading it.
This persists with the claim that Starmer started to become unpopular "pretty much the moment he moved into Downing Street". In fact, he was unpopular when he became Labour Party leader in 2020 and this negativity increased ahead of the general election.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When crowds direct offensive chants at Keir Starmer, who’s to blame? I’m afraid he is | Jonathan Liew
The PM’s technocrat tendencies and lack of obvious backbone make him a target for amorphous rage, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:26 AM
And the party’s sharp slide began the moment the general election was announced, i.e. from the moment the public stopped consuming politics ambiently and started paying attention to what the Labour Party was doing and saying, and what type of people were now leading it.
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🚨 NEW | Starmer set to lose seat to Greens
🟢 GRN: 32% (+22)
🔴 LAB: 26% (-23)
➡️ REF: 18% (+12)
🔵 CON: 7% (=)
🟠 LD: 5% (=)
🟥 YRP: 2% (-17)*
MRP estimate via @ElectCalculus, 1-8 Dec
🟢 GRN: 32% (+22)
🔴 LAB: 26% (-23)
➡️ REF: 18% (+12)
🔵 CON: 7% (=)
🟠 LD: 5% (=)
🟥 YRP: 2% (-17)*
MRP estimate via @ElectCalculus, 1-8 Dec
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
🚨 NEW | Starmer set to lose seat to Greens
🟢 GRN: 32% (+22)
🔴 LAB: 26% (-23)
➡️ REF: 18% (+12)
🔵 CON: 7% (=)
🟠 LD: 5% (=)
🟥 YRP: 2% (-17)*
MRP estimate via @ElectCalculus, 1-8 Dec
🟢 GRN: 32% (+22)
🔴 LAB: 26% (-23)
➡️ REF: 18% (+12)
🔵 CON: 7% (=)
🟠 LD: 5% (=)
🟥 YRP: 2% (-17)*
MRP estimate via @ElectCalculus, 1-8 Dec
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Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
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This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication.
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication.
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
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'Dedham Vale, Evening,' (1802) was painted close to John Constable's home at East Bergholt in Suffolk, the year he first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London - he was gathering the material that would fuel his creative ideas for the rest of his working life.
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
'Dedham Vale, Evening,' (1802) was painted close to John Constable's home at East Bergholt in Suffolk, the year he first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London - he was gathering the material that would fuel his creative ideas for the rest of his working life.
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"Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels." www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:18 AM
"Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels." www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...
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Andrew Davidson (British Artist, born 1958)
"Gloucestershire", 2018.
Wood Engraving, 46 × 66 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Gloucestershire", 2018.
Wood Engraving, 46 × 66 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
January 11, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Andrew Davidson (British Artist, born 1958)
"Gloucestershire", 2018.
Wood Engraving, 46 × 66 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Gloucestershire", 2018.
Wood Engraving, 46 × 66 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
We have a centrist political culture of politicians and journalists in the UK and US so obsessed with comms, opitics, ‘realpolitik’ and other such shite - politics rather than the effects of politics - that barely any of them are able to even understand, never mind meet, the moment.
January 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
We have a centrist political culture of politicians and journalists in the UK and US so obsessed with comms, opitics, ‘realpolitik’ and other such shite - politics rather than the effects of politics - that barely any of them are able to even understand, never mind meet, the moment.
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Many words are written about the calm & peace from being in ‘nature’
But in this part of the world, nature is has been hugely modified & simplified
A wilder nature would be more edgy & even have dangers
Still restorative to be in, but less sanitised
But in this part of the world, nature is has been hugely modified & simplified
A wilder nature would be more edgy & even have dangers
Still restorative to be in, but less sanitised
January 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Many words are written about the calm & peace from being in ‘nature’
But in this part of the world, nature is has been hugely modified & simplified
A wilder nature would be more edgy & even have dangers
Still restorative to be in, but less sanitised
But in this part of the world, nature is has been hugely modified & simplified
A wilder nature would be more edgy & even have dangers
Still restorative to be in, but less sanitised
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I'm so bored of columnists pretending to be thick.
Zack Polanski thinks he can dictate who should be Labour leader www.independent.co.uk/voices/ed-da...
January 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
I'm so bored of columnists pretending to be thick.
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Slovenia is smaller and more densely populated than Scotland. But despite its small size and relatively populous countryside, it's home to nearly 1,000 brown bears, over 120 wolves and a growing population of around 50 reintroduced lynx.
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Slovenia is smaller and more densely populated than Scotland. But despite its small size and relatively populous countryside, it's home to nearly 1,000 brown bears, over 120 wolves and a growing population of around 50 reintroduced lynx.
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Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for the Millennium Falcon
January 7, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for the Millennium Falcon
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The left liberal block is comfortably ahead now, 48-45. The UK is not actually in a bad place politically, if we had a proportional system we would say things were at least as healthy as France or Germany. Our only problem is that the Labour Party is determined to "hold its nerve".
Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention (4-5 January 2026)
Reform UK: 26% (+1 from 21-22 Dec 2025)
Conservative: 19% (=)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Lib Dem: 16% (+1)
Green: 15% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Reform UK: 26% (+1 from 21-22 Dec 2025)
Conservative: 19% (=)
Labour: 17% (-3)
Lib Dem: 16% (+1)
Green: 15% (=)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM
The left liberal block is comfortably ahead now, 48-45. The UK is not actually in a bad place politically, if we had a proportional system we would say things were at least as healthy as France or Germany. Our only problem is that the Labour Party is determined to "hold its nerve".
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This shows the function of "independent" regulation. It is not to improve the working of an industry, but to allow the government to avoid responsibility.
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me that X and Grok's creation of sexual deepfakes of children is "completely unacceptable" but again won't commit to taking direct action against them, or to stop posting there.
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
January 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This shows the function of "independent" regulation. It is not to improve the working of an industry, but to allow the government to avoid responsibility.
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"When I came out, I probably seemed unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president. Tell me, how have you guardians of facts been doing recently?" #McSweeneysTop25of2025
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
Our 9th most-read article of 2025. - - -“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, no...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"When I came out, I probably seemed unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president. Tell me, how have you guardians of facts been doing recently?" #McSweeneysTop25of2025
I can’t think of a green policy that couldn’t be sold as an improvement to the lives of the majority of people. ’Painful but necessary’ is right wing framing. We need to talk about freedom from pollution, freedom from disease, freedom to walk and cycle and roam and access wild nature.
...But rightwing voices seem to have a strong influence, since now more than in the past, it seems (judging by tobacco or seat belt measures), people express "control aversion" and oppose green measures, if they seem to impinge on their freedom: grist.org/politics/why...
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I can’t think of a green policy that couldn’t be sold as an improvement to the lives of the majority of people. ’Painful but necessary’ is right wing framing. We need to talk about freedom from pollution, freedom from disease, freedom to walk and cycle and roam and access wild nature.
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This is one amazing photo.
Jets of water vapour and ice crystals blasting out through four deep fractures in the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus.
This is the only alien ocean we know of that we can directly access.
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Jets of water vapour and ice crystals blasting out through four deep fractures in the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus.
This is the only alien ocean we know of that we can directly access.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This is one amazing photo.
Jets of water vapour and ice crystals blasting out through four deep fractures in the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus.
This is the only alien ocean we know of that we can directly access.
(1/2)
Jets of water vapour and ice crystals blasting out through four deep fractures in the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus.
This is the only alien ocean we know of that we can directly access.
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2020 - Another Round
2021 - Palm Springs
2022 - Nope
2023 - The Holdovers
2024 - Perfect Days
2025 - One Battle After Another
2021 - Palm Springs
2022 - Nope
2023 - The Holdovers
2024 - Perfect Days
2025 - One Battle After Another
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: Memoria
2022: Pacifiction
2023: Eureka
2024: Queer
2025: The Ice Tower
2020: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
2021: Memoria
2022: Pacifiction
2023: Eureka
2024: Queer
2025: The Ice Tower
January 3, 2026 at 1:07 AM
2020 - Another Round
2021 - Palm Springs
2022 - Nope
2023 - The Holdovers
2024 - Perfect Days
2025 - One Battle After Another
2021 - Palm Springs
2022 - Nope
2023 - The Holdovers
2024 - Perfect Days
2025 - One Battle After Another
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There's very little understanding of how reliant our civilization is on biodiversity and natural ecosystems, even amongst scientists, for the reason there's no field of science, really studying it. Scientific ecology only really studies non-human organisms.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Destruction of nature as dangerous as climate change, scientists warn
Unsustainable exploitation of the natural world threatens food and water security of billions of people, major UN-backed biodiversity study reveals
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:56 PM
There's very little understanding of how reliant our civilization is on biodiversity and natural ecosystems, even amongst scientists, for the reason there's no field of science, really studying it. Scientific ecology only really studies non-human organisms.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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