Jester mouse
@jestermouse.bsky.social
That line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me 🌊
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Film watches at Letterboxd https://boxd.it/HUMR
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Film watches at Letterboxd https://boxd.it/HUMR
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Postponed until something serious happens, followed by years of hand-wringing why nothing was done sooner.
A final decision on how to repair Britain’s crumbling parliament is likely to be postponed beyond the next general election, according to four people familiar with the matter.
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Postponed until something serious happens, followed by years of hand-wringing why nothing was done sooner.
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It's @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and the 2000 AD Hall is buzzing! The books are selling and the queue for the art talent search is getting longer!
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and the 2000 AD Hall is buzzing! The books are selling and the queue for the art talent search is getting longer!
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On this day 21 years ago, in the most consequential moment in history this account has yet marked, Diana Duyser, a resident of Florida, put a ten-year-old grilled cheese sandwich up for sale on eBay. As you would of course expect, it sold for $28,000 dollars. Mind you...
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
On this day 21 years ago, in the most consequential moment in history this account has yet marked, Diana Duyser, a resident of Florida, put a ten-year-old grilled cheese sandwich up for sale on eBay. As you would of course expect, it sold for $28,000 dollars. Mind you...
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How much CO₂ can the world emit while limiting global temperature rise?
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
How much CO₂ can the world emit while limiting global temperature rise?
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Its great to see that "shire counties" across the UK are setting 20mph as a norm for their towns and villages.
24 more communities to get 20mph limits in Westmoreland and Furness. A real improvement for residents and visitors.
24 more communities to get 20mph limits in Westmoreland and Furness. A real improvement for residents and visitors.
Statutory consultation opens for new 20mph schemes | Westmorland and Furness Council
Statutory consultation has opened on 24 community-backed 20mph speed limits across Westmorland and Furness.
www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Its great to see that "shire counties" across the UK are setting 20mph as a norm for their towns and villages.
24 more communities to get 20mph limits in Westmoreland and Furness. A real improvement for residents and visitors.
24 more communities to get 20mph limits in Westmoreland and Furness. A real improvement for residents and visitors.
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Global coal generation FELL slightly in the first three quarters of 2025.
This drop, combined with rapid growth in wind and solar, meant that renewables have generated more of the world’s electricity than coal so far this year ⚡
#COP30 https://loom.ly/AK3Fn3I
This drop, combined with rapid growth in wind and solar, meant that renewables have generated more of the world’s electricity than coal so far this year ⚡
#COP30 https://loom.ly/AK3Fn3I
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Global coal generation FELL slightly in the first three quarters of 2025.
This drop, combined with rapid growth in wind and solar, meant that renewables have generated more of the world’s electricity than coal so far this year ⚡
#COP30 https://loom.ly/AK3Fn3I
This drop, combined with rapid growth in wind and solar, meant that renewables have generated more of the world’s electricity than coal so far this year ⚡
#COP30 https://loom.ly/AK3Fn3I
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BBC reporting the huge plastic pellet spillage from Southern Water's Eastbourne wastewater site has now started turning up in the county on the Dungeness Peninsula. #KentNature
Carcinogenic microplastic that smell like food. 🤔 No wonder wildlife eats 'em..
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Carcinogenic microplastic that smell like food. 🤔 No wonder wildlife eats 'em..
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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What are bio-beads used for and how did they get spilled on to Camber Sands beach?
Plastic pellets attract algae and smell like food so can be eaten by birds, fish and dolphins, which can prove fatal
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
BBC reporting the huge plastic pellet spillage from Southern Water's Eastbourne wastewater site has now started turning up in the county on the Dungeness Peninsula. #KentNature
Carcinogenic microplastic that smell like food. 🤔 No wonder wildlife eats 'em..
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Carcinogenic microplastic that smell like food. 🤔 No wonder wildlife eats 'em..
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🌱 Spain’s community energy revolution is spreading!
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are providing cheap, clean electricity to homes, including low-income families, while promoting local ownership and fighting fuel poverty.
We love to see a community-led energy transition 🤩
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are providing cheap, clean electricity to homes, including low-income families, while promoting local ownership and fighting fuel poverty.
We love to see a community-led energy transition 🤩
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🌱 Spain’s community energy revolution is spreading!
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are providing cheap, clean electricity to homes, including low-income families, while promoting local ownership and fighting fuel poverty.
We love to see a community-led energy transition 🤩
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are providing cheap, clean electricity to homes, including low-income families, while promoting local ownership and fighting fuel poverty.
We love to see a community-led energy transition 🤩
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We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Happy #LetterboxdFriday to those who celebrate!
Also honourable mentions to Legally Blonde 2 (2003, 3 stars) & Dead End (1937, 3.5 stars) that fell off my #LastFourWatched list in a busy week!
#FilmSky 📽️🍿
Also honourable mentions to Legally Blonde 2 (2003, 3 stars) & Dead End (1937, 3.5 stars) that fell off my #LastFourWatched list in a busy week!
#FilmSky 📽️🍿
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday to those who celebrate!
Also honourable mentions to Legally Blonde 2 (2003, 3 stars) & Dead End (1937, 3.5 stars) that fell off my #LastFourWatched list in a busy week!
#FilmSky 📽️🍿
Also honourable mentions to Legally Blonde 2 (2003, 3 stars) & Dead End (1937, 3.5 stars) that fell off my #LastFourWatched list in a busy week!
#FilmSky 📽️🍿
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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This is good news. But a general ban on private jets and plans to convert some airports to employment sites with NO flights would be good too.
'Staggering' 20-year fall in domestic UK flights - as another form of transport benefits news.sky.com/story/stagge...
'Staggering' 20-year fall in domestic UK flights - as another form of transport benefits news.sky.com/story/stagge...
'Staggering' 20-year fall in domestic UK flights - as another form of transport benefits
Better and more frequent train services, higher flying taxes, concern about the environmental impact of flying, and changing work patterns - especially since COVID - have contributed to the change.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is good news. But a general ban on private jets and plans to convert some airports to employment sites with NO flights would be good too.
'Staggering' 20-year fall in domestic UK flights - as another form of transport benefits news.sky.com/story/stagge...
'Staggering' 20-year fall in domestic UK flights - as another form of transport benefits news.sky.com/story/stagge...
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Another RTC involving a bus and a pedestrian at Haymarket. Sadly, I'm not surprised. It's another mess of an area in Edinburgh, where fast vehicular movement is prioritised over making it a safe place...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pedestrian in hospital after being hit by double-decker bus in Edinburgh
The man was struck by a Lothian Buses vehicle near Haymarket station in Edinburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Another RTC involving a bus and a pedestrian at Haymarket. Sadly, I'm not surprised. It's another mess of an area in Edinburgh, where fast vehicular movement is prioritised over making it a safe place...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🇨🇦 I’m old enough to remember when America invading Canada was satire.
boxd.it/28am
boxd.it/28am
Canadian Bacon (1995)
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.
boxd.it
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
🇨🇦 I’m old enough to remember when America invading Canada was satire.
boxd.it/28am
boxd.it/28am
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@secretedinburgh.bsky.social Murrayfield Stadium looks like a spaceship in this lighting
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@secretedinburgh.bsky.social Murrayfield Stadium looks like a spaceship in this lighting
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Just catching up on the first episode of David Olusoga's #Empire. A fascinating, sobering watch. As one of the interviewees says, "I'm not asking you to be ashamed of it, but I am asking you to be aware of it." Interesting to see a little focus on Bath too.
Empire with David Olusoga - Series 1: Episode 1
David Olusoga tells the story of the British Empire, from its origins under Elizabeth I to the establishment of colonies in America, the Caribbean and India.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Just catching up on the first episode of David Olusoga's #Empire. A fascinating, sobering watch. As one of the interviewees says, "I'm not asking you to be ashamed of it, but I am asking you to be aware of it." Interesting to see a little focus on Bath too.
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After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
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With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
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When you have to check if it’s The Onion or a real headline.
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When you have to check if it’s The Onion or a real headline.
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I’ve never even thought of doing a jigsaw before, let alone buying one. But “The World of Dracula” with quite frankly fabulous art by Adam Simpson has put paid to a lifetime of jigsaw avoidance. And there’s a whole series of the like, which is rather worrying …
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’ve never even thought of doing a jigsaw before, let alone buying one. But “The World of Dracula” with quite frankly fabulous art by Adam Simpson has put paid to a lifetime of jigsaw avoidance. And there’s a whole series of the like, which is rather worrying …
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I don't know how successful Channel 5's attempt to revive "Play for today" will be, but the first in the strand is in tonight at 9pm.
Play for Today: The revival hoping to save British TV from a class crisis | The Independent share.google/yEfJce1mrje0...
Play for Today: The revival hoping to save British TV from a class crisis | The Independent share.google/yEfJce1mrje0...
Play for Today: The revival hoping to save British TV from a class crisis
‘Play for Today’ one-off films were a seminal moment in television in the Seventies and Eighties, writes Hannah J Davies. Decades later, Channel 5 is bringing them back, and aiming to diversify small-...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I don't know how successful Channel 5's attempt to revive "Play for today" will be, but the first in the strand is in tonight at 9pm.
Play for Today: The revival hoping to save British TV from a class crisis | The Independent share.google/yEfJce1mrje0...
Play for Today: The revival hoping to save British TV from a class crisis | The Independent share.google/yEfJce1mrje0...
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#Tokyo after the rain: the Taifun passed, the clouds parted, & the city lit up in gold. A reminder that beauty often follows the chaos. #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky
©️ #meetakwolff #eastcoastkin #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thephotohour #PhotographersUnited #thelittlethings #urbanphotograpy
©️ #meetakwolff #eastcoastkin #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thephotohour #PhotographersUnited #thelittlethings #urbanphotograpy
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#Tokyo after the rain: the Taifun passed, the clouds parted, & the city lit up in gold. A reminder that beauty often follows the chaos. #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky
©️ #meetakwolff #eastcoastkin #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thephotohour #PhotographersUnited #thelittlethings #urbanphotograpy
©️ #meetakwolff #eastcoastkin #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thephotohour #PhotographersUnited #thelittlethings #urbanphotograpy