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We are doing again, but I'm slightly feeling my garden is just a mess anyway.
But
1. Outside with Butter Indoor Cat at 20:41
2. Two of the many purple irises I planted for previous are flowering. Not a successful bulb here, unlike bluebells.. It looks like only one of the "sale" roses for 2023 NamjoonDay has survived winter.

Birds are singing and I can feel it's getting darker slowly. Butter is quite happy

A real scaremongering story

Rees-Mogg calls on Sunak to make Farage a government minister

Ad industrys climate anxiety

People working in the advertising industry have higher climate anxiety than the general public, according to a new survey

According to the IPA, theres a disconnect between the general public and the ad industry on climate change

Over half of the respondents from IPA agencies (53%) said they were anxious about climate change. 37% said they felt demoralised about climate change

#MassExtinction

Good reminder that solar is not the threat to landscape.
Our meat eating obsession is.
And golf courses.

'The continuing ban on is absurd and inhuman.

Politicians running scared of and the taboo around are blocking access to these vital drugs'

A look at how journalist Rachel Aviv, who wrote the new piece on Lucy Letby (convicted of murder in the UK), approached writing the article: acquiring court transcripts, process, Scrivener, US v UK court information restrictions, info misrepresentation by state authorities.

UK to deploy new radio-wave weapon which can blast swarms of drones out of the sky

AnyVan is hiring a Data Scientist
Location: Hammersmith, United Kingdom

Russia Declares U.K. Defense Attache Persona Non Grata (More)

Two uncommon butterflies - Dingy Skipper and Grizzled Skipper - today near .

ELLIEFEST 2024 The Ellie Thornton Foundation

Sat 13 July 2024
Nr Worthing, West Sussex

ELLIEFEST, our one day family-friendly festival is back for a second year in 2024.

Taking place on Saturday 13 July 2024 at Clapham and Patching Village Hall and grounds from 11am 5pm.

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Weather at 6pm on Thu 16 May is settled fine, 17C (feels 15), pressure steady and no rain today. Humidity is 77%.

Juvenile female Adder and juvenile Grass Snake today near . Both of these snakes were tiny! Adders in particular are in serious decline and I only know of one site locally where they can be found. The only venomous snake in the UK, but a very shy creature most of the time.
(photos hidden out of respect for those with snake phobias)

, and populations have nearly halved, finds

Reduction in insect numbers contributes to drop, and there are declines across more than a third of bird species surveyed

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Common Lizard basking on a log today near . These wonderful little reptiles are not as common as they used to be.

Today's music:

Maddie Ashman - I'd Rather Fall

Only a journalist would look at the positive data on economic growth he describes and come up with a headline and angle that more than implies that this good news is really bad news.

: Bridge 110, Minerva Road Bridge
: track bridge
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: Photo by vladimir-morozov-akxmedia on Flickr

Four factors are found to be significant predictors of the position of primary stress: endings, word complexity, the segmental structure of the final syllable, and syllable count. Moreover, this study confirms previous observations on the tendency for American English to have more final stress in French loanwords than British English.

Dabouis, Q. and Fournier, P. (2024) Stress in French loanwords in British and American English, Journal of Linguistics, pp. 126. doi: .

Achievement unlocked. Just sold in ! This book is now helping people in 13 countries.

Plus, if you are in the , you can now buy direct via Shopify. This helps you with 10% off, and helps me with more support (!)

Thanks all, looking forward to seeing some of you at the this weekend

I'm not in the least surprised that our far right Tory government tries to strike new trade deals with a far right terrorist state.
The TUC is against it and I hope majority of the electorate are against it. The Tories will be ousted soon and I sincerely hope that Labour will revise this trade deal. I somehow doubt it, but we shall see.

: Starmer Policy Demo backfires, as his list of socialist policies proves too thin to be viewed by photographers.

Ukraine has been unable to build defensive structures near the border with Russia due to a ban by Western allies on the use of weapons on Russian territory

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Blood proteins could indicate cancer seven years before diagnosis - The Times

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government planning nuclear site in - Jack

"The leader said the Scottish government would not support new nuclear power stations in the country, and was investing in energy projects."

"Scotland's last nuclear power plant - at in - is scheduled to be shut down by 2028."

May 16, 2024

"The UK government is planning to build a new reactor in despite opposition from Holyrood, according to Scottish Secretary Alister Jack.

"He told a House of Lords committee he had asked the UK energy minister to plan for such a site as part of a UK-wide strategy.

"The Conservative minister also called for the Lords to be allowed to scrutinise Scottish laws.

"First Minister John Swinney accused Mr Jack of being a 'menacing behaviour' and said his government would have 'nothing to do with .'"