I'm a geography grad working in housing standards. Interests include politics, equalities, social justice, renewable energy and all things green. She/her. UK
Header is the view from Malham Cove, Yorkshire
What a great idea!
Reefs made from human ashes could revive British seabeds, says startup https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/11/reefs-human-ashes-revive-british-seabeds-startup?CMP=share_btn_url
The world's leading expert on European wasps walks into a record shop.
He asks the assistant “Do you have ‘European Vespidae Acoustics Volume 2? I believe it was released this week.”
“Certainly,” replies the assistant. “Would you like to listen before you buy it?”
"That would be wonderful," says the expert, and puts on a pair of headphones.
He listens for a few moments and says to the assistant, “I'm terribly sorry, but I am the world's leading expert on European wasps and this is not accurate at all. I don't recognize any of those sounds. Are you sure this is the correct recording?”
The assistant checks the turntable, and replies that it is indeed European Vespidae Acoustics Volume 2. The assistant apologizes and lifts the needle onto the next track.
Again the expert listens for a few moments and then says to the assistant, "No, this just can't be right! I've been an expert in this field for 43 years and I still don't recognize any of these sounds."
The assistant apologizes again and lifts the needle to the next track.
The expert throws off the headphones as soon as it starts playing and is fuming with rage.
"This is outrageous false advertising! I am the world's leading expert on European wasps and no European wasp has ever made a sound like the ones on this record!"
The manager of the shop overhears the commotion and walks over.
"What seems to be the problem, sir?"
"This is an outrage! I am the world's leading expert on European wasps. Nobody knows more about them than I do. There is no way in hell that the sounds on that record were made by European wasps!"
The manager glances down and notices the problem instantly.
"I'm terribly sorry, sir. It appears we've been playing you the bee side."
"It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it"
There's also variance in land values depending on where you are.
The new rules will make most arable farms under 1000 acres in southern and Eastern England unviable when anyone dies, with a massive impact on food supply ( bread, beer, vegetables, oils etc).
I think the government is on the right path, but misjudged scale. Hopefully it'll be put right promptly.
I'm blown away by the level of ignorance about farming among the commentariat since the UK IHT changes were announced. People talking about 'farms' as if they're all interchangeable. There's a huge difference in scale between a dairy farm in Devon, a sheep farm in Cumbria, and an arable farm in Suffolk.
Where a dairy farm may be able to function at around 250 acres and fall below the IHT band, an arable farm needs to be around 600-800 acres to be viable.
The fearless Iranian woman protesting in Tehran yesterday has been named as Ahou Daryaei.
Nothing is known about her whereabouts and concerns grow for her safety.
Say her name.
#AhouDaryaei
#FreeIran
#WomanLifeFreedom
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