Trump’s Middle East war is shaping up to be the biggest debacle of his second term. Tomorrow, Jay Kuo looks at the familiar patterns at work behind all of Trump’s numerous policy disasters. And don’t miss Todd Beeton's analysis of how James Talarico is using faith to challenge Christian nationalism.
What Nigel Farage and Reform UK ignore about net zero ⬇️
🚨 Reaching the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock.
💰 And it will bring health, economic and security benefits.
The Longest Day is the one where you are reading this book
Native British Animals you say?
Sigh. Cycling isn t even mentioned.
Which can be a huge money saver, as well as getting you healthier. When I switched from car to bike i was saving almost £200 a month, and it wasnt much slower cos not stuck in traffic.
Bizarre.
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...
My global decarbonisation pathway, built on www.climatewedges.com It deploys 20 wedges to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.
An infographic showing the 36 strategies that can deliver at least a wedge of mitigation. It explains the scale of deployment each one needs, across the electricity, industry, buildings, transport, and land use sectors.
There is no single “correct” path to decarbonise.
There are six trillion.
Our new paper in Science puts 36 climate solutions into one common unit, so you can build your own pathways.
Paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
App: climatewedges.com
What would your pathway look like?
quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend
www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...
10.30 BBC1 Avventura
In these days of Duolingo I think the concept of learning a language through scheduled TV with accompanying vinyl record lessons is nearly incomprehensible
These belonged to my wife's grandfather who tried learning Italian for overseas holidays
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16820449...
This totally should have been their second number one #ChooseDay
If there was still a companion in place then the best set up would be that the Doctor is missing and the companion has to find them. In a closed setting you could cast half a dozen actors who could be The Doctor and it would not be revealed until the end who it actually was
Next up is the library book I borrowed so it has leapfrogged to the top of the TBR pile. This will complete my Rivers of London read through so I am waiting on new material after this.
Puts Ben at third in my living authors list but with no knew material he is under pressure to hold that position
Jazz
Spectral Scream with @keithsay.bsky.social, @hannahcooper.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social
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#WorldBookDay 🧵
Left can't resist being on wrong side of a war Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Zack Polanski, their foreign policy stances terrify voters outside core supporters
Well, here’s the thing about being antiwar as an ethical belief: it means you end up opposing most wars. Almost all of them, in fact. This is quite common in people who have consistent beliefs but looks insane to people who have none, or mostly just believe superior people should make the decisions.
"Fascinating trade," said the old man, and a wistful look came into his eyes, "doing the coastlines was always my favourite. Used to have endless fun doing the little bits in fjords..."
Coincidence corner: JCB and Reform UK
From the new Private Eye, out now.
I thought his Doctor Who stuff was prolific but he wrote an awful lot of other stuff.
Photograph of front covers of 10 books by Terrance Dicks. Top row: Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken; Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion; The Adventures of K9; Dalek Special; and Shakedown. Bottom row: The Adventures of David and Goliath - Sports Day; T.R. Bear Afloat; The Camden School Kids School Fair; War of the Witches; and Wereboy!
It's #WorldBookDay and while archives don't tend to be somewhere you find a lot of published books, our new Terrance Dicks Archive came with a full library of his works - and who were we to say no? Let us know if you spot an old favourite among this (very select) selection 📖
I prefer the Andrew Skilliter era
A girl with a strident voice leapt to her feet and used it. "Shut up, you two," she said, "I want to table a motion." "You mean boulder a motion," tittered a hairdresser. "Order, order!" yapped the management consultant.
Oops- it’s WORLD BOOK DAY and I haven’t even mentioned my autobiography #TheClosestThingToCrazy . It must be my modest disposition. 😬
Read this last year. Falls very much between two stools. There are some good ideas (The Professionals spoof is quite funny) but not satisfactory overall.
Very Dave Stone
1001 Nights in Time & Space witn @markdodyk.bsky.social, @docoho44.bsky.social, @joshort.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social
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#WorldBookDay 🧵
Badenoch says Labour MPs are "orcs and goons" with "no idea"
Starmer: "Moments like this define the Leader of the Opposition. They can either step up, act in the national interest... or they can expose their utter irrelevance. She has chosen the second"
#UKPolitics
Cover of Totally Tasteless: The Life of John Nathan-Turner.
"Stay tuned!" Read about the life and controversies of Doctor Who's powerhouse 1980s producer John Nathan-Turner in Totally Tasteless, Richard Marson's definitive biography. Available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk
#ForbiddenPlanet
One a month books published adaptations of the new series episodes. I think it would take in excess of 10 years and that is without any new episodes
What's your #DoctorWho fantasy that will most likely never happen...? I would like beautifully crafted, deluxe, hardback editions of the New Adventures books...
I think I have reached the point where I am overwhelmed by the shittiness of the world and underwhelmed by the lack of consequences.
I can't work out if the two cancel to leave me merely whelmed or if they combine to make me uberwhelmed.
Series B, Episode 04 - Horizon
RO: We may have lived in caves, but we did have our own culture. And our own weapons, which still have their uses.
KOMMISSAR: You have no part of that now. You're one of us. At the Central Educational Complex, you were my most able scholar. The… (1/2)
