Offa’s Tyke

Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.

This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.

44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

This godforsaken idiot piece of shit.

Tice is a prize tw+t. Not a single damn clue about anything.

It really is something to see politicians, commentators and media outlets whose whole identity is based on being so-called ‘patriots’ frothing with excitement as they line up to back a deranged megalomaniac who consistently attempts to belittle and bully the country they claim to love

When Brexit was slammed for being an act of pure prejudice, all the Brexiters howled about ‘sovereignty’ and ‘taking back control’.
Now, the very same people howl that we should just obey Trump and put our country in the firing line.
They lied about everything. All of it. Every single part.

Only discovered ballet a couple of years ago and I love it now. Gone the Matthew Bourne route (modernised versions) but absolutely adore it. I’m sure Opera is not far away in catching my eye, or ear I should say. 😄

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 | Official Music Video | #Eurovision2026 YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

Absolutely love this! Bonkers but brilliant. 😂 #eurovision

youtu.be/niMKvJ-Itq8

And all his fingers trying to play thumb wars. There’s a lot of body language going on there. 👀

Weird caterpillar uses its old heads to make an elaborate hat Meet the mad hatterpillar, the invertebrate that keeps its old moulted heads attached to its body to make a beautifully bizarre headpiece

Have you seen this one? Dubbed the mad hatterpillar, it wears it's own old heads as a hat.

www.newscientist.com/article/mg24...

Scientists discovered a caterpillar that murders insects and stitches their dismembered body parts onto its back as armor

You’re welcome. Happy day! 😆

Where’s my miniature violin…? 😒

Ughhh… can’t stand him. Such a creep. Snakey McSnakeface.

I think you’ll find that people who have traditionally voted Labour will be voting for PC and Greens because they don’t want Reform in the Senedd. Labour’s current polling is dire and this kind of messaging to all progressive voters is not helpful.

I've never observed a wider gap between self-confidence and lack of any actual understanding than in Badenoch. On other topics it can be comical, but when it extends to undermining gov't on matters of national security, in breach of established conventions, it is profoundly dangerous. #PMQs

Good piece by Giles Coren on Nando's and others deciding that, no, they don't want chickens to live OK lives after all www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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How Westminster Works …and Why It Doesn’t. Book by Ian Dunt. Taken out of the House of Commons Library by Hannah Spencer. Screenshot of the book taken from her Instagram reel on the day she was sworn in as an MP for Gorton and Denton.

Lovely to see Hannah Spencer documenting her day being sworn in as an MP at Gorton and Denton on Instagram. Love how this is the first book she’s taken out at the House of Commons Library! And she took her 4 greyhounds with her too. 😍 What a star!

@iandunt.bsky.social

Polling holds too much sway over our democracy and governance. But the G&D by-election does show that Reform’s dominance is inflated by foreign/rightwing interests, irresponsible media support and Farage’s ego.
If progressives can win despite all that, then hatred really is overpriced. Hope can win.

Reform are in denial about why they lost by 12% in Gorton & Denton (60% white, 80% UK-born) after losing by 11% in Caerphilly (98% white, 98% UK-born) to Plaid Cyrmu

Both seats unusual in seeing more people vote than at last Welsh Senedd/last GE: more voters turned out to stop Reform than supoort

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Isn’t it…
Queuing
Moaning
Moaning about queuing
Piss taking
Tea
Something about the weather?

All relief flights from Dubai should be met at arrivals with signs saying "HM Revenue & Customs welcomes you back to the UK"

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Boycotted them for years. Hideous company. I think one of the founders likes to hang out with Farage too. Nasty piece of work. Just feel awful for the staff.

Either that’s an unfortunate photo or he’s doing a good impression of weekend at Bernies. 👀

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My OH works in TV / film production and we often watch YouTube videos on how films were made and their legacy. It just suddenly occurred to me that the next phase of film making with AI could be user generated. We’ll be prompting what we watch. Genre, actors, plot, time. What a depressing thought. 😕

Bravo! 👏👏👏😂