Mailman,
Only just read about it, but it seems Starmer has extended for 12 years what Johnson already had you signed up for for the last 5 years. I'm guessing this is really a Sir Humphrey decision. I don't think he liked Brexit.

Story that 14,000 babies would die tomorrow if aid isn't allowed through to Gaza gets wound back quite a lot. Liked the contrasting of the non-reporting of tens of thousands of actual dead children in Yemen versus this hyped report of 14,000 not-yet-dead children at the hands of Jews.

This propaganda stuff is quite a tar pit. There is what people hear; what they believe; what the governments believe their people believe; what the governments think they want their people to believe; and a whole lot of pork-pies coming from the UN. No sign of truth anywhere (thanks "fourth estate").

I see Starma has taken us back in to the EU by handing over the fisheries to them.

If you cant hate a PM enough eh. This guy is determined to be a one term PM but with lasting impact on the country long after he's been assigned to the dustbin of history.

Interesting interview with a Russian drone manufacturer. Drones have been around for decades now, but evolution has been pushed far more by actual war than all the previous war-gaming.

And because I enjoy word games, I think Murry should have been pulled up by a subeditor

tomo,
Yeah: doubtful competence when he was elected, and non-compos by the end of his term. Murray is right that the media lost all credibility by covering for him, but then I'm not sure it didn't ultimately work to the benefit of Americans. Firstly: the Democrats, like the media, are much more on the nose than they used to be. More importantly: this Trump presidency, after four years in the wilderness, is far better focussed than his first.

And because I enjoy word games, I think Murry should have been pulled up by a subeditor for this one:

much of the media was willing to go along with the façade that the Biden team tried to pull off.

New article at Judith Curry's on why renewables increase electricity prices. No great surprises in there, though I did think he put his "car analogy" succinctly. The sort of thing that might convince a waverer.

And for something different, this video on Soviet era RTGs was very interesting. It explains why these radioactive devices were scattered around in remote parts, and the problems of decommissioning them after the break-up. The footage of retrieving one radioactive cannister in Georgia was terrific.

tomo,
Yes, you've certainly poked fun at rooftop hydro before. Still, when she said Singapore I was thinking Tall buildings, regular substantial rain, you *might* get something for that, then she said how the electricity was being extracted and it just got sillier from there. Do like the idea of a km of rain per hour: you'd need to keep swimming upwards at 16m per minute just to stay on top.

Brendan O'Neill interviewed Nick Cater on Australia's federal election. I think he has it about right, though I do wonder how he stays a true believer in the Liberal Party when they seem about as unprincipled as the others.

Good article rejecting an Australian Financial Review puff-piece on playing the residential electricity market from your besolar-panelled and bebatteried home.