John Higham

"Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet." — Carl Sagan

@Zarch1972 @energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy They are tagged into this conversation so maybe they’ll get back to us.

@johnoft @energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy It's almost like it's been transposed wrong. 🤷🏼‍♂️

New Version of @OctopusEnergy Tracker is out. Version SILVER-26-04-01 Lower unit rates and higher standing charges. See attached revised calculation for the East Midlands region. Pricing updated on the site, new graph will out tomorrow. energy-stats.uk/octopus-tracke…

@Zarch1972 @energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy Agreed. I managed to find the figures after a bit of digging. Strange. I can’t work out the multiplier is an order of magnitude different.

@energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy Figures from their FAQ page this morning octopus.energy/tracker-faqs/

@energystatsuk @OctopusEnergy Hi Mick. Is this correct? The screenshot text seems to show a ten fold reduction in electricity cost (a multiplier of 0.129 compared to the previous 1.28472). As ever, I can’t find tariff numbers for Tracker on @OctopusEnergy website. Thanks for your help.

"We are asking for a WW2 level of leadership". Professor @MikeBernersLee at the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster. Has your MP joined the Parliamentary Call for Gov to make a televised emergency briefing to the nation? Check here: nebriefing.org/parliamentary-… #NEB2025

They’ve been openly fox hunting. They simply don’t care because they know they won’t be held accountable. Well it's time to hold them accountable for the crimes they are committing against wildlife, against people & against simple decency in the UK: chrispackh.am/opsmokescreen

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, "Nobody wants to join the United States" "People want to join the European Union" "Because we have respect, the rule of law, and we speak softly" "I would like to confirm the US is an ally, but they have to behave like an ally" "The West is not united, but Putin sees that we are divided" "I grew up in the 80s where the West stood for something, sovereignty, democracy, freedom" "The idea that in a conflict between a tyrant and a democracy, the United States says they're not going to take sides? - Putin sees this" "Now a NATO country is threatening another NATO country? It would not discourage him from his attack on Ukraine" Excellent contribution @Bart_DeWever thank you 👏

⚠️The River Wye - one of the UK’s most iconic and protected rivers - is on the brink of ecological collapse. ☠️ Once a vibrant natural asset, it is now suffocating under the weight of agricultural pollution. 👉We need action NOW. The Government must ensure the upcoming White Paper tackles agricultural pollution at its source and delivers real protection for the #RiverWye, before it's too late. @SaveTheWye

Of the ten Irish republican hunger strikers who were martyred in 1981, only two made it beyond day 68. The Palestine Action strikers are now in the death zone, and the british government is letting it happen.

Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike. Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike. They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.

Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, made 31 years ago.

Please ask your MP to add their name to this Parliamentary call for Government to stage a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis. We can rise to this challenge, but first we need to face it together. nebriefing.org/parliamentary-… #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp

Irish legend Bobby Sands died on the 66th day of his hunger strike. @DavidLammy you can save Heba Muraisi who is on Day 66 of her hunger strike. For the love of God stand up and save her.

This photo shows Jimmy Lai at the piano, singing hymns with his family during the last Christmas he spent free, in December 2020. For the past five years, he has spent the Advent season alone in a shoebox cell—imprisoned for his belief in democracy and peaceful protest. This Christmas, his family will once again be forced to celebrate without him. Jimmy Lai's "guilty" conviction under Hong Kong’s draconian National Security Law is a grave miscarriage of justice. He now faces life imprisonment. At 78, with failing health, every day behind bars puts his life at risk. The international community must not stay silent. It’s time to #FreeJimmyLai and #BringHimHome.

The Dutch-Belgian train operator European Sleeper has reached 84% of a €3m #equitycrowdfunding target to expand across Europe, starting with a Paris-Berlin night train connection in March 2026, then Brussels-Milan in June. Minimum investment €140 (£123). independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@seatsixtyone Ah! Thank you for explaining. You guessed my mistake in one

@johnoft InOui is simply a brand used by SNCF for its TGVs, covered by Interrail since whenever. You’re thinking of Ouigo!

@seatsixtyone I’ve just bought Tarif Pass Interrail tickets for 1010h Girona-Paris; the service is the service is badged as TGV InOui. I guess this means that we can now buy Interrail supplements for France/Spain InOui tickets now? I assumed InOui was excluded from Interrail.

@LondonMudlark Hi Lara. Can you ID this little find from my saffron field pls?

In today’s Russian papers: the new icebreaker Stalingrad, 14-year-olds can now be prosecuted for sabotage & “Russia’s industry is somewhere between stagnation and decline.” #ReadingRussia

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Create towns in which you don’t need to come together in car parks, but in public squares and village greens.