Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

#BritishGas owner #Centrica’s #profits soar as #UK households face winter #energy bill pain – business live

A #WindfallTax has to be imposed on such profits during times the companies are raising prices on customers by huge amounts.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2022/jul/28/shell-profits-record-households-cost-of-living-us-economy-gdp-business-live

Meanwhile, on a different plant, this #bumblebee was harvesting its own #nectar and #pollen.
Bumblebee on allium

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Flowers #Garden #Horticulture

#SteveBell on the #Tory approach to #RailStrikes – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/jul/27/steve-bell-on-the-tory-approach-to-rail-strikes-cartoon

#UK #Politics #Satire #LizTruss #GrantShapps #RishiSunak #MargaretThatcher #RMT

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The SNP ‘won an election on the basis they would seek another referendum,’ Mark Drakeford told the BBC, adding, ‘How can that be denied to the Scottish people?’ https://nation.cymru/news/scottish-labour-leader-told-to-follow-mark-drakeford-in-backing-independence-referendum/

Overheard: "Grocery shopping is much easier when you stop caring."

So "only" 5M Americans said they would personally be Very or Completely Willing to kill someone to advance their political objectives in the next few years.

15M said political violence would be justified to restore Chump Bear to the presidency THIS YEAR!!

This why MY friends plan to be abroad by Fall '24. Hope you've got plenty of space @freemo ;)

Full crosstabs begin on slide 26: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.15.22277693v1.full.pdf

Switching to another plant, I managed to capture the image of this #Bumblebee. They spend only moments on each #RunnerBean #flower before moving onto the next one and so it’s difficult to get a decent #photograph of them in action.

#MyWork #MyPhotot #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Horticulture #Pollinators #Bees #Summer

Revealed: #oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years | #FossilFuels | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/21/revealed-oil-sectors-staggering-profits-last-50-years

#Environment #Pollution #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Politics