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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Casting my net increasingly wide to try and see Digger at the weekend. It seems only available to those free in the day. Though if you want a film with a climate change subplot, I recommend Pressure.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A highly recommended afternoon out. #Mudlarking. thames-explorer.org.uk/guided-tours/

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Daily attendance at a job centre would cost 30- 60% of UC for someone in a rural area, just to get there. Unintended consequence: parents work for longer, thereby not freeing up jobs for young people 🤷‍♀️

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Go to ‘Pressure’ to see the fabulous Andrew Scott and a new angle on D-Day, come away with a #climatechange parable incorporating data, risk management, treatment of naysayers, speaking truth to power and more data.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Remember the workshops on ‘barriers to retrofit’? I’m doing one on barriers to resilience next week. We need to move so much faster (on both). And my job at home today: rearranging my food store in my basement to allow for risk of El Niño rain and floods. I’m 50% Prepper 50% Home Edit ROYGBIV

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 24/09/2026

Now what we can do, because again this is a grand national tradition, is rudely nickname people in a way that is *obviously a nickname*, and one that we, as culture, apply pretty universally to people we do and don’t like. it’s fair game because it’s equal. bsky.app/profile/mark...

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not sure my MP turning up with a Reform gang to win the local pub quiz is the vote-winner he thinks it is. He perhaps needs to hang out with friends of an evening rather than turn every event political.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Anyone who enjoys geo-guessing games, and has knowledge of the Scottish Highlands, where is this spot - Braes O Mar - obviously I know roughly but want to visit this view. Perhaps painted for Queen Vic, but in my family as payment for a booze bill. So the story goes

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just seen Jane Horrocks in The Gentleman and hope to see her as Miss Marple one day. I say this as someone who is only alive due to this lady (my grandparents met at her wedding) so feel qualified to make the casting call.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A dear friend, and experienced commuting cyclist, was hit by an e-bike earlier this summer and will have her arm’s mobility affected by life. Time for action on dangerous e-bikes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Londoner warns reckless e-bike riders are a 'danger' for cyclists

Morwenna Hughes' arm was shattered after an e-bike rider knocked her off her bike in Hammersmith.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just seen him at our local dragon boat race. The Reform team (wearing turquoise football shirts with Farage 10 on the back) couldn’t even be honest about who they were, they had signed up under the name of a company that appear to be a US healthcare company. Odd for a local charity event.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A lovely day out dragon boat racing tainted by our MP making it political. Ugh.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

After local station staff accusing my SEN son of lying about his age on his railcard, accusing him of smelling of weed and lots of them sniffing him and then calling the police because, surprise, he got angry at being called a liar, I may have come round to ID cards. Police took his details anyway.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In a #healthyhomes APPG, interesting to hear furniture fire retardant chemicals come up. At one point I had to chose between scaling up my small upholstery business and returning to energy efficiency, and the fear of working with the chemicals impregnated in upholstery materials deffo played a part.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Delighted to hear #neurodivergence included in summaries of vulnerabilities in both APPGs I’m at this evening on #fuelpoverty / #healthyhomes. It’s missing in #ConsumerProtectionReform, but is a factor both in consumer need for #retrofit and how programmes are designed. Any good reads on this?

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Didn't climate change protestors get sent to prison for holding up the M25? Just asking 🤷

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Parkrun volunteering. Start them young.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Did Verbatim investigators have policy conversations as well as financial ones? I’m only just watching yesterday’s C4 news (big night in) and trying to catch up

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Good balance by BBC making environmentalists the baddies on Vigil to balance out the right wing breaking the law in real life.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#Transport maths for rural living. If your city offers a great deal of an annual u19 Robin Hood pass for train + tram + bus for £400 but the cost of a pass for the 1.5 train stops to get to the limits of the city triples that, is that a win, a loss or a PITA. #EMCCA #nottingham #countrylife

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just watched this, expecting to turn it off for being too macabre, but instead - all episodes in one sitting - sat here thinking aren’t people amazing, and - the figure we never hear - so many lives were lost but 20,000 were saved that day. www.detpress.com/natgeo/shows...

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National Geographic

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This has reminded me of the time I did a Q&A in a German school about English culture and somehow ended up trying to explain why white socks shouldn’t be worn with black shoes. Never spoke German again 🤣

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Devastating. So much talk of planting trees to keep homes shaded but I’m afraid that’s not a long term answer in these conditions. Anyone want to talk climate risk thru more I’m running a workshop in September - insurance & housing professionals - DM if interested www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

bbc.co.uk

West Midlands crews continue to battle fires that brought 'extensive devastation'

In Stourbridge, the fire service says it has crews "tactically working" on several sites.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.

A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Shame on @wolvesfc.bsky.social. Sold out of non-branded tops. More like limited by your choice of sponsor. Absolutely no point a football club doing local charity work while promoting #gambling that sucks money out of the same community. #stopgamblingads #wolves #coyw

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Last night I learned a distant relative was the only member of Guernsey’s governing committee during the Occupation to vote against the Nazi’s anti-Jewish orders. That explains and excuses my obstinate, principled streak then. Shame I didn’t know this at my last review…

Text from a book setting out Sir Abraham Lainé’s vote against the German’s anti-Jewish measures.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

As an SME bidding for council work this is not the conclusion I’d have reached. Increasing social value to 20% will benefit large cos. SMEs want (need) to focus on their core business, on things that pay the bills. If govt wants something, procure it and (transparently) pay for it.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I see copilot on fantasy Premier League this year - sorry to say I tried it last year of my own accord and all it was good for was choosing players who went on to get injured. Will now try picking my own team - much like monkeys typing as a route to a Shakespeare play.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My lovely old neighbours at Hockerton Housing Project on the One Show talking about water self-sufficiency.

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Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The Reform donations story is obviously exploding right now, and it just so happened that on Thursday I spoke to Ben Habib, Reform's former deputy leader, about what he knew and what he thinks of Farage now. It's worth a watch, it's pretty excoriating. Some key bits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq_L...

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Ben Habib reveals the truth behind Farage's by-election battle

YouTube video by Politics Uncensored

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

And yet government policy appears to be to make it a low impact data point on the EPC, not address it in product policy. Perhaps require gas hobs to have at least 50% induction rings, as so often the policy answer is ‘hybrid’. Take the mystery away - induction is quick and responsive, and clean.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Because everyone wants to live under a flight path?

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Is there anything to stop a new build taking out a heat pump and installing an oil boiler? Call me crazy but perhaps there needs to be alignment between new and existing homes. This is a scenario I’ve just seen - someone selling all their heat pump kit because it’s undersized.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Has Rooney just fast-tracked to national treasure status? A quote for the ages.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Need more ‘hydration’ after that

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

What time does the actual football start?

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Most shocking thing about having my car stolen is the lack of accountability on car manufacturers. It seems the answer for keyless ignition is to use wheel locks or an immobiliser that requires a fob. Maybe keys were a good thing?

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

If you’re in the market for a second hand #EV, and find yourself test driving an EV6 with very loud and warm a/c - a) don’t buy it, and b) it’s mine. Bstds nicked it last night. May the a/c always be warm, the boot shut on their head w/out warning & the 12v battery fail them. As it did for me

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Lots of talk about #greenstreets - if you live near a newly planted tree - water it!

Newly planted tree with a ‘please water me’ sign

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A friend posted about our local screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing in the local community chat. Someone has clicked the laughing emoji. Elsewhere I see the heat being accepted with shrugs. I share George’s anger.

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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 06/07/2026

📸Women are being secretly filmed on nights out - often from invasive, revealing angles. These videos, accompanied by vile degrading comments, are viewed billions of times online. I'm campaigning to make this an offence. If you’ve experienced this, please get in touch: office@werahobhouse.co.uk.

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Lovely that the radio presenters offered the option to turn down the volume if ‘you don’t want to know the result’ but no one normally sounds that chirpy on a Monday morning!

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Liz Lainé @lizlaine.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Went on a guided foraging walk. Couldn’t forage anything because climate change. Had to use prepicked and packaged herbs instead 🤦‍♀️

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