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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

What we all need to do is, whenever we see someone advocating for more gas etc, send them a screenshot of Kate Morley 's Grid page (tbf this one is for one particular moment, but there are also annual totals available):

A pie chart of contributions to the uk national grid showing that over half of the generation comes from solar power.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

If you haven't discovered Kate Morley's Grid page I highly recommend it for the colour-coded doughnut diagrams.

Pie chart showing instantaneous contributions to electricity generation on uk national grid. Renewables are over half of the pie.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

A friend of ours has this amazing thing that peels, cores and slices an apple simultaneously. It honestly looks quite... mediaeval.

Metal device with thing that clamps the apple in place and spindle you turn to peel it

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I raise you 60 Viking Street, West-facing set, at 9 this morning:

A graphic of a house with solar panels, showing 399 watts being generated

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

LOOK AT THAT BIG GOLDEN 😊 I LOVE IT THIS IS THE USUALLY -CLOUDY UK 31% might be a record! #SolarPoeer #Renewables

Pie chart of contributions to the Brit electric grid, showing 31% of our electricity is being generated by Solar.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Oooooo look at the tininess of that tiny red sliver... #NationalGrid #Renewables

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Viking Rock night in #York - literal wizard on keyboards!

Blue-lit rock concert photo - like I said, guy dressed as wizard playing keyboards

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

One of #StanMills 's people - I've finally found the proof!

Trump, in the Oval Office, being embraced by Satan

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

My scribe has some fun and talented workmates. One of them was recently commended in a regional BakeOff. The theme, for reasons I can only speculate, was 'TACO'.

A full taco with all the trimmings - nachos, cheese, dips etc. But if you look carefully you can see it's actually a cake!

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

An entire town - in fact an entire *region*, powered by rain! #Pennines #hydropower #mills

The river nea Gibson's Mill, in the rain

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

How grateful I am that this is just #GuyFawkesNight #fireworks and not something more serious. I am grateful for the trees, and the sports field in the mist and the moonlight and that I am safe, even walking around at night.

Fireworks seen over the silhouettes of trees

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Vision Zero (i e. the pursuit of zero road deaths) is a thing. Helsinki achieved it last year. Here's some coverage in the professional press in the UK.

Excerpt from an article in CIHT Transport Professional magazine featuring Suzy Charman and the Safe System design ethos.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Next they'll be saying the shooter was a Brit:

British Prisoner And Government MOD Broad Arrow Marking

This is the historical "broad arrow" marking used by the British Government to mark their property. This was used on prisoners clothing and MOD property, amongst other things.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Well now! #JimJefferies astute comedy lands here in the UK:

Poster with list of venues for Jim Jefferies' 'Son of a Carpenter' tour, dates in the late autumn.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I'm too wide to go for a walk in this village...

Pretty village view along a road. The pavement is about a foot wide.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Got a letter from my MP! (Rachel Maskell, York Central). Hadn't heard of UNITE's idea before now.

Excerpt from letter, on posh yellow paper, "Unite the Union has proposed a 1% tax on individuals with assets exceeding £4M.
According to their estimates, this measure could generate up to £25 billion annually..."

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Identified this one by sound, using Merlin. Not the best of shots I'm afraid but with my eyesight I was lucky to catch it at all!

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Behold Hull, East coast of England, giving you a run for your money.

Golden sunrise over metal-blue sea with small waves. A strip of clouds catch the light.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Not as sharp as yours but I got a blackbird!

A male blackbird on a rough roadside verge. Probably looking for worms.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Spring 🌼 finally reaches Yorkshire!

Miniature daffodils - also known as tete-a-tetes.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Happy 1st day of #spring! #equinox #ostara This was sunset on the last day of winter:

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Dig a moat round russia more like. Then wall it off too, for good measure! (Sorry - I spent this morning walking round our city walls and it just gave me this idea...)

Part of York city walls - with a big old tree, just because.

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

"The Jester is the only one at Court who can tell the truth"

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Verity Imelda Player @verityplayer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

There is no English list of ingredients on this pack of marvellous mushroom crisps - only central and E European languages (Polish, Hungarian, etc). Where did I buy them? Eastern Europe? Nope: the little pop-shop by the #DarkArches under #Leeds railway station! Highly recommended!

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