The deal between UK and EU unpicks a small part of the damage of Brexit, esp on agriculture, food and drink, energy and Erasmus. Important progress. Its at the cost of fishing communities, who’ve been treated as pawns throughout Brexit negotiations since 2016.

Drink those thick Brexit tears

BBC News - BBC arts broadcaster Alan Yentob dies aged 78 bbc.com/news/articles/…

Hey Tesco would be great if your staff checked that eggs weren't all broken at the checkout because they were when getting home. Not worthwhile time and money going back to the shop to exchange

Hey Sainsbury's if you're running a competition to win a million avios, it might be a good idea to have the actual qualifying product actually in stock in at least one shop in the country so people can actually enter. What a scam. sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/feature…

Scientists: global warming of 2.5/3°C is * hard/impossible to survive * hard/impossible to prevent * likely by 2045-70 * just one compounding factor in extinction catastrophe meaning a total rethink of economic growth is mandatory to protect species and everyone Journalists:

Research group laid out best way for Scots to take back our nation thenational.scot/politics/25189…

Update👇 7.5 years later and Norway now has $1.8trillion of an oil fund almost doubled. And 7.5 years later some still think Scotland shouldn't be independent. 🙈🙈🙄🙈

How to take out toxic influencers youtu.be/k6g_9xZNdRI?si…

The court order has now been issued by the UK Supreme Court.

Final court order underlines clarity of the Supreme Court’s judgment and provides a timely reminder for the foolhardy that generally expenses follow success. Now indeed the rights of women (and LGB rights) “merit some attention”.

Absolutely extraordinary scenes today in Scottish Parliament in which it emerged that MSPs and staff are confused about how to use the lavatory - something many nursery children manage without such tortuous introspection. Let's dive in! 🧵

There's very little scientific evidence for global warming being limited to 'only' 2.7°C. Why do false hope blogs and tweets steer the narrative on climate change?

BREAKING: NHS Fife wrongly refused FOI requests about the cost of the Sandie Peggie tribunal, watchdog rules. The Commissioner says he’s “frustrated” by the health board’s handling of the requests, accusing it of delaying disclosure and failing to check its own records.

thenational.scot/news/25186981.…

BREAKING: shocked scientists say hellish 2°C by 2029 is now considered possible as extremely rapid global warming accelerates

As the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Test, Trace, and Isolate Module comes to a close today, here is a look at some of the shocking evidence we have heard so far. A Thread 🧵 1/12

I uncovered an error in Thinking Fast and Slow by Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman. With thanks to Prof Shane Frederick of Yale Business School for helping me with this article linkedin.com/posts/silicong…