The view out of the rabbit’s run at dusk.
Status:
Heatwave started properly today and there’s no denying it’s hot out there. So far our brick terraced house is a sanctuary, at least downstairs, but that probably won’t last the week. Lots of experimenting with flannels and fans for optimum cooling. Rabbits are doing OK today but we might have to bring in over lunch tomorrow. While they have plenty of shade there’s no escape from the air temp for them.
Not many links today. Had psychotherapy and then mostly managed the heat of it all.
Reading:
- Big Tech is stoking unrest in the UK. Why? 🪜 — Sober analysis from the Financial Times of what Musk &co are up to. “Alexander III discovered that pogroms were a useful tool to deflect anger away from himself and the establishment and protect the old order. Musk and his friends are doing something subtly different: channelling fear of immigrants into rage against the establishment. Unlike the tsar, Musk doesn’t want to preserve the old order. He’s part of a Silicon Valley movement that wants to replace it."
- Olivia Rodrigo announces Daisy Chain Fields Festival with Bikini Kill, the Breeders, Garbage, Stevie Nicks, Sarah McLachlan & more — Really nice to see her putting her money where her mouth is and supporting the old folk.
Watching:
- Jamelle Bouie: Keir Starmer proves that triangulation is a dead end (12:33) — Been ignoring most Starmer takes but I always have time for a foreign perspective on our nonsense. (Jamelle Bouie is a New York Times columnist)