Karin

Home is the historic village of Fulford, site of 1066 Battle of Fulford. We built 1st UK house certified as Passivhaus Plus! Growing an edible garden. European.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The UK has 500,000 almost always empty second homes, and 700,000 ones that are simply empty.

Slapping double, triple, quadruple Council Tax on these properties would not only help Councils but force people to sell them providing more homes.

It is a win, win.

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

🚨Private healthcare companies are lobbying the Health Secretary to sign up to a new PFI deal.

⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal.

📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS.
#NoNewPFI
https://t.co/NAB3h5kSil

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

The cost of austerity, low wages, lack of healthcare.

2.9m people in England with malnutrition. Hospital admissions up 39% in a decade.

Malnourished children treated for scurvy, bow legs, rickets, heart murmurs.

Neoliberalism condemning people to misery
https://t.co/o0H9vWOHMq

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

MPs have voted for Sarah Olney's Bill to introduce proportional representation.

This is a crucial step towards fixing our broken electoral system and ensuring every vote counts.

[John Sweeney @johnsweeneyroar]

He left them on the beaches.

[Sarah Hurst @Life_Disrupted]

Volodymyr Zelensky is trying to cope with an invasion and he managed to stay at the D-Day commemoration for the whole day.

[Karin @KdViY]

@poferries Is the Pride of Rotterdam on track to be back in operation on 19 February? I have a booking and need to be back at work on Wednesday 21 Feb. Would appreciate an update. https://t.co/c9K75scL6K

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Please don't turn your lawn into plastic. Plastic grass reduces food & shelter for wildlife such as bees & butterflies; has a high carbon footprint; sheds micro-plastics which wash into our rivers and seas. Create a wildlife-friendly space instead. More https://t.co/Ha52cZVAlE 🐝

[Karin @KdViY]

@Eric_Laurier @ucuedinburgh @ucu @sssn_edi Thank you for raising this so well! My son is also affected @SheffieldUni. If you feel strongly, can you please sign the open letter by Helen Smith @UniOfYork? https://t.co/YgyNm0rSea

[Helen Smith @conversiontales]

Alright, lovely friends! I have created an Open Letter to @UCEA1, urging them to see redress of pay deductions as a pragmatic step and a powerful recognition of the passion university staff bring to all they do. This cannot be the reason negotiations fail. https://t.co/2SZmZTzYwN

[Askham Bryan College @AskhamBryan]

Happy Friday 🌷 Our wildflower areas have thrived since May; the butterflies and bees love it! 🌻 🌼 🌿
#askhambryancollege #wildflowers #nomowmay #flowers #landbased

[Mr MT @mrEmTee]

#NoMowMay is good, but it’s mid-summer when this happens.
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[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

Really pleased with the teaching my son has received at @sheffielduni Mathematics, which has inspired him to go on to PG study in NL. He fully supports his lecturers. Koen Lamberts settled the dispute with @ucu and pay your @sheffielducu staff so they can finish marking!

[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

If you are a University staff member, student, or parent of a student please consider signing this open letter to UCEA.

[Helen Smith @conversiontales]

Alright, lovely friends! I have created an Open Letter to @UCEA1, urging them to see redress of pay deductions as a pragmatic step and a powerful recognition of the passion university staff bring to all they do. This cannot be the reason negotiations fail. https://t.co/2SZmZTzYwN

[The Bee Guy @the_beeguy]

Mornin’ folks.

We’ve had a lot of people enquiring about and commenting on #bumblebees asleep on #flowers, especially at this time of year, so here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining what’s going on.

Please retweet so more are more informed.
Thanks good people.
#bees
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[Rob Aitken @AitkenRob]

#SettleTheDispute Professor Koen Lamberts @sheffielduni time to tell UCEA to negotiate. @ucu @sheffielducu

[Karin @KdViY]

@LittleEcoT @tandemkate Our Passivhaus Plus scored an EPC rating of 110 but without the solar panels that would have been 86…

[Little Eco Blog @LittleEcoT]

Sun is out and slow cooker is on. I love “#solar cooking” with our slow cooker off the #PV panels. It reduces the ~30p standard cooking cost to near zero, and makes 4-6 portions.

Dishwasher & washing machine too, as well two 400 W heaters to use residual (not on full).