🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Charlie🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

💙@CardiffCityFC💙 ❤️Chester Bennington & Kurt Cobain❤️ If Jesus Christ returns, we’ll just kill the fucker twice

[🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Charlie🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ccfccharl1e]

How we started the year Vs How we are ending the year

[The Cynical Crusader @Cyn1calCrusader]

So, jokes aside, to understand why the heat is worse in the UK than say Arizona for example, the answer is quite long...

First it's the Humidity, it's far higher here.
The UK's island location and prevailing south-westerly winds bring moist sea air, so heatwaves are often humid rather than dry.

In contrast, many of the hottest US states (e.g., Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico) have dry desert heat where sweat evaporates quickly, so you actually feel cooler despite higher temperatures.
Even humid US regions (like the Southeast) usually have widespread air conditioning to offset it.

Second, the buildings and Infrastructure that we have all are designed to Trap Heat, not Release It.

UK homes are built for cold, damp winters: thick brick/stone walls, heavy insulation, small windows, and designs that retain warmth.
During a heatwave, they turn into ovens, solar gain through windows builds up, and there is poor ventilation or passive cooling features like overhangs, shutters, or light-coloured roofs.

Plus, poor air conditioning: Only about 5% of UK homes have AC (vs. ~90% in the US).
It's not standard because it's rarely needed most of the year, but during spikes it's a nightmare.
Also, retrofitting is expensive and tricky in old terraced houses or listed buildings.

This extended to public transport, schools, offices, and even hospitals as they often lack cooling.

Finally, most importantly, we have zero acclimatisation.
Meaning it's just as hot at night as it is during the day.

Britons aren't physiologically or culturally used to sustained heat.

We're properly white!

So, a sudden jump from typical UK summer temps feels extreme, and the body struggles more without gradual adaptation.
Heatwaves often bring "tropical nights" (temps staying above 20 °C), so homes don't cool down overnight.

You can't sleep, recover, or anything which just compounds fatigue, dehydration, etc.
Drier US heat often cools significantly at night.
That is all topped up with the fact that we have longer summer daylight at the UK's higher latitude meaning more hours of solar heating.

Hope this long explanation that no one wanted clears this right up...

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

When we came into office, we uncovered a $12 billion budget deficit.

Today, I’m proud to say we brought it down to zero.

We didn’t close the gap on the backs of working people.

We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets and making historic investments in public housing.

Call it Pothole Politics. Call it Democratic Socialism. It's government that delivers for the people who make this city run.

That’s what New Yorkers deserve. And that’s what we will keep fighting for every single day.

[Wolfie 🐺🟡⚫⚽⚡🚘🇪🇺 @Wwfcwolf1]

#fuckfarage

[Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @Plaid_Cymru]

We did it: Wales' largest party!

Thank you to each and every one of you that put your trust in Plaid Cymru 💚

Now, let's gets on with it - for Wales 🫡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Charlie🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ccfccharl1e]

UP THE FUCKING PLAID CYMRU

[Election Maps UK @ElectionMapsUK]

🚨 | ALL Welsh Senedd Seats Declared!

No overall majority - Plaid Cymru largest party

Final results:
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 PC: 43 (+20)
➡️ Reform: 34 (+34)
🌹 Labour: 9 (-35)
🌳 Conservative: 7 (-22)
🌍 Green: 2 (+2)
🔶 Lib Dem: 1 (+1)

[JBL @johninsouthfla]

The BBC refuse to hold con man Farage to account.

MPs are meant to declare ALL gifts over £300 in the calendar year leading up to their election.

I refuse to look away. Repost if you feel the same.

[Martin Harmer @martinharmer]

Don't fall for it!

No matter who you vote for today, Keir Starmer will still be the Prime Minister tomorrow.

You are voting for who runs your council not the country.

#ThinkBeforeYouVote

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

Nigel Farage is facing questions over a £5m gift he received from a billionaire backer before he became an MP

@vicderbyshire runs through the timeline

#Newsnight

[Amys Here 🇨🇦 @amys_here]

Break the internet sharing this please

[Happily Dissatisfied @nocontextEFC]

This Polanski smear campaign is fucking mental. Every single media outlet in the country is attacking him simultaneously. I’ve just seen someone attack him for liking posts on Bluesky.

They are terrified of a successful left populist movement and can see the momentum rising.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Victoria Derbyshire spend 8 minutes taking apart Nigel Farage's £5,000,000 gift

"As you'd expect we asked Reform UK for an interview tonight. One Reform UK press officer asked: with who and to discuss what"

"We said we'd like to talk about the local elections, the detention centres in Green areas, and £5m gift from Christopher Harborne"

"We didn't receive another reply"

[Curtis Daly @CurtisDaly_]

Omg Farage is literally running away from Zack 😂

[Frank Place 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @BotFinderUK]

True dat

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

A man blinded by a flag about to step off into emptiness might be Banksy's best work ever.

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

It would be a relief if Plaid win Senedd election, says Green leader https://t.co/MocLvgyaHI

[Supersub🌟 @Paskins_tache]

This is what they think of Cymru.

Any fellow Cymro falling for this reform nonsense is absolutely deranged.

[Powys Fadog @FadogPowys]

@ElectionMapsUK @Penyrheolgerrig Labour is a wasted Vote, keep ReformUK out then vote for @Plaid_Cymru

[Heledd Jones @heleddjones]

Can people stop using the word ‘devolved’ in these arguments.

I don’t think it’s language that Reform voters understand

The Senedd doesn’t have powers over immigration, and you’re voting for Senedd members

Break it down for them!
Every little helps!

[Rhun ap Iorwerth @RhunapIorwerth]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Plaid Cymru is the only party standing up for Wales and determined to help us reach our potential as a nation.

For new leadership for Wales and to stop the chaos of Reform, vote @Plaid_Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Election Maps UK @ElectionMapsUK]

Senedd Voting Intention:

PLC: 30% (+9)
RFM: 25% (+24)
LAB: 15% (-21)
CON: 12% (-13)
GRN: 10% (+6)
LDM: 6% (+2)

Via @Ipsos_in_the_UK, 2-8 Apr,
Changes w/ 2021.