Phil O'Donnell

Analyst. Musician. Songwriter. Not necessarily in that order. All views my own.

[Gareth Redmond-King (@gredmondking.bsky.social) @gredmond76]

For the 'it's just summer - enjoy it' brigade:

New study into summer 2022: 61,672 died from excess heat - 3,469 in the UK.

In the week we surpassed 40°C, 11,637 people died across Europe.

(h/t @Ben_Spencer) https://t.co/51qFuELkah

[Ben Noll @BenNollWeather]

Route 218 (Storm King Highway/9W) in Orange County, New York/#HudsonValley has sustained catastrophic damage.

A summer’s worth of rain fell in a single day.

[Clapham Common parkrun @claphamparkrun]

Volunteer appeal - this sat we need:
Marshal: 7x
Funnel Manager: 2x
*Funnel Manager: 2x,
Barcode Scanner: 3x
*Barcode Scanner: 3x
Number Checker: 2x
If you can please help email [email protected] with your barcode ID number

* sub 22 runners can run and volunteer

[Amazing Maps @amazingmap]

The United States and Canada at the same latitudes as Europe

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

17 Equations that changed the world. 🧠

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Sorry to repeat myself, but you *really* need to know this.
Under the government's Public Order Bill, anyone who has protested in the previous 5 years can be forced to "submit to ... being fitted with, or the installation of, any necessary apparatus" to monitor your movements.

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

It's World Mental Health Day. Let's do all we can to promote mental wellbeing. Make time for self-care and supporting others around you, today and every day💕

https://t.co/2ommUbbsKY #WorldMentalHealthDay #WorldMentalHealthDay2022

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

Since this row - and arguments like this - are going to dominate the next month, a few facts:

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

Optimistic October - Day 1: Write down three things you can look forward to this month https://t.co/Zwx28oXJz1 #OptimisticOctober

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Electoral reform is the precondition of the most important constitutional changes we need in our country. It is the foundation upon we can build a moderate, consensual, evidence-based system from the ruins of pathological know-nothing machismo. There's no more important fight.

[Dulwich parkrun @Dulwichparkrun]

If anyone ever wants to help do this post run...they don't sort magically!

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, & most of the energy that does, moves the car, not people.

Sound efficient?

HT @circulareconomy

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

Self Care September - Day 10: When you find things hard, remember it's ok not to be ok https://t.co/rry9VO52NK #SelfCareSeptember

[Dawn Oliver @Felix_keeps_on]

I think it would be a lovely gesture of solidarity if the House of Commons turned off its heating this winter. It would be inspirational to me to watch our MPs demonstrating the effectiveness of 'putting on a jumper' #EnergyCrisis #EnoughlsEnough

[Ed Matthew @Ed_Matthew1]

The UK is addicted to gas with 85% using it for heating. We also have least energy efficient housing stock in Western Europe. The mix makes us uniquely exposed to this gas price crisis. This graphic from Tado is still shocking - with heat loss from U.K. homes 3 X that of Germany

[Clapham Common parkrun @claphamparkrun]

Hello parkrunners, this is your core team speaking 🧑🏽‍✈️Here is your Tuesday reminder that we are cancelled this Saturday because we’re not around ✈️ We’ll be back again after the bank holiday. Please consider taking the opportunity to run/volunteer with our local parkrun friends

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

China is experiencing the worst heatwave ever recorded in global history.

The combined intensity, duration, scale, and impact of this heatwave is unlike anything humans have ever recorded.

Over 260 locations have seen their hottest days ever during this 70+ day heatwave.

[Clapham Common parkrun @claphamparkrun]

Thanks so much to everyone who stepped forward to volunteer today 🧡 We couldn’t have done it without you! We really don’t like panicking about lack of volunteers as late as Thursday every single week. So please do email us as early as you can if you want to sign up 🦺

[Clapham Common parkrun @claphamparkrun]

Thank you to all our fabulous volunteers this morning 🧡 And well done to our 530 finishers ☀️ A wonderful effort from
everyone in the heat and we even coped with a route diversion! See you next Saturday #loveparkrun

[Tooting Common parkrun @Tootingparkrun]

Fancy a change of scene this Saturday, our friends at Clapham parkrun could really do with some lovely volunteers