Apropos nothing, I’m still really enjoying the transcriptions of what went down after the World Cup final. I have been laughing at Emi Martinez for hours.

I was in Sweden a couple of weeks ago and really liked the way people shaded their apartments.

This coverage of the UK’s heatwave from the cover of the Mirror today, seems a classic of its type.

For reference, my bedroom is currently 36 degrees. I’m currently having work done on the kitchen, so it’s not been possible to keep it as cool as usual. I have obviously been thinking about air-con.

For reference, the UK currently has 4.5 million children living in poverty (almost a third). I don’t understand why there is so little discussion of this. I do think we should be doing more on pensioner poverty, but I’m interested that one form of poverty is a moral wrong and the other 🤷🏼‍♂️.

AI transcription of messages is such a wonder.

Letter home from school about this. Material is all over TikTok and can be seen even if you have restricted mode enabled. It seems to me in the post-Musk era, social media companies are only performative in their efforts to stop kids seeing inappropriate content and not really trying

I think it’s actually a piece of conceptual theatre; a liminal space in shades of grey.

Behold!

I’m still getting emails about houses up for sale in my area. Absolutely blown away by this £850k marvel, which is utterly minimal in colour and character.

I’m currently doing some work on the ‘graduate premium’ for my course, and my view is if you aggregate different courses, sectors and universities, the results are pretty meaningless. This chart IS interesting and we should reflect on why private school kids benefit more from higher education.

Really enjoyed the working temperature in my office today; that’s 28.8 degrees C. Yes, my window is open as fast as it will go and the blinds are down.

Just finished the American Factory, documentary on Netflix. It’s a good watch and a handy reminder of what bringing back industry might look like. But I will be coming back to the wonderful company song and dance routine for a long time.

Very taken by this handsome post-war house, just down the road from me. Obviously, a do-it-upper, but with the large garden and price, I suspect it is aiming at someone who wants to knock it down and build a number of units on the plot.

Facebook is full of this kind of stuff, but I’ve never seen this amount of flooding before. Often in places without major water courses.

Instagram has just shown me an advert for a tool to summarise lectures, so you don’t have to watch them. Hmmm.