Now 4 phonecalls, and still not resolved @SAS

.@SAS My mum died. I missed a flight. Insurance company wants you to confirm no refund has been issued to me. 3 phonecalls, 3 promises of an email. Nothing. At a loss as to how to get this simple statement from you, so resorting to X. Please help.

I've followed the crowd. Now posting on @bluesky

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

In the interests of a genuinely informative event, still some spaces available for an in-depth tour of the #EcoBungalow this weekend. https://t.co/T2BQk1aOPb #PHopendays @PassivhausTrust

I’ve found Twitter to be mostly a positive experience: learned new stuff, connected with interesting people. But it’s become a cesspit. I’m putting things on hold. I hope it returns to the genuinely informative place it used to be.

No idea how yesterday happened. None at all.

Except this is King George IV’s Brighton home which he loved. Designed by architect John Nash, an admirer of Indo-Islamic architecture. This was later a hospital for Indian soldiers in WW1 who fought for our freedom alongside white British soldiers. Let’s get our country back!

We’re hearing a lot from Reform UK how these protests is legitimate anger of people who have been ignored. Sorry, we had a General Election just four weeks ago. Reform put forward a racist agenda, only 14% backed it. Time for them to stop being apologists for racism and thuggery

The most British response to retirement ever?

Before, during and after. New blog post showing the transformation from 1970s bungalow to a place for modern living. #PassiveHouse #PassivHaus #EnerPHit #DeepRetrofit #Retrofit #EcoBunglow https://t.co/4S7sr1xGUA #newblogpost

No president of America has ever given birth - I don’t understand why it’s suddenly an issue

This has the potential to be an absolutely incredible appointment. I need to sit down.

I set a time limit of 2 hours a day for Facebook, Twitter and Insta a while back. Have never hit it. But today I did. Sorry Twitter (I’m never going to call it X) is FAR too interesting today so I’ve overridden the control. #GeneralElection

Interesting. Despite all the positives, Reform's share of the vote is deeply worrying. This puts it into a wider perspective.

Thank God. In a world of extremes, a sober and serious speech from @Keir_Starmer Let’s make the UK a better place.

Four Green MPs. The highlight of the election. Well done @TheGreenParty - now hold Labour to account.

In fact Labour barely put on any vote share at all. It's up by 1-2% from Jeremy Corbyn in 2019. This is a story about Conservative collapse. Nigel Farage made it into Parliament. But Reform is in second place in 98 seats, many of which in northern England to Labour. That is

So much to process this morning. 4 seats to Greens, high profile Tories OUT, massive vote share to Reform (but doesn’t seem to have translated to seats), handful of independents beating Labour. Going to be a nervous, cautious Labour government I think.

Here we go: first gain of the night. Now I really MUST go to bed.