Kate de Selincourt

@katedes.bsky.social

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Writer - sustainable building and the environment

map of Gloucestershire with the actual impassable Severn estuary visible as the impassable barrier to communication it actually is (to anyone without a hovercraft at their disposal at any rate)
Square stone pool full of fresh, clear water
Picture of the Pope who is my closest match apparently
Ols sheet draped outside a sunny window and secured by shutting the window onto it
tiny white flowers (4-petalled crucifers) with my finger in shot, showing they are about half the size if my fingernail
Cat plaintively begging at window to be let in from the cold snowy outdoors, alongside a sticker stuck to the window showing the same cat in the exact same pose. (She has her own door, she just prefers staff to accommodate her wishes)
Orange cat making a near- unbroken circle as she's curled up on the grass
long tedious set of instructions click on this select that that probably won't correspond tow aht I see when I try
An honesty plant with purple flowers and variegated leaves
AI generated image purporting to be "normal tonsils" that tbh I can't even describe but lets say it seems to involve bloodied teeth growing out of some kind of bifurcated tongue...
Kitchen with sink and hob backing onto an un-finished (one assumes deliberately) concrete block wall
Fake Daily Telegraph headline reading as follows: Allister Heath Make no mistake, food labelling is a direct attack on the British family
Map of Gloucestershire showing severn estuary dividing the forest of dean from the severn vale area to the east of the river
man in a high-vis jacket holding a clipboard with two hands, while his third hand points to a gizmo on the wall
screengrab of guardian webpage with headline 'social workers' AI tool makes 'gibberish' transcripts', with an ad on the same page for Co Pilot AI, promoting its ability to summarise content
screengrab from Warm Homes Plan about oversight of retrofit having failed in the past and admitting 'we must go further'
table showing predicted SCOPs for various heat pump installations, mostly in the range 3-4. Low Temp ASHP at a reasonably modest 3.1-3.2. Let's hope this is being achieved in practice though!
stern looking chap pointing at a large screen covered in writing in a mixture of scripts, holding his phone in a six- (or is it seven?) fingered hand
IA generated image of a happy smiling energy assessor sporting three arms (and a floating clipboard)
Cat on a lap
Video of noisy, rattling extractor fan in a brand new home in the UK.
A transport desert shown by large black arras on a map of wales
Golden and coppery beech trees
Dark grey brown fungus like growth on a dead tree stump
A beech tree in very bright yellow autumn leaf
Gwr web page blatantly lying that there is a "good service on our network"
Single pink flower on a bare stem
Motorway services
Pink orchid
Creased-looking stiff cotton dress in an ugly blue that looks like an apron-cum pinafore. Gives a strong workwear vibe - indeed, it's Called 'fruit picker'.
Label on envelope: "Pure cremation"
Envelope reading "this spring, treat yourself on us"
Tall white orchid
White Blackthorn blossom against a deep blue sky
Curious colourless flower, spike of individual florets that do actually look a bit like teeth.
Large bird of prey on a lamp post
Sign on a French railway, showing an innocent young family about to come to grief from a steam locomotive as they cross the tracks (papa's trilby hat is flying from his head in surprise): "Ne traversez pas sans regarder dans les deux directions. Un train peut cacher un autre" Do not cross without looking in BOTH directions. One train may hide another
Four horsemen of the apocalypse cartoon. Fourth one is overloaded with bales of loo roll , while the third asks "Seriously?"
Meme with conversation "Come on, how bad can can it be?" "Radical anarchists are urging people to obey the state"
Post shared by my OH suggesting he thinks I'm being excessively sceptical about his wise and considered choice of energy tariff
List of half hourly energy prices ranging from 45p/kWh to a somewhat eye-watering 93p
Screengrab of bbc news item covering today's red weather alert for wind, warning of danger to life
Woodland scene with wide area flooded either side of the normal course of the river
Weird structure in grey metal that is actually part of a supermarket, dirty with diesel smuts and also pigeon droppings. Altogether unpleasant.
Golden trees against a blue sky
List that reads as follows: •71 % of all 1861 homes did not have extract and background ventilation provision. •78 % of pre 1991 homes did not have extract and background ventilation provision. •41 % of post 1991 homes did not have extract and background ventilation provision. •22 % of respondents reported mould or damp on walls or surfaces in their homes. •Only 11 % had minimum ventilation provision and information on how to use it.
inside out cow's stomachs - as disgusting as it sounds
Yellow tree against a dull background
Hydrogen facility will definitely open in Bradford
low sun though bracken and trees
Pink sky with clouds