Notes and links from Thur 25 June

Buns are indoors in their emergency indoor cage. They’re not happy about it but it’s just for a few hours. Status: Heatwave day three. There’s actually been a bit of a breeze but it’s not making anything cooler. If anything it’s more oppressive out there today. Brought the rabbits in this afternoon for the peak of the heat. The coolest part of our house was 26°c compared with 30°c on the floor of their run. Probably wasn’t necessary but best to be safe. Have been experimenting with hanging wet towels in the living room which might be having an effect but I can’t be sure. Best tactic seems to be lying still with fans pointed at me. Should be a little cooler tomorrow but I suspect it’s going to take the house bricks a while to discharge the heat they’ve stored up. Reading: Why this heatwave feels worse than the last one — Science on the BBC news site. You love to see it. The cozy catastrophists of cosplay doomerism — “Cozy catastrophe” being a Brian Aldiss term for characters who have a…