The grip secret: it could be the key to a long and healthy life – here’s how to improve yours | Health | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/30/the-grip-secret-it-could-be-the-key-to-a-long-and-healthy-life-heres-how-to-improve-yours
A weak grip goes hand in hand with higher risk of heart attack and stroke, and is linked to everything from diabetes and obesity to muscle loss. Here’s what to do about it
From NixOS to Ubuntu
https://jnsgr.uk/2025/06/from-nixos-to-ubuntu/
This year, I moved from NixOS to Ubuntu. This post outlines
my experience through that process, as well as a new philosophy
for how I manage my machine and configuration which embraces
the defaults and more contemporary applications.
Driving Us Mad
https://www.monbiot.com/2025/06/27/driving-us-mad/
A massive new road scheme will solve precisely nothing, while costing the Earth.
Giving back to the land: an off-grid eco-guesthouse in a ‘quietly radical corner’ of south-west Ireland | Travel | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/jun/26/off-grid-eco-guesthouse-radical-corner-south-west-ireland
A couple have combined their passion for sustainability with chic hospitality set a stone’s throw from West Cork’s art scene
China breaks more records with surge in solar and wind power | China | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/china-breaks-more-records-with-massive-build-up-of-wind-and-solar-power
Between January and May, China added 198 GW of solar and 46 GW of wind, enough to generate as much electricity as Indonesia or Turkey
100 pv panels per second installed in May!
Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs | Read the Tea Leaves
https://nolanlawson.com/2025/06/16/selfish-reasons-for-building-accessible-uis/
All web developers know, at some level, that accessibility is important. But when push comes to shove, it can be hard to prioritize it above a bazillion other concerns when you're trying to center a <div> and you're on a tight deadline. A lot of accessibility advocates lead with the moral argument: for example, that…
Bluesky Likes Web Components
https://lea.verou.me/blog/2025/bluesky-likes/
I set out to announce two components I wrote for displaying Bluesky likes and ended up ranting about the pain of building accessible, localizable web components in 2025. The components are still here, though — lucky you?
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects | Insects | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides