"No new sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) have been designated by Natural England since 2023. SSSIs are nationally or internationally important places for rare wildlife and habitats. Without the designation, endangered species can be at risk of being lost to development."

And reactionary politicians decided to ignore the obvious and huge productivity happiness and levelling up gains which would follow from a right to remote work because their real constituency is property developers, real estate owners and right wing newspaper editors

I feel I want to see this.

If, like me, you have any interest in cinema history, this is a marvellous watch. Great work from @sarahappleton.bsky.social! youtu.be/JRJO7pAF6J4?...

PS5 peeps. The rather twee narrative and formulaic gameplay of CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 is beginning to pall and I think I need to take a break for a little while for something a bit meatier in the BALDURS GATE 3 vein to keep me occupied until GTA6 finally arrives (1/3) #ps5

Not once in the 80s, 90s or 00s do I recall a politician urging the public to embrace email, mobile phones, texting, two factor authentication, online banking, air fryers, or to replace all their cassette collection with a CD collection. So forgive me if I smell a rat.

Coprophilous fungi, or dung fungi, might be a step too far for many, but bookmark and watch this fascinating 3-person presentation- it might just change your life! #mycology #fungifriends #fungi #mushrooms m.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Pa...

They’re basically just to serve Japan’s addiction to plastic.

My recent production job for HELTER SKELTER is “a standout release for cult Asian cinema enthusiasts” according to DVD Beaver. Thanks to all who worked with me on this! www.dvdbeaver.com/subsite/film3/helter_skelter_blu-ray.htm

People of Bath, it would only take £93.50 to get us to £6,000 as donations are doubled by Aviva. All this rain reminds me how much more work we need to do to block land drains and plant wetland trees to catch rainwater before it rushes into the River Avon. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/warleigh-n...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's The Samurai and the Prisoner has been acquired by Janus Films for a U.S. release. The director discusses his forthcoming Cannes premiere: thefilmstage.com/im-definitel...

I believe it's impossible to not appreciate the incredible purple color these mushrooms have, especially when they're younger. These might be some of the prettiest specimens of Cortinarius seidliae or vanduzerensis I've come across #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms #cortinarius 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Hypoxylon- now here’s an overlooked genus if ever there was one.

There’s a severe lack of underfunding and education about fungi and its ecological role even in the UK, a country with a relatively large number of enthusiastic amateurs. In terms of diversity and new species in other parts of the world, there is even more to learn.

Him and me both.

Yes!

“Throughout the Iran war, photographers lingering at RAF Fairford’s perimeter have captured an unsettling spectacle of heavy bombs being loaded on to American aircraft. The images threw into sharp relief the vital role the Gloucestershire base has played in supporting the US’s bombing campaign.”

I co-sponsored this bill which aims to give chalk streams UNESCO world heritage status. These important habitats, 85% of which are in the UK, are at risk of drying out. Let’s protect the homes of plants, fish and aquatic mammals🌱🐠🦦 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fungi around the year in the UK, today's great find, Spring Hazelcup (Encoelia furfuracea) here in Kent. Not a common find, so a pretty exciting one. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

How many councillors has Reform UK lost since May? www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...

Worth pointing out that the by election was called due to the previous Reform councillor elected in 2025 being sent to prison. To be honest, I can’t see Reform ever being in a position to stand enough candidates in any future general election to ever see them winning.

From the paper that build its brand on kiddy porn.

“ in an unequal and stagnant economy, capitalism starts to look less like a gradually increasing pie and more like a zero-sum game where, in order for you to win, someone else has to lose.”

No!!!

Three Japanese filmmakers in competition at Cannes 2026: Koreeda, Hamaguchi, Fukada. Sode will show in Un Certain Regard, and Kurosawa in the Premiere's section. deadline.com/2026/04/cann...

Genuine tragedy: @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on the monstrous Israeli war on beautiful Lebanon www.thenerve.news/p/lebanon-wa...

EXIT 8 director Genki Kawamura discusses the challenges of adapting a hit video game, and gives us a tease of his next horror movie project.

Israel once again operating under the "you cease, we fire" doctrine of ceasefires.

🎈Headpress 35th Anniversary Extravaganza🎈 Introducing our panelists: Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social Writer, critic, podcast host, and author of a forthcoming book on BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, he chairs our New Voices in #Horror panel. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-...

"Between 1969 and 1972, Apollo astronauts left 96 bags of human waste — urine, faeces and vomit — on the lunar surface, to shed weight so lunar module could lift off with cargo of Moon rocks." Have to do better in C21st www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Some very say news just in, but Shozin Fukui, director of Pinocchio 964 and Rubbers Lover, passed away on 2 April. As some might know, in the midst of a resurgence of interest in his work that culminated with a 2025 retrospective at K's Cinema in Shinjuku, he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer.

Who can forget the dancing paperclip?

“And what even is “family voting”? An old auntie of mine used to vote for Ukip. And when I asked her to explain why, she would look nervously to her decision-making husband…”

Some Japanese music I love - Morio Agata’s Airplane m.youtube.com/watch?v=t_aX...

Israel 🇮🇱: “Only Muslims are upset about the attack on Iran.” Spain’s 🇪🇸 PM Pedro Sánchez "Even the Pope condemned the war… are you going to call him Muslim too?" 😊

News of the missing US airman captured on his mission to bombard a civilian area reminded me of the 1997 film WAG THE DOG, and I'm wondering why no one ever talk about this film any more, seeing as the satire has long become reality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=steA...

“much of what sustains both the land and ourselves happens outside that frame entirely. Soil holding water, plants sustaining insects, margins offering refuge…. To recognise this requires a different kind of attention – one that does not immediately convert what it sees into use.”

This is so, so well-articulated.

Will never forget — truly think about it too often tbh — how in July of 2024 using the words “ethnic cleansing” in a panel description at an SF convention describing Israel’s actions was considered inflammatory rhetoric & I was asked to reword it to not put off prospective attendees

A must have!

“That’s deregulation for you. It’s yet another instance of successive governments’ bizarrely lopsided version of “fiscal discipline”, which counts the costs of action, but not the costs of inaction. On a conservative estimate, illegal dumping costs the economy in England £1bn a year.”

Isreal has killed more journalists than any other state in known history

Paying people their agreed fee for contributing to a release is literally the very least a company can do.

Does it work properly? No. Are the people making it acting in good faith? No. Have they ensured it can't be used maliciously? No. Does it make people's lives better? No. Will it make people's lives better? No. Is it profitable? No. Is it popular? No. Is it harmless? No. The argument for AI.

Just think, if the petrochemical companies had put as much effort into r&d of clean energy over the past 50years as they have in polluting our planet, the American century wouldn’t be so definitively over.

Finally the new Shinya Tsukamoto movie got officially announced. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Who needs physical reality anyway? www.theguardian.com/business/202...