Great Tits on the feeders. Another lovely sunrise here.

I walk past these beauties every time I walk up the garden path. #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Dailyflowers

La Sevillana, almost constantly blooming even on the shady side of the garden. It’s underplanted with campanula and each year I sigh with pleasure at the colour combination❤️ #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling

"Cancer is very much like the Spanish Inquisition: nobody expects it. And its chief weapons are surprise, fear and ruthless efficiency." Read as David Barnett opens up about his cancer diagnosis: https://bit.ly/4rnmDPG

#FirstBirdOfMyDay: a monochrome Blue Tit in a damp monochrome garden. That time between dawn and daylight on a grey day when all the colour has been hidden.

The last of Madame Isaac Pereire for this year. The heavenly perfume fills the garden with deliciousness. #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #Roses

First bird of my day: a rook in a muddy field, the long feathers on its legs like pantaloons blowing in the wind. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

I just stood next to Britain’s joint-smallest bird, a goldcrest. Tiny and perfect, it piped its tune at me from the hedge. Up to a quarter of these tiny birds won’t make it through a harsh winter so I’m rooting for this one on what will be such a bitterly cold night.

“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.

First bird of my day: a wren, impossibly small and even more impossibly dry. A feathered acorn flying just across my feet in a fit of musical complaints. I left immediately. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Beautiful eulogy for the slender billed curlew from Mary Colwell. www.curlewaction.org/the-bird-wit...

#RoseWednesday #Bloomsky Oh my heart ❤️

Hellllllloooo? Are you there? Please help birds by sharing this if you also want to ensure swifts & other urban birds have homes alongside us. People power works but only if we work together. SAVE OUR SWIFTS.

They should try responding like Cuba

An exciting project and a very worthy cause in a beautiful area. Please consider supporting it, if you can. 🙏 💚 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

ICE abducted a mother and two young children from my town back in Colorado today, and people are taking overnight shifts outside the facility where the family is being held to try to prevent them from being deported overnight, as other community members have been. They’re encouraged to bring…

Yes, what the fuck???

Trump Fury at Dems Grows as Brutal New Shutdown Poll Hits As Trump’s anger grows amid another poll slide, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg explains why Trump’s deep unpopularity should give you solace—even if beating him long term will be a brutal slog.

Hey all! If you’re outraged by Steve Reed’s u-turn on swift bricks, TELL HIM! Email mailto:[email protected] Send him the link www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Notice in village hall - happy weekend eve xx

Blessed be the path makers! Walking along the Sassafras creek trail this morning in spring sunlight. #TreeOfTheDay #ThickTrunkThursday #Rainforests

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

The Trump-Vance Administration getting rid of biodefense personnel is, to state the blindingly obvious, a very bad choice.

A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility They kidnapped a disabled child!

As a lifelong birder, and one who travelled a fair bit over the years, I think I expected that, one day, I would see a Slender-billed Curlew. There was even the brief excitement of a bird in Suffolk that was reported as one, and which I saw - fleetingly. But no. I never saw one.

First bird of my day: the robin, singing in the dark, his silhouette just visible like a dusky cardboard cut out, in the apple tree. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs: 1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt? 2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies? 3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

First bird of my day: a troupe of long tailed tits making their way through the old hawthorn hedges of an old way. Speaking to each other as the berries glisten. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

First bird of my day: a pigeon sitting in the rain above the traffic, the sound of raindrops hitting the rush of cars. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

This is the thing elected dems seem unable to swallow. There is no realistic modus vivendi where somehow remain a functioning liberal democracy after 3 years of Trump. He is removed or we become Azerbaijan. Removal is ultimately the only goal that matters.

.@morganevelyncook on TikTok is trying to figure out why Trump is sending troops to Portland, Oregon, and her video is the greatest thing ever 🤣

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

Republicans control every branch in Washington. Now, Trump is openly giddy about using the shutdown to slash and burn federal resources that working Americans count on. His shutdown, and firings, will hurt people in every part of this country.

We should all take a leaf out of Jane Goodhall's book. RIP compassionate person.

First bird of my day: a female sparrow peeping out of the thatch, dedicated to the profoundly important and unique Dr #JaneGoodall DBE. I imagine the animal kingdom flocking to pay their respects to their greatest voice. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

The very first rose of the season - La Sevillana quietly blooming in the cold and blustery spring conditions. #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling

Jasmine Crockett for Attorney General in 2028.

Goodness, this is very powerful. Bravo, sir. 👏 #USA #patriot #veteran

3 things about this: 1. Trump learned new term, esprit de corps, & wants to use as much as possible (He's so, so close to actually understanding it). 2. My hope: Purpose of Tuesday mtg really as ridiculous as 🍊💩 & 🇺🇲🍆 say it is. 3. My fear: We are well & truly fkd as of Tuesday. Führer Oath, anyone?

Great reporting; astounding corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

First bird of my day: a concertina of crows, seamlessly landing one after the other, to drink from a puddle at the side of the road. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Trump blew up a boat he claims was full of drugs today but somehow missed the Russian coke dealers in his NYC tower for decades or the mountain of blow on Jr’s coffee table. His fed judge sister helped his helicopter pilot get a light sentence for flying kilos back in the day.

youtu.be/4-Q-NfuDp3c?... I just can’t even begin to express how I feel about people that voted for him.

50 years later, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" is translated into Zulu. #Queens #BohemianRhapsody #Zulu Magnificent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gblj...

I’ll be a Senator for people who can’t buy Senators.