I'm trying to track down the original source of this much-reproduced #cartoon. If you know, I'd be grateful if you tell me.

I've just been stopped by a copper. He gave me the verdigris.

Winning party leader faces two investigations into undeclared £5million donation from billionaire who lives in Thailand

Your occasional gentle reminder that, on Bluesky, hitting Like on posts does not increase the number of people who'll see them. If you want to amplify a post here, you need to repost, not just Like, it. ps please repost this one!

Pension thieves stalk those afraid of 2027 inheritance tax changes bit.ly/4u2qClX report them and hang up.

Three thoughts on democracy, all are obvious but writing them out for me. 1. USA is now an oligarchy. 2. In the UK local authorities have so little discretion on spending that the democratic process is almost irrelevant. 3. With so many parties in the UK, first past the post doesn’t work anymore.

Oh if you liked that, you'll *love* this guesstheparty.co.uk

I think it's worth people knowing that Enfield has a Labour MP and a Conservative councillor who are *both* called Bambos Charalambous.

'Your society's broken. So who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No, let's blame the people with no power and no money and immigrants who don't even have a vote yet. Yeah, it must be their fucking fault.' - Iain Banks

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. The best seat on the bus (1964) Artist: Harry Wingfield

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Death among the Wisteria...

A $30mn lesson in patience timharford.com/2026/04/a-30...

I don’t suppose anyone I know can id this Nomada bee from my Leeds garden today? I realise this is a tall order, particularly as the wings are hiding features.

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic! Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

For the love of God, could the "common sense" brigade PLEASE develop some actual COMMON SENSE?! No, the NHS has not ordered staff not to use the term "it's raining cats and dogs" for fear of either upsetting or offending anyone... Please engage your brains for a minute🙏 🧵1/15

I have been hoping to find some more detail on the NHS use of Palantir, this is the informed perspective of the guy who until recently was leading the NHS development of the Federated Data Platform. HT @jo3hill.bsky.social www.bartlettdata.co.uk/post/blog-co...

Even if the next administration wusses out and doesn’t throw everyone from this administration in jail, I feel like somehow this hapless creature will end up taking all the consequences. I bet he was always the kid left standing in musical chairs

Very pleased to find another Honeysuckle Sawfly in the garden. Impressive and burnished gold. We have lots of Honeysuckle and it's another great plant for wildlife.

Just tell me a classic joke. Like "What's brown and sticky? A STICK"

Especially lovely to read this thoughtful review on publication day... fullybooked2017.com/2026/04/06/t...

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Yep, my mum had a letter about an appointment in the Endocrinology department at St. Thomas' hospital When you get there, Endocrinology is not listed on the A-Z of departments It's under 'Diabetes and Endocrine' It shouldn't be like this, it should be a simple thing to address

This is the Mosaic of the Seasons held in the Palazzo Massimo in Rome. #MosaicMonday My photo.

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Trans rights are human rights. #tdov

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. Try not to be arsehole about it. #tdov

@gailsimone.bsky.social Pffft

My favourite French portmanteau describes vegan cheese. It merges faux (fake) and fromage (cheese) to get fauxmage * read on for more cheesy words and phrases from around the world (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…

A lot of people clap and cheer at Arkell v Pressdram style legal letters. But the most deadly legal letters are calm and polite, and this one is lethal.

An amazing gold bowl with depictions of animals, crescent moons and cirlcles representing suns and/or full moons. It was discovered in 1906 during the construction of a railway line in Zurich-Altstetten, Switzerland. Dating around 1000 BC. With a weight of 910 grams it's... 🧵1/2 📷 me

I appreciate safeguarding etc etc but we need this head's name and we need them to face consequences. I want an environment where fascists are too terrified of us to be so fucking stupid as to ban books that are no threat whatsoever www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

🧵And we're off, ladies and gentlemen! It's "they're banning the word EASTER" week. Regular as clockwork... So here comes a history lesson and media lesson all rolled into one thread! PS, I can't believe there's no easter egg emoji? This was the best I could do - 🗿🥚 🤣 I digress! 1/19

I know people are sceptical about journalism right now but this is the kind of story that takes weeks to get to the bottom of. I hope people see the value in what we do

A tiny (3mm) 16-spot Ladybird on Lesser Celandine near Rye this morning. #UKwildlife #insects #ladybirds #Sussexwildlife @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business.

Latest delivery of toilet paper arrived by post today. Very disappointed. Texture too hard and it's already covered in something very unpleasant.

Also ISO8601-compliant.

I think I make this joke too often, but a more accurate #piday would be the 22nd of July.

Sharing our A-Z resource of 1,000 women artists for #WomensHistoryMonth Here's L: Labille-Guiard to Luxmoore 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/curations/an-a-z-of-1000-women-artists-represented-on-art-uk-labille-guiard-to-luxmoore-18077#WomensHistoryMonth 🧑‍🎨 Lilian Adelaide Lancaster (1887–1973) 📸 Grundy Museum

A relative of mine. A 93 year old on clopidogrel has a fall and suffers a head injury, ambulance attends but does not take him to A&E. A second fall later and a one hour wait. FFS.

Finally, our priceless wildlife is being valued! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’ve never watched Person of Interest before but it is on Netflix so I thought I’d give it a go. Given season 1 was pre AI it is definitely interesting. Season 1, Episode 11 has some interesting thoughts, “It is a black box”

Hurrah, my spitting spiders are back. This one is really tiny and needs to eat. One day, I'll get to see one catching something.

Scared of Spiders? The Real Nightmare Is a World Without Them

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

Lovely naturalistic relief of a Hoopoe and Ibis, carved by an Egyptian artisan some 4,500 years ago! Limestone wall relief from the 5th Dynasty mortuary temple of Userkaf at Saqqara. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

this photo leaves little to the imagination

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

'Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens.' Rodgers and Hammerstein predict the middle aisle of Aldi.