Mood in Budapest this morning: opposition Tisza supporters waving to cars as they encourage people to vote tomorrow. Orban is set to lose big time. If you can feel the wind of change, follow me

A striking gain in Margate, Kent for the Greens from 4th place, which Reform won 40-21-20-12 a year ago but now lose 33-39 to the Greens. The previous Reform councillor went to prison for coercive control of his wife.

Anti-Orban concert in Hungary with the audience chanting “Russians, go home”

Melania Trump is an entirely transactional person whose entire life is a transaction. All her relationships whether with Epstein, Maxwell or Trump are transactional. Now she's First Lady she's very expensive indeed.

So Kindle is removing tech support from its device, pretty much requiring people to buy new ones, and introducing ads. This is why we sell our ReBound press books on Kobo. Also for ideological reasons: Amazon has been terribly destructive too booksellers and publishers, and I refuse to support it.

It feels like they're just using a bot to come up with policies now

In the wild @thecidershedpod.bsky.social #TheArchers

Russian losses per 05/04/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +1180 men +4 tanks +6 ACVs +61 artillery +3 MLRS +2427 UAVs

William Holman Hunt's The Light of the World in Holy Trinity Garrison Church in Sydney. #StainedGlassSunday

Read @clairewillett.bsky.social right now www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/o...

Add a food to a movie title Men In Blackberries

Add a food to a movie title Ground Hog Meat Day The Ten Condiments

A Great Blue Heron offers stick to his lady for the nest.

NASA’s Earth photos from Artemis inspired me to put this on today… 🙂 Getting lots of positive comments on it as I run errands…

The best Japanese Strawberry Shortcake I have ever made. Happy Easter everyone #EasterCake

Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK, has sold his Chelsea family home for £270m in London’s most expensive house sale. Just a bunch of ordinary blokes!

I'll state this plainly. It will be misread anyway, but that's your problem. Trump is president until he's not, and he retains all the power of that. He can and will do a lot of damage. But it is over for him as a political operator. It's been going that way, but the speech marks the end.

So as Reform UK announce their plans for the "biggest benefit cuts ever", whilst cutting taxes for the wealthiest, their Treasurer has just sold his Chelsea Mansion for a record £275million www.ft.com/content/8daf...

Jonathan is fine. I hope Keri is OK. @thecidershedpod.bsky.social

Check out this shot of April's full moon, the "pink" moon! This picture was shared by Lorraine Otwell in Malvern. #ARwx

Bodhana only started playing chess, after finding a chess set her father was going to throw out, during lockdown, when she was 5!

Tonight was a good reminder for us all to read books. Please, for humanity, read books. Read lots and lots of books — especially ones you disagree with! - Prof. Laslo

It is crazy how few people know this: Russia now occupies less Ukrainian land than it did one month into the full-scale invasion four years ago

The pink pigeon from Mauritius bounced back from near extinction through careful conservation. Original post

Footage captured from passengers on an airliner above Florida, showing the exact moment the Artemis II mission lifts off.

Chag Pesach Sameach, California! The universal values of the Exodus story — faith, perseverance, and liberation — are as timeless and essential as they were centuries ago. Jen and I wish everyone gathering around the Seder table a happy and blessed Passover.

Maybe giving this speech was a bad call. (And who wrote this mess?) Trump is clearly lost; admitting it to the rest of the world is a bad idea. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Breaking news: we've just signed a once-in-a-lifetime loan agreement to bring rural England's most iconic artwork home for the first time in 1,000 years. Introducing our 2027 major exhibition - Bayewe Tapestry: the Fight to Wool England.

If you see this, drop a hero with a sword

You think it's reached peak mad and then Trump just turns it up to 11

This magnificent brooch was found in Galloway as part of a Viking age hoard of gold, silver & crystal. It remains unclear who buried the hoard & why. The silver brooch is finely crafted with sinuous interlocking patterns & the heads of 4 creatures (maybe dragons). 🕰️850-1000AD 🏛️Melbourne Museum 📷me

He's done that all his life

The country is at war and energy prices are spiking and all he can talk about is his precious ballroom. He knows more about the construction and detail details of this white elephant than he does about the people that are overseas fighting right now.

David Dimbleby labels King Charles’ US visit ‘an embarrassment’ - urging ministers to call it off BBC presenter says he feels sorry for monarch having state dinner with leader who ‘goes out of his way’ to insult Britain, UK troops and Nato www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

This sucks

The message of Jesus is in direct opposition to White Christian nationalism. I'm happy to see that Christian ministers are standing up, and getting the attention for their work for peace and justice.

Made me think of Tony's seed packets #TheArchers #BirdsAndBees #Pollination @thecidershedpod.bsky.social

Holy Week happens every year and still so many so-called Christians learn nothing or believe in anything that Jesus said or did. He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and when he left this mortal plane he took nothing with him but his Christed self.

Palm Sunday in Trafalgar Square today as Christians prepare for Holy Week

If the Government wants to make a difference to people’s every day lives, it needs to decouple electricity prices from wholesale gas. Immediately passing the savings of renewables onto us the consumer instead of shareholder profits. Easy, obvious. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

BIG GARLIC POWDER IS EMPIRE!

My son got baptised in the sea yesterday! The most wonderful Christian fellowship helped him to get here. ❤️ to everyone ❤️#HolyWeek #PalmSunday

Please remember that dandelions are not truly weeds. They are the bees first meal in the spring. Grow and protect the dandelions, save the bees and you save the world. ✌🏻🥰

I wish this had sound because there's something glorious about someone Morris Dancing in a "Destroy White Supremacy" t-shirt #Together

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

Last week, I met the Grandmother Oak of Cahermurphy Woods in co Clare, one of the largest, most charismatic wild trees I've ever seen in Ireland. Once commonplace, such wondrous beings are now vanishingly rare. So much lost, so little left. Time to start bringing some back, through *rewilding*.

Free school meals are a game-changer. Not only are we fuelling kids with healthy food, but our programme has unlocked £49m in extra funding for disadvantaged pupils. That’s a win for families and our schools. www.london.gov.uk/mayors-unpre...

Reform Ltd demand all migrants to England speak English But it seems no-one at Reform Wales speaks Welsh! 'The list Reform has sent out has all English place names, which are neither direct translations of the Welsh names, or the current Senedd constituencies' www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...

Ukrainian artist, Fritz Thaulow

It is striking how little media appetite or interest there has been for the Covid inquiry's conclusions