Doing a puzzle while listening to an audio book is the best cozy activity

Albert Square, Manchester, at Christmas, December 1991 (Manchester Libraries).

She does not arrive as comfort; she arrives as truth. Her ghostly spectre in the dead of winter reminds us that death is still close in the silence, but that something listens thepagancollective.com/2025/12/15/t...

Arctic scorched to hottest year since 1900, ice vanishing like forgotten promises, as Trump erases climate truths and drills deeper with Russia, fueling the fire that devours our north. #ClimateCrisis

Robert Plant with Saving Grace: O2 Apollo, Manchester - Live Review. 'Plant brings a warmth and a humility and his still aching, brilliant voice to a great show...' louderthanwar.com/robert-plant... via @louderthanwar

In today's psalm, peace and justice go hand-in-hand. As lasting peace seems to slip further away, this is something to remember. More in today's reflection which focuses of the experiences of Laila - a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon. ⤵️ https://cafod.org.uk/pray/advent-calendar/17-december

Door 17 of #Shedvent:: The forest folk return to their home, taking you with them: riding a sledge of grasshopper glass, drawn by Arctic foxes, you enter a forest in which every tree is lit with particles of light, and every turn of the path seems to lead to a new and singular mystery…

Something for Xmas John Robb’s best selling ‘Live Forever - the story of Oasis’ signed copies from membranes.bandcamp.com/merch/live-f...

Some photos from #GeorgiaProtests, day 3️⃣8️⃣4️⃣th 📸 Radio Tavisupleba

McGovern: If by “concepts of a plan” you meant screwing millions of people over—including millions who voted Republican in the last election—I think you’ve accomplished your goal.

An alcoholic personality? Yeah, there's absolutely similarities. But Trump's an ongoing, decades-long, drug addict. How 'bout spillin' the beans on that, Susie Wiles?

“He wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle. And people way smarter than me on that say that he will.” —Susie Wiles, admitting that Trump’s boat strikes aren’t about drugs or protecting Americans.

An engineer came to set up my Hive Home Hub. He left, and I realized it wasn’t set up right, so I went on the online chat. Highlights: “Oh dear” when I said the engineer had gone. Asked if I wanted to come back after I’d “calmed down.” Told I wouldn’t get a refund on the installation. 😂

Exactly this… 👇 💯🎯

Uk to rejoin Erasmus scheme - set to be confirmed formally tomorrow www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

@margy15.bsky.social @christyfarrelly.bsky.social @rpserin.bsky.social @wayneq4444.bsky.social How good is this!

"…As in other cases involving civil protest participants, justice was not administered. Instead, the judgements reflect a political directive aimed at punishing protesters with imprisonment on any invented grounds…” @transparencyge.bsky.social 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests 🔗 transparency.ge/en/blog/misc...

🚨🚨Major publication news; my article titled "The European Public Prosecutor's Office: Supranationalism, Sovereignty and Legitimacy" has now been published in the latest issue of #EuropeanLawReview. Short 🧵

Glad to have been one of the campaigners with a Brexitometer. The feeling that Brexit has been a strategic and practical failure is widespread.

I used to work for an American company and there was always the possibility of moving out there. You honestly couldn't pay me enough to even try to visit there now

NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions. "This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."

I wrote that over a year ago. Getting truer by the day. See --> bylinetimes.com/2024/11/15/d...

"Get ready to enter a psychodrama tug-of-love over values, culture, economics, and arguments about GDP growth rates versus quality of life, defence, security, innovation and AI regulation. The lot will be fought over" I said in Nov '24 - the UK will have to choose between the US and EU. Choose EU.

"If we're really concerned about criminals in this country, leaving the ECHR would be exactly like Brexit, in that it would have the opposite effect" - European Movement UK Chair, Dr Mike Galsworthy, on Keir Starmer's calls to reform the ECHR.

Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.

People finding themselves in museums 😳🤔 It's said that there are seven people in the world who look like you. Seven "strange twins" with identical faces, but no family connection, roam the earth. #archaeohistories

The clear takeaway from today is that Donald Trump is not unstoppable and you are not powerless.

Please watch and share. 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests youtube.com/shorts/d6ic7...

Canadians have not only sustained their US boycott, it is gaining momentum 8 months in. #BoycottStands #TeamCanada 🇨🇦💪

Fabulous stuff - how every decent politician should be countering these Reform scumbags!!

The policy of Ireland’s neutrality is so far beyond its sell-by date, it’s tempting to ask its proponents how they intend to secure Europe’s back door especially given recent drone incursions during Zelenskyy’s recent visit www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

How should the European Public Prosecutor's Office be further developed? Analysis by @profjacob.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/euro...

I see this so often that I think it might qualify as a law: The time people take to notice demographic trends is equal to the time required for the results to materialise. In other words, however obvious the maths might be, we cannot or will not see it coming.

12 December 1934 | A Norwegian Jewish girl, Fanny Synnøve Ganz, was born in Oslo. In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Lea and her brother Charles. They were all murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

12 December 1906 | A Polish woman, Irena Januszak, was born in Brzezowa. In #Auschwitz from 5 February 1943. No. 34401 She perished in the camp on 19 February 1944. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

Gorgeous time on @cerys6music this morning!! So grateful she played my track choices and we could have talked for HOURS!!! Love this woman! Love this radio station! @bbc6music . I’m on from 1.04 on @bbcsounds

Hysteria kicking in on day 3 of a mad, thrilling, wonderful filming adventure with @artywaldy through Poland!! More photos to come. What a crazy few weeks it’s been! Unsurprisingly I crawled home at midnight and have woken with the flu 🤧🤒😣

My love for Poland runs deep, having 3 out of 4 Polish grandparents. But this filming has turned that love into a fascination & infatuation. I can’t thank @artywaldy enough for the experience. You’ll get to see the fruits of our labours soon in Nina & Waldy’s Adventures in Poland

The perfect Christmas present doesn’t ex………………

And Lewis and Uig sands a great place to visit

The first reviews for Fallen Feathers are in: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (I'm very happy to say). Lots of places to buy in ebook and paperback. babysbreath.co.uk And the first book in the series, Baby's Breath, is just £1.99 until Monday. So chop chop! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G2CDCMV...

The Lewis Chessmen These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀 From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831. 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

“If the US empire wants to make the world less tyrannical, its first and only move should be to dismantle itself” Perhaps it may come to that? Because a recent CBS poll found that 70% of Americans “would oppose” the US taking military action against Venezuela www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/worlds-mos...

Thames Water half-year profits leap to £386m after bills rose by nearly a third. Leaks and sewage dumping will continue for years. £20bn+debt. A third of the bill covers interest payments. Captive customers have no choice. End the scam. Nationalise water.

🚨🚨 For #EUcriminallaw nerds, major news; @consilium.europa.eu and @europarl.europa.eu has reached a deal for a seminal legislative act on minimum standards for how Member States define and sanction #corruption offences in their criminal code. 🧵 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

"Threat"? Must be doing something right. 😁

Jury trials in England & Wales for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than 3 years will be scrapped. Bad move Money may be saved but justice and trust in the system will be the biggest casualty. Poor and minorities at the mercy of toff judges.

Hegseth and the Fog of War Fighters is the name of my next band.

This is exciting polling - not just for London, though. Right across England and Wales - people are ready to vote Green for the very first time. Join.greenparty.org.uk