5 years ago, the Government consulted on how dangerous pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond. If pavement parking is a problem in your area – fill out the form and add to the map of danger hotspots across the UK. ‪@livingstreets.bsky.social‬

No, it’s not just a trend: The real reasons adult ADHD and autism diagnoses are on the rise www.sciencefocus.com... A frustratingly-still-relevant article I wrote for Science Focus magazine #ADHD #Autism #ND #diagnosis

As Is traditional, It's time for the day after my birthday is not my birthday sale -in which all comics in my shop are 30% off with the code IFORGOT till midnight. It only happens once a year, so get yourselves involved! stripforme.bigcartel.com

Are there any teachers, schools, colleges, librarians and/or ecological groups out there in the UK who would like a free copy of my book ‘On Time for Eco’? (Suitable for readers 14+). Happy to send a copy to the first three to reply. #EduSky amzn.eu/d/fnMPLgj

In other news, it fukken WORKS and I've successfully made a tiny stained glass window for my beetle's abdomen. 😍

This is utterly appalling. Maybe the future of online record keeping should not be some kind of brave new AI world, but more focused analytical thinking about what types of data we can safely keep online, and what types we can’t. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This might seem like an odd question but what useful things are people actually using AI for? Like things you're not capable of doing for yourself? I haven't used it personally (even though it has used *me* by stealing 15 of my books) so I don't really know what all the fuss is about.

I'm honoured to announce that the UKRAINE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA has agreed to give the world concert premiere of my "Ukraine" symphony, in Kyiv. Sadly I have to heed government advice against travel to Kyiv so recording will now be with a top UK orchestra: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-ukraine-...

Later I’m teaching my first face to face botanical illustration workshop for 3 years. A breakdown can steal confidence-the loud voices of those who see no value in me are still stuck in my head, but when I teach people how creative activity helps us deal with trauma I *do* feel valuable again…

A few results from my botanical illustration for mental health workshop this afternoon. So lovely to teach face to face again, especially in such a gorgeous venue in a nature reserve…✒️🌿

I’m a MAJOR owl fan, but my favourite is the burrowing owl: ✔️v frowny & grumpy-they know what you did last Tuesday ✔️digs holes then peeps out of them ✔️EXPERTS at the wobbly head bendy neck owl thing ✔️long leggies ✔️does very silly running on said leggies 10/10 no owly notes HIGHLY recommended

373) Sleepparalysisbot. If you suffer from sleep paralysis, this robot can detect when it occurs and will rush over to jog you awake. #SmallRobotsRemastered

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

Genius!

Question we have to start asking is why target autism? Why not other conditions have had big diagnosed rises Celiac disease, Food Allegies, Sleep Anpea, Dyslexia, PTSD, Asthma. Why Autism for this debate... Well ⬇️

Fuck sake. I'm literally just writing a Word document and saving it to my hard drive. STOP ASKING ME TO USE YOUR SHITTY AI AND YOUR SHITTY CLOUD SERVICE. Why is this decades old basic task such a fucking chore now? It's broiling my shit.

Steve Keen and Richard Murphy take time out to dismantle the money myths. Double-entry accounting shows what really happens when banks create money and governments run deficits. If economics taught reality instead of dogma, austerity would be unthinkable. youtu.be/ZDdWUj9WUmM?...

If we’re serious about helping children “level up”, they don’t need slogans. They need: Sure Start centres Libraries Swimming pools Properly funded services like CAMHS

I’m gonna start a cooking show where I make recipes I’ve never tried. I’m gonna call it 30 Minutes My Ass.

The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) urgent appealing to children’s authors, writers and publishers to donate stories to its new bedtime stories app. The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books. Anyone willing to donate should contact [email protected].

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just seen something saying we must give 'explicit instruction' on emotions and I'm begging you to come to early years and see how you do it without making it a 'knowledge item' to 'get into memory'. This is how we ended up with that Ofsted toilet training slide as bits of 'knowledge' to remember. 🤦‍♀️⬇️

I've found research proving that arranging small lovely items like these👇 alleviates PTSD-will be part of my small museums for mental health wshop Sat 4 Oct Open to anyone,recorded in full in,3.5 hrs tuition,30% off my Etsy.Earlybird price expires in 4 days: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering. There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism. A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

NEWS! Nation capable of spotting spurious link between paracetamol and autism still baffled by obvious link between guns and mass shootings

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

“It’s time to change the narrative. Tommy Robinson does not represent the majority of Britons. We aren’t afraid. We’re angry. And we won’t be defeated.” The power we need coming from @sangitamyska.bsky.social here www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Even when, like me, you were born & bred in a place & thought you knew the place where you grew up really well, there's always new stuff to learn. Thanks for fab thread, again, Madeline 😁

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

I’ve started uploading my art up online in the hope they sell as greeting cards www.yousaidit.co.uk/designer/ala...

I’m on a walk for my mental ‘elf and this exquisite late-flying common blue (Polyommatus icarus🪶) pinged very good dopamine in my noggin. It might do the same for yours if you’re scrolling…look at her/his little face, her tiny furry robin’s egg blue jumpsuit (💅) & truly gorgeous underwing. I mean…

I'm volunteering at Hitchin's first Soapbox Derby today. Some great racers and an excellent turnout.

Hitchin Hackspace member @markmellors.bsky.social helping out at Hutchins first Soapbox Derby. If memory serves this was first proposed not long before COVID arrived and changed the world. Really pleased to see it has finally been realised as an event. Hope it continues! #Hitchin #SoapboxDerby

There are too many apps. 90% of apps should instead be a better website.

“Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting.” Meta has 100% stopped even *pretending* not to be astoundingly evil. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

So, who remembers gaming in the early 80s then? ... loving my latest retro find, being this TRS-80 Color Computer (aka CoCo or Trash 80, right? ;) ... although, those Radio shack joysticks are pure torture lol ... let me know what games I should check out for this? #RetroGaming

Full pavement wanker ✅ BMW ✅ Personalised plate ✅ Certificated, weapons grade, A star CUNT ✅ #YPLAC

Ruffalo: I'm reaching out to all of my brothers and sisters in the entertainment industry, to join us...They're coming after celebrities because they know we are the last ones to actually be able to have our freedom to speak. So use your platform wisely, use it generously for this movement. #NoKings

These are gorgeous skirts from an independent artist. I get compliments every time I wear the ones I already have! We need 100 orders of each design to get them made.

The muppet show is returning. I repeat THE MUPPET SHOW IS RETURNING. Kermit was my first crush this is momentous. If this little girl’s giggle, Kermit’s disgruntled face & the last 10 seconds of this don’t make your day better then I cannot account for you:

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Some detective work needed to find the source of these spurious bit eight holes being punched on what should be a five hole tape. The tape viewer code only shows eight hole tape if any bits above bit five are set, so this should show as five hole not eight hole tape.

I picked up some acorns the other day. One was particularly well formed. So...

The State (Visit) Of It: read my exclusive take on Trump, Charles, and what it says about how f*cked everyone is. (Apart from me. I'm just visiting.) open.substack.com/pub/countbin...

Trump's not even brought the real Melania with him, that's one of the inflatable ones

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In the 1980s, your Gran bought her Council House, at a huge discount. Over 2 million were sold in the UK. Councils paid-off debts with this money and didn't build new ones. That's why ALL people stay in crap, failed 'Hotels'. I was in 'Emergency Housing' for 4 years. Don't blame immigrants.

Yet more compelling evidence to support @greenparty.org.uk policy that public services should be in public hands 👇