I er. Did not see that plot twist coming.

Reject trumpist & fifa corruption, RETVRN to Original Rules Football (half of a whole working class town against the other half, played over several miles on Pancake Day, you're allowed to shank your neighbour if you write an apology to the pope, chance of the game starting a 6 month civil war)

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With its stunning scent and dazzling colour, is there anything better than swathes of lavender?

A short story

Climate emergency cancels Reform's "cancel the climate emergency" meeting - council members were due to vote on Thurs on a Reform motion to rescind the climate emergency.

Trying not to roll my eyes too hard at the journalists asking "What is wrong with british politics?" as if they've not thoroughly enjoyed every single time this has happened in the last decade.

Sigh. *brushes off the welcome letters*

Good LORD London is humid today. I am unpleasantly moist.

This is a fun game. 1) Single parent family, on free school dinners for a time, descended from welsh miners and scouse ne'er do wells. 2) Attended a private school for sixth form, have a PPE degree.

Everyone shut up I finally got a video of Jyn doing her cartoon snoring thing

To bring a smile to your face, here’s an ancient Egyptian sketch of a cat serving a mouse! 😄 Some 3,000 years ago, the artist used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad for this fun scene. 📷 Brooklyn Museum www.brooklynmuseum.org/en-GB/object... #Archaeology

Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.

We used to call them ‘race riots’ now we call them ‘anti-immigration protests’.

Absolutely crucial piece of research on misinformation in local news on Facebook, X and Nextdoor by @smfthinktank.bsky.social Full report is here (www.smf.co.uk/publications...) but these are some key findings:

🚨 In a new report, "Green Gap" launched today, it reveals that England's poorest communities risk losing out on the trees, green spaces and wildlife they need most. Want to find out more? Find the full report here: www.wcl.org.uk/docs/green_g...

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

"Across 21 simulations and 329 turns of play, the [AI] models chose to use tactical nuclear weapons in all but one game. No model, in any run, chose to surrender or make meaningful concessions." oh, great, v nice

because I know y’all can’t click and read

I dunno, it’s just hard to get excited over a Prime Minister being forced out any more. Script writers have overplayed the trope with no more ante to up.

This is very good. It would also be helpful if the media stopped talking about local elections as nothing more than a response to the national Govt.

We are delighted that #BigGive will match donations for a proposed new VWT citizen science survey — Marten Month Pine Marten Survey — to help us learn more about where pine martens are in Britain and how people feel about them so we can focus work where it’s needed most. bit.ly/4sRNNht #MammalWeek

"under the existing laws, our analysis shows that the expected growth in data centers would lead to $118 billion in climate damages and $1.6 billion in health damages by 2050 due to air pollution and emissions from fossil fuel power plants in Michigan" blog.ucs.org/lee-shaver/a...

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

They’re incentivised to get a diagnosis that materially improves their lives and addresses their distress? How awful.

We need to have a real conversation about nature. Nature is fundamental to our wellbeing, our prosperity and our long-term future. When we restore, protect and invest in nature, we can lower everyday bills, create healthier communities and ensure a better quality of life for everyone.

Wind & solar are currently producing 65% of Britain's electricity. Meanwhile, renewables now offer 30,000 more UK jobs than oil and gas. Meanwhile, we're in a climate emergency. Meanwhile, we're in a fossil fuel supply crisis. Meanwhile, the Tories and Reform want to scrap Net Zero. grid.iamkate.com

Love nature? Don't miss VWT and #GreaterHorseshoeBats on @Channel 5's #LoveNature series tonight at 6pm.

Our new research for @nationaltrust.org.uk finds that after the NHS it’s Britain’s countryside and nature and historic buildings and architecture that are their biggest sources of pride in the UK.

Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4

Just to reiterate that bombing heritage sites is a war crime.

Awful news about Glasgow Central, I'm still hoping the station itself escaped serious damage. But while we're here, can anyone spot the problem with the news photo below, from thetraveler.org/glasgow-cent...? We've really got to STOP using AI to fake things.

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Gas prices jumped again this morning and are on track to double - a stark reminder of our exposure to fossil fuel volatility. The real solution isn’t more drilling, but moving away from combustion: electrify, use renewable power, and boost energy efficiency.

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party’s election defeats on “cheating” by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found. First piece back at @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Genuine racism is a problem in British politics, but a lot of where we are is because of something else: UK politicians, journalists, poli-sci types have no mental map for the fact that the "electoral discontent around immigration" has no real connection to the level of immigration. 1/4

Ofgem, the UK energy regulator, has disclosed that 140 data centres want grid connections, requiring **50GW** of power capacity at peak Britain’s peak demand on a recently was 45GW Can this amount of energy be provided cleanly? Even if it can, is it worth it? www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Yikes. We could just not? That is an option available to us. As a civilisation.

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The plague of Bath Corgis. I just found a useful public information booklet. Presumably made by the government in the 10 year olds room.

This report makes it crystal clear that every time a minister (wrongly) complains about newts or bats holding up development what they’re really doing is undermining our security. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/biodiversity-collapse-threatens-uk-security-intelligence-chiefs-war

The IUCN has been quietly behind many of the conservation success stories of the last 77 years — US withdrawal is a worrying sign both of that country’s increasing insularity, and its disregard of the natural world

Read this if you want to feel really good about the bravery and decency of regular Americans slate.com/news-and-pol...

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This year has been brutal for the #climate movement. Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven. Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025. Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️

They’re gonna do to Chat GPT what they did to google search and bury the content that seem useful to people (regardless of its actual accuracy) under ad content. The familiar cycle of “oh cool we built something that might have broad public benefit. Now let’s undermine it so we can monetise it”.

The fact that most sales seem to start sometime mid December now must play apart in this.

Ugh, imagine how excited an illustrator would’ve been to work on this (especially one with some kind of person connection to the topic), and it wouldn’t have been expensive, instead a BBC producer just typed prompts about an enslaved woman hiding in the woods, looking sad in a ship, etc