Millions of Ashes cricket fans have nothing to do for 3 days. We can help. You can become the first ever fans to binge watch the Icelandic national team! In the following post, you will find video links to our devastating trio of wins over Lithuania, Latvia & Ukraine in 2025!

Came here to say this!

Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

Sinkeroo looks great fun. It would be a good game for the Christmas dinner table. You could use the (waterproof) cracker gifts for your small items.

[snowman magically comes to life in garden] BOY: wow! a snowman! what incredible adventures we shall have- SNOWMAN: oi. your dad still got his original teeth? BOY: uh...no? SNOWMAN: great. I'm gonna go wear your dad's teeth and put on your mum's make up while they're sleeping, that's cool right

Such a small but lovely Christmas thing is the massive Big Yellow Self Storage building near the Hammersmith Flyover turning off the S on either side so it now reads ELF STORAGE.

Really looking forward to this one from @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social.

Santa told us that people that don’t add alt text are getting coal in their stocking this year.

In 1840 an accidental fire nearly destroys the south side. In 1984, a (presumed) lightning strike sets the south transept on fire. Firefighters take the extraordinary step of collapsing the roof to save the rest of the site. It works.

It's a rainy, wild evening down here in the South West, so I'm hibernating and making a tiny Christmas cottage. 😁🎄 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky #UKEd #UKTeaching

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

Love this new paper from @leafhopper.bsky.social and Tierney Brosius! Stitching Science: How Knitting Insects Sparks Curiosity and Conversation. American Entomologist Winter 2025. (1/2) academic.oup.com/ae/article/7...

Have you heard this? Dead Funny History starts 15 Dec Look at the credits for goodness sake Produced by Dr Emma Nagouse & @scriblit.bsky.social ✏️ Emma, Gabby, Athena Kugblenu, @jackbern.bsky.social 🎤 @jlukeroberts.bsky.social Richard David Caine, & Mali Ann Rees www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

POV I made it all the way into Oxford before realising I left my laptop at home. At least there's time for a coffee before catching the next bus back.

Holmes-level stuff here 👇

I made these and, as promised, they are amazing. 7 year old says "yummy", 10 year old gave them a thumbs up, and I'm making a conscious effort not to just eat each one as it comes out of the pan.

Parents of young adult children or people who have jobs with gen z colleagues (or rare Actual Young Ppl On here): I want to interview someone who's done any kind of government employment scheme (whether apprenticeship or other) for a book (fiction). Would appreciate any tipoffs!

Person: Lets talk about dangerous rivers Brits: LFG I love this topic Person: We will not be discussing the Bolton Strid Brits:

The FOMO has finally gotten to me. Just ordered this issue from the website and taken out a subscription. The magazines will come addressed to my children, but really, they're for me as much as them!

THE PHOENIX #727 - the best single periodical comics issue of 2025. Meta genius as the events of one strip invade the rest of the comic.

Just a heads up that @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social are running the most insane giveaway of Neill Cameron books and related STUFF on their Instagram today. A complete set of Mega Robo Bros! Donut swag! The new donut squad book which ISN’T EVEN OUT YET! incredible scenes www.instagram.com/p/DR__h07Ddr...

Just want others in the trans community to know that stuff like this is only possible because of the extreme hard work of really good allies most of whom you will never see or hear from. But they are willing to fight for us at immense personal cost, when others back down. This is my cheers to them.

Limited replies bc I know what Bluesky can get like when Discover find you but what I will say is: Check out my soundcloud, bc my normal Brit parent worries don't extend to not being able to afford basics but they do for a lot of parents on this bloody archipelago canterburyfoodbank.org/donating/

Inspector Norse, Radiospread, Grittenham Clumps and John Thaw are among the names chosen for Oxfordshire’s gritters this winter. Oxfordshire County Council asked the public for “pun-tastic names” for its 30-strong fleet of gritting lorries.

Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year

Well it's Sunday. And you know what happens on Sunday? Show-and-tell happens on Sunday! So show us something you made or found, somewhere you've been, something you're proud of, family, pets... anything neat, really! Go on! Show us!

Over 80% of culled badgers were found to be disease free. The view of nature as an expendable annoyance, instead of our vital life support system, has no limits. share.google/Wxw0sGac83Ji...

He's bringing Joy to the World!

hey we are open until 8pm tonight, what's with that! 10% off (nearly) everything. Mince pies. All that malarkey

i just dont understand what people thought PIP was for if not for helping disabled people live lives just as good and fulfilling as anyone else's even playing cricket?????

The coldest known temperature is room-temperature coffee when you expect it to be hot

The Express is furious about this because the moment you show those who repeat anti-immigration rhetoric the real human stories their narrative collapses. The “immigrants” are people. Our friends, colleagues and family. And it’s this nation of neighbours that is what makes Britain great.

🏳️‍⚧️it is not ok @girlguidingcymru.bsky.social @womensinstitute.bsky.social goodlawproject.org/s/1d1b6c

I do think in the case of the WI this decision should have gone to their conference and members should have been offered a choice about whether to cave in to this demand, fight it (through the courts if necessary) or if that was considered impossible, whether to disband the organisation in protest.

i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

I'm out! Whambushed by Radio 2 at 8:05 #Whamageddon

Here's an archive link to the piece if you want to read it archive.ph/tLjbm But really you should be clicking on this link instead, to sign up for Trans Mission concert tickets – which The Times have so thoughtfully promoted! Proceeds supporting both GLP and Not A Phase. www.transmissionlive.uk

Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March. Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday! Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

Happy Gävlebocken season! Every year since 1966, Gävle, Sweden, has erected a massive version of Scandinavia's traditional straw Yule goat. It is so attractive to vandals—particularly arsonists—that in the previous 59 years, only 17 goats have survived fully intact. Good luck in 2025, Gävlebocken!

Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times. This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school. And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need". www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Quite why Maya Forstater thinks her views are more important than the sizeable majority who voted to keep the ponds trans inclusive, as they always have been. But she does. She and her gazillionaire backers have a hearing in the High Court next month - and we're fighting back. goodlaw.social/vs0d

Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer

I reckon you can learn a lot about the atmosphere in various Oxford colleges by looking at what they choose to name their cats (courtesy of @oxfordclarion.bsky.social ). We should all aspire to the energy of a Teabag, Isambard Kitten Brunel, or an Admiral Flapjack oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...

Honoured and delighted to draw a special Bunny Vs Monkey picture for the Scottish Book Trust Christmas Appeal Auction. If you fancy this original artwork or any of their other amazing illustrations, you can bid now!

squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours! “The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek