Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

This letter is brutal; I’ve been so impressed by Zack Polanski and the Green Party. This is what we need.

Morning Bluesky.

That would be because the right wing / continuity-Britain media ecosystem knows he can be relied upon to be a faithful servant to their interests. Even more faithful than Starmer.

Thank you, #Edinburgh council. @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social

Your Daily Dracula – Dracula (Richmond Ballet, 2024) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaUb...

This hits hard. Something to keep in the back pocket for when officials, elected or otherwise say "Welp our hands are tied".

Have you ever seen the unscripted shot of the Dick Van Dyke show where Mary makes a perfect strike? www.youtube.com/shorts/W5Vrb...

I am now obliged to share the clip about how Sigourney Weaver defied everyone, and made that basket perfectly on the first take, with no CGI, and no camera tricks. The thing that nearly ruined the take was Ron Pearlman’s genuine reaction to the unbelievable shot.

A truly hideous right wing smear campaign against these six activists for exercising their free speech rights to protest - and confronted with the evidence all six have been acquitted.

as the nights begin to draw in, and winter's clammy cold hand begins to descend, the eyes of the nation begin to look hopefully to the skies for, ahead of Santa's arrival. our eyes look upwards in search of a totemic vision - a flying advert for fluid beef extract - the BOVRIL AIRSHIP 👶🧵 1/

Fun fact: Bovril was created by a British company, at the request of the French Emperor Napoleon III, during the Franco-Prussian war. It was known as "Fluid Beef" and was for distribution to French troops. Unsurprisingly, they rebranded it pretty fast.

#WyrdWednesday Early palaeontologists often had to work from fragmentary remains making interpretation difficult. Possibly my favourite is all the iterations Deinotherium went through in the 19thC, ranging from swimming, burrowing, giant anteater before being recognised as similar to an elephant.

Not in the Epstein files: - trans people - migrants and asylum seekers - people who arrive in small boats - benefits claimants In the Epstein files: - rich white guys who tell you (or pay people to tell you) to hate the people above

Don't think I don't notice that you are NOWHERE when disabled people are asking for your help and you just like to trot us out when it is convenient.

You know a good giveaway that 'using whistles is disabilist' is not rooted in good faith or community care? I have seen no serious discussion about how to include Deaf/HoH folks in rapid notification. How are we quickly notifying targeted Deaf/HoH folks who can't hear whistles/shouts?

It's Mandelson who should get in the "dustbin", along with those in Labour who threw open the door for him time and time again for decades.

Can i add mine? bsky.app/profile/jere...

Liam Ramos and his father were just released from Dilley. There are many other children still locked up there - and now there's an alleged measles outbreak. Abolish ICE. Shut down all these concentration camps. Release these prisoners and give them care. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

Other Dems to Zohran

This is Bowie. He overheard you talking about his rubber ducky jacket. Jealousy is a disease. Hopes you get well soon. 12/10 (IG: bowiethegoldenbear)

🛑✋ Epstein didn't invent #BItcoin. And his cabal of creepy cronies don't control it either Don't fall for a fake email. There really is a #SatoshiNakamoto I wrote a whole book about Bitcoin crimes and Satoshi. If you're really curious, here's one chapter tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/searching-...

Congrats to "THE BOOTS ON THE WESTERN FRONT" by Thomas Biamonte, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅 It pairs the 1930 Best Picture "All Quiet on the Western Front" with Rudyard Kipling’s 1903 poem “Boots.” Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/all-...

Kudos to Mayor Mamdani. This is what economic justice looks like. And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/

🔴NEW: One of Scotland’s high-profile salmon companies has accused other producers of failing to report lice infestations at fish farms “honestly”, according to emails obtained by The Ferret. Find out more:

remember back when we all doodled the current thing for warmups? we could bring that back, maybe, that was fun

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAJAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathes* AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA

Historians, quick question. If I'm a wannabe dictator raising a paramilitary force to serve as a praetorian guard, am I supposed to make sure they get paid? Or is it payment enough that they are serving me, their glorious leader, and they will never betray me regardless?

I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.

Scottish Trans have summarised the arguments of the upcoming Court of Session case around the Scottish Prison Service's trans policy - read to find out more about what the case could mean ⬇️

The priest at my church got beat up at an anti-ICE protest on the peninsula this week, and when he showed up for Mass today with a black eye all the church ladies swooned like they had seen a Backstreet Boy.

Israel has murdered more than 500 Palestinians in Gaza since it signed the so called ceasefire. One of the latest is a 3 year old child.

Very good podcast from @weratedogs.com "You can't have animal welfare without human welfare." You see it everywhere. Where there is human suffering, there is animal suffering. Makes me think of Sidewalk Specials, D.O.T.S., & The Brooke. Helping humans by helping animals. youtu.be/PNkDYZY94so?...

I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep

Zack Polanski on Laura K this morning: "Gaza is only a divisive subject if you're taking money from arms dealers..."

Remember folks, always remove all the packaging before microwaving your dishwasher tablets

Knitters of Bluesky please buy this pattern. Non knitters of Bluesky, you buy it too, take a class & add knitting to your post apocalyptic skill set. All proceeds go to immigrant aid agencies who’ll distribute the funds to those impacted by the actions of ICE. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Powerful speeches at the International Day of Action in solidarity with Palestinian hostages at the Mound. #FreePalestine

well that’s not true, the maltese journalist daphne galizia was murdered with a car bomb

"The Greens are going to win" Meet Hannah Spencer, the Green Party candidate for Gorton and Denton. Plumber, councillor, and "Reform's worst nightmare".

Might we tactfully point out that to obsess negatively with trans people when the richest and most powerful men in the world are trying to reverse centuries of humane progress and equality to acquire impunity for rape and murder shows a weird sense of priorities?

Animals are being strangled, mutilated, and left to die in agony just for wandering into a snare. These cruel traps are still legal in England, despite bans in Scotland and Wales. It’s time to end this barbarity. ✍️ Sign the petition: protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/

We will not free ourselves from fascism without taxing billionaires out of existence.

A clergyman was once bothered in his chamber by the #ghost of one of his host's ancestors - who had been a notorious miser. He presents the ghost with a list of subscribers to a local charity, pointing out that as a long-term resident, he ought to pay up too. This frightens it off! #PhantomsFriday

🚨BREAKING 🟢 Yes: 69 🔴 No: 27 Our bill to ban greyhound racing has just taken a massive step forward after it was backed by the Scottish Parliament at stage 1! 🎉

Glasgow doing its best to get one up in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. But that is a headline that will make your day. www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...

Sadly, this good news for nature is tainted by a few alarming parts – weakened regulation for muirburn on our precious peatlands and the introduction of recreational hunting of protected mountain hares. Plus, a missed opportunity for tackling invasive non-native species. So, more work ahead.

What a win for nature! Scotland is the first UK country to have Swift bricks in law – a lifeline for this threatened bird. And, for the first time ever, the Scottish Government must set legally binding nature recovery targets. Thanks for helping make history with a strong Natural Environment Bill.

Bootleg martial arts films from the 80s had better lip synching than this. The only thing about this that was a good idea was dropping the episodes at the time they happened 250 years ago.