Reform UK has made major gains. These results reflect real anger, real frustration and a real demand for change. But Reform has already shown they cannot deliver the change voters actually need.

Reform UK are a Potemkin Party. They do not have the right quality / quantity of people willing and able to stand for them as candidates - they were cold calling people to ask them to stand. Meanwhile Greens are second party in Birmingham with a fraction of budget because they are good neighbours

After the depressing results today, a rare instance of hope. Ian reminds us that support for Reform is actually declining compared with 2025: a Farage government isn't inevitable, but we need to fight with all we can to make sure it doesn't happen.

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

Hand stitched, hand folded, hand cut pages, hand covered boards, hand glued, absolutely unique one of a kind notebook. When you look at it like that £30 (+ p&p) is a steal.

Reading this and the replies has reminded me of how many books I've bought because of author, librarian and reader posts here on Bluesky. It may not have the numbers of other sites, but many of us here simply love books. #Booksky 📚

Greetings from Kyiv. Today, on the Day of Remembrance and Victory over nazism, I keep hope that good prevails. Let’s not only follow the light, but be that light.

Best adaptation of The Odyssey, wrong answers only

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS BATTER

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MACCA

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS PLATTER

Buttercups and Blue this morning on Glastonbury Tor.

Morning everyone. As an antidote to the depressing electoral news so far today, please enjoy this photo of my daughter's bed when I woke her this morning. #CatsOfBluesky

Early results suggest exactly the chaos many of us feared First Past The Post is turning tiny swings Into almost random results Rather than expressing the will of voters It's like when the referee decides the outcome of a football match rather than the players

No elections here this time, but this is the next-door constituency. A relief to see the LibDems held on, but depressing to see the rise of Reform.

If you are having a hard day just remember there are dogs

Yep.

If being hard on yourself worked, you'd be perfect by now. Maybe try something else.

Happy 100th birthday, David Attenborough! What an incredible man he is, full of wonder at even the smallest creatures, responsible for bringing joy and a connection with nature to millions around the world, and still speaking out to defend nature. We're so lucky to have him.

I adore @kumail.bsky.social. Such noble intentions, and then his face when the fish stops moving 🥺 Wonderful episode of #Taskmaster tonight.

The Dnipro River greets the world. A reminder of the Earth’s beauty that humanity has been destroying.

I defy you to watch this without grinning. Happy birthday, Bunsen! 🥳

Hey. @gracequantock.bsky.social & I did a Crowdfunder to get as many copies of Grace's book "Living Well with Chronic Illness" as we could in to hospitals and libraries. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29... It was great & we sent out loads! But we've kept a few back. It's a two part post!

Cool contract and as a bonus, the salary is on the ad!

Here are my top 10 dog and kid interactions!

Picture Perfect Morning Thursday #ireland

A rather lovely reader interview with Ian McKellan. I'd love to spend an evening in the pub with him. My daughter met him a few years back when he visited her school: she actually sat next to him at lunch. So envious. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

@localnotail.bsky.social - hopefully it won't be too long 🤞

I think anyone with a wearable recording device on their person (on or off) should have to wear signage front and back (kinda sandwich board style) equivalent to the mandatory CCTV notices. “Covert recording may be in progress.” Big yellow warning triangle. That kind of thing.

If you go down to Lewisham Waterstones today... you're in for a big surprise.. if you go down to Lewisham @waterstones.bsky.social today, you'd better not close your eyes. Signed copies available

A Spotted Eagle-Owl with unusually heavy feather fraying and a lice infestation is recovering at African Raptor Centre until a full moult restores flight. Image courtesy of ARC africanraptor.com via fb.com/135338077682... #owlsintowels 💛🦉 🇿🇦

Terrific news. I'm so enjoying this series of #SNLUK - some hugely talented young comedians, producing genuine laugh out loud moments.

This is the only police activity I will allow

As people get ready to vote in the Scottish Parliament election please be careful of the spoiler operation which is 'Independent Green Voice'. They are listed second on the regional ballot paper in South of Scotland with the Green Party further down. IGV is a right-wing spoiler operation.

#BirdOfTheDay is #InMotion, a bird showing any motion except flight.. TL Rafiki about to fall off 😁 TR Smokey Landing BL Cecil Launching off BR Kibo Running 📷 at #SuffolkOwls U.K. 🦉💚 #Owls #Birds #Nature #Photography #EastCoastKin

The flower's opened today, and it's stunning!

Going to be talking about the political divide on Monday at the Cockpit in London. Come along if you're free - always a thought provoking and hopefully entertaining evening with @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/the_lur...

all I want for my birthday is for every one who can to vote to stop Reform UK getting even more power to wreck our shared future, and remind 3 other people (who aren't Faragists) to vote Remember to take ID RefUK cash is bombarding Brexit broken minds on Facebook Low turnout is how we get Nazis

Teach them well and let them lead the way

STILL UNCLAIMED! It's #buyastrangerabook day! @applecott.bsky.social has sent me £20 to buy someone a book with. Any book at all! So, if there's a particular title you're after, let us know! UK only

Come on, guys, please let’s get the word out, and spread these articles around. Media complicity in Reform’s rise is truly shameful.

PUPPY!!!

Free books! What are you waiting for?

Happy 81st Birthday to 🎶 Mr Bob Seger..🎤🎶🎸.. time to pull up your Rocking Chair and tap along with ‘Bramble’ 🤍🦉 a beautiful Barn #Owl at #SuffolkOwls U.K. 📷 💚🌳☀️ 🎶🦉💃🏻’Against The Wind’🕺🏻🪶🎶 ‘We were runnin’ against the wind…’ #Birds #Owls #Nature #Photography #ECK #BeKind #JustBreathe Posted before 😎

Hi, spider expert here! Kyle Rittenhouse was bitten by a Brown Recluse (loxosceles reclusa). Unlike widow bites, recluse bites don't affect the nervous system. Instead, they are a cytotoxic venom, destroying local tissues at the site of the bite.. So how bad could this get? Well...

Come on, UK Bluesky people - what are you waiting for? #Booksky📚

I have more wild #buyastrangerabook day action for you. @bookamatic.bsky.social has sent me £30 to spend on books for people! You are people, so if you want a book you only have to ask! Get in touch! UK only

Good news for the 48% MY BOOK IS OUT IN PAPERBACK TOMORROW #AbsolutelyShamelessPlug

Yes! It's another amazing #buyastrangerabook day offer! @civser.bsky.social will buy one lucky person any book they want, up to £20. Not just the stuff on my website. Any book at all. So if there's something in particular you'd like, let us know. UK only.

Trevor Project released its annual LGBTQ youth mental health report. The results are shocking. 40% of trans youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. Trans youth who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.