This is a very serious opportunity for the farm sanctuary I work for. We take care of the most vulnerable animals that have no other place in this world. Please consider a donation to meet this enormous matching miracle!

'Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct, marking the first official loss of a bird species in the country for two decades...' signalling 'a significant shift at the southern edge of its range.' Such sad news. #birds www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...

Christmas is hard for many. The years roll, the ghosts at the table increase. We’re haunted by the absence of voices, of laughter engines who drank and ate with us. This can be day of remembrance rituals. For what it’s worth, Hooklanders near and far are in my candles today. Be gentle on yourselves.

Apparently the King, the PM, the Mayor of London, and the Pope are all woke. Right-wing people are just angry about being alive at this point.

Broadcast just once in 1988, City Lights’ Hogmanay special featuring Billy Connolly is finally on iPlayer! The first three series are also there, a chance to see the best of this brilliant Scottish comedy series. Check out the new documentary while you’re there, I’m proud to have worked on it.

An advent calendar for every month besides December, where you get a little treat each day because life is hard

I always forget about the joy of live feeds. SO MANY DEER www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwLu...

In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

My head caught fire, thoughts burning, the heat of creativity forging new things. Ideas ran molten, shaping themselves before I could stop them, cooling into something solid, something mine. #poetry

I love Chris Evans I love Steve Rogers I loved Chris Evans as Steve Rogers but god damn I can’t help but feel like it is both extremely racist and a sign of The Times that they passed the mantle of Captain America to a Black man and are now snatching it back in a desperate attempt to make more money

lol lmao this government will stop at nothing to fold for people who are never going to vote for them

OK. I've made a decision. Tomorrow is Wednesday, which is traditionally #buyastrangerabook. However, as you may be aware, it's also Christmas Eve. And I don't think I want to do #buyastrangerabook on Christmas Eve. So, I'm going to do it today instead. I hope that doesn't upset your plans.

Have yourself an 8-bitty little Christmas 🎄👾 🎶 Up On the Housetop was performed using two Atari 2600 consoles playing together in stereo 🤯 The full 2003 album celebrates classic retro platforms. ⬇️ Download The 8bits of Christmas by The 8bitpeoples archive.org/details/8bp0... #8Bit #Chiptune

The two best pieces of advice I ever heard from friends are: “What would you do if you *weren’t* afraid?” And “You handle failure the same way as success: with generosity and grace.” Words I try (sometimes successfully) to live by. Sending you love.

Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74

A Trip Around the World in 1900: See Restored Footage Showing Life in New York, London, India, Japan, China & Beyond

I'm not a professional historian. I did a history degree, but I graduated in 1992. But I know that letting AI filter research for you for relevance is madness. You don't know what is going to be relevant. Caro said 'turn over ever page.' Because you don't know what's been missed. Or overlooked.

youtu.be/K0oBZSJw1OI - My latest BookTube video is up.

Take a minute at this hectic time of year and just breathe.

This is Trans Mission. A Solidarity Concert for one night only, raising vital funds for Good Law Project and Not a Phase 💓 Get your tickets here 👉 https://www.transmissionlive.uk/

When I have posted this in the past, people inevitably have asked "Did she come home?" so I will not wait until the end of the thread to tell you she did (she's still a nomad, but less so, as she hits her middle years). The story can be found here: www.tom-cox.com/the-cat-who-...

Brilliant thread of art for #Caturday

All I want for Christmas is…a painting of a mouse riding a lobster. Christmas cards during the Victorian Era tended to be rather unusual, reflecting an offbeat sense of humor before Christmas iconography had solidified into what it is today. Let’s shake this tree down. 🧵⬇️

Public Safety Information - if you are stringing your march of pylon ornaments tonight, please ensure they are not aligned to the electric ley of the land as you don’t want a resonant Hum in your living room.

Today is #InternationalMigrantsDay. Migrants are not statistics or headlines. They are our neighbours, colleagues, carers, friends and loved ones - contributing every day to our communities and our society.

How have I only just discovered google maps for space? If you, like me, did not know about this little piece of internet treasure, you must check it out! You can fly over moons and planets - and it's all real data <little happy skips> 🤗 🔭🧪 👉: www.google.co.uk/maps/space/ 👇: Dwarf planet Pluto!

The really rather amazing Chrysler Building, New York c. 1930-1931, by Margaret Bourke-White.

If you have a spare 90 mins and enjoy Scottish music (and Billy Connolly songs), give this a listen. It's on the BBC Alba YouTube channel but don't worry, the Gaelic bits are subtitled. There's new (to me) bands and old favourites and it's great for wrapping parcels to! youtu.be/N73oku97_p8?...

'Twas the Recall Thursday before Christmas and all through the house your stuff was trying to kill you yikes fam, get out

STOP USING THAT SHIT.

S942 - Judgemental

Mouse happens… ✍️. #artadventcalendar

It's day 17 of #LentoAdvent and thanks to everyone who has joined in so far. All welcome. Today's theme is 🏞️ a room with a view 🏖️ Your kitchen window or a window on the move or the view from your tent or balcony on holiday. Share the view or the inside. Please share your views with alt text.

Revisit the early days of cartoon creation with the exhibition ‘A Treasury of Animation' featuring original film and TV production art from our archives. #101Dalmatians #AnAmericanTail cartoonart.org/a-treasury-of-animation-2024

Another GenX sucker punch. Rest in peace, Gil Gerard. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/g...

Do you want to see Conrad Veidt losing it over dairy products? Anxious to catch the whole of Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger's first ever collaboration? You're in luck...THE SPY IN BLACK is available to stream now on ITVX... #FilmSky

This Christmas, all we want is an asylum system that treats people like human beings. Because we all deserve to be safe and feel like we belong, no matter where we come from or how we arrive.

Sometimes the Maleperduys kitchens were cold and bare, with only potage and pea soup and coarse dark bread and lean scraps of bacon and dull, cheap dishes like peas-on-a-stick... The new #audiobook of #folktale Reynard the Fox, by @annelouiseavery.bsky.social @bodleian.ox.ac.uk 🦊 ➡️ lnk.to/Reynard

“The UK will always treasure the special relationship we have with the United Sta-“ “Give me money.” “For decades our Special Relation-“ “Give me money?” “Through thick and thin, in good times and bad, these two nations have always known that when one of us asks-“ “GIVE ME MONEY!”

Visual poems from The Island of Dr Prospero

It's finally live! I went Stonebothering with a 4000 y.old Mummy inside the beautiful National Museum of Scotland. Come explore! youtu.be/-8LxIgv5n5Q?... #Edinburgh #Scotland #Museums

For no particular reason on this bright December day here's Julie McNeill's poem 'Love Street' from her 2023 collection 'Something Small' ◼️◻️◼️

Shocking news to wake up to www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Jengabus is coming And everybody's jumping Their motion shakes the table And makes the tower unstable We need a different approach To playing games on this coach Avoid egregious wobble By maybe trying Dobble

"a turnout of 22.2%" - see? This is what voter apathy does... even council by-elections are important www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A comic book won't harass you for 10 minutes to buy access to DLC, or flood you with ads that prevent you from enjoying the thing you actually bought. Neither will an older gaming system. This is bigger than a retro trend, it's at least in part a rejection of enshitification. Good.

I've spent three days in Calais & it's horrendous. People living in disgusting conditions. Our Government is spending £476m on the militarisation of the border. We must divert that money to a humanitarian response that treats people with basic dignity. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...