The Philippines' Mayon volcano - one of the most beautiful active volcano in the world - is erupting, and its about to be sunrise over there. Enjoy the beauty live: www.youtube.com/live/UDAZWxe...

Met de taxi naar het front, of hoe wij oorlog niet meer herkennen Voorpublicatie van mijn boek Zondagskinderen, dat dit weekend verschijnt www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Read @adamrutherford.bsky.social's @newhumanist.bsky.social interview with historian @davidolusoga.bsky.social about the British Empire, identity, religion in politics, education, and why rational thinking gets you nowhere on The Traitors. Available now ⬇️ newhumanist.org.uk/articles/651...

And here's a lovely doorway. Have a cuppa tea, take a moment.

😂 perfect

The air we breathe. The water we drink. The food we eat. Our medicines. Our livelihoods. Earth’s ecosystems have extraordinary value & humanity’s survival depends on them. To protect our planet & future, countries must transform economies #ForNature.

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre. She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s. Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

Foods hit by extreme weather rising in price four times faster than others ECIU analysis in October 2025 revealed the items putting upward pressure on inflation were butter, milk, beef & veal, chocolate, and coffee, all affected by climate impacts. mcusercontent.com/8ed7ad7972f...

Wisdom the Laysan albatross is back! She's at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Originally banded in 1956, she's at least 75 years old, has flown >3 million miles (lifetime Premier 1K® on United), laid 50 to 60 eggs, and fledged ~30 chicks. 🪶

If a UK leader tried to do this to any of our graded buildings, the @nationaltrust.org.uk membership (5.3m) would pelt them with scones until they desisted. English Heritage, the Bat Conservation Trust + a gazillion others wouldn't be far behind. We're still mourning a tree cut down 3yrs ago.

A shipwreck in India, an ammunition seizure in Senegal, and a raid on an oil tanker in Malaysia. These and many more incidents point to ageing vessels that operate with false papers and one recurring figure: Captain Suniel Kumar Sharma. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

New arrivals at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire! These piglets were born at Home Farm this week to Oxford Sandy and Black sow Maybelline. Maybelline was bred here at Wimpole and this is her first litter! She's already proving herself to be a great mum.

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Good news from Orford Ness 📣 This year, more than 430 grey seals pups have been born, an 88% increase on last year and the highest number since the colony arrived in 5 years ago. It's the surest sign yet that the colony has established and is growing on the Suffolk coast. 📷️ Hanne Siebers

Trump must be so happy he's an American. For years we were told America was the greatest democracy in the world. Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korea’s ex-president jailed for life for masterminding an insurrection - BBC News

After weeks of gales the islands are enjoying snow, sunshine and stillness #Shetland

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity

8/29/25 Eric Trump said Friday he is certain bitcoin will eventually hit a $1 million valuation 9/15/25 Eric Trump reiterated his Bitcoin $1 mil target 10/25/25 Eric Trump says Bitcoin will hit $200k by year end (I can do this all fucking day)

New paper this week by V-Dem's director, @silindberg.bsky.social, on the the current wave of autocratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1... Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."

The "bizarre incident" with Lindsey Graham at the Munich Security Conference confronting and insulting Danish leaders has caused enough disquiet that Berlingske newspaper has done two unusual things with the story: translated it into English, and unpaywalled it. www.berlingske.dk/internationa...

A useful reminder that we are in a hybrid war with Russia.

Furious.

Er du helt okay med at medierne og politikerne har skruet ned for klimadagsordenen...? Så er det på tide at vågne op! Læg mærke til grafens sidste 3 års-markeringer. Hvilken vej går det? #dkpol #dkgreen

Tyre-wear particles are a major source of microplastics that harm the environment. The good news? Prevention and mitigation can help to #BeatPollution. Explore more from this online brief: https://ow.ly/2kyN50YhaEE

While the La Niña signature (cooling in the eastern Tropical Pacific) remained prevalent in January, there are signs it is beginning to fade in recent weeks. Elsewhere, anomalous warmth continues in the extratropics of both hemispheres. Data from NOAA OISSTv2.1 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/opt...) 🌊

A magnetometry survey of Lydsbury Rings Iron Age hillfort Hod Hill #Dorset Zoom in (you know you want to) If you do you'll see 100s of 10-15m diameter roundhouses clustered along a road system branching out from the NE gate © Dave Stewart 2014 / Bournemouth University Happy #HillfortsWednesday

This is an important study with implications beyond Denmark. Basically the Danish Parliament commissioned Prof Michael Bang Petersen to complete a 3 year study on the health of the Danish democratic system. This speaks to some of the key findings with lessons for us all.

Kiggede I på hvor meget traditionelle medier har gjort sig afhængige af sociale medier? Min observation gennem de sidste 10 år er at trad medier i stigende grad finder nyheder online på so-me og tilpassser deres vinkling til hvad der virker på so-me. Så kan de to adskilles?

So the waste water companies have totally cracked this climate change resilience thing .... 👀

When you realise it's still light outside at 5pm! Photo: Justin Minns

Breaking! Brussels celebrates Chinese new year by opening explosive new probe into Shein that could see the platform banned from the EU over sales of "childlike sex dolls", among other misdemeanours

We're still trawling through the camera roll of images from Saturday - what a cracking day. Hoping for more sunshine this week! 📸 Saturday in Wensleydale | #YorkshireDales #TuesdayThoughts

To reiterate this point: during the Q&A Farage dismissed very arrogantly a perfectly fair question from the brilliant Anna Gross of the FT and then took the piss out of the paper. If you want to persuade people that you don’t have predilections towards bullying it was not ideal. It was grim.

Omg, I almost forgot. Thank you for the reminder NT.

If you are remotely interested in #Antarctica , #ClimateChange and #SeaLevelRise, check out the latest brilliant @oceaniceeu.bsky.social contribution from the Potsdam group on how the risk of crossing a tipping point varies per basin www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📍Océan Atlantique | Le porte-avions et son escorte dans leur zone d'opération pour l'exercice #ORION26 ⚔️ ⚓ Le groupe aéronaval est paré à agir dans les différents domaines d'opérations aéromaritimes en surface, dans les airs et sous la mer

Mood: unprepared and under-caffeinated. #MondayMotivation 📷 Ted Smith

Sunday Briefing: “Trump will leave the US isolated on the global stage and most Americans won’t realise the consequences until it’s far too late.” £/$

🧵In today’s Times @joshglancy.bsky.social has a brilliant write up of our focus groups he sat in on. Definitely read it in full! But I want to focus on two voters: Kylie & Eve I think have outsized importance in explaining today’s politics www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...

This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...

"Fastelavn er mit navn, (olie)penge vil jeg have...." 🤑⁣🥸🐈‍⬛ Her fortæller en skyggetanker selv om nogle af de teknikker og finter, den bruger for at kunne sejle op til 150.000 tons sanktioneret russisk olie gennem de danske farvande - til stor fare for vores sårbare havmiljø 🥸🛢️🚢 #dkpol #dkgreen

There's an interesting BlueSky dynamic going on right now. There's been pushback against 'drama narrative' political commentary. There's been a rally to support Starmer which seems to be led by mainly women. Two major political commentator accounts have gone quiet (everyone needs a weekend tbf)

PM Tusk: Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine.

Witnesses told MPs that the Russian submarine force and deep-sea directorate GUGI give Moscow a major advantage in undersea operations, with the UK described as being on the frontline due to its concentration of data cables and energy infrastructure. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mps-warned-r...

Mexican Navy Papaloapan-class tank landing ship ARM Papaloapan (A-411) (former Newport-class USS Newport LST-1179) and Isla Tiburón-class logistics ship ARM Isla Holbox (BAL-02) coming into Cuba with humanitarian aid - February 13, 2026 SRC: X-@MarineInsight

Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox

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"consider Trump’s true nature and let that colour any planned resistance. Don’t sit back and wait for elections that might never happen or never be free and fair. The fight needs to be furious. It needs to be on every level. And it needs to be now."

Le géant français de l'informatique Capgemini, échaudé par la polémique liée au contrat passé avec la police américaine de l'immigration, a indiqué vendredi qu'il menait une revue de l'ensemble de ses filiales. ➡️ u.afp.com/S63f