Please RT this so Donald Trump sees.

“A bad escalator and a bad teleprompter” — Trump implies UN tried to sabotage First Lady, while he saved millions.

This makes me very happy

Just to be clear: - Paracetamol does not cause autism. - Sadiq Khan is not introducing Sharia law in the UK - We do not have a massive free speech problem here. - Britain is not on the verge of civil war. These are not controversial subjects or contested, they're just not true.

Exactly this

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...

The Dutch rip the hell out of Donald Trump and Disney for the ridiculous Jimmy Kimmel firing. This is what you call Free Speech, Trump.

I’m not saying Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy but a Reform councillor in Wales has just stormed out of a local Torfaen Council meeting in Gwent because it failed to acknowledge the killing of a man in America. In other news, Britain has gone entirely batshit crazy.

A few pics from @oriolebirding.bsky.social tour to Andalucia last week. Amazing day 3 as 17000 Honey Buzzards passed, we personally enjoyed around 8k in an awesome morning mixed with Marsh & Montagu’s Harriers, Booted & Short-toed Eagle, White & Black Storks & hundreds of Bee-eaters! #birding

A superb days seawatching at Hunstanton yesterday with @mochaman.bsky.social @mandymyers007.bsky.social @andyinnorfolk.bsky.social 147 Manx, a Balearic, 10 Arctic, 3 Great, a Pom, 277 Gannet also migrants over the sea 4 Marsh hr, an Osprey, GWEgret plus Yw Wags, Swallow, H Martin & Mipits.

Charlie Kirk’s murder was utterly abhorrent and corrosive to our politics. So was much of the reaction to it- including from his allies. My piece. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

The Clacton MP and the constituency house mystery…

Ooooh, some actual scrutiny …. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sitting on Cley beach this morning and what I thought was a bird landed just behind me. Soon realised it was in fact a bat. Was very mobile amongst the pebbles looking for food. After 2-3 mins it flew off. Can anyone help with ID please? Thank you. #bat #bats #batid #norfolk

What a truly amazing days birding in the Straits of Gibraltar on @oriolebirding.bsky.social tour - c9000 Honey Buzzards, hundreds of Booted, Short-toed Eagles, 1000+ Bee-eaters, 25 Montagu’s Harriers, Black Storks & over 1000 White Storks, the latter performing this mesmerising sight overhead!!

Beyond shameful

not seeing 'concerned mums' here, more like 'thugs threatening violence'

We are watching, in real time, the destruction of the CDC. Our kids' and families' health is going to be put at risk because Trump and RFK Jr. are running a money-making conspiracy racket instead of a public health agency. Another result of Trump's corruption machine.

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in UK ~ www.channel4.com/news/mps-vot...

A rash can signal Lyme disease—but not always. 1 in 3 won’t get one. Don’t wait for a rash: watch for flu-like symptoms, joint pain, brain fog & more. Lyme can affect every system if left untreated. Know the signs. Act early. #LymeDiseaseUK #BeTickAware #LymeAwareness

Sir David Attenborough’s new film calls for ban on destructive fishing methods www.channel4.com/news/sir-att...

I’m extremely chuffed by just how well the below article has done - who knew public procurement frameworks could be so popular! Thanks to @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and @eastangliabylines.co.uk for sharing it so far and wide, and for all the lovely comments and DMs.

via Wild Bird Scoop

2/2 their population has been increasing within their natural range for several decades. Finally, it’s debatable that their presence is an indicator of clean water. Their diet is highly variable & includes ground nesting birds & eggs! More poorly researched sound bite media.

@BBCRadio4 @BBCr4today @isabella_tree whilst Knepp is a wonderful rewilding project. It’s completely inaccurate to use released White Storks as an example of nature recovery. There is just one historical breeding record 1416, they’ve never bred regularly in UK.

A council, a £350m contract, and a Twitter scandal. Except... it’s not really a contract, or a scandal. 🙄 The Bear explains the very basic mistake Reform UK just made ⤵️

White flight ☠️😂

What an extraordinary, beautiful thing. Sometimes the only sensible response to scientific discovery is wonderment and awe.

"Imagine flattening an irreplaceable grade I listed building like the Royal Albert Hall, replacing it with karaoke machines in various towns and then telling the public this is a ‘win-win’ for architecture and music." @ruthtingay.bsky.social on threats to wildlife www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Irreplaceable habitats are on the line. This is the reality if an unamended Part 3 of the Bill passes. It must not.

Welcome to Round 1 of Nature or No Nature! Keir Starmer, you were elected on a promise to meet legally binding nature targets. Now, funding for nature, and laws protecting species and habitats, are at risk. So, for a chance to win back public trust, your first question:

Public consultation closes this Sunday (25 May 2025) at 11.59pm. There are only 10 relevant questions & Wild Justice has provided an easy-to-follow guide for each one. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/05/22/h...

Lyme disease... my wife had ticks on her legs today, despite wearing long trousers. Always check for ticks. I had Lyme disease, with long term consequences. You really don't want it. Pass it on, please, if you can. Thanks 🙂 @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

There's no placating the Brexiters, no reasoning with them, no basic comprehension or adulthood. You can't debate papers behaving like the Sun or the Mail this morning. There's nothing to debate with. They view all trading relations with Europe as humiliation.

The U.K. fishing industry - weaponised & then betrayed & then abandoned, by Johnson, Farage & the rest of them - is better off under Starmer’s deal than it was under Johnson’s. That’s not an opinion. It’s counting. Anyone claiming otherwise is a liar.

Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.

Amidst much darkness in the news, the warmth that European nations have shown each other and Ukraine has been a true bright spot. There seems to be real rapport between the leaders. NYT reporting that Macron & Zelensky in particular have become close friends. Some scenes from today.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o... „signs of prolonged starvation are becoming more frequent and alarming. In the past 10 days, our lab technicians began detecting ketones, an indicator of starvation, in one-third of urine samples tested“

This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die. “This is an abomination.” (🎥 Middle East Eye)

Video emerges of aid workers being fired on in Gaza - contradicting Israeli account of deadly attack

Video obtained by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi shows how the IDF deliberately attacked, over several minutes, a convoy of ambulances and other emergency vehicles in #Gaza. #Israel wrongly claimed that the vehicles drove without emergency signals and headlights. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate

"Bodies of 15 Ukrainian paramedics, killed by Russian forces and buried in a mass grave 9 days ago, were found with their hands or legs tied and had gunshot wounds to the head and chest." Except they were 'only' Palestinians, so most of the media doesn't care. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Oh my.....how we wish we had been there to witness Led By Donkeys hijacking Nigel Farage's Reform conference in our very own Birmingham 'Which world leader do I most admire? Vladimir Putin' - Nigel Farage @ledbydonkeys.org

The ghosts of bee-eaters*, long-gone. *probably, or maybe sand martins.