Imagine being this big a simp for Putin

Lovely views of these three Taiga Bean Geese at Spiggie, Shetland this morning. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #UKWildlife #Birds

The nudibranchs are arriving for the #Invertefest party! Chromodoris lochi, Anilao #MarineLife 🌿

Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.

Haven’t got a book deal at the moment. Hoping I’ll get one next year, but even if I never get another one, at least this book exists. I’d love you to read it. So much so that I’ll happily send you a link to a FREE Kindle edition if you want one:

Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It is not just the corruption of Trump pardoning someone who was making him richer. It is also a two-tier justice system where the rich can buy freedom. Binance paid the lobbyist $800K for the pardon, and were offering lobbyists success fees of up to $6 million. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

And they are way better than Dysons.

Most people do not realize: milk only exists because a cow had a baby. 🐄💔 This is the story of one cow, told through the cycles of her short life. A #dairytruth thread 👇

Her natural lifespan could have been 20 years. Instead, her life was measured in liters and pregnancies. This is the reality behind milk, cheese, and yogurt. 📖 Full story and data on our blog 👉 buff.ly/zjhaMtz #dairytruth #vegetarian

By age five, she had given birth four times. Her body was worn out. Because her milk yield dropped, she was sent to slaughter. *Industry average: culled at 5–6 years, after 3–5 pregnancies. 👉 buff.ly/zjhaMtz #dairytruth #vegetarian

Her first lactation began and lasted nearly a year. Only weeks after giving birth, she was made pregnant again while still being milked. *Industry average: one birth every 12–13.5 months. 👉 buff.ly/zjhaMtz #dairytruth #vegetarian

Unbelievable that lead #fishing weights are still driving wildlife declines decades after we understood the threat #Ornithology

The Telegraph having a perfectly normal one this Boxing Day I see I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’

No worries, just me crying my eyes out for Christmas. What a truly wonderful story. Not about charity or pity but about truly seeing another person as a fellow human being.

❄️ Please avoid foraging on our reserves this winter! Berries, seeds & fungi left in nature are vital food for wildlife during the hardest time of year. Foraging also damages habitats and takes away the magic for other visitors. 💚 📸 Margaret Holland

’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even… an elephant! Thanks to our supporters, Kenya’s orphaned elephants always have a place to call home. We want to thank you for supporting our conservation work – this year and always.

What would really be the implications of taking Santa Claus seriously? It's the time of the year to review the current state of the physics of Santa Claus 1/12

Another campaign to go peat free, it only takes a second, please sign (link in comment below). Such an easy step we could take to address both climate and biodiversity crises.

free speech news (seriously, if you don't recognise him as a fascist by now, there's something wrong with you)

Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🪸 According to the IPBES #GlobalAssessment , nearly a third of reef-forming corals, sharks, and their relatives are threatened. The whale shark is just one of many species at risk. The protection of biodiversity is essential to maintaining the health and balance of ecosystems.

That $270 million he spent on the 2024 campaign is really paying off.

Just another day on X.

Visited Wistman's Wood today & was excited to find 4 new fenced exclosures have just been installed, protecting naturally regenerating saplings from grazing Great work by Duchy of Cornwall + their tenant farmer + Natural England to help restore this temperate rainforest @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Mwinzi, Natibu, Toto, and Korbessa arrived as fragile newborns. Today, they explore the Tsavo bush together, test their Keepers' patience, and grow stronger by the week. Gift an adoption this holiday – your recipient follows their journey from the very beginning. sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/r...

Radio engineer, amateur astronomer, and Chicagoan Grote Reber was born #OTD in 1911. After reading about Karl Jansky’s accidental discovery of galactic radio emissions, he built a 9m radio telescope *in his back yard* and carried out the first radio survey of the sky. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 📡 Image: NRAO

The corruption is absolutely staggering. One big money donor after another receiving direct benefits in return. Trump didn’t drain any swamps, he created a giant sewer to roll around in daily. Great reporting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Meeting s friend over from Australia later today - first met them via Twitter. Social media can be awful, and does a lot of harm in the world (it would, without doubt, be a better place without X) but some wonderful things have resulted from it for me. That includes knowing some of you. Thank you.

Yes, we should worry about deforestation. But the problem is: many people don’t know that one industry is - by far - the single largest driver of deforestation and rainforest destruction worldwide: animal agriculture. If you really care about rainforests, it’s time to ditch meat and dairy.

PPE Medpro has been liquidated but because it has only £0.6m only £0.6m of the £148m debt will be repaid. A Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), placed against Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman (worth £500m+) would allow all the money to be recovered. Why hasn't it happened?

Just five months ago, Reform UK ran for election, pledging to 'lower council tax' and 'say no' to increases. In power, Reform UK has implemented a 4.99% council tax increase for the 2025-2026 financial year, the maximum allowed.

You know about one but not the other.

According to this paper, AI currently produces greenhouse gas emissions of at least those of New Zealand, and perhaps more than double that amount - and AI is just in it's infancy😱 I hope you humans think all those slop images & email summaries are worth it. #climate www.cell.com/patterns/ful...

I could just about cope with stupid; we've survived plenty of stupid regimes in the past. It's the combination of crass stupidity with determined intentional malevolence that is so frightening and bloody depressing.

Maybe I should share success stories on social media, but honestly: I'm dissatisfied with my generation, to be overly polite. I see oil/gas heated unrenovated buildings, the latest fossil vehicles speeding to drop off kids at school, new fossil dream buildings, a flood of plastic, masses of meat.

Vote for conmen, get conned.

💜 Did you know sea otters are considered a keystone species? By preying on sea urchins, they help protect kelp forests - some of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. Restoring sea otters to Oregon means restoring balance. 📸: Ralph Pace | #seaotters #keystonespecies

Satellite tags cut off as three White-tailed Eagles disappear www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...

Little owl showing well, 475-465 BC. Please park your chariot sensibly and give the bird space to feed naturally.

Defensive responses of titan triggerfish to tiger sharks at a provisioned reef 🦑🌿🐟🦈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How did we let this happen????

Former UK chancellor George Osborne joins OpenAI Lucrative appointments for failed ministers. They aren't hired for technical know-how but to exploit political links acquired with public money. What is the return to taxpayers for that investment? Remember former PM Cameron lobbying for Greensill.

“On 13 Sept, a satellite tag belonging to a white-tailed eagle was recovered near Gwgia Reservoir, Tregynon, … police … are asking anyone who was at or around the reservoir between 11am and 1pm or on access land near Bryn y Fawnog between noon and 3pm on 13 Sept to come forward.” #birdingWales

A reminder that Nigel Farage has pocketed more than £400,000 this year from GB News. No wonder Farage is cheering Trump on in his attacks on the BBC.

Read this. Then read it again.

Second Horizon victim Janet Skinner 'forced' to sue Post Office as she seeks full redress for wrongful conviction. Mother of two falsely convicted, had to sell home, given 9 months custodial sentence in 2007, offered 15% compensation of her claim. No one charged for false convictions.