#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 323 # 322 contd So bumblebee queens are bigger than workers and tend to have longer tongues. But the research found that these longer tongues have relatively less hairs meaning less efficiency at capturing the liquid nectar! #bees #nature #science

So pleased to announce that Catch and Kill, the first book in the Neon Meridian series, has been published today by the good folks over at Aethon Books! This has been a blast to work on, and I'm excited to finally get to share it with you. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJYPLXV3

Wealth of 157 UK billionaires now equals £670bn, 22% of GDP. Return on wealth (dividends and capital gains) is taxed at lower rates than wages. Extreme concentration of wealth facilitates political power, corruption, economic control. Wither democracy.

#SocialistSunday No2 @katevasey.bsky.social @huwjarvis.bsky.social @affleckquine.bsky.social @tracyann.bsky.social @gracem2.bsky.social @trispw.bsky.social @edpoole1975.bsky.social 12 Years of Social Media thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2026/05/04/1...

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 322 # 321 contd The hairs on bumblebee tongues are merely hundreds of micrometers long. Many closely spaced hairs create a myriad of tiny gaps that hold nectar by surface tension - a microscopic sponge trapping nectar on the tongue. #bees #nature

Speechless from laughing. Thank you @ledbydonkeys.org 🙏😂 youtube.com/shorts/JUeC_...

NEW: "Midterm protest votes usually fade. Structural political realignments do not." My latest piece for @desmog.bsky.social is an analysis of how the recent elections turned #climate into a defining political fault line. Read now. www.desmog.com/2026/05/12/t...

Britain is being ripped off - and the government has failed to act. Green MPs are putting forward an amendment to the King's Speech with a plan to end Rip off Britain and make life affordable again.

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What will the Reform party's rise to power in councils across the UK mean for the climate? Edward de Quay and @pallavis.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social.

Interesting and hopeful article by @writesbright.bsky.social for @novaramedia.com 🤞👇 novaramedia.com/2026/05/11/i...

I thought this piece was spot-on. To mangle Shakespeare for a moment, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not always in our star politicians, but partly in ourselves."

The far-right, anti-immigrant Reform party made big gains in local elections, while the Labour Party suffered heavy losses, signaling what journalist Daniel Trilling calls a “fragmenting of politics” in the United Kingdom and a shift away from the two-party political system.

I’ve just emailed energy secretary @Ed Miliband asking him to send the frackers packing, for good. We need a full fracking ban in England and existing loopholes closed. There’s a short window to act – get involved! @friends-earth.bsky.social action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/ed-mi...

We were told our data would stay under NHS control. But an internal document just revealed the truth: Palantir staff are being granted “unlimited access”. Join us demanding this spy-tech firm gets out of our NHS 👇 goodlaw.social/658abc

"A War Without End" is collected in The Wave in the Mind (Shambhala, 2004). You can also read it here: www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/3...

If that's the speech Starmer needed to save his premiership, he is sunk. Equating the Greens with Reform will infuriate voters who abandoned Labour. The man who kicked pensioners and disabled people says: "We got the big political decisions right". Incoherent and dull.

With politics increasingly lining up as Green v Reform, we don't have to wait for PR to get positive change

It’s #Friday folks! Have the best #weekend you can. You know the drill: Be #kind Be #gentle Be #true Be like #bees Speaking of noxious stimulation… Turn off 24hr News?? Stop shite-scrolling. Mute presidential pronouncements. Practice some self-protection. Have a beer/chat with your neighbour!

‘Good Morning! ..oh and in case I don’t see ya.. Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night…’ Gotta run… Just like this magnificent Common Carder bumblebee! Busy busy. *Chives by the way. #sunday #nature #bees #goodmorning

Wasps are declining at a worrying rate. Fewer sightings, more nests destroyed daily as they are often considered pests. In this first of a two part series, Vanna Bartlett explains why we should view them as are our friends 👇 @eastangliabylines.co.uk @vannabartlett.bsky.social

This week's episode is a really important conversation about the housing crisis. Great to speak with the brilliant @kwajo.bsky.social youtu.be/aUdd5745RXI?...

‘We’re at the beginning of a new chapter for the Green Party - we are a serious force in British politics’ @RachelMillward discusses Green Party wins on BBC Politics South East. 💚Get involved in this journey by joining the Green Party now ⤵️

Brilliant list by @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social of all the amazing wins that just happened in the past few days! Amazing new Green Councillors who will work hard in their communities to make life easier for everyone. nataliebennett.org/2026/05/10/g...

How do we end the housing emergency? → Government supports councils → Councils build social homes → Families get a stable place to live It’s simple. Sign our petition to get councils building 👉 shltr.org.uk/5fWmA

When we build social homes, we’re building so much more. These homes are where great stories can begin – stories that can change our history, our culture and our everyday lives. It's time to get councils building social homes again > shelter.org.uk/build www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqpJ...

The Media is lying to you Double Down Newswatch will hold them to account Premiers on YouTube this Wednesday 6 May at 6pm

They Lied To You. Not Anymore

Vote Reform. Or we will house *dangerous migrant centres* in your village. And if you vote Green, it will be even worse for you. It's beyond disturbing. The chill wind of threat, thuggery and menace of a kind never before seen in Britain.

Our breakdown of Wes Streeting’s donors has been doing the rounds online for the last year. Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.

With upcoming elections, Labour and Tory are showing it's a race to the bottom to see who can use the DWP to further demonise disabled people By @rachelcdailey.bsky.social

Gary says: Vote Green! 💚🙌🏽

Lmao Nigel Farage is TERRIFIED of Zack Polanski. Nothing scares the right more than kindness, honesty, and knowledge of how government works—Polanski is a triple threat. Add that to the fact that he’s Jewish and gay and the man is basically their kryptonite.

The Global Sumud Flotilla has been forcibly stopped in international waters by the Israeli Navy. We're calling on the Prime Minister to condemn this breach of international law, work to ensure the safety of those still onboard, and extend diplomatic protection to those seized by Israeli forces.

Yesterday in Hastings, in the wake of antisemitic attacks in Golders Green, I faced Nazi salutes. Today the Prime Minister uses his office to attack the only Jewish party leader to score political points.

Consider the fact that it is the only Jewish party leader currently being targeted after an antisemitic attack. Rather than Nigel Farage, who has allegations of extreme antisemitic behaviour from over 30 people he grew up with.

NEW: "One of the things we most need to do then - urgently - is to ‘scenario-plan’ our future, imaginatively but realistically." That's exactly what I did in this article for Bending The Arc. bendingthearcmagazine.substack.com/p/a-climate-...

May 2024, Labour manifesto: party promises to "finally bring the feudal leasehold system to an end". April 2026, Labour Minister: The outright and immediate abolition of the leasehold system in England and Wales "almost certainly impossible". A progressive policy dumped... Vote @greenparty.org.uk

The threat of UK democracy being torn apart by something similar to Project 2025 in Trump’s America is very real. Please sign our letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/190936/...

Flood risks are rising. There's also an overlap between communities at high risk of floods in the coming years and areas where Reform (the party of climate denial) is making inroads. We've got some new flyers which make the links between flooding and climate denial - let us know if you'd like some.

Interesting reading. open.substack.com/pub/theplane...

"Many people are entitled to discounts on their Council Tax bill including many carers." If only one person is eligible for Council Tax, there may be a 25% discount on the bill. If no one is eligible for Council Tax, there may be a 50% discount. #disability www.carersuk.org/help-and-adv...

Fox hunting must end! 🦊

I agree with Zack Polanski on this - 100%. Hard to understand why it’s not been done already.

That future: Lower bills. Tax billionaires. End Rip off Britain. Who's in?

The U.S. government is preparing to begin automatically registering young men for the military draft pool. A database like this, warns anti-war activist Edward Hasbrouck, "is particularly likely to be weaponized for other purposes against vulnerable trans and immigrant youth."

Around 100 immigration judges have been fired since President Donald Trump returned to office and began pressuring courts to carry out his mass deportation policy.

In a funny sort of way this 👇🏻 speaks vividly to Labour's political weakness: there is nothing and no one they won't fuck over if the right wing press demands it. Utterly bereft of all principles.