Pillar and Moon http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/nash-pillar-and-moon-n05392

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This Government once vowed to be “the most nature-positive [we have] ever had”. Months of blaming wildlife and stripping back protections have already made a mockery of that promise. And if the rumoured cuts to BNG go ahead, it will deal yet another devastating blow to nature.

Just added some of these #Detectorists Danebury Gothic prints to my shop. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

Sorry, this is from the other place. Can you imagine the uproar from the right wing press if someone had died in the back of an ambulance because Just Stop Oil or Extinction Rebellion had blocked the roads? But when it’s greedy farmers who don’t want to pay the same tax as the rest of us … nada!

Such a tranquil place and a haven for wildlife. This should not be happening. Please repost :-) www.ywt.org.uk/news/derwent...

❌ Wildlife protections are under attack. The Government wants to change the law to make it easier to brush aside nature in the pursuit of growth at all costs 🏗️ 👉 Take our simple e-action to make your voice heard: bit.ly/4qrc0ei

🔔 Nature is at risk, but your voice can help. The Planning Bill is nearly law. An amendment passed by the Lords yesterday offers vital protection - but it needs MP support to stay in. 📢 Tell your MP: please back Amendment 130. wtru.st/49ch28z

Please email your MP, this is existential.

Really enjoyed "Echoes of Yorkshire" at the museum gardens last night. At times like a technicolour John Piper painting... #York #JohnPiper

SIGN THE PETITION @georgemonbiot.bsky.social please pass it on. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Evertonian, Arteja Folla needs your help. Trafficked into modern slavery from Albania by a criminal gang, she has made a life in Liverpool and now she faces deportation back into the hands of the people who trafficked her. Ari is a lovely, thoughtful and compassionate woman, who I know personally.

Final Destination had nothing on British public information films.

"The Treasury....plans to gut green rules with amendments to its planning and infrastructure bill – ditching the precautionary principle, slashing species protections and curbing legal challenges" Indefensible This must be fought tooth and nail www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One for the occasional series of #ornithology papers you need in your life but might not have read - Common/Spotted Sandpiper flight style as an antipredator behaviour. academic.oup.com/auk/article-...

Really excited about this! New media launching next week❤️💪🔥 pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Light Emerald on neighbours' fig tree #TeamMoth #moths

Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore. So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism. From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...

New post: Fascism, Rivers of Blood, and today’s political and media elite mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/08/fasc... Spreading disinformation about minority groups is as old as civilisation itself. Once our political and media elite would call this out for what it was, but not any more.

Only 55 days until the big Trigger Happy TV 25th Anniversary LIVE shows #london #manchester #Birmingham #Glasgow #Southampton

I’m guessing there wasn’t much happening in the penalty box then.

Interesting nest material! (in the Yorkshire dales) #ukbirding #ukwildlife

My teenage hero. Stewie the King. In my head he'll always be the slightly awkward kid with magic in his boots who scored 30 in 1995/96 when all we had to do was get him the ball and it was in. I hope as many Rovers fans as possible get to Yeovil on Saturday week for his game. I can't cos of work.

Broad-bodied Chaser in Ainderby. First village record was only 2023 but now the most regularly seen chaser species. @bladetail.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Reupping this one more time, because it's the best thing I've read all week.

TOMORROW my book NOW WHAT? is out in paperback - updated with a powerful new chapter. This isn’t just a book. It’s a call for action. A people’s manifesto.

📣Hot off the press! Taking Stock: A foundation for future housing strategy. We challenge persistent myths about the housing crisis and highlight ways to meet housing need within environmental limits. First output for 🏠Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth🌍. Read a 10 min summary: tinyurl.com/mu59kb29

Want to help authors caught up in what happened to Unbound? Well here's one practical way you can do that. Buy the books direct from the author, or get their audio books and they will get paid. A whole lovely list of fresh books is here: open.substack.com/pub/therebou...

A nice Field Bindweed for the nearest we get to #urbanplants for #wildflowerhour

The BBC plans to alter news “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama” in order to win the trust of Reform voters, Byline Times reports. The plan was drawn up by senior executives including Director General Tim Davie and former GB News executive Robbie Gibb.

I asked a BBC spokesperson to set out any examples of the corporation drawing up specific plans to secure the support of voters for other political parties in the UK, but they were unable to do so bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

Say what? bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By @rubenbolling.bsky.social, after Richard Scarry. Genius. Click in.

Hope BBC news report this given their extensive coverage of protests against it

I've heard of a door knob but this is ridiculous (and in a church too!) 😯#FerrousFriday

This is a beautiful thing 😍 Thanks to Tom Garner 👌🏻 northernfellspalaeoart.blogspot.com/2021/07/orch...

We want to make sure Rachel Reeves MP sees some important % and ££s: 🇬🇧 80% of UK millionaires support a 2% tax on wealth over £10m 🇬🇧 81% think it’s patriotic to pay their fair share We’re proud to pay and here to stay #taxthesuperrich #taxwealthnotwork

This is “healthcare” in the United States. A pharmacy benefit manager randomly decided they just weren’t going to cover this man’s inhaler anymore, so he couldn’t afford it. He died of an asthma attack. Devastating. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

The bill removes protections for SSSIs under Section 28. It's written in the bill. It couldn't be clearer.

Lovely colour variant of Lady Orchid this week for #OrchidChallenge #WildflowerHour ‪@dunnjons.bsky.social‬ @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Perfect timing for #OrchidChallenge for #WildflowerHour with my first ever Lady Orchids this week @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

My first ever Late Spider Orchid on the Kentish downs this week. Good timing for #OrchidChallenge for #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

A sunset lit fox in the Sea Kale at Dungeness #foxoftheday @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

This 3.5 ha field @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social was restored to agricultural grassland after quarrying ceased 30+ yrs ago. Managed as hay meadow with 0 inputs for most of past 25 yrs, and you can see results. No seeding, just natural regen. Habitat for Lapwing & Skylark as well as abundant flowers.

Festival of Nature at Wicksteed Park on Saturday - free except for car park charges. wicksteedpark.org/events/festi... See you there?