Happy #Halloween! A few years ago, midwives at the Royal Oldham Hospital in Lancashire created "dilation pumpkins" - and I don't think I've ever seen anything scarier in my life.* 😂😩 *Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.

BREAKING: Prince Andrew is to lose his "prince" title and leave his Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge Buckingham Palace says the King "has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

He’s back. Important to remind everyone about his original misdemeanours - good for the Mail for running such an in depth piece www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Incomers: through the barricades – a matter of curiosity? Xenophobia fuels myths about migrants, but facts show asylum seekers enrich the UK and face hardship, not handouts or criminality By Jeremy Leslie-Spinks @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

This seems like a good time to repost this thread…. 💉

Farage the Trump parrot A writer’s response to Nigel Farage’s aping of Trump’s policies westenglandbylines.co.uk/letters/fara...

Reform’s plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics and forecasts suggests bylinetimes.com/2025/09/24/f...

Praise me or shut up! – Trump’s threats to silence opponents break US first amendment A press free to criticise its government and leaders is essential to any democracy – in America it is crumbling before our eyes By Granville Williams

Just you wait, currently bots are busy repeating the bullshit. Soon you’ll hear people that used to be reasonable or normal, repeating this obvious bollocks despite a charity being forced to deny it. Because that’s how it works. This is a direct rip off of Trumps tactics.

Fuck me sideways. Farage is ACTUALLY doing it. He is actually trying to pull the “they’re eating the dawgs” MAGA bullshit here. They’ve truly jumped the shark this time.

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This has received no publicity but is damning. A clear explanation of why this type of reintroduction is not just a distraction and a waste of resources but is ACTIVELY HARMFUL to conservation. Environmental journalists please note and please publicise. operationturtledove.org/captive-rele...

Beyond belief. Downing Street pandering to Trump by literally shutting down UK free speech. Shame on the government for its spinelessness. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

Elon Musk appears via video link at Tommy Ten Names's London far right rally Because he is a fascist billionaire who has a mission to topple the UK government

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

The team of Ph.D. level experts in ChatGPT apparently doesn't include any anatomists.

Way too hot for a cooked dinner! Picked some salad leaves, homegrown beetroot, potatoes, spring onions & chives (my 1st attempt at potato salad) + a few bits & bobs from the fridge 😋

I've made crisps out of a dozen homegrown beetroot 🤤

Excellent research by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social What are the implications of having millions of 'ghost Pheasants' wandering around the countryside? In a #BirdFlu epidemic it could be catastrophic. #Ornithology #UKBirding raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/08/01/s...

Heartbreaking to read of a child in the UK dying from an entirely preventable infectious disease. Measles can be a vicious & deadly illness. The MMR vaccine offers superb protection & there is NO link between the vaccine and autism, contrary to what many medical charlatans try to peddle. (1/3)

Shame on you @telegraphnews.bsky.social for giving infamous UK anti-vaxer Aseem Malhotra a platform on the very day we learn a child has died of measles in Liverpool. You do understand, don’t you, that it’s exactly this kind of scaremongering that leaves parents so anxious & afraid? Shame on you.

He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore

Check out this chonk! A stunning Poplar Hawk Moth hanging out on my Chives 😁 #BritishMoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

It's #FlyingAntDay here in Bolsover! 😁

Not only does “AI” produce mediocre garbage, it has a huge environmental footprint *that we cannot measure*. The government is allowing these companies to act like literal outlaws. They steal our data, they will enjoy relaxed building regulations and they refuse to disclose their water consumption.

Exciting news! Today I spotted a Leafcutter bee is nesting in an old compost bag on my patio table 😍 If anyone can ID from these fuzzy pics I'd be very grateful 😘 @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

Trump has his military birthday parade and his fans cheer his lies. They know the emperor is naked. Truth alone won’t topple him, or others like him. But we can still resist populists. How? Read The Bear's latest. Thanks to @coldwarsteve.bsky.social @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk

Amber and yellow thunderstorm warnings are in place across the UK tonight and tomorrow ⚠️⛈️ Alex Deakin explains what that means in the clip below 👇 If you missed Weather Studio Live earlier, you can catch up with the full episode here: www.youtube.com/live/1SIjHBT...

“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.” @cbsaustin @velez_tx

🚨Just 2% of the population - under 800,000 people sustained the whole of England's blood supply over the past 12 months The NHS has put out an urgent call for 200,000 donors to come forward Book an appointment or register today ❤️🙏👇 blood.co.uk

When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left? All the shifts are in just one direction. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

'I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time’ To be fair, it’s not a good use any body’s time www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zia...

The absolute blind rage when they move the supermarket around!!! BASTARDS.

Great Tit fledgling in one of my apple trees 😍

RED ALERT! The Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights are now at Storm level. If it was dark, you would definitely see them. But it's daytime, so this post is a little pointless really... Let's hope we get more tonight. It's bound to be cloudy then also 🤣

🧵1/ Farage: The Russia Links. With a pint in one hand and Putin’s dick in the other, Farage has built a legacy on Russian propaganda and a trail of bullshit faker than his tan. He might be popular, but Ted Bundy was a hit with the ladies and look at how that ended. Strap in 👇🏼

There must be more ‘Watchers’ on here so lets build the community by reposting & following, give our presenters & contributors some love, & celebrate 20Yrs of #Springwatch together 💚🥳 How big can our flock grow by end of this season? #BBCSpringwatch #Springwatch2025 #Springwatch20 #wildlife #nature

Pic of a female Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly on Budleia in my garden (taken a few mins ago) 🥰 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

This week I shall mostly be making & sewing pockets into a few of my summer dresses & trousers. Dear clothing manufacturers please add practical pockets as standard to ladies clothing! 😘

Jesus. Excellent work by Michael Le Page, and utterly infuriating scenario. As Michael points out, the press release from Colossal called these dire wolves throughout. But now they want to argue that they never claimed that. Scandalous, really. www.newscientist.com/article/2481...

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social a friend of mine thinks he may have seen an eagle flying around Hardwick Park near Chesterfield yesterday. I thought it may have been one of the Poole Harbour birds on the move. Would the Springwatch team be able to investigate?

“UK ministers are set to delay the implementation of rules that would ban unhealthy food advertising before 9pm in order to change guidance to allow brand marketing following heavy lobbying from the industry.” Industry = 1 ; Kids’ health = 0 🫠 www.ft.com/content/a4a5...

A few years in the making but my garden is flourishing! Started with a blank canvas - 1 conifer tree & grass. Now there's a large area for wildlife, a pond & lots of homegrown fruit & veggies for me 👩‍🌾😋

Jesus H. Christ. Sleazy AI outfits AmeriSatire and ToonAmerica are stealing legit political cartoons, "redrawing" them with AI and posting them as original work on social media. Shameless plagiarism, utterly immoral, and blatant copyright crime.

Trump trashes habeas corpus, hires a fake doctor, and mistakes Mattel for a country. Earthlings: please explain this week’s Earth’s Follies | Xylb-tok the Martian northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/opi...

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BREAKING - Govt. plans to back healthy food were BLOCKED by ultra-processed food giants 🚨 Our FOIA requests reveal food manufacturing lobbyists demanded that reference to ‘minimally processed and nutritious foods’ was removed from Government guidance - and they succeeded ✍ soilassociation.co/TTHTB